Dl Epicure: What's for dinner?

Eggplant Parmesan

I am grilling the eggplant, instead of breading and frying first.

I haven't eaten all day: I wasn't feeling up to it. But I finally cooked some basmati rice, and ate it with butter and salt and pepper.

I made a delicious stir fry of chicken, broccoli, peppers and purple onion in a super-gingery black bean sauce. Served with sticky sushi rice.

Not a bit left over.

^^ Chinese black bean sauce, not Mexican. For the record.

still preparing my Eggplant Parmesan.

Celebrating my cat's seventh birthday ........ Roast pork loin with mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread stuffing, green beans from my garden, strawberry shortcake.

My cat ate Purina Naturals with homemade gravy, and a small dish of vanilla ice cream topped with a sprinkle of catnip. He was, after all, the guest of honor.

Happy Cat B-Day!

This is so sweet I love animal people.

Happy Birthday to the kitty at R6.

I dined with a friend at an Indian place. It was Happy Hour. I had a gin and tonic, fried cauliflower in tasty sauce, tandoori chicken, raw tuna on fat crunchy rice, some vegetable thing, garlic paan and sauces. It was really filling for Happy Hour food.

Grilled pork chops, potatoes and salad.

Stone soup, plantain chips, a fig, and some warm water.

Pork & Sauerkraut

Chicken (boneless skinless thighs) Paprikash. 1973 Joy of Cooking recipe, plus carrots, peppers, and mushrooms.

Spaghetti tossed with chopped tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, and some grilled scallops

Vodka and Valium.

I am having a dirty martini because people need their vegetables, [r14]

Chicken patty sandwich

I'm prepping a Sunday roast......lemon and garlic butter chicken, Marmite roast spuds, homemade Yorkshire puds, Lincolnshire sausage stuffing, baby carrots, cauliflower cheese, and green beans with a white wine gravy.

Fried bologna sandwich, potato salad, and Pepsi.

Red Velvet Cake for dessert.

Rum and regrets.

I’m out of gin.

I'm feeling somewhat lazy. Chicken Alfredo with a side salad.

A sandwich and some fruit. It’s too hot to cook.

Melon au Porto

Tomato Tart

Duck with raspberries

Plum Sorbet

(It’s August, and I’ve been to the farmers’ market.)

Just a simple stir fry of chicken breast, mushrooms, broccoli and some "House of Tsang Classic Sauce".

Left over baked ziti

Green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette.

Chunky veggie chili, nachos, dips, salad with blue cheese dressing.

Patty melt and home fries and a small cookie, the kind with jam in the middle and powdered sugar on top. Diet orange Crush. Oh and ketchup with the potatoes.

Spaghetti Carbonara

Spaghetti Carbonara

Fettuccine Alfredo. Wow is that easy to make. The Alfredo part takes literally less than 2 minutes to make. I just wonder if I'll be able to reheat the leftovers without ruining it. It is very rich and my eyes were bigger than my stomach. The recipe was for one pound of pasta and I used 1/2 pound and cut the sauce ingredients in half and still half of that started to make me a little sick feeling. I made homemade chocolate cream pie for dessert and I could only get one bite down. I wonder if our bodies start rejecting heavily fat filled meals as we get older. I can eat most of a cheeseburger deluxe so this meal must have really been over the top fat filled with butter, heavy cream and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano. I never made it before so I didn't know how my body would react. Well, it sure did taste good though.

Two scrambled eggs, sautéed cabbage, tomato salad.

Twiced baked potatoes. Chef john’s method.

I'm keeping it simple tonight. Grilled steak,baked potato, and salad.

It's a toss up between leftover Stone Soup or Elephant Stew.

I usually have the same thing to eat on the cheap. Organic quinoa with garlic and butter and soy sauce. Chicken thighs with Shake N Bake. And sauteed carrots.

3/4 bottle of Pinot noir and cabbage rolls

Some of you guys have given me a real urge for cabbage. I think I'll buy some to cook over the weekend.

We had a dinner party this evening and I served spinach soup, a Moroccan lamb and prune dish and apple cake. Everything turned out well.

Sounds good, R37. I love prunes with some meats.

roast chicken and potatoes

Salad from a bag, baked chicken tenders (no breading) homemade creamy Italian dressing, black grapes, water.

Chicken parm. Salad. 2 Oreo cookies.

Bangers and Mash at The Clover Irish Pub, Miami International Airport.

