What's for Dinner, MLK Day, Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

[NJCher]

Tossed green salad with yellow pepper and red onion, sliced on mandoline, cherry tomatoes, carrots, celery, radish. I saw a bottle of sesame salad dressing at the store and looked at the ingredients. Looked good but too many additives, so I decided to make my own. I found a recipe for one called Japanese Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing.

The soup my friend brought me yesterday (chicken tortilla) was so good that I'm having more of that this evening. Meanwhile, I'm cooking up pumpkin soup in my new slow cooker. I have two identical slowcookers now. I keep filtered water, hot, in one so that's why I needed to buy another one. (I put Brita-filtered water in a slow cooker to get hot enough to kill the microplastics; then I turn it into kombucha or drinking water). Mostly kombucha.

Toasted artisan roll half to go with the soup.

Raspberry ginger kombucha.

Dessert: no-sugar hot chocolate with a few marshmallows in it.

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I was browsing cooking gadgets for a gift and found this tip in Cooks Illustrated. I'm going to try it:

[irisblue]

1. #Meatless Monday

Ginger tofu with 'Asian style frozen veggies' rice, decafe tea.

Maybe popcorn as I watch West Wing DVD tonight

[PJMcK]

2. Italian

Tossed green salad with green pepper chunks, red onion slices, cherry tomatoes, chopped celery and garlic croutons.. We have a bottle of artisan Caesar salad dressing from a local farm store.

The Landlady spent the morning prepping two trays of eggplant Parmesan and we'll have that with spaghetti.

Garlic bread.

Dessert will be thin vanilla cookies and Sambuco with a coffee bean.

[Emile]

3. Bowl of steamy hot chili and a grilled cheese sandwich.

Pumpkin pie with cool whip before bedtime.

Good Evening

[Marthe48]

4. Grilled cheese sandwich

I started a batch of sprouts last Wednesday and they were ready to eat today. I baked a loaf of bread yesterday, cut a couple slices. Pepperjack cheese, a thin slice of ham, topped with sprouts and a tiny bit of creamy Italian dressing.

[NJCher]

5. sprouts are fun

I have the kids in the science classes I work with all starting sprouts and I'm ordering new seeds tonight. I have about a dozen more trays to start them in. We're doing microgreens. Everything has started except for the basil.

What kind of sprouts did you grow?

[Marthe48]

6. My daughter got me a variety of seeds

She got me a 1 lb bag of Sprout House Organic Veggie Queen. A mix of French lentil, green lentil, red clover, daikon radish, and fenugreek. She's gotten me broccoli seeds, several others. Probably going on 3 years of growing them. She got me a sprout jar and lids, too.

The berry farm next to my neighborhood has been growing microgreens. I was thinking of trying them when things settle down.

Please let us know how the sprouts grow for the class Do you post in other forums?

[NJCher]

8. that sounded so good (Veggie Queen)

I looked it up. Amazon has it. I might order it. I have an order going over there tonight.

I used to have a sprout jar but it got lost in a move, so now I just grow microgreens.

There's nothing I like more than to have a sandwich with fresh bread (homemade like yours would be even better) and pile on a 3" layer of sprouts! Alfalfa would be ideal. Add some tomato, mayo, ham or turkey, yum.

Post other places--you mean here at DU?

[Marthe48]

9. I forgot the alfalfa seeds

and radish.

Once they are ready, I eat them as quick as I can. I'm enthusiastic about growing them, but not an expert in storage, and they taste good fresh

I just meant here on DU, in case you discuss other than cooking and baking.

I read posts and comments, but don't notice often who wrote something.

[NJCher]

10. One of the things I like about DU

is that the post is clearly identified with the poster. That's not always the case at places like Reddit, for example. Most horrible posting interface ever: can't tell who someone is responding to whom, goofy little avatars that all look alike, type font is too small. But they have some funny posters so I go over there once in a while for a good laugh. It's a much younger crowd but runs left.

Yes, I post all over the place here, mostly in GD and Astrology. You've responded to my posts before but I didn't know you weren't noting the poster.

[Marthe48]

11. I get focused on the subject

If I reply, I try to write what I want to say before it goes out of my head. I notice I don't multitask as well as I used to.

[La Coliniere]

7. Chipotle Chili Lentils

Lentils cooked in veggie broth, tomato paste, minced onion and garlic. Seasoned with chili powder, cumin, chipotle powder, oregano and fresh chopped cilantro. Also had steamed broccoli, chopped red bell pepper and mushrooms with a Dijon mustard sauce and air-fried sweet potato nuggets. Iced green tea with lime. Cheers! 🥂

[Retrograde]

12. Orange lentil soup

red lentils with shredded carrots, squash and ginger.

[AKwannabe]

13. Went to a gold prospecting meeting

And they offered a meal.
It was delicious and also had some greens.
I am sure it is this recipe. I highly recommend

https://lexiscleankitchen.com/turkey-wild-rice-soup/