So...whats for dinner?

Saltmarsh, thank you.

chisandy - yes, those ingredients are on the list for the Caulipower brand. When I bought it I was torn between two brands while standing in front of the freezer case, although now I don't remember what the other brand was - will have to check and see. My daughter did purchase the Quest pizzas when she was doing Keto, and she seemed to like them well enough - which is saying a lot because she is a pizza girl.

illimae - beautiful photo of the avo toast! DD's chickens were here briefly the other day in an airline crate. She had to relocate them temporarily to the barn where she keeps her horse because the house is being tented for termites. She was dropping off her little bird and an aquarium full of fish to stay here until they can go back in the house tomorrow night, and had to get the chickens out of the car so she could reach the bird cage. They must have been a little rattled by the car ride - or the confined space seems like the nesting box in their coop - because this was evening and when they arrived at the barn there were two eggs in the crate with the six chickens, lol!

Saltmarsh - thanks for the roll-up recipe. I'll have to try it next time since I'd already cooked my squash. I had found a recipe on line for Creamy Rotini with Zucchini,Tomato & Red Pepper & it was very good. As someone suggested in the comments, I added spinach also, in addition to doubling the zucchini. And I used 'casarecce' - a pasta I'd never tried before but had in the cupboard.

https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/creamy-rotini-w...

I ate a tasty spaghetti & meatballs meal from the freezer - extra portion I'd frozen before. Tomorrow will be Mexican black eyed peas w/sausage from the same source. Or maybe a large spinach salad. That leaves Chicken Cacciatore & one other dinner still frozen.

Sandi, It was encouraging to read you. Yesterday, I had extensive peridontal work to try to reattach cleaned gum tissue to roots of teeth 8,9,10. Toddler faced marvelous periodontist. Tonight we are going to Mon Ami Gabi. Last week friends went to Joes and Evelyn won 5x in scratch off points. Am very limited in what I can eat and can put no pressure on front teeth. Pleased to read about the gazpacho. Will also have baked goat cheese appetizer, chewing all on right side. DS and I eat dinner every Monday night and frequently go to Mas alla del Sol where I have the Queso fundido with Chihuahua cheese and poblanos.And tons of quac.

minus - I like cornbread stuffing, usually with T-Giv dinner but you could also do it with roast chicken. I crumble leftover cornbread and let it dry a bit and then put it in a gallon ziplock and stash it in the freezer for that later incarnation. I usually use spicy sausage and sometimes sautéed apples with it. My son has a good recipe that uses chorizo. Another use is making croutons with it - cube the leftovers, spread out on a baking sheet, spritz with olive oil and bake in a hot oven until crispy. During the pandemic lockdown I started making my own croutons with bread heels and the little weird slices at the end of the loaf - especially with the “everything” bread my local grocery store makes in their bakery. Or, feed the turtles, lol!

Dinner tonight was a burger and sweet potato waffle fries for DH, Greek salad for me.

Wrapped up the week in Maine with a dinner cooked by me, my brother, and his gf. We made pasta with doctored jarred sauce, Italian sausages and a steak on the grill, caramelized onions, garlic and kale sautéed with a splash of white wine, corn on the cob, a regular salad, and a salad made from fresh corn, black beans, chiles, cilantro, etc.

Came home completely brain-fried last night, but managed to pull it together enough to do two things:

I made a pot of garlic rice, and a pot of adzuki beans, and heated up some Campbell's tomato soup with oat milk for a half-healthy dinner.

And I contemplated a new strategy for meals in my house: What if I just make rice and beans every night for dinner? I won't get tired of them, because the combinations are endless and I'm a simple girl. And I can make stuff to go with them or add in veggies whenever I have the wherewithal. But basically, if my family want anything other than that, they are going to have to start prioritizing sharing meal responsibility. If I did this, I'd explain the plan to them in advance, because I don't believe in passive aggression. I've asked for them to participate and they mostly would rather not. So, that's okay, that's a choice. And they can keep making it if they want to. But I also am just tired of doing the mental and physical and time-consuming work of taking responsibility for their nutrition and gustatory satisfaction, and it seems silly when I'm doing it voluntarily, and they're able-bodied people who could learn to do this themselves.

