Just knock on the door! (If you don't mind dog hairs...)

Broccoli chopped real small, I leave out the onions too

Replace the peas with a second layer of bacon!

Yes, we like soupy dishes too. When we have fish/seafood stew with andouille sausage in it, the rice is served in a separate bowl so each person can have it as wished.

We are tired toward the end of the day so often just eat soup for dinner. We (husband) and I make lots of soup before hand and freeze it in quart containers. Right now we have quarts of Zuppa Toscana, Turkey Chili, Ham & Bean, Tomato Soup ready to go. For a side, with chili, Broccoli Cornbread made with cottage cheese.

A favorite food here is guacamole. We have that usually twice a week and it is just and right that it form the basis of meals with enchiladas, tacos, etc. Husband jokes that when we married decades ago, I told him I was of German/Polish descent, but it turned out that I was really Mexican due to the frequency of Tex-Mex type food served at our abode.

Try sliced beets.

Btw...is the cast iron skillet not the most treasured tool in the kitchen!

We almost never remove our go to skillet from the cook top. In the past 5 or 6 years we've just about given up on everything except the cast iron.

Jambalaya without rice - isn’t that Gumbo?

Thanks to the OP for starting this thread, there are lots of ideas for good food here. Most of my five senses are in decline, but not taste!

Tex-Mex with apple strudel or German Chocolate cake for dessert sounds good to me. :)

Pretty much, yeah.

But if you're gonna EAT your dinner and not DRINK it - you need to cook the rice in the same pot as the veggies, stock, and meat. It absorbs all those flavors. Otherwise it's just soup or stew over plain rice. Which is fine, if that's what you want that day. I like meat and veggies with my rice, not rice with my soup.

You are welcome! Sometimes I feel uncreative making my grocery list so it's nice to have suggestions different from my usual rotation of dinners.

Lot's of talented cooks at TV! Thanks everyone!

Saracosa… most of our wine come direct

Hard boiled eggs?

That might work! Tx.