What's for Dinner, Sat., Aug. 31, 2024

[NJCher]

My friend made me a pasta dish using orechiette. It had broccoli rabe, parmesan, and ground lamb. He's a pretty good cook. The RG taught him.

Along with it, a tossed green salad. It had the usual fresh summer veggies from my garden, like cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, green pepper slices, and scallions. Caesar dressing and wonton strips for crunchiness.

Kombucha: ginger.

For dessert, dark chocolate and quinoa crisps. A half coffee/half milk.

[NJCher]

1. this is for wolfie001

who asked about whether we posted pictures of our creations on this thread.



Roasted vegetables



Salads and lamb shanks



Salmon avocado grapefruit salad

[NJCher]

2. here's a tomato galette

[PJMcK]

4. That looks great! (n/t)

[PJMcK]

3. Chili

Comfort food for a dank day.

Ground beef, chopped pork sausage, garlic, onion, green pepper, celery, black pepper, salt, chili powder, cumin, tomato sauce & paste and diced tomatoes slow cooked in a crockpot.

Served with dinner rolls and a simple green salad.

Chocolate ice cream for dessert.

[irisblue]

5. Burger, potato salad and cold decafe tea.

[irisblue]

6. Cher, which image hosting site do you use?

[NJCher]

8. postimages

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[catbyte]

7. Leftover Indian takeout from last night.

Tandoori chicken, dal mahkni, basmati rice and onion kulcha. Medium spice and the best mango chutney I've found -- Geeta's.

[NJCher]

9. I'm looking for a good mango chutney

I hope they carry Geeta's in the NY area.

I have this cauliflower pie I make in the fall. It's a Mollie recipe. I've been making it for years. It is so good with mango chutney.

[catbyte]

13. It has a slight kick to it, not hot. It also has whole spices in it and small chunks of mango.

It's pricier than say, Crosse and Blackwell, but worth it.

[NJCher]

14. I found it to be pricey online

But not at Whole Foods. Go figure? Maybe size difference; I didn't look at it that closely.

[NJCher]

11. Whole Foods has it!

yay!

[Marthe48]

10. Do you drink the kombucha for health?

Do you like it? Do you make it? Buy a variety case of flavors? I just wondered because you have it every day.

[NJCher]

12. kombucha

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I drink it 'cuz it tastes good. I used to buy it but now I have learned to brew my own and it's easy. It wasn't easy at first, though.

I'm glad I learned how to brew my own because kombucha prices have risen, just like almost all other grocery items. I noticed GT's kombucha was $4.69 at Whole Foods today--GT’s 13.5 oz bottle. I definitely go through at least one 13.5 oz bottle a day.

It does have health benefits. I belong to a kombucha forum and every now and then someone will post about a benefit they feel they have received from drinking kombucha. The most recent one was someone who thought it helped with mood elevation.