What's for Dinner, Tues., Nov. 30, 2021

[NJCher]

I'm cooking up some light Asian food tonight from a recipe I found in The Moosewood Restaurant Table cookbook:

Pineapple-Lime Glazed Tofu with Spicy Cucumber Salad.

The tofu has a marinade of soy, pineapple and lime juice, plus Chinese chili paste with garlic.

The tofu is served over letttuce that also has the pineapple chunks, carrots, and peanuts. Cilantro, too.

The cucumber salad is sliced and has red and orange pepper in it. Shallots, rice vinegar, brown sugar, soy, and Chinese chili paste.

If this looks too light, I might made a few gyozo, but I think this will be enough. Of course with my fave hoisin sauce.

For dessert, a chocolate or two and some decaf coffee.

[MontanaMama]

1. Flank steak street tacos.

Using toasted white corn tortillas, pickled red onion and cotija cheese.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. YEAH MAMA!

Made some grilled thigh fajita street tacos last Friday ...



And some Beef Barbacoa ones yesterday (cheated though, it's already-made barbacoa from Costco)



Unfortunately, watching the carbs so these are low-carb, paper-thin multi-grain tortillas, but they aaight.

[MontanaMama]

4. Hugh!!

How is that barbacoa from Costco? I picked it up and put it back down...but it looked legit. Should I put it on my shopping list for this weekend?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Flavor is very passable for sure, not 'real good restaurant' quality but very decent

It does kick off a good amount of oil though while cooking, it's not a low-fat cut of meat (though the chunks came out pretty lean/not fatty themselves).

I cooked it for considerably longer than the rec'd 12 minutes or so, did about 15 for the initial meat/marinade combo, added the separate red chili sauce pack, and did another 15 or so. I also added some spices of my own, as I always do

It's definitely easy, and pretty tasty, just don't expect the Best Barbacoa ever

To be clear, it's the La Frontera in the bulk-refrigerated prepared foods section.

[MontanaMama]

7. Fat equals flavor, my friend.

It also equals another mile on the trails for yours truly. I'll check out LaFrontera barbacoa when at Costco this weekend. I, like you, will probably doctor it up a little bit.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. It does indeed!

Enjoy

[wryter2000]

2. I'm going to try a cabbage pie

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It's sliced cabbage mixed with some egg and flour (and salt and pepper) and flattened into a thick pancake in butter in a frying pan and then flipped over so you brown both sides. I adore cabbage. I'll probably just have a large chicken thigh and barbecue sauce with it.

[Bayard]

11. Ohhhhhh...... I gotta try that!

I also love cabbage.

Tonight is simple--leftover turkey on whole wheat tortillas, with fresh mushrooms, whatever veges I can find, with cheese and salsa on top (I'd normally have plain yogurt, but all out).

[irisblue]

5. Taco salad Tuesday plus hot decafe tea

[peacefreak2.0]

8. Poached chicken and steamed carrots.

Recovering from a bout of stomach distress (you don’t need the details). You guys are making me cry. It all looks so good.

[NJCher]

16. --

I hope you're feeling better today, peacefreak!

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Roast chicken leg with carrots, lentils, and greens

Forgot to cover the pan for the first hour. Greens are all dried. Just pushed them back into the juice.

No dessert. Or probaby a bagel. Not much in the fridge.

[Diamond_Dog]

12. Salmon broiled in dill butter

For me: green bean/garlic/portobello mushroom mix, glass of Chardonnay
For the guys: hash brown potato casserole

They have a choice of ice creams in the freezer for dessert if they want any

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Roasted turkey wings.

They were on sale at 79 cents a pound.

[Retrograde]

14. Turkey enchiladas

with a cranberry/jalapeno/orange relish on the side. I tried to get my guests to take turkey home with them, but only one did. Well, turkey leftovers are versatile.

[MissMillie]

15. pizza

sausage, peppers, onion, and extra cheese