What’s for dinner?

@Estelll wow thanks.  P.s. I never even heard of balsamic citrus cream!

newest jen concoction - chickpea penne, chicken, cumin, garlic and coconut milk

 Schmetterling:

Fast food for dinner tonight here. Brown rice, Roasted Brussel Sprouts with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, Chickpeas with sautéed green onions. Finishing up a drama so threw that meal together quickly. :)

If you count these as "Fast Food", I guess 90% of everything I make would count as fast food, lol. 

Today we had a good, comforting, hearty Fasolada for lunch, but I decided to eat something lighter for dinner, which is sometimes the equivalent for breakfast or brunch for me, cause my sleeping & waking up schedule is totally chaotic! XD 

So I made two sandwiches - one savoury and one sweet - being undecided as I am. The savoury one was made with multigrain bread, feta cheese, egg, olive oil, cherry tomatoes, cayenne pepper & oregano. I ate that one first one freshly grilled & hot, and I kept the sweet one - which had just tahini & Cretan thyme honey* in multigrain bread, and was also grilled - to accompany my tea & dramas. 

And now I'm hungry again, and d@mn, a ball of fasolada is tempting, but not really a good idea for an after midnight meal!! :D 

*Tahini and honey is, let's say, the Greek equivalent of the American peanut butter and jelly.

 Schmetterling:

It was 73 degrees F here yesterday.  33 degrees today and several inches of snow forecast for tomorrow.  Got a pot of lentil, kale and farro soup on.  The big bag of apples that my husband bought and swore he would eat, yeah, that didn't happen.  I picked through them and made chunky applesauce with the salvageable ones.  :)

Excellent, when can I be there for dinner? Lol

 JoanneSmith:

Made butternut squash soup tonite with a bit of fennel and a dash of maple syrup.  

Mmmmm...I love butternut squash soup. :)

dad learned of the addictive power of reese's heart shaped candy today. gave dad one to try. soon dad had hand out for another. gave dad some in his car. dad ate one more as i was leaving so left him two more. better than me eating the whole bag. wait i did finish off the bag. oopsie! > <

tmi but maybe my lady parts were asking for sweet and salty but fairly certain just bought because noticed on sale

@Eightocci's post reminded me of recipe I have that uses baby food in it.  {Hang in there @eightocci!!}

Elisa's Holiday Spice Bread (again-apologies to the metric folks)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Grease and flour two  9" X 5" X 3" loaf pans

2 cups self-rising flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

3 eggs

1 cup of canola (or oil of choice) oil

2 jars (4 oz each) banana or mixed fruit baby food ( I used mixed fruit and peaches)

Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and cloves in a mixing bowl.  With electric mixer on medium speed, add eggs one at a time.  Add oil and baby food and beat 1 min.  Pour batter into prepared pans and bake 50-60 minutes or until tester comes out clean.  Cool in pans. Delicious drizzled with icing or served with ice cream. 

I balked at using a mixer for this type of bread and folded everything gently with a large rubber spatula to avoid toughening the flour the first time.  The second time I used a mixer with similar results.  It's quick and easy to make. :)

Well, for dinner I actually had some Onigiri (one of my faves), then a little bit of rice (yes I know, more rice ㅋㅋㅋ), and then some miso soup which was really good ♥︎