Recipe for Creamy Chicken and Rice Popovers (as found on the back of a box of Success rice)

Except that in Vietnam, having been a French colony, French is a commonly spoken language, unlikely to fall prey to poor translations/transliterations.

Tonight's spread is a spiral-sliced ham with whiskey honey glaze, and roast potatoes with lemon olive oil, garlic, oregano, and Kosher salt.

:D

KFC

Do you nosh on it straight out of the box?

Cheesy Chicken and Spicy Rice - I don't really have a recipe, I'm kind of experimenting here...

Rose really seems to like it. Not as much as she liked the sangria, though.

:D :cheers:

We're having Spiedies!!!

See! You have them WAY too often... :p

The spiedies have been marinating for two days:



On the skewers, ready to go!



Cooking...



Yum!

Those look delicious JW!!

Oh, they are!

(And I'm having leftovers for lunch today!)

JW, those look incredible! Recipe for the marinade?

Last night I made baby back ribs, corn and cole slaw.

Since I have no grill or outdoor space I was not too sure they'd turn out. I was wrong, they were delicious. Missed the BBQ smokiness and that was it. Now I know I can do ribs in the oven and they will be 99% as good as BBQ grilled. Leftovers tonight, YUM

Leftovers from Potrero War - roasted chicken (cooked with a glaze that keeps it super moist), garlic sauce (made from 2 roasted garlic heads and 1/4 cup raw garlic), and a cherry sauce (made from mashed up cherries soaked in wine).

Appetizers. Alcohol.

The boy wants homemade mac & cheese, now I need to find a good recipe. Any suggestions?

This is a good mac and cheese recipe.

I was just going to suggest the same one!

Last night we had grilled teriyaki chicken and veggie skewers with rice.

Hershey's Kisses. Enjoyin' 'em right now

We had Beef Strokinoff.

I need to start cooking again. I get busy and get out of the habit.

Tonight: Shepherds Pie using leftover roast lamb.

Tomorrow: Beef Korma

Mon: Meatloaf, made with Beef,Pork & Sausage mince. And Hamburger Helper. ;)

Dodger Dog.

Grilled chicken soft tacos (chicken marinated in a little beer with lots of lime juice, brown sugar, salt, lots of pepper, cumin, chili powder and a dash of oil) with grilled veggies so it was almost like fajitas I suppose but done up taco style.

Really delicious and plenty of leftovers for lunch tomorrow at work too.

I was about 80% successful in recreating a famed Pizza Cookery antipasto salad. I lack whatever black magic technology creates the architecturally sound stacks of meat and cheese, as well as the perfect little mozzarella turds. But the flavors and meat:cheese:salad ratio was spot on. I'm most pleased. And craving some greasy pizza.

Lots of left over salmon sandwiches, quiche, fruit, pasta salad, meatballs, bacon, cucumber sandwiches......

Noticed Wolfette made sure there was no left over bacon......

Pasketti

For a non eye-tal-yun, Susan makes a great effing spaghetti sauce

Apricot chicken (which was surprisingly GED-easy to make!), green beans, and potato wedges (okay, I bought those)

The apricot chicken is some apricot preserves, a splash or two of soy sauce (I also snuck in a small splash of the peach balsamic vinegar, but we won't tell the husband that, will we?), and just poured it over the salted and seasoned chicken breasts about halfway through cooking in an oiled pan.

A couscous pasta blend thing from TJ's, some palak paneer from a heat and serve pack, and maumene ryalle. The last two did not go together as well as hoped, but were nonetheless delicious.

OMG, Best. Review. Ever.

So I was looking up info on Hometown Buffet, and I came across this 1-star review:

The fact that you were looking up info on Hometown Buffet scares me.

Though I haven't been in years HomeTown Buffet (in its Old Country Buffet guise) is a guilty occasional craving. Growing up, that was the treat eating out meal every couple of months. Then in high school, when we'd do big group ditchings of school that's where we'd generally end up since we could just hang out and so long as we weren't actually eating a lot management didn't care since they were dead for weekday lunches anyway.

Ended up at one last time I visited my brother and it wasn't too bad. It's no Napa Rose, to be sure, but acceptable as a cheap meal when we're sick of all our usual haunts. So we were considering it. Didn't happen though. We ended up at Woody's Diner, which replaced our old Islands. It was pretty good too, and also cheap.

Also remember who I'm married to. The "boring" offerings at a Hometown Buffet just happen to be all his favorite food groups (the Macaroni group, the pizza group, the fried chicken group, and the soft serve group). Yet amazingly, he was less interested in the place than I was. So in the absence of the coupon which I'd handed to him and he'd tried to hand me but failed, we didn't go.

I went to a dreadful party this evening, but they did have one hell of a BBQ Sauce. For BBQ sauce it's even fairly healthy.

Blue Cheese turkey burgers - yum

Cheeseburgers with arugula, and mixed Greek olives on the side :)

Steak, potatoes, and Boston cream pie for dessert. I am so stuffed.

Today I got the propane tank for our freakishly efficient bbq filled (owned it for 8 years, and this is only the 2nd time I've had to fill it, and not for lack of use). So I needed to welcome the new tank properly.

Ralph's had porterhouse "cowboy cuts" (2 inch thick mouthwatering cuts of yum) on sale. Grilled one of those up with a parmesean-black pepper crust. Also used the grill to roast garlic for garlic mashed potatoes. Side salad with dressing made using some oil reserved from a jar of sun dried tomatoes.

I had to break in my non-stick grill tray and made grilled vegetables basted with some butter, olive oil, crushed garlic, rosemary and thyme. I like the contrasting flavors the marinade brings out.

I am making Beef Bourguignon for dinner tonight. It smells great already.

I made baked chicken that was marinaded is some storebought baja citris seasoning with orange juice. Made an orange-ish sauce to go with it, some roasted broccoli (a great way to make it if you've never tried it) with olive oil, salt and pepper and a little parm on top when it was tender crisp and roasty on the ends. Also made noodely stuff - browned butter, rotini and parm cheese (or mizithra).

Definately a dinner I'll be making again.

Lamb chops with garlic mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, baby spinach salad with walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette, and hot rolls.

Gretchen's making chili and cornbread

tomorrow is sweet corn muffins with jalepeno butter.

You're all making me hungry !!

Dinner tonight is Chicken & Corn soup & potato bake.

I'm having TJ's roast beef hash right now but for dinner I am making chicken bisque and maybe cheesey biscuits.

I know a lot of people will find the mere concept of this repulsive, but I think it looks delicious and am severely tempted to make it.

Complete Thanksgiving Dinner in a "Cake"

You beat me to it SM!!! I just saw that and went...oohhhh.... Actually I would totally eat that. Especially if the "cake" was mostly stuffing :)

^ Yeah, one layer too many of turkey loaf. I'd hire someone to make this, with my recipe tweaks (apple/sage instead of sausage stuffing), but it looks totally delish.

I think I just threw-up a little in my mouth.

It would need more cranberry sauce for me. Also, apple sausage stuffing, I'm with the cheeseman on this.

The "cake" as illustrated and described in the recipe has two turkey layers and one stuffing layer. As much as I love stuffing (and holy crap do I love stuffing!), I think it works better as a "meal" with more meat.

When I read the recipe, I was surprised to see there was cranberry sauce because it's nearly invisible in the main photo. So yes, I'd add more of the berries too.

I've made a version of this but along the lines of a chicken pot pie type of thing with thanksgiving leftovers. Bottom pie crust, leftover turkey, stuffing topped with mashed potatoes and put in the oven to heat through. Slice like a pie and serve with gravy. I like the idea of yams - but not so much the marshmellows.

Half-homemade Jambalaya, I saute' the andouillie (sp) & onions and add the chicken and bell peppers, then make a roux in the pan, but . . . I use Zantrans for the rest, add the shrimp just at the end. Turns out surprisingly good.
Tonight we got to eat by the pool, in November, I had forgotten after 20 years away just how great living in Southern California can be.
:coffee:

Chris is still out of town (painting the town red with Moonliner tonight). I didn't feel like cooking or heating something up so I got tamales from our local place. Their tamales are the bestest!

Got treated to Morton's tonight.

The bread had bacon on it.

Yay.

Oh boy!

It's Turkey Taco Tuesday!

My own version of ****-a-leeky soup, I omit the sour cream & spinach and replace with green chilies.

You must leave out the c0ck as well. ;)

Tonight's dinner was a new york strip stir fry with a side of fillet mignon.

The stir fry recipe called for 1.5 lbs of sirloin. Ralph's had porterhouse on sale for such a good deal that it was actually cheaper to get a 2lbs porterhouse than the 1.5 lbs of sirloin. And while I could justify using the NY strip side of the porter in the stirfry (loin is loin, right? Plus, there's a noticeable benefit to using the NY over just a sirloin), it seemed a crime against cow to do that to the fillet. So I lopped that off and cooked it up steakhouse style (dry rub, nice seer in a cast iron skillet, 10 minutes in the oven at 450 with a pat of butter on top).

Of course that stir fry came out so damned tender and delicious I don't know that I'll ever be satisfied with the sirloin version again.

Needed to do something different with ham tonight (eg: NOT pasta), so I made a sort of potpie-like casserole. Pretty good, but I cooked the liquid down just a tad far. Could have put the whole thing in the oven 10 minutes earlier than I did and been very pleased. Was still good, but less gravy-like goodness to spill across the biscuit dough crust.

Steak with a side of steak. My kind of meal.

Yeah, you kids know how to party!

Tonight was my 1st attempt at making kebab koobideh.

