What did you have for dinner tonight.

We had frozen turkey burgers on the grill on some brioche buns and a tomato salad with balsamic and onions. meh.

I haven't actually had it yet, but picked up an order of lemongrass chicken with pad Thai and rice.

Cold, sliced grapes, pineapple and cottage cheese. Too damned hot to cook. Later? Maybe a little bit of a piece of Italian creme cake. Not the whole thing, because I know I type fat!

I ate at the Harbour Spa Hotel for a celebration and had a sweet potato and chilli amuse bouche, a three cheese soufflé to start then a mushroom tagliatelle followed by a white chocolate and raspberry mousse. I don't normally eat that extravagantly!

Fresh homemade beef stew.

Ceaser salad with croutons, anchovies, homemade dressing, squeeze of lemon and a bit of asiago cheese. Two (large) glasses of a soft mineral-y French Chardonnay. A peach for dessert. I usually do not eat this early, so I may eat again later.

Prosciutto-wrapped scallops, succotash, and keto ‘potato’ salad. We always have a dessert on Saturday evenings. This week was peach crisp with vanilla ice cream.

Roast chicken and vegetables (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower). Strawberry ice cream for dessert.

Brie cheese and crackers. Really.

Chicken breasts, onions/zucchini/tomato sauce. Pineapple

Welsh rabbit/rarebit on thin-sliced whole wheat toast and sliced tomatoes. Fav quick meal.

R3 Please elaborate on your Italian cream cake; it sounds delicious, and I'm very fond of wet or really moist cakes. I have never had one nor have I heard of it.

Soylent idgaf

6 hot chicken wings, homemade, with boiled new potatoes and sautéed garden vegetables in sweet/hot pepper sauce.

Unlike most of the other people on this thread, I’ll be honest: I had a Crispy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy’s (which I love), and pretty soon I’m going to make half of a frozen pepperoni pizza by a brand that I’ve never tried before, so I’m not sure how that will taste.

I don’t have the damn energy to cook today.

R12, Not the previous poster but offering a link with many pictures and a recipe for Italian Cream Cake.

Well, if I'm being honest:

American Flatbread frozen pizza, the Revolution variety, very good. I purchased it based on a recommendation from DL.

Oh and some Ben & Jerry's Americone Dream Ice cream.

I just poured a couple of gallons of melted ice cream down my gullet.

Cheers R16

Roasted chicken and mashed potatoes from a neighborhood supermarket that has hot food to go. Oh and seltzer. That was hours ago and now I'm starving but too tired to even get up for a glass of water. Besides, I'm trying to lose a few.

2 chicken breasts and an extremely large glass of ice water.:-)

6-piece spicy chicken bucket from Jollibee, and a Halo-halo for dessert.

It’s cheat day.

3 slices of supreme pan pizza and 6 hot wings from Pizza Hut.

Popcorn and beer

Japanese restaurant: sashimi, rolls, kind of seafood omelette and beef meatballs in teriyaki sauce.

Chicken Tika Masala from Costco over jasmine rice

I had a tossed salad with home made Russian dressing, a BLT made with vegetarian bacon, & a bowl of peaches & blueberries, and iced tea. And now I'm having a strong coffee because I want to stay awake long enough to see the entire "Village Of The Damned" on METV. Yes, I'm old.

A chile relleno and an enchilada at a local Mexican restaurant, rice and refried beans.

my accustomed Klonopin martini.

Stouffers chicken and rice bake with some green beans.

Chicken Tikkia Masala

Stouffer's French Bread Pizza.

Box of Rosemary Olive Oil Triscuits and can of fat free refried beans

Timing is off because I got home at 3pm after helping friends with a project at their house and hadn't had lunch. I was given some figs from a neighbor's tree, so I sliced those and topped them with goat cheese -- meant to drizzle with honey but forgot (next time, they have a lot of figs). Cranberry juice with vodka, then a nap. Just got up and will be hungry again before a late bedtime, so will eat something for "dinner" then (maybe just a peanut butter & dill pickle sandwich with potato chips and more cranberry juice/vodka). It's been hot here, not much appetite lately.

MacDonald's drive-through after my hospital shift, Grilled chicken BLT, I was dead tired. No fries. 2 Fresca's when I got home.

the new chicken sandwich at popeyes

Seaweed Salad then 2 soft-shell crabs tempura stye with a spicy soy and scallion dressing.

I had barbecue briskets, ribs, and chicken wings with mac and cheese and bbq beans earlier this afternoon. Absolutely delicious. Sitting here watching "Svengoolie" on MeTV and thinking I will go pop some popcorn.

baked salmon.

Pasta with broccoli and garlic.

I just threw a stew into the crock pot for the week. I made homemade flatbread pizza for tonight

Honey chicken with rice. Getting ready to binge watch What we do in the shadows on Hulu. It's been a stressful week at work. Ready for some comedy.

Asian style chicken and eggplant, rice

Too much.

Aside from others -had a Crispy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy’s (which I love), and pretty soon I’m going to make half of a frozen pepperoni pizza by a brand that I’ve never tried before...

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

I’m in an In-and-out line as I type. There are st least 15 cars ahead of me. I’m not fat.

R36, How did your chicken sandwich compare to Popeye's fried chicken pieces?

Homemade pesto with a baguette and honey dew melon from the farmers market. It’s a Bay Area dinner in August.

Coffee.

I pigged out on pizza earlier so I cant eat for the rest of the day if i want to remain a skinny bitch.

Cheese nachos with refried beans, scallions and jalepenos.

A semmelknödel. It's like a meatball, but you use bread instead of meat.

R51, Like this recipe? Did you add gravy or cream sauce?

R47 never had those but it was delicious

Cottage cheese mixed with olives and homemade bleu cheese dressing.

R52 yes, like that. I didn't use breadcrumbs and I added a little bacon. I ate it with gravy that I made from the drippings of my schweinebraten pork roast. The roast was braised in chicken stock and basted with a Dunkel beer. The umami flavor was amazing. The roast itself was disappointing. It was mostly gristle and had a big bone going through it. I bought it because it was the only time I'd seen a pork roast with the the skin still on and I wanted to see if I could get it to puff up and turn into a cracklin. In my haste I didn't notice that big bone. I also made blaukraut, red cabbage with apples and onions.

Corn, Tomato, cucumber & feta salad with a nice baguette.

R55, I don't understand. What did you use instead of breadcrumbs? Flour?

I made this which, coincidentally, I learned about on DL years ago:

R45 If you want to criticize someone’s response, then at least get a fucking clue on how to quote correctly.

Santarpio’s in East Boston. Cheese pizza and Diet Coke.

Housemate made roast beef and bok choy; just delicious.

I'm watching my weight so I had a roast chicken and dozen donuts in front of the mirror.

I had a liquid lunch... er, dinner.

Scallop ceviche, gazpacho, penne with eggplant and tomato, salad, cauliflower quiche, crab cakes, slab bacon tacos with pineapple salsa, ice cream cake (chocolate and bourbon caramel).

Friend threw himself a birthday party and cooked it all himself. Well, all except the cake. And I ate some of everything.

Delivery pizza and Pepsi at home.

Half a baguette and a bottle of red wine....

Homemade Asian turkey meatballs in a sweet and sour sauce, with jasmine rice and French bread.

Spaghetti and a Ranch dressing salad.

Last night's dinner was a meat pie &sauce and a can of Coke.

A very simple dinner tonight: a ham and melted swiss cheese croissant with a touch of dijon mustard. It was fucking delicious.

R70 That does sound good.

I had Mr Brain's faggots, faggots.

I have a vegetable garden so I picked fresh kale, collards, green beans and baby fava beans, and I dug some new potatoes. I made a soup with some leftover cooked chicken thigh, some tomato basil soup and some Indian/Punjabi paneer chickpea curry. I stir fried the vegetables with some red peppers, ate the vegetables, had a small bowl of the soup and and two small/ medium new potatoes. To me it was all delicious. Finished up with a santa rosa plum and a redhaven peach from my garden.

Sandwich: Dave's Killer Bread, mustard, mayonnaise, two slices of extra sharp cheddar. This was my first time using mayo made with avocado oil, and it was pretty good. I need to cut way back on soy due to thyroid issues, so no more Best Foods mayo for me. Also had grape tomatoes with basil, sliced mozzarella, and balsamic glaze.

A can of Progresso minestrone, half a can of Lindsay black olives, and two very large Bacardi & Coke Zeros. I'm a cop and got off duty at midnight. The Bacardi is just now kicking in.

Two pieces of deep dish pizza

Big dish of cauliflower

Slice of chocolate cake

2 or 6 White Castle Sliders.

[quote]A very simple dinner tonight: a ham and melted swiss cheese croissant with a touch of dijon mustard. It was fucking delicious.

Can you tell me what brand of croissants you used or where you bought them, and what brand of ham you used? And did you heat it in the microwave or toaster oven?

This was yesterday, obviously, but two fried eggs and home fries with plenty of Frank's red hot sauce, and some whole grain toast.

Brisket, baked beans and potato salad.

R74, I miss bacon too, but the Morningstar Farms brand of vegetarian "bacon" is pretty good. It only produces a crisp result, so lovers of flabby bacon are out of luck -- I cook it in butter, but it's not bad (and healthier) if you just use a light vegetable oil spray instead. The smoky flavor is the whole point about bacon and this brand duplicates that pretty well.

Is a semmelknödel similar to a matzo ball? I could live on matzo ball soup.

R78, the croissants were from my local grocery store bakery. The swiss cheese was from the deli. The ham was Simple Truth brand (uncured, antibiotic free) honey maple ham.

I microwaved it for 45 seconds. It's such an easy meal but so good!

Homemade Casa Vega Tostada Chiquita. Delish!

Ramen (rice noodles) w/ bay scallops and spinach, homemade veg broth and lots of sriracha!

Bangers and Mash. The mash wasn’t cooked properly but the snags were great.

I had a bowl of tomato soup. It was pretty good.

I had a big salad last night. Today I have diarrhea.

R83 You inspired me to buy croissants, ham (I also chose uncured) and swiss yesterday. It's been awhile since I've had this, and you're right, simple, yet so good.

R89 and R83, does uncured ham taste different from cured ham? I see it, and uncured bacon, at the markets but don't know what the difference is. Do you prefer it to the cured variety and, if so, why?

