What's for Dinner #101 - the Holidaypalooza Edition! - December 2023

It’s all mac & cheese to go, from a little take-out shack. Not worth your time in Toronto so I won’t mention the name of the business. I probably would have been just as happy with a $2.98 Cdn box of Kraft Dinner. I waited 6 minutes for this one, and the KD would have taken me 8 minutes to make at home. LOL

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One of the nice things about risotto, besides that it is nearly always a great dish, is that it is more or less a blank canvas which allows you to combine many different flavors. This risotto had asian influences with ginger, lemongrass, garlic, scallions, coconut milk, chicken broth, cilantro, peanuts and chicken breast.

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Congee-rotto?
Sounds good to me.

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Tuscan shrimp and spinach soup. Onions, garlic, sauteed in oo then added rpf, tomato paste, s&p, wine, a can of diced tomatoes, chicken broth, let it simmer a while before adding a can of cannellini beans and spinach. Finished with shaved parm, shrimp seared in butter and parsley. There was toasted sour dough and wine.

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Pad krapao gai with green beans, and a fried egg.

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Last night we went out for German food. Before bed my FIL asked about local brunch spots, so I decided to make a big breakfast with the leftover corned beef, potatoes, onions, and rutabaga: corned beef hash. It was really good - I saved the broken eggs for myself (oh well). Not pictured is the cinnamon roll casserole made to rescue overly dry ones that didn’t work out for my MIL.

Dinner tonight will be either leftover fish chowder or meatloaf, mashers, and steamed broccoli.

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Another big boi pork chop with leftover potato gratin and roasted broccolini w/ tomato. Gravy is from the beef shanks I made a while ago.

Cheesy 80’s herb garnish just because 😅

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Soon we’ll have to change your nickname from The Sammich King to Porky Pero :joy:

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Make it so!!! :smiley:

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Planned this dinner for last night, until a friend reminded me of dinner at Dali last night that my calendar reminder didn’t remind me of! Lots of good tapas, sangria, Cuarenta y Tres and Churros last night.

Tonight, steak tips with Ballymaloe steak sauce, half a baked Russet tater with TPSTOB&SC, and steamed and buttered asparagus.

Wine.

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Chowder it was, with green salad, bread, and leftover corn casserole. We all thought the soup was better after resting. No pics.

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Dinner was more of the PR food from a newish spot that’s popular with the local Latino crow we grabbed earlier today, as it was a ginormous amount of food.

Chicharron, pollo al ajillo, yellow rice. We’d finished the pork at lunch, so made dinner of a plate of rice and chicken. A bowl of that lovely lohikeitto was even better reheated tonight :smiling_face:

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Off to drinks with friends :partying_face:

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Gorgeous color on that meat :heart_eyes_cat: and TPAOB&SC if you ask me :wink:

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Faux pho was a success! I sauteed a steak briefly in a fry pan then removed to let it rest. I added a little ginger, fish sauce and mushrooms. I added the beef stock, brought it to a boil then poured it over the steak which I since placed in the bottom of a bowl. I added some bean sprouts, snow peas, rice noodles and Sriracha then served. This dish is definitely a winner!

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Leftover takeout sliced brisket from the night before. Chopped, drizzled with BBQ sauce, topped with cheddar/jack for nachos. Store bought chunky guac and sour cream. Cayennes still going strong in the garden.

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Penne with oil-roasted toms. Roasted Italian sausage. Marinated shrooms. Salad greens with house vinaigrette.

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Comfort food. Seared and roasted chicken thigh, garlic mash. butter, sour cream, slash of milk and gravy. Salad of mixed greens, green onion, celery, carrot, pickled beets, blue cheese, ranch dressing. Manhattan and wine.

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I ordered straciatella soup and chicken marsala with veggies from my neighbourhood trattoria, after eating cookies all day long. :rofl: Both hit the spot.

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With you in the sisterhood of eating many holiday cookies…

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