2024 What's for Dinner Tonight?

[chiver78]

tonight I'll be frying some turkey breast cutlets and having turkey Milanese with roasted broccolini. there's 5 or 6 cutlets in the package, and I'll make some mashed potatoes tomorrow to have with some of the leftovers. we're expecting measurable snow tomorrow for the first time in 2y here in my corner of the state, so comfort food is definitely welcome haha. 

with the 1 BSCB I'll be saving from the family packs, I'll do either chicken piccata or chicken Lombardy later this week. I have what I need for both options. those will go well with either mashed or pasta, as needed. 

ETA: nevermind. I'm still nowhere near hungry, and may heat up a can of soup later. I'll do up the cutlets tomorrow when I'm snowbound lol...

[soupandstew]

Feb 12, 2024 15:09:19 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

tonight I'll be frying some turkey breast cutlets and having turkey Milanese with roasted broccolini. there's 5 or 6 cutlets in the package, and I'll make some mashed potatoes tomorrow to have with some of the leftovers. we're expecting measurable snow tomorrow for the first time in 2y here in my corner of the state, so comfort food is definitely welcome haha. 

with the 1 BSCB I'll be saving from the family packs, I'll do either chicken piccata or chicken Lombardy later this week. I have what I need for both options. those will go well with either mashed or pasta, as needed. 

ETA: nevermind. I'm still nowhere near hungry, and may heat up a can of soup later. I'll do up the cutlets tomorrow when I'm snowbound lol...

I've never seen turkey breast cutlets here - I would love those I think

[chiver78]

Feb 12, 2024 22:51:06 GMT -5 soupandstew said:

Feb 12, 2024 15:09:19 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

tonight I'll be frying some turkey breast cutlets and having turkey Milanese with roasted broccolini. there's 5 or 6 cutlets in the package, and I'll make some mashed potatoes tomorrow to have with some of the leftovers. we're expecting measurable snow tomorrow for the first time in 2y here in my corner of the state, so comfort food is definitely welcome haha. 

with the 1 BSCB I'll be saving from the family packs, I'll do either chicken piccata or chicken Lombardy later this week. I have what I need for both options. those will go well with either mashed or pasta, as needed. 

ETA: nevermind. I'm still nowhere near hungry, and may heat up a can of soup later. I'll do up the cutlets tomorrow when I'm snowbound lol...

I've never seen turkey breast cutlets here - I would love those I think

I find them in the poultry case at Walmart, with a Perdue label. that's the only place I've ever seen them pre-cut. 🤷‍♀️

[wvugurl26]

Tuesday night instant pot beef stroganoff. Good meal for a cold day.

Wednesday I need to see if DH cares about it being Ash Wednesday. Besides that something quick because I have a 5pm appointment.

I got 2 big packs of chicken Friday from Sam's. I need to instant pot some and freeze the rest.

[Iggy aka IG]

I poked around the fridge and back pantry in a continued effort to utilize things on hand.  I'm glad I did because I forgot about last month's block of mozzarella and finding it saved me $9 on this week's grocery shop.

Sunday, we had leftover pan fried noodles, shrimp and veggies with the salmon.  Yum.
Monday:  Air fryer ribs, oven roasted asparagus and zucchini
Tuesday:  Asada nachos with Fritos (from a party two weeks ago), Velveeta and cotija cheese (bought for the street corn casserole)
Wednesday:  Air fried chicken tenders on a bed of baby spinach, bacon wrapped asparagus
Thursday:  Leftovers OR noodles with spam (another back pantry "must use it NOW" find)
Friday:  Dinner out before a show
Saturday:  A dinner event
Sunday:  Grill/smoke something

[snapdragon]

Today is the last of the broccoli and cheddar quice. I also made up some tuna fish for sandwiches. 

Got veggies chopped up for snacking also.

[chiver78]

last night was a delicious and super easy dinner, and I've got leftover risotto for weekend eats. win-win! 

salmon, seasoned with garlic powder and rosemary, topped with a lemon slice and baked. "Milanese" arugula salad and a spinach/mushroom/pancetta IP risotto as sides. 