Homemade (by me) black bean chili with a little feta cheese.

chestnut veloute pork loin with maderia and prunes roasted autumn vegetables broccoli puree pear tart

the way to a man's loins is through his stomach

Another salad with leftover chicken tenders only this time I made orzo and dinosaur kale in tomato sauce and grapes for dessert. Water. Raw or cooked I seriously believe kale should have stayed a decoration on a salad bar and not a food for consumption. Now I have very tasty orzo in tomato sauce that I have to pick the kale out of before I eat it.

Last night roast chicken with roasted carrots, red potatoes and onions.

Tonight if all goes well, I will have chicken cutlet Parm with pasta and maybe an ice cream sandwich.

shrimp, black beans and avocado soft tacos with purple cabbage, radish and lime in apple cider vinegar slaw.

Smoked salmon, vegetable cream cheese, tomato on a plain bagel. Orange soda. 2 Starburst, cherry and the pink one, for dessert.

Linguine with red clam sauce.

Baked ziti, like his Nana used to make.

Pizza

green salad with Italian Vinaigrette.

Spaghetti leftovers.

Sweet potatoes and red onions roasted with balsamic vinegar, butter, salt and pepper and a chicken thigh thrown on the side for protein.

I made calzones tonight. I wish I could find a perfect pizza crust recipe. mine, no matter what one I use, is always not quite right in ome way or another. obviously it's me doing it wrong but it's very frustrating as I did get it really good one time.

This. The recipe is a trusted friend. I only trim the green beans and don't cut them the way La Stewart does in the accompanying photo. It improves the presentation markedly. I also add chopped kale to the pot when the pasta goes in. For the pasta, I prefer rotelle instead of cavatappi.

Before serving, dress it with freshly grated parmesan. Nothing could be easier than this and nothing tastes better.

Steak, potatoes and some whatever vegetable the freezer door vomits. It's really been in a mood.

A Red Baron French Bread Pizza (left over from yesterday) and some Merlot.

Just finished making chicken soup and Matzo balls. I may eat a salad later.

Homemade Malbec-braised boneless short ribs, Yukon gold mashed potatoes, asparagus, and a zucchini and summer squash medley.

Crème brûlée for dessert. And the rest of the Malbec to drink. The short ribs recipe called for a Cabernet-sauvignon but I didn't have any.

Pork Tenderloin Diablo, only we don't have the extra-hot horseradish, so it's more like Pork Tenderloin Angel-with-a-tarnished-halo

Pork Tenderloin Diablo, only we don't have the extra-hot horseradish, so it's more like Pork Tenderloin Angel-with-a-tarnished-halo

Roast Vegetables and a simple green salad. I have left over baked ziti to finish off too, if I need to eat more.

You guys seriously need to cut back on carbs. I'm having some roasted broccoli, peppers and cauliflower.

R63 You’re a Dutch Oven, waiting to happen

R55 - I never understood the logic of having a pasta that includes potatoes.

Last night I made a roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, and a salad. Tonight I’m making shredded beef chimichangas with fresh avacados and homemade sour cream ranch.

Spicy Hoisin Chicken stir fry, made with garlic, broccoli and sriracha, over white rice.

Don't be simple minded, R65. You can have the same number of carbs with pasta, alone, as you can have with pasta and potatoes, or even pasta, potatoes, and whole grain bread. You simply cut back on the quantities of each. Duh.

By incorporating the different foods into the meal, you gain the benefit of a broader spectrum of nutrients.

Burger King Tacos , anybody else want one ?

BBQ ribs, baked potato and butter.

Chicken salad on arugula, focaccia topped with roasted tomatoes, olives, artichokes and a sprinkling of pecorino-romano, and an anisette-flavored waffle cookie.

homemade lentil soup and a leftover slice of pizza

i need to learn to make lentil soup. Any good recipes?

Gefilte fish, Russian carrot salad, and a slice of cheesecake for dessert. Two glasses of Sauvignon Blanc with dinner, and a snifter of Amaretto and a Valium with the cheesecake.

What's Dinner ??

Richards Dick then 2 fingers

here is my lentil soup recipe i use

1 cup dried lentils

5 cups chicken broth

1 white onion finely chopped

2 carrots peeled and finely diced

2 stalks of celery finely diced

2 cloves minced garlic

1 green bell pepper seeded and diced

2 red potatoes, peeled and diced

2 cups tomato sauce

1/2 tsp curry powder

teaspoon of dried or fresh basil

salt and pepper

rinse and drain lentils in a colander. Put rinsed lentils in a stock pot or dutch oven and cover with the 5 cups chicken broth. set aside. Saute all the vegetables ( except the potatoes) in a little olive oil until tender. put vegetables in the stock pot with the lentils and chicken broth. deglaze the saute pan with a little chicken broth, then put in the stock pot with everything else. Simmer for 30 minutes. add the potatoes, tomato sauce, salt, pepper, curry powder and basil. cook about 15 to 20 min until potatoes are tender.

