What's for Dinner, Sat., July 1, 2023

[NJCher]

Stir fry vegetables with ginger-scallion-sesame tofu cubes.

I'm using my favorite Chinese brown sauce recipe for the stir fry.

Passion fruit tangerine kombucha.

I found out today I've been paying tax on kombucha. In NJ we don't pay sales tax on groceries. Well, I consider kombucha a grocery item. So now I'm mad about all the sales tax I paid, not to mention all the bottles that while I recycled, is still not very environmentally conscious. Grrr. Guess I'll think about making my own or kicking the habit.

Dessert: blueberry shortcake (made with almond flour). Cold decaf.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Leftovers

Stuff left from my birthday dinner

BBQ ribs
Potato salad
Tossed salad
Key Lime Pie for dessert

[mike_c]

2. pizza on the grill

I've got to break in a new stone.

[chillfactor]

3. air fryer pork chop with yummy seasonings

garlic mashed potatoes and Chessy steamed broccoli.

[Nanuke]

4. Wild caught sockeye salmon on the grill

Kabobs of: new potatoes, bell peppers, red onion, zuchini, mushrooms and cutie tomatoes
Fresh chilled watermelon for dessert

[Yonnie3]

5. Takeout Chinese

TJ ordered several items

I had an egg roll, some Hunan beef with veggies and and a couple of items from a pu pu platter.

I think she had egg drop soup and the beef and veggies plus cheese wontons from the pu pu platter

[Cairycat]

6. Spaghetti with clam sauce

and some broccoli from the Farmers Market

Husband said I should make it again ... was pretty good.
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/spaghetti_with_clams/

[Retrograde]

7. Greek influence today

Marinated lamb skewers cooked outside since it's too hot to heat up the oven. For sides, I made a tomato/cucumber/onion salad, hummus, and taramasalata - which is surprisingly easy to make if you can find the roe!

[NJCher]

8. looked up a recipe for

taramasalata

Bet that was good!

I had some years ago and recall how much I liked it.

[Retrograde]

9. A lot of recipes use potatoes

but I use stale sourdough instead. It's bread, roe, onion, lemon juice whipped to a paste; olive oil is then slowly added until it has the consistency of mayonnaise (which it is, in fact, related to).

The hard part is finding the roe. There's a European grocery near me that specializes in items from Poland and south, so that's where I go for my fixes of stuff that my grandmother made. Lots of pickles!

[NJCher]

10. I love to seek out places like that

I have had an itch to go to my favorite Polish deli lately. Might even go early next week.. This will be one of my items to see if they have in stock. 30” drive though.