Dinner 2025

[patti]

My supper on Thursday when I was too tired for much effort. Blackened chicken strips (frozen from Costco), air fryer green beans, and a small salad with a couple of heirloom tomato slices that were surprisingly okay. And a little bit of Ranch from a packet for dressing the salad and dipping the chicken (the only way it is halfway decent).

 

 

 

I had leftover tortilla pizza for supper last night. Low carb wheat tortilla, Rao’s pizza sauce, Italian blend shredded cheese, sausage crumbles, red bell pepper, mushrooms, and bits of leftover rotisserie chicken. At lunch the chicken was less dry.

[liamsaunt]

Thursday, rigatoni with spinach and pine nuts

 

 

Friday, chicken, pepper, and broccoli stir fry

 

[weinoo]

Went out for some sushi earlier this week...I decided to have chirashi:

 

 

It may turn out to be my standard order, as it was really good.

 

I decided to pivot away from making meatballs to making meat loaf.  And I practically followed a Serious Eats recipe to the letter, because I wanted to see if it was really that much better than a classic meat loaf recipe, say from Julia or James or whomever.  It was a bit more complicated than I think a meat loaf recipe needs to be. But:

 

 

It came out pretty nicely; I glazed half of it.  Also made a semi-quick pickle:

 

 

And some potato salad:

 

 

I don't think I'll follow the recipe from Serious Eats the next time I decide to make a meat loaf, as I can get results just as good without making myself nuts.  Though I will say this experiment was quite juicy and tasty.  I'm actually looking forward to cold meat loaf sandwiches.

[rotuts]

@weinoo

 

nice.

 

that's the thing about ML :  it keeps on giving , and gets better and better as a MLSandwich.

[KennethT]

 

@weinoo Where did you go for the sushi?

[weinoo]

12 minutes ago, KennethT said:

 

@weinoo Where did you go for the sushi?

 

That's Kanoyama.  I was surprised at the quantity and variety of fish on the chirashi, and the rice was perfect.  Better deal than the sushi special, I think.

 

 

[Dr. Teeth]

Stuffed calamari.   By request of my oldest son

[gfweb]

Lamb chops,potatoes, sprouts

 

[Neely]

Love those lamb chops above @gfweb

 

Two dinners

Pizza with bought base. I made paprika mince beef to go on with the usual olives, tomato sauce, mozzarella etc

 

 

Below Cooked Pizza

 

Chicken in white wine with thyme, potatoes, carrots and peas

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Neely (log)

[MaryIsobel]

5 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Stuffed calamari.   By request of my oldest son

Stuffed with? Always looking for "squid ideas."

[Duvel]

6 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

Stuffed with? Always looking for "squid ideas."

Not directed to me, but I do blood sausage, thyme & lemon peel … works every time 🤗

[Maison Rustique]

Still chipping away at cleaning out pantries and freezer. Vintage bucatini, puttanesca and Italian sausage.

 

 

[Pete Fred]

NYT Cooking recently featured a cheesy potato gratin...

 

 

 

 

The potatoes weren't particularly large, and the dish was a touch too shallow, so I had leftover cream (halfway up the potatoes, as directed). Next time I'll chuck in some more for extra 'sauce' in the bottom.

 

A meal in itself. That missing wedge is exactly what I ate, and I make no apologies.

[Smithy]

38 minutes ago, Pete Fred said:

NYT Cooking recently featured a cheesy potato gratin...

 

 

 

 

The potatoes weren't particularly large, and the dish was a touch too shallow, so I had leftover cream (halfway up the potatoes, as directed). Next time I'll chuck in some more for extra 'sauce' in the bottom.

 

A meal in itself. That missing wedge is exactly what I ate, and I make no apologies.

 

I've made that gratin, and I agree that it's delicious! Thanks for your link. I'm not generally a video watcher for recipes, but Kenji's discussion and demonstration were interesting. (I was fascinated to see him pour the sauce over the potatoes while the casserole dish was sitting atop the unprotected stove. That would be a sure recipe for me to spill onto the grate and make a mess!)

 

I don't know whether folks who aren't NYT subscribers can see that video. In case they can't, here's a gift link to the recipe: Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin.