So...whats for dinner?
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Oh yum Aunt Sally, I mean Carole! If you can't deliver, is your recipe shareable?
Came across this Minus, thought you might be interested
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2017/11/basic-french-lentil-recipe.html
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Nance - thanks. I like that you 'saute' the lentils after they are initially cooked.
Dinner was left over brown rice with quinoa and Olathe corn I cut off the cob last year. Splashed with Thai sweet chili sauce. I served with 3 little pre-cooked Jimmy Dean turkey breakfast sausages from Costco. Must do something with mushrooms tomorrow - since I forget again today. Even though I bought the container Special recommended, I can't seem to use them fast enough before they spoil.
Edited to add - yes, I know this meal was boring but I decided to post anyway since leftovers are good.
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Dinner tonight was leftover casserole. Spaghetti, but with curly noodles, onions and peppers( red and orange and green) side was peas. Dessert waz a lovely carrotcake cupcake from a food truck at the farmers market i stopped in at yesterday. Also bought some honey, but passed on the jellies. And other bakery items.
Im going to have to try the reverse sear, sounds so good! Minus, my favorite method for mushrooms is the george forman slice them thick and pop them in. Potato slices (thick)are also so good done that way. One potato will fill up the small one so its hard to make them for more than 1 person at a time, unless you have a family one. But they dont need any oil, and taste better than fries, and oh so fluffy inside.
Much love to all.
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Nance, I'm happy to share Rita's recipe. It's so simple and easy. In a large heavy pot, mix 1 cup buttermilk, 2 cups white sugar, and 1 tsp baking soda. Cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture turns a caramel color and reaches soft ball stage (236 degrees). I stirred pretty often and had to lower heat to low on my gas stove.
Remove from heat. Add 1 T butter, 1 tsp vanilla, and 2 cups pecans. Beat until glossy with your spoon or spatula. QUICKLY spoon onto waxed paper or parchment paper. Allow to cool and harden. Rita got about two dozen pralines. I didn't get that many.
DH's digestion still has not returned to normal, a status that causes difficulty for me in planning and cooking meals. I decided against a piccata preparation for the veal scallopini and browned it in butter and olive oil with a plain panko breading. I cooked large dice zucchini in plain diced tomatoes and did a heavy sprinkle of Italian cheese on the finished dish. The zucchini was very good.
Looks like we will have a cold day tomorrow to begin our trek north.
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Carole - They look like they are chewy pralines, but thought I'd best check? Have a safe trip tomorrow.
Just went to have a patty melt with my ex-DH at a Country Cafe close to my house. Even though he lives 30 minutes to the south, he's in love with these patty melts.
Cold here & rainy. Supposedly the rain will stop for Thanksgiving Day. I hope so since I'm driving a bit more than an hour North to eat with my BFF Pat and some of her assorted remaining family.
Special - glad to hear you're on the mend. Moon - thanks for mushroom idea. How is your DH doing?
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minus - I would kill right now for a patty melt.... I have meatloaf, mashed potatoes and dilled green beans for dinner tonight and I am hoping to have a little meatloaf!
moon - glad your DH is getting out and about, fingers crossed all continues to go well.
Safe travels and Happy Thanksgiving to all! We are staying in town and getting together with old friends (so, really a Friendsgiving!) with whom we trade holidays often. We will have all the traditional stuff - I am bringing a bacon/chive cheese log for an appetizer, a yummy salad with strawberries, candied pepitas, goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette, homemade cranberry sauce, green beans, twice baked sweet potatoes with maple drizzle and pecans, and I am responsible for making gravy there with the "magic gravy spoon" that was my mom's - it somehow produces the best and smoothest turkey and beef pan gravy. It is an ordinary slotted spoon with a wooden handle (I actually have two - one to hand down to each of my children) but it just works! My DD will be here, but DS starts his new job, long awaited, as a federal firefighter on the Monday after Thanksgiving - he was nervous about having cancelled flights and missing his first day so chose to remain local in Virginia.
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Minus, the only "chewy" factor is the pecans. The candy will melt in your mouth.
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Tonight is oven fried chicken, something I have not had a lot of success with in the past. We'll see. Sides will be buttered noodles and steamed broccoli.
Safe travels for all of you thanksgiving travelers.
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Tonight is oven fried chicken, something I have not had a lot of success with in the past. We'll see. Sides will be buttered noodles and steamed broccoli.
Safe travels for all of you thanksgiving travelers.