Tacos. It's Tuesday. It's Taco Tuesday.

R77 Your recipe is nearly identical to mine, except I don't add tomato. I also add a couple bay leaves, and some coriander and Italian parsley. I may just try your version, as I've found a bit of tomato paste can really enrich so many dishes.

Ribeye, roasted broccoli with garlic, and a wedge salad with homemade bleu cheese dressing.

Pizza, salad, way too much dressing. I'll be sorry when I get on the scale tomorrow. Truth is I only eat salad as an excuse to have dressing so I don't often eat salad.

I'm being very bad tonight; Fried chicken, mash & gravy. I may force myself to eat a salad to assuage any guilt... maybe. A glass or two of Sauvignon Blanc to round out the evil.

I heated up some chicken and stuffing hot dish. Classic autumn comfort food.

Chicken pot pie that has a lot of vegetables.

Oooh, I love chicken pot pie. Sounds good.

Mushroom and asparagus frittata, green salad, and a Bloody Mary

Pancakes Barbara!

Broccoli cheddar soup made by my partner

A turkey reuben with potato chips on the side. A Dr. Brown's diet cream soda.

Cauliflower gnocchi and Crudites.

It's going to be 4 buttermilk chicken strips at McDonnald's with honey mustard dipping sauce and a small fries. I have managed to stay away from there for a little over 2 years and I saw a commercial and I'm giving in just this once. I didn't even try to talk myself out of it. I want it. I may even get a small vanilla shake. I hope not, but I may. I will not allow any salad to come near me.

Found a pasta machine brand new in the box at a thrift store for $5.00! Watched a couple of youtube videos and made homemade ricotta/parmesan/reggiano raviolis with tomato sauce made from some of the last garden tomatoes.

roasted chicken breasts with the bone in, seasoned with fresh oregano, garlic and sliced lemons, and roasted vegetables: yellow squash, zucchini, red bell peppers, broccoli florets and brussel sprouts. seasoned with salt pepper and a high quality olive il. Wholesome, delicious, and for dessert I will have two small cookies, and herb tea. I will then relax with my DVD collection, or Amazon Prime, HBO or Netflix, and forego watching any news shows. Will someone please call me when Trump leaves office?

Fresh pasta is great. And after you've done in a few times, it's easy. Most everything in the kitchen is a pain in the ass the first time you work through it. But this will resolve itself quickly. Lasagna noodles. Linguine. Ravioli. It's all great when it's fresh.

Brown rice, black beans, corn, shredded cheddar and shredded chicken. Avocado slices.

Chicken soup with Matzo balls again.

What's the difference between matzo balls and dumplings? My dad used to love both. I tasted matzo ball soup but never chicken and dumplings. I liked the matzo ball one.

Homemade sabich and whole masoor daal. Made it myself, suck it bitches.

R97 They're pretty much the same really. Matzo meal is just dried up, crushed Matzos... crackermeal essentially. Other dumplings are made with flour. Good Matzo balls are always made with rendered chicken fat, or schmaltz.

Sounds delicious R99. I love chicken fat. I once had some and fried potatoes in it. It was better than bacon grease. I saved the rest and used it for roasted carrots, again, delicious. I may take a shot at making my own matzo balls.

Thanks for the information!

Cup of chicken broth, smoked gouda cheese, good crackers, white wine. I am stuffed. Small Frau here!

R100 Cheers...They are super easy to make, just grease up your hands well, as it can get fairly sticky business. I add white and black pepper, and prefer mine cooked in broth, not water. I discard that broth they boiled in, then pop them into the soup. Always keep them separate until ready to serve.

ravioli, but not with my very own pasta machine, jealous. what a great find.

Broiled schrod with lemon butter, gnocchi in a gorgonzola cream sauce, and green beans.

And a gigantic peanut butter cookie with a Hershey's Kiss on it snagged from the buffet lunch at work today.

Anchovy and mushroom pizza

Italian, cheap, bright medium red, organic wine

very ripe and sugary local purple grapes

Salad with some sliced turkey, graham crackers.

Mud Pie. A LITERAL Mud Pie.

Genoa salami and provolone cheese on a seeded roll with tomato and mayo with potato chips on the side and 1 1/2 Entenmann's chocolate crumb donuts. When I reached for the second one I knew I made a mistake buying them. I could eat the entire box if I let myself. If I can't keep it to 1/2 a donut tomorrow I'm throwing them out, after I pour something toxic on them to make sure I won't in a moment of weakness take the box back out of the garbage.

