So...whats for dinner?
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Me three on this!
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All of you are important to me. So I don't think it's weird that I still check in regularly with this dinner thread 10 year after active treatment. Happy Holidays and thank you for the interesting recipes & your friendship.
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Reader, That crown rib should be a real treat. The cold in NE never bothered me when I was a kid but now I have to dress in multiple layers even when I’m inside.
Dinner tonight was Thanksgiving redux: turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, roasted butternut squash, creamed onions and gravy. Looking forward to easy leftovers.
Hopefully everyone had a good meal and an enjoyable day. I haven't been around as long as Minus but the friendship and the food discussions go a long way toward making up for the isolation caused by my grotty lung.
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My aunt had me make up a container of food from what was leftover to bring home. So tonight it’s looking like a leftover night. She already has put in a request that I bring the cocktail weenies in bbq sauce I brought for next year.
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DH remarked that he put no meat on his plate at yesterday's midday Christmas dinner. I replied that I had a very small helping of my pork roast and the rest of the plate was sides. He brought home cornbread dressing and mashed potatoes. I have to make some gravy today. It was said in his family, "You can't have too much gravy."
I saw a picture of a spinach quiche today and now have the notion to look up a recipe. I always avoid quiche in a restaurant because it invariably includes onions that are partially cooked. But I can leave them out! Big light bulb.
The next holiday meal is New Year's Day. I may make Hoppin' John for the first time since it includes black eyed peas. Our favorite food for the meal is corned beef. I'll be looking for a supermarket "deal." There will also be cabbage. I would be happy with a Reuben sandwich for my meal with a little side dish of black eyed peas and rice.
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Not sure what I'm making the next few days. NYE will be lamb chops.
Our winds and rain have been awful. We only lost power for a few minutes, thankfully.
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Chicken broccoli Alfredo tonight.
No idea what I’m gonna make for NYE dinner.
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I've decided to make bbq chicken pizza using a socca crust. DH's request.
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Remnants of Christmas dinner:
Porchetta, salsa verde
Greens and Brussels sprouts Caesar slaw
Roasted tomatoes, fennel and chickpeas with preserved lemons and honey
Green beans with almonds and Parmesan
FocacciaDelicious but I’m looking forward to the leftovers being gone and having lighter meals 😆
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Wally, I hope your power stays on.
Dinner tonight was turkey leftovers, nice and easy.
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Well the tornadoes missed us. Whew.
Dinner was large meatballs warmed in some beef bouillon served over Whole Foods 365 Risotto. While this was warming, I made potato salad for tomorrow - sour cream & not mustard.
I spent the day cleaning out the kitchen & bathroom cupboards and tossing all the things that were severely dated. I don't pay much attention to "best use by" dates until they're more than 4 or 5 years past. And then I usually just move them to the top of the counter so I'll use immediately. I do however toss acid things (like canned tomatoes) and old spices. Since I didn't do this last year, I filled two full kitchen trash cans. Now waiting for a wash load to finish. Hope I can stay awake for the dryer cycle.
Tomorrow I'm treating a friend to lunch. She chose PF Changs, so I'll probably have Lo Mein.
Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. And Kwanzaa to come.
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It'll be just me and the dogs for New Year's Eve. DD went to Arizona State University and ASU's football team is playing in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, so Sharon and DD are going there to attend the game for some "mother-daughter bonding time". I'm not a football fan, so I'm staying home with the dogs.
At the Phoenix airport, the Christmas evening "Peace on Earth. Goodwill toward men." thoughts were ignored. A fight broke out amongst a group of "friends" and three people were stabbed and/or shot. This was outside the security checkpoints.
Minus..Tornado????? I'm glad it missed you..and hopefully it went across fallow fields so it didn't hurt anyone else either. We need to clean our cabinets here, so thank you for the reminder. I'm sure we will find some stuff from earlier than 2004BC. :-)
Wally…hopefully the power stays on for you. Electric outages are, at a minimum, annoying.
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Minus, I was unaware of a tornado for Houston area, too.
Clars, what a lovely, exotic meal you enjoyed for Christmas dinner. Joining you would have been a culinary adventure for me. And I just noticed your age. You are so young to be on bc.org. I'm sorry you're having this health journey.
