Dinner talk. What did you have for dinner today?

[regexcellent]

I've been poorer than 90% of north Americans will ever be, and richer than 99%. Richer is better, but the diff isn't as big as you think. And working 70 hours a week for years on end is worse than you think.

It just occurred to me that you must be excluding Mexico in your definition of North America.

[KrazyHorse]

Yes.

[Dinner]

Tonight's dinner has been a large portion of a bottle of Maker's Mark. It's not really a balanced meal but there you have it.

[Colonâ„¢]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterzooi

[regexcellent]

Feeling violently ill because I've had nothing but pretzels all day, until I ate like a third of a jar of peanut butter half an hour ago. Shiiiiit.

[Dinner]

A chicken breast and sauteed veggies (onions, bell pepper, celery, broccoli, snow peas, spinach) done in a light amount of olive oil. Salt & pepper to taste along with a dash of minced garlic.

[regexcellent]

A chicken breast and sauteed veggies (onions, bell pepper, celery, broccoli, snow peas, spinach) done in a light amount of olive oil. Salt & pepper to taste along with a dash of minced garlic.

I like the contrast we're creating in this thread.

[molly bloom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterzooi

Is waterzooi one of those dishes where every Belgians' mother has the best recipe ? I must admit, I'm very fond of it.

Tonight I shall be mostly having beef carpaccio, sourdough bread, English mustard, and a sald of pea shoots, julienne of beetroot, carrot batons and shredded white cabbage with some roast yellow capsicum (peeled) and a few watercress leaves.

My lovely friend Meg who is an excellent baker, has made some lemon and poppyseed cake with a tangy icing, so that's definitely pudding.

[The Mad Monk]

I had scallops praline at Cafe Trio, with coffee and a salad.

Cafe Trio is one of the places I go when I want to pretend that I make more than I do.

[regexcellent]

I had pre-cooked chili which I heated in the microwave for 60 seconds. And more pretzels. I got a huge ****ing tub of pretzels a week ago.

[Dinner]

A bit of salmon and some ratatouille. I need to figure out something else to do with these vegetables because I seem to be doing the saute in a pan thing a lot and I'd like to mix it up a bit more. That said, I am at least getting more veg these days.

[The Mad Monk]

Just mix up the spice mix. You can go a long ways on just that.

[Egbert]

Bangers and mash. Yum.

[molly bloom]

A bit of salmon and some ratatouille. I need to figure out something else to do with these vegetables because I seem to be doing the saute in a pan thing a lot and I'd like to mix it up a bit more. That said, I am at least getting more veg these days.

What kind of veggies ? If we're talking capsicums, do the roasting, charring and peeling thing- less chance of irritating the stomach when peppers have their skins removed, and you get that delicious contrast of smokiness and sweetness.

Other stuff you could grill with olive oil and shave some parmesan on the top, or steam or blanch and have them with dukkah and hummus or guacamole... Ooops, starting to feel hungry.

Tonight I'm being good and have having steamed mangetout, broccoli and baby sweetcorn with Vietnamese rice noodles. Meg has baked lamingtons and I'm getting my hands on some....

[Dinner]

Today was a bad day for my diet. Not only didn't I take my morning jog but I also ate a donut at work and had thai food for dinner. On the upside the catfish larb was rather good.