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NJCher

(35,680 posts)
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 06:12 PM Jan 2024

What's for Dinner, Wed., Jan. 3, 2024

Appetizer: whitefish salad on green pepper strips.

Butternut squash soup to which I have added something new: ground pork in 7-pepper blend (called Pierre Poivre #7). In addition, I made wonton strips with smoked paprika and cayenne. Toasted chili-lime cashews, too.

Coleslaw that I made yesterday from the giant cabbage leaves. After combining flavors overnight, it's really good. Toasted pepitas on top.
Homemade dressing, carrots, onion, garlic.

Kombucha--my home brew with ginger added.

I'm going to fry an apple half in butter and put it over no-sugar ice cream. Got the idea for this right here on the C & B dinner thread.

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What's for Dinner, Wed., Jan. 3, 2024 (Original Post) NJCher Jan 2024 OP
Ribeye steaks Yonnie3 Jan 2024 #1
Leftovers again...Or should i say planned-overs? Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #2
I fixed a pack of Shirataki noodles Marthe48 Jan 2024 #3
Pork chops BBQed on the grill coprolite Jan 2024 #4
Baked pork chops in cranberry sauce, buttered noodles & broccoli. Decafe tea irisblue Jan 2024 #5
checked out that site NJCher Jan 2024 #14
Doctored up frozen pizza 🍕 Emile Jan 2024 #6
Lazy tonight.... democrank Jan 2024 #7
Took rib section from New Years prime rib roast gibraltar72 Jan 2024 #8
Broiled Alaskan cod Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #9
My idea of heaven! NJCher Jan 2024 #15
I don't know what took me so long to try this! Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #16
oh it will be, but NJCher Jan 2024 #19
Apple rosemary pork loin, rice birdographer Jan 2024 #10
Fish! Tesha Jan 2024 #11
I can't believe you mentioned that!! NJCher Jan 2024 #17
Everyone's dinner sounds YUMMY! AKwannabe Jan 2024 #12
naan NJCher Jan 2024 #18
Shrimp PJMcK Jan 2024 #13
Crab Louis Retrograde Jan 2024 #20

Jilly_in_VA

(9,979 posts)
2. Leftovers again...Or should i say planned-overs?
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 06:23 PM
Jan 2024

Hamburger soup and corn muffins.

2 more days of Nativity fast, yay! I don't observe it as strictly as some of my Orthodox brethren, but I do try to eliminate desserts and second helpings. I haven't had ice cream this whole time.

Marthe48

(16,967 posts)
3. I fixed a pack of Shirataki noodles
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 06:28 PM
Jan 2024

(0 carbs) and added ham and mixed vegetables. I bought a mini-loaf of marble rye and had a slice of that with butter

Yum!

NJCher

(35,680 posts)
14. checked out that site
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 10:58 PM
Jan 2024

Fun little trip to the 60s and 70s.

I've been thinking about doing something along that line for a while now. There were a couple recipes there that interested me.

democrank

(11,096 posts)
7. Lazy tonight....
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 07:03 PM
Jan 2024

Acorn squash baked with a small pat of butter and Vermont maple syrup, large green salad with tomatoes, grapes, Parmesan, chopped cashews and homemade dressing, baked potato, side of cottage cheese. Plum juice…no dessert.

gibraltar72

(7,506 posts)
8. Took rib section from New Years prime rib roast
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 07:15 PM
Jan 2024

cooked it down in instant pot. Stripped the bones then Amish noodles in pot with meat. Served that over potatoes side of cottage cheese. Very satisfying meal.

Diamond_Dog

(32,004 posts)
9. Broiled Alaskan cod
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 07:21 PM
Jan 2024

Bought in fresh fish section at Sam’s Club today. I seasoned it with rotisserie seasoning.

Mashed redskin potatoes

Pear-Goat cheese-arugula salad topped with toasted walnuts. Probably I will be the only one who enjoys this salad.

Rolls

Ice cream and we’ll split the last half of the Apple pie from New Years.

NJCher

(35,680 posts)
15. My idea of heaven!
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 11:01 PM
Jan 2024
Pear-Goat cheese-arugula salad topped with toasted walnuts.

Probably I will be the only one who enjoys this salad.


I'm planning on one using watercress for tomorrow!

NJCher

(35,680 posts)
19. oh it will be, but
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 11:49 PM
Jan 2024

any bitter green to contrast with the sweetness of the pear works good. I have a new crop of arugula and I'm just hoping I can cut it before the deer get to it. They are always hanging around those beds.

Tesha

(20,854 posts)
11. Fish!
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 07:37 PM
Jan 2024

Cod poached in lobster broth, rice, and Frenched beans.

The broth is Better Than Bullion - yummy flavor

NJCher

(35,680 posts)
17. I can't believe you mentioned that!!
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 11:43 PM
Jan 2024

I found it when I was shopping today! There were several other new versions to their lineup, which I always keep in stock in my kitchen. I got two of the "seasoned vegetable base" made with carrots, celery, onions, and tomatoes.

I thought about the lobster but didn't see myself using it enough, but I see how you used it and now I'm thinking I might.

AKwannabe

(5,661 posts)
12. Everyone's dinner sounds YUMMY!
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 09:25 PM
Jan 2024

I made vegetarian curry.
Yellow curry, with smashed garlic, fennel and S&P. The veggies are baby Yukons, carrots and peas.

While that was cooking, heated some frozen pot stickers in a little oil to tide me over!

Have some multigrain bread and KerryGold to go with curry-tho would be best with some garlic naan….

NJCher

(35,680 posts)
18. naan
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 11:47 PM
Jan 2024

get yourself some frozen naan bread (they have two kinds, garlic and tandoori) at Trader Joe's next time you're by one.

I have been having the best luck keeping all my bread in the freezer and then thawing it in the air fryer when I need it.

I checked all the prices--TJ's has the best price; better than WF or Aldi's and better than ShopRite, too.

KerryGold is the best!

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
13. Shrimp
Wed Jan 3, 2024, 10:20 PM
Jan 2024

Scampi served over rice. Traditional recipe of butter, olive oil, chopped parsley, white wine, salt and pepper, red pepper flakes, lots of garlic and lemon plus the shrimp.

The salad was a mix of lettuces with red onion, carrots and tomatoes topped with creamy Italian dressing.

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