We're thinking of getting one of those meal services. Where they deliver your food once a week and you cook it. But it's not complicated or tricky. There are also some services that deliver the meals already cooked and you just heat it and eat it. I'm very confused.

nachos with nutritional yeast queso sauce and 7 layer dip. I'm not vegan but i LOVE nutritional yeast.

We had Thai food from an absolutely delicious restaurant. I’m visiting my mom and we always order from this place,

R108, give the leftover doughnuts to a homeless person, who probably isn't on a diet and will appreciate them properly.

Last night I made a recipe I tore out of a magazine at my doctor's office. French Onion Roast Turkey Breast. It took FIVE POUNDS of sliced onions. The turkey came out great, though.

There aren't any homeless people in my neighborhood and I don't have a car to go look for some, but that would have been a nice thing to do. Maybe I'll give them to the birds. Can sweets or chocolate hurt them? I don't think so. I meal gulls eat garbage, right?

I have some little Debbie. Ales I want to get rid of I wonder if I can leave them somewhere for the homeless

Lucky you, R114. And it's nice that everyone in your neighborhood has a home -- that's sure not the case where I live.

Arugula with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon, Italian wedding soup, and a slice of pepperoni pizza

Lamb chops, baked potato with butter, salad, grapes.

Portuguese sausage in a wine sauce and roasted peppers marinated with capers and herbs. I had a mess of bell peppers going downhill, so I roasted them.

Sauteed scallops and a baked sweet potato.

Sauteed scallops and a baked sweet potato. 3 pink Starbursts for dessert.

Chicken, roasted with potatoes and carrots. Baked apple

A huge salad, 4 chicken tenders on the side.

Leftover lasagna, spinach salad, foccacia, and a slice of homemade peach pie

civet de cerf, chestnuts, red cabbage and steamed potatoes. Of course I should have had späzlis but I think potatoes are healthier.

Broiled pork loin with fennel and garlic,and a baked sweet potato.

a salad with a quesadilla. I am high rollin' tonight.

I skipped dinner tonight, and am now regretting it. R126 You just gave an idea; I can make a quesadilla!

A small bag of tortilla chips and onion dip that I read about on the dip thread. Real good, not healthy, but real good.

Bush's Baked Beans. I added hot sauce and ginger. Next time, I'll remember to buy some back to add to them.

I mean bacon not back..

Beyond Burgers

Hummus n chips

Limoncello cocktails on ice

Chopped salad with a few odd ingredients:shredded purple cabbage, shredded carrots, walnuts, bleu cheese dressing, and a half sandwich made with Kosher veal bologna, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and Coleman's mustard. One rather strong dark Bacardí & Coke.

R131, I LOVE limoncello! What brand do you buy and where do you get it? I know a guy who swears by the homemade stuff at a place in Amalfi, but that's beyond my means. I just buy the Caravello brand at a supermarket & keep it in the freezer -- when strawberries are in season, I freeze them individually, put a big one in a small liqueur glass, & cover it with chilled limoncello -- looks & tastes stunning!

Chicken tortilla with cheese and a Honey Crisp apple.

i am having a Beyond Burger.

Fruit plate

Chips and Dip

Chicken strips, peanuts, and candy corn

Trader Joe's frozen Shakshuka and a buttered everything bagel.

Swedish meatballs on egg noodles, zucchini, and a flan.

I had a tooth extracted and a bone graft yesterday. Soft foods all weekend.

I hope you feel better soon R38 but that sounds really delicious.

R138 I made Swedish meatballs and egg noodles tonight too! No vegetable sides, as I may have a slice of pumpkin pie later. Wishing you a speedy recovery... sounds like you may be getting an implant soon with the bone graft?

It was perfect for tonight and I feel fine, thank you, R139 as she’s very generous with the post-procedure opiates. Didn’t hurt while she was doing it and I only needed one pain pill last night after the Novocain wore off.

Not that soon, R140. Maybe in March. In the meantime my little flipper crown will cover the open socket and hopefully help retain the bone chips long enough after the sutures dissolve to stimulate the bone to grow. It’s an upper tooth (#5) and she needs more bone up there to anchor the post or otherwise it’ll be in my sinus cavity.

Chili verde with pork!

Poor R137. Shakshuka is disgusting. The thought of frozen store-bought shakshuka makes me heave.

Breakfast for dinner... i am having a poached egg on toast.

Cheat day was Indian takeout day: paneer masala on basmati rice, samosas, naan and a Kingfisher.

Turkey club sandwich with mayo. Tomatoes are already really out of season already.

Turkey club sandwich with mayo. Tomatoes are already really out of season already.