I have no idea what I'm doing tonight, but it may involve some shredded BSCB as I need to cook a package for the pups. I don't think I want to keep a full breast for myself, so I'll just swipe some after it's cooked. 

tomorrow will be a big grocery shop in the morning, if I can make a list at some point today. 

[soupandstew]

I've done a rough outline of this week's meals, subject to change depending on what the plumbers are doing and what access I have to the kitchen
Monday - Mini turkey meatloaves, steamed Romanesco
Tuesday - Baked boneless pork ribs, Brussels sprouts
Wednesday - Bay scallops with lemon, garlic and capers over angel hair pasta
Thursday - DH's day ?
Friday - Chicken teriyaki and rice
Saturday - Shrimp cocktail, crab cakes, potato salad from the deli?
Sunday - DH's day ?

[chiver78]

It's still f'ing freezing here today, so I decided to make a pot of Acadian chicken soup for the first time this season. I did a half batch, so however much soup you can picture for a pair of chicken leg quarters.      I'll have that for dinner tonight, and will be picking from it this week til it runs out. 

this morning's shopping trip netted some spinach and cremini mushrooms. there will be a pasta dinner with these at some point this week, if the open container of ricotta in the back of the fridge is still good. lol... if not, I'll figure out a substitute for the ricotta. 

past that, and the rest of Friday's risotto, idk what the week will bring. 

[Artemis Windsong]

Frozen breaded cod and french fries.  I made my own tarter sauce.  A neighbor said it's sweet relish with mayo that she makes.

[Iggy aka IG]

For Sunday brunch I made toads in the holes (the egg inside a hole in a slice of bread version) with leftover croissant toast.  SO good.  4 remaining slices of bacon and fresh blueberries were served as a side.

Last night I ended up cooking the noodles I didn't make Thursday and added a quarter of a bag of frozen veggies, leftover smoked salmon and sweet and sour sauce.  On the side were the remaining bag of frozen mini wontons.  The noodles are Ka'Me brand, and I do recommend.

Tonight:  Sheet pan oven roasted beef sausage, broccoli and yellow squash
Tues:  Cod with zoodles (spiraled zucchini) and mozzarella cheese stuffed portobellos
Wed:  Leftover beef what-ever-it-is from the freezer in a tortilla for DH and on top of sautéed spinach for me
Thurs:  Slow cooker teriyaki beef, air fried sweet potato fries
Fri:  Takeout
Sat:  Crab leg night w/ the neighbors with green beans and fried okra on the side.  We'll see what the kiddos think of the latter.
Sun:  Grill/smoke something, veggies

Yesterday evening instead of just lunch produce, I also prepared the zoodles, broccoli and squash.  Efficient, and I can give scraps to the neighbors for their goats, aka Goat Goodies, all at once.  

[Iggy aka IG]

Feb 18, 2024 21:02:49 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

Frozen breaded cod and french fries.  I made my own tarter sauce.  A neighbor said it's sweet relish with mayo that she makes.

Artemis Windsong thank you for this reminder.  DH loves my homemade tartar sauce.  I added it to tomorrow night's menu.  

[chiver78]

tonight was leftover chicken soup while I cooked off 6lbs of ground beef and chopped kale for the freezer stash of pup food prep.

I did find a package of chicken breast tenders in the freezer yesterday and pulled it out to thaw. it's from a BJs sized family pack, and IIRC, there's 5 or 6 tenders in the vacuum pack. I will say one of these tenders has been earmarked for a chicken cheesesteak this week, as I picked up a D'Angelo's baguette on Sunday. it might be brunch, it might be dinner. 🤷‍♀️ but, I now have some chicken to go with whatever comes of the spinach and mushrooms this week.

[snapdragon]

Chicken and brown rice soup for dinner tonight.

