What is your dinner menu this week?

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Anonymous wrote:^^also, 16:16, go for it!! So yummy. Having true popover pans is key.

I think I’m going to make that’s investment. I make them in muffin tins, and they’re not quite right... yay!

Popover night OP: what popover pan do you use?
We like to make popovers for breakfast but with pan #1 the non-stick coating started flaking off after the 3rd use (amazon.com/Fox-Run-Linking-Popover-Non-Stick/dp/B00A0I2BHW/ref=sr_1_9?crid=PRWJI2KP0M6K&keywords=popover+pans+nonstick+12&qid=1578965943&sprefix=popover+pan%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-9). With pan #2 the popovers stick no matter how much the pan is greased (https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-82802-Petite-Popover/dp/B007USQBC6/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=nordic+ware&qid=1578966050&s=kitchen&sr=1-5).

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Anonymous wrote:Not the popover person but i can imagine just eating a whole pan of fresh popovers for dinner. Cant you?

Yes. If nobody else was around to see it.

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What popover recipe do you use?

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Anonymous wrote:Monday - sports night, so need a 15-minute dinner when getting home from work. Sausage tortellini with salad.

Tuesday - I'm out at a work dinner. DH in charge. Probably out for sushi.

Wednesday - Chicken tikka masala in the Instant Pot. Side of naan (store bought) and peas.

Thursday - DH work dinner. Haven't decided yet. Maybe grilled cheese with sliced vegetables and ranch dip. Or out for sushi if they didn't do that on Tuesday.

Friday - finally. What a week. Salmon fillets that I'll pull out of the freezer Thursday night. Probably just pan-seared and finished in the oven, with roasted broccoli and rolls. And salad.

What is your slow cooker chicken tikka masala recipe? I have a good sheet pan recipe but would love a slow cooker one!

It's from a cookbook I have at home ... I think it's titled something very self-explanatory like The Indian Instant Pot Cookbook.

It's pressure-cooked, though, not slow cooked. I don't really like the texture of slow cooked chicken, regardless of how it's seasoned.

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Somehow I made it 42 years without ever hearing of a popover and now I can’t stop googling. I want the pan, the recipe, the butter, the jam. Everything.

Thank you DCUM. Really not sure how I’ve been under a rock for so long!

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Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

I’m not the previous poster but I guess it works because your children are such light eaters. My six year old would eat probably at least 6 and my 4 year old at least 3 and they’re both slim.

I don't consider my kids particularly light eaters. Some meals they eat a lot, others, not so much. If your kids regularly eat that amount of food, they sound like very heavy eaters. DH and I are not small people, and we can be satisfied with three each.

Also, to the other PP, why is it so hard to imagine people eating a light dinner? I eat plenty and don't diet, but I don't need every meal to be substantial, either. If I know we're having these for dinner, I'll have a slightly bigger afternoon snack.

PP here.

Come on, folks...

How many people just loooove breakfast for dinner?? Not my favorite, but plenty of people get into this. Popovers are not substantially different than pancakes, in reality.

And, why do meals always have to be so prescriptive? Dinner has[i] to be a certain amount of a certain type of food?

To be honest, I think this type of set expectation creates inflexibility and lack of creativity which doesn't serve us when we are encountered with some type of challenge at mealtime...

I loooove breakfast for dinner. But I wouldn't serve just one breakfast food for dinner and call it a meal. A typical breakfast for dinner here might have pancakes and eggs and fruit. Something similar with popovers would be amazing.

I'm also someone who would happily eat just popovers for dinner, but I don't feed my kids that way. I always offer them a meal with protein and produce at a minimum. Because I don't think I can judge when it's a day when they're not very hungry and ready for a light meal, or when they're craving protein. So, I don't make that decision for them.

Good for you. If my kids eat the popovers--always served with whole milk, which adds protein and fat--and tell me they're still hungry, I'll give them something else. It's not that hard. Please stop implying that those of us who don't do a heavy protein dinner are somehow depriving or otherwise harming are children.