I had meetings all morning so when I finally came up for air around 12:30, I wanted breakfast. Pecan pancakes with bacon on the side. I ate every crumb. Tonight, I had a cheese omelette with one half slice of toast. Tomorrow I'm eating salad and oatmeal. I have to get it together.

Swiss, turkey, roast red pepper on rye, melted in the oven, potato chips, ice cream. Looking at it written out it seems like dinner for a 5 year old. I need to start eating better.

Rösti, mixed vegetables and Thai chicken with extra coconut sauce.

BBQ take out. Ribs, garlic bread, baked beans, and potato salad. Dutch apple pie for dessert. I'm indulging because I'm on vacation.

A box of Esther Price chocolates and a bottle of Merlot.

Broiled 90% lean Blank Angus sirloin burger on a toasted brioche roll with avocado, bacon, cheddar, dill pickles, red leaf lettuce, mayo and cocktail sauce with a side of cottage fried potatoes and a bottle of Heineken.

Cod with cherry tomato -caper wine sauce with cauliflower rice

Some of you, with your fussy specificity! Sheesh!

^^^Someone who wouldn't know a decent meal if it bit him in the leg. And probably had a bowl of cereal for dinner! Sheesh!

Miso chicken and sticky rice. Mmm.

Roasted Chicken

Sweet potatoes rounds roasted, so yummy because they become caramelized.

Green Beans

Green Salad

Wild Rice Pilaf

r155, what exactly do you mean by "fussy specificity"? The thread asks what we had for dinner -- I assume it doesn't want us to just say "food".

Dinty Moore! Don’t look at me like that.

Pulled pork, with fresh coleslaw on brioche bun with fries. CocaCola. Ah'm southern.

R160, my husband and I used to go camping and canned Dinty Moore beef stew was one of our favorite things to heat over the fire or on a Coleman stove because it was easy and filling. We also loved cherry/vanilla baby food in a jar with packaged vanilla wafers for dessert. Those were the days! Lots of fun, but the food is better at home, with a real stove and running water.

Can I move in with you R158, LOL! Sounds really good.

Red lentil soup. It snowed the night before.

French bread pizza. Not as good as it was years ago.

Chicken Gumbo, and some chicken salad I made from the breast .... had the chicken salad on Olive Oil & Rosemary "Triscuit imposters" from ALDI as a starter... Really nice combo. Readers may freak, but ALDI version is decidedly better... less greasy, made in Canada vs. Mexico. Small salad of chick peas, garlic infused olive oil, grape tomatoes, baby radishes, red onion, and croutons. One very dry Beefeater Martini (w/extra olives) whilst making the chicken salad.

With sour cream dip. Then salmon, mashed potatoes, and peas.

[quote] One very dry Beefeater Martini (w/extra olives) ....

Important to have your vegetables, R166.

fud

NY strip sirloin, TJ's Gorgonzola gnocchi, homemade ratatouille.

There's Tres Leches cake in the fridge for later.

Grilled salmon with honey dijon glaze. Asparagus and herb roasted potatoes.

Chicken Marsala and and Wild Rice

Fried chicken wings and some kind of pasta from a supermarket hot buffet. I have no idea what kind of sauce was on it. It didn't taste like tomato but it tasted okay. And I found these grapes called Carnival grapes that are the sweetest most delicious grapes I ever had. It was like eating candy.

I made this beef stew. I added mild Turkish red peppers to the receipe and Turkish spices. I didn't stinge on the wine, and included some dashes of Worcestershire, and yes, added the current jelly.

I served it with boiled small new potatoes.

A beyond burger. They are so good.

[quote]added the current jelly.

As opposed to last year's jelly?

Cuban sandwich, Coca-Cola de Mexico, and two mini Reese's PB cups for dessert.

The day after Halloween, I lived on leftover Reese's PB cups (the full-sized ones) except for dinner, which was a PB and dill pickle sandwich with potato chips (by then, I was craving vegetables). After serious comparisons, I can report that the best wine with PB is pinot noir.

R170 (and everyone else), have you tried making ratatouille in the oven? So much easier than cooking each vegetable separately on top of the stove and then mixing them, and I think that the roasted vegetables have more flavor and better texture. There are a lot of recipes on-line -- Ina Garten's is typical. I add a couple of things to the original ingredients: peeled, chopped sweet potatoes (the red-skinned orange ones that Americans erroneously call "yams"), and large mushroom caps.

I usually serve that with polenta, which I've also learned to bake in the oven per the recipe at the link. I just use regular cornmeal and that works fine.

chicken salad on buttered rye, white cheddar tortilla chips, honey crisp apple. Next time I'm going to try slicing the apple and putting it on the chicken salad sandwich.

