What's for Dinner, Sat., March 15, 2025

[NJCher]

Went out for an early dinner and had lamb and beef kabobs; also tomato cucumber couscous salad.

Loved their hummus. It was a Mediterranean restaurant.

Just tea for dessert.

[irisblue]

1. Roast beef & Swiss on whole wheat, orange slices and hot decafe tea

Bigger movie night plans...new popcorn machine, so butter, tajin-nutritional yeast🍿, lime fizzy water and a movie to be determined. Simple joys

[Nanuke]

2. Grilled cheese, tomato soup with cheezit crackers, honey crisp apple slices, tea.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

3. Spaghetti and chicken cutlets.

I love doctoring store bought Marinara with onion, garlic, basil and oregano. Toss chicken in egg and Italian flavored breadcrumbs. Salad and Chocolate tapioca pudding for dessert.

[La Coliniere]

4. Asparagus Tofu and Farro Wheat

Steam-fried in evoo and veggie broth: chopped onions, red bell pepper, sliced carrots and minced garlic. When soft I added sliced mushrooms and cut asparagus. When done I mixed the vegetables with cooked farro wheat, air-fried crispy tofu, chopped parsley and a dollop of Miyoko’s butter. Cheers! 🥂

[Pucks mom]

5. Watching 12 hours of Sebring

Hot links with sauteed cabbage and mashed potatoes. With tequila cocktails.

Our youngest just moved to NC to work for Penske Racing so we are rooting for the Penske 6 & 7 cars as well ask Rexy and Spike from AO racing.

Race ends in 2:45

I am a car crazy mom.

[lynintenn]

6. Shrimp scampi and green salad with citrus dressing

wee ate a huge bag of popcorn while we watched Tennessee vs Auburn and then Florida vs Alabama. in the semifinals of the SEC basketball tournament . Good luck to the Tennessee VOLS tomorrow.

[AKwannabe]

7. The rest of a Costco chicken

Salad and bucatini with homemade pesto that was a Christmas gift. Kept it in the freezer and using the last of it.

[MissMillie]

8. Fish sticks

corn
green beans

brownie for dessert

[buzzycrumbhunger]

9. My big plan...

… which went awry when I discovered I had no canned garbanzos was to make chickwheat (a vegan chicken-type seitan thingie) because we’re still in moving hell and I have yet to unpack all my kitchen stuff. Luckily, I found a pound of beans and have the Instant Pot, but that put me a day behind as it has to rest in the fridge for a few hours (or overnight) before you can shred it.

Short explanation is that it’s made from chickpeas (or any beans, really) and vital wheat gluten (the protein part of the wheat). Add seasonings to taste and knead the daylights out of it and you have a scary pile of dough. Steam under pressure two hours in the IP, let it cool overnight, and then shred it. The result looks just like shredded meat (you can season to approximate anything, really).

I love to brown it up in a skillet with a spicy BBQ and jalapeño sauce and roll it up in a WW tortilla, but it’s great in pot pie, casseroles, and anything else you could do with your favourite recipe. So tired of frozen burritos and granola since the move and made a HUGE batch tonight to stock up.

Prior batch for illustration:


Recipe for anyone who might be curious:
https://avocadosandales.com/2017/12/17/chickwheat-shreds/

[Retrograde]

10. Chili tacos and guacamole

We made a big pot of chili for game night yesterday, and there weren't enough leftovers for two people. So we made tacos with what was left, and some fresh guacamole on the side.

[elleng]

11. Sounds great, like a place in D.C. wherein we decided on name of our 2d daughter!

She and s i l @ Ocean City this weekend, with their 2 kids, doing the Irish stuff.