So...whats for dinner?
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Chicken, veggies and a salad
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Gosh Special K so funny to read about you and your acorn squash. I still had the same one around, the original one I bought. So read the instructions to micro. for 1 minute then cut, remove seeds, membranes. Managed to get that done b4 DH left so he could cut it. It is in big bowl in refrig. rubbed with bit of grapeseed oil waiting for dinner. I think I will use the one with a bit of sour cream. DH voted for savory rather than sweet. That with those pork cube steaks still not cooked. This has to be the teeniest acorn squash since not sure DH will even like it. That and the price per # was daunting. Not enough room for much stuffing with mine.
Heat bring it on. It is supposedly 56 here but heat just came on again. Cloudy faintly misty. I would not do well in the NW. Want my sunshine. And yes Lacey I'm shopping the freezer too. Last night was easy peasy spag. with bottled sauce not that great. Ragu has always been my fav. and for some reason the pickings on it have been slim even at the bigger stores. This was a Classico 4 cheese, not worth buying again. Maybe I just need to get the basil out and dress them up. Or learn to make a smooth sauce - DH not a fan of chunky tomato stuff. Lacey black bean soup would be gluten free. One of my favorites.
Shh - don't tell my MO. I'm taking a self imposed AI break for at least 2 weeks so maybe at Christmas I won't be a crabby achy old woman. Just hoping 2 weeks will be long enough to notice some changes.
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luv - I mushed my acorn squash stuffing together so that it would clump (aided by the goat cheese) and heaped it onto the squash halves - mine was kind of on the small side too. It was definitely rounded and covering the whole top of the squash. If you slice a teeny part of the underside off you can get them to stand up straight in the pan - better for heaping on the stuffing! Also, I like the Paul Newman Marinara for a jarred smooth pasta sauce - sometimes you can find it on sale or find a coupon. It has few ingredients, but does have a bit of cane sugar. I make a Florentine manicotti crepe dish that I like to use really smooth sauce with, so I like it for that. I just watched a segment of the Pioneer Woman the other day and she made a quick marinara, with stuff that is easy to keep on hand and prepare quickly - here is the recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/marinara-sauce-recipe.html
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Acorn squash is a staple in this house. We cut is across the equator, scoop out the seeds, rub a little butter on the cut edges, and place it cut side down on a sheet pan and then put into a hot oven. Bake until just softening, flip, a little more butter [and I do mean a little] and then, drumroll, drizzle with a bit of maple syrup. Grade B. Back into the oven for the final 15 minutes.
I have dealt with the rest of the leftovers. Some things were tossed. Rest of the squash was turned into soup with the remaining quart of veggie stock. Left over turkey that I had picked off the carcass was turned into turkey stew with the leftover gravy plus a bunch of the freshly made stock, with some added carrots and onion. The stock was divided into containers and is headed to the freezer with the exception of one quart which will be turned into Pasta e Fagioli soup tomorrow night. Tons of parsley still growing in the garden, so I will harvest that for the soup tomorrow afternoon. This was way too much hot food to throw right into the freezer, so it is all cooling down in the fridge first.
Tonight's dinner is a result of a bacon run to Karl's Sausage Kitchen. We will eat some Weisswurst with sweet Bavarian mustard, a pretzel freshly baked, and a cucumber-dill salad.
Tomorrow's clients have decided that a simple phone conference is enough so another day coding at home! Yea!
*susan*
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susan - your dinner is reminding me of our trip to Austria and Germany a year ago in July! Sounds yummy - I love the cucumber salad - I brought back some of the Salat Kronung seasoning mix from the German grocery store.
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There is a seasoning mix? I just use vinegar, water, sugar, and dill. Do you still have a packet? Could you type up the list of ingredients? In German would be fine. I have Dr. Google. :-)
*susan*
p.s. Found it! Sugar, salt, maltodextrin, 8% herb (4% dill, parsley, chives), acidity regulator sodium diacetate, acidifier: citric acid, modified starch, lactose, mustard seeds, vegetable oil, onions, pepper, starch, turmeric, dill extract
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I love cucumber salad. I make mine w/Susan's basic - vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar & dill, but I add a dollop of sour cream. I also like to add really thin sliced onions broken into tiny rings.
