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I thawed 2.5 pounds of ground beef the day before last in prep to make taco bake. Because there were only four of us- I only used half of it yesterday for taco bake so naturally I used the other half for tonights dinner. What...

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What's for din? March 19th, 2026

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 19 Mar

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What's going on the dinner table tonight? Do tell! I had turkey meatloaf topped with a tomato glaze. I'm not a huge fan of ground turkey in meatloaf but I'm trying to use stuff from the freezer. To go with it I had mashed sweet...

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What's for dinner? March 14

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 14 Mar

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I'm having pasta primavera. It is basically pasta with vegetables in a pink tomato cream sauce. I have peas and broccoli in the freezer along with carrots and onions in the...

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What's for dinner? March 10

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 10 Mar

What's going on the dinner table tonight? I want to know! I'm making baked ziti. The pasta is cooked. The bolognese and besciamella are out of the freezer. I have some fresh mozzarella to use along with the cooked penne rigate....

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What's for dinner? February 18

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 18 Feb

What's going on the dinner table tonight? I want to know! I have a pound of ground turkey in the fridge that I need to use. I was considering meatballs but I'm not feeling it so instead I'm going with the Enchilada Turkey...

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What's for dinner? February 11

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 11 Feb

I have been trying to post this since before I even started dinner. But now that dinner's done and been eaten the picture I took is way better than just the steaks in the marinade. We had ribeyes, baked potatoes, homemade...

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What's for din? Feb. 10. 2026

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 10 Feb

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What's for dinner? February 6

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 6 Feb

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I was going to make meatballs but that just feels like too much work so I'm going to do the Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce recipe from Skinnytaste. I am going to add...

What's going on the dinner table tonight? I want to know! I'm using some leftover homemade meatloaf mix from the freezer to make mini meatloaves in the muffin pan. To go with will be homemade mashed potatoes and some steamed...

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What's for dinner? February 4

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 4 Feb

What's going on the dinner table tonight? I want to know! I'm trying to clear some stuff out of the freezer so I found frozen pizza dough and frozen marinara sauce. Okay so that's a no-brainer--pizza! I'm doing a Pizza Hut-style...

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What's for dinner? January 31

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 31 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I'm making shrimp scampi with whole wheat spaghetti tonight. I'm trying to clear stuff out of my freezer and I have a 2 pound bag in there. I had a salad for lunch so I'm...

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What's for dinner? January 29

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 29 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I made the French Onion Pot Roast from the Skinnytaste web site over the weekend so I'm having leftovers from that. To go with I'll have some jasmati rice and leftover...

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What's for dinner? January 28

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 28 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I splurged and bought myself a NY strip steak in the last grocery order. I have it coming up to room temperature on the counter and rubbed it with a garlic truffle pepper...

skinnytaste

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What's for dinner? January 21

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 21 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I'm having roasted boneless skinless chicken breast rubbed with a hot honey seasoning mix. (thanks to one of my favorite myLot members) To go with I'm going to have a...

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What's for dinner? January 13

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 13 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? I want to know! I'm making my dad's bolognese sauce. The recipe isn't his. He got it from a cooking lesson/demo that he attended many years ago. I always think of it as "his" though since...

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What's for dinner? January 11

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 11 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I haven't done one of these in awhile. . . because my appetite has been absolute crap. But tonight I'm finally going to get around to making a new recipe: Taco Macaroni. It...

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What's for dinner? January 9

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 9 Jan

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I am not in the mood to cook so I am just having a piece of leftover lasagna. I had salad for lunch so I'm not even going to bother with a vegetable. I'm not super hungry...

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What's for dinner? December 15

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 15 Dec

What's going on the dinner table tonight? I want to know! I'm making the meatballs from Julia Turshen's Small Victories cookbook. They are supposed to be made with ground turkey but all I have is ground beef so that's what I'm...

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What's for dinner? December 3

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 3 Dec

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! I'm making pepperoni stromboli from the smitten kitchen blog. I made it once before and wasn't super impressed but I'm giving it another shot. It calls for mostly provolone...

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What's for dinner? December 2

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 2 Dec

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us! As usual I have way too much food in the fridge. Whatever I can't even get stressed out about it any longer. I like to cook, I live alone, and I never know what I'm going...

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What's for dinner? November 30

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 30 Nov