Not perfect, I have some room for improvement, and did a little jerry-rigging, but it was pretty good. And best of all, the hubby liked it well enough to be willing to eat it again! (my hubby being a picky eater this is huge)

So next time: don't forget to salt the meat, and probably should get some sumac to put on it at the end. And I freaking forgot to do the tomato... which is one of my favorite things! Oh, and need to get the wide flat skewers (instead of skinny wood ones the meat won't stick to) and cook over the bbq instead of my jerry-rigged rack-under-the-broiler. And need to get some basmati rice because jasmine rice is just too different. Oh yeah, and real flatbread instead of flour tortillas. So, I improvised on a few things, it was a very "international" dinner, haha.

BUT... not too shabby for a 1st try!

I attempted Buttermilk Fried Chicken (actually just boneless chicken breast) and it turned out really good. Now what to do with the left over disgusting oil.

Oil? I thought you said it was fried in Buttermilk ??? :p

BBQ Kobe Beef with Cardamom, Tomato and Ginger Broth

I've been watching Top Chef for a couple of seasons. This is my first try at one of their dishes. I might be in over my head here. I'll let you know how it turns out.....

A few weeks back, CP made Dale's grilled cheese and tomato soup from the Target episode (as demonstrated by Rick Moonin on the website). Absolutely deeeelicious.

That one sounds good (from a couple of good chefs), and doesn't look too complicated to make.

Not bad, not bad at all. Pretty good in fact.

I sure I made a few rookie mistakes but the end result was clearly better than our average dinners. However I think next time I'll follow CP's lead and pick one that has a demonstration video.

For dinner: mush, apparently.

Beef Stroganof

Smoothie!

Chicken fried steak wrapped in peppered bacon and topped with crumbled bleu cheese.

Whiskey

Matt that sounds yummy - recipe please?

Here it's polenta with Gorgonzola.

Pizza - waiting on delivery.

Sounds amazing, and I've already had dinner!

That sounds lovely, too.

We had roast chicken and veggies last night. I cut up extra veggies and roasted them in the pan juices afterwards. They are gong to make Roasted Vegetable Soup tonight.

I made stir fry chicken with some sort of store bought sauce that was sweet yet spicy, some asparagas and rice.

I have only been cooking lunch (trying not to eat after dark on weekdays) yesterday I made chicken noodles with green chili and roasted veggies. It was a rain day so comfort food was in order.

Last night was supposed to be pork tenderloin with potatoes, salad and rolls. I browned it on the stove and finished it in the oven - even took the temperature. Let it rest.

Called everyone to dinner and went to cut it and thought it didn't look/feel quite right. Cut a piece of the end and not nearly done inside. WTF? Apparently I read the thermometer wrong or something. So I put it back in the oven and we started with salad... and eventually just couldn't wait and ate the rolls and potatoes.

The meat was finally done about 10 minutes later - when no one was really that hungry anymore.

I did eat the little piece off the end though and it was soooooo tasty!

So - tonight we are having some sort of pork tenderloin. I hate to call it leftovers.

Smoky Tomato-Bacon Soup

Very easy and turned out really good. And at 170 calories/serving it's not too bad for you either.

Not for dinner - but I cooked it: Yesterday I made peanut butter cookies with bacon on top. Everyone asked why I made them. I made 2 dozen and got 2 of them (in a house of 4 people). I think that answers the questions.

Tonight we are having chicken wings, chicken strips, curly fries, and salad. I'm having strips because I prefer without the bone but I'll make them in a hot wing sauce. Meanwhile, the rest of the family prefers wings but with bbq sauce instead. It's an easy dinner to make and no one complains when I make it.

for the chicken wings, I dry them, salt and pepper and flour them, put them on a baking sheet with foil sprayed heavily with non stick spray ( I can't seem to find the non stick foil anymore) and cook them for about 50 minutes or so at 450 turning half way through. I sauce them up about 10 minutes before they are done.

To leftover spaghetti, add
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
and a green pepper, chopped
maybe a can of petite diced tomatoes
as much shredded cheese (cheddar, jack, mozzarella, whatever you like) on top

Shazzzam! Baked spaghetti.

I'm teaching frittata-making classes from the couch this week.

Poor Man's Chicken Parm:

4 frozen breaded chicken patties
1 jar tomato sauce
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

and, if'n ya wanna git fancy:
Shredded Romano Cheese
Italian Seasonings

Brown chicken patties in a frying pan until warm throughout and lightly browned on outside. Spray a small casserole dish or deep pan lightly with cooking spray (wipe away excess because let's face it, that stuff's kinda nasty). Pour a thin layer of sauce in bottom of pan, lay chicken patties on top of sauce. Flip patties over, coating both sides in sauce. Pour more sauce on top. Cover with a generous layer of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle a small amount of shredded Romano cheese over the mozarella. Sprinkle lightly with Italian Seasoning.

Heat in oven until cheese gets all melty. Get impatient and turn on the broiler. Broil until cheese gets lightly browned. Serve with a side of spaghetti using remaining sauce.

Homemade pizza.

I had some burgushi.

See avatar (valid April 6, 2011).

Wheat Thins and Extra Sharp cheddar cheese.

We had mashed potatos. The boy was at the Orthodontist today. For dessert it's probably apple sauce or ice cream if he's up to eat.

Bacon-Gruyere meat loaf. It's in the oven and smells wonderful.

That sounds wonderful. How did it taste?

It was really really good. Here is the recipe

I did sub out turkey meat for the ground chuck.

My neighbor made Veggie Pot Pies and a huge salad. It was nummy.

Tonight it's brats on some sort of braided rolls. It's quick and easy since I don't feel like cooking. If anyone is still hungry they can have a can of soup. So there. ;)

Breakfast for donner tonight.

Waffles, bacon and eggs with plenty of butter and maple syrup.

Donner, eh? What's the bacon made of... "long pork"?

(sorry, couldn't resist the cannibalism joke)

The Gastropub I love has a Duck bacon sausage corn dog as their link of the day. I really want to go try one.

Steak & Kidney Pud !!! :D

Garlic chicken and mushroom farfalle, with a side of Arugula in Champagne Pear vinaigrette.

Steamed artichokes with garlicky aioli and maybe some leftover pasta or lentil soup.


Morrie, bwahahahaa re my Donner typo. Speaking of cannibles, isn't there a campus that named their cafeteria after Alfred Packer?

Chocolate chip cookies and a glass of cold milk. Skim cuz I like to eat healthy.

Breakfast casserole with bacon with spicy jimmy dean sausage and sharp cheddar. It's not on the list of things that are "good for you"... but it's breakfast for dinner and the whole family will eat it and (this is the important part) I didn't have to go to the store to get something to make.

Chris is in the kitchen whipping up a Chinese Chicken Salad.

Roast Chicken !!! I LOVE trying out new appliances from work. This time it's the NutriOven.

I am currently looking through this thread to try and decide what to make for dinner. Hmmmmm.....

Easiest thing in the world is chicken breasts marinated in one of those "garlic-herb" marinades. Cook up a little pasta and veg on the side and use remaining marinade as a sauce.

No; the easiest thing is ordering take out!

It was pork tenderloin marinated in a garlic and peppercorn concoction with noodley stuff, carrots and sourdough roll.

French Cheese and Bacon Puffs

OMG I can't say how good these are and my house smells heavenly.

I'm making ground beef/bean burritos for dinner. To go with it, I'm going to make a grilled corn-avocado-salsa concoction that I'm looking more forward to than the burritos.

Another Top Chef recipe

Richard Blais Beef Goulash

Wow. That was very tasty, and pretty easy although I did have to pick up a pressure cooker. I also added a side of spatzle that was shown on the show but not in the linked video.

Kiva Steak at Blue Agave. I love that place!

Welcome to the world of the BEST home-made stocks.

Throw the remains of a roast chicken in there, with carrot, celery and onion, and cook for 2 hours under pressure and tell me that isn't the best stock EVER**







**Vegetarians - YMMV on that opinion, sorry.

Hot Dogs.

A person up at work held a hot dog taste test party and out out 8 diffrent brands the group picked Boar's Head as the overall best so we are trying them out tonight.

If I'm eating a hot dog, my dog-O-choice is Nathan's. I'll make a note to check out Boar's Head (the brand name, does not sound appetizing) ;)

Boar's Head is a very well-known and (I believe) respected brand in deli meats & cheeses.

I've always been a Nathan's man as well, but the Boar's Head were quite tasty.

Now I'm looking forward to tomorrow: It's Taco Tuesday!

I love Nathan's but the husband prefers Hebrew National.

Did you do them in the Pressure Cooker ? :D

Can I just throw a generic "That's what SHE said!" on this thread?

Too many hot dog comments to resist.

Tonight it's going to be baked chicken and potatoes with garlic and rosemary with some sort of veg... carrots probably. The rosemary in my garden has growing fresh sprouts and they're just begging to be tasted.

Last week, I made my first ever meatloaf from scratch. (How did a bachelor like me get this old without ever having done this!?) I used crushed garlic croutons instead of bread crumbs (it was in an Alton Brown recipe online) and I made it a bit spicy. It came out well enough that I made another one this week. Today, having over 2/3 of the meatloaf left, I crumbled some of it up and turned it into taco filling. It was fantastic! Now I'm on a mission to find more creative uses for yesterday's meatloaf. (Or any meatloaf variations you all have tried and liked.)

It has been 20 years almost since I last ate regular meatloaf but I wonder if you could use it as a base for a shepherd's pie.

Good idea. I even have a shepherd's pie sauce mix that I got from the British food aisle at my local Publix. (There are hordes of Brits here in the vacation kingdom)

You could use the leftover meat in spaghetti or chili or mix it in some mac and cheese (which I think sounds terrible but it's something my husband and son would love.) Or make sloppy joes.