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I was going to suggest to Luv that she use crushed tomatoes. I buy the Cento brand which occasionally is marked down. My recipe is pretty much like Lee Drummond's. Crushed tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil. Contrary to popular belief, marinara sauce does not have to be simmered for hours. Either ATK or Cook's Country has a good quick marinara sauce.
I had to go to two supermarkets to buy masa corn flour to make tortillas tonight. Dh prepped the onion and colored bell pepper to sauté with sliced skirt steak. There will be guacamole if one or both of the avocados we have on hand have not gotten too ripe. We have black beans out of the freezer and jarred salsa. This is my first attempt at home-made tortillas. I don't like the bought ones that are available here. Those living in TX probably can buy good ones. The recipes are so simple: Mexican corn flour, small amt. of salt, and hot water. Some of the recipes called for oil or butter and some didn't. I added 2 T. canola oil.
I cook acorn squash the same way Susan does. I have used syrup on occasion in addition to butter and other times used a little brown sugar and butter. I bought a butternut squash today and may go to the trouble of peeling and cutting into cubes for roasting with some halved brussel sprouts.
Today was wonderful. Comfortable weather in short sleeves by 9:30 am, a round of golf and lunch afterwards. Then grocery shopping and purchase of more intriguing spices!
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Really not such good flour tortillas. I bought some that were reputed to be used at the Dallas Cowboys stadium. OK but nothing to write home about. My favorite ones (hide your eyes some of you) are in the cold section at WalMart. Heat on griddle/skillet. Really quite good.
I even seem to have trouble buying good canned tomatoes. I'll have to make a more intensive search in Ft. Worth. I cannot find canned Italian tomatoes at all. Thanks Carole and Special for the sauce suggestions.
Special - when I opened the Pioneer Woman's sauce page there was a mocha brownie recipe to drool over.
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susan - I do still have a packet but it looks like you found it. You can also order them, it was a fun thing to bring back and took up no room in the suitcase - unlike all the Mozart chocolate - this is the one I have.
http://www.amazon.com/Knorr-Kronung-Dill-Krauter-5-Count-Packets/dp/B001M0A8Y0
minus - I also have put a dollop of sour cream in on occasion, and the onions too. Yummy!!
luv - funny about the brownie!
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Who knew that Knorr had separate products in Germany. Wonder if that means they have special flavor packs in France or Japan or India?
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The home-made tortillas were good. Too good. I ate three instead of two! The fajita makings were delicious. DH made the guacamole and cooked the steak and onions and bell peppers while I created my own little tortilla factory. Definitely will not be happy with the bought corn tortillas now.
Is Knorr a German name?
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This from Wiki. I love learning new things. I didn't know Best Foods was "gone", let alone Liptons.
"Knorr is a German food and beverage brand owned by the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever since 2000, when Unilever acquired Best Foods, except in Japan where it is made under license by Ajinomoto. It produces dehydrated soup mixes and condiments. It was known as Royco in Indonesia, and as Continental in Australia....Products previously sold under the Lipton brand are now being absorbed into the Knorr product line."
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I don't really know what the numbness is from, my doc thinks it's carpal tunnel. Guess I'll find out. I am loathe to stop taking the AI Lacey, as I want to complete my five years asap. The sooner I'm done the better.
My Christmas present for dsil arrived today. I got her a tagine, along with some Moroccan spices. I'm having a bit of fun researching some recipes that I'll put inside. I may have to get one for myself.
Carole, I used to make my own corn tortillas, but it's been a good long while. Since I broke my tortilla press in fact. I like the white corn tortillas from trader Joe's quite a bit. I really like the tortilla land fresh flour tortillas.
I'm coming down with a miserable cold which is going to put me in a very bad mood for the next few days. Ugh.
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Luv, I'm sorry, you asked if I used kale in the blackeyed peas a while back. I have not made it yet, but when I do, I will use whatever the recipe calls for, the first time anyway.
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Minus, that cuke salad recipe sounds exactly like what I make, except, I am apt to include tarragon rather than dill. Nothing against dill (unlike my sister's feeling after spending a few months in Russia years back), so I must try that also....probably with the dollup!
