What's for Dinner, Wed., July 31, 2024

[NJCher]

I'm supposed to go out to dinner tonight at a Mediterranean restaurant that I love, but it's 87 here and probably climbing by the time to leave. I've had a call in to rearrange the time/date because I hate this heat.

Consequently, I think I'll make shrimpburgers tonight. I have a sauce I make for them that's really good: mayo, ginger, and sesame oil. All the trimmings, like lettuce, tomato, and thinly sliced onion. This is Whole Foods frozen Creole patties, which are really good.

The air fryer will keep the kitchen heat down.

Cassava chips to go with it.

Also I made a huge salad last night and it's still crispy/crunchy. I haven't had salad much because you can't buy a decent head of lettuce here to save your soul. Even though I seeded some a while back, it hasn't come up. Finally found some heads of baby romaine at ShopRite.

The salad has yellow zucchini slices, Vidalia, cucumber, celery, and cherry tomatoes. I also put in Parmesan cubes and green olives. Banana pepper rings, too. Caesar dressing and wonton strips for crunchiness.

Kombucha: cherry.

Dessert will be a frozen juice bar. Cherry, of course, my favorite flavor.

[elleng]

1. Sounds good.

Just had toasted 1/2 bagel w veg cream cheese and sliced tomato, iced decaf coffee.

Prolly lemon Italian Ice later.

[Emile]

2. Banquet pot pies and corn on the cob.

Neapolitan ice cream with a sprinkle of walnuts before bedtime.

Good Evening

[Luciferous]

3. Pulled pork sandwiches, fries, and

coleslaw. Dessert will probably be a sea salt caramel Yasso bar.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. I had to go to the dentist today

I'll spare you the details, but a filling he did Monday fell out yesterday so he had to replace it. Consequently, soft foods.

Chicken and fettucine with artichoke hearts and peas. That should do it,

Maybe some pistachio gelato for dessert if I feel up to it,

[AKwannabe]

5. I work tonight

Picking up some chili I’ve never had…
Slims Last Chance Texas Red over white cheddar grits. I hear it’s good.

[Marthe48]

6. I battered and fried thin slices of zucchini

It is too hot to eat much, but I wanted a little taste of summer.

I got a couple zucchinis at a farm market on the way home from Cleveland.

I make a thin batter using 1 egg, water, a little vegetable oil, flour, salt and baking powder. I like it to be the consistency of cream. I slice the squash really thin, then dip it in the batter and fry it in a skillet. I'll probably freeze the rest of the batter, otherwise it doesn't keep well. I can use it for onion rings, too. Although I won't

I had some ice cream before I had the zucchini.

[Emile]

7. If we were neighbors I would give you all the zucchini

you can eat.

[Marthe48]

8. And I would take them!

My daughter joined a farm co-op this year and she's given me several vegetables from her share

[NJCher]

10. picking zucchini when they are small

like no more than 5" long and 1" thick ends the problem of too much zucchini.

You will like it much better, too: it's much tastier than when picked larger.

[Emile]

11. Yes, we pick it when it's small too. We just have too big

of garden. Each year we say we'll scale down next year, but that never seems to happen. This year I tilled another small garden just for my popcorn. We enjoy giving away sweet corn, etc etc to friends. The older we get though, the harder it gets. Next year we'll scale down.

[NJCher]

14. how many zucchini

plants do you put in for the two of you?

[Emile]

15. At least three or four plants. They are planted along side of the spaghetti squash.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Small strip steaks, about 1/2 lb each

Ghee in very very hot cast iron pan. Pepper and homemade Adobo seasoning.

Browned both sides and then popped into 300 degree oven for less than four minutes for medium rare.

[happybird]

12. Red Beans and Rice

made with chopped jalapeño brauts and my homemade veggie stock.
Salad with ranch.
Sweet Tea.

For dessert: Dark Choc. Klondike bar. They aren’t as good as I expected them to be, but that certainly won’t stop me from eating them! Should have gotten the Mint Choc. Chip ones.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Shrimp Kabobs

I did the veggies & shrimp on separate skewers so I could get char on the "other" without overcooking the shrimp.
I marinated the shrimp for 2 hours in a mix of: soy sauce, lime juice, Sriracha, & coconut liqueur.
I put the mushrooms in the marinade, too.
The veggies skewers were, pineapple, cherry tomato, green pepper, onion, & the mushrooms. 2 of each on a skewerscame out really tasty. Thing is, I had to cook the shrimp on time, because the marinade made them so brown that I couldn't go by color change. If I do it again, I have to remember 4 minutes on each side!