Cooking when you’re Staying home

@Nrdsb4 Celery is not in the recipe. I added a little celery because my husband really likes it! I’m not a big celery fan myself but am okay with it in things like potato salad and tuna salad. I would have left it out of the egg salad, because the recipe didn’t include it, but I know he likes celery and I had some in the refrigerator, so I threw some in to be nice! :slight_smile:

Thanks @sevmom ! I just copied and saved that to my recipe folder. (I’m putting in the celery).

An easy, yummy, comfort food dinner this time of year is Hawaiian Roll Cheeseburger Sliders. Not especially calorie conscious but so very good with a bowl of your favorite tomato or other soup! I recommend having thin dill slices on hand - you can add them to the sliders prior to baking if everyone likes pickles (H would die rather than eat a pickle so I keep them off and only add on my post bake)
https://natashaskitchen.com/cheeseburger-sliders/

@abasket - I’ll skip tomato soup, but the sliders (w/ dill pickles) look delicious! Thanks for posting.

Made a one pan shrimp/pasta dish I found on Youtube:

Easy and delicious. I only used 2 cloves of garlic, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqZ0V2JGhJM

Instant pot broccoli and cheddar soup tonight loaded with broccoli and carrots. Very satisfying!

We had roast chicken–H cooked it on the rotisserie in our gas grill. I bought corn (it’s the last of the season) from a local farm stand and cherry tomatoes. I just boiled the corn. For the tomatoes, I drizzled EVOO and Balsamic glaze on top.

We had our Rosh Hashana meal on Sunday (technically after the holiday), as my H had an infusion on Friday and didn’t feel great until then. It was sort of an east meets west meal (my husband is sephardic and I am ashkenazi, so we usually try to incorporate foods from both cultures into our holiday meals). I served lamb tagine, kasha varnishkes, steamed green beans, apples and honey, homemade challah and a pomegranate salad. For dessert, homemade apple galette and a store bought birthday cake (my D turned 18 the other day).

It was a feast!

^^ Sounds like an amazing meal @DeeCee36 !

The last of the corn?! Say it isn’t so - can’t be that time yet?!! :frowning:

I still see plenty of corn here.

@DeeCee36, that meal sounds wonderful. The apples and honey sounds like the perfect dessert to me!

@DeeCee36 Sounds like a great meal!

I live in MA (it was 37 degrees last night). We usually get local corn until Oct. 1.

Last night I made “Honey garlic instapot chicken” from a recipe I found by googling chicken thigh recipes at about 6:00 for a 7:30 dinner time. It was pretty good! It definitely has an Asian feel.

Suggestions: I didn’t have any sesame seeds, so I didn’t put salt on the chicken; instead I added just a touch of everything bagel sesame seasoning at the end and that was perfect.

You would probably want to add a thickening agent to the sauce-several comments proposed corn starch.

Others added a little heat in the form of red pepper flakes or sriracha sauce.

I probably won’t be making this again soon because it has honey in it and I need to get back to low carb. But if you and your family can handle sugar in moderate doses, this would be a nice meal, especially easy in the instant pot. You can even use frozen chicken, just increase cooking time by 50%.

DH loved it.

https://diethood.com/instant-pot-honey-garlic-chicken-recipe/

Thanks @Nrdsb4 I think I"ve made a similar recipe but I’ll give this one a try sometime.

Chicken Thighs are a new found meat option for me. I think I got to the point of ONLY using boneless breasts. Thighs are great for recipes like this and for any of the sheet pan dinners. And the price point is excellent!

I sometimes deskin a little. Not all, but a little.

I am a huge fan of skinless, boneless chicken thighs. I prefer them to breasts in most things.

+1 to chicken thighs. The best part of a chicken, IMO.

Speaking of chicken thighs, dinner last night was grilled teriyaki thighs, arugula salad and garlic bread.

Tonight I’m grilling pork chops and serving with a side of cowboy caviar: https://www.culinaryhill.com/cowboy-caviar-recipe/ and sliced avocado (the bag I bought the other day all came ripe at once so I need to use it up).

Trying to get back on the wagon with healthier eating, after a series of heavy meals and big desserts due to the holiday and my daughter’s birthday celebration.

@DeeCee36 as long as you are already grilling, have you tried grilling avacados? We Love them! Cut in half, remove pit, brush with olive oil, s&p and grill face down about 2-4 minutes. Yum!

Tonight are the “wet” chicken burritos D2 loves. It is an easy dinner for a weeknight. I take a jar of salsa verde and shred rotisserie chicken and heat up together. I also heat up spicy enchilada sauce. Then I put the chicken/salsa inside a tortilla with sliced red onions, Mexican corn and spicy jack cheese. Lastly I top the burrito with the enchilada sauce and cheddar cheese then pop it in the microwave to melt the cheese. Sliced avocados are then added and dinner is served.

I had no idea that boneless, skinless chicken thighs were a “thing”. I’ll have to have H look for them next time he shops.

We love corned beef and usually buy 2 when it’s on sale around St. Pat’s day. Found one in the freezer and it’s now in the crockpot along with some cubed potatoes, carrots, onions and about a half cup of beer.

@FallGirl we got hooked on boneless, skinless thighs when Fresh Market started having them frequently on sale. We use them in Asian dishes, but also marinate them in various things then grill them. They are so moist and flavorful compared to breasts, although we still also eat breasts.