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What's for dinner tonight?

acheron
Gondor

Jan 29 2013, 11:53pm

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What's for dinner tonight?

Or if not tonight specifically, some night recently that you cooked something. Cool

Over here, made some braised beef short ribs. Cooked in red wine and beef broth with onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, garlic, a bit of mustard, and herbes de provence (the mix I use is from Penzey's: rosemary, cracked fennel, thyme, savory, basil, tarragon, dill weed, Turkish oregano, lavender, chervil and marjoram).

I served the ribs over mashed taters and celeriac. Overall very tasty. Smile

How about you?

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Patty
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 12:54am

Views: 499

Oh my gosh, I'm sorry to admit.

Long John Silver's. That's the usual Tuesday fare here at Patty Manor.

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arithmancer
Grey Havens

Jan 30 2013, 1:15am

Views: 502

Shrimp scampi

I sautee the shrimp and make a sauce with onions, garlic, butter, white wine, and the juice of one lemon. Today I served it over whole wheat spaghetti with some microwaved broccoli on the side. Yummy, fast, and both kids eat it without whining about it!

Heatherleawv
Bree

Jan 30 2013, 2:18am

Views: 484

My

family and I had delicious Chilli! Smile

All that glitters is not gold...

imin
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 2:26am

Views: 491

Mushroom risotto

with roast potatoes, an odd combination perhaps, but was nevertheless very tasty, thanks Waitrose, lol.

squire
Half-elven

Jan 30 2013, 3:40am

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Southern baked chicken

Boneless breasts, rolled in crushed bran flakes with paprika, and baked not fried.

Sides of:
Quinoa topped with spinach and mushrooms sauteed with garlic
Steamed broccoli

Eclectic, but tasty and filling!

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Magpie
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 4:26am

Views: 476

I made a new soup a few days ago

Beef and Lentil Curry Soup

I cooked up some lentils - these are a small, brown variety that seem to be from Mexico and are sold in a store with lots of Hispanic food items. I like them because they keep their structure and don't get real mushy.

While they cooked, I drained a large can of diced tomatoes and cut up some chuck roast.

Once the lentils were cooked, I dumped the tomato juice and lentil water into a pressure cooker and cooked the beef.

While that was cooking, I sauteed some onion (a good amount, can't have too much). When they were soft, I added some curry powder and let that toast a minute. Then I added the drained tomatoes. There isn't any liquid in the pot at this point. I just want the onion and curry and tomatoes to dry cook and get some fond going.

When the beef had cooked, it got dumped into the pot with the lentils and it was soup! It was good soup.

I found some recipes online for roasted garbanzo beans I'm going to try as a snack with beer.

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dernwyn
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Jan 30 2013, 5:04am

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Chili con carne on brown rice

I brown a pound of low-fat beef (ground turkey is also very good), with a whole chopped onion, and garlic, cumin, oregano, chili powder, cayenne, and unsweetened cocoa powder. Add a can of diced tomatoes, and let simmer while the brown rice cooks. Then add in a can of black beans, heat, and serve over the rice. This was complemented with cooked broccoli florets, and shredded cheese to add wherever one desired!

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dernwyn
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Jan 30 2013, 5:05am

Views: 462

It's a good dish to have

on a "chilly" night, isn't it! Laugh

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Lissuin
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 5:34am

Views: 496

It's too hot to eat.

Very odd but very nice string of hot clear days in Wellington, which puts me in the mood for ice cream or nothing. I can imagine the coming cold days when chili, curry soup, beef ribs, baked (not fried) chicken, risotto, fish and chips or sauteed anything will be most appealing.

Bon appetit, all you northerners!

(This post was edited by Lissuin on Jan 30 2013, 5:35am)

Starling
Half-elven

Jan 30 2013, 8:00am

Views: 465

Smoked salmon with

salad greens, cherry tomatoes, red peppers, spring onions, and avocado.
Yummy!

acheron
Gondor

Jan 30 2013, 11:57am

Views: 460

oh that sounds good

Another meal I made recently was a basic chicken curry with rice. Ran out of curry powder, but when I get some more I may have to try that beef and lentil thing. Always looking for new things to try with lentils.

Heatherleawv
Bree

Jan 30 2013, 2:30pm

Views: 436

Dinner!

Most definately! Smile

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Magpie
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 2:37pm

Views: 434

me too

I like lentils but I seem to make two things with them: basic lentil soup and lentil burgers.

Even adding curry isn't that much of a change up since it's a spice I use in other soups to change them up. It was the curry and the beef that did it for me. The beef was on sale this week.

