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26 August 2009

What was Dinner? Well, c'mon, what did you have, no lying.
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I am cooking roast lamb, fat cut off, marinaded in coconut and paprika and sesame oil, served with cauliflower fried in garlic. This is to make up for the fact that all I had to eat today was an Onion Bagel, a Roll with butter and cheese (good cheese! Chome! Oh I love it so, with added poppy seeds), a handful of dried soybeans and "french red fruits", and like two bottles of wine and a gallon of coffee. I'll let you know how it went.

post by: The Whelk at: 19:57 | 41 comments

I had a torta and a taco at La Esquina. The taco was a little spicy for my taste. I also had rice pudding from Rice to Riches- cheesecake with cherry topping.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 August | 20:04

Macaroni and cheese. But tomorrow we'll have fresh pork picnic made into pulled pork via my crockpot!!

posted by redvixen 26 August | 20:06

Chaumes, sorry.

God, I'll never learn french at this rate.

posted by The Whelk 26 August | 20:11

Shrimp tortellini with marinara and feta green beans with dill.

posted by LoriFLA 26 August | 20:12

Actually all my favorite traditional European dishes seem to be Monastery-inspired. Chesse, bread, ale, onion. I was a monk in another life, I suppose.

posted by The Whelk 26 August | 20:12

Food I made over the weekend reheated since I hate having to think after getting home from work: rice ball with a cheese middle, chicken and cheese baked ball, roasted green beans, salad, and milk.

And just before I made dinner, I taste-tested a white chocolate cream cheese muffin fresh from the oven. (And by taste-tested, nomming greedily since it was so tasty.)

posted by sperose 26 August | 20:15

french bread pizza.
I just got out of class and have homework, so no time to cook tonight.

posted by kellydamnit 26 August | 20:26

We had vegetable beef soup made with all the veggies I got this past weekend at the big Madison WI farmers market. Along with toasted sourdough bread, also from the farmers market. Then this afternoon I made some apple chips. It was really easy ... take a couple of Granny Smith apples, slice them with a mandolin, toss well in a mixture of sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, and bake in a low oven for 2 hours, turning every 30 minutes. Delicious. Plus it made the house smell divine. It was sort of a chilly rainy day here so we had a rather fall-like dinner.

posted by Kangaroo 26 August | 20:28

Oh Sperose, your baking stuff always makes me want to want to break out the flour before I realize I don't have that kind of patience or exactness. I am a student of the Big And Loud school of cooking. I do a lot of frying and nearly raw steaks and stir-fries and tempura and the only time I bake is yorkshire puddings.

posted by The Whelk 26 August | 20:31

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Baby Back Ribs !!

posted by rollick 26 August | 20:35

(almost) kyckling med blandad svamp

posted by gomichild 26 August | 20:46

Turkey sandwich on wheat (lettuce, onion, pepper jack, horseradish mustard) and a fancy dulce de leche cupcake (it was a coworker's birthday today).

posted by box 26 August | 20:56

Still at camp and tonight was Thanksgiving dinner so the kids had turkey, cranberry, stuffing, and potatoes. As a veggie, my meal was a black bean, squash, and tofu mixture.
I went on one of the trips to the farm today with the oldest girls, and it was really fun. We picked squash and brought back a bunch of delicious sungold tomatoes which we demolished on the car ride back.

posted by rmless2 26 August | 21:01

Leftover couscous with sweet caramelized onions, sautéed with raisins and garbanzo beans in a cinnamon honey sauce topped with toasted almonds from the place across the street.

posted by crush-onastick 26 August | 21:13

I had a party earlier this month where I made about a metric ton of chicken satay. I had a lot of marinated chix left that I never grilled, so I chucked it in the freezer. Tonight I pulled it out and grilled it up, and put it on top of some steamed jasmine rice and some sauteed peppers, onions, carrots, and mushrooms with lime juice and soy. Not at all bad for 'leftovers' if I do say so myself!

posted by Miko 26 August | 21:15

Bubble tea, since I had pho for lunch and their "small" was still pretty damn big.

