What's for Dinner, Wed., July 7, 2021

[NJCher]

I'm having what I was planning to have last night except I couldn't because of the storm causing a power outage:

snip from yesterday's post:

Broccoli rabe with curry rice. It should be colorful as it has carrot and purple cabbage in it.

Seasonings/other additions are ginger, garlic, red curry paste, coconut milk, lime juice, soy and fish sauce, and honey.

Cold decaf tea to drink.

snip

Because I didn't want to open the refrigerator door (no advice on when power would be back), I went to a restaurant to order something. Looking forward to giving this new recipe a try tonight.

[irisblue]

1. Hot weather here, so cold decafe tea and salad

I made a salad the other day,and to finish it off & to put some protein on it, I roasted canned chickpeas using this recipe.

I roasted the chickpeas in the morning so it would have time to cool

(I would double the amounts if I make it again, the taste of the roasted chickpeas was very very mild)


source-https://veggiechick.com/crispy-asian-roasted-chickpeas/

ingredients
15- ounce can chickpeas - garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon ground sea salt
seriously double these amounts

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Rinse chickpeas with water and pat dry with a couple of paper towels.
In a medium bowl, add sesame oil, ground ginger, garlic powder, and sea salt. Add chickpeas and stir to coat.
Place the chickpeas on a baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes, stirring midway through, until brown and crispy (being careful not to burn). Let cool and enjoy!
NUTRITION
Serving: 1/4 cup | Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 13.2g | Protein: 3.7g | Fat: 3g | Sodium: 751mg | Sugar: 2g

The salad was yellow& red peppers, cukes, mushrooms, onions, carrots and Romaine.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Made a Mediterranean salad with chickpeas;

red, green and orange sweet peppers; feta cheese; cucumber; red onion; parsley; and, an olive oil/red wine vinegar dressing with oregano and garlic, salt snd pepper.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Watermelon and a sandwich

Been out of action for 10 days. Scary. Expected to dial 911 for 4 days. Was all packed. My diet of donuts and pizza conflicted with my purges of kale smoothies, Himalayan pink salt, and watermelon.

But tonight I think the crisis has passed.

This watermelon is not as good. Thicker rind.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. And to fight food inflation

Cold brew coffee has been my thing for a good 9 months. Overnight soak, or longer. Cold. No heat, no electric coffee pot at 1200W for 8 minutes 7 times a week.

Now, I offer this method of fighting food inflation. Coffee. I ground my own beans once, what a chore. But I did notice I got it really fine. You don't need as much coffee for cold brew when the ground coffee is really fine. So, now I figured out I can regrind the ground coffee from the store and use about 50% less coffee.

[NJCher]

9. I think that works for tea, too

if you leave it in the tea bag, you get about one cup.

But if you cut the tea bag open, you can get a cup and a half, easy.

I cut the tea bag open because so many tea bags have microplastics in them. The only way to avoid them is to use loose tea or open up the tea bag and use the tea leaves without the bag.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. There are plastics in my tea bags?

Oh, my. That's so good for the liver and kidneys.

And a quick search didn't mention any of the major brand names, just a few obscure and plastic-free brands.

Yeah, time to open the bags. And brew my own from the herb garden. Lemon balm and oregano, my 2 new flavors.

[NJCher]

11. I've got a lot of lemon balm

when you make tea from it, it has a very calming effect.

I read a lot about the microplastics issue. It is horrifying to think of one cup of tea putting that much plastic into your system.

[peacefreak2.0]

5. Chicken with Dijon and tarragon.

Sautéed yellow squash. Vino and lemon sorbet for dessert.

[MissMillie]

6. curry over rice

I'm using pork. (My guess is pork is not at all conventional.) broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, yellow bell peppers and onions

All over rice.

Chocolate chip cookies for dessert

[MontanaMama]

7. Crispy grilled chicken wings...

Will toss some of them in Frank’s Red Hot and the others in an apricot bbq sauce I made the other night. Jasmine rice on the side seasoned with ranch dressing mix. A green salad for my husband and summer squash salad for me. He won’t eat squash and I had a big salad for lunch so not in the mood for that tonight.


It’s so danged hot. We’re not used to weeks of temps this high.

[Luciferous]

8. Steak fajitas