Dinner 2026

[sartoric]

Poached chicken in a chilli, garlic, green onion sauce with rice and smashed cucumber salad.

[Smithy]

More or less a repeat of last night's dinner. This time I added spinach for greenery, and used my panini press, opened flat so everything could be griddled at once. Then when it was time to fold the tortilla I folded the press over and griddled both sides at once. 

 

 

Not much difference in the final result, as far as the equipment was concerned. (I think the A4 box may get a bit hotter then the panini press.) I fear the spinach was more window dressing than benefit to the flavor. I get virtue points for the greenery, but that's about it. 😁

[Neely]

Sunny summer salads for multiple dinners or sometimes late lunch with occasional use of the BBQ

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 06:34 AM by Neely (log)

[YvetteMT]

Sausages, peppers and onions, and acorn squash. 

[Dejah]

Happy 2026, Everyone!
Made this for new years day for dinner. It was lovely. THEN, something, a piece of shell broke a tooth!
Luckily, my cousin and her hubby are dentists, and they took me in next morning even tho' the office was closed.
Bouillabaisse from a Weight Watchers cookbook:

                                                       

 

Next day, even tho' I didn't have any residual pain. I took care to not bite down on the "cavity" Made wonton soup for dinner.

 

                                                       

 

[Dr. Teeth]

Some sort of mashup between a Beef with Broccoli and Jap Chae.

 

King Oyster mushrooms, Chinese Broccoli and sweet potato noodles in a beef and broccoli sauce.

[C. sapidus]

Five-spice pork ribs: Marinated the ribs with soy sauce, fish sauce, 5-spice powder, garlic, sesame oil, sugar, cilantro, and whiskey. Grilled the ribs and then finished in the oven, mopping with marinade from time to time. Meat was chewy, which I expected, but quite delicious. I would love to try slow-smoked ribs with a similar marinade.

 

Friend brought over green beans, and Mrs. C made falafel and tahini sauce. Sliced cucumbers, red bell peppers, and scallions to round out the meal.

 

[Maison Rustique]

I stopped at Sprouts this morning to pick up a couple of things. As I passed by the case with take and bake meals, I spotted a sign for meatballs for $2.99/lb. They expire tomorrow so were half price. I grabbed one. Since it was expiring, I popped it into the toaster oven a while ago. I had planned to just freeze for future use, but they smelled and looked so good I changed my supper plan. And dang, why didn't I buy another package, too!

[Ann_T]

Tonight's dinner - Steak and Frites.

Picked up two more of the Sterling Silver Top Sirloin cap steaks.

The flavour is so good and the steaks very tender.

 

Cooked on the grill and served with a wine sauce with twice fried "shoestring French fries".

[rotuts]

@Ann_T

 

You always do Beef perfectly .

 

Yum Yum

[YvetteMT]

Taco salads last night

[Duvel]

After some 11h drive finally back home - to a freezing cold house & empty fridge. Soo … spaghettini puttanesca !

 

 

Hits the spot every time 🤗

[KennethT]

54 minutes ago, Duvel said:

After some 11h drive finally back home - to a freezing cold house & empty fridge. Soo … spaghettini puttanesca !

 

 

Hits the spot every time 🤗

You're a better man than I...  after an 11 hour drive and a cold house, I'd want to get delivery!!!

[MaryIsobel]

1 hour ago, Duvel said:

After some 11h drive finally back home - to a freezing cold house & empty fridge. Soo … spaghettini puttanesca !

 

 

Hits the spot every time 🤗

Puttanesca is my go to recipe. Always have the ingredients on hand. Yours looks great! I've done it with with fish, chicken, even roasted veggies are a great option for pasta. 

 

[RWood]

Tried King Arthur’s recipe of the year. Pretty tasty pizza, laminated dough is different. Something to do when I don’t want to get the Ooni out. 
 

[Maison Rustique]

Last night's meal of small salad and 2 meatballs was way too much for me. I thought I was paring down just having one meatball tonight but my side was extra heavy, though delicious. Mashed potatoes with spinach and some artichoke and lemon pesto from the back of the pantry. It turned out great. I'm calling it Deb-

anized stoemp.

[MaryIsobel]

27 minutes ago, Maison Rustique said:

Last night's meal of small salad and 2 meatballs was way too much for me. I thought I was paring down just having one meatball tonight but my side was extra heavy, though delicious. Mashed potatoes with spinach and some artichoke and lemon pesto from the back of the pantry. It turned out great. I'm calling it Deb-

anized stoemp.

 

28 minutes ago, Maison Rustique said:

Last night's meal of small salad and 2 meatballs was way too much for me. I thought I was paring down just having one meatball tonight but my side was extra heavy, though delicious. Mashed potatoes with spinach and some artichoke and lemon pesto from the back of the pantry. It turned out great. I'm calling it Deb-

anized stoemp.