I have a recipe for the spinach quiche and the ingredients. Also a nice dish tucked away in a cabinet. So maybe I'll make it today even though this isn't oven weather, 70 degrees outside. It isn't soup weather but I have the small turkey carcass from Christmas dinner and will probably make soup with it anyway. I'm also thinking about black bean burgers. I considered buying some from the frozen foods section and then decided I would make my own. That will entail a search for a recipe and modifying it.
Today is dreary with a weather forecast calling for showers today and maybe storms tomorrow. Maybe it's a day to stay home and cook stuff. I could even do an inventory of the pantry. LOL.
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Minus, I hadn't heard about the tornadoes but I'm glad they missed you. Kudos for cleaning out the expired stuff. Hope you enjoyed your meal out.
Eric, That airport fracas was much more dangerous than the usual long lines and screening issues everyone complains about.
Carole, When you have a turkey carcass you need to make soup whatever the weather. It's a great idea to make your own black bean burgers since you can control the ingredients.
Dinner tonight was what Joy of Cooking calls turkey casserole with vegetables. It’s actually turkey, celery, green pepper and onions in a bechamel sauce made with white wine and chicken broth served over rice. Every time I cook it I wonder why I don’t make it more often using chicken.
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The turkey carcass soup was/is tasty. We had a bowl for dinner along with a slice of home-made whole grain bread. I also made the spinach quiche but didn't cook quite long enough. The center is undercooked. I will have a slice for breakfast and warm/cook it in the microwave. Today I'll make the black bean burgers.
Joy of Cooking used to be our encyclopedia of cooking. I have the original and the revised.
It's a dark and stormy morning. We even have the threat of tornados today.
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Finished our socca last night.
Tonight I will attempt to make a Korean dish (new to me)..I'll tweak it to use the ingredients I have.
Haemul sundubu-jjigae is the Korean name. Spicy tofu stew with seafood is the English translation. I'll have to tone down the spice since DH's oral situation.If anyone is interested in the recipe, this is my template:
Carole, I hope your DH's jaw pain has been figured out and he is getting some relief.
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Wally, dh's jaw pain has come back and he's seeking relief at a headache clinic. He's being weaned off one med and is taking a different one. The pain hits him when he takes the first bite of food but then subsides.
I watched the video. My ingredients on hand would be exhausted after the onion, garlic and green onion.
I should give tofu another try. Suggestions welcome.
Wally, your mention of socca reminded me of my unsuccessful efforts at making it. I will try again using a different brand of chickpea flour that I bought last spring. I saw it recently in the outside refrigerator.
The black bean burgers are made. I'll cook them tonight and maybe sweet potatoes.
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I've found that the tofu takes on the flavor of what it is cooked with…or marinated in. It seems like it is a "blank slate"
One of the favorites is cooking tofu in soy sauce, then adding some vegetables.
Oh, awhile back I was asked for the "address" of Sharon's youtube stuff
@SharonLawson9200
Along with the music, there is one of our new dog, Daisy, "on the hunt" for mice while we were out for a walk.
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Wally, That tofu stew with seafood looks delicious but DH wouldn't eat it because of the shellfish.
Eric, Tofu in soy sauce with veggies was one of my lunch staples when I was working. The other was chicken and salad. Both were easy and could be made with whatever was available.
Carole, I hope the pain clinic can find something that works for your DH’s jaw.
Dinner tonight was turkey hash.
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For Christmas, I cooked two 4 pound whole chickens in the oven, a squash-wild rice-onion "stuffing", garlic mashed potatoes and a pumpkin pie.
The next day I made the jasmine rice-chicken "salad".
So, tonight will be leftovers.
DD flew back to Phoenix today to catch her later in the day flight to Michigan. It was nice only driving about an hour instead of 8 hours. She liked the little airport with its short lines and friendly staff. Even better was the place being dog friendly. All of the staff in the terminal, including the airport manager, have dog treats in their work areas. :-)
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Carole, I've used tofu in so many different ways…..I used to prefer firm tofu and now lean towards the silken.
