What's for Dinner?

[MsSassyBaskets]

I made HoW's black beans with a ham shank a couple weeks back and froze the extras, so I defrosted those and made some brown rice last night. Nothing else. We've been eating at 9 pm lately so there's a lot of last-minute easy food going on. Like frozen stuff from TJs. Love their tamales! It's starting to drive me crazy that DH will call at 7-ish and say he's almost done and coming home soon -- so of course I wait and don't eat without him. Then he actually gets home at 8:30, and every night some minor catastrophe prevents us from eating for another 1/2 hour (last night I made him vacuum while I heated up dinner, and we had too many appliances going at once and blew a circuit... which means a trip to the creepy basement). And we're trying to go to bed earlier, so we keep going to bed with full stomachs, and honestly, I can't sleep like that. Ugh. DH is coming home tired and just wants to eat and go to sleep, then he's out the door at 6 am or earlier... I on the other hand can hardly get up and get any work done in the AM and find myself wanting to clean the apartment or go for a run at 9 or 10 pm. We are not in sync. And I'm rambling. Tonight he's supposed to get done at a reasonable time, and the temp is supposed to go down by tomorrow, so I think I'll make mushroom risotto. I should go to the store and get some salad mix or another veggie side, but I probably won't.

[DCJenn]

I have a 7:30 yoga class tonight so I think it'll be a frozen pizza shell and whatever veggies are left over. I have a regular supply of pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese.

J.

[mommax3]

Going out with friends to a winery (live music tonight). It is *really* hot, but I am looking forward to a "grown-up" evening.

[poky]

DH grilled some burgers I seasoned, formed, and froze last week, and there are rosemary olive oil oven fries in the toaster oven. Yum.

[Mrs. MD, Esq.]

Polenta with mushroom ragu.

[HouseofWool]

It is too damn hot to cook.

[SuzySunshine]

BRGR, the best burger joint EVER!! If you come visit me we must go there!!

[v-girl]

Our fav hole-in-the-wall TexMex with a giant pomegranate margarita.

[alotofyarn]

My parents were here helping us get stuff done around the house, so we got takeout from an Indian place nearby that my mom had been wanting to try. SO good!

[SoonerTexan]

Vgirls hole in the wall Is truly that good. Lord I want their tacoa

[v-girl]

Vgirls hole in the wall Is truly that good. Lord I want their tacoa

The salsa was extra spicy today! So yummy!

[L.Jane]

The salsa was extra spicy today! So yummy!

oooh.. and what/where is this place?

[v-girl]

It's in my little suburb. Jalapeños. We go almost weekly. LOL

My little 'burb has some pretty great restaurants. My favorite French restaurant and bakery, a fabulous crepe place, lots of family places. Food-lover paradise. We even have a Cajun restaurant and bar.

[WolfpackWife]

Tonight I'm giving crock pot roasted chicken a try. If there's any easy, hands-off way to have fresh, home made roasted chicken during the week, count me in. I rubbed it with a fresh herb blend and stuck a little bit of garlic-thyme butter between the breasts and skin. As long as DH can handle turning the crock pot on at 3:00, I'm hoping we'll have a delicious dinner tonight. Roasting some Brussels sprouts after I get home is all the work I'll have to do, so that makes me one happy wife.

[MsSassyBaskets]

Only just finally made the mushroom risotto tonight. Threw in some sliced sweet basil chicken sausage. Delicious!