So...whats for dinner?
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Sherrill- For your shrimp dish what about omitting the grapefruit and throwing in fresh cilantro? It sounds very similar to my avocado chicken dish.
Tonight I am going to make what I call lazy lasagna. I basically put everything I would in a lasagna into a bowl and mix then bake it. I use penne, ricotta, mozz and Parmesan cheese. I cook hamburger with onion and garlic basal etc and add to the mix. It's faster than layering a lasagna and almost as good. We'll have it with a ceaser salad and some garlic bread. I haven't made it in what seems like forever!
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Laurie, I didn't get to the store like I thought I would, so I'm not making that tonight! It looks really pretty in a martini glass to serve when you have company, and sounds more like a summer recipe. I'll probably try it at some point, or I'll try your recipe! Tonight is boring breaded chicken, green beans, boiled potatoes and a salad. Not too inventive, but I had to work with what I had in the house.
My husband is having knee surgery tomorrow, so I should probably make something he really likes that I haven't made in a while. I'll have to think about that!
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Hope surgery for your DH goes well and recovery is smooth and easy, Sherrill!
Laurie, I used to do that a lot for a quick lasagna-like dish, too!
Anjanita, my mom used to make ambrosia every Christmas -- it was a big deal when she was growing up (fresh oranges not available year-round back then) -- her version was oranges, apples, bananas, in layers, with coconut and I think she might have added powdered sugar between the layers. That was it. I still make it but without the sugar and I don't have to wait for Christmas. I have her huge cut-glass "ambrosia bowl" that was her mother's as well. Nice memory -- thanks.
Seaside, thanks for the stew recipe -- copied and pasted!!
Sugar, my friend will appreciate that you liked her recipe, thanks for letting me know! I make another version of it, too, with sweet potatoes instead of white, and I added thyme and celery to the recipe and omitted the bread. Also very good.
I'm getting tired of potatoes and I haven't even had them every day. I knew there was a reason not to buy the 5# bag
(besides having to throw some out because I don't eat them fast enough).Not sure what I'm having tonight but it won't be potatoes
Happy cooking!
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Sherril- As Nature girl said I hope recovery goes smooth for your husband too.
Laurie- I've made the lasagna that way to,so much easier and tasty too.
I had leftovers tonight from yesterdays dinner and it was even better tonight-
sweet potato and bean enchilada's-
I usually use refried beans with this recipe but didn't feel like going to the store and had black beans it was good too. Heres what how I make them-
Cook sweet potatoes in boiling water till done, drain and mash In same pan add your beans mix together, saute yellow chopped onion and chopped green pepper in pan and add to sweet potatoe and bean mixture,. Heat 1 can each of red and green La Victoria enchalada sauce in pan- In another pan fry your tortillas I use flour but can also use corn tortillas-Pour a little sauce In the bottom of your baking dish. On each tortilla add your sweet potatoe and bean mixture add a little of the sauce down the middle then shredded pepper jack cheese- cover with foil and bake 30 minutes at 350% oven. I like to top it with shredded lettuce, chopped tomotoes and sliced avacodo-
I also made a yellow rice and mexi corn bread.
Edited to add" Forgot to say after you fill your tortilla roll up and top with more sauce and jack cheese, i usually make 2 pans and freeze one.
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Thank you Debbie and Nature! Husband is in surgery now (minor surgery for torn miniscus), so recovery shouldn't be too bad. I have a little time to kill so I need to brainstorm some dinner ideas! I'll have to go back on this thread and pick something I haven't tried yet. My husband really likes pot roast in the crock pot and I haven't made it in ages, but I'm not sure I'll be able to start it for some time as I still need to get to the store. That one takes all day.
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Thank you Debbie and Nature! Husband is in surgery now (minor surgery for torn miniscus), so recovery shouldn't be too bad. I have a little time to kill so I need to brainstorm some dinner ideas! I'll have to go back on this thread and pick something I haven't tried yet. My husband really likes pot roast in the crock pot and I haven't made it in ages, but I'm not sure I'll be able to start it for some time as I still need to get to the store. That one takes all day.
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Debbie, your burritos sound good -- I make something really similar -- below, if anyone is interested.
I think I'm making potato soup tonight (and maybe some beer bread? still don't have the right kind of beer, though). I make a low-fat version that is comfort food, and with the colder temps again it sounds good.
