# So What's for Dinner Tonight? (2020 Anything Goes Edition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 15, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037 "2020-10-15T20:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/462 "2021-01-18T11:51:41Z")
Sure. Raw quinoa pre rinsed. Sauté chunks of chix add chopped veggies sauté some more, add cup of grains, 1.5 c broth .5 c milk, spices bring to boil cover and simmer for 25 min. Add peas or not, I liked the limas the family did not. Parmesan then serve. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/463 "2021-01-18T16:07:01Z")
I’m confused @chela . You called it a “casserole bake” but does it ever go into the oven? Your version does sound good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/464 "2021-01-18T18:57:21Z")
Ramen. I started the broth this morning. A chicken carcass, some nori, onion, garlic. Let it simmer for a while, take out the nori after a bit, strain. Gonna quick sear some pork with hot spices to go on top of the noodles, Add a ramen egg, maybe some corn. Then soy sauce and miso in the bowl for serving. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/465 "2021-01-18T19:26:44Z")
Baked salmon, mashed potatoes and a glass of ice water for dinner; some Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies and a glass of cold milk for dessert. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/466 "2021-01-18T19:43:54Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Ramen. I started the broth this morning. Ooooh, I’ve been craving ramen for almost a year now. But I haven’t been able to source fresh noodles locally, and while I have made them from scratch (once) I just haven’t been able to find the time. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/467 "2021-01-18T21:48:18Z")
Tonight I’m having Birria tacos from a meal kit produced by a local restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/468 "2021-01-18T21:58:03Z")
Wild mushroom and roasted garlic lasagna, with Caesar salad on the side, and a few glasses of a nice merlot. Lasagna not made by me, but made by the expert chefs at a lovely boutique Italian grocery. Also some of their incredibly good dill chicken salad if I’m still somewhat peckish later on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/469 "2021-01-18T22:24:14Z")
BLT’s on sourdough bread, Campbells tomato soup and zucchini fries. 🥓 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/470 "2021-01-18T23:24:34Z")
Cooks prerogative finish how ever you like, since I covered the skillet it baked over a flame on my stove. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/471 "2021-01-18T23:35:16Z")
Mongolian beef and Thai pickled slaw. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/472 "2021-01-18T23:38:22Z")
Leftover meatloaf, side of orzo with butter and parm. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/473 "2021-01-18T23:53:49Z")
Today, it’s homemade beef pho. I made the broth yesterday while preparing yesterday’s dinner (chicken paprikash with homemade spaetzle). Ready to serve it as soon as my wife get homes. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/474 "2021-01-18T23:55:07Z")
Do you have a recipe you can share? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/475 "2021-01-19T03:03:29Z")
For us, a roast chicken with a lemon in the cavity and slaethered with olive oil and Penzey’s Ruth Ann’s Muskego Seasoning. Came out pretty darn well if I say so. Sides of acorn squash with a pat of butter and a glug of bourbon barrel maple syrup in the cavity (the squash itself was kind of stringy, which was a bummer), and diced-up root veggies (home-grown carrots, celery root, rutabaga, whole garlic cloves) tossed in olive oil, salt, pepper, and dried thyme. Can you tell we’re trying to use up the rest of the fall CSA produce? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/476 "2021-01-19T03:40:34Z")
Worked till close tonight, so I’m too pooped for what I _wanna_ have (black beans refried in fresh bacon grease, with a pork chop) so that will keep till tomorrow. Tonight had to be lower effort. A chicken cordon bleu baked in the oven, and I grabbed mozzarella sticks and a small side salad to go with it. Fried cheese is normally accompanied by ketchup, but tonight for some reason I decided **hoisin sauce** was the right way to go. No regrets. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/477 "2021-01-19T03:43:24Z")
I get weird and depressed by change, and we’re buying a new house.\* So, today I made some churros and chocolate sauce to cheer myself up with sweets, and I ended up eating them for dinner. This is the recipe I followed, but there’s a misprint in it. 1 cup of water is 240g, not 340g: > **[Mexican Churros with Sourdough Discard](https://www.akneadtobake.com/post/mexican-churros-with-sourdough-discard)** > > These churros are crispy, flaky, delicious and easy to make at home Churros are best enjoyed fresh, but you can also freeze them after they are cooked if you have leftovers. Makes 25 Churros Aprox Time 30 Min Ingredients Dough 190 grams (1 ⅓ cups)... I baked them instead of frying them (less fatty, and I didn’t want to clean up). In order to make them sticky with the lack of oil, I coated them in cinnamon and sugar before baking them, and dredged them again afterward. Add the cinnamon to the chocolate sauce, and I’d advise throwing a little cayenne in too. \*Don’t worry, it’s my purely non-logical emotional issue with almost all large changes. The new house is much nicer and larger than the current one. I do the same thing when I get a better job. It makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/478 "2021-01-19T04:38:01Z")
Our 16yo son has developed very high iron levels so the doc has outlawed red meat and anything with iron in it , until the levels come down or they think up something so looks like a lot of chicken in the mollusc household in the future. I made up a huge batch of lemon pepper grilled chicken legs with lemons pepper butter dip ( he swims, he burns the calories) so that should last him a day . ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/479 "2021-01-19T12:15:26Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Do you have a recipe you can share? Thanks! I’d be happy to, but my gf prepared the sauerkraut soup and she made a mishmash of several different recipes. [It was closest to this recipe, with some flourishing.](https://natashaskitchen.com/sauerkraut-soup-recipe-kapustnyak/) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/480 "2021-01-19T12:18:21Z")
Last night was Tilapia Ceviche and Air fryer Tofu. The tilapia was from a Pittsburgh fishmonger that had them swimming in a display. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/481 "2021-01-19T16:48:36Z")
Costco here has frozen ramen noodles that are pretty good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037.md?page=25)