What's on the Menu for Dinner Tonight?

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around participants sharing their dinner plans for the evening, with a variety of meal ideas and personal anecdotes related to cooking and family meals.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, shares that after being ill, they are making grilled pork steak with potato packets and a salad.
  • Another participant mentions using leftovers for dinner, including a fruit salad with various fruits to use up.
  • One participant discusses baking two chickens to stretch into multiple meals throughout the week.
  • Another participant plans to make breaded and baked chicken with egg noodles and green beans.
  • One participant expresses excitement about making Skillet Lasagna, a family favorite.
  • Several participants humorously mention hoping their partners will remember to cook for them.
  • One participant is considering making tacos or nachos for dinner.
  • Another participant shares plans for Jerk Chicken Nachos while managing business work at home.
  • One participant is trying the 30-minute chicken recipe for the first time, accompanied by peas and bread.
  • Another participant made Satay Chicken Pasta Salad, noting it was easy to prepare and served cold.
  • One participant enjoyed a creamy one-pot pasta dish, humorously referring to sun-dried tomatoes as "red broccoli" based on their child's description.
  • One participant mentions having Subway due to an unexpected errand and plans for a chili dish the next night.
  • Another participant shares that they added vegetables to the 30-minute chicken and that their grandson enjoyed the meal.
  • One participant notes having tacos but did not make a cake, leading to some disappointment from their child.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges, as participants share a wide range of individual meal choices and experiences without agreement on specific dishes or cooking methods.

Contextual Notes

Participants share personal experiences and preferences regarding dinner preparations, highlighting the diversity of cooking styles and family dynamics.

Who May Find This Useful

Members of the consultant community looking for meal inspiration or relatable cooking experiences may find this thread engaging.

rennea
rennea
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I have been ill and the thought food has been very low on my list!!!!




Feeling better today I'm making grilled pork steak, potato packets with mushroom, onions, leeks. And a salad!
 
leftovers for us...along with a fruit salad, because I have pineapple, mango, papaya, strawberries, and nectarines to use up!
 
Baked chicken and not sure what to go with it.

Yesterday while I was off, I bakes two chickens. We will have one tonight and I will pull the other one off the bone and use it in recipe on other nights this week. I figure I should be able to stretch it into two recipes.

I want to try to do this more often, so, that on the 3 days I work when I come home I am not in the kitchen half the night.
 
breaded and baked chicken with egg noodles and green beans.
 
Skillet Lasagna from the 29 minutes to dinner. It's a family favorite - esp the kids! :)
 
Don't know yet...hoping DH remembers what day it is and offers to cook for me... ;)I'm SURE he has a calendar reminder!
 
janetupnorth said:
Don't know yet...hoping DH remembers what day it is and offers to cook for me... ;)


I'm SURE he has a calendar reminder!
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Because you put it there?:angel:

I hope he remembers to cook for you too!
 
I'm thinking mexican something like make your own taco or something and red beans n rice or macho nachos!
 
Jerk Chicken Nachos.DH thinks I left for WI this morning with my mom. But I decided to stay home and do some business work instead of losing 2 days for a pointless trip. Now I need to actually do something (although I have been unpacking my samples and getting paperwork labeled).
 
I'm doing the 30-minute chicken in the DDCB tonight for the 1st time. :chef: We're having peas and bread with it. YUM-YUM as they used to say on Hee-Haw!!:p
 
ChefBeckyD said:
Because you put it there?:angel:

I hope he remembers to cook for you too!
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Nope, he actually put it there because of his forgetfulness. I've seen it there.

Now the question is whether he went on his laptop and read it!?!

I've talked to him a few times today and nothing...wondering what he's up to... :rolleyes:
 
Steak on the grill, string beans from my garden and baked potatoe.
 
I made Satay Chicken Pasta Salad. It was very good and pretty easy to put together. I served it cold because I made it before lacrosse which worked out great. Usually I don't have dinner ready before we leave. I started at 4:00 pm and was finished by 4:40 while also making a strawberry, avocado, grape smoothie for my son in between.
 
I tried the creamy one pot pasta...and it was great! My son told me he liked the "red broccoli" (sun dried tomatoes). He's only 2...I think it will be red broccoli from now on. :)
 
We had Subway because I had to run an unexpected errand. So, tomorrow night we'll have the Power Cooking Saucy Chili. There's also a pot pie in the freezer (in the mini baker) left over from last night (the one made in the Deep Dish Pie Plate seemed the perfect size for the 5 of us), so that's dinner on Thursday.

Sarah
 
We ended up adding diced white potatoes and carrots to the 30 minute chicken. Everyone loved it! My 2 yo grandson decided he wanted "carrots" tonight and ate until I told him they were gone. He also ate some of the chicken as well. He is a big chicken-eater! LOL!
 
Had tacos, but didn't make myself a cake...DS is a little disappointed, oh well.
 

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