That lemon artichoke pesto looks amazing - I could definitely make a dent in that! My biggest challenge these days is trying to figure out in the morning, how hungry we will be or not be a dinnr time!

[Neely]

Spaghetti and meatballs with a rich tomato sauce… rich because it has left over wine in it. The sour cream is not  traditional but I saw it in the fridge and I thought “why not”

 

[liamsaunt]

Monday: roasted sweet potatoes, broccolini and delicata squash with miso ginger sauce and black sesame seeds

 

 

We have started getting weekly delivery from our community fish share again because this year they gave up their requirement that you had to accept the “fish of the week” and are now offering a la carte from what’s available. This week we chose tuna and salmon. Last night we had the tuna seared with soy dipping sauce, rice and a cucumber-pepper salad. 
 

[Shelby]

On 1/4/2026 at 7:58 PM, Smithy said:

More or less a repeat of last night's dinner. This time I added spinach for greenery, and used my panini press, opened flat so everything could be griddled at once. Then when it was time to fold the tortilla I folded the press over and griddled both sides at once. 

 

 

Not much difference in the final result, as far as the equipment was concerned. (I think the A4 box may get a bit hotter then the panini press.) I fear the spinach was more window dressing than benefit to the flavor. I get virtue points for the greenery, but that's about it. 😁

This looks delicious and cheesy.

23 hours ago, Duvel said:

After some 11h drive finally back home - to a freezing cold house & empty fridge. Soo … spaghettini puttanesca !

 

 

Hits the spot every time 🤗

OMG one of my favorites.  

On 1/1/2026 at 7:14 AM, weinoo said:

roast chicken, which had some of the compound butter and truffle slices spread under the skin

How many years have I said this around here????  But someday I'm going to get a real truffle I don't care how expensive it is lol.

 

Decided to not get back on the low carb wagon for a few more days.  I HAD to have spaghetti and venison meatballs--had some balls leftover from when our friend was here that I froze.  Also did some Italian sausage links and salad.

 

 

 

 

There is pasta under the mountain of basil.  My grocery store turned kitchen basil plant is still going strong.  I had to stake it up yesterday it's gotten so tall.

 

 

I'm adhering to @KennethT's instructions and watering it --2 cups of water every day (that's all it will hold without overflowing) but the leaves still look wilty.  Tastes delicious though.....

 

Drug my very unused air fryer out and did some Cornish game hens the next night (that was more on the low carb plan that we should be doing).  Cheesy cauliflower and deviled eggs to go with.

 

I felt a little......bad...disturbing the hens....they looked so......er....comfortable?

 

 

Pizza and salad the next night--I mean I had dough in the freezer and sauce and meats to use up so yeah.....and another salad

 

 

 

Last night the last of the venison pounder steaks with fake cauliflower mashed potatoes, carb free gravy ( I don't know why I keep trying this...Ronnie doesn't love it) and green bean casserole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KennethT]

9 minutes ago, Shelby said:

There is pasta under the mountain of basil.  My grocery store turned kitchen basil plant is still going strong.  I had to stake it up yesterday it's gotten so tall.

 

 

I'm adhering to @KennethT's instructions and watering it --2 cups of water every day (that's all it will hold without overflowing) but the leaves still look wilty.  Tastes delicious though.....

 

Looking at the whole plant and pot, I wonder if it has gotten root bound, in which case, it will always be a little wilty because there can't be enough root mass to support the plant.  I really like fabric pots since it's impossible for it to get root bound - instead, the fabric air prunes the roots, which encourages more branching - you wind up with a giant super dense ball of roots.  I always cut my basil flowers - they're so pretty, but I always thought that if I didn't, the plant wouldn't do as well.

[gulfporter]

Chilly weather calls for Chili.  Chicken chili with cannellini beans, Rotel tomatoes, canned diced chilies.  Topped with sour cream, scallions and cilantro.  I bought an avocado but mi esposo ruled it was not ripe enough.  He put it in a paper bag in the fridge and says it'll be ripe before we run out of leftover chili 🥑

 

 

[Shelby]

10 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Looking at the whole plant and pot, I wonder if it has gotten root bound, in which case, it will always be a little wilty because there can't be enough root mass to support the plant.  I really like fabric pots since it's impossible for it to get root bound - instead, the fabric air prunes the roots, which encourages more branching - you wind up with a giant super dense ball of roots.  I always cut my basil flowers - they're so pretty, but I always thought that if I didn't, the plant wouldn't do as well.

I keep saying I need to snip the flowers, I always do in the garden....but they ARE so pretty lol.

 

I suspect you're right about the roots.  I need to get a bigger pot but then it wouldn't fit in the window and that presents a whole 'nother problem with Newman wanting to eat the plant lol.