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Tonight’s supper was curried butternut squash soup from the freezer and ham and cheese scones. I’ve made them from scratch for years, but last time I made them, I started with Bisquick, added chopped ham, grated cheese and a dash of cayenne. They were tasty, and much quicker than the original recipe
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Carole, those pralines DO look better than Aunt Sally's. Maybe Kate Latter's too. My teeth hurt just looking at the photo! (Speaking of teeth, SpecialK, is your mouth calming down any)?
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chisandy - thanks for asking, seems to be pretty gradual. I definitely can’t chew on that side and I get some discomfort in the jaw if I chew on the other side if it is anything with very much resistance. I have moved from totally soft to things like pasta. Yesterday I did try a piece of toast with a hard boiled egg sliced on top and that went well with very small bites. The surgeon was happy with my post-op so I’m content to take it slow. I’m glad that a lot of Thanksgiving food seems to be non-chewy, I’m looking forward to it
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Hi ladies,
Joining this fun thread to announce that I made dinner this morning before leaving the house. Butternut (+zuccini +carrot) squash soup for dinner, curried too. Then I will have fruit + yogurt -and maybe a bit of chocolate. Trying to cut on the daytime snacking is the challenge!
SpecialK, I am glad to hear from you, best wishes for quick healing.
LaughingGull
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LaughingGull - welcome. We love new members who bring new ideas & recipes.
GreenHarbor - I looked up Bisquick ham & cheese scones. Something I'll try.
Special - soooo glad that the surgeon is giving you a good report. And that you are taking your time with recovery. Does that mean afternoon naps?
Found this quote in an old 1988 women's mystery novel and thought it was apt for the holidays - at least for me. "Losing weight is a misnomer. It always knows it's way back."
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laughinggull - hey girl! Glad to see you here! You are going to love this thread - these folks are the best!
minus - no, afternoon naps are not happening. Working two projects simultaneously - redoing my files (yes, I am a dinosaur and have a LOT of paper and keep it all. Just in case...Lol!) and I also have all of my in-laws photos and am compiling albums for my DH and each of his sibs. So far I finished my BIL's, and he had six full albums which I did chronologically including photos of my in-laws and their family from before he was born, and then from his baby pics to recent ones. Doing this meant I had to de-construct and then re-construct. DH has 3 additional sibs, but thankfully they have fewer pics because they did not live in the same town as the parents - my BIL/SIL and their two kids did so they had lots of photos! I have made copies of all photos with multiple sibs in them, as well as the historical ones so everyone has them. No rest for the wicked...
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HI Laughinggirl.
It sounds like butternut squash is popular right now.... I'm working on a stuffed butternut squash recipe for Thanksgiving...see here
It says that it can be made up ahead of time and baked up at the last minute, so that's what I'm doing.
I'm sorry I haven't been posting much. Sharon and I have been eating just two meals a day--a very late breakfast and a very late lunch, and then then we've been skipping dinner. So, there hasn't been much cooking to talk about. I've been somewhat reluctant to get back to cooking as the eating schedule seems to be working for Sharon's weight loss....she's down 21 pounds since May.
The exercise we've been doing has likely been contributing, but not as much as the eating....it's so easy to out eat the exercise. :-)
She's been hiking 4-5 days a week, 4-5 miles a day and I've been running 3-4 days a week, 4-5 miles a day and then hiking with her the other days.
Special...I could eat *most* stuff, carefully, after about a week...but I would run the risk of biting down on the wrong place and when (not if) I did, I would just about be launched into orbit.....It took a couple of months for the orbit launching to stop.
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I like oven fried chicken when it's cooked the way I first ate it. Bread the chicken pieces in seasoned flour. Dip the piece of floured chicken in melted butter in the baking pan, then set the chicken in the pan with the wet side up. Cook until the chicken is golden brown. My hostess at that long-ago dinner gave me the recipe and I made it numerous times.
Chicken has become a favorite meat, especially roasted.
Dinner tonight will be the Kick Back buffet at the Drury Inn in Sykeston, MO. Served from 5:30 to 7:00. Limited but enough food selections for tired travelers. Also free cocktail, beer, or wine.
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Carole, we frequently eat the buffet, especially if there's no restaurant within walking distance after a long day of driving. DH likes it because he gets my two drinks as well as his own lol. I love the popcorn.
The oven fried chicken was really good - the most successful I've tried. After marinating it in buttermilk and hot sauce, chicken is dredged in flour and panko breadcrumbs then briefly fried until light golden brown. Finished in the oven then. I added a few spices such as paprika, garlic powder and red pepper. It was very crisp and juicy. I'll definitely make it again.
Tonight is sloppy Joe's and oven fries.
