What Did We Eat Today?

[biakbiak]

Teriyaki chicken, spicy green beans and brown rice.

[theredhead77]

This shrimp and green bean stir fry with Instant Pot rice.

[Bastet]

Pizza topped with chorizo, jalapeño, onion, and cilantro.  Jalapeño ranch dressing on the salad.  Clearly I'm having a jalapeño craving.

[chessiegal]

Trader Joe's Cabernet marinated pot roast cooked with carrots and potatoes.

[biakbiak]

Braised lamb shank ragu. It was the first nonpressure cooker recipe I converted on my own to the Instant pot,  cut a 4+ hour dish to 2 hours and was just as delicious.

[Lisin]

Chicken pot pie. But I got lazy and used frozen biscuits instead of crust. It turned out surprisingly well! And now I have a new go to that makes chicken pot pie a reasonable weeknight dinner! 

[ariel]

Mr A made lemon & tarragon chicken, with wild rice & asparagus saluted with shallots.  It was very tasty.

[mansonlamps]

On 3/31/2017 at 8:59 PM, theredhead77 said:

This shrimp and green bean stir fry with Instant Pot rice.

Lol 8 shrimp makes 4 servings.  Not in the mansonlamps universe, no matter how large.  Sounds good otherwise.

[theredhead77]

5 hours ago, mansonlamps said:

Lol 8 shrimp makes 4 servings.  Not in the mansonlamps universe, no matter how large.  Sounds good otherwise.

Oh, I don't pay attention to the shrimp count. I cooked a pound for myself and it's shaping up to be 3 meals 

[JTMacc99]

Roasted purple and orange cauliflower seasoned with salt and smoked paprika, boneless skinless grilled chicken breast with jerk seasoning, green salad and some leftover potato salad. 

[mansonlamps]

I'm trying a new (to me) cooking method called sheet pan suppers.  So, sheet pan roast chicken and cabbage, basically chicken thighs in a sesame soy dressing roasted on a sheet pan with thin wedges of cabbage.  Except I'm using Brussels sprouts because that's what I have.  Smells awesome.

[Qoass]

The pantry/freezer spring clean continues: cottage pie which used up the frozen ground turkey and the last of the Monterrey Jack cheese.

[ariel]

I have some bacon I must use soon, so tonight is BLT's.  Sadly where I live, heirloom tomatoes are not to be found this time of the year.  I'll make do with the tomatoes that were available at my local market.

[PRgal]

Half cooking dinner tonight (because I'm lazy and exhausted from a VERY intensive barre session).  I'll be making roast salmon with tomatoes and serving it with Detox Salad and steamed kale I got from Whole Foods' salad bar. 

[MargeGunderson]

Egg and cheese on toast. It's the first solid food I've eaten since last Tuesday, when the flu rendered me unable to eat anything other than one jello cup a day. 

[ariel]

14 minutes ago, MargeGunderson said:

Egg and cheese on toast. It's the first solid food I've eaten since last Tuesday, when the flu rendered me unable to eat anything other than one jello cup a day. 

Hoping you get well soon.  I love eggs, cheese. & toast.

[biakbiak]

Grilled pork chops with BBQ sauce, potato salad and buttered corn. Plus, banana bread for dessert.

[ariel]

We're having a Groupon Pizza. It is from a coal burning oven place.  Hopefully is it good. 

[WendyCR72]

3 hours ago, ariel said:

We're having a Groupon Pizza. It is from a coal burning oven place.  Hopefully is it good. 

We had a frozen pizza from our local Price Chopper supermarket and it was actually really good.

[Qoass]

The spring fridge & pantry purge continues: the last of the deep dish pizza I made using the last of the pepperoni and bacon plus another container from the freezer of peppers and onions.

[ariel]

I really need to do a freezer purge.

[Qoass]

A freezer purge is both fun and not fun:  I'm challenging myself to stay out of the grocery store which saves me money and to make meals out of last ditch ingredients which is interesting but I can't say I've had a real "yippee!" moment lately when it's time to eat.

[DeLurker]

9 minutes ago, forumfish said:

I shouldn't use those packets as much as I do, they have more sodium than we need, but they are so convenient as recipe starters.

I use some rice-a-roni type dishes - maybe by Zatarain's?  I'll add some long grained rice to it to mute the intense sodium taste. 

[annzeepark914]

I'm making salmon fillets Asian style (which means adding a little bit of sesame oil to the reg oil when cooking and some seasonings); angel hair w/ peanut sauce, and those green beans in a bag (the ones sold in the produce dept) that you nuke for a few minutes.  

[DeLurker]

Subway sandwiches because the kids and I were doing errands, I hadn't eaten since breakfast and it was right there.