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Here's a good summer burrito -- light with a slightly sweet-savory blend of flavors that go well with hot weather, but would be great in winter, too. There are recipes all over the internet for this dish so mine is nothing terribly unique, just my version after reading several others.
Sweet Potato-Black Bean Burritos
Ingredients
* 1 1/2 c. cooked black beans, or one can, drained
* 1 large or two small sweet potatoes, cooked, peeled, cut into 1/2" cubes, and lightly mashed
* 1/2 onion, diced
* 2-4 cloves garlic, peeled and diced or put through garlic press
* 1-2 t. cumin
* 1/2 c. corn (optional)
* juice from 1/2 lime, about 2 T.
* 1/3 c. chopped cilantro
* goat or other cheese, crumbled or grated (optional)
* 10+ tortillas
Cook onion and garlic in a teaspoon or two of oil, just until onion is soft. Put all ingredients except cheese into bowl and mix lightly but well.
Spoon 3-4 T. of filling down center of each burrito, add a little cheese, roll up, and place into pan. Cover pan with foil and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.
Serve with chopped tomato, lettuce, and sour cream or plain yogurt.
Variations & Comments
The corn is optional, as is the cheese -- the burritos are perfectly good without either one. The cheese added a nice creaminess but the mix of good flavors stand well on their own without needing cheese. A chopped up jalapeno would be a nice addition, too (or other pepper of your choice). The cilantro is also optional but gives it a really nice fresh flavor that I enjoy . I thought the dish might be dry without a sauce but they were moist and tender from the sweet potatoes and beans. Also, instead of baking, the filling and tortillas could be heated up separately and served like tacos. It made a full package of burritos with leftovers.
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tougherthanithought,
Hope your husband got through his surgery and it busy healing up now!
anjanita and Naturegrrl,
That ambrosia salad takes me back.... My Mom made it for every holiday. Even had the "special bowl" that it always went in until one Thanksgiving I was carrying it out to the table and it slipped. Hit the table and shattered into a million pieces
The ONLY thing that wasn't already on the table and could be salvaged was the turkey!! My family still tells that story every Thanksgiving! Wasn't funny then but, we laugh about it now!Laurie,
I do something similar to your lazy lasagna.... SO good and so much easier than all that layering. Although I still do that too from time to time. This way is good because you don't have to make a big old pan of it. Many nights I'm cooking for just 2 so the "lazy" way suits us just fine!
Debbie and NatureGrrl,
Thanks for the enchilada/burrito recipes!! The next few weeks are "no meat on Friday" weeks so the meatless dishes will definitely help!!
imbell,
The pressure cooker is one appliance I have never used! I remember my Mom using one and it looked a bit scary. I have heard that they have VASTLY improved over the years! Let us know how it goes!
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What's for dinner tonight?...
We will be having homemade pizza (although I do buy the dough from a local, Italian bakery).
One will be a potato, onion and rosemary pizza (LuvRVing, I think I just heard you groan at all the carbs...lol) and the other will be a pesto, black olive and artichoke pizza. Simple tossed salad along side....
During the summer we usually do them on the grill but, it's kind of cold here still so I think we will do them inside tonight!
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Seaside, that potato, onion, and rosemary pizza sounds good -- no sauce? any cheese? I think I'd like to try that one. I do like pesto pizzas, too -- do you put more on yours that what you listed? Thanks for sharing if you don't mind!
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Naturegirl- Your burritos sound good too, you had talked earlier about them I was hoping to get the recipe, Ours soud close except i add echalada sauce. Great idea making taco's with the ingedients it would cut the cooking time in half.
Speaking of pressure cookers, I finally got mine delivered about a week ago and still havint made any thing yet, it looks kind of scary lol! I'm going to look for some of the recipes that I think It was nature girl had some good recipes posted on here, maybe tomorrow i will try to attempt jam or somthing, I will keep you posted.
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NatureGrrl,
The potato pizza is kind of a mish-mash of several recipes so I will make sure to note what exactly I do tonight and will post tomorrow.
It's basically rolled out pizza dough that is brushed with olive oil and garlic, topped with sliced potatoes, onions, chopped fresh rosemary, parmesan and mozzarella (as little or much as you like). Other than one Italian place that offered this waaayyyy back when my husband and I were dating, I have not seen this on a menu here, since!
