dinner planning

[coraa]

Everybody loves a poll, right?

Today, for dinner, I know I'm making:

* Baked acorn squash with butter, brown sugar and a pinch of red pepper flakes.
* Corn bread.

I feel like this meal needs some third element. I turn to you, O LJ, to help me figure out what that should be!

I'm kind of feeling in a vegetarian mood, but another day of bean soup this week might strain jmpava's otherwise excellent patience. So. I present these options:

[Poll #1314753]

Comments

[linley.livejournal.com]

The acorn squash and cornbread are both yellow-ish, fairly mild-tasting, and don't pack a lot of protein. Thus, my choices focused on dishes that would be colorful, sharper in flavor, and/or offer more protein.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Spinach. It needs a different color.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

If I had any greens on hand, I would have had them, yeah. Unfortunate, nada until I hit the farmer's market tomorrow.

[porfinn.livejournal.com]

What did you end up with?

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I did both miso soup and roasted beets -- the beets for a bit of color, and the soup because... well, because miso soup is dead easy. :D