What's for Dinner, Sat., Feb. 23, 2019

[NJCher]

Appetizer:More of those Brazilian cheese balls, since they are so good with wine. This time we filled them with brie and put a touch of fig jam on it.

Meatloaf covered with homemade tomato sauce and cheese.
Roasted zucchini slices sprinkled with sauteed garlic and basil, sea salt and pepper.

Dessert: 1/2 a nut cake slice, something the RG bought at the Portuguese grocery store. We'll put a little vanilla ice cream over it. It's so rich we only want a few bites.

[applegrove]

1. Fiesta chicken (taco sauce on chicken thighs with sour cream). Spinach salad.

Berries.

[brokephibroke]

10. Sounds low carb.

And good.

[applegrove]

11. I actually made it ranch chicken. Put salt and pepper and ranch spices

on chicken thighs and cooked them at 425 degrees for 22 minutes. Not bad. I have yet to eat my spinach.

[brokephibroke]

12. Eat your spinach! Lol

We have an issue at my crib. I like chicken breasts and the wife likes the thighs. Since I do all the cooking, we eat the breasts.

[applegrove]

13. I did. It was good too.

[dameatball]

2. Caldo Gallega with crusty bread and mango slices

[NJCher]

3. had to look that up

sounds wonderful for a winter dish.

[dameatball]

5. It's a Portuguese/Spanish/Cuban staple. You are correct. Nice winter dish. Ingredients vary somewhat

Don't spare the garlic and I also add a little Balsamic vinegar.

[Yonnie3]

4. Pizza

I am warming up left over pizza that TJ must have made in the wee hours.
I'll have some leftover tossed salad if it's not too tired. If it is I will have some spinach, grape tomatoes and goat cheese.


It is a work night for TJ and she and the FLFC are still snoozing.

[MFM008]

6. Fish and chips

At Red Robin.

[Cairycat]

7. Pot roast

again - my husband's favorite meal - he works weekends so I like to make his favorites then. Mashed potatoes and gravy of course, and spinach with sour cream and horseradish. Dessert? A second glass of wine ....

[Kali]

8. there is a labor standoff at the moment

nobody feels like cooking. there is ground beef and a pork loin thawed. I ate a late lunch so not feeling that hungry anyway. Son or Husband can decide amongst themselves, I guess.

[brokephibroke]

9. I made this NYT recipe

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020010-shrimp-and-white-beans-with-fennel-and-pancetta

It was pretty good. One thing they recommended was using wild shrimp, which I did. It’s a bit more costly than the imported shrimps from India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia that were on sale at the Sooper’s, but worth it.