Thursday 22nd January 2026 - what did you eat?

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I went to the cinema and had pretty mediocre tapas afterwards. Fortunately, the film was interesting enough to provoke plenty of conversation so the tapas quality was of less importance! (I am increasingly unhappy with Patatas Bravos too - is it really impossible to get a decent texture of potato?)

What did everyone one else eat?
 
We had garlic baked butter chicken thighs, which I've prepared before and we really liked them. It's so easy and if you like garlic, this is a good 'un for you. Had some herbed and buttered noodles on the side and confetti cupcakes for dessert. Even enough left for our meal tomorrow. Good thing, too, 'cause Mother Nature is supposed to start a really bad COLD hissy fit tomorrow.

I didn't have boneless skinless thighs this time, but that didn't seem to matter. Here's a link to the recipe if anyone is interested:

www.budgetbytes.com

Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Thighs

Drenched in lemony garlic butter, these tender Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Thighs are an easy and delicious no-fuss weeknight dinner recipe.
www.budgetbytes.com www.budgetbytes.com
 
Mrs. GH and I split a Ninja roll and a TNT roll for dinner at a local Japanese place tonight. I had a Japanese Sapporo to drink, and she had a Miller Lite.
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Pizza for dinner. I changed my strategy. I bought a basic cheese frozen pizza, and my own toppings, and I added some herbs and EVOO, and some parmigiano-reggiano.

It was good, and about seven or eight bucks total?

CD
 
KatyCooks said:
I went to the cinema and had pretty mediocre tapas afterwards. Fortunately, the film was interesting enough to provoke plenty of conversation so the tapas quality was of less importance! (I am increasingly unhappy with Patatas Bravos too - is it really impossible to get a decent texture of potato?)

What did everyone one else eat?
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I’m curious as to what film?
 
I made a tray bake. I followed a new to me recipe for chicken in a yogourt marinade with cumin carrots. I put that at one end of the tray and then put some quartered blue fingerling potatoes and some 'shrooms at the other end and threw a mild Italian sausage on top of the veg. I don't think I'll buy those blue fingerlings again. They tasted quite good and very potatoey. But, I can't tell if there spots on the skin and when I had some leftover from another meal and tried to make home fries, it was impossible to see how cooked they were. There was no visible browning. So, while they are tasty, they are too much nuisance.

I won't bother with that marinade again. It wasn't very interesting, it kept the chicken from browning, and some of it turned black. It was only okay. I have had chicken with yogourt marinade before and liked it better, but it was an Indian recipe. The carrots were good. I'll do that with them again.

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Grilled steak, spinach and roast potatoes for lunch. Toasted brown bread with cream of avocado and hard-boiled egg slices for dinner.
 
We had a big batch of potato hash I'd made the day before yesterday. He had it with ketchup and I put a handful of fresh fermented sauerkraut on mine, delicious.
Then I had some apples, moist inside but the peels were thick and not very nice. So I peeled cored, sliced and then chopped them with raisins, oatmeal, a sprinkle of sugar and one of cinnamon, then baked for 45 minutes at 350 deg F. That was delicious alone or with nice-cream. Good Stuff.
 
Katie H said:
We had garlic baked butter chicken thighs, which I've prepared before and we really liked them. It's so easy and if you like garlic, this is a good 'un for you. Had some herbed and buttered noodles on the side and confetti cupcakes for dessert. Even enough left for our meal tomorrow. Good thing, too, 'cause Mother Nature is supposed to start a really bad COLD hissy fit tomorrow.

I didn't have boneless skinless thighs this time, but that didn't seem to matter. Here's a link to the recipe if anyone is interested:

www.budgetbytes.com

Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Thighs

Drenched in lemony garlic butter, these tender Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Thighs are an easy and delicious no-fuss weeknight dinner recipe.
www.budgetbytes.com www.budgetbytes.com
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Oh, that recipe does look easy, sounds tasty, and it's all real food. I have saved it to CMT (Copy Me That). I betcha that would work with other meat and maybe even with fish.
 
Yumm! you're right taxy, I can see that with Pork Tenderloin medallions.
Fish? well don't think the garlic would really have time to cook before the fish is done. Perhaps make sure the garlic is maybe cooked a bit in with the butter first?... or in this case perhaps use garlic powder? IDK.
 
dragnlaw said:
Yumm! you're right taxy, I can see that with Pork Tenderloin medallions.
Fish? well don't think the garlic would really have time to cook before the fish is done. Perhaps make sure the garlic is maybe cooked a bit in with the butter first?... or in this case perhaps use garlic powder? IDK.
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I think that if one grated the garlic with a microplane or similar, it would have time to cook with fish.
 
dragnlaw said:
Yumm! you're right taxy, I can see that with Pork Tenderloin medallions.
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Yes!
dragnlaw said:
Fish? well don't think the garlic would really have time to cook before the fish is done. Perhaps make sure the garlic is maybe cooked a bit in with the butter first?... or in this case perhaps use garlic powder? IDK.
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I love using semi roasted garlic in most recipes anyway. But garlic powder, sure! Why not?
 
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