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Quinoa Tabbouleh
Has tomatoes, diced, cucumber, green onions, grated carrots, and parsley.
Dessert: Vanilla mochis
Cold decaf tea to drink.
on edit: I have had to change my mind because I can't find the quinoa (I know there's a bag here somewhere!), so now I am making something similar only as stuffed zucchinis. Pretty much the same as above except with pine nut toasted couscous. I'm going to add extra toasted pine nuts because I love them so much.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Cucumbers in vinegar w/Splenda and a tiny amount of homemade mashed potatoes to pull it all together.
Red wine. Piece of chocolate.
NJCher
(35,421 posts)I've done that before but didn't know the name for it. I looked it up and I think others might find this as useful as I will:
Types of starches for panade:
Bread. Fresh, stale, wheat, day-old. Your meatball wont mind.
Breadcrumbs. Homemade breadcrumbs, panko breadcrumbs.
Crackers or cracker crumbs.
Cooked rice. Gluten free panade.
Cooked potato or potato flakes. Also gluten-free.
Liquids for panade:
Milk.
Cream.
Yogurt.
Buttermilk.
Stock or broth.
Water.
The purpose of the panade is that it keeps the protein in the meat from shrinking and tightening during cooking.
Source: https://www.culinaryhill.com/how-to-make-a-panade/
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Totally works, theyre so tender. I never really understood why we put that milk/bread stuff in the meat before, only knew it was essential.
trof
(54,255 posts)I made a sauce for the pie's innards.
Equal parts fajita sauce and yakitori sauce with a big dollop of horseradish.
Fusion cuisine?
alfredo
(60,065 posts)Tilapia with Sumac.
A good Pinot Gris was employed to wash it all down.
You can find Sumac at Arab groceries. Its magic.
Cairycat
(1,697 posts)we hadn't done that since March '20 (we've eaten in a couple restaurants while traveling, but at home we've only gotten takeout during the pandemic). But all three of us are fully immunized now, so it was a treat.
We went to a place here where they brew kombucha and also have a restaurant. The restaurant features local products and food and drink made with their kombucha. My husband had a Cuban sandwich and my son and I had kombucha burgers. These came with cucumbers pickled in kombucha, which reminded me of my mother's bread and butter pickles. They also have kombucha based cocktails. I had a wonderful Paloma with passion fruit-pear kombucha. It was obvious that care was taken to mitigate COVID exposure - masks at the door, good spacing between tables, plexiglass barriers at the long table. The ambience was nice and relaxing.
https://www.vervekombucha.com/menu/
NJCher
(35,421 posts)I am so envious that you have such a place to go to.
MissMillie
(38,450 posts)I cooked for Dad and Sis tonight, so kept things simple at home.
Our pizza was ham, onion, bell pepper and extra cheese.
Dad and Sis got a chicken meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes and gravy, sauteed yellow squash, and steamed broccoli.