So what's for dinner?

Homemade ham salad sammich and store-bought potato salad. Made the ham salad Saturday night and I'm just cracking it open so, yeah, I think it's had enough time to chill before serving.

Mushroom squash bisque (that's what you call blended soup, right?) and seedy toast with some kind of soft herbed cheese.

We had chicken-fried steak, roasted potatoes, green salad, and fruit salad for dessert. Tonight is either chicken and dumplings or chicken tikka masala (depends on whether i can get the ingredients for the latter).

Last night was a really nice restaurant where I had Sole Meuniere. And I tried a wine from Macedonia called "Vranac".

Lamb simmered all day in a vegetable medley of mostly onions and garlic and spinach. I'f my wife picks up some brussel sprouts I'll simmer those too in the stew and serve it over rice

Smothered Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Onions + Roasted Potatoes and Brussel Sprouts

Southern fried/garlic and herb chicken and quick cook fries. Meat balls for the boys.

We had: burger loaded onto a burger-sized portobello mushroom, baked, then stuffed inside a brioche bun. And ketchup, loads of ketchup.

davidjgalloway said:

Gonna try this... http://twistedfood.co.uk/monster-chicken-fajita-crunchwrap/

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That website... that food... whoa!

Hotdog, garden salad with my homemade Thousand Island Dressing.

Homemade mac & cheese. They cry for the box; they will not get the box.

Just roasted some nuts for the husband's office party tomorrow. Took a container of unsalted nuts, mixed them with (low sodium) soy sauce, piri-piri, black pepper, granulated garlic & onion and sesame oil.

I am amazed at my own tasty genius sometimes...

Lavern08 said:

Smothered Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Onions + Roasted Potatoes and Brussel Sprouts

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Another fan of Brussel Sprouts I see. I leave them whole so my wife can leave them behind. More for me. As an interesting side note, I think everyone in my family who likes Brussel Sprouts also has blue eyes and O neg blood

Chicken salad on crackers.
Ice cream.
Tea.

davidjgalloway said:

Homemade mac & cheese. They cry for the box; they will not get the box.

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Yes! Hurrah for you. Never give in!

I used the last of the ham to make some mini sandwiches.

Right now I have beef stock in progress in my slow cooker -- roasted a bunch of big old marrow bones earlier this morning to start the broth, so I also snuck out a few dabs of marrow for breakfast. Mmmm decadent luxury! Tonight I will caramelize a whole bunch of onions and stick the stock in the fridge overnight. Tomorrow, after I peel the fat off the stock: onion soup! A BIG pot of onion soup, so I'll have enough for the whole week.

Giada's recipe for pasta with roasted vegetables -- chop mushrooms, summer squash, red bell peppers and roast with olive oil, mix with cooked pasta, add grated cheese (parmesan and smoked mozzarella), smother the whole thing in spaghetti sauce, plop it into a buttered dish and sprinkle some parm on top, and bake till bubbly. I add a lot more sauce than the recipe calls for. But recipes never call for enough sauce.

Either chicken or turkey pot pie, garden salad, apple, popciles.

Looking like spankakopita. With anything green I can find in the fridge.

Still haven't finished the big pot of (sort of a tikka masala) lamb stew but I decided to change up the grain. Instead of plain rice I made a pot of rice infused with saffron and turmeric. My whole life I've always thought of turmeric as just a food coloring. It never had flavor other than dusty dandelion. Pretty much the same went for saffron. I never understood the attraction. It turns out it's just like olive oil. There's a lot of counterfeit stuff out there. I got the saffron and turmeric from separate mail order places and when I opened them I was in awe. They smelled like they wanted to be together and into the saucepan they went with the rice. I was worried that the lamb would overpower the rice but they blended beautifully.

Now I'm thinking, maybe to use them in some lentil crepes to wrap taco meat with lots of sauteed celery and onions

Swiss steak, salad, mashed potatoes & garlic bread courtesy of the in-laws.

BBQ wings, potatoes, okra, popsicle.

Sunday dinner is beef stroganoff, because I want some.

Just vegetable soup of spinach and cauliflower now. Maybe some cheese and fruit later. We've decided to do some easy days before the holiday season binge starts. The cupboard is full of cakes and nuts ready for Christmas and all those calories need to be balanced somehow

Leftover BBQ wings, potatoes, and okra, popsicles, and an apple. We get takeout at some non chair place that packs 10 wings and generous sides, always too much for me to eat in one sitting. This time they really overdid it with the okra. I'll probably still be eating it on Tuesday. Lol. I don't mind.