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Default What to make for my own birthday dinner tonight?

Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
> I told DH that I didn't want to go out tonight because we had chinese
> on friday and went out on saturday and had leftover chinese on sunday,
> so I had three days off cooking and got my fill of fast food for the
> week. I told him that I'd cook and he's not allowed to complain about
> what I make :P Only I'm not feeling very inspired! I think I'm spoiled
> for choice...
>
> We've got tons of food in the freezer - boneless pork chops, skinless
> chicken breast tenders, tilapia fillets, ground turkey, meatballs
> waiting for sauce and bacon in several forms...
>
> There's ham, canadian bacon, salami, meatloaf and cooked chicken
> breast in the fridge.
>
> We have broccoli, fresh corn on the cob, potatoes, celery, mushrooms,
> tomato and a ton of salad vegetables in the fridge and we have all the
> regular pantry ingredients and spices in the pantry.
>
> I was tossing up the idea of crumbing the tilapia in panko crumbs and
> having fish and potato wedges and salad...
>
> What else could I make that's relatively quick and easy and delicious
> and uses or is accompanied by vegetables of some kind?


I'd go for the pan-fried tilapia and steam some broccoli (if you have any; I
keep frozen veggies on hand for quick meal choices).

Jill