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Going to Broadway Cellars for a light dinner and to pick up the wines we bought at last week's benefit tasting dinner. Bob is working late and will try to meet me there for dessert or drinks. I have a hankering for the seared ahi appetizer, or (if they have it tonight) pan-seared scallops. Getting really cold out, though--might opt for the meatloaf instead. (Breakfast was 1/2 can of corned beef hash with about a cupful of diced onions, orange & green bell peppers, and homegrown scallions).
Housekeeper left today to herd cats--I mean, gather up her family at O'Hare & Midway (they're flying in from Birmingham, Dallas & Atlanta); she and her husband (a retired chef) will be cooking all day tomorrow. Me, I have early-morning P.T. and then a mani-pedi. No way am I walking out of there in Fit-Flops, though--not in this weather. Not a fan of frostbite). Then, maybe more family tree research (a real bear with all the variant spellings, courtesy of Ellis Island); or grocery shopping. Had my hair trimmed, de-gray-rooted and de-frizzed late this aft.--I feel human again.
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Carole & Nance - Both oven fried chicken recipes sound good. So how long to you cook in the over at what temp?
Eric - I'm going to save the squash recipe to try later. Let us know if preparing ahead & leaving in the fridge works. Tell Sharon congrats on the 21 lbs. Wow. Your meal plan sounds like the only thing that really works for me. Very late breakfast/brunch and then very late lunch/early dinner/dunch. I find I can hold the weight steady on two meals a day and nothing after dark but a snack like popcorn.
Thought this quote was amusing for anyone trying to lose weight: "Losing weight is a misnomer. It always knows it's way back." My guilty pleasure at the Thanksgiving table will be rolls.
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Minus, my recipe calls for 30 to 40 minutes at 350°.
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DD is trying vegainism, so I've been practicing that. So far, I've found the spices are what works the magic on how things taste. I've reduced my meat consumption...but not eliminated it....so far my cholesterol went from 203 to around 145, so that has been one useful thing about the experiment.
Minus, I will let you know how the reheating works out. I decided to leave the rice slightly crunchy on the theory that it will soften as it sits on the refrigerator and during the baking. That same recipe recommended a caramelized onion recipe and suggested one. I did one that is the same basic steps as they listed, but adds a bit of red wine and some Dijon mustard, along with salt & pepper. My grandmother showed this recipe to me during the early 1980s....
I also have my sourdough warming up on the counter. Tomorrow I'm going to start some sourdough rolls. Since the sourdough doesn't need a lot of supervision, I'm also going to try my hand at a pumpkin pie with a homemade crust. DD gave the recipe to me the last time she was home and used the "big eyed, PLEASE, daddy" on me. How can I say no to that?There will be the turkey, of course and garlic potatoes. I then need to figure out a couple more things--probably my mom's orange-pineapple-coconut-sour cream salad, a green bean casserole (everyone here likes that) and then maybe one more thing.
I'm making just enough so there will be minimal left overs, so it will be more like a "French style service (in)formal not quite full course meal".
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Welcome Laughing Gull!
Carole, if you happen to make a wrong turn on your way to IN, and land in MA, I have some lovely plates that those pralines (did I mention thry are one of my favorite “foods" of all time?!) will look even more beautiful on....briefly!
Special K., I'm so glad your oral surgery has gone well and am impressed with your diligence with file organization and album development. Carry on!
Eric, that stuffed butternut squash looks wonderful.It would be a great dish to make when our vegans come here. I envy sharon and your new eating regimen, but DH would never cope without having dinner. I could manage that quite nicely. Sounds like it's working for both of you.
Minus, love the apt quote!
Our evening with neighbors was lovely...just eight immediate neighbors, two really interesting and delicious chilis....one vegan with lentals, and one with middle eastern spices with beef, pork and raisins; my many lettuced salad (Yikes! At least a third of it was romaine, but no one got sick as far as I know), and three delicious pies, a pumpkin, a dense chocolate, and a banana cream. Yum! I can post the chili recipes if anyone is interested.
We have started the house cleaning effort and will continue tomorrow. Dust galore....and oh the kitchen paper piles and the taggie making fabric and ribbon all over the dining room!! By Thursday AM all will look transformed and ready for our small holiday celebration. DH and DS have been collecting necessary items for the turkey frying inauguration...including a new fire extinguisher...which makes me relieved. The fact that our temps are forecasted to be in the twenties leaves me wondering how this might all work. DDIL's family in Florida cooked their turkey this way when she was growing up. We'll see how well the process transfers to the cold northeast!
I hope everyone has safe travels and an enjoyable Thanksgiving!