[Iggy aka IG]

Per my suggestion, Friday DH picked up a dozen tamales from a local supermercado.  Instead of grilling something, he had some last night for supper.  I was tired from making the lasagna and stuffed shells for the freezer, and full from sampling said pasta, so I didn't eat.  This week:

Tonight:  John Wayne casserole (I browned the ground beef during yesterday's meal prep, and I'll use almond flour as the base), air fryer eggplant fries
Tues:  The remaining frozen eggrolls, and the last package of noodles with portobellos and shrimp
Wed:  Salmon, shrimp cocktail, sauteed zucchini and yellow squash
Thurs:  Slow cooker English cut beef, veggies
Fri:  Takeout
Sat:  Maybe a sleepover with the neighbor kiddos?  So, maybe spaghetti and meatballs?  We'll see what mood everyone is in.
Sun:  Grilled/smoked something

[chiver78]

yesterday, I cooked a ~4lb pork "picnic roast" in the crockpot with a carnitas dry rub and a little bit of orange juice for the cooking liquid. I shredded that last night and had some tacos for dinner. tonight I'm building this carnitas casserole that's basically a lasagna. I'll have that to pick from this week, lunch or dinner. 

tomorrow night, M booked a space at a country club restaurant for a bunch of us to get together for mooch's 50th birthday. he has no idea of the surprise, I was talking to him earlier today. 

past that, 

[wvugurl26]

I made the black bean pulled chicken last week. That was about it as I was tired of cooking and gone the earlier part of the week

This week so far Monday night sheet pan dinner with roasted veggies and chicken sausage.

Tuesday taco salads.

After that I don't know. I need to start putting a dent in the dozen roasts in my freezer.

[chiver78]

heh, country club restaurant was a concession stand in a building with a liquor license. 😂 I grabbed a couple peanut butter cookies M brought from a local grocery store, and cooked off a black bean burger when I got home. there's a reason I keep these in the freezer. 🤷‍♀️

[wvugurl26]

Wednesday night I cooked cube steak in the instant pot with mushrooms and onions. I made gravy after the steaks were cooked. I did mashed potatoes and green beans for sides.

The cube steak was a 4 pack so leftovers for Thursday. I made fresh mashed potatoes and broccoli for sides on Thursday.

The roasts are huge and we are leaving for the weekend. And it can't be eaten on Friday because of Lent.

I'm winging it for Friday. Maybe someone will invite us to dinner.

[chiver78]

I just saw a package of "cube steak" in the case at Aldi on a pup run. it wasn't cubes. am I missing something? 


yesterday was strange for grabbing food where I could, and by the time I got home I wasn't terribly hungry. I cut a half portion of carnitas casserole and called it good. I even just nuked it, I was done. I had another small piece this morning under a delicious dippy egg. there's one more solid portion left in the pan. if I get to it, great. if not, that's fine too. 

tonight, I'm going to toss a package of fresh tri-color tortellini in a cream sauce with peas & pancetta. I'm going to plan out next week as I make my grocery list for tomorrow, and just wing it til Sunday. 

[wvugurl26]

Apparently the term cube refers to the pattern left by the meat tenderizer according to wiki.

DH is having salmon and some sides. Likely Mac and cheese.

I'm having the rest of the taco salad stuff.

[chiver78]

oh, interesting. thanks! I just learned something. 

[busymom]

I'm making pasta & sauce tonight.  Most likely we'll have a bit of garlic bread with it too.  

[chiver78]

when I made my grocery list this morning (I'm shopping tomorrow am) there wasn't much on sale for proteins. so I pulled two pork chops from the freezer, that I figure will be thawed out tomorrow night. if not, they can hang out til Monday. I froze them with a lot of time left on the sell-by date. 

on my Walmart run this morning, I grabbed a small package of thin-sliced chicken breast. maybe $5? I'm debating making chicken piccata tonight. if not, tomorrow and I'll bake off a store-bought chicken pot pie instead. it's not that I'm tired or lazy, but my kitchen is absolutely spotless right now haha 

ETA - I went with the pot pie, and I'll absolutely do this again! there's a local brand that does pot pie, shepherds pie, and they are found in the cold case at stores. well, the basic chicken pie has peas and carrots. the version I prefer has peas, carrots, pearl onions, broccoli florets and I think(?) diced potato. but with all of the veggies, there's fewer peas/carrots and way less waste as I'm picking out the nasty carrots. 🤢

well, tonight, I chopped some broccoli and tiny potatoes and threw them on the sheet pan with the pot pie. poured that into a bowl before lifting the top crust to pick out the nasty carrots. I poured the rest of the pot pie over the top and added the crust. the best thing? I got to add tasty seasonings to the veggies I chopped. made the whole thing WAY better.