Barbecued chicken I made (whole range chicken I had the butcher cut into ten pieces; for the sauce: one small jar apricot preserves, one bottle of red dressing [I used Ken's French country], a packet of onion soup mix, one diced onion. Coat chicken pieces, place them in a casserole dish, add remaining sauce. Bake covered with foil at 375* for one hour. Remove foil after one hour and continue baking for 20-30 minutes). Asparagus, long grain rice, and a salad,

Scotch on the rocks for cocktails; cheddar cheese and stuffed olives (blue cheese).

R90 I don't always prefer it, but often it less sodium, and if I pair with cheese, that's a lot of salt too. It must taste great, or I'm not having it just for the health benefit. Uncured ham tastes more like an old-fashioned ham-on-the-bone, cooked at home, rather than cold cuts. I do not prefer uncured bacon, pastrami, or corned beef. Those never do taste quite right to me, and their colour is usually off. I do prefer uncured turkey breast. They claim the nitrates/nitrites shall put you at higher risk for colon cancer, so why eat them if something else tastes just as good. Uncured sausages, like bangers and hot dogs are great too. Gilbert's uncured dogs are one of the best IMHO.

R91 I had BBQ chicken leg quarters too (baked as well) with "doctored up" Bush's baked beans (I added ketchup, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce and tiny bit of yellow mustard) and homemade creamy garlic Parmesan rice. This was Saturday night. I brought leftovers for lunch at work today.

4 martinis, like every night, with a few peanuts with the third and my prescription drugs with the fourth.

Last night, tuna on Ritz crackers. Tonight, peanut butter on celery. And I’m an IFer who only has one meal - dinner - a day.

Homemade tostadas. Rotisserie chicken, Cilantro and Lime. Delicious.

r95 AKA an anorectic

Thanks, R92. I figured that "uncured" might involve less salt, which is obviously healthier but might not be as flavorful as we're used to. Worth trying the various products, as you have. It is good that customers are being given a choice.

prewashed and cut small pack of hearty salad (big chunks of carrots and radishes included), to which I added seeds, small handful of party mix crackers-pretzels (I had no croutons and only very thin flat bread in house), chopped mushrooms, cucumber, Lebanese spice mix, fresh heavy cream, and yogurt. Dirt cheap slightly fizzy Portuguese white wine. Half a cantaloupe. Then scotch. I was going to smoke a cigarette but finally did not.

In re R91...you should salt the chicken pieces before coating them. Sorry!

R99 Cut out the seeds, they are a trend which will cause inestimable intestinal trouble later on.

I'm having intestinal trouble today. I had a bacon-chili-egg-potato burrito at Whole Foods this morning. I think that's what did it.

R101 you have my ear. I often use pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds. Are they full of some toxic but natural chemicals? I buy organic.

Baked ham, macaroni and cheese and Spinach salad. Oh and some red wine as well.

I'm going to have angel hair with homemade marinara and peas. Plus Parmigiano-Reggiano.

Or bacon and eggs. I haven't decided yet.

Leftovers sesame noodles and bbq steak.

I was in desperate need of some comfort food so I had some Campbell’s soup. I may make a grilled cheese sandwich in a bit.

burritos

A side of beef, half a dozen biscuits and a Diet Coke.

Grilled steak and asparagus.

It was raining and I'm so lazy today. I had 1 small can of Austrian made beef goulash. It was expensive and a salt bomb but tasty with big chunks of beef. And Halal! I bought it because I noticed the attractive design of the label.

Take out. Vietnamese Hot & Spicy Chicken and Vietnamese egg roll. Delicious.

A Cobb salad and half of a roast beef and provolone sub minus the veggies but with an added smear of horseradish aoili.

Half lemonade, half soda water over ice.

Whole Foods Bakery chocolate chip cookie.

Metformin.

BLT! The best sandwich in the world, even with soy "bacon" -- it's the tomatoes that really matter.

Chicken and broccoli stir fry with black bean sauce.

Couscous with navy beans, red onion, and yellow bell pepper.

And vodka.

A garden salad and a falafel sandwich.

ritz crackers and deli cheese....

Left over roast chicken and mashed potatoes from Sunday. A couple of handfuls of organic cheese puffs and popcorn. Somewhere in my twisted brain I think I believe if it's organic I won't gain weight. My scale tells me no way.

Im having a delicious pasta dinner, amatriciana, my husband of 22 years is making for the both of us, and our young model friend who is couch surfing at our place until he gets is feet on the ground, or my husbands face, or both. We just got back from celebrating our anniversary on the Almafi coast and he just can't give up the pasta, (I know amatriciana is classically Roman - we were there too). Its ok though, because as they always say - we didn't gain a pound! The steps of Positano and the hills of Capri will keep you young and fit - 44 and feeling fabulous. That's what I'm having for dinner tonight. Can't wait!

R97, at 6', 165 & hard-bodied, I'm hardly an anorexic.

R120 has the best view from his imagination.

I just ordered a personal pan eggplant pizza and a Coke from my local spot. I added potato sticks to meet the delivery minimum.

Plus, just a shit-ton of beer. 🍻🍻

Cheesebugger., cheesebugger, cheesebugger. No Coke, Pepsi.

Yogurt, hummus, and laughing cow cheese.

Actually R122 the BEST view is from Villa Lysis. Each vista will take your breath away, the beauty of Capri and the blue of the Sea. Just don't get bummed out by the opium den in the basement with the swastika tiled floor. Just remember it was built pre World Wars, when the swastika was a symbol of divinity and spirituality, something that Jacques Fresen was a proponent of from is travels to China to buy opium. And don't be too bummed out about Jacques being an exiled ephebophile, border hebephile, who's love was a 16 yo boy he built the place for and had him pose naked all along the property with similarly aged boys and invite his older artist friends with similar dispositions to his, to paint, sculpt and photograph them.

Harissa chicken and vegetable shish kabobs over ras el hanou rice.

Red Dragon cheese

A fried hamburger patty with bits of onion inside, smashed potatoes (made from young potatoes), and green peas seasoned with pepper and butter. Washed it down with beer. I was lazy tonight and wanted something simple and filling.

Chicken teriyaki, yogurt chaser.

Spaghetti and Rao’s jarred arrabiatta sauce with marinated mushrooms stirred in, side of green salad. Rao’s makes a nice jarred sauce, its not sweet.

Amberlynn Reid had a full package of vegan chick'n nuggets, but gives herself pats for not having her usual accompaniments of a full tube of Pringles with ranch, plus dessert. Gorl's never gonna learn.

R131 I like Rao's as well, despite the DTJ link. You should try their pizza sauce too; it's excellent.

Can't you just use pasta sauce AS pizza sauce? I don't think there is any difference.

R134 Of course you can use any sauce, but pizza sauce is a more concentrated form, usually only made from paste. Oregano is often included which isn't usually in "pasta sauce". Less water equals a less soggy crust, and one can use more, if desired, than tomato sauce.

Pasta with sauce made with cherry tomatoes and basil from a friend’s garden.

Chilled cucumber mint yogurt soup

3 heirloom tomatoes with olive oil / salt / pepper

Pasta salad with eggplant and olives

[quote]Spaghetti and Rao’s jarred arrabiatta sauce

How jarring. Don't you mean "bottled" sauce? "Jarred" means "shaken."

A deli plate from a fancy place: large "Israeli" couscous; some roasted potatoes; some roasted vegetables with soy and sesame oil; some red-stemmed swiss chard with soy. Made a salad with blue cheese dressing. Ate a couple of peaches with plain yogurt on em for dessert. Fantastic.

I ate Roy Rogers .. double R burger, holster of fries.

Pot roast with baby potatoes, baby carrots & beef gravy. It's roasting away in my oven as I type this.

I know what I'll be having later (flaps elbows).

Beef vindaloo

[quote]I ate Roy Rogers

Is Roy Rozhay still a thing?

Leftovers, short ribs and asian style noodles with vegetables.

mushrooms sautéed in butter and olive oil, covered to keep in the liquid. Added cream and poured over cheese ravioli. Salt and pepper.

Crappy beef stew from a crappy take out place. I threw away most of it. I should have had bread because now I'm hungry but don't want to eat past 6 pm so I'll just live with it.

Funny R142. I hope you didn't find a jar laying around. I'm sure it's gone off by now!

R148, I just substituted jarred Rao's pizza sauce. The kind that comes in a bottle.

Sounds great R149. Did you add any peppers?

R143 You make me laugh too, since you felt the need to tell us you're not Indian! A Buddhist or a Muslim of Indian descent could very easily eat a Beef Vindaloo without reprisals. Wouldn't it have been easier to say Non-Hindu? Or were there different machinations?

R149, which is it -- jarred or bottled? Rao's is probably good no matter what, but I need to know what to look for on the shelf.

R152 Mine came in a jar roughly half the size as the pasta sauce. I haven't seen a tall bottle like how passata comes. It probably would be excellent with chicken, peppers, and probably just a touch more garlic. I thought you were being serious.

Dip nacho chip in bowl of sour cream, then in bowl of salsa, eat and repeat.

I'm making this Indian dish (murgh makhani - butter chicken) for a group of friends for dinner tonight. I've tried making this dish various times before, and this recipe is absolute perfection. The spicing and seasoning is spot-on. The only one that is restaurant quality of my various attempts.

I would go with chicken thighs, R152. Preferably skin on. You'll have a quick cacciatore in no time.

HelloFresh burgers with roasted potato wedges and some greens.

I put a boneless turkey roast in my ninja foodi with butter, garlic, paprika and salt. It was amazing and I have left overs to munch on for the next few days. I'm doing old school atkins.. which is easier than keto for me. I've lost over 30 pounds in a little less than a month. The ninja foodi is worth it, especially with these low carb diets. I highly recommend for anyone to get themselves a foodi.

A cheese stick, an apple, a box of Franzia blush

...oh, and a roll of Tums

Touch of Lime Tositos with some salsa and Trader Joe’s guacamole. Too hot to cook or even to deal with delivery.

Small plate of pasta with fresh tomato sauce, garlic, and a little ground beef. Large side of sauteed zucchini and onions. Slice of whole wheat toast. A couple of amaretti cookies. Herb tea.