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Enjoyed an early Thanksgiving dinner last night with my family around a campfire in Canyonlands. I made six meals ahead of time and froze them in separate containers - roast chicken ( nope, not turkey), stuffing, butternut squash, mashed taters, broccoli casserole, gravy and cranberry sauce. We heated them up in camping van microwave. The company and setting made the dinner taste so good! This is something I’ve wanted to do for years so it was very special! And wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving
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Spent the day making six dozen dinner rolls and two gingerbread cakes with creme anglaise (for once I didn't curdle it .)
Tired of being on my feet all day so I think it's takeout pizza or trader Joe's pizza margherita. I might muster up a romaine-less salad.
Wishing you all a very happy thanksgiving!
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Katy - sounds wonderful. I miss camping, but in TX it's usually too hot & humid. Where are you? I hope to go to Bryce and Zion National Parks in 2019.
Dinner was left over quiche and coleslaw. I'm headed 1-1/2 hours north to eat with my BFF tomorrow. I was going to stay the night but turns out her daughter is bring her EX husband along with the grandson & plans to stay 4 day instead of none - both guest bedrooms full - and now her son is coming too. She's scrounging for extra beds at friends houses, so I'll just drive up for dinner. The two lane winding road portion of the drive has lots of deer so I hope to be home before full dark. Maybe she'll be there long enough for me to drive up again before she goes back to Dallas for Christmas.
Because of the distance, I'm taking easy things that don't need baking or much refrigeration. Appetizers - vegetable relish tray, crackers, Boursin cheese and Robert Rothchild's Chili Jam which will go over cream cheese. Also taking fresh baked yeast rolls and split top multi-grain dinner rolls (all from the bakery). Taking Meritage wine since I prefer red, and some Godiva dark chocolate ganache hearts for afters - with the wine or the coffee. I'll report on the rest of the dinner on Friday.
Happy Holidays to everyone.
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katyk - yum!
auntie - yum!
minus - yum! Drive safely! I want to go to Bryce and Zion too!
lacey - thanks for rooting me on, lol! It is a pain but I am always so happy when the files are in order - I should start an organizing business, because nobody but me likes to do it!
eric - your comment about your DD's please daddy eyes - I know that one well... our DD is a pro! I am sure the sourdough rolls and pumpkin pie will be delish!
chisandy - I am also encountering the family tree last name spelling variants, it is driving me crazy! My DH's grandfather was the first American born generation, and records prior to that are sketchy, so... I feel your struggle.
Just got done with my cooking for our trek over to our friend's home - just have one more layer of the jello salad my DH has had every Thanksgiving. This is the first year without my MIL so I wanted to make it for him. Feeling ready and will be wearing elastic waist pants...
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SpecialK and Chisandy, one of the rules of thumb in family tree/genealogy research is that spelling does not count! In actuality, very few of the variations are due to Ellis Island and most of them are related to the recorder either mishearing the name or not knowing how to spell it. Others are due to what we would consider poor handwriting or the fact that spelling was not really stressed until probably the mid to late 19th century-- and that is likely related to the increasing availability of at least basic education. Genealogy is a major avocation for me, let me know if I can be of help (I don't charge and would feel free to say no if I didn't think I could be helpful, so this is NOT a solicitation.)
As to dinner, tonight we are having black bean soup made in the Instant Pot (that appliance name is something of a misnomer...) and cornbread with leftover birthday chocolate cake for dessert.
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Hi all, we’re at the cabin this week with two friends, all I’ve done is make a salad, Friends and DH made jambalaya, beef and barely soup, chili and chicken noodle tonight.
Saw a bear on our property yesterday, very exciting, I was cautious and took this pic from the deck.
Another cool thing happened, while browsing the local thrift store, I found a recipe book from 1968. It was gifted to “Margaret from Betty and Ralph Allen” and contains clippings, hand written pages and recipe cards from various individuals. Such a fun find and only $1.00.
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I'm going to make a red lentil soup, get going on the pumpkin pie crust and work on the dinner rolls tonight. About 2/3 of the stuff we're making can be made the night before, so we can set out quite a meal without going too crazy tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the stuffing, turkey, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots and the baking of the rolls.
DD is going to add a bit of southwest flair and make some enchiladas.
Canyonlands. That's a place we will probably go to next year on the way to "up north" (Leadville, CO and various places in Idaho).
Minus, if you get to Zion and Bryce, make sure you get by Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument...unless you don't like heights. The main road is a steep, winding, two lane road that follows the spine of a ridge and there are no guard rails on either side to spoil the view.
Oh, today we hiked the half of the Goat Camp Trail in the White Tank Mountains west of Phoenix. It was a beautiful, but steep in places, walk.
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