What's for Dinner ~ Sunday Sept 23rd

[Lucinda]

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[Callalily]

1. Just finished making my side dish,

Orzo salad with chickpeas, dill and lemon. Picked up the dill at the farmer's market yesterday. Will most likely make a simple grilled chicken breast to round out the meal.

[pinto]

2. Looks really good. I love chickpeas, though I rarely have Orzo.

[grasswire]

15. is there olive oil in that?

It looks really good.

[Callalily]

21. Yup, olive oil.

I used Greek just because I had some on hand and I think it tastes really good.

[Lucinda]

29. Looks wonderful. Is there feta in it?

[Callalily]

36. Yes, feta cheese too.

I liked it so much I'm going to make it again. And super easy too!

[Lucinda]

40. Thought it might be!

I usually have everything but the orzo on hand, will have to try this soon!

Might be good with fluffy Jasmine Rice too...which I DO have on hand!

[pinto]

3. Pork loin rib chops (thin), so it'll probably be a skillet meal.

Thinking of a quick brown for the chops then saute finish with diced apple, pear and raisins. Over Jasmine rice.

[cbayer]

11. Love pork with fruit. Hope you are using Lucinda's perfect rice recipe.

Works flawlessly for me every time.

[Lucinda]

28. Sounds like a perfect combo of flavors!

And I dearly love Jasmine Rice.

[cbayer]

4. Sailing down the coast to the grocery store as we speak!

[pinto]

5. Talk about a "run to the market"...have a good one.

[cbayer]

8. We made it nicely and discovered that they are having a huge art fair here.

Over 80 booths, so we have decided to stay the night and have some fun.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Have fun!!!

[cbayer]

9. Great sail, my friend.

We are staying the night, so we can go out to eat and enjoy the town. Otherwise, we would have been rushed.

Beautiful time of year to be out here.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Good luck getting your land legs back.

Beautiful day here, too, though chilly.

[Lucinda]

27. Now that's the way to grocery shop!

[Freddie]

7. Trying a new recipe, Baked Spaghetti

Have to use up some ground beef
Looks like lasagna (with spaghetti instead of course) but uses a little cream cheese instead of ricotta. I keep finding interesting recipes on the wonderful free app Big Oven.

[cbayer]

10. This is a great way to use up leftover spaghetti.

Enjoy!

[Lucinda]

26. Sounds like a fun recipe. Did you like it?

[Freddie]

34. Yes, thanks!

Will definitely make again!
It was melted cream cheese, an egg, spices and shredded cheese (mozzarella & cheddar mix) stirred into hot cooked spaghetti, topped with an easy meat sauce (browned ground beef & Ragu) and more cheese and baked .5 hour. Looking forward to leftovers tonite.

[Lucinda]

39. Sounds a lot easier than a traditional lasagna, and cheaper, but with a similar taste

Glad it was a winner for you!

[yellerpup]

13. Fish tacos!

Refried beans, lettuce, chopped tomato, flour tortillas and bottled salsa! (cupboard bare of all the essentials) Salsa is one of my favorite Texas brands, Mrs. Renfro's Green Chile Salsa. Mr. Pup blissing out! Have a sweet night, all! Muah!

[Lucinda]

25. Sounds very yummy! I don't see Green Chile Salsa's around here.

I bet I'd like it. Especially with chicken dishes.

[yellerpup]

30. Mrs. Renfro's has a nice bite to it.

And it was great on the fish tacos. Yes, it goes great with chicken, too. Luckily, I had a jar in the cupboard that I bought recently because when I went to the fridge to pull out peppers and cilantro it was bare of those integral ingredients. Hope you are feeling good today!

[Lucinda]

31. Thankie! It's a pretty good day today!

Hopefully it will stay that way.

Hope all is well with you and yours! ?

[grasswire]

14. Dutch babies, sausages, fresh basil omelet

....and some Gravenstein applesauce.

Breakfast for supper night. Was up late Saturday night working on a research project and driven by the adrenaline of my football team's 49-0 victory! Whee!

Every time there's a touchdown and I holler, my border collie barks hard. He has a green kerchief 'round his neck on game day.

[NJCher]

17. your house sounds like so much fun

I chuckle at the thought of a border collie with a green kerchief!

I met a friend for dinner. I had shaved beef rollups with onions and cheese in them and they were very good. Fries. For dessert, we shared chocolate raspberry cheesecake.



Cher

[grasswire]

19. shaved beef rollups?

Is that a NJ specialty?

I know about German rouladen and that kind of rollup, but I don't think there's cheese in that.

I just saw something interesting on the food network. The chef sliced a whole bunch of red onions very thin, and put them into a large pot of oil on med-low heat to cook for a very long time. He ended up with crispy onions. The long cooking time gets all the moisture out of the onions. Whaddya know.

[Lucinda]

24. LoL. Sounds like fun!

I think we're having breakfast for dinner tonight. Always a favorite.

[Freddie]

35. I love breakfast for dinner!

My husband does not so it's a treat when he's not home.

[fizzgig]

16. had pizza at work

took a few bites of the leftover brisket and veggies from last night, now we're on to last night's bread, smoked cheddar and apple. maybe i'll have some ice cream later

[grasswire]

20. grazing is good!

I wonder what kind of food your movie namesake ate?

[fizzgig]

32. i'm guessing he's omniverous

and could probably eat things larger than himself.

[Lucinda]

23. I love those days!

Your smoked cheddar and apple sounds especially good. I've been adding a little smoked swiss to my salads lately. Yummmmmy. I LOVE smoked cheeses.

[fizzgig]

33. smoked cheese is the best

we had an envy apple last night, i'd never seen them before and decided to give it a try. wonderfully sweet and went well with the cheese.

[Lucinda]

38. I haven't seen that variety, but we only get a few of the most popular ones here.

Part of the downside of a grocer that caters to tourists. We don't get much variety.

[Lugnut]

18. Sausage tortellini soup.

It was very chilly here this afternoon so it was a good soup day.

[Lucinda]

22. We have finally settled into full on Autumn weather.

Soup would be perfect here too.
We're finishing up the last of a big crock pot of chili for lunch today.

[Le Taz Hot]

37. Cheese omelet, bacon and toast

with homemade mango jelly and cherry jelly. I buy bacon so rarely and was pooped from housework a good part of the day it was just what ended up for dinner. It worked.