Susan, I noticed on Chronicle tonight a store in or near Davis Sq. that was filled with many varieties of bitters. Who knew??!! Apparently, it is a store that carries every ingredient but liquor to make all the new trendy mixed drinks....thus the bitters. Talk about a niche business!
Tonight DH had what he described as a great meal of cod over risotto at TK. I had asked him to buy some almond macaroons at the market there. He arrived home with mostly the coconut ones that I dislike...and they were hard as rocks ta boot! There were three tiny almond ones that were also not fresh. I think we'll stick to the restaurant's fare.
Meanwhile while dining solo at home, I made myself a sauté of baby kale, onion and beet greens, over polenta and topped with two poached eggs. I kind of like making weird healthy dinners like that. I may even foist it upon DH one of these fine days. He would eat pretty much anything!
Continuing early chapters of the leaded window saga.....
Builder gave a very high price for its removal due to the fragility of the unbroken top of the panel, requiring a very slow, careful removal of the whole thing in this century old house. Oy! So we discussed replacing both sides with paned (is that the term?)windows, and of course our side panels are oversized, so it would have to be custom made, and would also be inconsistent with everything leaded glass that this house is. He looked around and admitted that we would really not want to do that architecturally. Oh dear.....this was such a freak thing. Fortunately, our mail guy is fine.....only good part!
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Oh, Nancy, sending you sweet healing thoughts for your hands through to your sinuses!
Oh and this might sound crazy, but I wonder if drunken raisins would help with the inflamation. They seem to be helping with mine.....especially with my hands and shoulders. Weird but true. You can learn more about them online...or I can give you the "recipe".
What a cool gift for your ddil! She'll love it, especially since you are outfitting it so nicely!! She can use it pronto! From where does one order those....the basic kitchen stores?
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Lacey - I think I'll try the drunken raisins for my neuropathy - numb & tingling fingers & numb feet. What can it hurt?
I may live in Texas but I'm not a native & wasn't 'raised up' eating black-eyed peas. Never the less, a Texas friend made the following recipe and I loved it. Came out like a thick stew. Don't know why you couldn't add kale - or for those of us fighting off that veggie - Spinach.
Mexican Black-Eyed Peas
1 16 oz package dried black eyed peas
2 lbs bulk pork sausage
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 18 ounce can whole tomatoes undrained (I used a can of petite diced tomatoes.)
½ cup water
2 tbsp sugar
2 ½tablespoons chili powder (I use 1 1/2)
2 teasp garlic salt
¼ teas. Pepper
2 ½tbsp chopped celery
Place sorted washed peas in large dutch oven. Cover with water
2 inches above peas.Let soak overnight.
Brown sausage in a heavy skillet stirring to crumble.
Add onion, cook until tender and drain.
Drain peas well.Stir in sausage and remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil.Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1/1/2 hrs.
Add water, if necessary.Serves 10
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Lacey, I tried the drunken raisins, didn't do much for me. That was before my hands were so numb. Might be worth another try.
Minus, that recipe looks good. Rather like a blackeyed pea riff on chili.
I'm heading to town soon to stock up on lotion tissues and sundry cold potions. But first, more hot liquids. Blech!
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Nance, I looked at tagines on the Sur la Table web site. They're such interesting looking cooking vessels! Sorry you're feeling so crummy. If your problem is carpal tunnel, there are exercises that you can do that really help. I had carpal tunnel symptoms after surgery 5 yrs. ago. I looked up the exercises and did them regularly. Also purchased some rubber balls designed for exercises (they have rubber bands attached). Happy to say the symptoms eased and I no longer wear a brace at night. What kind of tortilla press did you own? The iron one?
I like almost all dried legumes but black-eyed peas is not a favorite. DH always cooks up a pot of them for New Year's Day, and, of course, we have cabbage. In our supermarkets there will be big tables of cabbages and displays of dried black eyed peas when it gets close to New Year's.
Lacey, does your home insurance or the mailman's insurance cover the window? What an unfortunate incident! I read in the recent issue of Nutrition Action (pub. by CSPI) that you can now buy organic chopped frozen kale. Maybe it will become widely available like chopped frozen spinach. I don't see fresh kale in our supermarkets that looks "fresh"! It usually looks like it has been there a while.