I tweak recipes…this called for silken but the extra firm was expiring next week, so I used that. I had no shrimp, so I used the last mahi-mahi. I didn't feel like making rice, so I added udon noodles. DH doesn't like raw eggs, so I just skipped it. I also added veggies (a whole onion and some shredded cabbage) and I didn't have scallions, so just omitted them. I think a lot of stews are flexible, so that is what I do. Remember that I am lazy by nature. And I find I can always work around a recipe…I cut back on the spice (DH) and if I had shrimp and he wouldn't want it, I'd cook it off to the side and slip it into my bowl.
It turned out extremely tasty and it will be another repeater for me.
Carole, I hope your DH can find some relief soon. Pain is so draining. It sounds like his surgery recovery went very well. As for ideas…when I first started using tofu, it had to be over 30 years ago, before I met DH. Silken tofu chocolate pudding was my first foray. I've done everything from blending it to make a cream sauce, marinating and then baking it till the cubes are nearly like croutons. Eric is right. Tofu is really bland. And some brands taste better than others. I used to make my own soy milk and tofu and the difference in taste is unbelievable. I don't do that these days…
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Dinner was a black bean burger and baked sweet potato. All these years I put butter on sweet potatoes and now I discover they're sweet and taste good without the butter. DH had home-made cranberry sauce from Christmas dinner with his meal.
The bean burger had a good taste but the texture was dry. The recipe needs some "tweaking," to use Wally's term. Maybe the addition of a little grated cheese would add moisture.
This morning is the calm after the rain storms. We were fortunate not to have any tornados.
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I'm a big fan of plain old baked sweet potatoes but still prefer butter with salt and pepper only.
The beef tenderloin bourguignon came out perfect and we had leftover for several days. All the food was wonderful but like Clars, I'm looking forward to lighter meals. That being said, tonight will be jambalaya. I'll make enough brown rice for hoppin John on new years day.
Tofu is a no go for me and it's a totally texture thing. I've really tried to like it over the years but eventually it ended up in the No Can Do category along with kale. To be fair, there aren't a lot of things in that category.
You all are making me feel bad about my pantry I found something there other day from 2022 and I'm certain it's not the oldest thing in there.
I'm glad everyone missed severe weather Out weather has been mild but dreary. The worst thing about winter to me. That is — next to the cold, ice and snow 😆
I really need to use the turkey carcass to make soup. It's taking up a lot of real estate in the freezer.0 -
making Beef Lo Mein tonight
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Nance - we are in agreement. I don't eat Kale or Tofu. And the oldest thing in my pantry was a spice from 2015… so 2022 doesn't sound too bad. Unless they are acid foods (like canned tomatoes), I go with the 'best used by' theory. I don't much care if my canned peaches are past the "best" date as long as they taste OK. But I do understand spices lose their potency. I should go back to Penzy's for many spices I don't use often since they have the small jars.
My lunch at PF Changs was good. I was concerned since the last time I went there it was only so-so, but that's where my guest wanted to go. I had egg drop soup and the new honey shrimp over lo mein noodles.
Carole - is your DH's jaw pain any better? Can't remember if you said - is it possibly osteonecrosis of the jaw?
Breakfast yesterday was leftover Chocolate Lava cake that a neighbor brought over from their Christmas meal - because her DIL will NEVER eat leftover anything. Yum. DInner was leftover asparagus steamed with garlic served with potato salad I made Christmas Day. Today I had to use or loose Campari tomatoes, so I cut them up over cottage cheese. Dinner will either be an egg salad sandwich or a Nothing Bundt Cake - Bundtlette. (choice of Lemon or White Chocolate Raspberry). I'm having drinks with a couple of friends around 5pm, so depending on the appetizers - those might be dinner.
I'm having a very hard time keeping track of what day of the week it is with Christmas & New Years both on a Wednesday.
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Minus - Bill Penzey's kids run the Spice Shop which offers small (and large) amounts shipped free in flat packs. I'm very pleased with the quality of the spices from them.
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Wally, Making your own tofu must have been sort of like making your own cheese. It sounds time consuming but the result would be way better than the commercially produced variety. In MD the field across the street from us was planted in soybeans. The farmer would let us pick some unripe pods in the summer for edamame which was so much tastier than the frozen stuff.
