# What's for dinner tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652 "2011-01-06T20:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/141 "2011-01-24T13:23:03Z")
Mexican mess on salad… sautee onions, chicken, rice, and black beans with garlic, cumin, ancho chili powder, and chipotle chili powder. Pile on top of green salad and garnish with whatever Mexican-type condiments make you happy. We’ve got shredded cheese, sour cream, and tomatoes tonight. I usually like to have guacamole with it. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/142 "2011-01-24T16:02:31Z")
**Sattua** , that sound easy and completely delicious. I think tonight I’m roasting a whole chicken, brown rice/veggies on the side. I think the only time I’ve cried when something didn’t turn out right was my 3rd failed pie crust in a row! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/143 "2011-01-25T06:20:50Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Swedish Potato Sausage, applesauce, parsnips. I had half of the sausage tonight, and half a (white) sweet potato. I ate the sausage with lingonberries, which I think may be a little strong for it. But I’ve no applesauce. ---
**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 25, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/144 "2011-01-25T06:37:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I had half of the sausage tonight, and half a (white) sweet potato. I ate the sausage with lingonberries, which I think may be a little strong for it. But I’ve no applesauce. We finished ours tonight. Somehow, I don’t think of Swedish food having that much garlic! (Or was it onions?) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/145 "2011-01-25T06:47:15Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > \ > > I think the only time I’ve cried when something didn’t turn out right was my 3rd failed pie crust in a row! I like to bake (made ginger sparkler cookies just today), but I don’t make my own pie crusts, either. I tried it once - that was a seriously tough crust. I have to get a few groceries tomorrow, so some nice fresh beef steaks for dinner might be nice. Maybe I’ll try frying them up with bleu cheese and butter. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/146 "2011-01-26T01:20:58Z")
I did get some nice, tender steaks, and made a bleu cheese sauce - man, that was good! And easy, too (not particularly cheap, though, although the meat was 30% off). It was still about 25% of the cost of a steak and baked potato dinner in a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/147 "2011-01-27T20:03:18Z")
I’m thinking it’s time for a pot of kitchen sink soup. start with a ginormous can of tomato juice or beef broth and add whatever’s in the freezer or fridge in the way of veggies and go from there. Easy and tasty. Add fresh-baked bread and real butter and that is a MEAL! ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/148 "2011-01-27T21:38:19Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It was still about 25% of the cost of a steak and baked potato dinner in a restaurant. That’s the way I look at buying fish, too. “If we went out, we’d be spending…” Beans and rice it is not, but you’re still being extremely economical. What cut did you use? ETA: Also, at home you use that little thing called “portion control”, rather than inhale two weeks worth of saturated fat in ten minutes :smack: Tonight is deenah out! A restaurant sent me a free entree coupon for my birthday (good for use for the week). I’ll probably get the Oven Roasted Dorade with crisp potatoes and brussel sprouts, or possibly the Adobo Marinated flank steak with a habanero pan sauce. Yum for dinner, boo for winter. I want tomatoes and bell peppers again, dammit! ETA: **Alpine** , how’d the elk chili turn out? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/149 "2011-01-27T21:41:49Z")
Zucchini and cheese ravioli stir fried with garlic and lemon juice. My husband loooooooves it. I’m glad I treated myself to a hamburger for lunch. ETA: Only time I’ve cried in the kitchen was when I dropped a whole batch of spaghetti on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/150 "2011-01-27T22:22:58Z")
Well, apparently, I did something (don’t know what) earlier today that _seriously_ offended my stomach! Pretty much, by this time of day (almost 5:30), I’m at least _contemplating_ dinner. But all I’m contemplating tonight is what I can scrounge for **mudgirl** without having to think much about food, or smell it! ☹ So the beefaroni I had planned for tonight will have to wait until tomorrow night. I use tomato sauce and Italian seasonings in mine, so it smells the apartment up way more than I’d be happy with right now! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/151 "2011-01-28T03:18:09Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > ETA: **Alpine** , how’d the elk chili turn out? Turned out to be very tasty! I’ve been eating it for lunch all week. We had the elk professionally butchered this year, and the difference in the consistency of the ground meat is substantial. The mister took a hand in the chili seasoning (a little apple cider vinegar, a little chipotle powder) to excellent effect. Also, we found that if you put in celery towards the end of cook time, it adds just the right crunchiness. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/152 "2011-01-28T03:25:30Z")
Leftovers. And whiskey. Leftovers because both the SO and I have been sniffling/coughing/horking/snorfling sick all week, on overlapping days, so fuck a bunch o’ cooking. If _Big Bang Theory_ can be a rerun tonight, so can dinner. Whiskey because yes, ladies and jellyspoons (as the great Izz would say), I am grading tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/153 "2011-01-28T03:27:13Z")
Baked talapia, saffron rice, salad, and yeast rolls. Yummy! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/154 "2011-01-28T03:51:33Z")
A bowl of clam chowder with freshly cracked pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/155 "2011-01-28T04:04:51Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > That’s the way I look at buying fish, too. “If we went out, we’d be spending…” Beans and rice it is not, but you’re still being extremely economical. What cut did you use? ETA: Also, at home you use that little thing called “portion control”, rather than inhale two weeks worth of saturated fat in ten minutes :smack:\ It was tenderloin (truth in advertising, man! Those were indeed tender loins.) It wasn’t the healthiest meal ever (margarine and bleu cheese sauce and light sour cream with the baked potatoes), but I was able to control exactly what we ate instead of ladling on extra fat and salt to make it taste good. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/156 "2011-01-28T18:57:31Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Whiskey because yes, ladies and jellyspoons (as the great Izz would say), I am grading tonight. Oh god. My future MIL drinks when she grades. She’s a light drinker - one glass every now and then - but she leave the bottle next to her when she grades. Didn’t know she wasn’t the only one :p. **Cat Whisperer** , mmm, tenderloin. And you’re right - able to control the salt/fat at home. This is the week of birthday dinners - last night with friends, tonight is with the SO, tomorrow with my family, Sunday with his. I had pan fried [dorade](http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/26/garden/small-fish-big-taste-the-dorade-royale-lands-in-new-york.html) which was excellent - the skin and tail of one side were left on to keep it moist. It peeled right off. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/157 "2011-01-28T20:35:51Z")
Friday night is homemade pizza night. The dough is rising in the fridge, we have fresh moz and right-off-the-plant basil, a little sauce and spices and yum! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/158 "2011-01-28T20:42:02Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > This is the week of birthday dinners - last night with friends, tonight is with the SO, tomorrow with my family, Sunday with his. I had pan fried [dorade](http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/26/garden/small-fish-big-taste-the-dorade-royale-lands-in-new-york.html) which was excellent - the skin and tail of one side were left on to keep it moist. It peeled right off. Same here. Friends took me out for kosher sushi two days ago. We followed that up with a bar that had Old Rasputin Imperial Stout on tap. The next day I had mango habanero buffalo wings and watched True Grit. I’m staying home today but I have birthday dinners scheduled for the weekend. ---
**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 30, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/159 "2011-01-30T02:19:55Z")
Pork chops. A giant pack of slightly marbled chops was on sale at _ **$.97/lb** _., so even though I’m tired of pork chops, I couldn’t resist. I asked the butcher for new preparation ideas, and she suggested Shake-and-Bake. I laughed, but my daughter wanted to try it, so we did. It worked out very well, except that instead of a crispy coating, it was mushy. Still tasted fine, though, and for once I didn’t overcook the pork. Lemon bars for dessert. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/160 "2011-01-30T02:30:04Z")
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