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carole - I also buy a frozen spinach/kale combo, I believe I got it at Whole Foods.
For anyone looking at Sur La Table - I just got a catalog with a $10 off $50 offer - the online code is SPRITZ14
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This is the tagine I got: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003IWU0V6/ref=s9_topr_hm_bFgFX_g79_i7
The ones from Sur la Table didn't get very good reviews.
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Back to the raisins - thought you all would love this quote from a letter to the old Paul Harvey radio show: I couldn't remember whether you said drink seven pints of gin and nine raisins or nine pints of gin and seven raisins, so I did both. Now I can't find the raisins ... BUT NO PAIN!
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Very finny Minus!
Tonight's dinner is one of Mr. 02143's annual favorites..... The smoked turkey stock turns into Pasta e Fagiole soup. He wanted Goya Small Red Beans, not from dried, so that is what we used. We harvested the last of the parsley from the garden [why was it still flourishing?] and I used some frozen tagliatelle from the freezer [not the perfect size.] The perfect base for any soup is the stock, after being simmered with those precious parmesan rinds. I must say, this was one delicious soup! There is one serving leftover which Mr. 02143 will get that for lunch tomorrow since I will be at a client's office.
Tomorrow night we are going out. Mr. 02143 has a birthday. He is turning 62! Our favorite restaurants have not have any openings. I started searching 7 weeks ago and have not been successful, so we are trying a restaurant right in our neighborhood. It is too expensive for a "don't want to cook night" but not special enough for special nights. But, we have really wanted to try it, and so this is the night that we are doing it.
I need to find a card, maybe even a gift. I am not a great wife.... and I am too busy to work on that right now.
*susan*
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Ha Ha Ha, Minus! Lots of folks remember Paul Harvey endorsing the actual folk remedy. I do hope the raisins work for you! And for you too, Nancy! Would that the little drunken bits could cure colds too!
Love that tagine! Guess I would not know what makes one better than another. I'll have to read more about them and look to see if any look different than that.
Thanks for the black bean soup idea, Luv. Maybe I'll do that next time, since I loaded up on mushrooms for this week's soup donation. Looks like I can make the wild rice mushroom soup gluten free easily enough.
I can see the reason for buying frozen kale, especially if you had to face yucky looking shriveled stalks. I rarely have enuf room in my freezer for bulky bags, but am lucky enough to have several good resources for buying three different kinds of fresh kale....even organic! Obviously I'm not the only kale queen in these parts! And now the stores carry packaged fresh baby kale, which is more delicate so I like it for salads as well as for sautéing, and in smoothies. That would also be good for kale pesto!
Tonight, after shopping the freezer and thawing some discovered chicken thighs, I made a sort of stir fry with those and veggies we had in fridge, and flavored it with a teriyaki and orange sauce combo. Had it over leftover wild rice and with a cuke salad to which I added pomegranate seeds this time.
Carole, supposedly the PO ins should cover it, but we will probably use our homeowners first and let them fight it out. I do think tho that they will both be outraged at the sticker shock and it could get ugly. Ugh....
Did any one watch The Taste tonight? I am amazed at the variety of food the contestants produce.
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Susan....HB to Mr. 02143, and I hope you enjoy the restaurant. Do fill us in. Your area seems to be turning into a restaurant mecca.
My DH decided to register his concern about the stale cookies we had to endure last evening
, and TK got back to him immediately, and (of course) insisted on sending him a gift coupon to assuage him. How about just some fresh almond macarooncookies! 0 -
susan - anyone who cooks with as much love as you do is a great wife - don't think otherwise! HB to Mr. 02143 and I hope you both enjoy your night out.
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Dinner tonight is most likely going to be leftovers from last night!
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Susan, happy birthday to Mr. 02143! I can't imagine any restaurant meal being as good as he gets at home but hope the new restaurant makes the grade.
Cold is in full swing today. This calls for soup -- vegetable beef in fact. Beef bones are cooking now.
Lacey, the window saga sounds like a nightmare! And please send me some almond cookies. Stale or otherwise.
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I'll add my happy birthday wishes to Mr. 02143.
Yesterday, MIL moved from the hospital to a rehab-continuing care place...still no idea what happened.
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