Dinner Table Talks

(Grain Free, Not Quite) Yakisoba - Spinach Mushroom Chicken Enchiladas - Panties in the Backyard - We Should Do a Cookbook - Wasting Lettuce

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While throwing away a whole bag of gross, forgotten, bottom-of-the-produce-drawer lettuce, Joe finds a pair of panties in the backyard. Two great dishes made it to The Dinner Table this week based on available produce: Yakisoba and Spinach Chicken Mushroom Enchiladas

TableTopics Question:

What's the most you'd spend on surgery for a pet?

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Yakisoba

TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Stir-Fried Quinoa with Eggplant and Cabbage, Grain-Free Pizza Dough Challenge: Cauliflower Crust, Fermented Foods, When You're Not Around The Dinner Table As Much

Our Grain-Free Pizza Dough Challenge either continues or concludes with cauliflower crust this go round. Now that we've done three GF pizza crusts, which is our favorite? We try a new recipe, Stir-Fried Quinoa with Eggplant and Cabbage, and love it. Very versatile for whatever fresh produce you have laying around. Joe points out that time around the Dinner Table has decreased and we explore the reasons and solutions.

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TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Aislynn's Dental Surgery - Gut Health and Antibiotics - Fudge - Smoothies Cauliflower Pakora Soup - Turnip Potato Soup - 

Aislynn's dental surgery this week sent shockwaves through our home with concerns about the food and nutrition that are required to boost an antibiotic-weakened system...and when all the food has to be soft. Aislynn fills us in on the surgery, time on the couch and we get a small taste of Magical Mystery Tour.

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TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Cabbage Roll Soup - Leftover Roast and Vegetables - Aislynn's Chocolate Addiction - Take Out Sushi - Our TV Time - Alexa Farts

The new Netflix show Best Leftovers Ever! gets us talking about our TV time. Queens Gambit, Cooking With Cannabis, Black Bear, Lovers Rock, Mangrove, Chopped, Iron Chef and more. Aislynn's chocolate addiction is spiraling out of control while Alexa is farting up a storm. We cook an amazing Cabbage Roll Soup, the best roast and vegetable leftovers ever(?), bring in the plants from a freeze and get some take out sushi.

Life is good around The Dinner Table

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Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Sunday Brunch At A New Joint - Joe's New Woks - Birth Order Talk In Depth - Aislynn's Overflow of Abundance

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Joe's new woks are coming in handy with all of Aislynn's produce. He asks, "Where has the wok been all my life?" Aislynn has an answer. The gang goes out for Sunday Brunch at a new spot, Muse, prompting an analysis of what makes a great Sunday Brunch. Aislynn's wish for an Unanswered Question about birth order comes true and Joe and Aislynn talk real about how their kids measure up to the science. Then they analyze themselves.

Unanswered Questions:

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TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Vietnamese New Year Feast - JHAC Reunited - Aislynn's Intuitive Gardening Mastermind - Bloody Marys Continued - Our 1/5/10 Gift Exchange - Cocoa Bombs Around a Wet Fire - A City Filled With Fireworks

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After Joe's kids missed our Christmas celebration last week, they're in town just in the nick of time for a 7-hour New Year's Eve window. And we cram it all in: our 1/5/10 gift exchange and an amazing meal out at Vietnam, a local 'special occasion' restaurant. We detail everything including Aislynn's new online Mastermind, lucky red panties, rogue fireworks, liquor-filled cocoa bombs, black-eyed peas, and so much more.

Unanswered Questions:

TableTopics Question:

TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Christmas At The Farm 2020 - Brunch Egg Casserole Bloody Marys - Hallmark Christmas Movie Eve - Egg Drop Soup and Stir-Fried Chinese Greens

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TableTopics Question:

TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Butternut Squash Soup - Grain-Free Pizza Crust Challenge Cont. - Are We Snobs? - Where Does Aislynn Eat Chicken?

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Girls' Weekend Full Report - Kale Chips and Deviled Eggs - Putting Up The Christmas Tree - Roast and Green Beans To Go - Joe's Boiled Eggs 

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Aislynn returns from her girls' weekend in Wimberly filled with stories aplenty involving the food she took, homemade birthday cake and broccoli cheese soup,  She returns to a Christmas tree-free house and we discuss whether or not we want to do one this year. (We will). The growing harvests of fresh, local food mean that it must be used so Aislynn talks kale chips. Learning deviled egg math. An old Unanswered Question about grated cheese comes back in real life. Table

TableTopics Question: 

TableTopics is a game we've picked up along the way that is simply a box of questions designed to create conversation. We draw a random question from a random pack every week and we never see the question before we draw it on the show.

Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Veggie-Filled Tomato Sauce - Tortilla Soup - DTT Ethics Committee In Session - Aislynn's Annual Girls' Weekend - Real Food

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Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License