GingerK

Tonight was my guild's Christmas potluck social. Amazingly, we did not have one duplicate dish!! There was one year that we had 5 broccoli salads, and another where we had 8 different kinds of bread/scones. Everything was delicious and we all ate too much. I took a plate of lemon custard tarts topped with raspberries and blueberries. I brought one home so I think they were a hit.

DH had chili from the freezer.

Chasing Hawk

Last night my husband made a dish he fed his 3 boys when they were younger. It was really really good.

It had
ground beef (lean 85%/15%) 1 lb.
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1/2 med/lrg onion, diced
2 tomatoes, diced
1 lrg can Cento crushed tomatoes (your favorite brand will work, we prefer Cento)
1 pkg onion soup mix
2 cups low sodium beef broth
2 cups elbow macaroni, cook separately
1 cup frozen corn
1 cup frozen peas
1 tsp dried oregano
1 to 2 tsp brown sugar (more if needed to cut down on the acidity)
Dutch oven or equivalent sized pan
Brown the ground beef and onion until onions until carmelized and the mixture looses all the moisture and the fat remains. then drain well. Add the ground beef and the veggies, onion soup mix, canned crushed tomatoes and spices, about 1/2 the broth back into the pan.
Start the water for the macaroni. Let everything simmer until the macaroni is done, drain, return to the pan and add a bit of olive oil to the macaroni to prevent the pasta from sticking.

Serve over the pasta, maybe a small salad and a piece of garlic bread. We found it filling enough all by itself.
Tastes even better the next day!

Iceblossom

This is actual dinner tonight, I've mentioned and linked the recipe before but is a traditional holiday dish for me, and has become a favorite Keto friendly festive potluck dish for the hubby. Gluten free even! We are also going to have a companion dish of shrimp from Costco.

Many variations "smoked salmon roll" or dip. 1 8 oz cream cheese, it used to be 1 tall can of salmon but those aren't as big as they used to be, so now we use two tuna-sized cans we get from Costco. You can add in various things, I usually do a bit of finely minced onion, some finely minced parsley and walnuts, and a few drops of hot sauce. Form into logs or balls and roll in finely chopped fresh parsley and nuts (we had walnuts, pecans also nice).

Instead of a log shape needing some sort of cracker or whatever, I bought a bag of marked down baby sweet peppers that were in pretty good shape in terms of crispness, but all over the place in size and curly/flat etc. They look more festive if you leave the little ends on, but then you have to deal with them like toothpicks. We are going to snarf these down and not worry too much about presentation, and looking at the process picture you can see they weren't too well shaped/sized to begin with.

aashley333

DH bought frozen, peeled, boiled shrimp in a round package. Not appetizing to me. I cook fresh. Anyhoo, didn't want to waste, so prepared a box of Zartarain's gumbo to throw in at the end. I brought it to a boil, then simmered for 25 minutes with a lid. While waiting for the timer, DH smelled "something burning". The liquid had boiled over onto the rangetop, and the rice was sticking to bottom, with 10 more minutes to go on the timer. We salvaged some rice in liquid, and just ate the shrimp like that! I had been to a guild luncheon and brought home goodies to end the meal!

petthefabric

made stew: chicken, onion, adobo seasoning, onions, chicken stock, potatoes. it was great.

tropit

On our way home from Palo alto, we stopped at one of our favorite shopping haunts: The 99 Ranch, in El Cerrito. This is a big, Asian, grocery store, situated in an Asian mall. My dau and I went crazy buying Asian foods, condiments, veggies, to-go deli stuff, etc. We'll be eating Asian food all week for our breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

petthefabric

Sticker shock at the supper market!!!!!

Onebyone

I put a bag of frozen raw chicken drummets in the air fryer. 400 degrees for 20 min. Turn and 20 more min. They are very crispy. Adjust the time to suit. Add seasoning after cooking . My husband devours them. He is on a low salt diet so he seasons them with his low salt seasoning.

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Lena1952

With the threat of snow, I made a large pot of Zuppa Toscana soup and have bread baking as I write. I have the fixing to make salad. That should last us through the snow as the snow usually doesn't last long in southern Delaware.

GingerK

Tonight is going to be baked ham, scalloped cauli for the DH and scalloped potatoes for me, plus roasted brussel sprouts with bacon and parmesan. Everything can go in the same oven--bonus!