The pesto one is pizza dough brushed with a decent amount of pesto (home-made if I have the basil in the summer but, we have a really good one available in the grocery store here) and topped with sliced black olives, chopped, non-marinated, canned artichoke hearts, and mozzarella.
Both are cooked either on the grill or on a low rack (1 up from the very bottom) of the oven at 450 degrees or so.
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Seaside- Pizza sounds so good right now, any thing with artichokes sounds good to me.
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Debbie,
I'm with you on the artichokes
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Debbie, thanks for the comments about my enchiladas, I actually thought the sauce sounded like a good idea but I think when I first made that recipe I was working with what I had. So good to see how others do things! Keep us posted on the pressure cooker adventures
I only used mine for canning, never cooking, but I never had any trouble with it. It had a weighted gauge that sat loosely on the vent and jiggled while it worked, instead of the old dial-type gauge. Seaside, thanks -- and yum!! Maybe I can use some of those potatoes I have in a pizza....
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Hi Ladies, quick question. Does anyone have a good basic recipe for pasta from scratch. I've looked on line and tried several but still having issues with holes in pasta or always adjusting recipe.
Thanks
Maureen
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Maureen, I've always used one from an old Joy of Cooking cookbook and always had good luck with it --makes a tender dough. I've used it mostly for lasagna but also noodles and ravioli.
I recently heard that one thing that helps a lot is to use "00" (double zero) flour. Haven't ever used it myself.
From Joy of Cooking:
Best not to try to make pasta in damp weather unless you're experienced. On a large pastry board or marble, make a well of 2/3 c. unbleached or all-purpose flour.Drop into it one egg, barely combined with 1 T. water. Work the mixture with your hands, folding the flour over the egg until the dough can be rolled in a ball and the mixture comes clean from your hands. Knead the dough about 10 minutes, then let stand, covered with a damp cloth, 1 hour.
Roll out the dough, stretching it a little more each time. Continue to sprinkle with flour between each rolling and stretching to keep the dough from sticking to the pin or board or developing holes. Repeat this until the dough is paper thin.
Let it hang to dry about 30 minutes. Before it becomes brittle, roll up and cut into noodles or other shapes. If using for ravioli, skip the drying.
Good luck, and have fun!
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Naturegirl- I havnt had a chance to read the manuel yet, but didnt realize you could actually cook with it LOL!
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Maureen- I havnt a clue how to make pasta I have always bought fresh from the store or dried pasta, I watched a show a few weeks back on "The cooking channel" Hosted by kelsey nixon she was showing how to make fresh pasta and she made it look so easy. I tryed to copy the link here and was having trouble- If you go to "The cooking channel" click on kelsey's Essentials and find her homemade fettucini, The recipe is there also she has a video showing her making the pasta, she explains it step by step. I make her recipe using store bought pasta, It is a fettucini with squash and a lemon cream sauce, It was really good.
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I made the best sanny for lunch today, I took some whole wheat rolls put mustard on each side, layered with jack and chedder cheese, sliced red onion, sliced tomato, oretaga chili's, and some sliced pepadews (my fav) drizzled with itialian dressing put it in a 400% oven for about 7 minutes or so then turned on the broiler for a couple of minutes till cheese is bubbly and the bread came out crunchy! So yummy! DH works till midnight on saturdays so i probably will be eating all day LOL!
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Seaside, those pizzas sound great! All ingredients I love. We ordered pizza out yesterday at my husband's request. I was prepared to cook a nice dinner for him after his surgery, but he really just wanted take-out pizza! Fine with me!
Today my son had several sporting events, and hubby and I weren't really too hungry but I decided to make a variation of the shrimp, avocado cocktail recipe I had. I boiled some shrimp and added grape tomatoes, chopped kirby cukes, avocado, lime juice, olive oil, cumin, cilantro, and some tobasco. Very similar to something else I make, minus the shrimp. I split the recipe and added the pink grapefruit segments to only half, since I wasn't sure how it would taste with the extra stuff I added. I have to say, the grapefruit was good in there! Very light dish.
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Pizza.... yummmmmmmmm :-)
Occasionally I've been known to make English muffin pizzas...anyone ever do that?
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Thank you for the pasta suggestions, I'll try next time. Sounds like the humidity is an issue.
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Lena I grew up on English muffin pizzas! Last night I made myself pizza with some left over sauce ( lots of mushrooms & onions) and goat cheese crumbles on Krontos pizza crust.