Beef stew which was made by a butcher shop/deli, but it really is the closest I've ever had to genuine home-made. Rose wine with a little cheese and crackers to start, ice cream sandwich for dessert later.

A foot long Italian Beef sandwich with hot peppers on it and a side of onion rings!

A bowl of slow-churned peach ice-cream (more like frozen custard)

Cranberry stuffed chicken

Neapolitan pizza with mozzarella, soppressata, and Mike's hot honey.

Butter lettuce, heirloom tomato, roasted chicken tenders, homemade French and creamy garlic dressing of which I ate way too much, two TBSP of each, like 1/4 of a cup, I put tons of mayo in them. Watermelon for dessert. It was really good because I found a store that had the huge 25 pound black seeded watermelons that are so much sweeter than the so called seedless ones.

Ninety minutes later I felt so guilty over all that salad dressing that I ate potato chips.

Was the lettuce "farm fresh"?

What is this "farm fresh" business?

What is this "farm fresh" business?

Planning on having a patty melt.

An italian sub.

Beer, then vodka. Then whatever I think to order through Seamless.

Leftover short ribs and gravy reheated with the meat shredded onto a buttermilk biscuit - sort of a sandwich. Four lettuces, cherry tomato, and shredded parm salad with lemon and Caesar dressing. Homemade lattice-top peach pie. Orangedew melon and red grapes with baked ricotta.

The local peaches are the size of softballs - are they Frankenfruit that tastes good or just that we had ideal growing conditions this year?

Rotisserie chicken leg quarter and a salad, midnight cookies and cream/coffee ice cream for dessert.

I made my patty melt and could only eat 1/2. I think I'm getting too old to eat beef, cheese, onions and bread all at the same time. It tasted good but was kind of sickening after I got near the end of the first half. Anyone else over 45 having a problem eating heavy? I used grass fed chopped meat, organic cheese, butter and onions. Only the rye bread was non organic so it wasn't the quality of the food. I guess it's just me getting old.

A Skyline Chili 4-way (spaghetti, chili, shredded cheese and chopped onions).

peaches are gigantic in France and Italy this year.

Baked-til-crisp Trader Joe's fish nuggets, with my own homemade tartar sauce (mayo, sweet relish and heaps of crushed tarragon.)

Now I'm prone on the sofa with a vodka and soda. Those fish squares were good.

Baked-til-crisp Trader Joe's fish nuggets, with my own homemade tartar sauce (mayo, sweet relish and heaps of crushed tarragon.)

Now I'm prone on the sofa with a vodka and soda. Those fish squares were good.

Mac-n-cheese.

No wonder "Fit Fat" is a DL thing.

Frozen fish sticks are a guilty pleasure.

It's true, r184, though people laugh. Trader Joe's makes a nice fish nugget. Low on grease, big on flavah, and it's real fish in its natural square state, of course. It's delicious.

R181

I will treat myself in colder months - quality frozen fish sticks, pommes duchesse baked in the oven, and frozen mixed vegetables. Then every condiment dipping sauce that seems interesting at that moment.

A Paul Newman frozen pepperoni pizza. I’d never tried it before and figured I’d give it a shot. It was disgusting.

That's too bad, and I'm being sincere. It's especially disappointing when you try something new from a brand you trust, or otherwise like.

^ for R187 And thanks for the warning for those of us who admit we eat frozen pizzas!

what's the difference between frozen pizzas and the fresh ones in plastic wrap?

Not quite sure there is any difference really R190, other than one is frozen. My new favourite frozen is Doreen's. It may not be available outside Chicago.

Three Golden Potatoes

Frozen pizza always tastes like ketchup on a cracker. I tried a spinach and goat cheese pizza the other day and it's like they were trying to be bad on purpose.

Stouffer's French bread pepperoni pizza. I always add more pepperoni to the pizza, and it's surprisingly not bad.

R188/R189 Anytime! I’ve tried so many different frozen pizzas and the only ones that I have found to taste good are old fashioned Tombstone and Totino’s.

What’s your favorite?

Mexican food, out.

Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwich and pasta salad.

I buy the fresh ones in plastic but one must look at the dates and buy the freshest one, and cook it within a day or two. It really makes a difference. The brick oven ones are more expensive then the "family value" ones, but also worth it. Never get the ones with meat. I put that on myself if I want. The prepared brick oven ones are better than buying dough and rolling it out myself.

The original plan was a salad and TV dinner at home, but a restaurant near me was having a pan-seared duck special tonight. So I had that, a salad, parmesan rice, and asparagus. Best meal of the week, but now I'll be eating soup and salads for the rest of the weekend.

The "fresh" pizzas in plastic wrap are rude and very mouthy, r190. Big attitude. You don't get half the attitude from frozen pizza, and they are equally not delicious.

R195 Doreen's is my fave. I also don't mind the Stouffer's french bread pizzas.

Sharp aged cheddar, cherries, and a perfectly ripe peach.

Private Selection makes a couple of thin crust frozen pizzas I'm fond of: Italian Buffalo mozzarella & arugula, and Mediterranean vegetable varieties. They're good for frozen pizza, though I still think fresh is better even at most national chains.

A biscuit and some bread and butter pickles. Both homemade.

some sheet pan entree with kielbasa, peppers and pierogies.

Cheese enchiladas with crumbled queso, guacamole on the side, and a jar of cucumber water.

I don't get buying frozen pizza that to me never tastes good. I buy a real pizza at a pizza place and wrap each slice individually and freeze it. It's just as easy to reheat as frozen and when it's done you have real pizza. Cheese, no matter what kind on a pizza or just cheese is never 100% the same once it has been frozen but it's so much better than frozen pizza.

Why are pizzas from pizza joints so expensive? It's around $20 for a large cheese, including tax, in CT.

Why? It's dough, cheese and sauce. Even the frozen pizzas at ShopRite are in the $6+ range.

A local place you are paying for labour and - possibly - quality ingredients. You do realise that industrial food made in great quantities is cheap.

A large pizza is multiple meals for one person, or one meal for multiple people. 20 dollars isn't a lot when it comes to price per portion.

[quote]Why are pizzas from pizza joints so expensive?

I wonder that about ALL Italian food. Pasta is one of the cheapest foods on the planet, and the accoutrements—tomatoes, sauce, cheese, etc.—are equally inexpensive; yet I've seen simple bowls of spaghetti going in excess of $20 in some restaurants. I don't get it.

I had 4 grapes. One had already turned into a raisin.

All farm fresh.

Fresh corn on the cob, salad with arugula, green leaf lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and avocado. Made homemade dressing last night with Greek yogurt, lemon juice, white wine vinegar, olive oil, and herbs. Delicious. For dessert I’ll have a homemade rice crispy treat.

I didn't have any bread. I had a room temperature PANCAKE sandwich with mozzarella, tomato, basil, and lots of salt and pepper. I guess I need to go shopping tomorrow.

It's only 3:30 so nothing yet, OP.

Later on, homemade chicken tikka masala.

Homemade beefaroni. I know, I type fat.

Chicken breast stuffed with broccoli and cheese.

Hot Fudge Sundae of Sweet Me Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream topped with Mrs. Richardson's Dark Chocolate Desert Sauce

Chips and Salsa

I had a good haul at the farmer's market yesterday. Froze the okra to use in gumbo at a future date. Roasted the fresh corn to use in a corn/tomato/black bean/quinoa salad, but ended up consuming one ear fresh out of the oven. Still made the salad and it's chilling in the refrigerator now. But I also made bread from scratch for the very first time and it was so fucking delicious I had a few slices smeared with basil pesto (made from the basil plant on my porch!) and topped with fresh heirloom tomatoes (from my favorite market vendor); I'm no longer hungry.

Farmer Fred linked below.

Pistachio nuts, crackers and cheese, green salsa and chips. Radishes.

I had leftover grilled chicken, cheese, bacon on a hard roll and fries from a restaurant and I ate some of that. I think it went bad as I ordered it last Monday so I only ate a little.

Homemade tuna salad with mayo and celery, on saltine crackers. To drink was raspberry iced tea and dessert was strawberry toaster strudels.

Yeah, four days is the absolute maximum, R220.

R221, that sounds dreadful. Go shopping.

Grilled salmon. green beans, roast spicy cauliflower, garden salad with walnut and date slice with fruit for dessert washed down with a couple of glasses of shiraz. It was my birthday (so thanks siblings for my yummy dinner).

croque-monsieur à la béchamel, et salade frisée aux noix... en dessert : un petit sorbet cassis !

Leftovers, Asian style bbq short ribs and soy sauce noodles, chocolate chip ice cream for dessert.

Fish & Chips made with wild caught cod (I know this is selfish, but I rarely make it anymore) small salad with a chardonnay vinaigrette, and three bottles of Molson Canadian.

2 slices pepperoni bar pizza, reheated

Pea and asparagus risotto, reheated

Spinach salad with mandarin oranges, chopped egg, bleu cheese crumbles and bacon, vinaigrette

Fresh peach slices in rum sauce over homemade vanilla ice cream.

[quote]Fresh peach slices in rum sauce over homemade vanilla ice cream.

God, that sounds good! Do you have any more?

Fresh peaches, yes. Vanilla ice cream, yes. Rum sauce I'd have to make again.

Can you make the rum sauce flambé? Can I come over? All I have for dessert tonight is a Snickers bar, which I may save for later. And regardless, I'm certainly not going to flambé it.

That's kind of what I figured R222 so after a few bites I got too nervous to eat it. I have this bad habit of ordering things I really don't want. What I wanted that night was a real beef hamburger but I have high uric acid and I'm not supposed to eat beef so I ordered the chicken thing and then just shoved it in the fridge when it came and ate a peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich on stale bread. I think I'll put a sign on my fridge that says 4 day limit on take out.

Apples and cheese followed by the dregs of a box of Good & Plenty.

Cheeseburger, tiny burger, lots of cheese, really grilled cheese with a bit of burger, grilled onions, cantaloupe, diet orange Crush.

I made a sandwich out of a toasted Bays English Muffin, some Dietz & Watson Off the Bone Ham (shaved), and Dietz & Watson C-Sharp Cheddar cheese. Had it along some some macaroni salad and a pickle spear. I really didn't feel like cooking tonight, it hit the spot.

gnocchi stuffed with spinach and mozzarella, grilled golden, then dumped into a bowl of simple tomato soup. Sicilian red wine. I wouldn't serve it to guests but it sure tasted good.