Dinner tonight is 11 bean soup I pulled from my disaster box (rotating stock). I added leeks and kale, turned out great.

Yesterday for brunch I made a wrap with a CarbSense flour tortilla, surrounding a cheddar-jack flat, Little Gem lettuce, cucumber, radishes, tomato, and shaved red onion--didn't even need dressing, nor the egg I forgot to fry. Last night was leftover trout & green beans from Mon Ami Gabi, plus a char-grilled grass-fed Whole Foods beef hotdog on a keto bun with Creole mustard. Bob wasn't all that hungry because he'd gorged on cheddar cubes, so I reheated his leftover spinach and grilled him an ear of corn.

This morning we sat on Cellars' patio and I had my usual broccoli-cheddar quiche and a tossed salad. Their quiche is mile-high, practically a soufflé--so I don't even miss the crust (which I recall is also awesome). Gonna miss it! We went to 900 N. Mich indoor vertical mall for Bob's haircut, and stopped at Teuscher Swiss Chocolates to re-load our ultra-dark (77 & 88%) chocolate stash, plus champagne truffles for Bob. Hurried home because it was 94 degrees and we didn't want them to melt--that, plus only the first 3 hrs. of parking were free.

For dinner, I fired up the grill (in an increasing drizzle) and pan-seared the remaining sable fish (Pacific black cod). Indoors, I tossed yellow squash zoodles with olive oil, home-grown parsley (curly & flat), salt and dried herbes de Provence. Also made a Caprese from a home-grown tomato almost too ripe to eat, fresh mozzarella (domestic cow, not Bufala), and home-grown basil. Will enjoy a piece of that 88% chocolate in a bit.

Tonight is grilled pork chops, sautéed cabbage with onions and garlic, steamed spinach and yellow squash and a piece of garlic sourdough bread.

eric - bummer, but better to be safe! Sorry your dinner came with a show...

Dinner last night was creamy chicken noddle soup and grilled cheese made with smoked provolone and flatbread. We had very bad rain with lots of thunder/lightning so I spent most of the afternoon trying to convince the dog that the world was not, in fact, ending.

eric - our dog (old man - 14.5 years old) doesn't bark at thunder and lightning - of which we have an unending supply here in FL - only at squirrels, and only when they get on the pool enclosure. Apparently that is the signal that they plan to take over the world and we must be alerted. I feel so bad when it storms violently here, lately every day, because he shakes so hard it is almost like convulsions. I try to explain to him that the storm has never "gotten" him and he is safe in the house with me, but that falls on deaf ears. Or, at least, hard of hearing ears. Maybe he needs a Zoom meeting with your dogs so they can explain that the barking works?

Dinner tonight will be brats, red skinned mashed potatoes, and roasted carrots.

Tonight is sautéed shrimp, a mixed seafood crab cake with a mango peach salsa and yellow squash parmesan “veggetti”.

Dinner last night was a chicken enchilada hot dish or casserole. Instead of making the individual enchiladas, I layered the ingredients in an aluminum foil pan and heated the dish in the outdoor grill "oven." It didn't pass the appearance test when served but tasted good. Side was guacamole.

Tonight will be chicken breasts marinated in Italian dressing, rice and a veggie

Nance & Lacey: Haven't seen either of you in a couple of weeks. Hope everything is OK.

Today's meal was a large green salad with chicken & ranch dressing. I made a large fruit salad this evening to sit in the fridge overnight so the flavor's meld - oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple, queen Anne cherries, sour cream, coconut, mini marshmallows. Boiled rice to cool overnight for fried rice. Will do something with my leftover Waygu beef patty and beef stock from the freezer & fresh mushrooms. Or maybe just sauteed mushrooms in a cream sauce over pasta?