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NJCher

(35,679 posts)
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 05:40 PM Jan 2024

What's for Dinner, Mon., Jan. 1, 2023, New Year's Day

Butternut squash soup. Not happy with this soup and am doctoring it up. Might have to engage the consultation services of the RG because nothing I've done so far makes it any better.

Zucchini bake: It also has scallion, garlic, lotsa' basil, mozzarella, and parmesan.

Now, dessert: My neighbor just dropped by with a few boxes of Belgium chocolates. Yum. I have had no sweets so far this holiday season. But I am planning on a dark chocolate truffle filling and an ameretto cream. Only 140 calories but who knows how bad the blood sugar will zoom.

My neighbor was all dressed up for Christmas: Christmas hat, scarf, etc., but the dog was the best. The dog, a furry white little charmer with a vigorous tail wag, had on a hand knitted coat (I assure you my neighbor, a therapist, did not knit it) that was red, white and green. Also a bow. Crazy happy to be out seeing the neighbors. Dogs: just so much fun.

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AllaN01Bear

(18,242 posts)
1. i dont know yet ; woke up late and slept in till almost 0900.
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 06:53 PM
Jan 2024

will decide later. ooohhh ahhhh a waggle butt dog. !!!! theres one in my apartment complex . name is henery , but i call him waggle butt. going a mile a minute.

niyad

(113,325 posts)
2. The zucchini bake and dessert sound fabulous. The dog sounds adorable.
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 07:12 PM
Jan 2024

Dinner is simple: pate, brie, baguette, cornichons, and sparkling wine.

Have a Happy, and delicious, New Year.

elleng

(130,956 posts)
5. Nice!
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 08:09 PM
Jan 2024

Had hoped to find pate & other interesting things for NYEve but didn't, so NYEve was boring, and no interesting leftovers. May open small bottle of prosecco if/when daughter & son in law visit.

niyad

(113,325 posts)
11. I am most fortunate in that my King Soopers, Costco and Trader Joe's all
Tue Jan 2, 2024, 02:27 AM
Jan 2024

carry very nice pates. And I can make a pretty decent one myself. And Prosecco is always in order!

elleng

(130,956 posts)
12. Lucky!
Tue Jan 2, 2024, 02:39 AM
Jan 2024

I frequent 1 regional grocery store, and they had better varieties prior to covid. Trader Joe nowhere near, is close to friend's place which I visited occasionally years ago, but I'm now staying home (because I prefer to do so!)

chowmama

(413 posts)
6. Red beans and rice
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 08:24 PM
Jan 2024

with Swiss Chard for cooked greens (olive oil, garlic and pepper flakes). A little blue cheese for DH and brie for me as an appetizer.

Keeping it simple. The beans and rice are a big batch, so some beans will end up canned for future working-late meals.

slightlv

(2,818 posts)
7. I've got a rump roast tendering up in the slow cooking oven,
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 08:31 PM
Jan 2024

along with potatoes and carrots and onions. Add in a heaping bowl of Hopping John, and I'll call our New Years Day good. Anything for good luck this year! (LOL)

yellowdogintexas

(22,256 posts)
9. 15 bean soup with cornbread. I didn't have any blackeyed peas except
Tue Jan 2, 2024, 12:11 AM
Jan 2024

what ever is in that soup.

I used my new Insta-Pot to cook it and it turned out just fine.

Runningdawg

(4,517 posts)
10. Nothing traditional here - we had a low-country boil w/shrimp, corn, potatoes and sausage. Berry cobbler for dessert.
Tue Jan 2, 2024, 12:43 AM
Jan 2024
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