Lemon orzo salad with feta and cherry tomatoes on arugula and romaine.

The half of a grilled Reuben sandwich I didn't eat at lunch reheated.

Lemonade.

R234, have you ever had Boar's Head cold cuts and if you have how does Dietz & Watson compare? There is only one market in my area that sells Dietz & Watson cold cuts and I'd have to go there special for that. I wonder if it's worth it.

R234 is Patrick Bateman with the brands.

a bag of Kettle Brand Chile Verde chips, with sour cream

My neighbors. --Well I told them beforehand that they'd be the main event.

R237, I've heard of Boar's Head, but I don't recall if I tried it or not. D&W's stuff is good though, especially when it's on sale. Their London Broil lunch meat is also really good, as is their off the bone turkey.

D&W also have a German Bologna which is quite tasty. There are a few offerings which rival Boar's Head, though they have quality cold cuts too. There are a few turkey & chicken breasts with interesting spice rubs, and good mesquite smoked cuts. The London Broil is excellent. Many good varieties of ham.

I've not been too fond of the Boar's Head lunchmeats I've tried. Kroger's house brand actually tastes better to me.

Tonight I'm having a salad and a spinach & ricotta cheese ravioli Lean Cuisine. I'd love to grill up a slice of sourdough toast to eat with them, but I had too many crackers with lunch today and need to cut down on the carbs.

Sheesh with the cold cut kweens! Who knew?

Leftover sandwiches from tonight’s New Student Orientation.

Plain bagel, scallion cream cheese, lox, tomato, red onion, 2 bites of a brownie. Great bagel store near my pain doctor in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. They have the best bagels, sweets and everything else they sell except grilled chicken breast which is like cardboard, oh and potato salad and cole slaw which always tastes off. I tried it 3 times and I know it can't be spoiled every one of those times so it must be the way they make it.

Hey OP, I love this thread. I mean who else do I have to tell my nightly dinner too and I really enjoy reading what other posters had. Besides, I'd be embarrassed to tell people I know that I bought this amazing brownie or even the rest because I made this big deal about "I'm going to eat healthy." That promise lasted for about 1 day. I bought kale and that was the end of my desire to eat healthy.

Watercress gazpacho with saltines and a cream soda Zevia. That's all I could tolerate. I spent all last night sick to my stomach . Still not sure what caused it.

R246, are you referring to La Bagel Delight on 7th Ave?

I had three chicken fingers from 7-11 and then a big bowl of raw cauliflower and broccoli with some dip. Bought a big thing of blueberries yesterday and will finish that off later.

Had a half a danish and coffee for breakfast and a slice of pesto pizza for lunch.

Lebanese vegetarian platter in my favourite joint on the hooker street in Geneva.

Mom’s lentil soup ... so good !

Very thiinly pounded pork schnitzel, breaded in seasoned flour, egg, and Panko, with Heinz 57 for dipping, baked apples, and potatoes au gratin baked in heavy cream, dusting of nutmeg and Gruyère. One Foster's oil can. Keto is derailed today, but I have company. My formerly Kosher grans are rolling over in their graves tonight.

Yes I am, R248. I didn't know if I should name them since I also had some negative things to say. Do you go there? What do you think? I remember when they were a much, much smaller store across the street from where they are now. They were good but the selection is way better now. The pizza place between 6the and 5th on 7th really sucks IMO. Not too bad on the pizza but I had about the worst chicken Parm there I've ever had. Awful bread and worse chicken. I remember just eating the cheese off and dumping it. Their salads aren't good either so for me when I go to Methodist or across 501 6th to this pain doctor (bad back and right knee from an accident) my only choices are Purity Diner, if I have enough time to sit down and eat, and spend much more or La Bagel or 5 Guys.

I don't live in Park Slope. I live in Ditmas Park but I'm there very often. If I lived there and ate there all the time I'd probably gain weight like crazy. I don't order anything low calorie or carb, lol. I save healthy for home. When I get restaurant food I want to enjoy it.

They make almost anything on a bagel really well, IMO, I sometimes get a cinnamon raising bagel with the raisin/cinnamon/raisin cream cheese. I really like it but it's too sweet for me for dinner. I'm not crazy about their heroes. They are huge. One half is a meal but the hero bread they have, for some reason, tastes moldy to me. I tried it a couple of times. Their cold cuts though are always fresh and they have pretty good hot foods, especially the ribs and the baked chicken. I don't like their mashed. I think they're instant. As you know 5 Guys is right next door so I usually take about 10 minutes of just standing there to make up my mind. That 5 Guys now has shakes and I was very tempted but THIS time managed to not try my favorite flavor a vanilla shake. I saw people walk out with them and they look very thick and they put what looked like real whipped cream on top.

Tonight was a treat: dinner at Mom's. Fried chicken, fried okra, sweet corn, salad, and rolls.

Grilled lean chicken and veg, a side dish of XO chilli mushrooms and tofu, cashews for desert, washed down with peppermint tea and a glass of shiraz.

Pizza. Real pizza, from an actual Italian restaurant, 2 slices, but I just eat the cheese off. I'm not a fan of crusts other than that first pointy bite that burns the roof of the mouth. One had plain cheese and one slice with pepperoni and onions.

Cleaning out leftovers: I warmed a tortilla covered in pepper jack cheese in the toaster. When it was ready, I topped it with Italian sausage and avocado. A bit of kosher salt and smoked paprika to finish. And I had a glass of (agave) sweet tea.

Dessert was a bowl of Talenti non-dairy gelato with some chocolate chips and chopped walnuts on top

frozen mixed dumplings from China. Supposed to be good ingredients. Steamed with new little potato, mushrooms, and frozen cooked organic shrimp. Lots of dipping sauces. Spanish cava.

Chicken Cordon Bleu, red potatoes, summer squash and a slice of sourdough bread with Irish butter.

Just had a disgusting can of Chef Boyardee ravioli (it’s been sitting in the cabinet and I wasn’t that hungry so I figured it was a good time to get rid of it). Won’t be buying that again!

Cheeseburgers and grilled vegetables. Homemade ice cream was on the menu but we haven't hit it yet.

Trader Joe's Cauliflower Gnocchi, which tastes amazingly like real gnocchi, in their delicious three cheese tomato sauce.

Beef Brisket, with the Deckle fat on, braised in beef broth, red wine, tomato paste, onion and garlic. I blended the onion and garlic into the liquid with an immersion blender before serving. Spinach salad, Spaghetti squash, (also topped with the Brisket sauce, green beans, and a glass of Bordeaux. I'm in a bit of a food coma, so I'm thinking desert is not possible. (at least at this time)

Impossible Whopper. Options where I am are extremely limited.

corn salad

eggplant rolatini

penne w/Bolognese

grapefruit seltzer (the only flavored seltzer I like enough to finish the can)

Just something real simple, roasted Italian sausage, with a 3 pack of bell peppers (red, orange & yellow) sliced, tossed in some olive oil. It's in my oven now, uncovered at 400 degrees. Not sure what to pair it wit hthough. I wanted to throw some potatoes in there, but my Graniteware roasting pan is only 3 quart. My just toss some baked potatoes in there on the oven rack.

wild smoked salmon cold, buttered toast with Italian dried capers, bread and butter pickles tossed with shredded iceberg lettuce. Cava.

I working the swing shift, so just a cheese and pesto toastie on Aldi lower carb bread. Had half a small avocado and some olives with a glass of wine when I got home.

WTF is a "toastie"?

I made this and it was delicious.

Omelets at Denny's. Meh.

Chicken Club sandwich (roast chicken breast, arugula, sliced fresh tomatoes, bacon) and a spinach salad.

Ajvar, sliced cucumbers, and feta on flat bread. Franciacorta.

leftover pizza, quite disgusting.

Burger King Incredible burger and fries

Aloo mutter and basmati rice. At the store today, I bought the ingredients for potato salad and a pot roast, which I hope to cook tomorrow.

House-made ravioli stuffed w/ricotta, topped with a ragu made from tomatoes, corn, and mushrooms. Best meal I've had in weeks.

R277, what does "house-made" mean?

Made "in house" in a restaurant, r278, as opposed to "homemade," i.e., at home.

House maid pie.

Last night I had Domino's.

I had a grass-fed beef burger on a brioche bun with mayo, cheese, pickle, onion and ketchup. Potato salad and green salad. Strawberries for dessert. And a bottle of sparkling wine.

r282, why mayo?

A delicious puttanesca with fresh pasta.

R283, why ketchup instead of mustard? And why pickle on the burger instead of on the side? And why no chips? Probably because there's no accounting for tastes, and we all have our own.

Ribs cooked on the grill, corn on the cob, white rice, cole slaw and a salad. All home made by my hubby.

You all type pretentiously fat.

Hamburger for lunch, then pasta for dinner.

Steamed mixed Chinese dumplings, and shrimp, again. Cava.

Ribeye steak, pesto and tomato salad

R283 i like mayo ketchup and pickles on my burger too!

Gonna have my leftover pizza for the 3rd time and still there will be one more portion left over. Last time I order a large with 8 slices instead of an individual with 1 or 2. Although it will be some time before I want pizza again in any form. :(

r292 must buy really crappy pizza.

I had oatmeal for breakfast, started last night because pinhead oats need a lot of time. A quiche for lunch. Ratattouille for a late supper later just came out of the oven.

I don't understand people who claim they are too busy to cook. Just say "I'm not interested."

Oh, and a chocolate pie is done, cooling and waiting for meringue, but that's for Labor Day.

I'm thinking about what I'm going to have for dinner..............

Oven-dried tomatoes with mozzarella, lemon vinaigrette, basil, and P-R.

Caesar salad, filet mignon wrapped in bacon with broiled mushroom caps, potatoes Anna, haricots verts in a butter and herb sauce, and a Pavlova with orange custard and strawberries soaked in Gran Marnier

Caymus 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon with dinner and a glass of Francis Ford Coppola Sofia Blanc de Blancs 2016 with dessert.

My friend Patti is a wonderful cook.

Braciole, filled with prosciutto, seasoned panko, and Romano cheese, oven roasted in tomato sauce.

Barbecue chicken wings Mashed potatoes Green beans

Yum!