Tonight I'm making bbq pork sandwiches with coleslaw and baked beans. I'm pretending it's not raining out I guess because that doesn't really sound like a rainy day menu.

The meat is easy. Get a hunk or hunks of pork roast of some kind and cut it into largish chunks. Dump in crock pot with favorite bbq sauce(s), salt and pepper and that's it. Okay - maybe add a little water to it to get it going I guess. Should be easy when it comes time to eat dinner, I just have to heat up beans and mix up some dressing for the cole slaw (which is a must on the sandwich if you ask me) and that's it.

Taco Tuesday!

Dinner tonight was tortilla chips and cheese.


Don't let your meat loaf

Hey - I'm making meat loaf for dinner tonight with mashed potatoes (also homemade).

I don't want to make dinner. I just want to eat it.

That's why God created restaurants...

Change in plans. Meatloaf tomorrow. Tonight it's something totally unhealthy but easy and the whole family loves: nachos with meat, beans, cheese, salsa etc.

Hmmm. I'll bet I could even get away with the kids doing most if not all of the work. Hmmm.

I mad truffle mac and cheese last night and, tonight we'll be eating leftovers. Probably tomorrow night as well.

Red Lobster! (Mmmmmm.... Cheesy biscuits!)

I see you didn't want to make dinner either!


I fed the kid but I haven't eaten. The problem is now I'm hungry!

Bacon & Egg Calzones !!!

Breakfast for dinner tonight!

waffles and maple syrup
turkey breakfast sausage
poached eggs

Two nights ago, I tried The Loving Hut, not knowing what I was getting into. It's a mostly-Asian all-vegan chain, and I found the food tasty and satisfying, ideal for the carnivore who wants to learn how meaty meatless can be. What I didn't know is that these restaurants are part of the sect of the Supreme Master Ching Hai, a very pretty Vietnamese woman whose holy mission includes fashion, jewelry, music and tasty vegan chow. The restaurants are spotlessly clean and painted in happy white and yellow, with flat screen televisions playing a constant loop of Supreme Master TV. Surreal, but I'll be going back. (Spring rolls were yummy, and the BBQ TVP was toothsome.)

What is TVP?

TVP = Textured Vegetable Protein - although, actually, the BBQ I had was seitan, a wheat gluten product. It was convincingly meaty, a bit chewy, but flavored very nicely. I'm curious to go back and try their vegan fried shrimp, and "noble rice" with breaded tofu bits that I am told are very chicken-like. they also serve everyone a complementary miso soup.

I notice on their site that their menus differ by location, and the CA Lovign Huts feature some Mexican inspired items. (vegan nachos, etc.) If anyone has a chance, by all means try it and report your findings here.

I decided to do ribs in the crock pot.

Aha, thank you Flippy.

In looking at their website, I HAVE eaten at their location in Chinatown. It was good, I need to go back, it's beena while.

We had bagel burgers on homemade bagels.

While I don't think we're having any dinner tonight, Saturday night's dinner was fun. We were at Potrero War this weekend and as is the custom in our encampment (House of St. Martins), we had our Saturday night Feast, which is effectively a period themed potluck.

While some dishes were more authentic than others, it is always a little fun sampling different treats. We had Sheppards Pie, a couple of different sausages, various meat dishes, along with a few items that were a little more mundane. We were entertained by the more talented in the group with both song and poetry (I gave everyone the best gift I could and didn't sing a note), and one of the kids used her Girl Scout Songleader training and lead us all in a fun little ditty. And of course, all of this was outdoors by candlight.

Unfortunately, while the weather was great all day Saturday, the rain kicked in around 3 or 4 in the morning on Sunday. But overall, we had a great weekend (although we are both exhausted at the moment).

Ah, SCA. It's been a long long time for me. Sounds like fun.

Tonight it's TRIPE !!!


YES, really.

I'm really craving macaroni and cheese. And grape soda.

When I was in college, my 'fancy' dinner was to make Kraft Mac n Cheese with grilled Polska Kielbasa mixed in. Then I would cover a plate-full with grated cheddar cheese and stick it in the broiler to melt the cheese.

That's funny. I had a "fancy" version of mac in college too. (Minced garlic and fresh rosemary)

Best part is, the rosemary was snipped off a bush on campus :)

pizza

Last night was pancakes. It was supposed to be spaghetti but I'm just not a big spaghetti fan anymore.

Steak & Kidney Pud !!!

Pud? Watch your language there, mate

Tonight I am roasting chickens. I will probably just roast some veggies to go with it. That way I can make chicken bisque for the boy tomorrow after his dental procedures.

Oh damn - I forgot to defrost the chicken. I better get it in a bowl of water!

We're having roasted chicken breasts with salad and noodley stuff and roasted carrots.

I made dirty martinis last night - but Lisa put together a fabulous salad based on greens and veggies harvested from our garden.

And tonight I'm eating potato chips. Maybe that's just my appetizer.

Grilled cheese sammich

leftover chicken tacos.

Thai Drunken Chicken

I took a can of refried beans and added what I found in the fridge. Just add chips and I am eating dinner!

Tonight it's Guy Grossi's Braised Tuscan Style Beef, and Lemon Tart.

Tonight's dinner has all the culinary legitimacy of dog food, with none of that pesky nutritional benefit ;)

Microwave salisbury steak (yeah, that scary Banquet "made from mechanically separated pork, beef & chicken stuff), served with egg noodles, to which I added butter, a few tablespoons of the pasta water, salt, splash of milk, and poured off the excess gravy from the salisbury steaks.

For my own, I also added peas.

I guiltily admit... tastes good.

Morri: it SHOULD taste good - Salisbury steak has a $hitload of MSG in it...

Tonight in Casa De Los Osos we're having Cream Of Barley Soup.

101 Things You Never Knew
 

#72: Cream Of Barley Soup makes a passable substitute for wallpaper paste.

From the foodie
 

Chicken in Salsa, black beans with green chilie, brown rice and salad with raspberry vinaigrette. All organic of course.

Lemon pepper chicken, salad, noodley stuff. And sourdough bread, homemade, that didn't quite rise right the second time.

Breakfast. I worked late, and it's fast. Bacon, eggs, waffles (gluten free variety for me, and they don't suck too badly) and country potatoes.

What's a Country Potato? Is it looked down upon by City Potatoes?

Probably - but the country potatoes smirk knowingly to themselves letting them think the city is where it's at... merely to keep them there and out of the country.

And tonight it's carnitas with more homemade salsa. I've been making salsa like crazy lately and putting it on everything. I learned how to make it "right". Cut an onion into quarters or so, peeled and throw it in a hot pan with whole jalepenoes, tomatoes, whatever else (passillo, tomatillo, etc - whatever you like.) Burn everything! You want it a fairly charred. Then cut the stemmy tops off the tomatoes and peppers and throw it all in the food processor with a bunch of cilantro, lime juice and salt to taste. Yummy yummy yummy.

My family is not veggie oriented - but they love this salsa. I make about 4 cups at a time and have made about 3 batches a week for the last 3 weeks. Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!

Last night, composed salad. Composed of spinach and a lot of little things that were leftover in the fridge and a nice fresh lemon herb vinegrette.

It is an unassuming potato that, unlike it's snobbish city counterpart, welcomes it's humble friend, the sweet onion from Walla Walla. It is not shredded like the anorexic city hashed potato, instead it revels in it's chunky goodness. My country potatoes, btw, despise country music. They're more into progressive rock. :D

That's the way I learned to make it in Dallas. They (the family that taught me) called it "que mada".

That stuff is 'slap ya mama' good!

It's just me and Mrs. Moonie tonight, the kids are away.

Looks like it's leftovers tonight.

Naked.

I dunno about tonight, but I've been working on the plans for the next Supper Club 600 and they're delish.

Let's hope it's not chili then.

Roasted fennel & garlic and goat cheese pizza with lots of herbage.

Vicolo cornmeal crust.

Roasting the garlic and fennel when I get home.

Sliced tomato on the side.

What time should I be over? ;)

I just picked chard, tomatoes, sugar snap peas and mint from the garden. I think I'll mix with some white beans and an orange vinaigrette. Something between a hippie hash and a salad.

I NEED the recipe for that sauce.

NEED.

PM me.

Oh, and dinner tonight is Chicken Udon Soup

Me too on the sauce recipe! Tamarind is something I've been wanting to tinker with but wasn't sure quite where to start.

Ask SuperK about Tamarind. ;)

a perfectly ripe nectarine and a nice hot cup of earl grey.
yum

Chipotle! Haven't had it in... I'd say over a year? I'm in some kind of "rice is AWESOME" mode today, so this was perfect.

Chipotle in what? I use them in my homemade aioli, but you should not eat that if you are preggers

Chipotle is a restaurant.

you ate a restaurant for dinner? or was there some specific dish you had?


...and K won't spill the beans on the Tamarind thing... Hmmmmm, this bears investigating methinks !

Lash: what can I say, my appetite has increased ;)

Chipotle is a pseudo-Mexican chain owned by the McDonald's folks. They do burritos. My burrito was steak, rice, pinto beans, pico de gallo, corn salsa, sour cream and cheese.

That sounds delish. I like the lime cilantro rice on mine. I love their corn salsa and have been inspired to make versions of it at home including a sort of corn salsa with chunky avocado - not quite a salsa and not quite a guac.

Damn. Now I'm craving that.

Tonight for dinner was going to be teryaki chicken, rice and sauteed veggies - but someone else wants meatloaf so it may end up that instead. Whatever.

Betty: what about a Teriyaki Chicken & Rice Meatloaf ?

