What are you Cooking the week of August 10, 2025?

[Mike Nolan]

No cooking plans yet today.

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[Joan Simpson]

I made fajitas for the first time in the air fryer and it turned out great.

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[BakerAunt]

Those fajitas look so good, Joan!

We had more of the farro stir-fry and the rest of the green bean salad.

[Mike Nolan]

Your fajitas need sauce.

I had Italian Beef (from Portillo's) for supper, one sandwich on the Turano French bread they supply with their make-at-home kit (beef, gravy, peppers and bread), one sandwich on a Banh Mi roll.

The Turano roll held up better when I put the gravy on, but they bake them specifically for Portillo's, and I have heard from others who've made their own Italian Beef that getting bread that doesn't completely fall apart when wet is harder than getting the beef/gravy right. (A good slicer is a must, though, the beef has to be sliced really thin.)

[Joan Simpson]

You were right Mike fajitas were a bit dry when I reheated them today in all the juices and had them with salsa and the cheese and sour cream they were much better.

[BakerAunt]

I made a pasta salad on Monday to go with the little bit of leftover farro stir-fry tonight. I used colorful pasta with two cucumbers, green onion, a red bell pepper (wish I had had more to add), carrots (which I do not usually add, but I wanted more vegetables), cherry tomatoes, and Greek olives. We sprinkled some feta over our individual servings. For the dressing, I used ½ cup olive oil, ¼ cup red wine vinegar, 1 tbs. maple syrup, and 2 tsp. of Penzey's Sandwich Seasoning. It is a large salad, so we will have leftovers well into the week.

Oh, and I made yogurt on Sunday.

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[Joan Simpson]

Your pasta salad looks great BakerAunt. Tonight I had scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon, topped my eggs with salsa.

[BakerAunt]

Thanks, Joan!

On Tuesday, I made another jar of refrigerator dill pickles using the neat little cucumbers and the dill my husband is growing in the garden. He is very fond of these pickles, as am I.

For dinner, I made pecan-crusted boneless pork chops again. I have been using a mixture of an egg and ½ Tbs. of Dijon mustard in the coating, but I ventured to add 1 tsp. of smokey paprika, as Scott likes it in coating for chicken, and it does not upset his digestive system. We had it with more of the pasta vegetable salad I made yesterday.

[Joan Simpson]

Caesar salad for me tonight, I bought it at Aldi's premade and I love them.

[BakerAunt]

We had leftover vegetable pasta salad and pecan coated pork chops for dinner tonight. We were both eating rather slowly because we had our dental appointments with the hygienists today. We have our appointments at the same time with our usual hygienists, but we both thought that the cleaning was vigorous today, which resulted in some irritation that made it hard to chew.

[navlys]

Decided to go with a golden oldie that I knew my husband would like and that would get rid of an old (exp 2023) can of creamed corn.... so I made Shepherds Pie or a variation there of and my husband even had seconds!!! We are both still alive and well!

[Joan Simpson]

I'm with you on the exeperations Navlys.Good to use it up.

I had Sloppy Joe's with a side salad.

[BakerAunt]

Yep, unless the lid pops and pings, use the canned goods and ignore the expiration date.

We finished up the pasta salad and the pecan coated pork chops tonight.

[cwcdesign]

Last night I had tuna salad on a bed of arugula, tomato and avocado tossed with some balsamic vinaigrette. Tonight I had a piece of multigrain bread with smashed avocado and melted cheddar which I followed up with some Talenti's chocolate and peanut butter ice cream (it had been a bogo offering at Harris Teeter earlier in the summer)

[RiversideLen]

I made spaghetti with meat sauce, sugar snap peas and carrots.

Joan, your fajitas look great!

Love me a good pasta salad, BA, and yours looks picture perfect!

It's almost Friday, where did the week go?

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