Air-fried breaded pork medallions. Steamed cauliflower. An apple with peanut butter.

How do those air fryers work out R300? Does the "fried" stuff really taste fried, especially breaded stuff? I was thinking of buying one.

How do those air fryers work out R300? Does the "fried" stuff really taste fried, especially breaded stuff? I was thinking of buying one.

Two pieces of toast (white) and a fried egg, over easy.

tuna melt

Hamburger helper made with lentils instead of ground beef

R305 is Semi-Homemade Sandra Lee.

Halloumi cheese pan-fried in olive oil. Salad composed of romaine, sun-dried tomatoes, walnuts, diced red pepper, and onion, with balsamic ranch dressing. Tillamook Mudslide ice cream for dessert.

Tacos w/ Guacamole and sour cream.

Oaxaca style chicken (pati Jinich recipe)

These crispy potatoes (serious eats recipe)

And a tomato salad.

Crispy potatoes here:

I made green Thai curry with onions, corn, potatoes & noodles, and shrimp.

Now tell me what is a single serving of shrimp? These were about the size of a half dollar when cooked and curled. I ate 15.

r311 When was the last time anyone has seen a half dollar?

Beef stew, which I began late last night when I couldn't sleep: beef, onions, mixed fingerling potatoes, carrots and portabella mushrooms. Secret ingredients: a big spoonful of Marmite and a quarter of a square of Baker's chocolate.

R312, I have a Delft china jar full of half dollar and dollar coins.

R305 Which "Helper" goes well with the Lentils? I'm intrigued.

R297 What a marvelous meal. I wish I had an invitation from your friend!

A hot dog with mustard and sweet relish, a slider hamburger with ketchup. I wasn't at a cookout. I always have that on the 3 big holidays of summer. I think I should have stopped at the 4th of July. I didn't enjoy it at all. I don't want to keep wasting food or I would have dumped and had a tuna fish sandwich. I still have several hot dogs in the freezer. I don't think I'll ever want them.

Prime Rib, mash potatoes with shredded cheese and sliced tomatoes from the garden.

Avocado toast. So good!

Had some red bell peppers I was trying to use up, so I made stuffed peppers, and steamed potatoes with butter & parsley as a side.

Two poached eggs and a slice of buttered toast.

Trader Joe's cauliflower gnocchi with mushroom-marinara sauce.

merguez green beans and potatoes red wine on ice with a splash of Martini red

Marinated grilled chicken breast on the BBQ and some angel hair pasta tossed with broccoli as a side. Oh and a nice crusty buttered piece of italian bread!

A cheese and vegetable omelette with an English muffin.

A small tin of salmon, sauerkraut, walnuts and a glass of kefir. I did a 10 hour shift and couldn't be bothered cooking tonight.

salad and fish

Taboulé

Last night, homemade bacon & tomato sandwich on white bread, and I ate the rest of the tomato separately. Dessert was Lay's potato chips with Lipton onion soup dip mix. I felt like I'd been on a picnic. When the weather is as beastly hot as it's been in SoCal I find myself craving lots of salt. I washed it all down with a couple of Bacardi & Coke Zeros.®

Tonight, the Bacardi & Coke Zero® will be followed by a grilled hamburger with lettuce, mustard, pickles and hot dog relish; homemade french fries; and a couple of chocolate mint cookies I bought at the supermarket.

Jesus, I really DO type fat, don't I?

popcorn shrimp bitch

Leftovers, Orange flavor Chicken with rice.

Italian canned tuna, a cup of pasta, red, onion, jarred red pepper, jarred capers, olive oil and red wine vinegar on it. A cherry Lifesaver, brushing my teeth and my breath still stinks from the raw onion. I don't have any mints. Then again I'm not leaving the house until tomorrow.

Grilled bone in pork roast, mashed cauliflower, sweet tomato/cucumber/onion salad.

I'm having sous vide ribeye steak and steamed cauliflower. Just put it into the sous vide a few minutes ago.

Tomato basil burrata salad.

Doesn't steak improve by being seared?

[quote]Doesn't steak improve by being seared?

Absolutely it does. Searing gives flavor and seals in the natural juices.

R335 I'm not R333, but I believe they either sear it or brown it some other way after it comes out. I'm guessing before isn't the right way.

90% lean Angus sirloin hamburger on a toasted brioche roll with an incredibly delicious slice of fresh tomato, Hellman's mayo, and red leaf lettuce and half of a spinach and cheese arancini. Messy and delicious.

Fresh pineapple for dessert. I ate too well over the holiday weekend.

This with mashed potatoes and carrots and peas. It was delicious.

Watermelon

Did you really need the arancini?

Yes, you sear it (briefly) after it's finished in the sous vide. Alternatively you can heat it in the oven with a thermometer until it reaches the desired temperature and then sear it. Or you can do that one in the reverse order (sear, than roast.) It's all about the temperature. I sous vide at 125, then sear.

Chicken teriyaki again, but with a side of pasta Alfredo.

Stopped on the way home and bought Raising Cane's chicken tenders. Not bad at all for fast food. Their Cane's Sauce is really good - I found the copycat recipe online.

R339, thanks so much for posting that recipe!

Grilled eggplant and salad and French apple cake for dessert because a friend gave me a bear bushel of apples!

Amy's Chinese Noodles and Veggies.

I will forgive her use of the word "veggies" because it only took 4 minutes to make and 480 calories for the entire dinner.

Chicken parmigiana with sugo de carne, freshly grated Parmesan and angel hair pasta and zucchini coins in lemon butter.

And a blondie for dessert.

Wild caught Lox on half an Einstein's onion bagel, cream cheese, and red onion. Two glasses of Chardonnay. Not very hungry tonight.

I went out for Greek with a couple friends. I had a chicken souvlaki skewer with tzatziki , Greek salad and a couple slices of -- fucking ridiculously delicious -- roasted Greek potatoes. Also had three glass of Boutari. Another person had the moussaka and i looked crazy good. He took 3/4 of it home.

Leftover pizza

Chili and Vegetables.

Tacos.

Salad, naan, and a frozen chicken tikka masala dinner. One of the three was decent.

Beef and vegetables marinated in Pinot Noir and baked into a crusty pot pie.

Crab cakes with mango relish and coleslaw.

I ... attempted to make baked trout with brown rice.

The trout was the whole fish (head and tail) from CostCo.

Taste wise, the trout turned out very well. Unfortunately, even though I watched like 15 YouTube videos, gutting and filleting a fish is not a skill one picks up in an hour.

I was picking bones out of my fish the whole meal ( thankfully it was just me). I’ll try it again next week.

There will be salmon, mashed potato, and peas tonight. I think I'll put it on now.

Jussie Smollett humble pie, it was gross

Tips would be appreciated! I’m going to try baking the first next time to see if the bones come out any easier unless I hear otherwise. Internet data is all over the place.

Just ordered sweet and sour chicken.

I'd roasted a couple chicken breasts the other night, so I made the most spectacular salad ever. Cucumbers, avocado, tomatoes, red onions mixed greens and fresh spinach. a dollop of blue cheese dressing. and in a little while I'll have a small bowl of butter pecan ice cream and some warm chocolate chip cookies with my tea.

R359 I find cleaning the fish first is much easier. If the flesh gets too soft, the fish gets mangled. You can spend more time in advance, I keep a needle nosed-pliers in my kitchen for this purpose, it works remarkably well, especially for pin bones. Once you get really good at it, it won't bother you as much.

I want you all to tell me about your TV tables.

R356 — Sounds like you need the Wunder Boner.® Even though it looks like something you'd see on [italic]Mad TV,[/italic] it's a genuine product.

Butter lettuce, baked chicken tenders, tomato with basil, homemade French dressing, black grapes.

Haven't eaten yet, but making baked cod with olive oil, fresh thyme, and a bit of dried marjoram, asparagus, spinach salad with radish, tomato, and red onion, and perhaps some Israeli couscous, (depending on how many Molson Canadians I drink)

Sausage and peppers. Peanut butter and grape jelly.

I made a bowl of a guac/pico de galo hybrid, which is so fucking good, and ate it with blue corn chips. And just polishing off my second glass of sangria. Oh, and I had two Ativan because I can.

Cod with slow roasted cherry tomatoes and basil from the garden, yellow squash sautéed and figs with goat cheese, honey and walnuts. With. A glass of cava.

Homemade red sauce/gravy, 3 mini meatballs, semolina pasta, sauteed green beans with mushrooms and almonds. (Huge salad for lunch. 1 slice 60 cal wholewheat bread. Herbal iced tea.

Green salad with asiago dressing, jambalaya, and homemade ratatouille.

Sticky toffee pudding for dessert.

Garden fresh salad with freshly snipped basil, 1(4 heirloom sun-ripened garden fresh tomato, 1 half ear of still sun-warmed corn steamed over cold l'eau de robinet heated on a mesquite charcoal mini grill with thinly sliced roasted hydroponic organic red pepper basted with 2 brushes of extra virgin cold pressed walnut oil and 3 pumpkin seeds, 2 mini vegan freshly homemade falafel balls, 7 leaves of just snipped cress and 2 rose-cut radishes marinated in artisanal basmati rice vinegar. 207 calories and a bowl of hand cranked pickled mango gelato mixed with homemade crystallised ginger root and a thimble of my secret recipe Sicilian lime Limoncello and a warmed up....

Jenny Craig fish n chips.

Chicken soup with matzo balls, lovingly prepared by a friend.

I stopped at Taco Bell, and had three crunchy tacos!

An Asian chicken dish made with chicken breasts, broccoli and a sauce made with hoisin and a little sriracha for spice. Had it with white rice.

8" of uncut Italian penga. It was an all you can eat buffet.

[quote]I made a bowl of a guac/pico de galo hybrid

Guacamole [italic]is[/italic] a pico de gallo hybrid. It's pico w/avocado added.

I went to my MIL’s. We made steak, potatoes , asparagus and a salad of tomatoes and avocado. Then my BIL went overboard and made scallops wrapped in bacon and I was too full to eat all that.

