# Taco Salad for Dinner! How about you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614 "2013-04-02T10:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 5, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/21 "2013-04-05T11:08:07Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Jambalaya With a-crawfish pie and-a fillet gumbo?šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/22 "2013-04-06T15:07:13Z")
The other night the SO cut some squid steaks into chunks, breaded them with panko bread crumbs, and fried them. I mixed some garlic and lemon juice in some mayonnaise for a sauce. She also made fried okra. Last night was leftover BBQ chicken. Tonight will be Cajun salmon, macā€™nā€™cheese, and broccoli. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/23 "2013-04-07T21:14:41Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Tonight, weā€™re heading out for sirloin at my favorite steak place where the dinner menu is steak, steak, shrimp, or steak. [Seriously](http://theplaceforsteak.com/1886393.html). Iā€™ve always wanted to try that place! How is it? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/24 "2013-04-07T21:28:15Z")
\*\*Kielbasa soup \*\*thatā€™s been simmering in the crock pot all day. Enjoying it now. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/25 "2013-04-07T21:44:24Z")
I made chicken parm last night. Tonight Iā€™ll turn the rest of the jar of marinara into a rose-ish sauce to top some frozen pesto-and-cheese tortellini, and have that with a salad. Iā€™m too low on energy to try harder. Thatā€™s why I keep emergency frozen pastas on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/26 "2013-04-07T22:01:44Z")
Iā€™m making Cuban sammiches with some left-over pulled pork, Black Forest ham, and havarti. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/27 "2013-04-07T22:47:13Z")
Tonight will be a fish curry and an eggplant curry, with leftovers probably for tomorrow night as well. We still have a leftover kale/lima bean/Italian chicken sausage ragout to bring for lunches. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/28 "2013-04-07T22:50:45Z")
Iā€™m having the leftover breast from my large batch of **fried chicken** that I made last night. The damn thing has been calling me from the fridgeā€¦ ā€œJohn?.. Remember me?.. Iā€™m so _lonely_, why wonā€™t you eat me?..ā€ I hate it when food does that. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/29 "2013-04-07T23:17:26Z")
I used the bone from the Easter ham to make split pea soup. Plus popovers. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/30 "2013-04-07T23:28:21Z")
We had grilled chicken breasts and baked beans. I threw on a few slices of butternut squash just to see how it would turn out. It was pretty good. They should have been put on with the chicken, though. I think Iā€™m going to make taco salad this weekend, when the sprog wonā€™t be home. (He hates Mexican food with a passion.) I make it with very, very lean (96%) ground beef, fat-free refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, fat-free cheddar cheese, and fat-free Greek yogurt. I eat it with [low-carb tortillas](http://www.latortillafactory.com/). It works out to about 10 PointsPlus per serving, but itā€™s a LOT of food with a LOT of protein and fiber. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/31 "2013-04-08T01:31:50Z")
Our hens are producing a ton of eggs all of a sudden, and there was an avocado that was totally ripe. Cooked some garlic, onions, mushrooms, and minced sundried tomatoes and made a frittata with diced avacodo, spinach, and everything else. Garnished with fresh grated Romano and parsley. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/32 "2013-04-08T13:11:24Z")
Last night, [nikumaki](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686049), with the sauce, sticky rice, and spring greens salad. The SO even had seconds. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/33 "2013-04-08T14:23:22Z")
With spring finally being in the air, Iā€™m plumping for a harissa marinaded chicken with herb salad. I canā€™t wait for decent jersey royal potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/34 "2013-04-08T22:11:37Z")
I made salmon patties tonight, which Iā€™ve made for years and my kids like because I used to call them Crabby Patties. But tonight my 14 yo son disccoveredā€“horrorsā€“a little BONE in his patty. I explained that I always leave the bones in, and the skin as well. He may never eat solid food again. ---
**Author:** ![cinnamontictacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cinnamontictacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cinnamontictacs)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/35 "2013-04-08T22:16:21Z")
Homemade beetroot and quinoa veggie burgers filled with avocado, spinach, pickles and ketchup. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/36 "2013-04-08T23:21:21Z")
Tonight I had to make something on the fly and Iā€™m making garlic buttered whole wheat noodles, with some salami and lots of grated parm, and steamed grean beans. Yum! ---
**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:** [April 8, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/37 "2013-04-08T23:30:33Z")
Weatherā€™s been great here in Chicago the last two days, so Iā€™ve fired up the grill. Got a lemon & garlic pork loin going, as well as some jerk country style ribs. The recent posts on country style ribs here in one of these SD threads have got me hankerinā€™ for 'em, even though I rarely make them. Gonna grill some asparagus to go with all that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/38 "2013-04-08T23:46:42Z")
I love these threads. They give me ideas. Tonight itā€™s chicken breast with greek seasoning, roasted sweet potatoes, and [delicious onion rice](http://antijenicdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/whats-for-dinner-rice-with-onions.html). That rice is dangerous - Iā€™ve had to downsize the recipe, because my husband and I like it so much thereā€™s a real risk weā€™ll eat 2 cups of rice each if itā€™s there. [QUOTE=pulykamell] Weatherā€™s been great here in Chicago the last two days, so Iā€™ve fired up the grill. [/QUOTE] That reminds me, I need to go get a refill on the propane so I can get to grilling! ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/39 "2013-04-09T01:17:02Z")
Drunken noodles, THAI EMERGENCY HOT. A little too hot for me, actually. My left eye wonā€™t stop watering. This is only the second time weā€™ve made it, so adjustments will be made. Based on [this epicurious recipe](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Drunken-Noodles-232698). I like that you can make notes on the recipes, like oooh, letā€™s take an example, 1/4 lb of serranos is too many! We added extra anaheim peppers, did cherry tomatoes instead of romas, and added snow peas. Really good, but my lips are burning. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614/40 "2013-04-09T01:44:51Z")
Planned on chicken/dumpling soup, but not enough flour. So I made some dumplings and added noodles. . .but I only had a small amount of noodles. But I hade a little leftover rice from Chinese takeout. So it wound up being Chicken Dumpling Noodle Rice Soup. Actually very good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-salad-for-dinner-how-about-you/654614.md?page=3)