What’s for dinner?

currently gurgling ... brown rice, butternut squash, chicken and ginger

Roasted Cornish hens stuffed with wild rice w/cranberries & almonds

Traditional easter dinner in my country; Salmon, eggs, potatoes, pickled herring, pie with various sauces, greens and breads! Happy easter to all of you! g ♡ 

I made the Easter lunch my little family has eaten for many years, not sure how it started.

Chicken and fluffy dumplings with a side of roasted carrots.  Normally, the side would be asparagus but this year it is what it is.  I was just grateful to find a package of chicken hitting it's "best by" date in the freezer.  This meal brought back happy memories of years past.

For dinner we had dessert.  One of the times I made banana muffins/bread I had some leftover batter and threw it into an 8 X 8 pan and made a thin cake out of it.  I cut it into individual servings and kept them in the freezer.  I pulled out 2 squares tonight.  I had one pear and plum left so I sliced those up and sautéed them in a little butter and sugar, with a shake of cinnamon until the fruit softened and the sugar began to caramelize.  I arranged the fruit on our cake slices.  My husband was dubious but afterwards begged for seconds.  Sorry sweetie.  That's all.  Seriously yummy.

@JoanneSmith I love reading your posts.  It's like reading a menu at a top restaurant.  I wish I lived close enough to ask for your leftovers.  :)

Grilled Chicken gyro and homemade tzatziki sauce

Recipe:

Grilled marinated chicken strips -- marinade: a clove of grated garlic, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, salt&pepper, and oregano. 1 hr. in fridge

Tzatziki:(my version)  greek yogurt, garlic powder, salt, pepper, chopped green onion, chopped cucumber and dill. Instead of a pita, heated a medium  tortilla (toasted on both sides for a second or two) then made a big soft taco shaped gyro and loaded with chicken, lettuce, fresh diced tomatoes, red onion, feta and tzatziki on top. 

Was a nice variation of ingrediants i normally have (most of ) but never tried serving this b4.   Was a hit and yummy. 

Thanks @Estelll, I’ll add that vinegar and oil  to my tzatziki notes for the next time!  Shredding the cucumber sounds like a good idea too.   I just made mine up on the fly from memory and years of eating it. :D 

Today we had pasta with a sauce made up from leftover in the fridge baby food my sister had made while she was here with my dear nephew -- she basically boiled meat if available (the leftover had chicken) [yeah I know it's supposed to be lent week here but anyways] along with various vegetables, and even fruits (carrots and apples were her staples) but she also used things like parsley and oregano and other mild spices to substitute for the lack of salt (since babies less than a year old are not to eat salt or sugar), and she somehow made it super yummy (I know cause I've tried it while feeding him!) despite it being blended!!  

Oh, and another inspiration from my sister's baby food, missing the fruit creams she made for my nephew's evening meal lol, I chopped up some pears and heated it along with some water, brown sugar, petimezi, and cinnamon, intenting to make some (oat) porridge with it, but eventually I let it become syrup-like and made oats and tahini pancaces!!So we had oat-tahini-pear pancakes for evening meal!! :)))