What's for Dinner ~ Wednesday Nov 21st

[Lucinda]

[pinto]

1. Quickie - thin pork chop, pan browned, w/Dijon mustard and cole slaw on rye.

[yellerpup]

5. Mmm. Love those thin pork chops for sandwiches.

And, I confess that I will eat 'almost' anything on rye bread. Enjoy!

[GoCubsGo]

2. Curried butternut squash soup.

And, spinach-feta crescent roll turnovers on the side.

[yellerpup]

4. That's an awesome pairing.

For taste and for nutrition.

[pinto]

8. How do you do your spinach / feta turnovers?

[GoCubsGo]

9. It depends on how ambitious I am feeling.

I really don't have a specific way of making them. It kind of varies by what I have on hand. Last night was the "I don't feel like cooking" version. I thawed some frozen spinach, and squeezed out the liquid. Then I mixed in some feta cheese, a little bit of Alouette cheese (those Laughing Cow wedges or cream cheese work well, too), and some onion and garlic powder, and a little salt and pepper. Then I took a can of crescent rolls, divided it into four rectangles, and pressed the seams together. I filled them, folded them over, and pressed the edges together with a fork and baked them. Had I had enough onion on hand, I would have sauteed that with a little bit of garlic, and used that instead of the powders. I might even add some parmesan or romano cheese. This is the first time I ever used crescent roll dough, and they were decent, all things considered. I usually use bread/pizza dough, or pie crust dough. Every once in a while, I'll use phyllo.

[yellerpup]

3. Grilled salmon,

Brussels sprouts, baked potato and salad of lettuce, purple onion, thinly sliced pineapple and cucumber (marinated with a pinch of salt and a 1/2 tsp. of mint sugar for a couple of hours) and a diced tomato. Ciabatta rolls on the side.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. another quickie - sweet and sour pork

pulled from the freezer cause I got smart and made a triple batch last time, and tiny pumpkin custards for desert

[surrealAmerican]

7. Pasta frittata ...

... with the leftover spaghetti from last night, eggs, cheese, olives, spinnach, and some pepperoni.