What's For Dinner #120 - the Grilling Edition - July 2025

[MsBean]

@MunchkinRedux

Blueberry vareniki from the freezer

I haven’t thought about vareniki in years. My grandmother used to make them in the summer. They were a favorite. Thank you for the sweet reminder.

[MunchkinRedux]

You are welcome! I try to make them once or twice during the summer with blueberries or sweet cherries. Blueberries are easiest to handle.

[tomatotomato (Denise)]

A couple of this week’s meals to close out our July. Cheese and charcuterie when it was too dang hot to cook. Shoutout to @Madrid, whose unrelated ice cream post gave me the notion that goat cheese and cherries are flavors that pair well. Indeed they do.

Then, glorious rain and a cool down made using the stove an option again. Time for locally made goat cheese and mushroom pierogi pulled from the freezer, with snap peas from our CSA share as a side. The big bowlful of snap peas garnished with basil and a dab of butter, not shown.

[MunchkinRedux]

I want all of this!

[Sasha]

Up here in the Pacific Northwest were lucky to hit 72 most days. So not too hot. Wish it was warmer.

[medgirl]

That goats cheese looks so pretty!

[Sasha]

It’s late here for strawberries they must be the ever bearing kind. Glad you are enjoying our beautiful area!

[ottawaoperadiva]

Last night’s dinner - the last dinner for July - was tossed cucumber and tomato then pasta al arrabiata.

[PedroPero (PETER)]

Thanks for moving my post @LindaWhit !!

[MsBean]

Do you have a favorite recipe you would mind sharing?

[MunchkinRedux]

Sure!

For the dough, I like a NYT recipe (gift link). For the filling, either Natasha’s Kitchen’s blueberry dumpling, or Little Broken’s cherry filling.

FWIW: the cherry is a bit harder to handle. By macerating the cherries first, they get a little slippery, and the juice can smear onto the perimeter of the wrapper, making the dumpling harder to seal. It can be managed, but takes a little care. The blueberries, being used dry, have no such issues.

Pierogi Ruskie (Potato and Cheese Pierogi) Recipe

Blueberry Pierogi Recipe (VIDEO)

Vareniki with Cherries

[Wtg2Retire]

You are so adventuresome with your cooking. I would never have thought of adding mashed sweet potatoes to fried rice. I love both of them.