The site has a recipe page too. crumb
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Thanks lago. I didn't know what "Krontos" was even until I clicked the link. I'm not really a fan of flatbread, though...
It just occurs to me though, maybe I should walk down the block to the "little store" and see if they have English muffins (I don't have any in the house now) -- I DO have leftover spaghetti sauce (with meat, onions, and sweet Italian sausages) and grated parmesan/mozzarella cheese (I bought that to make chicken parmigiana, though... LOL)......
Ehhhh, I'm too lazy today, and I don't enjoy walking in the cold. I'll just have to put English muffins on the list for the next supermarket trip!
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I use the kontos brand as well, I dont care for it for sandwiches but it makes good pizza which I made last week it was really good
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Lena- Two thumbs up on the English muffin pizzas, I loved them as a kid and still do!
Sherrill- Glad your shrimp dish turned out great. Sometimes things might sound weird (grapefruit) but turns out to be the best. Hope your husband is recovering nicely.
Lago- Flatbread pizza sound yummy, I love a real thin crust.
Tonight is good old fashioned spaghetti and meatballs, again at the hubbys request. I thinkit's funny that when I started this thread my son HATED spaghetti sauce, it has since become his favorite thing ever. Maybe I need to keep trying new things and he'll like them too:)
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I haven't made this but saved it thinking someday I would. I loved whole wheat pizza crust when I was on college. It's just if I'm going to spend that much time making something I think it should involve chocolate or ribs
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Amazing Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
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• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F | 45 degrees C)
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flourDirections:
1. In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Sprinkle yeast over the top, and let stand for about 10 minutes, until foamy.2. Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture, then mix in the whole wheat flour and 1 cup of the all-purpose flour until dough starts to come together. Tip dough out onto a surface floured with the remaining all-purpose flour, and knead until all of the flour has been absorbed, and the ball of dough becomes smooth, about 10 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover loosely with a towel, and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
3. When the dough is doubled, tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and divide into 2 pieces for 2 thin crust, or leave whole to make one thick crust. Form into a tight ball. Let rise for about 45 minutes, until doubled.
4. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Roll a ball of dough with a rolling pin until it will not stretch any further. Then, drape it over both of your fists, and gently pull the edges outward, while rotating the crust. When the circle has reached the desired size, place on a well oiled pizza pan. Top pizza with your favorite toppings, such as sauce, cheese, meats, or vegetables.
5. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes (depending on thickness) in the preheated oven, until the crust is crisp and golden at the edges, and cheese is melted on the top.
Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 2 Hours 45 Minutes
Servings: 100 -
Count me in on the English Muffin pizzas! Loved them as a kid and still do. My kids will eat them, but I get more excited for them than they do!
Laurie- I think the next time I make the shrimp avocado thing, I'll separately mix the avocado with lime juice and add it at the end to the rest of the ingredients, because from mixing too much (plus my avocados were a tad overripe) it became more like guacamole. Avocados got a little too mushed up.
My husband is recovering very well. He didn't really need the crutches today, so that's an improvement. Thanks to all who were asking about him. Today he wanted me to make spare ribs and saurkraut in the crock pot. Came out good...the meat fell off the bone. I personally like ribs BBQd better. I dont' like sifting through the kraut to take out the fatty parts, but it still was good. After seasoning the ribs with Goya Adobo, garlic powder, and pepper, I threw them in the crock pot with diced onion, diced granny smith apple, diced red apple, and a bottle of oatmeal stout beer.
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We HAD to eat out tonight. Bad stuff happening with my Pack Rat's vehicles (he had loaned his truck to his cousin, and now his car is "off" but he's working on it) so I had to pick him up. He's hypoglycemic, hadn't eaten since lunch so I knew that between the 20 minutes to go get him, 20 minutes back to my house, and 35-40 minutes to cook the chicken I'd sorta planned for if we had dinner together tonight, he would end up nucking futz with a low blood sugar crash. I suggested going out for pizza, but my Pack Rat decided he'd rather go to the Salt Hill Pub instead. Which was fine by me; I like their food quite a bit. I had salad and a fish sandwich. With (a little bit of -- I'm still dieting!) tartar sauce. Yummmmm. He had some kind of Mexican-ish egg rolls, don't recall exactly what they were called (I don't eat Mexican food so I'm not familiar with a lot of the names).
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