what's for dinner - tax day edition

[fizzgig]

husband is staying with a buddy tonight, so i'll be on my own. it'll be either a salami sandwich on an english muffin or, if i'm feeling motivated, noodles and garlic butter with kale or broccoli.

happy eats and i hope today isn't painful for you

[Galileo126]

1. Not sure yet

It's only 12-noon here. However, I do know I don't want to cook today.

I think it might be Chinese takeout? Film at eleven.

[pinto]

2. Guacamole w/ lime and pineapple salsa, refied beans 'n sharp cheese quesadilla.

[libodem]

3. Basic pot roast

In the crock pot.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. The last of the short ribs that I made Sunday.

Tax day was not painful for me.

[grasswire]

5. mac and cheese made with Dreamfields pasta (low carb)..

....and a wedge salad. Also garlic rosemary toasts made with day-old ciabatta. I slice up a whole loaf and drizzle with garlic rosemary butter and olive oil and bake at 300 until very very dry and crispy. I used to do that when teenagers were in the house and I had access to day old levain from the family's coffee house -- use up three or four loaves this way, and keep them in a cookie jar for the kids to snack on.

[elleng]

6. 'Painful' because I went to dentist,

so some prodding left residual tenderness; will be worse Thursday after 2 fillings.

Leftovers from lunch, spinach greens and goat, from casual Pakistani place nearby.

[pscot]

7. asparagus, mushroom and barley pilaf

with pork loin sliced thin, mustard coated and sautéed. The pilaf was seasoned with lemon zest, salt and pepper, and grated parmesan and topped with toasted hazelnuts. I thought it lacked something, but I'm not sure what.

[grasswire]

9. I've found that caramelizing mushrooms before adding them to a dish...

.....adds a lot of flavor. I just saute them in some butter until they brown.

[NJCher]

10. they will turn golden

if you sprinkle a little baking soda on them. Be sure it is the good kind, like from Arrow or some mfr like that, and not the stuff out of the box (Arm & Hammer). I also put a little sugar in mine.


Cher

[Freddie]

8. My son moved back home

23-year-old boys still eat like teenagers, so I'm trying to cook in much greater quantity than when it was just 2 of us.
Tonite made one of his favorites, macaroni in a meat sauce (.5 lb browned ground beef and a jar of Ragu) baked with buttered bread crumbs. Cheap, makes lots and leftovers nuke well.

[NJCher]

11. Portuguese restaurant again

Had a big salad with balsamic vinegar dressing. Entree was garlic shrimp; the RG chose filet mignon, except there were three of them! His mashed potatoes were out of this world; he gave them to me. Why would anybody do this? I was in heaven.

Also potato chips made in the restaurant. Yellow rice. Vegetables.

Pitcher of sangria.

While we were in the restaurant, some hottie came in with butt implants. Man, I never saw such a thing! They were huge, too, and she was in tight leather pants with four-inch heels with all these straps. Man, I said to the RG, "all that to dine out with some guy with a pot belly."

Looked like a lot of work for a rather modest payout.

Anyway, dinner was delish and I had dessert, too, which was chocolate truffle cake. Almond liquer for after-dinner drink.

Thanks for starting the thread, fizzgig.


Cher