What's for Dinner, Sat., Oct. 12, 2024

[NJCher]

Orange and Date Salad (Ottolenghi recipe).

Also has radishes and red onion mixed in with torn Lollo Rosso and arugula. Also torn cilantro, parsley and mint.

The dressing is a mixture of lemon juice, garlic, orange blossom water, cinnamon, fennel seeds and olive oil.

This will probably be enough for me but if I'm still hungry, I'll have a cup of one of my soups, either cauliflower cheese or broccoli-garbanzo.

Kombucha: pear mint.

Dessert: a mini-ice cream cone, dipped in milk chocolate. A friend brought me some last night but I already had 2 yesterday.

[Drum]

1. Grilling:

Chicken thighs marinated in mayo, ras al hanout, ginger & lime;
Eggplant, zucchini, and shishito peppers
Brown rice with a tahini dressing.

[erronis]

2. Love Ottolenghi but not for a recently single person with not a lot of kitchen availability.

My go-to's in my new environment are Trader Joe's frozen dinners - especially the Indian ones, Amy's Mexican frozen dinners, sometimes Marie Calendars but they are pricier and seem to have more fat.

I had all of the Ottolenghi books as well as many other very classy ones (Ruth Reichl, Marcella Hazen, etc.). But my partner who owned our house decided that everything belonged to her. Fortunately much of the advice becomes ingrained and doesn't need a printed recipe once understood.

[NJCher]

11. TJ's, Hazan

I was just having a conversation with a woman at the grocery store. She said that TJs is one of the few places you can get a fresh salad packaged.

You know why TJ's Indian prepared dishes are so good? Because they don't shortcut you on the dinner with rice. Any other place where you want to buy some frozen Indian food does that. I hate that because I don't eat rice without soaking it first (because of the lead content). Consequently, those frozen dinners are not for me.

I tried to make my own paneer dishes. Ay yi yi. You talk about needing extensive cooking resources, not to mention the cost of multiple items. I decided to go frozen on the paneers after that experience.

I've read most of Ruth's stuff and I think I have a big volume of Marcella Hazan in my library. The RG considers her to be the best Italian cookbook author and recipe writer. He spent 20 years in Italy and learned a good deal about Italian cooking through that, but also by importing their food items into the U.S.

[spinbaby]

3. Leftovers

First up is chili with a bit of cheese on top. For a second course, I think I’ll have leftover acorn squash. Then we’ll see.

[Cairycat]

4. Pork sambal noodles

Today is our son's birthday, but my husband and I could not persuade him to have dinner at a restaurant. So we're having one of his favorites: spicy-sweet pork sambal noodles. Broccoli to go with, and dessert is cheesecake, made by the recipe that came with the spring form pan my mom bought 60 or 70 years ago, topped with raspberries.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-sambal-pork-noodles

[irisblue]

5. My neighbors are having a football/cookout party this evening

The smell of the grill is going to do me in.

I have hot dogs, tony packo, onions and a deep wish for their BBQ chicken

[no_hypocrisy]

6. My nose and head are still clogged from my present head cold.

I can't taste anything.

Might be a good night for liver.

[lkinwi]

7. Chicken breast pita sandwich with beef barley soup.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Spaghetti with...

Meat sauce, side dish of sautéed sweet onions and squash. Italian bread garlic toast. Whole milk and a brownie that I made last night.

❤️

[Marthe48]

9. Finished the eggplant Parmesan with a slice of garlic bread

It held up well. I don't think it used to last this long as leftovers

I had a fresh golden delicious apple earlier for dessert. Yum!

[MissMillie]

10. stir-fry

Kielbasa and sauerkraut (w/ carrots, peppers, onions, garlic and dill

Buttered boiled potatoes

Sauteed zucchini



Freeze pop for dessert

[NJCher]

14. which one are you?

Or are you the photographer?

What are those white lines going diagonally across the guy third from the left?

[Emile]

15. I took the picture. Not sure

who those people are? They were invited by the host. Thinking now I better not post that picture without their permission. Self deleting pic.

White lines, not sure what that is.

[Retrograde]

13. Eggplant paremesan

with a gorgeous eggplant from my garden, along with fresh basil.