McDonald's sold off their stake in Chipotle in 2006. Can't call them McMexican any more :(

What a relief! I know how much they pay their food chemists... :eek:

I tried Chipotle recently, because I heard they were no longer McMexican. Still waaaay too much cilantro for my taste, though. (When I was growing up in New Mexico, we didn't need no stinkin' cilantro, though nowadays, even my old favorite haunts use it some - crank crank crank)

There's a local but fast-growing chain herei FL called Tijuana Flats that has a super Taco Tuesday special - two generous tacos, chips and a drink for 5 bucks - and that has become a weekly indulgence for me. (Very fresh and a hot sauce bar with dozens of exotic and in some cases dangerous pepper sauces.) I get one soft wheat tortilla with chicken, and a hard shell taco with beef, and a side of guacamole for an extra dollar. Now I can't wait for next Tuesday! (They're topped with fresh, not pickled, jalapenos, tomato, onion, lettuce, cheese and sour cream standard. Worth a visit next time you're in town.)

T bone steaks Matt is going to cook on our indoor grill. Life is good.

meat loaf, mashed potatoes, salad and roasted brocolli.

I was going to make teriyaki beef and rice but the boys want bbq. So it looks like hamburgers and hot dogs for us.

Homemade beef stroganof

NY steaks, baked potatoes w/sour cream & chives, and salad. Followed by chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. Dinner at the in-laws' is gooooood.

Teriyaki steak from Tongaroa Terrace eaten at Trader Sams.

I'm going to make another sourdough loaf today and if it turns out, we'll have spaghetti and meatballs.

I made a sourdough starter using pineapple juice and flour. It's a new method I read about online that's supposed to work a little more consistantly. Something about the juice being able to kill off the initial bad bacteria long enough for the sourdough bacteria to take hold. I've had it for 2 or 3 week and have yet to make a really great loaf. Oddly - the dough is great to work with. I got the forming part down so it doesn't blob out anymore. Maybe it just needs more salt. It's a fun experiment though - and bread flour in the bulk section at winco is pretty cheap.

After bbqing last night I took caramel marshmallows and toasted them on the coals. They made the best s'mores I have ever eaten!!

Have you had bacon s'mores?

No I have not had bacon s'mores but now am curious. Oooo wait I could have carmel bacon s'mores, or is that overkill?!

no. and now I must try it.

Last night, mussels and chorizo cooked in wine with an obscene amount of garlic, shallots fresh herbs and a nice hunk of baguette. It was heavenly.

As it happened to be bumped anyway in another thread, now seems like an excellent time to one again mention Mapel Bacon Plush Puffs. As well as many other fine flavors.

Bad food which has led to bad stomach. Darwin award for me!

Lisa: not Corn Dogs, I hope !

I finally made a good batch of sourdough bread! yay! The recipe was severely lacking in enough salt. I doubled it and the bread finally tasted like bread. The problem was using a recipe with a different starter then what the recipe was based on. That and finally forming it properly. I can make a long loaf fine so I'll stick with that.

As much as I love them, I admit that corn dogs often cause me distress. (Even, or especially, those massive Disney dogs.) Doesn't stop me, though.

Mac and cheese plussed with diced roma tomato and 6 spears of asparagus.

Swordfish drizzled with Teriyaki grilled on a open flame with hickory wood chips soaked in white wine tossed on the coals.

Corn on the cob rubbed with melted butter and paprika wrapped in foil and grilled along with the swordfish steak.

M&M's for desert eaten in chromatic order with the exception of the browns which have to be eaten last.

Chicken & Cheese on an English muffin.

Pea & Ham Soup made with LOTS OF BACON BONES !!!!!!

I'm not sure what bacon bones are.

Last night it was burgers with swiss and potato salad. I just didn't want to turn on the oven for anything.

Today I'll use hte crock pot for some chicken taco filling.

We're having cheese steaks on cheese rolls.

Mushroom ravioli in some kind of truffle cream sauce. Trader Joe's.

In future I would nuke it rather than the stovetop option, because the raviolis fell apart on the stove. But tasty!

A case-uh-dee-yuh

Last night was supposed to be chicken tacos but who wants to fry tortillas in that heat. So it was converted into a taco salad with some crushed tortillas chips as croutons instead.

Yum! One of my most favorite dinners.

Tonight is spaghetti and meatballs.

Spaghetti and meatballs here too!

I haz a cold so whatever from the fridge looks like it can survive being nuked in the microwave.

Another late lunch (although it was earlier today: 3:00), so no dinner.

Actually got to sit down and eat lunch today!

My life sucks right now :(

They're delicious bones cut from a smoked side of Bacon. They are traditional in Australia for making Pea & Ham soup, and they have yummy little scraps of smoked bacony meaty goodness on them that you can add to the soup once the bones are removed.

Meatworx? :rolleyes:

Yes, it does !

I thought it said meatworthy at first. lol

I'd not heard of bacon bones. We do the same thing with a leftover ham bone.

I sense a market opportunity here...

Mango chicken & rice from Fresh & Easy. It's quite tasty, good meal for $4.29, if I do say so myself (and I do)

Ever had Mummy dogs? (Hot Dogs wrapped in a Pillsbury crescent roll)

Last night I had some left over NY strip steak so I upgraded the Mummy dog. I made a mustard and parmesan cheese sauce that I spread over the unbaked rolls, wrapped them around the steak and baked.

I call them Pharaoh dogs.

Served with a nice Caesar salad and sliced watermelon.

That sounds really good Moonie. How did they turn out?

I've been known to take breakfast sausage links and roll them in crescents halves with cheese. Yummy but I'm sure really bad for me!

For a dinner featuring a start-to-finish prep time of under 15min, pretty darn tasty.

Yeah, but given your taste, that isn't saying much.

Ouch! Burn!!! :D

Yeah, I guess my taste in things is fairly suspect. After all I have you as a friend.

Ooh snap!

Congregation Ale House.

Italian sub from Togo's

Tonight will be homemade pizza with a sourdough crust. My sourdough starter has been lots of fun to experiment with but this is the first pizza crust so... But it's pizza so even if it's a bit wonky it's probably still good.

That sounds yummy! Gary wants me to get a starter going but I've never done it before. Is it difficult to keep alive and does it taste good?

It's easy to keep alive - just have to add more flour water mixture every few days. It's good - but not anywhere near as good as a san francisco sourdough is.

The pizza dough tasted great - but it did not firm up the way it should have and the crust was fairly floppy even though it was browned on the bottom.

The thing about sourdough is that everyone's is a different consistantsy. Some people like theirs more like oatmeal and some like theirs much more on the liquidy side - so it's hard to tell exactly how much regular flour to add until you're actually in the recipe. You have to do it by knowing what bread dough is supposed to look/feel like and adding more flour or liquid.

The pizza dough recipes just use the starter for flavor and not for levening power - or at least the one I tried. It also had yeast in it. Anyway, it'll probably take a few batches to figure it out - just like it did with the bread.

If you have a WinCo near you, they have a great bulk section with all sorts of flours you can play around with pretty inexpensively. I bought some semolina to add to the next batch which is supposed to make it more chewy. We'll see.

Try the sourdough starter using the pineapple juice method you can find online. I couldn't get one going the traditional way and I think using yeast is cheating.

Use a glass jar with a lid that can be left a little loose and make sure to put a little plate under it. You don't want it to ooze out on the shelf in your cupboard should it overflow.

Gazpacho, my mom's unbeatable recipe, and grilled chicken with a fresh basil/mint dressing. Summer eats at its best.

Summer ?? Brrr!! It's a Sloppy Joe for me tonight !


...no jokes about Chernabog, either. OK?

Want to share that soup recipe GD?

Last night we had pizza at home. It was going to be anohter sourdough crust but my sourdough starter looked funny so I dumped it. It should have been in the fridge instead of the cupboard. Oh well. I can always start another one. (use the pineapple juice method if you're interested.) I used a regular recipe but threw in some semolina flour too which is supposed to make it chewier and add some flavor.

Pizza had pepperoni with red peppers and onions.

We need to have a temperature exchange. Send us some of your cold and we'll send you some of our heat.


(ETA: That last part sounded kinda dirty...)

What IS for dinner? I don't know. Taco salad maybe. or Grilled chicken. or ??? it's too hot to think about.

I've seen your kind of heat ! Send it! Send it! :evil:

I made hamburgers with grilled onions and smoked gouda. The sides are easy leftover salads from the 4th. I had the potato salad and italian pasta salad. The boy may go for macaroni salad but neither of us eat the honey dijon pasta salad.

Tonight: Leftover Pea & Chicken Soup

Oh, about the soup. Owing to a sad and unfortunate Freezer Accident, involving poor eyesight and inadequate labelling, the Ham Bone I was going to use for the Pea & Ham Soup turned out to be Chicken Wings.

Thus, Pea & Chicken Soup was born.

It's not bad. I put some smoked paprika in it to give it that almost-bacony flavour. No Bacon Stock Cubes - I react too much to the Hydrolysed veggie protein in them.

Lash - that's funny! Last year, a few days before Thanksgiving, we arrived home to find a wrapped frozen turkey with a lovely note from our landlord.

I was really surprised when I went to make it, unwrapped it and discovered it was a ham. The note didn't say it was a turkey - I just assumed it was because of thanksgiving.

Caramelized Brussel sprouts, gazpacho and corn on the cob.

Super Pretzel and Powerade

Should I ask what a Super Pretzel is ?

Betty: Did you stuff the ham? :D

It's a big pretzel.

And Lash - lol.

Homemade Chicken Cacciatore, Tossed Green Salad, Parmesan-Asiago Rosemary Rolls, Creme Brulee in Chocolate Shells

A spicy donkey dick

Tonight - Sweet Potato Soup

Sounds right up your alley. ;)



I've got leftovers from two nights. I'm wondering what would happen if I combined them, threw salsa on top and casseroled it. It's an odd combo of some 50/50 chicken manicotti (half has alfredo sauce and half spaghetti sauce) with a little leftover filling I made into meatballs and then last night we had homemade boston baked beans. So, what would happen if I chop up the pasta/meatballs, mix it with the beans and a little salsa and.... crush up some tortilla chips on top and bake it?

