What's For Dinner #86 - the Apples, & Cider, & DONUTS, Oh MY! Edition - October 2022

I wanted to use up some avocados I had in stock, so I made a BIG Avocado and Cucumber salad for dinner. I had some Light Italian dressing in the fridge, which worked perfectly. I have enough leftover for a small side salad for my girlfriend and I for dinner tonight.

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As good as seriouseats is, you cannot rely on their timings. Each piece of meat or other protein is different, and you have to check early and often.

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Dinner at our friends house the other night, I made dessert: Lilikoi (passion fruit) Mousse Cake, was enjoyed by all…


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We enjoyed some excellent takeout from Blue Steel Pizza in Bloomfield, NJ. It was our first time. We enjoyed a crispy, cheesy Detroit style white pie with chorizo and jalapeño; wild mushroom dan dan noodles with chili oil; chili shrimp with piri piri; corn ribs with chipotle mayo and pepperoni crumbs. It all went great with an excellent California Syrah.






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Simple, easy, tasty. Sometimes just what the heart desires.

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The Thanksgiving thread is up!

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I’m not sure how I got here, but I have become a Beatles song age today. :astonished:

I’m definitely losing my hair.
I don’t send myself birthday greetings, but I always buy myself a bottle (or 6) of wine. (Like DUH!)

I would love to rent a cottage every summer in the Isle of Wight.
But I doubt I could stay out until a quarter to three. (I’m too old for that shit.)

But then again there are those times when I feel like a Five For Fighting song age (pick any of them in that song, and they all apply. :woman_shrugging:)! So you’re only as old as you feel at the time, right?

I had a lovely day on my own today. Up to Newburyport to shop at various stores (chocolates, bread, a farm for my unpasteurized cider and cider donuts, and apples because I decided not to pick them this year).

Dinner tonight was pan-seared duck breast with a char siu and fresh ginger glaze, Israeli couscous and steamed asparagus (a little over what I prefer).

There WAS copious amounts of wine, and there will be chocolates for dessert.

All in all, it was really good day.

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Happiest of birthdays to you LindaWhit. Sounds like you had a great day!!

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Happy Birthday @LindaWhit ! It looks like you had a fabulous celebration. It seems that you, Mrs. P, and I all turned into a Beatles song this year :slightly_smiling_face: I don’t know where the years went. They just flew by.

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A couple of dishes from COTM Thali by Maunika Gowardhan for dinner tonight.

Goan Fish Ambotik, Rajasthani Palak (Spinach) Dal, leftover okra, chapatis from the freezer, and rice+quinoa from the fridge. I cooked the dal yesterday, adjusted spicing and added the spinach tonight.

Lovely meal for not a lot of effort.

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Well - you know we still need you and of course we’ll still feed you…:musical_score::guitar::drum::birthday::champagne::clinking_glasses::balloon::tada: Happy Birthday, glad you enjoyed & great looking meal.

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Last night’s leftover tri tip. Garden veg. There were some potatoes for DH, as well.

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Happy happy, @LindaWhit!
Glad you treated yourself right!

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BTW cheers - I think I spy my favorite pinot!

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Happy birthday @Lindawhit. Oh to be 64 again. Dinner looks wonderful,especially the choclates.

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Spanish pizza. Stonefire thin crust, bravas sauce, chorizo, onion, garlic, piquillo peppers, castelvetrano olives, manchego cheese, a sprinkle of dried oregano. Salad of mixed lettuce, cherry tomatoes, avocado, red onion, pickled carrots, sherry vinegar & oo dressing. Cocktail was a rum sunset, there may have also been Bombay rocks.

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Happy birthday Linda! Wishing many years of wonderful eating.

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Can’t keep up with WFD , but had to add a Happy Birthday @LindaWhit !

Rinse and repeat.

With this week’s Nancy’s ceci bean salad.

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Stir-fried shrimps, green beans and scallions with a sauce made from ginger, garlic, chili-garlic paste, quick broth from the cooked shrimp shells, soy sauce and sesame oil

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That cake looks amazing.

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