# What's for dinner tonight?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607 "2010-01-19T20:24:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/41 "2010-01-22T00:59:48Z")
Fancy dinner tonight: hot dogs and mac & cheese.
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/42 "2010-01-22T16:17:36Z")
Last night’s dinner: Corn Flakes chicken. (The recipe off the back of the cereal box: basically, make a batter of 1 egg + 1 cup flour + 1 cup milk, dredge chicken in whisked batter, coat chicken in crushed Corn Flakes, drizzle w/ melted butter, bake at 350 till done. Teh Yum.) Served with saffron rice outta the rice cooker I bought Mr. Horseshoe for Christmas.
Technically, a gift “for us to enjoy together” which usually means lingerie but b/c it’s the Shoe household it means kitchenstuff. 🙂
So now, I gotta say:
**Ceejaytee** : I make fishcakes out of leftover fish, and I always use mashed potatoes as a binder. Do you? If not, try it - works great, holds shape well.
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Angle of the Lord\*\*: this bacon-leek-whitewine-pasta. I’m begging you: pleasepleaseplease share the recipe. Sounds DELICIOUS!!
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### Author:  [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/43 "2010-01-22T16:31:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#):
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> I’m having Thai-style coconut soup (Tom Kah) using leftover frozen Thanksgiving turkey and chopped greens (basic ingredients: turkey, coconut milk, lime juice, yellow & green currry paste, onions, collards & kale), and homemade bread. The soup is actually leftover from yesterday. How about you?
This is almost exactly what me and the GF made last night…chicken instead of turkey, seasoned with turmeric and cayenne and cilantro and carrots instead of onions, collards and kale. Such an amazing dinner…we’ve done it twice in the past month 🙂
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### Author:  [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/44 "2010-01-22T21:14:07Z")
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (Deluxe - Original) and boiled Ball Park hot dogs.
What? It works!
**silenus** - good call!!
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### Author:  [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/45 "2010-01-23T01:43:19Z")
Tonight - avo-cheeseburgers from home-ground chuck and oven fries (cheddar cheese powder, cayenne, salt and pepper). And baby carrots for token veg.
Tomorrow the crock pot comes out: shredded beef tacos with a tangy pickled jalapeno/onion/picante reduction.
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/46 "2010-01-23T02:36:35Z")
Run of the mill salad bar salad, then I added capers, cubed spuds and albacore tuna for a tasty salad nicoise!
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/47 "2010-01-23T03:30:31Z")
Artichoke-pesto tilapia w/garlic spinach, mushrooms and peppers. All washed down with Lagunitas IPA.
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/48 "2010-01-23T03:50:07Z")
> [@blondebear](#):
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> Artichoke-pesto tilapia w/garlic spinach, mushrooms and peppers. All washed down with Lagunitas IPA.
Winner!
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/49 "2010-01-23T05:22:42Z")
> [@Koldanar](#):
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> This is almost exactly what me and the GF made last night…chicken instead of turkey, seasoned with turmeric and cayenne and cilantro and carrots instead of onions, collards and kale. Such an amazing dinner…we’ve done it twice in the past month 🙂
I use the soup as an means to sneak copious amounts of greens into the family’s food without them realizing it.
Tonight’s dinner: supermarket fried chicken. It was surprisingly good and on sale to boot. Tomorrow’s dinner will be more exciting.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/50 "2010-01-23T06:21:27Z")
We used the rotisserie to cook a whole chicken.
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### Author:  [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/51 "2010-01-23T08:14:36Z")
I decided I’d rather not find space in the fridge for 6 sad looking mushrooms, 3 eggs, and about half a cup of milk in a gallon jug, since a new box of mushrooms, dozen eggs, and gallon of milk had just been bought and needed the space a lot more.
So I made a mushroom, onion, and cheddar three egg souffle from scratch, without a recipe, and I ate it all by myself.
(I think of souffle as a lazy-night dinner. How weird is that?)
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/52 "2010-01-23T09:12:59Z")
Chicken breast stuffed with three cheeses and jalapeño pepper, and wrapped in bacon. Low carb heaven, baby!
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### Author:  [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/53 "2010-01-23T09:15:07Z")
Tonight I am cooking rack of veal for the first time. This could be fun.
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### Author:  [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/54 "2010-01-23T09:20:31Z")
> [@Walloon](#):
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> Chicken breast stuffed with three cheeses and jalapeño pepper, and wrapped in bacon. Low carb heaven, baby!
Hey Walloon- want to share that recipe? It sounds great.
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/55 "2010-01-23T09:41:17Z")
I bought the stuffed chicken breast at the butcher’s. But it contains aged Parmesan, Monterey Jack, and Cheddar cheeses, with chopped jalapeño peppers and fire roasted red bell peppers (available bottled). The stuffed breast is wrapped with two strips of bacon in an “X” and topped with herb butter glaze. Bake in oven at 350°F for 35–40 minutes.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/56 "2010-01-23T22:51:34Z")
Chicken parmesan over spaghetti, with a mixed greens salad, a glass of ice water and a glass of merlot (Yellow Tail '08).
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/57 "2010-01-23T23:04:57Z")
Shrimp stir fry and fried rice.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/58 "2010-01-23T23:13:10Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
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> Shrimp stir fry and fried rice.
We keep Kosher, and I hate you. 🙂
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### Author:  [@opmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opmike)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/59 "2010-01-23T23:17:17Z")
Tough times on my college budget sadly ☹
A hamburger patty (yes, by itself), some sliced onions, and a side of Ore Ida French fries. I also had a few ketchup packets. I’ve pretty much exhausted all of my food supplies in the fridge and freezer, and the ground beef I used wasn’t even mine.
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### Author:  [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/525607/60 "2010-01-23T23:22:46Z")
Easy one tonight BLT
Tomorrow slow cooked honey BBQ ribs
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