Chuck roast braised in red wine with onion, garlic, carrots and potatoes, and cheddar biscuits

Ham steak, canned Great Northern beans, steamed broccoli, Dessert was a Bartlett pear with blue cheese and walnuts.

Spaghetti squash linguine with tomato sauce and pumpkin chunks. Courtesy of TJ's.

Well I had some blueberries and some roasted pumpkin seeds. The pumpkin seeds, about an hour in a 200F oven. Coated with olive oil, salt and pepper. Delicious.

mexican food.

Waldorf-Astoria Salad Shrimp Cocktail (with langostino-sized shrimp) Shot glass with Key Lime Pie

Yes, I eat light, even at restaurants.

Had leftover homemade rendang with brown rice

[quote] Next time I'm going to try slicing the apple and putting it on the chicken salad sandwich.

Good for you, R180 -- it's important to have goals in life.

Sautéed shrimp with some sweet red dipping sauce. Baked yams. Amigne (Swiss white wine).

I made this dish my mother used to make. I sauteed sliced zucchini, onions, red bell peppers, chopped up fresh grape tomatoes, minced garlic, and potatoes, in olive oil, added fresh basil, a small can of tomato sauce and some chicken broth, (not too much. You don't want it soupy. ) and crushed red pepper. This was the side dish to my roasted chicken breasts seasoned with olive oil, garlic and fresh oregano. It's cold outside and this was comfort food. It was delicious.

White man call it "mother's dish". We call it ratatouille.

Baked ham and sweet potato-potato au gratin.

Boneless short ribs with pan gravy, twice-baked potato with bacon and cheddar, haricots verts.

Lemon sorbet with raspberry sauce and a sugar cookie.

BBQ chicken leg and sweet potato candied with maple syrup and butter.

Packaged artichoke ravioli with Muir Glen marinara sauce (doctored up with fresh mushrooms, garlic, and red wine.) Cucumber with bacon ranch dressing. Apple w/almond butter for dessert.

I got some blue crab dip at Costco and when I tasted it I loved it so much I decided to make it with some water crackers and some grapes my dinner.

sandwich (unknown) and soup. I need something easy tonight.

Chicken cutlets, angel hair pasta with butter and parmigiana, broccoli w/lemon.

Mapo Tofu. This recipe is delicious. I think it works better by doubling the amount of ground pork.

Chicken in brown butter sage sauce sprinkled with toasted almonds. For a side I roasted Yukon potatoes, butternut squash, gala apples, and shallots.

I'm going to make a big batch of split pea soup with ham and eat some and freeze some.

Jambalaya, cornbread, and a green salad.

And peach melba for dessert.

Chinese pork bun and Italian potato croquette. I stopped at a lot of different stores.

Thin spaghetti with garlic, oil, crushed red pepper and a lot of pecorino. Sprinkled with parsley before serving. Not the healthiest of meals - but I was short on time tonight and I am working to get off anything with processed sugar so this week I am allowing myself to eat anything else I want - next week I go for full reform.

Nothing wrong with that R204. It sounds healthy. I'm not one of those carbs will kill you people. People in Italy are very healthy and most eat pasta at least once a day, real white pasta, not some cardboard or vegetable version. Don't be hard on yourself. You did good.

They use semolina flour. And the Mediterranean peoples love beans too. Lentils, Garabanzos, Cannellinis, yeah. And lots of fresh veggies and salads. They use olive oil. Goat cheese, etc. Not butter, and Garlic oozes out of their pores. Healthy as shit. And no they don't eat pasta "every day."

Pasta does not have "sugar", dear, but yes it's a simple starch.

I'll bet red wine has something to do with the health of Italians. In moderation, of course, as part of a meal.

My neighbors dick.

Creamy tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich. Beautiful on these chilly nights.

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and the most nasty tasting vegetable soup I ever tasted. This was because I was all out of tomato soup.

Osso Buco!

Big Mac, small fries.

Salad. But I put too many ingredients into it. That's usually a mistake and it was this time. Why do I do that?

Italian wedding soup, small salad, sourdough bread.

What all did you put in it, r214?

Oh Lordy you'll turn me into one of these OCD listers! Pre washed "autumn" salad (mostly leaves), a handful of lardons i fried myself, feta, cucumber, tomato (hot house Rose de berne) a small toss of pumpkin and sunflower seeds, caramelized onions and corn (in the lardon fat). Olive oil and lemon. The ingredients were all fine but it didn't add up on the fork. A mess.

Breakfast for dinner tonight. Buttermilk pancakes, bacon and eggs.