It's either mad genius or we can always have canned soup. We'll see if I get brave enough to play The Mad Scientist with Leftovers Game.

I think there's a touch of mad genius there. Let us know how it goes

My menu rhymes
 

Shish kabob
Corn on the cob

Yeah, fresh corn season! I had some the other night. I love when it's so sweet you don't even need butter.

Had fresh corn for lunch on Sunday with my new favorite compound butter, butter, garlic and sriracha sauce. OMG, it was a marriage made in heaven. I'm craving it now.

Alternately, fresh corn with chimichurri sauce and butter. delish!

Butter, garlic... and sriracha? I'd never have thought of that!

Seriously goonie, it's totally addicting. On corn, it's like crack.

When I'm back to being able to eat garlic, I'll totally have to try it

What? You're a vampire now?

The vampire inside me doesn't like garlic in my blood, apparently.

(Every time I eat garlic, I end up regretting it)

Tonight's dinner was pretty decent. Cooked up some seasoned chicken breast in a pan, stir fry veggies, and topped it all with TJ's Orange Sauce, all over white rice.

Not exactly the breaded-and-fried orange chicken we're used to, but a nice dish in its own right.

We had meatloaf, smooshed potatoes (baked potatoes smooshed up with some butter, salt and pepper with a little milk - so like mashed potatoes but a lot chunkier, sort of), roasted carrots with a little too much pepper on them (although I thought they were delicious) and some crescent rolls. I never buy the crescent rolls but was going to try out some hamburger pie recipe I saw online. After reading over the recipe again though I decided to make something else with them.

We have no kitchen stuff unpacked yet, so today's food was delivery pizza.

Just simple fare tonight...

Butter Chicken and...

Caramelised White Chocolate With Sea Salt.

Oh I think more of an explanation than that! Do tell! What exactly is Caramelised White Chocolate With Sea Salt? And butter chicken for that matter. :cheers:

I was going to make teriyaki chicken for dinner but when I went out to grab the chicken it was gone. Then my brain kicked in and thought " Hmm, maybe that awful smell has something to do with the missing chicken!". Sadly I was right. Never let the teenager help put away groceries! The garage smells like something died.....and it was my dinner!

I guess we'll have fresh pineapple, rice and han bao for dinner tonight :(

Betty: Butter chicken you can get ready-made in the deli section at Trader Joe's. It's quite good, check it out!

Caramelised White chocolate

Butter Chicken

I can recommend both !! :snap:

Mac and cheese. Because we be po'.

Bucket of Popcorn

Wow! Both those sound great. Did the put the carmelized white chocolate on something? Or just stick in a spoon and go for it? :D

We had aspirations, but in the end we couldn't resist just spooning it out of the container. :blush:

That said - this stuff would be DYNAMITE spread over Scottish shortbread. NOM NOM NOM.

(Since this concerns something that was intended to be part of dinner, I'm posting it here...)

I inadvertently discovered an interesting new frozen treat tonight. I made Jello and put it in the freezer to speed up the congealing. I was only going to leave it in there for less than an hour. Well.... I forgot it until just now. After 6 hours it has turned into a big bowl of an interesting rubbery icee like stuff.

Surprisingly, it's quite tasty!

(And yes, I know about Jello Pops. But those are different.)

Huh - we'll have to give that a try. Sounds refreshing on a day like today with 104 degree temps. Should I put it in a bowl or use popcicle molds?

I wouldn't unless you're going to eat it right away. It got rather nasty when it thawed out.

We've been playing around with popcicles all summer... I'm always looking for something new to try.

Chicken Enchiladas - they're in the oven now. Hope they're good cause they were kind of a hassle to make. But I've got 3 small pans of them in the freezer now.

We have fun mixing whatever fresh fruit we have and making popsicles. To jazz it up sometimes we add yogurt, some flavors are better than others.

I had leftover fruit salad we made into popcicles. (cantalope, honeydew, pinapple, grapes) My son wouldn't touch the fruit salad but when I liquified it in the food processor and froze it, he couldn't get enough. I thought they were just so-so but he ate the entire tray of them himself.

Tonight is not-lasagne using rigatoni and mixin' it all up and baking it, with salad and some bread machine bread that should be done about 10 minutes before dinner.

Pizza Hut. When I was headed home I was in no way ready to eat, and hubby asked me to bring something in, so I figured something reheatable would be a good idea. It was.

Bacon & Eggs for Dinner !!!! Neener, Neener !!

We had hash, it must have been a breakfast kind of night!

Last night was a veggie frittata. Tonight is clean out the fridge veggie stew

Stoat is away for the next few nights.... so it's Singapore Chilli Crab tonight ! :p

A Priest a Jew and an Atheist.

OK, that's more of a "who came" than a "what's for" but it made for an interesting night.

It's a thunderstormy day, so salad, soup, and maybe some nachos.

Ooh... thunderstorms. I'm jealous!

Tonight is burgers. I guess.

Wow that's so weird, we are having thunder storms as well.

...For some reason, I pictured them walking into a bar....

Which is silly when you think about it, because if the first one were to walk into a bar, the other two would notice and duck.

What are the chances?!?

Tonight was TJ's orange chicken.

Chinese for us as well. This is so freaky.

Carnitas!

Steamed Char Siu Bao and Mixed berries with Yoghurt.

Jackalope!

It was beef brisket, roasted corn, and bruschetta.

FYI - the carnitas! The bomb-diggety! And plenty for leftovers tonight too.

Crap

Sometimes it's not what but where. Dinner today was at a crappy little Friday's knock off restaurant over looking the building where they are currently filming The Avengers. We saw a crowd running away scene being filmed. No super heros to be seen.

Headliner was quite jazzed to see it all.

Potato wedges. Yep, that's it.

tonight will be roasted chicken, potatoes and carrots. I'll roast 2 chickens and use the other one for something tomorrow night.

Tonight will be salad with squash blossoms and quesadilla with chopped carnitas, home made salsa.

Tonight is a market meal - some small potatoes I'm told are like Yukon Golds (only better) halved and fried up with onions, garlic, and sweet peppers, some Amish eggs with the same onions, garlic, and peppers, with basil on top, and some chicken and apple sausages.

Something at Park Pantry.

In planning your furure meals, do keep in mind that the last time we had a little wind blow through town we lost power for a week.

Tonight wasn't exactly dinner fail, but I wouldn't call it a triumph either. It was oven-baked chicken breast with nothing more than seasoned salt and poultry seasoning on it, and rice cooked in chicken broth.

The rice was nice, but would have liked it better with yet more flavor... perhaps if I'd sauteed it first in butter, onion and bouillon before pouring in the broth would have punched it up a bit.

The chicken was... plain. It was fine, just... plain. Can't wait till I get my tolerance for garlic back.

Decided to set half of it aside for a later pasta dish (something involving cream sauce and pork product, I've no doubt)

I remember this and also a tornado. Give me an earthquake anyday.

Rule #1 - the merest hint of any inclement weather, the grocery store will have a run on bread, milk, frozen pizza and beer. People will stock up as if there would be no access to food for weeks. Then, 9 times out of 10, barely a dusting.

Do what the Hare Krishnas do and use Asafetida/Hing powder. All the garlicky taste you love with none of the Allium problems.

A good solution goonie for more flavor, add loads of fresh herbage. You might also want to try a hint of garlic powder for the flavor rather than fresh garlic?

You've got to be careful with storing that stuff, though. Our plastic container of "ass" has its very own glass jar to protect everything else.

Leftover roasted chicken made into sandwiches. yum.

Tonight is special celebratory Stoat dinner of eye fillet steaks and asparagus served with tarragon hollandaise accompanied by sauteed mushrooms, carrot batons, and new potatoes in parsley butter.

[daffy duck voice] D'rool, D'rool [/daffy duck voice]

Sounds delish Lash. Is your tarragon hollandaise sauce a bearnaise sauce?

ftfy ;)

Actually, it's a Stoatnaise sauce (his own secret recipe) :D

ewwww

Venison. Again.

Probably bbq pork sandwiches with cole slaw using the left over pork from last night's carnitas. BBQ sauce covers all other flavors for the most part.

I make cole slaw - even though I'm the only one that likes it. It is a MUST to have on the sandwich. Hot meat that's shredded and the cold, crunchy, creamy slaw go great together.

Oh but wait - I don't have rolls. If I make that, I'll have to go to the store and I didn't want to do that today. Damn.

Maybe breakfast casserole then. Damn... Or I could throw some stuff in the bread machine and make dough for fresh rolls. That might be good. I could even try to make onion rolls!

At least you haven't resorted to eating the kids yet.

Was supposed to be boneless pork chops with au gratin potatoes, but when we pulled out the package, turned out we'd had it a few days longer than either of us remembered... so both it and the chicken bought at the same time had to be tossed.

We had mac and cheese with sandwich meat. :(

So I ended up making pepperoni pizza and bbq pork pizza with tomato onions and cilantro. Both were great.

Then, for some unknown reason, my daughter put the leftovers all squished up in small sandwich bags instead of wrapping them in foil or saran wrap.

I was making coffee this morning and getting water out of the inside door for the coffee pot. I stared at this 2 bags full of something... what is that I thought. It looks good - like cilantro and stuff - but what. (it was 4:30 this morning before coffee so I was a little cloudy.) Then I realized it was the leftover pizza all squished up and forced into bags - with about 1/2 of a medium to small sized pizza in each bag.