Eric, What kind of squash did you use in your stuffing? It sounds delicious.
Minus, Yum on the chocolate Lava cake.
Sliced sweet potatoes in a bit of olive oil and salt baked in the oven are easy. You can add cinammon but that's a bit too sweet for me. It would probably work in an air fryer but I haven't acquired one yet.
I always substitute spinach for kale.
Dinner tonight was chicken asparagus lasagna. DS stopped by on his way back to NYC from VT. It’s way too cold to eat outside but he took some with him. I also made black-eyed pea salsa so he can have it for New Year’s. He wasn’t born in AL but considers it where he is from. DD was born there but thinks of MD as “home.” I guess those are the first places they can remember.
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Maggie, black-eyed peas salsa is a new food for me. Interesting that your son and daughter consider "home" two different states. Your asparagus chicken lasagna sounds good. Does it include cheese? White meat or dark? Inquiring minds.
Minus, dh's diagnosis is trigeminal neuralgia. It is intermittent. Some mornings it seems to have gone away and then when he has lunch, it may hit him. I know when he grabs his right jaw. He's being transitioned to a new prescription treatment. The process goes on.
Dinner last night was the spinach quiche, warmed up, and individual romaine salads. I had avocado and blue cheese on mine. He had sweet onion and blue cheese on his. We had different bottled dressings.
I can eat kale. It does have a bitter flavor.
Minus, I admire your ability to eat dessert foods in moderation. I fall into the category of abstain or binge. I think sugar is addictive for me.
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Maggie, yes, making tofu is very similar to making cheese…easier, I think. Maybe more like making paneer.
I adore kale chips but otherwise, it isn't the first green I think of to eat.
Ha, I've got much older stuff than 2015. I think I pulled a jar of pasta sauce that was about that old. If the lid "popped," I was ok using it, LOL. I did have a can of tomato sauce explode on me (in WI); that was a no go, obviously.
My lamb chops turned out to be lamb shoulder blade steaks so for tomorrow, I will braise them in a wine/balsamic sauce with caramelized onions and make a pot of polenta to lay them on top of the creamy goodness.
No idea what tonight will be. Either scrambled eggs with something or a frozen pizza. DH goes to the dentist today (weekly visit plus a "cavity" fill in his old, old, old gold crown that has a tiny hole in it).
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Asparagus and Chicken Lasagna
1Tbs olive oil/ 1lb asparagus cut into 1/2 in pieces/ 1 lb ground chicken/ 1/2 cup sun-dried tomato pesto/ 15 oz jar roasted garlic Alfredo sauce/ 12 oven-ready lasagna noodles/ 12 oz sliced provolone/ 1/2 tsp salt,1/4 tsp pepper
- Heat oven to 350*F. Coat 13" x 9" pan with cooking spray.
- Combine Alfredo sauce and 7/8 cup water.
- Heat olive oil in skillet; cook asparagus and 1/4 tsp salt about 5 min; remove from pan
- Add chicken to skillet with pepper and remaining salt; cook stirring until no longer pink, about 7 min; stir in pesto; remove from heat.
- Layer: sauce coating (about 1/2 cup), 4 noodles, sauce, half of cheese, half of asparagus, half of chicken mix, 4 noodles, sauce, half of cheese, half of asparagus, half of chicken mix, 4 noodles, sauce.
- Cover with foil and bake 45 min - 1 hr. You can add cheese to top and uncover at the end. You can use cooked lasagna noodles and add only 1/4 cup water to Alfredo sauce.
black-eyed pea salsa - A different way to start the new year right; I add corn and sometimes avocado. I eat it with cornbread but it also goes with chips or crackers.
Carole, I had trigeminal neuralgia from a burn injury. The burn surgeon used a laser on that nerve and nerves in my hand.
Minus, You inspired me to organize the 50+ jars of spice I have. I got an upright 36 bottle spice rack with labels for the counter and filled the jars with those I use most. The rest fit in the cupboard. I have more counter space!
Nance, I'll have to try the Spice Shop for replenishing this new arrangement.
Dinner tonight was leftover lasagna.
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