Maybe I'll go snack on leftover roast chicken later.

posted by casarkos 26 August | 21:16

An egg sandwich and a handful of pretzels. My cooking skills and eating habits seem to have degraded twenty years back to college. Since my son's out of high-school and my wife tends to work until 7 or 8, it's usually just me for dinner and cooking for one is boring.

posted by octothorpe 26 August | 21:26

A couple of biscuits fresh from the oven with honey; a glass of milk.

no lying.

Oh, in that case: five biscuits fresh from the oven, one with honey; a glass of milk.

posted by Elsa 26 August | 21:30

I mostly cook for one, octo, and I like making things like stews and gumbos and chilis--the kind of stuff that tastes better after a few days in the fridge. I also really dig stopping at the store on the way home from work and buying something fresh (sea creatures, usually) to cook for dinner.

posted by box 26 August | 21:37

Basmati with mixed veggies, onion, sea salt, pepper and aproximately 453 pounds of real butter.

It were delish.

I also cook for one the way box does, especially things I can easily freeze (and later nuke)in one-meal portions. My fresh-food stop right now is a local farmer's stand, gorgeously good.

Thanks Kangaroo, for the apple chip recipe - I just added it to my list of snacks to make immediately.

posted by faineant 26 August | 22:00

I ordered pizza with red peppers, spinach, and pineapple. It was yummy.

posted by occhiblu 26 August | 22:02

Half a souvlaki and too many pints.

posted by pompomtom 26 August | 22:15

the lamb was a bit overdone and the veggies a little overcooked with a little too much heat.

But pretty solid and pretty okay and pretty nice.

posted by The Whelk 26 August | 22:39

Pizza and bacon and pineapple is just ...heavenly.

posted by The Whelk 26 August | 22:41

Bo xao dau que, bun tom xao, and a ca phe sua da.

posted by Hugh Janus 26 August | 22:48

Tuna salad on pumpernickel. Not too exciting, but very yummy.

posted by amyms 26 August | 22:48

Cheese ravioli with tossed with pesto, and french bread to wipe out the bowl.

posted by lilywing13 26 August | 22:58

Pasta shells stuffed with ricotta, sausage, and spinach.

posted by rhapsodie 27 August | 00:41

Spaghetti and Campbell's Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (with Tabasco).

posted by TheophileEscargot 27 August | 00:45

I just ate sliced summer squash (from the garden) roasted with a mash of Rogue Creamery blue cheese, butter, and dijon dotted throughout. At 12:30am. That's still dinner time, right?

posted by birdie 27 August | 02:40

It's dinner time here in Japan.

Remember - it's always dinner time somewhere!

posted by gomichild 27 August | 04:30

Stir fry beef in XO sauce with broccolini and cauliflower. And a side of jasmine rice.

posted by ninazer0 27 August | 04:48

Locally-caught Alaskan halibut coated in sour cream and dill and roasted in the oven.

posted by D.C. 27 August | 05:07

Roasted cabbage dish with caraway seeds and big sausage balls with chili flakes and lemon zest. Deeeee-licious! And potatoes with garlic. And a big glass or three of red wine.

posted by Specklet 27 August | 05:15

Fried noodles. I've gotten (gotten? more like "continue to be") really lazy about cooking. Shame, because I like cooking a lot.

posted by Stewriffic 27 August | 05:29

faineant - bake at 200 and when you take them out they'll be a little soft but they'll firm up as the sugar dries.

posted by Kangaroo 27 August | 07:26

Whelk--I'm not nearly as exact as I probably should be either. I half-ass lots of things but they always seem to come out tasty. I guess the cooking gene skipped a generation in my family.

posted by sperose 27 August | 08:33

I made a quesadilla because I was tired after the last day of my insane 100-km-each-way commute, and I am eating it in bed. And I don't feel bad AT ALL.

posted by mdonley 27 August | 16:14

Manwich. Makes a great meal.

And tater tots. It's like being back in grammar school.

posted by Pips 27 August | 16:25

Last night's dinner was poutine from A&W. Neither the mister or I were very hungry and it's something easy to eat whilst lounging in one's motel room.

posted by deborah 27 August | 18:00

Thanks, Kangaroo!

posted by faineant 27 August | 22:03

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