A modified salade niçoise -- actually something of a cross between that and a Cobb salad: red leaf lettuce, a perfect vine ripe tomato from the garden, julienned bell pepper strips, hard boiled egg slices, potato slices and avocado, all tossed in a dressing of olive oil, red wine vinegar and dijon mustard. This was topped with pan-seared rare yellowfin tuna steak, cut into 1/2" chunks,. Despite the lack of capers, anchovies, green beans and olives, it was pretty good!

Chicken made indoors with BBQ sauce. The worlds most high calorie and high fat mashed potatoes. Riced them, then added a stick of butter, 3/4 of an 8 oz block of cream cheese, 1 cup of sour cream. The potatoes (6 large ones) were already salty enough from the boiling water. They were delicious and a small scoop was quite satisfying since they are so loaded. Oh and chives on top as a garnish. I figured if all the fat didn't kill than the carbs from the potatoes won't. There is enough left over for about 10 more portions. Yum.

15 gummy bears and a piece of whole wheat wasa spread with Nutella.

5-piece nuggets from Little Juke with pepper ranch dipping sauce. Crudite with dip (since someone here is allergic to the term "veggies"). Later I smoked a joint and had two small bags of salt & vinegar chips (one Miss Vickie's, one Old Dutch -- I couldn't decide, and I was high, so I bought both) and a Big Turk bar. I also had a pint of fresh strawberries. I was a pig.

Yes, I woke up fatter. But today is another day!

fried onions, potatoes and shrimp with 2 different hot sauces for dipping - green and red.

Cavatappi w/artichokes, oven-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, mozzarella, vinaigrette

A fried lobster plate with french fries, onion rings, and coleslaw and a bottle of Heineken. Seabrook, NH is white-trash heaven at the beach but jeez, Brown's is still great.

There is a slice of coconut cake iced with dulce de leche in the fridge that's calling my name. I've resisted thus far but know I will weaken later.

Opiates and vodka.

Seriously? Honestly: some Krispy Kreme donuts and some red wine.

Left over deep dish pizza, and then later, a bowl of Greek yogurt with fresh strawberries ad bananas and granola. Now I'm having tea.

R387//R388 I adore you both.

Stouffers Chicken Pot Pie washed down with my tears.

Marie Callender's are better.

Surprisingly, the Marie Callender's pot pies crust becomes lightly browned and delicious using the microwave method.

I know you don't think so, but it's true.

how in the fuck do i know what i had for dinner tonight?!!! It hasn't happened yet! fuck!

Makes something up, R394, or if senility hasn't erased your short-term memory, tell us what you had for dinner last night.

No one here will know the difference.

Leftover grilled salmon fillets Local tomatoes and lettuce Black beans on rice pilaf 2 glasses Pinot Noir

I had three day old pizza. it was awful.

I had grilled sausages, roasted tomato/zucchini/yellow squash and the last of the Saint-Véran from the night before.

Meat loaf and baked vegetables in curry sauce.

From my local food coop's take out turkey meatballs, roasted butternut squash, roasted peppers, onions and zucchini. I don't know how it is. It's still in the oven. I bought it 4 days ago so it might just kill me.

Caesar salad, jambalaya, and freshly sliced peaches with vanilla ice cream

Opiates and vodka

Again, R402? Is this what you call a balanced diet?

Buona Beef Italian Beef sandwich on a Turano French Roll, with sautéed peppers and onion, and pepperoncini. A glass of Saint Émilion, a 25 mg tab of Tramadol, and 1/2 a tab of Valium 10. For dessert I'm having a Cognac w/a decaf coffee, and the other 1/2 of the V.

saumon sauce beurre/échalote et son écrasé de pomme de terre...

r403 I'll have you know I had celery with my bloody mary at lunch.

R405 ça a l'air délicieux!

A little bag of Hawkins Cheezies (Canadian delicacy), a plate of crudite and dip, four lemon-herb chicken skewers from Nando's. And a joint and two glasses of Crystal Light pink lemonade. I want dessert but there's nothing here.

Afore-mentioned Hawkins Cheezies.

oven baked chicken wings - 1 batch is green Thai chilli and the other is Turkish hot pepper. They came out very crispy - coated in crushed corn flakes.

Steamed chicken and broccoli from Chinese take-out. Two large Ketel Ones on the rocks.

A breadless chicken club "sandwich" and potato latkes with applesauce and sour cream.

Salad and baked breadingless (probably not a word) chicken tenders. Two Famous chocolate wafers. I was going to make a chocolate cream pie but got lazy and so I'm eating the wafers just as cookies. So good. Loaded with HFCS, but so good.

Green salad with oil and vinegar dressing. Steak with fresh oregano and grilled lemon. Chocolate mousse for dessert.

Panini from Panera Bread

Grilled Toulouse sausage, truffled mashed potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts with garlic, and a really nice Malbec.

To those of you determined to ruin yourselves with fast food take out, stop by Whole Foods. Their prepared foods section is superior to anything else out here and you can get yourself a balanced meal.

^^^ for triple the price of what it's worth.....

Roasted park with carrots and rice.

I plan to have the other half of a turkey Reuben sandwich I had the other day and a baked potato with butter, sour cream, chives and salt. I think the turkey version is actually called a Rachel.

My plan is to eat nothing for dinner tonight because I slow-binged on junk food all through the day.

Oh and and two chocolate sandwich cookies.

I had 3 raisins, thinly sliced garden fresh tomato, with garden fresh basil leaf, fresh 1/8 avocado on vegan fat-free flatbread with French sea salt, 2 teaspoons of lime sorbet, a lorazépam and a box of wine.

Just finished my appetizer. Two Ketel One vodkas on the rocks. My local supermarket sells great prepared dinners so I'm having blackened salmon with broccoli rabe. $9.00. I couldn't buy the ingredients for what they sell the dinners for. Husband is having garlic shrimp with roasted cauliflower and asparagus. Also $9.00. I'm 59. Used to love to cook and I still do sometimes. When I have company, I cook everything. But the shopping, cooking and cleaning up for the two of us isn't worth it when I can get great, healthy meals.

It isn't asparagus season, dumb dumb. Carbon footprint?

Didn't use my stove R425. It's not 1965. Good asparagus can be imported year-round. Tell me about your non-carbon-footprint way of life.

Italian wedding soup, a sliced tomato and romaine salad, and a dinner roll.

And a dish of Haagen-Dazs pineapple coconut ice cream.

Haagen-Dazs pineapple coconut ice cream is my favorite. Yum.

Sangria

1 benzo, 4 Camels, barbecue potato chips and 4 glasses of Laurent-Perrier demi-dec.

R430 Sounds like my kind of dinner (minus the Camels).

Seeded rye bread and butter, 2 slices, real turkey sliced from a bird in front of my eyes,1/4 a chocolate danish, very rich and delicious, that little piece was very satisfying. I paid a visit to one of the last remaining Kosher deli's in my neighborhood. I will hate just going back to the deli counter at my supermarket but mostly that's all I have.

Sausage and peppers.

Had appies at a restaurant with a couple bottles of wine with a friend -- yam fries with dill garlic dip, dry ribs and bruscetta.

NY sirloin strip steak topped with melted cambozola, home fries, and steamed snow peas. Red grapes, peach slices, and a shortbread cookie.

chicken flautas from Berryhill's

Stuffed peppers.

Steamed new potatoes with lots of butter and salt and pepper. And a big cup of real coffee, with lots of half and half. I think I'll have another cup.

I made legit Pad See Ew following this recipe to a tee and it came out restaurant quality! Every recipe I've made from this site is the real deal, and I can confidently say I know how to cook some Thai dishes now because of it.

R438, doesn't all that coffee in the evening keep you awake at night?

[quote]Had appies at a restaurant

Appies? APPIES?? That word is beyond twee. Please don't ever use it again.

R441 has never known the joy of having a server ask you, "plate or platter?"

I was shopping for trees for a balcony. Everything radically reduced for end of season. I bought 5 palm trees. What a hassle. I ate an egg salad sandwich from a deli to which I added Black Forest ham. Drank 2 tall boys of Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier, quite fresh tasting. It was hot today.

Panini. Alcohol.

It's not dinnertime on the West Coast yet. So far? Drinky-poos! Seabreezes, to be precise.

Did you have appies with your drinky-poos?

R445 Pringles newfangled potato chips

^R446

Indian takeout. Well, we had it delivered.

R446, some diminutives are acceptable, whereas others are heinous. An example of the former is "drinkie-poos", because it's self-mocking and "campy". However, "appies" is apparently intended to be taken seriously, which puts it on a par with "veggies". So please just don't!!!

Just lettuce and carrots, plain. Oh, with a little wheat germ, too.

stuffed cabbage with mashed potatoes

Rao's minestrone with fresh baked bread and butter.

Rao's minestrone with fresh baked bread and butter.

Alexia Mexican-style street corn - tasted too good to be a frozen meal - and a cheese quesadilla.

Nothing fancy, I cooked at home, and just made a cheeseburger & a side of onion rings. I picked up a few tall beers for later.

Sliced steak sandwich on a toasted brioche roll, salad of butter lettuce and fresh tomato, and a curried chickpea and peanut salad.

I just finished French toast for breakfast and I was stuffed and then came here and now I'm hungry again. LOL! So many of what you guys had sound delicious. I love this thread. Thanks again for it OP.

Progresso chicken & orzo/lemon soup. Surprisingly good. Only about 200 calories for entire can.

I had Käsekrainer at the station (Austrian wurst). The beer was Swiss. Great label! Now I'm on the late train for Meroux in the Jura. I'm drinking I'm swigging Aberlour from a flask and watching Doom Patrol. Brendan Fraser sure can act with just his voice! Matt Bomer is gorgeous and it broke my heart when he told his loverboy to go away.

R457 How did you prepare the chickpea and peanut salad? Those two things plus what else? Sounds delish.

I don't prepare it - it's from a local greengrocers, Russo's, in Watertown, MA (link below, although I don't see it on the website.) It's about 3/4's chickpeas and what seems like about 1/4th blanched peanuts plus diced red peppers, scallions, huge plumped golden raisins and something curried binding it all together. But what that is, I have no idea. Maybe mashed chickpeas and yogurt? I'm not usually a fan of curried dishes, but it is amazingly good. I've seen several recipes for chickpea salads online and while some look like it (the simple veganista's, especially), most don't. And the veganista recipe uses brown raisins instead of golden, cashews instead of peanuts (which would be an upgrade to me), diced carrots, which Russo's version doesn't include; as well as mustard and vegan mayonnaise which I don't taste.

