So what's for dinner?

Wow, this group eats well. Trying to eat 'healthy' by cooking whole grain pasta with turkey meatballs. Not bad if you douse it with parmesan.

cubed up what was left of the ram pot roast, simmered veggies into the liquid (onions, celery, shrooms, potatoes) and sides of steamed lentils and saffron rice

Adapted Alton Brown's Chuan'r recipe to both steak & lamb breast and DAMN, did the in-laws love it!

Gwen Salad.

No cooking tonight, just home from our very first road trip. So it was a hard-boiled egg sandwich on a baguette with mayo, tomatoes and lettuce. Back to real meals tomorrow.

MAS said:

No cooking tonight, just home from our very first road trip. So it was a hard-boiled egg sandwich on a baguette with mayo, tomatoes and lettuce. Back to real meals tomorrow.

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That's a legitimate meal

I dunno, it was more like lunch than dinner. But tonight it's whole wheat couscous with raisins, toasted walnuts, arugula, and spinach, with a lemon dressing. Much more like a real meal....

Jarred vodka sauce jazzed up with sauteed onions, mushrooms, and ground beef over linguine. Quick and easy and pretty darn tasty.

House guests from Budapest. And they're cooking. It's only fair. Some Hungarian surprise.

Maryn said:

Fat free half and half

Maryn, making herself hungry

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Such a thing exists? It seems like a contradiction.

ULTRAGOTHA said:

Gwen Salad.

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What's that??
We had black eyed peas for dinner but maybe have a salad later tonight, so....

GeorgeK said:

Such a thing exists? It seems like a contradiction.

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I know, right? I know they have low fat sour cream, yoghurt, and such, but that's a new one to me.

I get fat-free half and half all the time.

Curlz said:

What's that??
We had black eyed peas for dinner but maybe have a salad later tonight, so....

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We named it after my SIL who got the (unimproved!) original out of a newspaper. I have improved it, if I do say so myself.

1 bag of spring greens salad mix
1 log of goat cheese
bread crumbs
pecans
diced or sliced beets
raspberry balsamic vinaigrette (Or that sour cherry salad dressing from Nordstrom YUM)

Crush the pecans together with the bread crumbs.
Slice the goat cheese log into rounds about 1/2 inch thick.
Press pecan/breadcrumbs into all surfaces.
Bake in an oven until the cheese sizzles.
Serve over the salad
Add beets (totally optional--I don't like them, Wife does)
Add salad dressing.
Eat with toast.

BenPanced said:

I get fat-free half and half all the time.

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What are the two halves then? I mean, the original is cream and whole milk. Pretty fatty. What's the difference between no fat cream and no fat milk? Serious question.

eta: I guess I just don't understand how cream can be fat free.

Fat free half & half has been pretty common for about 10 years (at least around here). It's basically skim milk thickened to the consistency of half-and-half with corn syrup, carrageenan, & other things (the exact formula varies by the company). I think it tastes nasty-sweet & nothing at all like real half-and-half, so I avoid the stuff, but a lot of people find it an acceptable substitute & it occupies a lot of shelf-space in my supermarkets now.

benbenberi said:

Fat free half & half has been pretty common for about 10 years (at least around here). It's basically skim milk thickened to the consistency of half-and-half with corn syrup, carrageenan, & other things (the exact formula varies by the company). I think it tastes nasty-sweet & nothing at all like real half-and-half, so I avoid the stuff, but a lot of people find it an acceptable substitute & it occupies a lot of shelf-space in my supermarkets now.

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Thanks. I'll have to seek it out at the grocery store. Then avoid it like the plague.

Thai-style stir fry, with pad thai sauce, cod, shrimp, two kinds of peppers, leek, snow peas, bok choy and mushrooms, served over brown rice.

caw

It was the grill for us tonight -- grilled salmon, grilled asparagus, grilled red peppers, and also (not grilled) brown rice and some green beans left over from last night that needed to be used up. It was yummy.

Trader Joe's saag panir with rice and extra panir.

Home cooked chicken tenders and French fries, popsicle.

My hubby is always a 12hr shift on thursdays, so that's usually the night I'll order pizza for the kids and make myself pasta. When I asked them what they wanted for dinner my one son said "Meatloaf" the other wanted left over casserole.

Meat loaf(I mix brown sugar with ketchup together for a glaze and spread it over top) I think this is why my son likes it, for the sweet glaze
Corn on the cob
Pan fried potatoes with onions and carrots
dinner rolls