What's for Dinner, Thurs., Mar. 19, 2015

[NJCher]

Salad with spinach, red lettuce, red peppers, carrots, celery, green, scallions and this new item I found at Trader Joe's: sriracha pork jerky! Fun way to spice up a salad! I just got it today, as they were doing tastings of it.

If I were up for it, I'd make meatballs later, and maybe I will after a rest.


Cher

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Turkey rice soup.

Bread on the side.

[cbayer]

2. Mmmmmm…. Sriracha pork jerky.

I like the sound of that.

I'm going to make a "simple" beef stew. I'm using some good meat so it won't have to cook that long, and will have potatoes, carrots and peas. It's fortified by beef broth, tomato paste, anchovy paste, red wine and soy sauce, then thickened with some flour.

We shall see!

Enjoy your salad.

[Galileo126]

3. Beef stew also

Great minds, cbayer!

It's simmering now, and the whole house smells yummy. Potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, pearl onions and green beans. A cup of red wine to deglaze after browning the meat. And about 8 cloves of garlic (I held back).

Oh yeah, and a baguette for dunkin'.

Cher: I gotta try that TJ's sriracha pork jerky!

[bif]

4. Salmon pizza is in the oven!

Made with caramelized onions and capers, and topped with provolone cheese.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. Roast and smashed potatoes with cheese.

I'm not sure what kind of roast it was - they labeled it a chuck when they rang it up, but I could have sworn it said something else in the case, and didn't seem quite as tough as chuck roasts usually are. Popped in in the crockpot for 8 or 9 hours on low, so it was pretty tender anyway, then boiled up a bunch of small red potatoes, smashed em down, covered with white cheddar and baked for 10 minutes or so.

We're getting into yard work weather, but still a ways off from being able to plant anything safely, although the garlic is peeking up out of the straw and the tulip leaves are showing in the front bed in which I swore I'd dug all the tulips out.

[grasswire]

6. a hash experiment

Some leftover corned beef, some frozen O'Brien potatoes, some brussels sprouts, and some chopped cabbage, with a spoon of whole grain mustard. Browned in a skillet. Top with fried eggs.

That will be the end of the corned beef.