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NJCher

(37,743 posts)
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 04:13 PM Feb 2024

What's for Dinner, Wed., Feb. 7, 2024

Blistered shishitos on naan bread with mozzarella and roasted red pepper. Kinda' light tonight because I had lunch, which I don't usually do.

For lunch, I had more of my broccoli rabe, tubettini, and bratwursts. Pics:


The above white is minced garlic.


This one shows the tubettini.

With lunch, I had an orange for dessert because citrus fruit helps absorption of vitamins when paired with cruciferous vegetables.

Ginger kombucha and dark Chinese tea to drink.


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What's for Dinner, Wed., Feb. 7, 2024 (Original Post) NJCher Feb 2024 OP
Tonight's dinner revolves around baked potatoes Drum Feb 2024 #1
We are in the U.S. Virgin Islands iamateacher Feb 2024 #2
I was thinking about going to St. Croix USVI Callalily Feb 2024 #3
St. Thomas iamateacher Feb 2024 #6
Kozhi Chettinad (Chicken in Garlic Pepper Sauce) Callalily Feb 2024 #4
Homemade black bean burgers with chipotle mayo Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #5
Pizza Yonnie3 Feb 2024 #7
Wife is making homemade chicken pot pie. Emile Feb 2024 #8
Fried chicken. Lunabell Feb 2024 #9
Ham, Brussel sprouts, and gnocchi browned in sage butter. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #10
Got a small pork roast at the store today Retrograde Feb 2024 #11
pork and apples are a great combo NJCher Feb 2024 #12
My experience with purple sweet potatoes Retrograde Feb 2024 #13

Drum

(9,720 posts)
1. Tonight's dinner revolves around baked potatoes
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 04:33 PM
Feb 2024

Topping choices:
Sour cream/yogurt/butter
Smoked salmon bits
Bacon crumbles
Chives

Broccoli & mushrooms lightly sautéed in some of the bacon fat, with a tahini sauce

Chopped salad of romaine heart, celery, endive, cukes, radishes

iamateacher

(1,100 posts)
2. We are in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 04:38 PM
Feb 2024

Boy, are things expensive! So we are making our own dinner. Jamaican Vegetable Patties (frozen) and Greek salad. Spaghetti tomorrow night. Frozen pizza whenever.

iamateacher

(1,100 posts)
6. St. Thomas
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 04:49 PM
Feb 2024

I don't know that I would recommend. We are here for the snorkeling. Should have stayed on St. John's but too expensive.

Callalily

(15,011 posts)
4. Kozhi Chettinad (Chicken in Garlic Pepper Sauce)
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 04:44 PM
Feb 2024

Serving over rice. Not sure of a side, most likely a salad with lots of fresh veggies.

Yonnie3

(18,088 posts)
7. Pizza
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 05:07 PM
Feb 2024

from the freezer, pepperoni is the only option.
Presumably there will be libations.

We are having our former neighbor out for a visit. He was FLFC's best buddy. I would often feed him when we had a ham, turkey, ribs or made Jambalaya. He volunteered to help us move and was an incredible asset.

Lunabell

(6,781 posts)
9. Fried chicken.
Wed Feb 7, 2024, 05:59 PM
Feb 2024

Mashed taters, homemade creamed corn and fresh sourdough bread from my starter, Betty. The bread's been slow proofing in the fridge overnight and now it's rising again in a warm oven.

Retrograde

(10,626 posts)
11. Got a small pork roast at the store today
Thu Feb 8, 2024, 12:29 AM
Feb 2024

so that was dinner along with sweet potatoes and home-made apple sauce (I had some apples that were getting elderly. It's just cored apples roughly chopped and simmered until soft, then passed through a food mill, with some butter and cinnamon added)

Which means dinner for the next few days will be based on pork roast leftovers

NJCher

(37,743 posts)
12. pork and apples are a great combo
Thu Feb 8, 2024, 12:50 AM
Feb 2024

one of my faves.

Speaking of sweet potatoes, I was able to purchase the Japanese blue sweet potato, which I am looking forward to doing ??something?? with.



p.s. I had to laugh at the apples getting "elderly."

Retrograde

(10,626 posts)
13. My experience with purple sweet potatoes
Thu Feb 8, 2024, 02:18 AM
Feb 2024

is that they were rather dry and needed a lot of butter. These were an Okinawan variety, in Hawaii and they weren’t quite as purple as yours. I’ve had some home-grown ones here (grown from grocery store ones) by a better gardener and cook than I am, and they were sweeter and not as dry

Expect some color changes when you cook them

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