What's for Dinner, Sun., April 12, 2026

[NJCher]

Crackers with garlic rosemary dip.

Cup of vegetable soup, tomato-based, with carrots, rutabaga, onions, garlic, and celery. Chickpeas. Grated hard Italian cheese over the top.

Slice of turkey meatloaf with caramelized onions. Extra spicy glaze.

Kombucha, unflavored.

Dessert: vanilla ice cream with banana slices and caramel syrup. Toasted cashews.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Rice and gravy

We get to eat meat again!

Roast chicken
Rice and gravy
Salad with choice of dressing

Didn't get around to making dessert yesterday, so I'll probably just have ice cream.

[SheltieLover]

5. Sounds yummy!

[slightlv]

2. Tonight the grandson is taking over the cooking..

he's making Taco cups... that'll be interesting! But because he's honed in on one aspect of dinner (namely, the taco cups) I went to the store to get the makings for spanish rice and refried beans to make it a more balanced meal. Trying to teach this kid about food groupings, carbs vs proteins, and how colors, spices, and herbs can come into play when cooking. I'm even creating a cookbook just for him. Hea, it's the same method I used to teach his Grandpa to use a computer and specific software!

Tuesday, the temp here is suppose to be almost 90 degrees. Wow! So... I decided it was time to break out a deep summer dish. I'll pick up a rotisserie chicken, shred it, mix it with a lot of good salad fixings and mix all that together with rotini pasta. Add a good bread, and it'll be a satisfying meal with not a lot of heat in the kitchen.

Meanwhile, we've been going bonkers on baking cookies... chocolate chip and iced sugar cookies. So, we'll have plenty of those for desserts (I hope there'll be plenty left, anyway!)

[SheltieLover]

6. Tacos, chicken salad, & cookies sound great!

Enjoy!

[Emile]

3. Doctored up frozen pizza. Toss

salad with honey mustard dressing.

Good Evening

[SheltieLover]

4. Sounds delic, Cher!

Thinking about ordering a pizza.

Enjoy!

[Yonnie3]

7. Leftovers

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Mustard greens
Brussels sprouts
Stuffing with gravy
Lemon honey drop tea

TJ is leaving shortly for work
Ducky was running around bouncing and catching (mostly) a ball, but now he is quiet and unseen.

[Morbius]

8. Slow cooker (frozen) Swedish meatballs.

Over egg noodles, with steamed broccoli on the side. Cooked them for eight hours; came out moist and tender. Wife was quite happy.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Roast boneless leg of lamb* with

braised cabbage in a sauce of shallot, garlic, chicken stock, Parmesan, and Gruyere.

Fabulous

* I started late and cut a corner by sprinkling rosemary salt instead of chopping fresh.

[chowmama]

10. Korean chicken wings

Not the fried ones from a takeout place, but a glazed grilled recipe. Also rice, kimchee and an Ethiopian vegetable mix of potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, and hot chili. Typically, DH didn't like the veg, but ate everything else. A carrot pudding (think steamed carrot cake) for dessert.

The glazed grilled Korean chicken was hard to find a recipe for, but I finally found it just a few years back. When I came to the Twin Cities in the 70s, I started exploring more interesting food than I was used to by going out once a month - all I could afford. There was a tiny Korean restaurant in a half storefront in St. Paul on Lexington, just north of the highway and just south of University. Everything had plenty of msg, because I always had the 'hatband' headache afterwards, but the food was terrific. The chicken pieces (I always chose dark meat) were grilled over charcoal. Soup and all the bon chon sides.

As far as I know, there wasn't another Korean restaurant in town at the time. Now they're all over, but none have this chicken. And I looked. For decades. I finally found it in a book at Half Price Books and didn't let go of it till I got it home.

I might be a little weird about food.