I had a bowl of homemade vegetable soup, along with some pulled chicken, spread on whole grain crackers.

I almost always use dried beans. I don't know about the kale, but I like the sounds of the rest of your mixture, jasdip.

Shirley

New York strip steaks, wedge salad, steamed broccoli.
My husband's birthday is Friday so I have been trying to fix his favorite meals. He loves steak, me not so much. His favorite salad is a wedge and his favorite veggie is steamed broccoli. He should be a happy camper.

Shirley, I just chopped some kale up fine, because it's nice and healthy. I also put chopped avocado on top.
Real filling, healthy meal!

I'm looking forward to soaking some black beans tonite!

Sounds good Raven, I'd be a happy camper, too. Though I must admit, like you, not so much for steak unless it's a filet.

Cold, cold, cold, here. DH took a container of soup out of the freezer today. It appears to be Manhattan clam chowderâ¦.his favorite. And that is what's for dinner tonight.

Still good grilling weather, so will be having salmon fillets. I bought a couple extra and will also grill those for leftovers. I love to add grilled salmon to my salad. Asparagus for our greens.

Nice big ham in the oven. No idea on sides yet, but my mouth is watering over that ham.

So cold here- made a pot of chili.

Homemade soups are always good Shirley. I've been trying to make more, but mine tend to be cream style soups.

Georgysmom, your clam chowder sounds good.

Raven, barbecued steak is always good! That's a real treat for us, we don't eat it often.

Yum, Matti, grilled salmon and asparagus!

Angela, we like ham too, usually baked with scalloped potatoes, or boiled, with potatoes and green beans.
Leftover ham is good in many dishes, and just fried, with pancakes. :)

Rose, chili is definitely a cold-weather meal.

Cheryl and I had potato soup I made for lunch. I did not feel like much for supper tonight, it was just some Greek yogurt. We have some really cold wind chills coming our way and looks like it is going to take awhile to get rid of them.

Sue in Central Indiana

I had some darn good chili.

Bear Creek Country, that is.

Quick and easy and makes a lot, so I freeze containers for later.

I like chili with just a lot of saltine crackers broken up in it.

Mighty good.

Sue

I had left-overs from the weekend, consisting tonight of pulled pork sandwich, and an ad-lib wild rice hot dish. Both very good.

Left overs...lots of things to choose from in the fridge.

Glad I didn't read this thread when I was hungry. :-)

Dinner was just a salad with tempeh (a soy product), but I made lunch today for my daughter-in-law's birthday: Moroccan Chickpea Soup with whole grain rolls, and gingerbread with whipped cream for dessert.

The soup recipe is from a cookbook I'd love to recommend: 15-Minute Gourmet Vegetarian, by Paulette Mitchell. I have the chicken one in her series too, and I just ordered the noodle one (used on Amazon). It's a great series.

Gosh, some great sounding dinners tonight! I roasted a spatchcocked chicken tonight and tested a new glaze....sweet and spicey. We roasted some Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and carrots as well.

That gingerbread with whipped cream sure sounds good to me. Haven't had it in years!

Great dinners everyone!!

Rhizo, I've never spatchcocked a chicky. It looks easy enough.
We love roasted brussels sprouts and veggies.
Do you peel your sweet potatoes when roasting, or not?
And would you mind sharing your sweet and spicy glaze?

I made gingerbread for Christmas dinner. I'm not a sweet eater, but always have to have one piece of that. Hurt my feelings when DIL sent most of it home with me. The kids (3 to 6) wouldn't even try it, "because it isn't chocolate". Hubby was happy to make me feel like it was the best thing he ever ate though!

I'm not a sweets eater, either, but love warm ginger bread with lemon hard sauce or whipped cream. I think I see some in my near future!

Angelaid, I do leave the skins on the sweet potatoes.

Getting a real recipe from me is rare, lol. I so often invent toss this and that together. For the glaze, I mixed some peach jam, chili sauce, a bit of apple cider vinegar, minced garlic, and red pepper flakes. The peach was the primary ingredient. It would be good with apricot or even apple jelly or jam, too.

Thank you for the cookbook recommendations, Alisande.