What's For Dinner #102 - the Out With the Old Edition - January 2024

It tasted perfect too.

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Braised Chicken and Potatoes in Curry Sauce - Bone-in chicken thighs and potatoes are braised in a sauce made from slightly crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, curry powder, onions, garlic, ginger, jalapeño and cilantro

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Looks homey and delicious! Did you use a recipe or wing it?

Haha yeah we’re not vegetarian, we just like the Quorn joint and would have loved goose fat potatoes even more. My partner prefers the Quorn to pretty much any other centerpiece meat so that’s what I’m happy to do.

The devilled eggs are topped with toasted breadcrumbs, the filling is really simple, just the yolks, mayo, lots of onion powder, bit of garlic powder and dried herbs. The breadcrumbs give a nice textural difference though they do soften when left overnight, at least in my case they did.

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That looks like a proper treat. Love the variety of sauces too, can never have too much in my opinion

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Jealous of all the crab folks have been posting! Must rectify soon (which should be easier access at the moment).

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Apparently Damp January is also a thing according to WaPo :man_shrugging:

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We love Quorn items in our house—even my 9-year old—but I’ve never seen the roast in our local shops (Greater Boston). I’ll be on the lookout for it.

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My desperation go-to meal when I look up from work to realize how late it is in the day.

Simple salad of Japanese greens dressed with Kewpie roasted sesame dressing. Broccoli rabe/Tofurky Italian sausage/canned chickpeas/crush red pepper/liberal squeezes of lemon sautéed in butter and olive oil served over trottole. B added fluffy mounds of microplaned cheese to his. I added too much pasta water so it was a little more soggy than I like. Oh well, it worked for a Tuesday.

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Just imagining the crunch of homemade soup crackers over the warm stew makes me happy. Wow!

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Interestingly enough, the Quorn roast is the only iteration of Quorn that I actually like so I definitely recommend it. I hope you find some! I’m in the UK and we have it in the freezer sections of most big stores I think.

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I thought those potatoes were pineapple and was momentarily perplexed.

My husband read me a b.s. clickbait headline/statistic that 35% of Americans do Dry January. Read closer and it was 35% of drinking age and included non-drinkers :roll_eyes:

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HOMEMADE PIZZA is our winner for Dish of the Quarter! HOMEMADE PIZZA - Winter 2024 (Jan-Mar) Dish of the Quarter Paired with MEXICAN for COTQ, we’re going to be eating well AND get a chance to talk about my favorite Taco Bell menu item of all time - the MEXICAN PIZZA!

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Barreling down our list of easy favorites again with dinner tonight: Kathi rolls.

This was reheat-and-assemble: I ordered in rumali (handkerchief-thin) roti because I wanted a bigger size than the chapatis and parathas at hand, cooked up frozen chicken seekh kababs and defrosted leftover soya chaap / mock chicken kababs, quick-pickled some red onions, defrosted green chutney, and we were off to the races.

Mom had one well-stuffed soya chaap kathi roll, and I made two each of the chicken seekh version for sis and me, but we could only get through one at dinner (there’s always the possibility of a late-night snack).

I like to pan-fry the rolls to firm up the parts where the chutney might have seeped through the very thin flatbread, plus it adds a bit of crunch which is welcome in addition to the onions.

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CHICKEN:

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Yummmm

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A late Irish friend prided himself on his chicken & peach curry. As someone who generally despises inherently sweet ingredients in savory dishes, I thought it was edible. I find that curry sauces lend themselves to sweeter flavors, given the ingredients.

Ma la peanut noodles with preserved mustard, carrot, radish, and scallions

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I forgot to take a pic of the main course (grilled pork tenderloin and roasted Brussels sprouts) but the star was a salad @linguafood told us about over in the Salads thread: shaved celery, chopped dates, toasted chopped nuts, and shaved Italian cheese (I had parm, recipe was for ricotta salata.) Delish.

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I muffed my way again through a pork tenderloin/garlic/rosemary for B and Spring Onion (I made one at Xmas time for them and my visiting parents). SO’s dish had double carb of mixed rice and delightful mashed Maine yellow potatoes (which he asked for after I had plated his meal). He ate/relished everything, which is rare. B just got home but his plate will have tenderloin, Brussels mixed into the broccoli rabe/chickpea/soy sausage mix from last night. Maine potatoes done in the Canarian style for him on the side.

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