I did this tonight. It was terrific. The Dijon mustard paste slathered on the pork before roasting is a stand out.

Go for it, Loungers.

Grass-fed organic pot roast cooked with shallots, Bordeaux, beef broth, bit of tomato paste... browned in garlic infused Boyajian olive oil. I put carrots, potatoes, and a quartered onion in the pot for the last forty-five minutes. I'll thicken the cooking liquid with buerre manié when it's finished cooking. Pepperidge Farms apple turnovers for dessert.

R220 I have a couple of questions if you don't mind.

Did you do it all on the stove or use the oven too and if so at what temp?

When you use grass-fed beef do you have to cook it less than standard beef?

BTW, it looks really yummy.

R221 Thanks...I would recommend cooking grass-fed steaks for less time, (they can be quite lean) but the pot roast was the chuck, and it requires low & slow to break down the collagen and marbeling of fat, just as grain-fed beef. After browning, (in a heavy, enameled cast-iron dutch oven) I popped it in @ 325* oven for 3hrs. (a bit longer is fine too, mine wasn't so large)

A slice of Costco everything pizza. Vanilla wafer cookies.

Refried saucisse vaudoise with purple kraut, boiled potatoes and melted until crisp raclette cheese.

the oldie but goodie...

Grilled cheese and Tomato Soup.

Whole Foods organic frozen pizza, YUCK!!! Plastic on cardboard. Do not buy.

Chicken Cordon Bleu, broccoli, carrots.

Leftover chicken curry. Made with organic chicken thighs, Campbell's Thai lemongrass simmer sauce, onions, bell peppers, peas, carrots, and a jalapeño. Served over basmati rice, and paired with a refreshing real Coca-Cola over ice.

Grass-fed steak tips, marrow bones, and Bordelaise sauce, haricots verts, and mash with chives.

I was exhausted and got home late, so it was Top Ramen vegetarian (soy sauce) flavor in the giant tub, with the extra sesame oil packet, some leftover vegetables from the fridge, and a tofu floater, plus some Russell Stover sugar free pecan turtles for dessert.

Fettuccine Alfredo. It would have been good with all that butter and cream and Parm but I put way too much garlic in it and it was awful. I threw it away, about 10 dollars worth of food. I feel stupid and guilty for wasting so much food and my apartment still stinks from garlic.

I made pasta e fagioli. I'll have it to dip into for the balance of the week.

Shepherd's pie with premium ground beef and fresh green beans.

Tacos and Mexican Queso Dip.

r231, try it like this next time. No garlic. No cream.

The other half of last night's prime sirloin strip, cold; buttered carrots, asparagus with lemon, and a spinach salad with chopped egg, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and a cherry tomato dressed with an attempt at Todd English's citrus vinaigrette. I had no fresh thyme and substituted garlic powder for fresh garlic, so can't say if it came out right.

And a piece of Mrs. See's candy - dark chocolate with a vanilla buttercream filling.

It's raining today in LA, so I'm going Georgian. I'm making these eggplant rolls with walnut pesto. They're very delicious and crowd-pleasing (having some friends over). I recommend this recipe. Serving it with a Georgian chicken stew braised in tomatoes.

Ribs, 2 huge ones, with BBQ sauce, baked potato with butter, tiny salad with Italian dressing.

Turkey, lettuce, roasted red pepper, American cheese with mayo wrap. Lay's Simply sea salt Ruffels potato chips. While not organic they are made in a healthier way than other chips and are really good. Grapes for dessert.

Salad of 50/50 spring mix and baby spinach, Campari tomato wedges, Pepperidge Farms garlic/parm croutons and Cardini's Caesar dressing

Half of a Market Basket rotisserie chicken with lots left over, three latkes with applesauce, and zucchini in a light lemon butter sauce.

Haagen Daz Dulche de Leche ice cream. (On sale this week - 2 pints for $5 - dangerous)

2 for 5 dollars is a great price. Some places charge 7 dollars for the 14 oz. container. If you have freezer room you should stock up on a few.

Turkey meatloaf, mashed, York Peppermint Patty bite size.

[quote]Fettuccine Alfredo. It would have been good with all that butter and cream and Parm but I put way too much garlic in it and it was awful.

Trying to wrap my head around the idea of "too much" garlic.

Lamb Gyro from a food truck

Baked beans and 'burgundy'.

Santa Fe Rice and Beans (Lean Cuisine?) and steamed broccoli

Caesar salad (but green-leaf lettuce this year), Filets Mignon with Madeira sauce, twice-baked potatoes, haricots verts, roasted carrots and an apple tart a la mode for dessert.

