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NJCher

(37,893 posts)
Mon Jul 10, 2023, 03:32 PM Jul 2023

What's for Dinner, Mon., July 10, 2023

The refrigerator cleanout and the mini-meals continue. So far I've made the following:

Cold turkey vegetable soup. Veggies are carrots, lotsa' garlic, which I sliced and lightly browned, turnip, spring onion, with julienned Swiss chard, just picked from the garden. Found a quarter of a bag of frozen butternut squash, so I put that in, too. I had a turkey breast which had been roasted, so all I had to do with that is cut into pieces.

On top, either shredded Swiss cheese (shredded a little square of that--buh bye!) or pesto (small amount left in a jar).

For subsequent servings I'll change it up with chopped dill.

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Another item I made was sliced ham on wheat crackers with herb-flavored mayo.

I'll make a beet-feta cheese salad later on with toasted pecans and black-seeded simpson lettuce.

--Most people hate cleaning out the frig, but I'm trying to think in terms of the benefits: consolidating space. Like I combined two bottles of cornichons. Benefit: more space.

--Finding unusual ingredients with which I can be creative. Not sure what I'll do with this pickled lemon, but something will emerge. So creativity is the second benefit.

--You have to have lunch or dinner anyway, so why not use up what you've got? Benefit: less food waste.

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What's for Dinner, Mon., July 10, 2023 (Original Post) NJCher Jul 2023 OP
Chickpea curry, broccoli slaw. applegrove Jul 2023 #1
Baked trout... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #2
Cheeseburger and a slice of leftover pizza. Emile Jul 2023 #3
Cobb Salad no_hypocrisy Jul 2023 #4
Grilled Cod With A Lemon Buerre Blanc ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #5
noodles and sushi for me mike_c Jul 2023 #6
The other half of the pizza Retrograde Jul 2023 #7

2naSalit

(92,730 posts)
2. Baked trout...
Mon Jul 10, 2023, 04:11 PM
Jul 2023

Brushed with pumpkin seed oil, steamed broccoli crowns, baked sweet potato slices, green salad w/avocado, nectarine, scallions and lettuce -balsamic vinaigrette.

ProfessorGAC

(69,898 posts)
5. Grilled Cod With A Lemon Buerre Blanc
Mon Jul 10, 2023, 07:06 PM
Jul 2023

Crispy sliced potatoes with shallots, garlic & crispy bacon.
Never grilled cod before. Was pretty straightforward. I was worried about the fish flaking when it got fully cooked, but that didn't happen.
My wife enjoyed it.

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