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NJCher

(35,425 posts)
Thu May 14, 2020, 04:30 PM May 2020

What's for Dinner, Thurs., May 14, 2020

Halibut steaks cooked in a cast iron pan with lime juice and seasonings.

Broccoli rabe, red onion, and Yukon potato (small one).

Rice balls. Have a crispy exterior and a tiny bit of hot something--cayenne or something similar.

I made the salad with my spiralizer. It's Zucchini Salad with Goat Cheese, Red Onion, Scallion, with Mint and Parsley. The dressing is olive oil and lemon juice with seasonings. Here's a pic:



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What's for Dinner, Thurs., May 14, 2020 (Original Post) NJCher May 2020 OP
That looks awesome! woodsprite May 2020 #1
wow, sounds like hubby rates at your house NJCher May 2020 #7
It also means he'll have a bigger TV to play Borderlands on in the den woodsprite May 2020 #10
Salad with shrimp brokephibroke May 2020 #2
I think we're going to have a pizza MissMillie May 2020 #3
I had the same issue with the frozen ground turkey I was thawing in the fridge. I put it in a japple May 2020 #5
Italian sausage with roasted peppers and tomato sauce in a pita, a potato-vegetable medley side. lkinwi May 2020 #4
Cornmeal-crusted tilapia. FoxNewsSucks May 2020 #6
almost looks like cucumbers, doesn't it? NJCher May 2020 #8
Slightly Asian PJMcK May 2020 #9

woodsprite

(11,853 posts)
1. That looks awesome!
Thu May 14, 2020, 04:38 PM
May 2020

We're calling out for dinner tonight. Blackened salmon tacos with nopales salad, Mexican Street Corn, Queso Flameado & chips, margaritas, and for dessert, homemade carrot cake w/ Cream cheese icing. It's hubby's b'day. He wanted some kind of salmon and wanted carrot cake.

I wanted to give him the dinner he requested since I know his present isn't going to arrive until August 5th (an upgrade to a 65" TV for the den).

NJCher

(35,425 posts)
7. wow, sounds like hubby rates at your house
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:08 PM
May 2020

I had to look some of those dishes up, but when I got to Queso Flameado my mouth started watering so much I vowed to go to a Mexican market around here, if I can find one.

Great b'day present, too! Esp'ly for Covid times.

woodsprite

(11,853 posts)
10. It also means he'll have a bigger TV to play Borderlands on in the den
Thu May 14, 2020, 10:12 PM
May 2020

while the rest of the family watches the TV in the living room

We have a real run on birthdays from April 13 through May 14 (1 or 2 per week). This year (especially with the covid stuff) we tried doing things a bit different. My mom always used to make me tarragon chicken w/ white wine and a dark chocolate cake w/ marshmallow frosting. I haven't had that chicken recipe for years so my daughter made that whole meal for me for my birthday. For our daughter we called out to her favorite restaurant and our son's girlfriend made lemon curd topped cheesecake for dessert. For our son (a Cinco de Mayo baby born in the year of the dragon), we did take-out from his favorite TexMex restaurant with an Adzuki bean cake for dessert (a recipe he had made for a school project in high school). Then hubby's was tonight. A few of the days in between were sprinkled with my MIL, a BIL, and a nephew's birthdays.

No more birthdays until my brother's in June! WooHoo!!!

MissMillie

(38,452 posts)
3. I think we're going to have a pizza
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:11 PM
May 2020

Doctored-up frozen pizza. This one will have pepperoni, broccoli, onion and extra cheese.

I made some homemade soup earlier today, so I don't feel guilty about taking the evening off from the kitchen. It was going to be a pork meatball soup, but my ground pork hadn't thawed overnight, so I just browned it up in the skillet with some cut-up breakfast sausage links and dried basil, and added that to the pan of beef broth, tomato puree, carrots, onions, celery, bay leaf and pasta shells. Pretty tasty.

I don't make a lot of soup in the warm weather, so this may be it for a while--unless I try my hand at gazpacho later this summer when the tomatoes come in.

japple

(9,773 posts)
5. I had the same issue with the frozen ground turkey I was thawing in the fridge. I put it in a
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:02 PM
May 2020

stainless steel bowl (with a cover) and tried to thaw it in a sink with cold water. It got partly thawed, so I just put on a pair of gloves and worked on it until it was completely thawed. Then I made turkey meatloaf. I LOVE this recipe.

Confetti Turkey Meatloaf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/confetti-meatloaf/16658/

2 teaspoons plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 large or 2 small bell peppers (any color), stemmed, seeded and cut into small dice
1 small red onion, cut into small dice
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
6 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and minced
2 large handfuls flat-leaf parsley and/or basil leaves, chopped
3/4 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese
1 pound ground turkey, preferably dark meat (may substitute ground chicken, pork or beef)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper, then use 2 teaspoons of the oil to coat the parchment.

Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, stir in the bell pepper and onion; cook for about 8 minutes, stirring a few times, or until the vegetables have softened and are browned on the edges. Turn off the heat and stir in the garlic. Let cool.

Transfer to a large bowl; add the oregano, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, parsley and ricotta, stirring until well incorporated. Add the turkey and use your clean hands to work it into the mixture.

Transfer to the baking sheet; shape the mixture into a tight loaf that is 10 inches long and 4 inches wide (it will be about 1 inch high). Roast (middle rack) for 35 to 40 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 165 degrees.

lkinwi

(1,477 posts)
4. Italian sausage with roasted peppers and tomato sauce in a pita, a potato-vegetable medley side.
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:26 PM
May 2020

Possibly I’ll have mason jar ice cream for dessert. It’s my first attempt, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,375 posts)
6. Cornmeal-crusted tilapia.
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:03 PM
May 2020

Pan fried, and I'm making some sauteed fresh green beans

That salad looks so good! I haven't often spiralized anything for a salad, I think a get it out most often to make spiral sweet potato fries.

NJCher

(35,425 posts)
8. almost looks like cucumbers, doesn't it?
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:11 PM
May 2020

But it's a fresh zucchini that the RG had purchased only an hour or two before preparation. The pic doesn't show a lot of goat cheese, which is really what makes this salad good. That's a cherry tomato half and a half-leaf of red-veined sorrel to decorate the plate.

Yeah, try it for salads. I think it's really fun, trying all the different cutting inserts that came with it.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
9. Slightly Asian
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:16 PM
May 2020

Boneless pork chops marinated in sesame oil and hot chili sauce. Those will be grilled and sliced and served on a bed of lo main noodles, (actually linguine!), with the remainder of the sauce poured over it all.

I'm making a salad of iceberg lettuce with red onions, sliced green pepper and cherry tomatoes with a ginger dressing drizzled on top.

I bought a chocolate candy bar for dessert!

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