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Magpie
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 2:39pm

Views: 437

One of my favorite summer dishes is gazpacho

It takes good tasting - but affordable - tomatoes which sadly I haven't had access to in years. We used to grow our own until the tree planted in the neighbor's yard made everything too shady for tomatoes.

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Patty
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 5:11pm

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Man that sounds good!

Wish I could come over to your house to eat.

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silneldor
Half-elven

Jan 30 2013, 5:31pm

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Great big gobs of greasy, grimy gopher g-{WHACK}

Watch yer manners sil. This here is a civil thread. ...OK ok i won't mention anything about mutilated m...on never mind.

Well, dinner usually is pretty much a low carbohydrate meal. I or the wife get the salad going. It starts first with BIG salad bowls, and and we commence with liberal amounts of romaine and/or baby spinach, tomatoes, broccoli/and or cauliflower, onions, mushrooms, celery, carrots, ground walnuts/flax seeds, and sometimes a pepper. I like a (properly regulated) California virgin olive oil with a good red wine vinegar.

For dinner i hear-tell is grilled chicken in turmeric and fresh rosemary along side mushrooms and onions. On occasion some quinoa or millet is added to the stir-fry (been meaning to look into amaranth too).

Afterwards we like a bit of dark chocolate.

Alass�a Eruvande
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 5:49pm

Views: 444

Last night we had chicken piccata.

Tonight it's grilled beef tenderloin. Yes we're carnivores.

I get it from my father. He would have been like Bifur, trying to grill a leaf. Laugh

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Eowyn of Penns Woods
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 6:02pm

Views: 423

I'm sensing a trend.

Three of us had chili last night? #"Beano to the rescue!" or #"Good thing this community is only virtual!"? ;)

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Magpie
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 6:26pm

Views: 422

do you grill on propane?

(waits to see if she gets the reference)

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Rostron2
Gondor

Jan 30 2013, 6:37pm

Views: 413

Linguine & Clams //

Alass�a Eruvande
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 6:44pm

Views: 422

"Taste the meat, not the heat."

Butane is the b@$tard gas. Tongue

We use propane if we're in a hurry, but nothing beats a brisket cooked 18 hours over mesquite coals.

Lissuin
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 6:50pm

Views: 411

Thanks for the summery idea.

We have a genuine village green grocer who provides fabulous tomatoes.

I ended up with Starling's salad, substituting a can of tuna for the salmon. Salade nicoise, anyone?

Ciars
Rohan

Jan 30 2013, 6:51pm

Views: 419

Stir fry

Strips of beef in a wok, with red chillies, bean sprouts, mushrooms, scallions, sliced ginger and green peppers with low salt soy sauce with chill rice noodles! It was really tasty.

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Magpie
Immortal

Jan 30 2013, 6:58pm

Views: 418

she got it!

I really enjoy that show.

We got a propane grill and I don't like it nearly as well as a charcoal grill. But it's easier and our charcoal grill was small and couldn't cook anything that took longer than 20 minutes.

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Alass�a Eruvande
Valinor

Jan 30 2013, 7:09pm

Views: 314

If you watch that show,

then you have met my brother. He is Hank Hill. Down to the hair cut and beer drinking and the "Dang it, son!"

He recently lost the glasses when he got his eyes lasered, though. Laugh

We use the grill mostly in the summer, and when we want something cooked properly. I've got an electric stove, which I hate, having had a gas stove at our other house. I want to see that flame when I'm cooking! Dang it! Laugh

Mr. Eruvande built a stone fire pit that we use for the briskets. Here at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, there is plenty of stone to go around.

silneldor
Half-elven

Jan 31 2013, 12:40am

Views: 305

P.S.

Completely forgot the acorn squash, halved, turned down and heated in shallow water. We love all kinds of squash.

dernwyn
Forum Admin / Moderator

Jan 31 2013, 1:23am

Views: 292

LOL!

What, you don't want "smell-vision" on the Web? Angelic

I do like to use black beans, though, I've found them to digest rather nicely, unlike baked pea-beans. But I won't use red kidney beans, don't know why but I've always had an aversion to them...

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dernwyn
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Jan 31 2013, 1:27am

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Yum! Got any leftovers? //

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arithmancer
Grey Havens

Jan 31 2013, 2:21am

Views: 302

Warm enough for grilling here too...

I'd not grilled outside for a couple of months (I don't like to stand out in the cold...) but the temperature reached a very unseasonable 58F and I decided to grill steak tips. I made oven-fried "french fries" and nuked some mixed veggies to serve with it.

silneldor
Half-elven

Jan 31 2013, 3:27am

Views: 290

We had to call an audible at the line...

