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Dinner on Wednesday was roasted salmon, butternut squash, and broccoli.

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Dinner tonight was lasagna -- first time using my new Breville countertop air oven. It will be a steep learning curve, but the lasagna came out perfectly following limited directions.

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Thanks for letting us know, BakerAunt, and glad the USPS wasn't having their own little superbowl with packages. Enjoy! I think I replied about the syrup dispenser on another post, maybe under a cooking discussion. It works great! Does not drip! The drizzle/pour is a little slow, but the probably contributes to the non-drip and is fast enough for me.

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Dinner last night was japchae, and it was wonderful. It's been a long time since we went out to eat, and there is not a great Korean restaurant near us for takeout, so I found a recipe on line. So good -- I'll make it again!

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Mike, home-made hot dog buns weigh whatever you want them to weigh! I use about 50-55 grams of dough per bun. A three-cup of flour recipe makes about 18-20 buns. That's good for regular size (skinny) hot dogs, and a bit skimpy for the fat brats, Italian hot sausage, etc.

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Mike, when my kids were little, and I often hid veggies in other foods.... When I prepared meatloaf, I put down a layer of meatloaf mix, and randomly laid a couple of veggies on top, then more meat, etc, etc. Our favorite was carrots (a veggie most kids like anyway!). A slice of that revealed small round orange "eyeballs" looking at you!

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Len, you're right - milk, not water! I should have written "liquid"!! I have another batch of the same recipe rising right now -- for bread. One other difference I made was to use pumpernickel instead of regular rye -- I prefer using whole grains. I don't know how much of a difference it makes, in taste or texture. Anyway, it is delicious - thanks for sharing your recipe!

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Dinner tonight was brats and pickles. I guess maybe we all would agree that the sole purpose of meatloaf is to have leftover for sandwiches!!

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I made Len's Buns today, with BakerAunt's usual substitution of buttermilk for the water. I scaled up the recipe and made 6 round "sandwich thins" plus 10 hot dog buns using KABC's New England Hot Dog Bun pan (which I dislike and have only used a couple of times over the years). I've made dinner buns from Len's recipe several times, but somehow this time they are even better; perhaps I screwed up the scaling, not sure. However, they are not soft enough to make a good hot dog bun. I guess a hot dog bun should be made out of fluffy white store-type bread dough. They are delicious, chewy and crispy on the outside.

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My husband had a meatloaf sandwich with potato chips. I had leftover tomato-veggie soup and cottage cheese with blueberries and pineapple. Easy meal. I also made Chex Mix, a Super Bowl snack for Sunday.

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I baked an upside down apple cake this morning. I use a 14 inch diameter pizza pan that I do not use for pizza, so that it made a rather thin cake that was nice and crispy on the edge and top. I poured a thin layer (might increase this amount next time) of caramel sauce in the greased pan, and arranged sliced apples in a circular pattern to cover that. I daubbed the cake batter over that and sprinkled with sparkling sugar. I flipped it out of the pan as soon as it came out of the oven; any excess caramel in the pan I just scraped out and distributed over the apples. It is very good.

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Tonight we had blueberry pancakes with sausage links. I used the new maple syrup dispenser I bought at KABC. It works, it does not drip!! woo hoo! It does have a slow drizzle, as many of the reviewers complained; you have to be patient. But I feel that is not a big problem. I'm very happy with it, and recommend it.

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Len, that soup sounds delicious! Did you whiz the veggies or leave them chunky? It's different. I usually just toss in a bunch of veggies and seasonings for plain vegetable soup. I have quite a bit of turkey stock left, plus a 15 pound turkey in the freezer I should think about cooking soon.

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Tonight we had meatloaf, baked potato, and winter squash. Great minds, Joan! And also, our mothers must have/had great minds also - my name is also Joan!

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Leftovers here. I just finished off all the raw veggies that were still edible and put a little Ranch dressing over them. Hubby had a weird looking mess of stuff on his plate. Now I get to clean the bottom half of the refrigerator tomorrow.

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