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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby bacteriadance on Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:22 pm

Brown rice, kamut, red/black/white mixed quinoa cooked in water with nettles, drained and mixed with fresh chopped parsley, cilantro, soy sauce, and butter. Dessert, rhubarb cooked down in honey!

IT'S SO GOOD!

It will likely be lunch or dinner tomorrow, too.
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby bacteriadance on Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:54 pm

^^Had that mixed with some hummus and pesto the next day, and it was even more awesome.

MADE THE MOST DELICIOUS DINNER EVER TONIGHT: SPENT GRAIN PIZZA!

I used this recipe for the dough (http://brooklynbrewshop.com/themash/rec ... zza-dough/), added tons of chopped garlic and fresh dill to the savory dough, made a normal dough (used coconut oil for the oil though) for the dessert pizza. Savory pizza was half feta, olives, kale, mustard greens, mescalin, basil pesto, cayenne pepper; half skirt steak marinated in lime juice/black pepper/salt, kale, mustard greens, mescalin, and aged gouda. Dessert pizza was honey, fresh apricots, fresh nectarines (made sauce from cooking down these 3 previous ingredients), raw rhubarb, fresh black cherries, and almonds. Yeah, they were all amazing, although next time I'm going to make the dessert pizza dough thinner, because it tasted better that way (comparing to savory, which had a cracker-thin crust).

Ate my dinner with a homebrew! I love making my own beer...
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby tague on Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:33 pm

Smoked pork loin, Hasselback potatoes, and spinach, pear, and roasted veggie salad.
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby bacteriadance on Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:27 pm

I was super tired, as were my roommates, so we had leftover pizza with cooked oysters (family recipe), homemade guacamole, tortilla chips, raspberries, chocolate-walnut cookies... It was an odd mix, but delicious and fun in the end. I'm vowing to only eat one meal with grains/wheat tomorrow!
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby poorandweird on Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:39 pm

tague wrote:Smoked pork loin, Hasselback potatoes, and spinach, pear, and roasted veggie salad.


Damn this salad sounds good
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby MooMooMonster on Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:13 pm

Living in a place where I can get delicious fresh produce and groceries conveniently FINALLY I have been making yummy and simple dinners.


Capellini with meaty tomato sauce.
Chicken, red pepper, onion, and mushroom stirfry over rice.
Sauteed chicken and zucchini.

Thinking I'll make some italian sausage pasta with cannellini tomorrow.

And thus far I am kind of staying within my budget... :P
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby bacteriadance on Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:25 am

CHICKEN SALAD! Yum!

Chicken breasts
Chia seeds
Any seasonings you want on your chicken
Olive oil
Celery
Apple
Walnuts
Onion
Mayo made with olive oil (not soybean oil)
Curry powder
Black pepper

Coat chicken in seasonings and chia seeds (ala bread crumbs), cook in olive oil until completely done. Set aside to cool. When cooled, chop into bite sized pieces (or shred), then place into a large mixing bowl. Slice celery thin, cutting large pieces into bite sized ones; add to chicken. Add diced onions, apple, and chopped walnuts to chicken mixture and stir. Just keep everything bite sized or smaller. Add mayo until the consistency you like (mine's pretty dry--I don't really like mayo very much), stirring frequently. Add a bunch of curry powder and black pepper to taste. Eat now with baby bell peppers or crackers (both delicious, I highly recommend Triscuit black pepper or rye with caraway seeds for crackers though), or throw in the fridge for later. It tastes better after a couple hours of refrigeration, and can last up to a week in the fridge, but it usually doesn't last that long!
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby poorandweird on Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:29 am

Hopefully something healthy lol, I've been eating total shit all yesterday because I was working for 12 hours
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby bacteriadance on Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:47 pm

Last night: Salmon empanadas (I made the empanada dough with almond flour)

Tonight: Pumpkin fries with a parsley, garlic, butter sauce and sweet potato skins (traditional potato skin toppings on a sweet potato, with the spices kicked up a bit to counteract the sweetness).

Yes, lots of carbs tonight, but I'm only eating one potato and ~1/3 of a small pie pumpkin. Plus, I've only had 1 cup of yogurt and a lara bar today (I've been awake for 10 hours).
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby MooMooMonster on Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:47 pm

Last night, some lasagna-like concoction. Tonight, a salami sandwich on ciabatta.! Yum
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Re: What's for dinner?

Postby XZombieXPirateX on Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:31 pm

MooMooMonster wrote:Last night, some lasagna-like concoction. Tonight, a salami sandwich on ciabatta.! Yum


We had "lasagna casserole" tonight
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