What's for Dinner, Wed., July 16, 2025

[NJCher]

Salad: mixture of baby romaine and iceburg with chopped turkey bacon, celery, scallion; French dressing. Cheddar cheese cubes and chia seed sprinkled over.

Maryland crab cakes with sauce, which has mayo, ginger and sesame oil.

Cherry kombucha.

Dessert: cheese Danish and Earl Grey tea.

[BOSSHOG]

1. Egg Drop Soup for medicinal purposes

And a shot of blackberry brandy afterward.

[applegrove]

2. Pico de gallo mixed with cottage cheese, cucumbers

and crackers.

[Nanuke]

3. Oooh. That sounds delicious. Going to try it.

[applegrove]

4. I haven't tried it yet but thought of it the other day because I had the ingredients.

I'll let you know how good it is.

[BOSSHOG]

8. Sounds great

My Sister in Law gave us some homegrown cucumbers yesterday.

[applegrove]

9. I have baby cukes.

[justaprogressive]

5. Maryland crab cakes!

Lucky you!

Enjoy!

[Marthe48]

6. Chicken and vegs with tika masala

I made some rice. Also made cucumber kimchi, which turned out pretty good. Refreshing.

[SheltieLover]

7. Leftover birthday pizza, of course.

[Marthe48]

10. Are you heating the pizza over a candle?

Or is your power back on?

[SheltieLover]

11. No. LOL

Power came back on, thankfully. Need AC in this ridiculously hot humid climate!

[Marthe48]

13. Glad you have power

I have a/c, but sometimes it isn't enough. My daughter got me a neck fan last year, with a charger. It helps a lot and runs a long time on a full charge.

[SheltieLover]

14. I have a ductless mini split inverter unit

Kees my house meat locker cold.

Also a solar reflective roof which reflecrs 20% of the heat.

And an aluminum radiant barrier in attic.

I detest heat. Lol

[NJCher]

15. I never heard of half those words

But I am impressed either way your coolinary prowess.

Could you be convinced to take a consulting job in NJ?

[SheltieLover]

16. Haha! Not me, Gs is an HVAC genius

[SheltieLover]

17. Roof is amazing. It also pulls pollution from air & changes it to water soluable ions

Had to look that up. Lol

Here is link that explains it:

https://www.atlasroofing.com/asphalt-life/improving-air-quality-one-roof-at-a-time

No financial interest in Atlas or any other roofing company. Only sharing info.

And it only cost about $4k more than regular shingles.

The foil radiant barrier was dirt cheap. I think I paid about $130 for a roll of foil that was almost big e ough to do my entire house.

[NJCher]

18. Your information comes just in time

Because I have roofers checking my roof and cleaning my gutters right this minute. I am going to ask about this!

[SheltieLover]

20. It's Atlas Pinnacle Pristine. Cool sand has the highest reflective rate of 20%

Good up to 130 mph, 50 yr warranty. And 3M Scotchgard protects against staining.

Call Atlas & talk to them. They will put a rech person on the phone to chat with you.

Try that with GAF roofing, Atlas's major competitor. Fucking dismissive pricks!

I've had my roof for a few yrs & absolutely love it!

Wtf do people put dark colored roofs on their homes?

This roof will not lower your ins rate because the "impact" rating is just under what ins cos are looking for. All that said, we typically have at least one and often several violent storms / week & the roof is intact & looking gorgeous.

The project mgr lives in my neighborhood * I literally tell him how much I love it & thank him every time I see him.

[NJCher]

19. checked out the foil radiant barrier

but I see it goes on the inside. My attic is already finished off. Ratz. Sounds like a good product.

[SheltieLover]

21. It is wonderful!

Can't tell you how much these products have saved me on electric because they kerp raising rates. I will ask gs to calculate it for you & pm you.

I can tell you my entire elect, water, sewer, garbage, etc. bill has never bee over $230 & I keep my thermostst at 62F due to constant power outages & I cannot tolerate heat. I get very sick in minutes.

Call Atlas & talk to them. Ask them for a certified contractor.

[La Coliniere]

12. Green Beans, Crispy Tofu and Pasta

Last edited Wed Jul 16, 2025, 08:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Steam-fried in evoo and veggie broth: chopped onion, orange bell pepper, cut fresh Romano beans (flat green beans) and minced garlic. When done I added air-fried crispy tofu, sliced cremini mushrooms, red pepper flakes and a dollop of Miyoko’s butter. Served over red lentil rotini with a good helping of TJ’s vegan parmesan on top. Cheers! 🥂