I get it whenever I go there, so the next time I do I'll at least list all the ingredients here.

Everyone knows the ONLY raised to be used in Mid Eastern or Moosewood Vegan Lesbo Galore recipes is the golden.

Everyone except Moosewood, R463: Try their Brandied Raisin Sour Cream Poundcake.

They're fine, but they don't insist on 'em.

Thank you very much, R462!

Some water lilies and a pile of deer poop I found in the woods.

Prime rib with horseradish and au jus, garlic potatoes, and baked asparagus and broccoli.

Caesar salad. Pizza with muahrooms from Table 87 in Brooklyn. Buckets of Barolo. Divvvvvvine, darling.

I had an Impossible Burger and it was delicious, on a brioche bun. Garlic parmesan fries to go with it. No dessert.

Spinach lasagna.

Egg salad on wheat, butter lettuce and tomato, French dressing, 1 Paul Newman organic Oreo type cookie that taste better than real Oreos, Diet Pepsi.

Tuna sandwich on Dakota bread.

What’s Dakota bread?

1/2 of the 1/2 of pastrami sandwich I took him from the diner 4 days ago, a scoop of crystallised store brand chocolate ice cream, a box of wine, and the bitter aftertaste of 4 decades of sexual fear, sexual dysfunction, and PTSD after the 1 uncut cock I touched in 1981.

I've had a Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich, for the first time in a long time. They actually demolished the old store, and built a new one in its place. I also had a chocolate chunk cookie. The ladies at the counter were worried that they gave me the wrong cookie, and wanted to fix things. I told them, "I got a cookie, I'm happy!!!' It's 2 40 AM, and I'm still trying to get that chicken sandwich down. I'll manage, with a little bit more Merlot.

Five Guys cheeseburger and small fries. Their small fries is still too many, and I leave half of them behind. Once I'm finished the burger, I don't want any more fries. Water to drink.

Bowl of gazpacho, some roasted beets and some roasted cauliflower. For dessert a scoop of fudge ripple ice cream and 3 pink Starburst.

3 Starbursts! Fat whore!

Pork chop, potato salad, brussels sprouts, and a salad.

Mostly this, r473, but it also has onion in it.

Pastrami and Swiss on rye and a small side of German potato salad, a green salad with vinegar and EVOO, water. I'm sure I will be swollen as a balloon tomorrow from all the sodium. Two pound gain at least that I'll hopefully pee out on Tuesday.

Black Forest ham and cheddar sandwich with Dijon mustard on a bishop's roll, salad of romaine lettuce, avocado, sliced tomato and ranch dressing, and a chocolate chip cookie.

A Starbucks chorizo/egg sandwich, a Starbucks blueberry bar, a Starbucks oatmeal cookie, a Starbucks Cheese & Fruit Protein Box. I live over a Starbucks and it is a very lazy Sunday.

Chicken sandwich without the bun and a sweet potato. Also, had two Appletini's.

pretzels, peanuts, stuffed vine leaves, olives, tomatoes, spring rolls ,Ramazzotti Aperitivo Rosato on ice with French Cremant

A BLT with cucumber slices instead of lettuce (so BCT) because I've got to use up vegetables from a friend's garden, potato chips, red wine (Spanish tempranillo from Trader Joe's), vanilla ice cream with honey from a friend's beehive. I eat pretty well and pretty cheaply with a little help from my friends.

Tonight I had a salmon steak pan fried in butter with onions, and a vegetable melange consisting of summer squash, carrots, & broccoli also pan fried in butter.

Felt lazy so I threw some chicken thighs in a pan and baked them at 400 with some Stub's BBQ sauce on them.

It was pretty good, actually.

Left over veal marsala with roasted vegetables, and butter pecan ice cream for dessert. Yum.

Swedish meatballs, egg noodles and spinach

Amy’s Vegetable Pot Pie and potato chips.

Egg foo yung (bean sprouts, enoki mushrooms, onions, VietNamese fish sauce), chopped tomatoes w/salt & coarse black pepper, vodka with cranberry juice and 7Up, vanilla ice cream with chocolate peanut butter crumbles on top.

Home-made honey garlic chicken stir fry with mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, and bean sprouts, on basmati rice.

R465 Chickpeas, unsalted peanuts, golden raisins, chopped red peppers and scallions, cilantro, turmeric, curry powder, and mayonnaise, the last which surprised me but maybe I didn't taste it before because it wasn't Hellman's or because of the curry and to a lesser degree, the turmeric blended into the mix. The woman behind the counter didn't know the proportions, but said they mashed "some" of the chickpeas before adding them to the solid ones.

Sorry I can't tell you more - like a recipe - but hope this helps.

Breaded chicken cutlet, jarred marinara sauce, no cheese because all I had in my fridge was Swiss and I don't like that on a chicken cutlet, salad, French dressing, teeny slice of chocolate layer cake and then because I really had wanted more cake I ate a handful of Cheetos but at least I didn't eat more cake. I disgust myself.

Tuscan chicken spaghetti.

I had some asparagus, baked red potatoes and I just put in a roast.

It's a new recipe. You preheat the oven to 500 degrees, put the roast in, turn the oven down to 475 degrees for about 21 minutes (7 minutes per pound), then you turn off the oven and leave the roast in there without opening the door or taking it out for 2.5 hours. We'll see how it turns out. I also used browning sauce on it. I've never used that before

I really want to know how that turns out R497. I remember seeing something like that on some cooking show and I was going to try it but never did. I really don't eat much red meat and if I buy some I don't want to waste it. You sound like an adventurous cook. I admire that. I'm a cowardly cook, lol.

My three little smiles of grapefruit made my lips pucker!

Grilled chicken breast filet (marinated in olive oil, tamari, dijon, poultry seasoning and lots of fresh ground ginger), green beans (with fake butter sprinkles) and roasted tiny gold rosemary garlic potatoes. For dessert, a little parfait: fat-free plain Greek yogurt with a very ripe cut-up peach and a spoonful of granola.

This thread seems to be a judgement-free zone (so unlike DL!) but I will say that some of these meals are downright depressing. Including most of the ones I've posted, so FML.

I had three chicken fingers and a plate of vegetables with dip. Then I smoked a joint. I might have some Crystal Light pink lemonade later.

Brussels sprouts and rice with sesame oil and soy sauce. I'm trying to lose some of the depression weight I put on after my cat died.

I'm sorry R 502. I went to movies I didn't even want to see just to eat movie food and to get out of my now empty apartment when my last cat died. My sympathy on your loss.

A soup with yams and lime in a chicken base, lamb chops, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a coffee eclair.

Thank you r502. It's never easy losing them. I'm just glad I'm starting to feel normal again.

Ooh, a coffee eclair!

You queens really love your carbs huh? I'm seeing many healthy (ish) meals ruined with unnecessary potatoes, rice & sugary desserts.

Eat my carb-containing asshole, r507.

Five Guys: Double Cheeseburger with grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, tomato, and catsup and mayo. ate half of a small order of cajun fries.

hamburgers, made using James Beard's favourite

salad with Oregano Apple Cider dressing

I went dumpster diving and found a still wrapped McDonalds hamburger in a paper bag. Also half a box of Sno-Caps.

I went dumpster diving and found a still wrapped McDonalds hamburger in a paper bag. Also half a box of Sno-Caps.

Why would anyone through away food they just paid for if there was nothing wrong with it, like as soon as they peeled back the wrapper even a little a stink to the high heavens stink wafted up to them.

Grilled porterhouse steak and some fresh corn on the cob with plenty of melted butter, washed it down with a tall Natty Daddy (8% alcohol, lol). Got it from a really small local meat shop that opened up near me recently - they specialize in fresh and smoked meats. It was kind of cool, as I got to see them cut the steaks to order for me.

Beef stew, made with chunks of ground chuck, onions, baby bella mushrooms, fingerling potatoes, carrots and parsnips> I added some Marmite for some extra color and depth of flavor.

Is that beef bourguignon R515?

R509, does 5 Guys sell Cajun seasoned fries now too? I don't get to go there too often, but I never noticed that if so. Their regular fries are fantastic - and they give you TONS of them too.

Lump crab meat appetizer, Sugo de carne over a plate of freshly made egg linguine - drained, not rinsed - with grated Parmesan and zucchini coins.

Red grapes, peach slices, and baked ricotta with crackers.

R516, I don't think it would be considered that, since I didn't use any wine (although I'm having some now). I just like classic American beef stew, with potatoes and carrots (like that canned Dinty Moore stuff), but I do little things to make it richer and a little more complex. I added bay leaves, and a few juniper berries, too. I even been known to add a bit of Baker's chocolate, but I didn't this time. I had already started on the beef, onions and mushrooms yesterday, but didn't add the vegetables until today (I put it in the fridge overnight to de-grease it). It's very rich, so that I can only eat maybe a cup for a meal.

R498, that roast didn't turn out that good. It was tough. But it was a tough cut of meat (eye of round). That's what the recipe said to use. It turned out the same way as if you cooked it at 350.

It wouldn't be a bad way to cook a much more tender (marbled with fat) roast, but I would leave it in for 2 hours instead of 2.5 hours

In a few weeks I am going to try cooking a roast at 225°. This is the recipe. Ignore most of the page, it's just talking for the sake of talking. Go to the bottom of the page for the recipe. It's from the Frugal Hausfrau (I can't make this up)

Thank you R520. I really appreciate the recipe and that you came back to say how it turned out. I'm sorry it wasn't what you hoped but maybe the 250 degree one will be. I hear that slow oven cooking makes meat tender. Thanks again!

[R518] What is baked ricotta? How do you prepared this?

I've done a round roast at 225 for 6-8 hours or something crazy like that and it turned out fantastic.

R522 You buy a pound or so cube of fresh ricotta from a cheese shop - much firmer than what you get in a tub at the supermarket - and bake it for about 45 minutes at 350F. Let it cool, then refrigerate.

It has a browned crust and you can slice it. Great with fresh fruit for dessert or on a piece of toast with jam for breakfast.

My neighbors dick.

Do you think draining supermarket ricotta would work too?

It still sounds delicious R519. I may attempt it over the weekend.

A spicy chicken soup, with vegetables and rice, and dried figs for dessert.