Pol Roger Cuvee Winston Churchill, 2008; Mark Ryan Dead Horse Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, 2015; Inniskillin Riesling Icewine, 2015

I'm not a fan of turkey.

Turkey breast en cocotte.

Tried to eat a typical Thanksgiving plate, turkey, stuffing candied sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, sprouts, gravy over everything but I felt like shit with a hurt ankle and could only take a few bites and pushed the rest around. I told them to just give me a slice of turkey and call it a day. Why do people push food when you let them know it will go to waste.

Chicken and broccoli Chinese delivery. Also an egg roll with Duck sauce. No rice.

Swiss cheese, roast turkey, and sliced gherkin sandwich on a Kasanoff's onion roll with dijonnaise; coleslaw, and TJ's ripple cut potato chips.

Sparkling water and red grapes for dessert.

Leftovers -- not turkey because I didn't do Thanksgiving dinner. But I had eggs and vegetables to use up, so I chopped some bell peppers (red, yellow, orange) and onions (green, white, purple) and sliced some garlic, then sauteed those in butter -- whisked some eggs and poured them over the vegetables, scrambled it all together and topped with grated Parmesan cheese. Squirted a little Kumana Avocado Sauce on top and ate with a toasted sourdough English muffin and a glass of Australian Shiraz. So colorful with all those vegetables, especially cheerful on a cold, grey, wet, blustery day like this.

I am so hungry but do not feel like cooking. I just did a grocery store haul. I should have just ordered a pizza, or gotten take out.

Brioche bun split, Hellman’s mayo, sliced cheddar cheese, sliced Campari tomatoes and sliced Queen olives stuffed with pimento, broiled. It looked like deconstructed pizza and tasted great. Also, meatless.

Butterscotch caramel custard cake for dessert.

turkey meatloaf and mashed potatoes, ketchup

This pizza, w/soppressata and mozzarella

Salad with grilled chicken, raw red onion (big mistake) and stuffed grape leaves (love those). These huge black grapes for dessert. Each one as big as a plum. They were okay but the normal size grapes are sweeter. Two or three of these is enough so they will probably go bad before I can eat most of them. I didn't think of that when I bought them. The packages were sealed so you had to take the bunch that was in there.

Roasted Lemon chicken

mashed potatoes

green beans which were roasted with the chicken.

I do not know who is more happy, ME. Since these are leftovers and still delicious. Or my cat who loves both chicken and green beans.

For the first time in years: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.

brush your teeth.

Those powder cheeses really rot at ones teeth.

R257, freeze those big grapes and use them like ice cubes in drinks.

R261, Food Network to the rescue with this genius recipe.

If you need a vegetable course to compliment the frozen grapes....

complement

fucking autocorrect

How come a service called "autocorrect" is so often wrong?

Thank you all for the great jumbo grape ideas. I'm glad they won't go to waste.

Tonight, a turkey patty melt and home fries. It's reheating in the oven as I type.

R257, if you bake (or have a friend who does), look for grape pie recipes on-line. I don't know whether your big black grapes are seedless Muscadines or some other variety, but you'll find several recipes for different kinds and they all sound good.

cannellini cooked with sage, garlic, tomato paste, EVOO, and Parmigiano-Reggiano rinds

Oscar Mayer hot dog, Martin's potato bun, mustard, potato chips, Entenmann's chocolate fudge cake, Dr. Brown's diet cream soda. Then came 3 hours of intense diarrhea. I guess I'm too old to eat that kind of shitty food. I don't know which of the foods or if all of them combined made me sick. I still don't feel so hot. I only had normal small portions of each thing so I wasn't really being a hog, just an idiot.

It was either the hot dog or the diet soda. Relax. You've had a purge.

Then too, it may have had nothing to do with what you ate. Lotsa' GI virae out there right now.

I had a beyond burger, homemade. I really liked it.

I made something I have not made for decades, pork chops with Shake 'n Bake. I remember it being much better than it was. The SnB is much lower in sodium and fat than it used to be so they probably changed the recipe and while it wasn't bad, it wasn't what I remembered from my childhood, neither were the supermarket pork chops for that matter. I saw they were really lean and of course they were on the tough side and I can't afford really good pork. At least now I know I have not been missing anything all these years of staying away from it.

It's Fish Friday! A walk to the chippy for fish, chips and mushy peas.

Filets Mignon, baked potato, asparagus.

And I have a head cold so I could barely taste it.

I bought some grass fed 85% beef for hamburgers and will then have it with shitty Martin's (taste great but probably made with shit) potato buns and Wise potato chips. I tried the organic brands made with good oil and they suck. They also don't use enough salt on them so they're bland, maybe that's why they suck.