# What's for dinner tonight?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 6, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183 "2015-08-06T19:37:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/21 "2015-08-08T00:26:33Z")
Yellow curry with red lentils and rice.
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### Author:  [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/22 "2015-08-08T00:49:44Z")
Pork roast, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and ranch mashed potatoes.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/23 "2015-08-08T19:48:45Z")
The SO liked the salmon cakes and lemon-dill sauce. And the asparagus.
We’ll probably have leftover pizza tonight. Tomorrow I’ll do beef ribs.
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### Author:  [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/24 "2015-08-08T20:26:49Z")
I’m on a curry kick I guess. The yellow from last night was delivery. Today it’s homemade lamb curry. Darker and richer and a little spicier.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/25 "2015-08-08T20:30:22Z")
It’s hot and the weekend, so hot dogs, beans, mac salad and beer.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/26 "2015-08-09T21:11:56Z")
The ‘lazy ribs’ have been in the oven for two hours.
Seems longer.
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### Author:  [@Bruinoboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruinoboy)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/27 "2015-08-09T21:20:04Z")
Lamb curry…pumkin and rice!!
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/28 "2015-08-09T21:56:38Z")
Romanian [lamb mititei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mititei) from my beloved [Fresh Farms](http://myfreshfarms.com/) grocery in Niles, IL. Their mititei (pretty much the same as cevapi/cevapcici) are garlicky and highly seasoned with a bit of texture from the baking powder. These will be grilled over hardwood lump charcoal.
I’ll also be making lunches for the week tonight. I got some lovely Michigan zucchini which will be cut in to thick planks, seasoned with EVOO, sesame oil, S&P, oregano and grilled as above. There will also be some of Fresh Farms awesome house-made brats which I’ll brown over the hot fire before moving to a bath of simmering beer on the offset side of the grill.
I grabbed two ears of corn, an indulgence for this low-carber, also to be grilled.
Two dealies of mushrooms will be washed and tossed in hoisin and sriracha are going to see the coals.
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### Author:  [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/29 "2015-08-10T01:09:03Z")
Zucchini noodles with onions, broccoli, chicken and Alfredo sauce.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/30 "2015-08-10T02:57:32Z")
I went to a family gathering at my cousin’s house to see their new grandson. We had michigan hot dogs, macaroni salad, and sundaes.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/31 "2015-08-13T19:51:20Z")
This evening: Reuben sandwiches and baked beans, yay!
Last night was [Penne Arabiata](http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/77758/brooklyn-girls-penne-arrabiata/?internalSource=search%20result&referringContentType=search%20results). Glorious, but I had to serve the chicken and pasta separately and store the leftovers likewise. We have a child in our household, old enough to know better, who will go into the kitchen at night and pick all the meat out of a dish, making the leftovers less than appetizing…Grrr!
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/32 "2015-08-19T01:30:07Z")
I didn’t feel like cooking tonight, so I got one of those ‘rotisserie chickens’ (garlic) from the supermarket.
We needed a side, so I thought I’d use up the spinach that was in the fridge. I chopped the leaves and boiled them in salted water. I knew they’d ‘shrink’, but _day-am!_ :eek: Came out with maybe half a cup? (Maybe more.) I put them into a sieve and used the little pot to make a roux, added milk, let it thicken a little, and then added the spinach back. When I reckoned it was done I added some cubes of feta cheese.
So little spinach! Better have potatoes, too. To late to cook them, but we have Potato Buds. Gravy? Didn’t feel like using the grease from the chicken. Out of chicken gravy packets. Made gravy out of roux, milk, and chicken bouillon.
So, yeah. Lazy ‘instant’ dinner. But tasty.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/33 "2015-08-19T02:42:29Z")
It’s still hot, so I grabbed subs from Jersey Mike’s on the way home from work.
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/34 "2015-08-19T15:37:01Z")
It’s my birthday and my husband is out of town. Maybe I’ll have TWO Lean Cuisines. ☹
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/35 "2015-08-19T16:50:21Z")
I have some leftover green curry sauce from my DoorDash order a few nights ago. This restaurant is really good, but they give you way too much sauce (which is a good thing, because… leftovers). I’m going to stir-fry some vegetables, add some tofu and heat up the sauce. Serve over rice. The curry sauce is pretty spicy, and I have a perfect bottle of Sauv Blanc to compliment it. Beer would be good, too, but I’m more of wine guy.
Or… hook up with a few friends and have dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. I’d probably have a nice Alaskan Halibut, grilled.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/36 "2015-08-19T16:54:52Z")
Beef stew. And bread.
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### Author:  [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/37 "2015-08-19T17:00:11Z")
Probably cereal or toast or yogurt. I have a lot of errands to do after work so I won’t be home until late.
I’m having a big lunch to compensate. 😃
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/38 "2015-08-19T17:09:18Z")
Last night was ‘clear the fridge of leftovers’ egg fritattas.
Tonight is, baked farro with mushrooms.
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### Author:  [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/39 "2015-08-19T17:16:59Z")
Mine will be chicken with lemon-caper sauce and some fresh green beans.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/40 "2015-08-19T17:41:09Z")
Think I’m feelin’ quichey.
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