[biakbiak]

Steak fajitas with all the fixing plus a black bean salad. 

[ariel]

Leftovers from the Groupon Pizza last night.  It was a pretty good pie.

[annzeepark914]

Making chicken curry with basmati rice, and a Laotian salad for tonight's dinner.  A small cheesecake with fresh fruit from Wegman's for dessert (got a friend coming over for dinner).

[Qoass]

The purge continues:  probably oatmeal with some applesauce that needs to go stirred in.

[JTMacc99]

1 hour ago, Qoass said:

The purge continues:  probably oatmeal with some applesauce that needs to go stirred in.

You inspired me to go freezer diving. Found some meatballs in sauce and butternut squash soup that will be consumed soon. 

[ariel]

Tonight we're having  pierogis, savory ones for dinner, sweet ones for dessert.

[chessiegal]

Lazy easy dinner. Jumbo lump crab cakes from our local fishmonger who uses fresh Maryland crab meat, Red Robin steak fries, and Cole slaw from the grocery store deli.

[DeLurker]

4 hours ago, ariel said:

Tonight we're having  pierogis, savory ones for dinner, sweet ones for dessert.

A double header!  Nice!

 

3 hours ago, chessiegal said:

Jumbo lump crab cakes from our local fishmonger who uses fresh Maryland crab meat

Yummmmmmm...I would just have that - forget the fries and cole slaw!

 

I've got the fillings for eggrolls done, although the eggrolls themselves probably won't happen until tomorrow.  So foraging in the fridge is probably in my future.

Edited April 8, 2017 by DeLurker
ETA: After reading what other people were having it occurred to me I probably should start figuring out something myself.

[JTMacc99]

Served the previously mentioned meatballs for lunch on nice soft rolls. (I had leftover chicken.) Pork is on the smoker for dinner. 

Im actually right now at Gertrude and Hawk loading up for the Easter baskets. Mmm... chocolate 

[annzeepark914]

Oh woe is me--Easter candy in the basket on the sideboard.  I bought Ghirardelli chocolate eggs w/ almonds & now can't stay away from them.  Tonight I don't have to cook as we're going to the clubhouse for some type of spaghetti dinner.  It's fun to be with neighbors, have some wine & let someone else do the cooking.

[MargeGunderson]

Sheet-pan ranch pork chops with potatoes and green beans. I love sheet-pan dinners.

Edited April 9, 2017 by MargeGunderson

[biakbiak]

Beef chili in the Instant Pot and cornbread.

[BooksRule]

Leftover fried chicken from the grocery store deli and -- like annzeepark914 -- Easter candy (little foil-wrapped chocolate eggs that I bought to take to work).  

[mansonlamps]

Wing stop.  Unapologetically.  I like their wings and sides a lot and their ranch dressing is AMAZING.

[ariel]

Linguini & white clam sauce, simple green side salad, & crusty French bread.  A little sorbet for dessert.  A glass or two of wine will be consumed.

Edited April 10, 2017 by ariel

[Qoass]

I'm having dinner by the numbers:  15 bean soup, 10 grain muffins and triple chip cookies.

[DeLurker]

@Qoass - you've inspired me - The Purge begins today. 

[Qoass]

Yeah, the soup used a big ham bone out of the freezer.  Very satisfying.

[harrie]

Tonight is baked scallops with a side of leftover rice from last night's arroz con pollo. We'll be recycling that rice a few times - for some reason the hub made a big batch of it. 

[MargeGunderson]

Ground beef soft tacos, Trader Joe's frozen roasted corn, and tortilla chips and Trader Joe's fresh salsa. I also made lemon curd cheesecake squares. 

ETA - cheesecake squares weren't great. The cheesecake part was a bit grainy. I think I over baked them.

Edited April 10, 2017 by MargeGunderson

[ariel]

Breaded baked clams strips (part of my ongoing freezer purge) & Cole slaw.  Orange sherbet for dessert.

[biakbiak]

I am going to make Kung Pao chicken, schezuan green beans and brown rice.

[chessiegal]

I ate at a Chinese restaurant recently that had the best hot and sour soup I've ever tasted. It's not close enough for regularly getting take out, but I was at a meeting this afternoon that took me by there. I stopped on the way home and got hot and sour soup and Kung Pao chicken for me, egg drop soup and shrimp in lobster sauce for my husband.

[JTMacc99]

Pizza on the grill for lunch today. Leftover pulled pork for dinner, possibly with potato salad if I get inspired. 

[Qoass]

The purge continues but today I'm not too happy about it:  lunch is some sausage and lentil soup out of the freezer while dinner is some ham and bean soup out of the refrigerator.  Now, I'm having crackers with lunch and muffins with dinner so it's totally different.  Except it's really not...