Teenagers. Sometimes they do the oddest things.

Take the squishy leftovers, spread 'em out in a greased baking dish, add more tomato sauce and cheese, and call it pizza casserole. Garnish with more cilantro.

Serve it to the offending teen, while you enjoy something edible. Add tonight's leftovers to tomorrow night's pizza casserole. And so on.

Passive/aggressive. I haz it. :evil:

I like it Gn2Dlnd. The other teenager will probably want me to make it again though. lol.

I should probably point out that you're lucky the teenager at least thought to cover it, instead of putting it in the fridge on an open plate to harden ;)

Composed salad of steamed veggies and some kind of creamy/yogurt dressing.

Teenagers came home and ate squished pizza, cold, from the bags. I guess they like pizza that much.

I'm making these hamburger buns to go with the bbq pork, coleslaw and boston baked beans (which have been in the crock pot all day.)

Making my family's spaghetti recipe tonight. :)

Cram of Mushroom Soup !!

Where'd you cram it?

Don't ask questions you might not want to hear the answer to.

LOL - In the Kitchen.

...I think rather than edit, I'll leave my NAism intact for Prosterity.

Leftover spaghetti! The sauce that's always better the 2nd night...

A case-uh-dee-yuh

Fray Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie... because you can never have too many kidneys.

Orange chicken and jasmine rice, followed by blueberry-lemon clafoutis

House Fried Rice from Pick Up Stix. Yum

Chicken Noodle soup tonight.

Apparently dinner was the above, plus HALF the clafoutis (not half a serving, half of the entire dish), plus a plate of spaghetti, plus a few pieces of toffee, plus anything else I can get down my gullet in the next hour or so...

Sheesh: you pregnant or somethin'?

Morigoon - is that homemade spaghetti sauce? Have you previously posted the recipe? (I'll search for it.) If not - what do you put in yours?

Betty: I don't think I've ever posted it. It's not strictly Italian in nature (in fact, my sister-in-law informs me that my brother has given it the rather ignominious title of "white trash spaghetti"). But it's been the "family" recipe for decades, my dad having acquired it from his landlady when he was going to college in Hawaii in the 60's.

I'll pull it back out at some point here and post it for you if you like. Say what you will, it's tasty stuff :)

Please do. I end up buying jarred sauce but it's just meh. It works on pizza because I don't have to use too much - but I don't even make spaghetti anymore because of the jarred sauce. Everything is better homemade... and I need to try out some sauces and get a good one. I've made some great meatballs - why not sauce too.

Lamb Family Spaghetti Recipe

Ingredients:
1 package Lawry’s Spaghetti Sauce Mix (for less spicy, use ½)
1 can Hunt’s Manwich Sauce
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1 jar marinated mushrooms (optional)
1 medium onion
1 ¾ lbs ground beef
1 cube (3 T) butter
¼ tsp ground pepper

Into a deep saucepan, put Lawry’s sauce mix, pepper, butter, 6-oz can of tomato paste, plus 3 canfuls of water. (Note, instead of paste and water, you can sub in Italian style diced tomatoes). Finely chop the onion (and mushrooms, if using), and add to the pot.
Place on very low heat, just enough to simmer, for approx ½ hour
While sauce is simmering, brown ground beef and crumble finely.
When done, drain all grease off. When sauce has boiled down, add meat and Manwich sauce.
Utilizing same low heat, simmer again for about ½ hour and serve over cooked spaghetti.

By the way, it has a reputation for being best on the 2nd day

That's great! My husband loves that lawry's spaghetti sauce mix... which I find is meh. This will be a fun addition to try out. Thanks for posting.

Ah yes... Hunts Manwich. (Sorry, had to look it up)

Hobo Omlettes

I came to the thread in a search for butter chicken and saw this post of mine. I have no memory of ever making this. Weird!

I had to get creative last night, as there wasn't much in the fridge. We took biscuits and flattened them out, added a little tomato sauce for Zach and put on leftover ham, bacon and cheese. I cut up chicken, bacon and cheese with a little bbq sauce for my little pizzas.
The kid groaned when I was making them but he wouldn't stop eating them once they were done! It was cheap and easy but I'm sure it wasn't very good for us. It did taste ok though.

It's hot, we're having our long overdue heatwave. Caesar salad will be on the menu and some icy drink. Just bought a vitamix, sure beats the old kitchen aid blender to make frappaccinos (and what have you).

4 bottles of fuzzy water in the fridge should hold me tonight.

Lentil-smoked kielbasa soup and spinach provolone bread. Yup.

As a special treat for myself (ourselves) for the work hell I have been through recently, and only because I just got a nice bonus on Friday, Susan and I had dinner at a favorite spot in the Gaslamp District (Lou & Mickey's). My dinner started with a Ceaser saled and Susan had the clam chowder - both of which we shared. Dinner for me was a Filet with blue cheese on top + King Crab Legs (shelled) with a side of Mac & Cheese. I washed it all down with an Arrogant Bastard Ale.

Not exactly a healthy dinner, but damn it was good.

Roasted chicken (actually roasting 2 since it's just as easy and makes great leftovers) with tators and carrots roasting in the same pan. Some sort of sweet potato thingy I'm trying out from a box that will probably suck but I couldn't resist, and sourdough rolls.

It's cooking right now and is going to be delicious. You should be jealous. ;P

Bacon toasted cheese sandwiches. And a green salad, 'cause we're watching what we eat.

I watched that Double Double as I was eating it for lunch :)

Last night it was tacos - which were "acceptable". I tried a new method for salsa though. I generally through the veggies into a screamin hot pan or under the broiler and char them up a bit.

I found an interesting recipe for tomato soup that cuts them in half first and chars more of the inside - so I tried that. (because it's been too warm for soup but that seems to be changing.)

It didn't taste much different at all.

I still want to try the soup though.

Got a little experimental tonight.

Went to the market hoping for one of those packaged dinners ready-for-the-crock-pot, which for some reason my market had none of today. So no problem, chicken was on sale, figured I'd just make a stew from scratch. Picked up chicken breasts and potatoes, figured I had the veggies in the freezer to finish it off.

Well... I didn't have the bag of veg I was counting on (aka "stew vegetables", or even a bag of carrots, which would have been nice). So I had to go with what I did have, which was an 8-vegetable medley, some of which I wouldn't ordinarily have chosen to add to a slow-cooker meal, but hey, it's what I had. Tossed in a can of corn as well.

Dredged 2 chicken breasts in flour and seasonings and pan-fried them for about 10-20 minutes to get a nice brown crust on the surface. Threw that on top of the veggies in the crock pot with a can of chicken breath, the water from the corn (didn't have any more chicken broth!), and enough extra water to cover. Cut up 3 smallish potatoes and tossed those in as well.

4 hours later...

Removed the chicken breasts from the pot, deboned, and shredded to bite-size bits. Reused the oil from the chicken pan-fry and 2 Tbsp of flour to make roux. Spooned that in. Made Bisquick dumplings, tossed those on top for 20 minutes and added some seasoning to the stew because it needed "something". Nothing fancy, a little salt & pepper, maybe some poultry seasoning.

That's it.

Didn't shatter the culinary world with it, but made some solid tasty comfort food that wasn't a fail, so I'm pleased :) (Stews have not historically been my strong point)

You have be intrigued with your can of chicken breath. :)

ROFL... didn't see that typo! Hahah... yes, only the most exotic ingredients in MY stew!

Last night it was pork tinga tostadas. I decided that I no longer like them or anything chipotle because of the weird smoky flavor.

I love bbq including food that's been smoked. I do not like fake smoke flavoring that's in so many things like bbq chips, smoked lunch meats, etc.

I think it might stem from a childhood trauma when my mom had a bottle of liquid smoke in the fridge that fell out and broke. That stuff is so potent you could taste it in the air for days. Yuck.

.....

Anyhoo... what to make for tonight? Maybe homemade pizza. I wish I had a good pizza sauce recipe. I usually use some progresso spaghetti sauce but it's not really that good. I bought a bottle of progresso pizza sauce that is new but probably just as okay. I want a sauce like Round Table Pizza has.

Trader Joes has a pizza sauce that the kid and I like.

Garlic shells. And a late-night snack of whole grain toast with melted cheddar on top.

Two nights ago I made:

Spicy sausage and parmesean raviolis (homemade dough and everything) with a browned butter sage sauce. Idea and sauce from Alton Brown. I didn't want to have to make 1/4 of his meatloaf mixture to fill it though so I winged it. I still used his crouton idea though. I made about half of what I could because it was time consuming and I wasn't sure how well they'd turn out.

They turned out great! Really really good actually. So good, I made the rest of them yesterday and froze them for dinner later in the week.

And they were actually pretty damn cheap to make too and could be filled with all sorts of interesting things. I will definitely try them again.

Tonight though? Hrrrmmmm. Maybe taco salad.

Pork roast in gravy (can't take credit for the roast, this was a Tyson frozen entree)
with egg noodles in butter, salt, and a dash of garlic powder

Was surprisingly good for such an easy dinner. Will do again. Next time will remember to make a veggie side dish.

Wow, that sounds delicious!

Tonight will be a cold noodle salad with peanut sauce.

Tonight we shall dine on homemade garlic/potato/leek soup with bacond sprinkles, garlic "croutons" and chives - and a roast beef and havarti panini.

Nice soup and sandwich combo. I think I've been waiting for soup - first day it rains and I had to make some. (I made it all in one day although recipe refers to making it ahead.)

