What's for Dinner, Mon., Jan. 10, 2022

[NJCher]

Shrimpburger. Sauce made of mayo, sesame oil, and red papper flakes.

Sweet potato hashbrowns in the air fryer.

Dessert: a couple chocolates from Christmas (still have some!) and a tangerine.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Boneless pork chop

sliced and stirfried with red bell pepper, garlic, ginger, onion, noodles and a thai spice mix.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Scallop Lentil Soup

with cabbage, scallions, garlic, broc.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Gnocchi

with marinara sauce, topped with shaved Parmesan.

Tossed salad. I don’t have any tomatoes though.

Chianti to drink.

[mike_c]

4. braised lamb rib chop...

...and bulgur wheat with cinnamon, butter, lemon, and pistachios. Maybe a Caesar salad too.

[PJMcK]

5. Pork

Large green salad with iceberg lettuce, slices of orange and red bell peppers, cucumber, carrots and olives. Gorgonzola cheese crumbled on top with oil and vinegar drizzled over it all.

Pan cooked bone-in pork chops with tomato and onion. My mom's technique was to use an electric frying pan and slow cook the chops putting the tomato and onion on top of the chops after turning the meat. Since it's cooked covered, all the moisture stays inside and the tomato and onion "melts" into the meat. Since I don't have an electric frying pan-- my sister got it!-- I'm cooking on the gas stove with a very low heat.

Mashed potatoes with butter on the side. Sliced apples with cinnamon for dessert.

[MissMillie]

6. tortiere (meat pie)

served w/ mushroom and onion brown gravy
sauteed zucchini on the side

brownie w/ ice cream for dessert

[MontanaMama]

7. Lordy this girl needs a shrimpburger.

Brioche buns? Mmmmmm.

I made a pulled pork in the instant pot...I don't love pulled pork but my guys do. This recipe was interesting...sweetened with frozen cherries and had chipotle in adobo for spice. I think it came out great. Not too saucy and not dry and has a complex flavor that you don't get from bottled bbq sauce. We'll eat them on brioche buns with a broccoli slaw with jalapenos, cilantro and a honey lime dressing.

On the side, I'm making baked onion cheese rings with potato chip coating. I'm weighing whether to bake them or air fry them....prepping them now.

Cheers!

[elleng]

9. Think I'll head back to Missoula!!!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Ham and bean soup.

From the ham I fixed about a week ago.

Sauteed half a cut up medium onion, then did the roux thing. Vegetable broth for the soup stock. Three decent sized carrots cut up. 3 cans of Great Northern beans, drained. And, I dunno about a couple of cups of cut up ham. Added celery seed, a couple of bay leaves, marjoram and thyme for seasoning. Simmered for an hour. I had two bowls of the soup, and the rest has been put into a total of five containers which are still cooling on the kitchen counter. In a bit I'll put them in the fridge, and tomorrow will freeze them. They will be labelled and dated, something I learned with a vengeance when working in the kitchen at the homeless shelter.

The ham cost me $15.00. Right now, counting the soup that will be frozen, the cost of the ham is at $1.00 per serving. Obviously, the other ingredients add to the cost, but I'm going to guess that each serving of soup is at best $3.00, probably less.

I still have to take the rest of the ham off the bone and freeze for future use.

Especially during this pandemic, when I'm as concerned as anyone about supplies of everything, I've gotten almost OCD about fixing various things in quantity and freezing individual portion amounts. Especially as I live alone, and some things are tricky to make for one person, alas.