We ran out of mushrooms (oh, the travesty!), so mrs.sil pulled in off the bench, apples and turkey bacon to complete the play with the chicken breast slices, rosemary, and turmeric.

It ran for a touchdown. That was really good.

silneldor
Half-elven

Jan 31 2013, 3:30am

Views: 317

Nope, no leftovers:-D\\

Arandiel
Grey Havens

Jan 31 2013, 5:09am

Views: 298

Just made split pea soup today

Simmered ham hocks for a few hours; strained the broth; reserved the meat; sauteed carrots & onions; added leafy celery, thyme, pepper, salt (the ham hocks were curiously un-salty), bay leaves, rinsed split peas and broth; simmered for another hour or so; added the reserved ham back in; and then it was done and tasty! Very handy on a cold, cold day. Smile

Oh, we also have leftover homemade chili, spaghetti, and Papa Murphy's pizza (it was a difficult day) in the fridge. And I just pulled a heap of Girl Scout cookies and homemade lemon bread out of the freezer - we're getting a new one tomorrow. I should probably get the banana bread and a loaf of the gingerbread out, too...

We like to bake. A lot. Especially my mom and my Hobbit; it's very sweet, watching my son and my mother in the kitchen. And then he pushes every last one of her buttons. sigh.

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Starling
Half-elven

Jan 31 2013, 7:03am

Views: 287

I always say

If you've got a tin of tuna in the cupboard, you've got a meal. Cool

Annael
Immortal

Jan 31 2013, 4:00pm

Views: 282

Chicken tikka masala

I cheat and make the sauce by dumping a load of cardamom (both ground & seeds) into a container of Tuscan Tomato Bisque from Safeway (Von's, to some of you), and adding a bit of cream at the end. Better than any tikka masala sauce I've found to buy, and easier than making it from scratch.

I was reading one of my mother's Cooks magazines and they had an article about how to bake chicken so it doesn't come out rubbery. Their advice is to buy whole breasts with the bones still in and the skin on, rub them with salt, stick a pat of butter under the skin, and cook them in a 450 oven on a roasting rack in a pan so that the heat gets under them, for 40 minutes. I tried it and it was the best chicken I've ever cooked, juicy and tender. No more expensive boneless, skinless chicken for me!

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arithmancer
Grey Havens

Jan 31 2013, 6:45pm

Views: 280

Used to buy jarred

I used to buy jarred Tikka Masala sauce (my local supermarkets have it, as does Trader Joe's). But last week, I started to sautee up the diced chicken, went to the cabinet to start simmering the sauce and realized...I was out! And I had nothing else I could quickly make. So I went to this recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/curry-stand-chicken-tikka-masala-sauce/

and ignored all of its time instructions. Just heated the spices with onion in the ghee (those that I had, I did not have them all on hand, about 2/3 I would say), added tomato sauce, added chicken when it was mostly cooked, added cream in the end, and took about 20 minutes to get onto the table. I thought it was pretty good; my son was definite that it was far better than the jarred stuff.

One of my projects for this weekend will be to take all the spices called for in the recipe above and combine them in the correct proportions in a jar so I would not need to measure them out separately next time I make this. Sly

grammaboodawg
Immortal

Feb 1 2013, 5:44pm

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slaps hands over ears Not listening! Not listening!

*whimper* I've been on a diet for about.. *check watch* ... 2 years!!! So I haven't had anything I really love to cook for a long time.

Right now, I'm hungry from my home-made beef stew with dumplings. Or breaded pork steaks with seasoned rice. Or bbq spare ribs and fries. Or pan-fried brook trout with chunks of pan-fried potatoes & carrots.

*swoon*

I better stop before I hurt myself. Now I know why models are so mean. They're ALWAYS HUNGRY!!

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arithmancer
Grey Havens

Feb 1 2013, 7:15pm

Views: 461

Good luck with your dieting, gramma!

Whatever type of diet you've embarked on, though, there have to be recipes that exist that comply with it, whether its salads and low-fat dishes with veggies, more whole grains, lower carbs, or what have you. I'm personally currently on a diet that's low in carbs and it's been an education, and sort of fun, to learn new recipes. I had lots of pasta recipes and loved to bake pizza, now I've learned lots of veggie side-dishes I never knew how to make, and varied ways to prepare meat and seafood. And invented things that help when I am craving specific things I used to like but am trying to avoid...

Tonight's dinner will be tilapia. I sprinkle it in lemon-pepper seasoning and pan-fry it in coconut oil until it is a little golden-brown around the edges. I'll make a salad for me and rice and peas for the kiddos (who have no need to lose weight).