I completely agree with the earlier PP who noted that insisting that every meal have specific requirements is overly rigid. If my kids' favorite dinner is popovers, their favorite breakfast is leftover Thai takeout. Should I not serve that because it's a dinner food? Variety in food matters, but that can be achieved at a broad level. I don't think that level of micro-management of food is healthy.

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Oh! To the PP who asked about the popover pan: it's been forever since we bought ours, so I can't remember which brand we got. It looks like this one, but I don't know if that's the brand (I'm sorry! We literally have had these for 8+ years): https://www.amazon.com/Bellemain-Cup-Nonstick-Popover-Pan/dp/B00WX9KKTW/ref=sr_1_5?crid=CKKYEKLFLJKA&keywords=popover+pans+nonstick+6&qid=1579007244&sprefix=popover+pan%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-5

As for recipe, here it is:

3 eggs
1 and 1/2 cups milk (I use whole)
3/4 cup bread flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp melted butter

That makes six, using a popover pan. I double it for family popover night (we have two pans).

To the PP whose mom made these when you were a kid: that warms my heart!! I'm so glad to hear you have happy memories of those dinners, and hope my kids will as well. They get so excited when I tell them it's popovers for dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh! To the PP who asked about the popover pan: it's been forever since we bought ours, so I can't remember which brand we got. It looks like this one, but I don't know if that's the brand (I'm sorry! We literally have had these for 8+ years): https://www.amazon.com/Bellemain-Cup-Nonstick-Popover-Pan/dp/B00WX9KKTW/ref=sr_1_5?crid=CKKYEKLFLJKA&keywords=popover+pans+nonstick+6&qid=1579007244&sprefix=popover+pan%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-5

As for recipe, here it is:

3 eggs
1 and 1/2 cups milk (I use whole)
3/4 cup bread flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp melted butter

That makes six, using a popover pan. I double it for family popover night (we have two pans).

I don't want to sound like an idiot, but what's your baking temperature and time?


To the PP whose mom made these when you were a kid: that warms my heart!! I'm so glad to hear you have happy memories of those dinners, and hope my kids will as well. They get so excited when I tell them it's popovers for dinner.

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Oops, comment went in the wrong place. How long do you bake the popovers for, and at what temperature?

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Anonymous wrote:Oops, comment went in the wrong place. How long do you bake the popovers for, and at what temperature?

Oh duh—that would help!

Preheat the oven to 400F, with the pan(s) in it. You want them to be hot when you pour the batter in. Take out the pans, grease with butter or cooking spray, then fill cups 3/4 full. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350F and bake an additional 20 minutes. And then they’re done!

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Just go to Normandie Farm in Potomac - popovers are the specialty.

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Monday-miso salmon, broccolini, rice
Tuesday-clam chowder and salad
Wednesday-out
Thursday-scallop risotto
Friday-salmon carbonara

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Anonymous wrote:Tonight is tacos
Monday: salmon, rice, asparagus
Tuesday: out
Wednesday: meatball subs
Thursday: waffles with fruit
Friday: pizza
Saturday: pork BBQ sandwiches with bean salad

Aside from the salmon, this sounds really unhealthy. Do you always eat like this?

You sound a bit grumpy. Maybe cut back on the kale? Some of us like food that actually tastes good and we enjoy it because we are not disordered orthorexics.

I’m not a disordered anorexic (fixed that for you) but I’m also not eating waffles, subs, pizza and sandwiches 4x a week.

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Now I’m drooling remembering the popovers we had at Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park after a long hike on a cold and foggy day.

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Anonymous wrote:Tonight is tacos
Monday: salmon, rice, asparagus
Tuesday: out
Wednesday: meatball subs
Thursday: waffles with fruit
Friday: pizza
Saturday: pork BBQ sandwiches with bean salad

Aside from the salmon, this sounds really unhealthy. Do you always eat like this?

You sound a bit grumpy. Maybe cut back on the kale? Some of us like food that actually tastes good and we enjoy it because we are not disordered orthorexics.

I’m not a disordered anorexic (fixed that for you) but I’m also not eating waffles, subs, pizza and sandwiches 4x a week.

Well aren’t you just superior then?