What's for Dinner, Thurs., Feb. 3, 2022

[NJCher]

Mixed green salad with crispy tofu squares. Sesame-orange ginger.

Small cup of beef vegetable soup.

Roasted, cubed potatoes seasoned with rosemary.

Dessert: Spicy Good Earth tea, a tangerine, and a Sweetzel (ginger-type cookie).

[irisblue]

1. Tonight's theme is garlic, no vampires will stop by later & an update on my brother

I baked a mackerel filet that was in garlic olive oil, so I made sauteed spinach & onions with garlic and Parmesan buttered garlic pasta.
My 2 cats were very very enthusiastic about the oil from the tin that held the mackerel, very enthusiastic.

My brother, who had his cancerous right kidney removed on Tuesday was discharged to home this afternoon. His daughter, son and daughter in law are all RNs, I'm sure one or more is checking on him. I am glad he is home.
Thank you for your support and well wishes, it was appreciated.

[hippywife]

8. Good to hear...

he's got such a strong and skilled support team, Iris.

I've never eaten mackerel in my life. The Latino kitchen staff where I used to work would make it occasionally for family meal, but I couldn't get it past my nose.

[irisblue]

9. This is the first time I've tried this

When my dogs with epilepsy were alive I raw fed them, canned mackerel ( 70cents/can) were a frequent protein source.
The raw diet had minimal preservatives so the meds to control the seizures worked more effectively while passing through their livers.
I did not eat the mackerel then, years on..🤔

[MontanaMama]

16. Iris, I'm so curious about mackerel!

I’ve never had it. Are your filets skin on? You buy it in a can? Is it salty?

On edit: I’m so happy your brother is home from the hospital. Holding you all in my heart. ❤️

[irisblue]

19. Canned, not salty.

This brand-https://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-1911696-wild-planet-wild-mackerel-in-extra-virgin-olive-oil-4-4-oz?LanguageCode=EN&locale=en-US&as=nd&scid=scplp169018&sc_intid=169018&gclid=CjwKCAiAl-6PBhBCEiwAc2GOVMM0VOPO7H0Gd3QWluWw3_9ir95vGUoz7XL21sDIBM0S6JEb-CMN0hoC0eoQAvD_BwE

From that website-"Mackerel is known as Saba in sushi restaurants where it is served grilled. This fish is delicately textured and resembles a fresh tuna steak in flavor."
This review is true -"Tasty, fresh, meaty, a lot in the can. These were delicious. It is hard to find a canned wild fish that uses extra virgin olive oil and this does, which is why it tastes so good - other cans of fish just use regular olive oil and it coats the fish in a thick yellow goop that I don't like. I eat the whole can for lunch over a large raw salad topped apple cider vinegar and it is so good. Will buy again ..


I kinda think it was around $1.50 for a can that served 1 biped and 2 cats. I'd get it again

[MontanaMama]

21. Thanks.

I will order a few and try them out. My dad used to eat kippered snacks in a can. He loved them. I wonder if they are similar?

[PJMcK]

2. Eating out

We’re meeting friends at a French restaurant on NYC’s West Side. It’s restaurant week in New York with many specials being offered.

After looking at the menu online, the Landlady(!) is going to have chicken liver pate, braised lamb shank with mashed potatoes, mushrooms and a port wine reduction followed by white chocolate gelato.

I’m going with escargot en croute followed by boeuf Bourguignon with mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach. Vanilla ice cream for dessert.

It all sounds deliciously decadent and we’ll probably order a bottle of Pinot Nour and pay far too much!

[elleng]

13. Mon DIEU, restaurant week in New York!!!

Tomorrow 'New Italian Restaurant La Vela' evening here, Solomons Island, MD, and I've 'insisted' we go; details tomorrow!

[PJMcK]

20. Sounds delicious!

Enjoy and share the experience.

[MissMillie]

3. soup & sammies

15 bean soup
grilled cheese and ham sandwiches


brownies for dessert

[AKwannabe]

24. Sounds

Wonderbar!

[hippywife]

4. Husband is warming up his own soup tonight.

I'm staying under the blankets with 3 pair of pants, three pair of socks and two kitties. 🐈🐈

[Runningdawg]

5. Green salad, dirty rice, cornbread and an orange

[AKwannabe]

25. Dirty👀. nt

[Runningdawg]

27. Maybe not popular in Alaska. But it is in the southern portion of the 48.

It's a rice dish with; onions, celery, garlic and (traditionally leftover) meat. There are as many different varieties as cooks. I put ground beef, bacon and chopped chicken liver in that last batch. But you can use anything, I have used venison, wild boar and duck, quail and rabbit in the past. You can find recipes on YouTube and Pinterest.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Pizza with mushers and broccoli

I've taken to the quickest of crusts. Don't roll, just make it into crumbly lumps and press it down. It's about the consistency of those quick cook biscuit dough in a can. It works ok if the temp is high enough - 410.

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. Store-bought crab cakes

and Rice-A-Roni "four cheese"

[Yonnie3]

10. bean soup

I made a pot of beans from some ham stock in the freezer marked "strong." It is very tangy. Next time I'll believe my note and use half the bag.

We had sandwiches with deli meats. I chose a simple roast beef and lettuce on whole wheat and TJ had something fancier.

FLFC had some of the ham from the soup, bits of the deli meat and a mini-burger made just for him with 85% lean ground chuck I found at the little butcher at less than $2 a pound (day old). He loves a fresh cooked meal. He had some of his Temptations treats afterward.

Here is a video of him in mid-December enjoying those treats.

Link to tweet

[AKwannabe]

26. Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Super cute. FLFC!!!!!

[Auggie]

11. Roasted sheet pan veggies ...

odds and ends from the fridge

[Tetrachloride]

12. Tangerines, dates, milk, juice

[gibraltar72]

14. Hamburger steaks and Syracuse salt potatoes

[Nanuke]

15. Pan fried Walleye, baked potato, Waldorf salad (apple, celery and pecans)

[MontanaMama]

17. Walleye is the BEST!

Such a treat when my guys bring it home from a fishing trip.

[MontanaMama]

18. Sweet and sticky chicken thighs pan fried and

finished in the oven. Garlic smashed potatoes. Alton Brown’s oven roasted broccoli which is my go to broccoli recipe in the winter.

[Retrograde]

22. Leftovers

the ma po tofu from the other day (not bad, if I do say so myself), and left-over pulled pork marinated in orange juice and stir-fried with slivered orange peel, onions, and snow peas. And rice.

[Marthe48]

23. Missed you on Fri 2/4

Hope you are ok, and maybe just the snow/ice storm interfered.