What's for Dinner, Impeachment Day 3, Thurs., Febr. 11, 2021

[NJCher]

Appetizer: goat cheese, chopped scallions, herbs, and olive oil over an Innes Rosale.

Chicken soup.

Baby arugula salad with avocade cubes; honey mustard dressing.

Seven-layer tortilla pie. Each tortilla was buttered, next a layer of egg (kind of like a crepe only thicker), and then a layer of vegetables/ground pork and beef with red sauce. This is a creative endeavor of the RG's, and it turned out to be quite delicious and very attractive. He made the recipe up in his head and then put it together.

Dessert: Vanilla Swiss almond ice cream for the RG, coffee and chocolate chip cookies (dunkers) for me.

[Yonnie3]

1. Chili

As it snows, TJ is making a pot of chili. I believe there is one of her dried hot peppers in the pot. Watch out!

Corn bread too.

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FLFC has been resting all day, but got up long enough to get some of the ground beef before it became chili. He's not very energetic lately.

[irisblue]

3. a gentle on the dome kiss from me to FLFC please

[Yonnie3]

5. OK it's given.

After I posted he was stirring on the couch, so I picked him up. His butt was on my forearm and his head against my shoulder. He just lays back in the crook of my arm and relaxes. I took him out on the porch and we watched the snow fall for a few minutes. We looked to the right and to the left and saw none of the enemy birds. He enjoyed his "out" and then I set him on the couch. He gave me a "thanks dad" lick, then yawned and went back to sleep.

[NJCher]

13. we love to hear about FLFC's activities

[irisblue]

2. ground chicken sliders and steak fries. Hot decafe tea

I added a bunch of veggies to this mornings breakfast, so I don't feel too bad about no green/orange veggies this am

[VA_Jill]

4. Southern style chicken and dumplings

made in the Instant pot (they have peas and carrots in them, so there's your veggies)

Dessert: homemade cookies and cream frozen yogurt (the cookies are macadamia white chocolate chip)

[Irish_Dem]

6. Chicken vindaloo with potatoes, kale salad, homemade chocolate pudding.

Vindaloo very easy, used my instant pot.

I know it is a bit of a mishmash menu, but it is what I had a taste for on this cold snowy day.

[PJMcK]

10. I love vindaloo!

In fact, I made it last night using, of all meats, left-over turkey which created a delicious stew. It was terrific.

My introduction to Indian cuisine was in the late 1970s in the Upper-Upper West Side of NYC. I was in college and my apartment was at Broadway and 124th Street, then known as Spanish Harlem. It was actually a fairly gentile neighborhood as long as you didn't have any visible wealth. I was a poor music student and I kind of fit into the neighborhood's bohemian/family groove. It was a wonderfully unique experience and I met some remarkable people.

One night, I was with a friend who was a French Horn player and he wanted to go out for Indian food. I tagged along and he took me to a hole-in-the-wall restaurant on 125th Street east of Amsterdam Avenue. The menu was amazing with dozens of dishes that I had never heard of. My friend took the initiative to bring an ice cold 6-pack of beer and he ordered a feast for us.

Muligatawny Soup
Papadum
Chicken Vindaloo
Aloo Paratha
Rice Pilau
Dahl
Raita
Pears

Ever since, I've loved this cuisine and never shy away from a new opportunity. I'm crazy about the spices and one of my favorites is cardamon which is a seed that has a spectacular flavor!

[Irish_Dem]

11. I love Indian food.

The items you mention are so good.

With the pandemic I am starting to cook my own Indian food.
It is not that hard, and the spices are so fun to work with.

Oh a turkey vindaloo sounds good.

I know, my introduction to Indian food was a hole in the wall, those are the best.

[Wawannabe]

7. Homemade meatballs and sauce

Over fettuccine. Rosemary artisan bread toasted.

Have some vanilla bean ice cream. Will have some of that with raspberry preserves and a bit of chocolate later.

[Jirel]

8. It's cold here, so...

Deciding right now whether to make a pasta arrabiata with sausage and peppers and onions, with garlic bread, or to go out in the cold and wet to get the makings for a classic beef burgundy. I'm thinking the pasta is going to be quicker and more fulfilling than running out in the nasty weather, even though the beef burgundy sounds amazing.

[LAS14]

9. Omelette with a little cheese, a wedge of cabbage and salsa. Still "low food day." nt

[PJMcK]

12. Burgers

We had to restock our refrigerator and freezer so we went to the local supermarket to load up.

For tonight, here's the menu:

Cheddar cheese burgers with lettuce, tomato and red onion, broiled in the new oven with toasted Kaiser rolls; ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, mayo, etc. on the side
Homemade potato fries in Grandpa's (10-ton) iron pan
Romaine lettuce salad with a few additions
Sliced apple

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