What did you cook or eat today (April 2025)?

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Picnic lunch out. Weirdly we thought the day sad just comfortable guys the temperature was about 16°C. The car informed us that it was 26°C in the shade. You can always tell autumn is coming when 79F feels cool.

 

[Windigo]

I bought a lot of Belgian cheese croquettes so I can savor one a week for the foreseeable future ( I bought 24) . But of course to celebrate the return home I had two. With roast potatoes and a chicory, apple & beetroot salad.
Husband had poached salmon, he doesn't care much for these croquettes.

 

[Herbaceous]

I never could bring myself to love it. My mother's meatloaf traumatized me, lol.

Agreed - I don’t like meatloaf, never have. The whole idea of a loaf made a meat is somewhat unappealing to me.

My parents make one that uses ground chicken with apples as a filler and I can choke that one down, but I still prefer not to. They made it for us a while ago, forgetting that I’m not a meatloaf fan!

 

[badjak]

I thought meatloaf was a weird concept, untill I made one in my smoker.
That I really enjoyed

 

[medtran49]

There's always a hog log too. Multiple variations, but always includes some kind of ground pork, cheese, and finished with a bacon lattice wrap.

 

[Barriehie]

I bought a lot of Belgian cheese croquettes so I can savor one a week for the foreseeable future ( I bought 24) . But of course to celebrate the return home I had two. With roast potatoes and a chicory, apple & beetroot salad.
Husband had poached salmon, he doesn't care much for these croquettes.
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I use roasted ground chicory root in with my coffee is that what's used with the potatoes or is it the above ground part? Looks like the top parts?

Edit: Nm, I found a bunch of recipes online and they were all with the above ground part.

 

[Barriehie]

The usual with a larger hash brown.

 

[Windigo]

I use roasted ground chicory root in with my coffee is that what's used with the potatoes or is it the above ground part? Looks like the top parts?

Edit: Nm, I found a bunch of recipes online and they were all with the above ground part.

Yeah it's the leaf we call it witlof ( white leaf)

 

[badjak]

Lazy pizza

 

[JAS_OH1]

Agreed - I don’t like meatloaf, never have. The whole idea of a loaf made a meat is somewhat unappealing to me.

My parents make one that uses ground chicken with apples as a filler and I can choke that one down, but I still prefer not to. They made it for us a while ago, forgetting that I’m not a meatloaf fan!

Yeah, I am not a fan of fruit with meat though, so it would be a nope!

I do like lamb and beef with seasonings for gyro meat quite a bit and I love meatballs made with lamb, pork, and beef...I think my ma put ketchup over the meatloaf and used too much bread crumbs or something. Also it was made with all beef and it wasn't lean beef, so there was this pool of grease around it...I just never got over it.

 

[CookieMonster]

if one takes a slice of meatloaf, trims it into a round, it's essentially a "hamburger" . . . .

around here, "meatloaf sandwichi" is the frequent fate of 'left over meatloaf'

 

[TastyReuben]

Stripped the chicken off the last two breasts we had on hand, shredded that, looked in the fridge and found a lonely half o’ bell pepper, half an onion, and two errant pieces of cheese, so I cooked the onion and pepper together with some garlic and herbs de Provence, melted in the cheese, toasted a couple of the leftover dinner rolls and…POOF!…chicken sandwiches.

 

[Puggles]

Smoked some ribs with pecan wood and baked some bread.
Simple pleasures.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Last night and tonight

Balchao Mushrooms with crispy lentils and chickpeas.

 

[JAS_OH1]

if one takes a slice of meatloaf, trims it into a round, it's essentially a "hamburger" . . . .

around here, "meatloaf sandwichi" is the frequent fate of 'left over meatloaf'

I dont like my hamburgers with bread crumbs or any other filler.