[countrygirl2]

We had odds and ends tonight. DD had spaghetti with the leftover meat sauce and mixed cheeses plus a soda.

Hubs had the same but also a couple of cheese stuffed sausages and an avocado. He likes to eat them just out of the peeling with a spoon and a slice of colby cheese. Then he had a glass of grape juice.

I had a sweet potato, slice of pepper loaf, slice of cheese, and grape juice, now some orange juice.

Going to make us some vanilla pudding for a snack, it's easy.

So that cleared out food items from the fridge. I'm pitching the rest of the barbecue, we had it long enough.

Tomorrow night hope to use the rest of the baked turkey roast and make noodles with it and a veggie of some type or mashed potatoes again. Then we will be ready to start cooking some different foods again.

I threw some meat away that had been in the freezer forever, just didn't think it would be very tasty.

[soupandstew]

Now that my plumbing is working again, I can actually plan meals!

Monday - Leftover pork tenderloin from the freezer, with diced rutabaga
Tuesday - Shrimp cocktail, crab cakes and green beans
Wednesday - Kielbasa and stewed cabbage
Thursday - DH's night - baked chicken thighs and polenta
Friday - Chicken Italian sausages with pasta 
Saturday - Baked pork ribs and acorn squash
Sunday - DH's night - smoked gouda, salami, Italian bread, hummus and crackers (all left over from last week)

[snapdragon]

The last few days have been soft tacos. I will plan for that as lunch. 

Dinner is going to be HN dogs. 

Tomorrow I believe will be a quiche and chicken tortilla soup.

Need to chop some veggies for snacking.

[Iggy aka IG]

I just came in from shoveling snow.  Y'all made me hungry!  

Last night:  Slow cooked English cut locally raised roast, air fryer sweet potato fries
Tonight:  Cod, shrimp, fried okra
Tues:  Tacos with locally raised ground beef, riced cauliflower, regular rice, veggies
Wed:  One pan sliced beef sausage, mixed veggies from the freezer
Thurs:  The other half of the thawed ground beef for smash burgers, green beans
Fri:  Leftovers
Sat:  Dinner and a show with client friends
Sun:  Unsure

Boy, I can tell we are running low on fresh produce, and as far as chicken goes, only canned is on hand.  It's going to be a large grocery pickup this month.

[chiver78]

snow?! I moved my snowblower back into the shed this weekend. we're gonna see 50s this week, but rainy. that's a bummer, but I think <knocks wood> we're done with winter here at the coast. maybe not inland, but I think I'm clear. not safe enough that I'm gonna start up the snowblower and burn off the last of the gas just yet, but close.    

last night, the pork chops I pulled to thaw were fully thawed. I also wasn't thrilled about the idea of actively cooking haha. so last night, I crusted the chops with Penzeys Northwoods and seared them in a Dutch oven. paired with roasted broccoli and mashed potatoes. I made a family-sized batch of mashed, that I'll pick from this week. there's no garlic, so I can share wtih the pups when the current rice stash runs out as well. 

tonight - shortly, actually, it's already dinner for how early my day started today - I'm going to do a skillet of chicken piccata. the package of thin-sliced chicken breast is ~1lb. 

[Iggy aka IG]

chiver78, right?  We'd been having a very mild winter until this past Sunday.  There were threats of more snow this week, but we'll see.

I'm on a new quest which is to incorporate turmeric into meals because of its anti-inflammatory benefits.  I'm a low carber (for the most part) and I made this last night.  I was skeptical, but they are so tasty and moist which I'm sure had nothing to do with how much butter they contain, LOL.  I substituted cinnamon for cardamon because that's what I had on hand.  Keto Turmeric Bars

If anyone has any turmeric containing recipes, I'm all ears.  (I'm pretty good at converting regular recipes into low carb.)