Soup recipe from cooks illustrated:

MAKE-AHEAD GARLIC-POTATO SOUP

Published March 1, 2008. From Cook's Illustrated.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
Choosing the right potato was the first step in developing our make-ahead garlic-potato soup recipe; we liked peeled russets for the way they broke down and thickened the broth, but we found that adding Red Bliss potatoes was necessary to ramp up the potato flavor. The key to garlic balance in our potato soup recipe proved to be not quantity but cooking technique. We needed two methods, combining sautéed minced garlic with whole poached garlic heads. (less)

SERVES 6 AS A MAIN COURSE
A garnish is essential to add crunch and flavor to this soup. We like garlic chips, but crisp bacon bits, fried leeks, and garlic croutons (see Serve With suggestions) are good options, too. A potato masher can be used instead of an immersion blender to mash some of the potatoes right in the pot, though the consistency will not be as creamy. If leeks are not available, substitute an equal amount of yellow onion. The test kitchen prefers the soup made with chicken broth, but vegetable broth can be substituted.
INGREDIENTS
Soup Base
3tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium leek , white and light green parts halved lengthwise, washed, and chopped small (about 1 cup)
3medium cloves garlic , minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 tablespoon)
2heads garlic , rinsed, papery skins removed and top third of heads cut off and discarded
6cups low-sodium chicken broth (see note)
2 bay leaves
Table salt
1 1/2pounds russet potatoes , peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 1/2 cups)
1pound Red Bliss potatoes (unpeeled), cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 3 cups)
For Reheating Soup
1cup low-sodium chicken broth (see note)
1/2cup heavy cream
1 1/2teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
Ground black pepper
1/4cup minced fresh chives
Garlic Chips
3tablespoons olive oil
6medium cloves garlic , sliced thin lengthwise
Table salt
INSTRUCTIONS
1. TO MAKE SOUP BASE: Melt butter in Dutch oven over medium heat. When foaming subsides, add leeks and cook until soft (do not brown), 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in minced garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add garlic heads, 6 cups broth, bay leaves, and 3/4 teaspoon salt; partially cover pot and bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until garlic is very tender when pierced with tip of knife, 30 to 40 minutes. Add potatoes, partially cover pot, and bring mixture to simmer over medium-high heat. Take pot off heat and let rest 10 minutes. Separate soup into 2 storage containers and freeze up to 1 month.
2. TO REHEAT AND SERVE: Run hot water over surface of storage containers to help release frozen blocks of soup. Add soup and 1 cup broth to large Dutch oven set over medium-high heat. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until soup is hot and potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Remove garlic heads; using tongs or paper towels, squeeze garlic heads at root end until cloves slip out of their skins. Using fork, mash garlic to smooth paste in bowl.
3. Stir cream, thyme, and half of mashed garlic into soup; heat soup until hot, about 2 minutes. Taste soup; add remaining garlic paste if desired. Using immersion blender, process soup until creamy, with some potato chunks remaining. Alternatively, transfer 1 1/2 cups potatoes and 1 cup broth to blender or food processor and process until smooth. (Process more potatoes for thicker consistency.) Return puree to pot and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper and serve, sprinkling each portion with chives and garlic chips.
For Garlic Chips
Heat oil and garlic in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, turning frequently, until light golden brown, about 3 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer garlic to plate lined with paper towels; discard oil. Sprinkle lightly with salt.

Homemade butternut squash risotto, bacon, and homemade red velvet cupcakes.

I made this last night: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/b...ipe/index.html

I think I've decided that I'm just not going to make spaghetti anymore. I'm disappointed every time. The meatballs were really good though.

I also made bruchetta with it and THAT was the best part of it. My husband tells me, as he's devouring it, he shouldn't like this... he doesn't like tomatoes and it looks like it's all tomatoes... and I'm thinking - I KNOW! And then even my 13 year old son is saying he's going to try it and I'm thinking DAMN! I should have bought more basil and cut up more tomatoes.

It's roma tomatoes cut in half and deseeded. I just use my fingers. Dice them up small. Then cut up a bunch of basil. I bought I "bunch" from Winco and stacked up the leaves, cutting them into strips and then once or twice the other way. I added a minced/squished clove of garlic and big splash of olive oil, a small splash of balsamic vinegar and some crunchy sea salt. It didn't look quite right so I put in another splash of olive oil and ta-da. In fact, I'm totally craving it again right now.

I need to skip the spaghetti sauce and use this as a topping for chicken or something instead. It's like italian salsa! (well - it looks sort of like salsa.)

We've been brainwashed by Britain. Tonight is Bangers & Mash. Pork Chipolatas, no less. :D

I love a recipe who's first ingredient is one pound of butter.




And yes Pru, this one is for tomorrow!

I love a recipe who's only ingredient is one pound of butter.

Fixed that for you.

Would that be a pound each, or a pound total?

Butter!

Moonie: are you making Paula Deen's English Peas?

(If there's anybody left on this board that hasn't already seen the comment section for that recipe... you simply must!)

Scrabble My Way. (Extra cashews no wheat chex)

Pea and Ham Soup made with a huge Ham Bone I bought from the supermarket (they were on special)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

A great start to the day here at Casa De Moonie. We have about a dozen people coming for dinner and I woke up to no hot water in the house.

*sigh*

Fortunately this is just the type of thing that happens in my life on a regular basis. We once did Easter dinner with no power (and that's when we had an electric stove).

The show will go on, the guests should not notice a thing (unless one of them happens to read this....)

Reads what?

Why no wheat?

Inquiring minds...

Heading to mom's house in Riverside, then dad's in Moreno Valley. Double turkey, what does it MEAN????

Cuz wheat checks are icky.

A casserole containing a lot of cheese and also some broccoli is in the oven!

Why broccoli?

Color contrast.

You like turkey? Maybe turkey like you!

Hehehehe - too funny !! "Maybe he'll bite me"

Mmmm, Thanksgiving leftovers. (Turkey, stuffing, broccoli/rice/cheese casserole all mushed together in a bowl and microwaved. Topped with cranberry sauce)

A bit carby there, Parmageddon Jim...

(still, I should talk)

Theo was bitten by a Turkey at the OC Fair.

He got his revenge.

I made the best sweet potato casserole ever tonight. It was one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten.

Trifle !!!! Made with home-made vanilla custard. Yummy !

Pru: recipe?

Tonight: tacos gringos.

I know, right? But it's Thanksgiving, allowances must be made. Lately I'm watching calories more closely than carbs, and staying mostly wheat free, the stuffing was made with wheat free bread. Seems wheat has been the source of a lot of the problems I've associated with carbs, e.g., itchy eyes, congestion, rosacea, etc. That said, carbs in general aren't a great calorie bargain, so I keep them low compared to what most people eat.

Tonight, for dinner, I had a lovely grilled prawn salad with a lemon vinaigrette from a new (to me) chain called Tender Greens. I will go back.

It was slightly made up based on two different recipes, and the amounts were all approximate because I was too lazy to measure.

Some sweet potatoes, peeled, sliced. In pot, cover with water, bring to boil, boil 15 minutes, drain, mash.

With hand mixer, mash up potatoes in a bowl
Add about 1/4 cup evaporated milk, 1/4 cup orange juice, 1/4-ish tsp each nutmeg and cinnamon, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 salt, 3 Tbl melted butter. blend.

Pour into 9X9 baking dish, top with marshmallows, bake about 30 mins at 350.

Tonight, turducken! At Ralph Brennan's! If anyone wants to join, call, text, or tweet. :)

Jim, keep your Turducken! I'm going to Call into Dingo Brennan's with Susie Ann Krellingshaw for a Text-book Aussie SparrPidgeGull (so fresh the Sparrow is still Tweeting) :p



(...Either that, or I'm staying at home to make Chicken & Corn soup)

Tonight.... Sausage Vindaloo !! (don't ask...)

Last night I used the leftover ground beef/jack cheese/homemade refried bean burritos as flour enchiladas or maybe wet burritos. It was great because I used leftovers and it required very little prep or clean up. I just put them in a pan, sauced and cheesed them and baked them. I need to do that again. And making the beans in a crock pot did a great job.

Tonight is going to mini burgers with roasted potatoes and salad. The mini burgers are just tiny burgers broiled - but I put them on these great dinner rolls that I used at Thanksgiving. They are frozen and surprisingly good. And for some reason, my husband, who generally complains if I make hamburgers for dinner, loves them.

I'll probably throw in a sweet potato to roast too.

I'll have the crock pot refried bean recipe if you wouldn't mind obliging !! LOVES me some refried beans.

Seasoned potato wedges, covered in cheese and bacon, with a side of turkey kielbasa :)

Quinoa is my new favorite food!

Tonight will be quinoa salad (with herbs, bell pepper, lemon, olive oil, garlic, etc.), chicken apple sausage and steamed green veg.

I never remember to soak the beans the day before I make them. I'm not sure if that's supposed to make them cook faster or make them less gassy so keep that in mind.

I buy pinto beans from the bulk section of winco and use about 2 scoops - which is probably 2 1/2 - 3 cups. Pick through the beans and put them in a crock pot with several inches of water to cover - maybe 4"? I'm not big on measuring stuff if you haven't already noticed. Don't add salt... not yet. I cut a medium brown onion in half, peeled it and threw that in and a few twists of pepper from the grinder.

And... I then added a big spoonful of lard. This was the first time I've done that - saw some recipe online where they added it when the beans were cooking. Seems like I'd seen it before were the beans were "fried" in it and smooshed - but I'd not done that before either. Anyway, it was probably about 2 tablespoons worth. I've added bacon grease from 2 or 3 pieces of bacon before and even added the bacon too - but I prefer the lard. That sounds terrible I know. It seemed to make the beans fluffy instead of pasty.

