What's For Dinner - Part 2

[cindyluvs24]

Something got to my corn and my peppers and eggplants are still growing. This has been a strange garden year.

[RachelB]

Leftover gazpacho; baked tofu.

[RachelB]

Penne with a sauce of roasted cherry tomatoes, roasted garlic, parsley, capers, and green coriander seeds. Parmesan for topping.

[DrPusey]

If it's Monday night, it must be time for one of my standard lazy late-summer suppers: Trader Joe's cheese blintzes, plain yogurt, and raspberries from our garden.

[RachelB]

Mushroom omelets; the last of the tomato soup.

[RachelB]

My appetite has been completely wonkus for the last two weeks. I am going to a festive dinner (the annual tomato dinner that a local restaurant puts on). I predict that I will eat many vegetarian tomato-centered things over the next few days, because there is no way I am going to have space for six courses in one meal.

[RachelB]

Ginger honey couscous with chickpeas and tomatoes.

[Geechee Girl]

Grilled salmon with black garlic pan sauce, balsamic-roasted Brussels sprouts and roasted fingerling potatoes all washed down with a budget Riesling. TJ's frozen macarons for desert.

[RachelB]

The last two nights, I had Greek salad. Tonight I'm planning on fried egg sandwiches with greens and sauteed peppers.

[Geechee Girl]

There's nothing in the pipeline yet as this heatwave has thwarted my appetite.

[RachelB]

Avocados stuffed with corn, black beans, and salsa. Too hot for cooking.

[Geechee Girl]

Spicy garlicky green beans, wine, and dairy-free strawberry "ice cream"

[RachelB]

Last night, chilaquiles. Tonight, a vegetarian riff on salade Nicoise.

[RachelB]

Corn pizza. Steamed fennel dressed with seasoned walnut oil and lemon juice.

[RachelB]

Tomato-green-onion-smoked tofu salad with ginger-soy dressing, atop rice.

[catlady]

Spaghetti with homemade sauce and mozzarella cheese, Italian bead, and sparkling grape juice. was going to have chocolate cake for dessert, but got too busy and never baked it.

[Geechee Girl]

Shrimp po' boy, Voodoo Heat Zaps, raspberry iced tea, and TJ's triple gingersnaps as my congratulatory meal for completing a 4hr workout.

[RosyDaisy]

Garden salad, sweet tea, strawberry sorbet.

[RachelB]

Having a friend over for dinner. We're making vegan mapo tofu, stir-fried bean sprouts, and rice.

For dessert I'm making gingered plum sauce.

[Geechee Girl]

spicy green beans, sharp cheddar & raisin-rosemary crackers

[DrPusey]

I had a baked potato (from my parents' garden), with snipped chives (from my garden), melted cojack cheese, and toasted almonds. Halloween peanut M and Ms for dessert.

[Geechee Girl]

A mess o'greens and TJ's lemon squares

[RachelB]

Leftover bean sprouts and rice. I am about to have a nightcap of turrón-flavored ice cream. (The ice cream is modeled on a nougat flavored with honey, citrus rind, orange flower water, and nuts. It's slightly adapted from a David Lebovitz recipe.)

[SamE]

7 layer salad - with 6 layers of veggies and 1 layer of bacon. No mayo layer. Corn Muffins. Vanilla Bean ice cream for dessert.

Kids specially requested this after seeing the recipe on Pinterest. They used to love the Duggar-style 7-layer salad, but prefer veggies.

Also, just something interesting. We were watching the Mother's Day dinner episode and my 8 year old said she was a better cook than the Duggar girls.

Almost verbatim 8 year olds commentary - "Who opens a bag of salad and doesn't add extra veggies? Really, Mom? She burned the packaged rolls? Strawberry shortcake with frozen strawberries?"

I was raised to cook like the Duggars. Everything still has cream-of-whatever soup. It is hard to change, but can be done. There are a lot of recipes to try, cooking blogs. Food Network and Cooking Channel. Wonder why at least Jill doesn't try to learn something new? One new recipe every 2 weeks isn't stressful for a SAHD.

[RachelB]

Getting to the end of corn pizza season! We will enjoy it while it lasts, probably with an apple-cress-almond salad alongside.