What's for dinner?

[ApatheticNoMore]

salmon with a sauce with tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro, cumin (supposedly Lebanese, definitely tasty). With a repeat of the marinated feta (I marinate it) and cherry tomatoes and red onions salad.

Oh I guess I did a little cooking for the week ahead, not because I do that, but because stuff had to be used up ASAP. So I made better homes and gardens beef and rice casserole (which I modify slightly) and will eat that at some point. Lettuce sometimes wilts in the fridge etc. despite near daily salad consumption, so sad, so sad, but meat I don't waste.

[happystuff]

I'm more tired tonight than hungry, so dh can have the leftovers in the fridge.

[catherine]

My NJ son left us the stuff that remained in his rental fridge when they left, and they eat well, so I just had a local kale and smoked salmon salad with walnuts and homemade lemon honey vinaigrette.

[razz]

My NJ son left us the stuff that remained in his rental fridge when they left, and they eat well, so I just had a local kale and smoked salmon salad with walnuts and homemade lemon honey vinaigrette.

You poor thing having to eat those wonderful leftovers!

[Klunick]

Last night we had mini Shepherd's Pie but instead of putting the biscuit into the muffin pan and filling it up with the meat, veggies, and taters, I rolled each biscuit out flat. Then in a bowl, I combined the meat, veggies, and taters. I spooned out that mixture onto the flattened biscuits and then pulled the sides up over it to make a little ball. I stuck each ball into the muffin pan and cooked for 15 minutes. They were good and I got no complaints from my family. Next time, I will use bigger biscuits so it's easier to pull up the sides to make a ball.

Tonight is lazy lasagna/ravioli bake. I messed up and accidentally put it on this month's menu twice under different names so it wasn't until I went to make out my grocery list that I realized my mistake. Hopefully no one else notices and makes a comment about why we are having it again so soon.

[Tybee]

Sounds like you made pasties, Klunick! Cooking like a Michigander.

[Klunick]

Sounds like you made pasties, Klunick! Cooking like a Michigander.

Husband grew up just outside of Detroit so maybe it's rubbing off on me. My mom used to cook something similar 40+ years ago but with meat and cream of mushroom soup. Maybe it's a Mid-West thing because she grew up in Ohio.

[iris lilies]

Husband grew up just outside of Detroit so maybe it's rubbing off on me. My mom used to cook something similar 40+ years ago but with meat and cream of mushroom soup. Maybe it's a Mid-West thing because she grew up in Ohio.

Ohhhhhh, pasties! That’s my favorite thing to buy in bakeries when I go to the UK.


Our last trip there about 12 years ago showed far fewer little traditional bakeries than was there in previous trips. They are being taken over by chains with untraditional foods.

My second favorite thing to buy in traditional bakeries was a sweet, a custard type thing always cut in rectangles.

The last traditional bakery I remember seeing was in Falkland, Scotland, across from the castle. It was the first time I had visited Falkland Palace which was really quite fabulous. It is a Stuart family stronghold. One of the King James was born there, the church is exactly the way it was in the 1600s, and the garden is wonderful although not a Renaissance garden. It’s much it is much fancier.

[happystuff]

Bulgogi with rice, kimchi and green beans.

[Rogar]

Sautéed leeks from the garden with soba noodles in a soy/peanut butter sauce. It was an experiment, but will definitely make again. I have a lot of leeks and it was simple to make.