What did you cook or eat today? (January 2026)

[Windigo]

Spicy peanut noodle salad

 

[karadekoolaid]

Just out of interest
When you do these type of "events", do you just cook or do you join in on the dinner and so on?

It depends. Almost always, guests wander into the kitchen and ask what I'm cooking, have a taste, have a chat and then carry on with the party. Sometimes, I get invited to sit down to eat. Almost every time, I get to explain what they're going to eat just before service.
When I get invited to sit down and eat, that's great, but I rarely get to eat anything. Just as I'm putting a mouthful of chicken korma on the fork, someone will comment
" Oooh, but this has got some spices I've never tasted before! What's in it? "
So I explain. Next forkful
" How do you make this bread so soft?
So I explain. Next forkful
"Where did you learn to cook this? It's just like nothing I've ever tasted before! "
More explanations, cold food.
I always get my wine glass topped up, however.

 

[medtran49]

I so want pot roast again, and I looked to see if I had everything ready to go, and for some reason, my InstaPot is missing. It's not in my home, and I have no idea why I don't have it anymore. It's not exactly small; that's like losing your toaster oven. It's just weird.

I used the pressure cooker.

 

[badjak]

I had left overs and the result was much better than the original.
The white beans did benefit from the extra cooking time
White beans, slender eggplant, onions, garlic, red curry paste, pork and possibly some other ingredients

 

[Barriehie]

I just had one of my rolls with mustard and garlic bologna.

 

[teamfat]

The January Cheftalk challenge was pasta. One of the dishes I made was ham and cheese ravioli, it was quite tasty!

Made some red bell pepper pasta for the dish. Been a while since I made pasta.

mjb.

 

[Morning Glory]

Spaghetti with tuna

 

[SoCalZone10]

Wild cod from Alaska cooked in onions, garlic, capers, diced tomatoes, and 1/3 bottle of Chardoney bought over Christmas, I also threw in a couple of olives because I like to eat them. I had 1/2 of potato nuked in the microwave, easy peasy, no fuss lunch.

 

[TastyReuben]

Turkey sub and house-made chips/thicker-than-crisps while out grocery shopping.

 

[msmofet]

Had store-bought corned beef sandwich (bread on the side) with sour pickle spears for brunch. Have a some l/o's. Went food shopping so not sure if I will have a "fresh/new" meal or l/o's.

 

[Morning Glory]

For those in February the new thread is here: What did you cook or eat today (February 2026)

 

[TastyReuben]

Swedish meatballs (meatball mix from freezer, baked fresh, made the gravy fresh) and MrsT liked the steamed cauliflower from last night so much, she asked for it again with the other half of the head.

 

[ThatDude]

Momofuku Sweet & Spicy Noodles ground pork and mixed veggies, pre mixing in the bowl. Delish!

 

[Gone Hiking]

This time of year, we often place hot stews and things we've cooked out back to cool instead of stuffing them immediately in the garage fridge. Late this afternoon, I discovered a large glass RubberMaid container out on the patio that was full of a frozen beef roast that Mrs. GH made some time in the past couple of weeks as best we recall that we'd both forgotten about. So, that made dinner a very easy (and surprise) choice tonight, lol.

 

[Barriehie]

This time of year, we often place hot stews and things we've cooked out back to cool instead of stuffing them immediately in the garage fridge. Late this afternoon, I discovered a large glass RubberMaid container out on the patio that was full of a frozen beef roast that Mrs. GH made some time in the past couple of weeks as best we recall that we'd both forgotten about. So, that made dinner a very easy (and surprise) choice tonight, lol.

I do the same with my patio.