What did you make for dinner?

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April 19, 2026, 03:26 PM

StorminNormin

What did you make for dinner?

Made another Mediterranean meal today. Skillet Chicken with Orzo and Tomatoes. It came out amazing!!!

First marinated skin on bone in chicken thighs for an hour and then cooked them part way in cast iron skillet.

Then sautéed red onion, garlic, and tomatoes.

Added chicken back in, cooked it for 15 minutes, and then put under broiler.

Ciabatta bread.

Final product!

April 19, 2026, 03:35 PM

OttoSig

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:

Final product!

Normin,
First off, looks fantastic. Second, you had me at ciabatta bread.

At first I assumed you finished it with parsley. But it kinda looks like cilantro? Which is it?

April 19, 2026, 03:38 PM

OttoSig

In the ultimate fusion dinner, my wife has some marinating spare ribs, ginger, onion, soy sauce, brown sugar, etc. Etc includes a little 고추장 gochujang!

Going along with grilled chicken, rice, and beans.

She’ll throw some homemade tortillas and avocado on for good measure if I had to guess.

She spent her first 15 years in Honduras so she’s 100% a rice, beans, tortilla woman. But since I’ve introduced her to Korean cuisine it’s quickly become her favorite.

I’ll post photos of the finished product.

April 19, 2026, 04:33 PM

StorminNormin

quote:
Originally posted by OttoSig:
In the ultimate fusion dinner, my wife has some marinating spare ribs, ginger, onion, soy sauce, brown sugar, etc. Etc includes a little 고추장 gochujang!

Going along with grilled chicken, rice, and beans.

She’ll throw some homemade tortillas and avocado on for good measure if I had to guess.

She spent her first 15 years in Honduras so she’s 100% a rice, beans, tortilla woman. But since I’ve introduced her to Korean cuisine it’s quickly become her favorite.

I’ll post photos of the finished product.

Sounds great!

April 19, 2026, 05:18 PM

OttoSig

The spare ribs turned out exceptional.

The kids ate a majority of beans and rice accompanied with real unpasteurized queso and homemade tortillas made by Abu. Ignore the nails and plastic bowl, this was my 6 year old’s plate.

She also made marinated chicken to eat with simple pickled onions and the tortillas.

April 19, 2026, 06:21 PM

ScreamingCockatoo

Parmesan crusted flounder.

April 19, 2026, 06:35 PM

OttoSig

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
Parmesan crusted flounder.

SC, looks good, but you gotta give me at least some salt and pepper on that zucchini and onions!

April 21, 2026, 04:30 PM

StorminNormin

Today I made baked salmon, asparagus, and French Lentils. It was really good.

April 21, 2026, 06:31 PM

bald1

Damn! I miss cooking in my old age. These entrees look amazing!

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April 21, 2026, 07:09 PM

StorminNormin

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Originally posted by bald1:
Damn! I miss cooking in my old age. These entrees look amazing!

I enjoyed seeing your meals too. I had never heard of Borscht until you. Then I found a recipe, made it, and loved it. I need to make it again.

April 22, 2026, 07:30 PM

Gustofer

Mmmm borscht. I only have it once a year on Christmas Eve but I look forward to it all year.

Tonight was spaghetti. Simple, quick, and good meal. Sauce turned out wonderful. It's always good, but always a little different. Tonight I added some thinly sliced shrooms. Served over buttered capellini with some fresssshhhly grated 48 month parm/reg and some garlic bread ciabatta that I made this afternoon. I'm stuffed.

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April 23, 2026, 09:06 PM

StorminNormin

Did another spatchcock chicken and this time did it in the oven. My grocery store used to sell them split like this and pre-seasoned, but stopped many months ago. Now doing it myself, I won’t cook a whole chicken any other way.

I made sautéed spinach with onions and garlic as a side. It looks burned, but it was super juicy and delicious.

April 23, 2026, 09:10 PM

StorminNormin

quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
Mmmm borscht. I only have it once a year on Christmas Eve but I look forward to it all year.

Tonight was spaghetti. Simple, quick, and good meal. Sauce turned out wonderful. It's always good, but always a little different. Tonight I added some thinly sliced shrooms. Served over buttered capellini with some fresssshhhly grated 48 month parm/reg and some garlic bread ciabatta that I made this afternoon. I'm stuffed.

Sounds great. Using fresh parm/reg is such a huge difference than regular grated Parmesan. I always have a block of it for shaving or grating.

April 25, 2026, 10:49 AM

lastmanstanding

Seasoned and pan fried halibut with penne pasta in a vodka cream sauce with bacon and mushrooms and steamed fresh green beans. I didn't get my sauce quite the way I like I should have added more pasta water but it was a great meal all around.

April 25, 2026, 06:22 PM

Sig Marine

Mrs. Sig Marine wanted pizza this evening, so I gave her this Detroit pie.

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April 25, 2026, 06:25 PM

vthoky

Smoked London broil this evening.

https://meateatingmilitaryman....smoked-london-broil/

Next time around, I’d use about half the salt this recipe calls for. But it turned out okay — the crew here at Casa de vthoky has a bunch of happy bellies.