I let it cook on high for several hours - maybe 5? - until the beans were done and creamy inside. I then strained out the beans and whirled them in the food processor adding enough of the bean liquid to make it loose. Add salt to taste - it's a lot of beans so keep that in mind. You didn't add any salt to begin with so they are fairly bland until seasoned. I've tried adding other seasoning like cumin but it doesn't taste like refried beans are supposed to taste.

Great reheated - and if you put it on a plate under the broiler with a little sprinkle of jack cheese, like you'd get at a mexican restaurant? It sort of fluffs up somehow and get that little edge to it. I don't know what the lard does - but it does something to the texture that you don't get without it. Bacon grease might do the same but the smokiness isn't the right flavor. I've tried chicken stock to loosen them up too but it's too chicken-y instead of bean-y.

I read something about cooking with lard being the new hip thing and it's not as unhealthy as they long thought it was. I have no idea how true or not that is... but the beans are really good.

Really. I may have to give it a try. I'm not sure I've ever had it.

I'll have to try that now. Good thing the supermarket still sells lard.

A Snazzy Dinner
 

Rrrrroasted butternut squash and local fromage bleu served over cheesy grits. Irresistibly adorable organic baby greens on the side.

Apparently, we are going to Sutter's Mill Restaurant in Simi tonight. Part II of "Christmas with Family."

At least the bar looks well stocked. That's always an important feature at any family gathering.

Have fun!

And try the bacon wrapped shrimp! Yummy!

There's a Sutter's Mill in Simi? I only knew of the Van Nuys one...

The original was in Mission Hills (well, THE original restaurant was in Sylmar, but that was before my time). To the best of my knowledge, there was never a Sutter's Mill in in Van Nuys; see their history here.

Could be. I was a kid, didn't pay proper attention to where we drove.

We got some meat from Omaha Steaks - having the steaks tonight. Mmm Mmm Mmm. I'm also making some potatoes - I forget what they are called. You slice them almost all the way through into "not" slices down each potato. Then salt and pepper and drizzle with some melted butter. May also add a slice or three of garlic and some rosemary in the slices. And and and... I'm going to try and make roasted beets which I remember my grandma making as a kid and really liking. And salad. boring salad.

The beets were horrid! OMG - sooo bad. I washed and peeled them before cooking - however they tasted very "earthy" (aka: like dirt)

blech.

The steak was really good.

Oh - and the potatoes also sucked because my husband had to work late - leading to the potatoes sitting on the stove waiting for nearly an hour. The texture was hard/dense.

But like I said - the steak was good.

Those are they.

Homemade Carrot & Ginger soup tonight .... I'm being good ! :D

Last night I transformed leftover carnitas meat into bbq pork sandwiches with homemade bbq sauce. (I really prefer bbq sauce without that liquid smoke junk - ever since my Mom dropped a bottle and it broke in the fridge/kitchen. It really makes your stomach turn when you can't get away from the smell for days.)

Also - coleslaw because the two go hand in hand.

Ooohh!! I finally get to post in this thread again!! Soon!! (And not have it consist of any type of cafeteria special!)

Yay! Because of you I've become addicted to quinoa!

Post some more!

Tonight, kale and white bean soup for dins. It's a tad chilly up here (NOT compared to UT or WA)

Chicken Avacado soup - delish.

baguette, brie and apple slices

The teen and I cleaned out the fridge, so it was a bizarre assortment for dinner!

Somehow he fell in love with Pizza Hut pasta so it looks like tomorrow will be their Tuscan Tuesday special. I can't complain though because for $6 it will feed us both and it's an easy cleanup.

I know what you mean. At work a glass gallon bottle of peppermint oil fell off a shelf and broke durring the Northridge eartquake. We had to wear scuba gear to try to be able to stay in the room to get it cleaned up. Scuba gear isn't meant to be used outside of water, and the fumes still got through. We could only stay in there for 10 minutes before we couldn't breath. Then we'd go outside for 30 minutes, and go back and do it again. Ever since then I've never been able to eat peppermint. I'd love to try a DL handmade candy cane at Christmas, but it would just make me sick.

44 Clove Garlic Soup. Quite tasty but a bit of work involved.

That sounds yummy Alphabassettgrrl. I quite enjoy cooking from scratch. If I'm realistic, I know that sometimes I make dinners that don't quite turn out. But for the most part, cooking from scratch gets better results.

Somethings though are just easier when I'm using them as an ingredient. I made chicken manicotti 50/50 night before last. I fill uncooked (or cook them first, whatever) manicotti noodles with chicken goo. Chicken goo is uncooked chicken breast in the food processor with garlic salt, mozzerella and some spinach, an egg and a little milk and some pepper. I pipe that into the noodles and put them in a 9x13 pan that I've coated with some spaghetti sauce on one side and alfredo sauce on the other. ( both jarred sauces - I like prego traditional and bertoli alfredo). Then I add a little bit of water to the sauces - about 2 tablespoons - and pour the sauces over the filled pasta. (white on white, red on red). top with a little more mozzerella.

Cover in foil and bake at 325 for about 50-60 minutes until even the middle of the pan is all bubbly. Remove foil and let finish for another 5-10 minutes until the top of the cheese is a little toasty.

*Feel free to add other things to the filling but chop it really small or throw it in with the chicken to get chopped up. use another egg if it seems too loose as that will help when it cooks.

**Use any leftover chicken goo as meatballs or a strip of chicken goo along the edge. I always end up with a tad bit too much and hate to waste it.

***I've also made this with cooked manicotti and chicken, putting it all together and then baking it for less time. The cooked manicotti is a pain to work with though as it rips and is hot - or you cool it down and it's sticky. The pasta doesn't absorb the flavors as it cooks either - but it's faster.

Hmm, what is this pasta Manicotti???

Oh... you mean Cannelloni !

I have to try Chicken Goo now !

Lash - I'm going by what the box of pasta says. There's no way I'm making crepes for it. lol. I always thought cannelloni were those rolled up fried things filled with cream.

We generally call it "50/50" though so I guess it doesn't matter as long as the shape is right. Although - I've made this in those really big shells you can stuff too.

Edited to add: This is what I usually buy. Now I'm curious as to why they don't call it cannelloni.

Cannoli

Meanwhile, searching around, there is no straight answer for the difference between manicotti and cannelloni. Wikipedia says that canneloni are rolled noodles while manicotti are rolled crepes, yet there's not separate page for manicotti (it redirects to canneloni) imlying that they are the same thing.

Other sources online say manicotti are pre-rolled packaged tubes while cannelloni are fresh pasta sheets rolled into tube shapes.

Still others say they are identical except manicotti are rolled on a bias while cannelloni are rolled as straight cylinders.

In other words, call 'em whatever the hell you want.

Aha! I was close.

I've used a package of egg roll wrappers for some pasta thing before - ravioli maybe? I wonder how they work rolled with filling.

I've got a fancy Italian pasta roller with a fettuccine cutting blade I got from a church rummage sale for $5 (such a bargain! I don't think it was ever even used.) But it's a lot of work to use by myself and the pets have to be locked up or they interfere.

Aren't pets helpful, at least they think they are!

Okay, I'll call 'em Bob

One thing I do note is the lovely scalloped shape of the shell - the Canneloni tubes we get here are straight-sided. Maybe that's the difference.

Domino's Pizza - Wisconsin 6 cheese - mozzarella, feta, provolone, Cheddar, Parmesan and Asiago cheeses.

No, the names refer to the pasta/wrapping, not the filling. "Cannelloni" is Italian for "large reeds", "manicotti" means "sleeves". So both refer to a tube-shaped wrapping of some sort. Whether they are simply different words for the same thing or actually distinct items appears to be a matter of speculation. And if they are different things, exactly what each is is also not very well defined. Possibly because the term "manicotti" is of American origin rather than Italian so it doesn't have the same historical linguistic accuracy of tradition. as most pasta names.

Braised Brisket with Burbon-Peach glaze. It's really easy and really good. Just takes a lot of time. Plus I get to use my LeCruset :)

That sounds great katiesue. I've not made brisket before. That looks like a good one to start with.

That sounds delicious! In the reviews someone smoked it, that sounds like something we would try.

Tonight we had radiator with Alfredo, chicken strips, sourdough garlic bread and papaya, not bad for a quickly thrown together dinner after Robotics.

Does the Bourbon go in the brisket or the chef? :D

I'm doing my rainbow fried rice tonight to cheer Stoat up.

Pasta and cream sauce with lemon, fresh dill, and salmon.

Kung Pao Chicken !!

Pancakes!

What did you originally say about Lisa?

Sounds like a good idea

I like breakfast for dinner. Although I prefer waffles with strawberry jam and whipped cream!

Not This. Not today, not ever.



Taco Bell's new taco with a Dorito chip for a shell

I think it sounds delicious!

I think I want this.

If it weren't a Taco Bell taco I'd be all over it.

I had a fresh waffle cone at the ice cream parlor, it was $1.75, then went to the reopening of my fav Chinese place. It was delicious.

I think the ice cream parlor will have a big following. They even put a dab of whipped cream and a cherry on the cone! The milkshakes were in an old fashioned tall glass and were only $2.25. It is such a cute and quaint little old fashioned looking place, I love it!

Taco Bell has told me over and over it doesn't agree with me and always make a quick exit, if you know what I mean. I'd try the dorito taco shell thing though once, if I was at Taco Bell for some reason and was going to eat there. (I'm not really seeing a time when that's going to happen but you know what I'm getting at.)

Meatloaf!

Little Nell!

Kung Pao Chicken !!

A bowl of ice cream. That was dinner tonight.

I had a wonderful shnitzel(sp) and a dessert
Platter. I brought home two carry outs full of dessert! I'm set for dessert for the next few days.

Rose cooked spaghetti for us- we tried out Bongiovi brand sauce, and it was surprisingly good.