I broiled dijon honey salmon. I cooked carrots and green beans, rice-a-roni. Spinach salad (with red onions, cranberries and feta).

Cheese ravioli with wild mushroom thyme sauce (not creamy) and arugula salad.

7-Eleven Italian cold cut sub and a bag of potato chips. Got in from work late had to grab something fast for dinner.

Does 7-11 make good heroes? Fresh? I like their hot dogs with mustard and that melted cheese, if it's not the spicy one. One of those and bag of chips makes a nice meal, oh and a drink. I like diet slurpee. A few years ago you could get all of that for about 4 dollars.

R526 I thought of that - I don't know. The guy I get it from makes it in some kind of mold because it looks like a pyramid with the top cut off and I assume it's been inverted to drain. I just know the texture is so different from what you get in a tub, the stuff you'd use for, say, making the filling for cannoli. That's much creamier and smoother. The stuff I bake has a texture more like cottage cheese.

Jeffrey

tonight, I'm having eggplant shoes

3 beef and feta meatballs with couscous and tabouli and a glass of Coca-Cola.

Chicken salad, sweet with raisins and cranberries, from a deli counter. I've never had it sweet before and it was delicious. I'm sorry I only got 1/4 pound. I will go back for more. I also had the inside of a square potato knish with mustard and a diet peach Snapple. I hate the crust on the outside. I wish someone sold some kind of mashed potato that tasted like the inside of a knish. In NYC they cost $3.00 each and I feel bad throwing so much of it away but I really hate the outside and love the inside.

When I lived in NYC, there was a knish store where I'd pick up a treat when I wanted to carb out. It was near NYU/Union Square. Maybe Fourth Avenue? Any New Yorkers remember it? Could it possibly still be there?

I'd get a fat breaded knish filled with both a hot dog and mashed potatoes. Heaven! Of course I was young and effortlessly thin then....

Sweet potato pizza with green salsa, spicy almond dip, hummus, egg salad, crackers, cesar salad and iced coffee.

Party Buffet!

Apricot pork chops, carrots, roasted potatoes, mixed green salad.

3 tumblers of bourbon and a fish taco. I wasn't really that hungry tonight.

Pizza Margherita made completely from scratch - even the sauce, made from tomatoes, spinach, onions and basil from my garden.

Pork chops and Apple Sauce

Oooh, apricot pork chops sounds really good. I love some kind sweet fruit thing on pork.

No Name beef and wild rice meatballs. Tabouli, guac, cucumber salad

Kosher knockwurst with mustard and relish on a brioche roll, B&M baked beans, coleslaw.

Beef braciole filled with slices of prosciutto, seasoned Italian bread crumbs, Parm and Romano, fresh parsley and olive oil for the filling. I noticed at the grocery store today they had really thin sliced top round for sale really cheap, so that was easy. Just topped it with some jarred sauce (Classico).

Wine. Woe is me tomorrow.

I haven't eaten all day, sadly. Even more tragic, I'm just sipping some red wine and snacking on Swiss cheese.

This.

Half of the big Thai ginger salad with grilled shrimp I ordered for lunch at Granville restaurant in Pasadena. I wanted to eat all of it then, but didn't want to look like a pig in front of my companion. It's usually always a good idea to bring half home, you never really need the whole thing at once.

Then some Pretty Lady green grapes, with which I'm obsessed. So good.

Carb splurge tonight: homemade Mac & Cheese (bechamel w/Gruyère, organic NY state white cheddar, a small remnant of Double Gloucester, bit of freshly grated nutmeg, organic heavy cream, Presidenté butter) Jerusalem salad, and my favourite hot dog ("The Froman"by Gilbert's Sausages)

Trader Joe’s butter chicken.

That sounds so good, R552

I love this thread. Hope it can be a perennial.

Thanks R554... I forgot to add I put butter and panko bread crumbs on top too! (over an extra layer of grated cheese) Too bad I cannot share through the Internet, as there is plenty.

Seafood salad 1/4 lb. made with that fake crab stuff and small shrimp. I wonder if the shrimp were real. It still tastes good.

3 breaded and fried chicken wing parts, two of the drum like pieces and 1 flat. A small handful of waffle fries. They were good. I never had them before.

Fresh watermelon, fresh pineapple, fresh cantaloupe, all mixed in a bowl like a fruit salad. Loved it but my tongue is a little swollen and sore. I wonder if I'm allergic to one of the fruits. Diet Mountain Dew

About 90 minutes before dinner I had a chocolate cookie, like an oreo. Does that count as part of dinner?

19 of those little square cheese crackers. Whole Foods brand organic ones.

I found an old loaf of bread and an onion in the dumpster near my tent.

So kind of you to wind up the magneto that powers your device in order to share the description of your dinner with us tonight.

[quote] Then some Pretty Lady green grapes, with which I'm obsessed. So good.

R551, I've never seen that brand in the markets -- where do you buy them?

4 Cheese organic ravioli in pesto with cherry tomatoes from my garden, Cotton Candy grapes for dessert.

Steamed broccoli, lemon roasted chicken, lemon roasted potatoes, mixed greens with cranberries and onions, iced tea.

Homemade stuffed peppers made with rice pilaf, ground pork and sirloin, sauteed onions and peppers and homemade gravy; green salad w/TJ's champagne vinaigrette, fresh pineapple and red (no-name: just red) grapes.

I never heard of the Cotton Candy grapes referred to by R561, but I see them at The Grapery website linked below (along with many other beautiful and intriguing varieties). According to their map, these have a short season (ending today!) but are carried by several supermarkets, including Trader Joe's. I had no idea that there were so many different kinds of table grapes -- kind of like apples!

Well I went back to my neighbor’s house and had him for dinner, again.

Pork chop, baked sweet potato, apple sauce, green beans with garlic and a glass of Chardonnay. Ice cream sandwich for dessert.

So far, five tins of Steel Reserve plus 2 cups of cheap pretzels propped up in my kitchen at my home in Rancho M.

Which is propped up - you or the pretzels?

Are you closer to Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Gerald Ford or Country Club?

Blue Skies is for whimps. Yes, guys, with the"h".

I had 40 loads so far, countin on mor...

I made a really, really good lemon chicken soup that turned out really well. I know autumn is not yet here, but I'm ready for her.

It took a while to make this dish, but it's so good and super filling, and healthy (I think).

I can't sleep because I ate too much.

A little fresh mozzarella w/balsamic, S&P.

2 oz. of cavatappi w/Marcella's Tomato, Butter, and Onion Sauce.

Later, 2 cookies at an AA meeting. Good chocolate chip cookies.

Asparagus makes your pee stink.

Nothing last night. I had food poisoning from breakfast and was sick all day, seriously. I think it was the eggs.

R574 Food poisoning is really miserable. Feel better.

Mapo tofu. I've linked the recipe I use. It's great and it's very straightforward to prepare.

Warning... the dish is seasoned with hot bean paste. That stuff can be extremely hot. Extremely. The first time you make this recipe, you might want to cut the amount of bean paste from 2 tablespoons to just 1 tablespoon. Those who want to do that and those who don't will know who they are.

R560 I got the Pretty Lady grapes at Ralph's in Los Angeles. They come and go.

Moondrop grapes from Trader Joes are also amazing, though they look super weird, like something from another planet.

Thank you so much R575. I feel better but not really good. I had some saltine crackers and seltzer. Maybe later I'll try some real food.

Baby spinach salad with crumbled bacon and bleu cheese, chopped eggs, candied pecans, mandarin orange segments with home made vinaigrette and TJ's pesto tortellini.

Tacos. Delicious tacos.

A small bowl of egg noodles with a little cottage cheese and sugar. (something my grandmother made for me when I was a kid.) I'm still a bit under the weather. The good news is I was still hungry when I finished that but I didn't want to tempt things and fill up my stomach.

Half of a large pepperoni pizza.

Jamie Oliver's recipe for Aubergine & Black Chickpea Orechiette...it was utterly delicious, like most of his recipes.

Homemade lentil curry soup, tofu/broccoli stir fry on rice, a veggie dog on a gluten-free bun, hot green tea, and some Kraft caramels.

An atypical Hungarian Goulash, made with both beef and pork, sweet Hungarian paprika, as well as some smoked Spanish paprika. Served over cauliflower "rice".... Along with a bit of grass: two puffs of San Fernando Valley Project, two Maker's Mark Manhattans, and 50mg of Tramadol.

r585 Terrific menu, I'm impressed. Does the tramadol give you a buzz or is it just doctor's orders?

went to a brewery and had BBQ ribs with a craft IPA

BBQ ribs with potato salad

Cheers R586 It probably contributes to the warm fuzzy feelings, but I have it prescribed for arthritis pain. The doc probably wouldn't approve of it with grass and Bourbon though. I have the tablets without paracetamol, or Tylenol... I wouldn't mix those with drink.

Small Caesar salad and Butcher Box grass-fed organic Italian sausage (no nitrates) with Rao's pizza sauce, organic peppers & onions, on a Turano French roll, and melted Provolone on top.

I had errands to run today. My plan was to get brunch at some point. When I arrived at my two favorite brunch spots it was so late they had closed! So I came home and had blueberry pancakes and sausage I made myself and it was wonderful.

^^ I love a blueberry pancake and haven't had one in years. Now I want a blueberry pancake!

Chicken and rice!

Sirloin steak and a baked potato is the menu for this evening. I wanted brocollini too, but Costco didn't have any. Fortunately for me, they had the steaks in Choice rating not just the Prime that costs an arm and a leg. I have an excellent meat tenderizer, it doesn't destroy the meat and makes all cuts delightful. I may have a scoop of pineapple sherbet, but I doubt it. I don't have a sweet tooth.

I'm working off a bad hangover, so - hair of the dog wine, half a homemade chicken enchilada and some pizza which I just ordered. FML.

Pizza.

Cashews and wine. Gotta work tomorrow.

Caprese salad, already cut up watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple. A handful of those little square cheese crackers. Water.

Chicken cobb salad; been craving it all week for some reason.

Fried chicken thigh and wing, coleslaw, and cranberry pecan couscous salad.

And I didn't have dessert. Which is actually kind of amazing because I did have a few drops of high-THC tincture under my tongue after dinner AND I'M NOT HUNGRY.