# What's for dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139 "2018-02-04T00:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/522 "2018-04-13T04:06:51Z")
Eva that sound awesome ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/523 "2018-04-14T00:13:42Z")
It’s Friday, so take-out (delivery) Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/524 "2018-04-14T00:24:37Z")
Just threw something together - I had some veg I needed to use up so I sautéed large diced potatoes, onion, and red pepper, threw in a had full of castelvetrano olives and the rest of the rotisserie chicken from earlier in the week. I just added the leftover marinara I made earlier in the week and it’s simmering on the stove. Smells pretty dang good… ---
**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 14, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/525 "2018-04-14T02:13:17Z")
Reheated baked chicken (half a thigh), and leftover vegetarian pinto beans. Mrs. L.A. skipped the chicken and had some cornbread with her beans. ---
**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 14, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/526 "2018-04-14T03:57:55Z")
Tonight neither of us had enough functional brain cells left to make dinner, so it was pan pizza with pepperoni, roasted red peppers, and mushrooms, washed down with beer. That restored me enough to make dough for [cast-iron sourdough pancakes](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018663-cast-iron-sourdough-pancakes?action=click&module=Global%20Search%20Recipe%20Card&pgType=search&rank=2) tomorrow morning. Haven’t decided on what kind of fruit - apples and pears? Cranberries? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/527 "2018-04-14T06:40:15Z")
We found some Dover sole at the supermarket 50% off today, so I dug up a recipe which lightly dredged the fillets in flour then fried them in lots of butter, and finished with lemon juice and lemon zest (lemons from our lemon tree) and parsley (from the garden.) Side were butternut squash, the last from our harvest of squash from our volunteer plants and Rice-a-Roni - rice pilaf. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/528 "2018-04-14T15:02:59Z")
Chicken, rice, and broccoli. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/529 "2018-04-14T16:02:09Z")
I’ll catch up for the past week that we spent in WDC and NYC: Wonderful Indian food at [Rasika](https://www.rasikarestaurant.com/) in WDC; life-changing moules Provençal at [Nice Matin](https://www.nicematinnyc.com/), next to our hotel on the upper west side of Manhattan. Pizza at [Denino’s](http://deninosgreenwichvillage.com/) in Greenwich Village, and a traditional warm pastrami on rye with mustard at Shelsky’s Deli in Brooklyn. That last was a departure from our usual visit to Katz’s, but since we were already in Brooklyn, we gave it a shot. Excellent. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/530 "2018-04-14T21:26:17Z")
Gonna try out a pig-on-pig dinner to “celebrate” my last night home with My I.T. Guy before spending a week out of town/state, on a long road trip helping my friend move. I wanted something semi fancy, but am too tired to hit the store or even stand around in the kitchen too long (after the 12-hour marathon packing session at her house yesterday) and y’all, I hit the _jackpot_ in one of my recent Allrecipes emails. Bacon wrapped pork tenderloins. [Bacon Wrapped Pork Medallions Recipe](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/209691/bacon-wrapped-pork-medallions/) We have bacon, and I bought an unseasoned loin last week without any real plans for it. WIN! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/531 "2018-04-14T22:46:20Z")
Tonight: Hazelnut crusted halibut with mixed tropical fruit garnish; roasted carrots. ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/532 "2018-04-15T14:23:23Z")
Blew the diet last night. Mrs. L.A. wanted to go out for Mexican food. We had grilled fish tacos. I got beans instead of rice because ‘good carbs vs. bad carbs’. I ate one of my three tacos, and I had a margarita. ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/533 "2018-04-15T14:45:06Z")
[On the wall behind our booth at Paso del Norte. Is it my imagination, or is she left-handed?](https://imgur.com/a/bOi8V) ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/534 "2018-04-15T15:16:14Z")
Eggs, just not sure how they’ll be prepared yet. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/535 "2018-04-15T15:19:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Blew the diet last night. Mrs. L.A. wanted to go out for Mexican food. We had grilled fish tacos. I got beans instead of rice because ‘good carbs vs. bad carbs’. I ate one of my three tacos, and I had a margarita. Sometimes you need to let yourself go. I read somewhere recently, I have no recall where I saw it, that it’s actually a good thing to do every so often because people that try to constantly stick to a strict diet have a tendency to binge out more. I have no idea if that’s true or not 😊. Anyway, it sounds like you’ve been doing great, I’m glad you enjoyed last night! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/536 "2018-04-15T16:04:55Z")
Just dropped a pot roast in the slow cooker along with the requisite potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, and spices. House is going to smell like a slice of heaven in a few hours. Especially after I get the strawberry cake I’ve been craving into the oven. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/537 "2018-04-15T17:36:29Z")
Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, tossed salad. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/538 "2018-04-15T21:52:42Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Pasta, meatballs and Italian bread Similar here. Spaghetti. Hot ground Italian sausage cooked/fried mixed with store bought sauce. Turns out surprisingly well. Coupled with some garlic bread is one of our go to meals a few times a year. ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/539 "2018-04-16T02:48:19Z")
Tonight was classic Americana: high-heat roast chicken, with roasted veggies on the side (purple potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, whole garlic cloves). Plus Brussels sprouts split in half and slowly sautéed face-down in butter. Right now the chicken carcass is in the Crock-Pot, along with a gallon bag full of veggie scraps and peelings, extra celery, bay leaf, and peppercorns to make overnight stock. Then tomorrow I will have to come up with another soup idea to bring for lunches this week. Lentil vegetable, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/540 "2018-04-16T03:11:51Z")
Stir fried a sesame chicken recipe with broccoli and red peppers, served it over brown rice. The dessert I made as part of the dinner I cooked for a friend last night, lemon cheesecake with a dollop of homemade raspberry jam mixed with a teaspoon of Chambord, was a nice dessert for tonight, too. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/541 "2018-04-16T05:30:10Z")
I had fried eggs on a soft taco shell with ketchup. Quick, light, and tasty! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139.md?page=28)