What's for Dinner ~ Monday March 4th

[Lucinda]

Pearitos for me - I am heading back to Vegetarian Land.
Beef and Chicken Fajitas for Bill (I think)

You?

[intheflow]

1. Rooting through the freezer I discovered

frozen turkey soup leftover from Thanksgiving. Might be time to eat that up! Yum!

[Lucinda]

23. Still great soup weather where I live.

We've had lots of snow lately. Soup sounds yummy!

[intheflow]

28. It snowed here today

so I'm really looking forward to getting home, climbing into my pjs and cuddling down with a big mug of warm yumminess.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. I got a pack of pork chops out to thaw

but if I don't get the hell off the internet and finish deep cleaning the kitchen I'll never have it put back together in time!

[cbayer]

4. Lol, I had thoughts of doing some serious cleaning while falling asleep last night.

But, poof!!, they all disappeared when I awoke this am.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. I am not letting myself fire up the new mixer until the kitchen is CLEAN.

I have been ignoring the corners for weeks now, focusing on Gran and then dealing with the paperwork and sorting out the house.

I also need to get my tomatoes seeded, tomorrow is the dentist and groceries.. then that machine will be humming

[cbayer]

8. I have a ton of paperwork that needs to go before I get to taxes.

That should be my one goal for today. Plus we have a houseguest coming tomorrow, so there is the matter of preparing the guest berth (which DH uses as his junk room most of the time).

Well, good luck with yours!

[Lucinda]

22. I've been trying for DAYS to get enough energy to deep clean

I just can't do it. Maybe when the sun comes back out again....been snowy here lately!

[cbayer]

3. Hmm.....

I've got two artichokes I am going to cook today and some salad fixings that need eating.

And cheese.

Maybe an antipasto type salad?

[fizzgig]

10. sounds tasty to me

do you get to restock soon?

[cbayer]

11. Well, fizzgig, that's an excellent question.

We are in a remote harbor and had planned to return to the town tomorrow because of the guest coming in.

But, surprise!!! Engine is not working, lol. Parts are supposed to come in today, but I have been around long enough to know how that goes.

So, I can't answer you except to say, "I hope so".

[fizzgig]

13. i hope the part comes in quickly

and that you can restock soon

[Lucinda]

21. The antipasto (salad) is always a winner with me. Love those flavors.

Hope all is well with you!

[livetohike]

5. Bean tostados

[Lucinda]

17. What kind of beans do you like with tostadas?

I've fallen in love with white navy beans after a looong time of avoiding them. My mom used to cook hers to death.
I usually use black beans or pintos & kidneys in my veggie Mexican recipes.

[livetohike]

24. Probably 90% of the time I use pintos. The other 10% is black beans

My husband has a huge problem with beans, legumes, cruciferous veggies......since I am the cook and the committed vegetarian, he eats what I make and then reaches for the gas pills. Beano never has worked for him. I put a teaspoon of baking soda in near the end of cooking time and that seems to help a little.

I love all beans and have many recipes using them. I really like dried lima beans, but those seem to bother my husband the most.

[fizzgig]

6. i think i'm going to make another batch of soup

cook up the acorn squash, a few taters and some carrots, drop in a can of chick peas and condensed milk and whiz the immersion blender through it.

[NJCher]

14. soup for me, too

I'm going to make Italian Wedding Soup. I happen to like it. I have to make it while my spouse is away, since he looks askance at me when I say that.

I'm also roasting more cherry tomatoes today, along with some orange peppers. These are staples in my house. Love them both and find them so handy to have to embellish dishes.


Cher

[fizzgig]

15. my husband likes italian wedding soup

i haven't tried my hand at it yet. i'm going to roast a couple a couple red peppers to toss in the soup.

[Lucinda]

20. I'd like it chunky too! Do you add spices or herbs?

[fizzgig]

25. i'll probably add cumin, cinnamon and curry powder

i'm out of chili powder, so i'll use either cayenne or maybe dried chipotle. a bay leaf while cooking the veggies. onions and garlic, too, of course.

[Lucinda]

34. The cinnamon is a nice touch!

I like adding it to savory dishes too. I am still exploring with it, and use a light hand. But it works out well!

[bif]

9. An Asian noodle soup

With chicken, spinach, corn, yellow squash, and green onions.

[Lucinda]

19. Sounds very yummy!

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Leftover braised short ribs.

[BainsBane]

16. yummmmmm

So jealous.

[Lucinda]

18. Bill would soooo love that!

He doesn't get ribs often but loves em.

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. They're good.

I cook them like pot roast.

[Texasgal]

27. Tonight it's a big salad

with roasted zucchini and squash. I made some poor folk garlic bread too!

[grasswire]

29. reubens and a pickle fest

Fresh pickled dilly carrots, fresh pickled giardinara (cauliflower, pearl onions, carrots, etc.) and fresh pickled beets. Also some chips from a brand new to us -- Boulder potato chips from Colorado. They are delicious -- I could only have a few, but yearned for more! So crispy! And not too salty.

[fizzgig]

33. i am digging on your pickle fest

yum.

and boulder chips really are great.

[JimDandy]

40. Yes those chips are GREAT.

Never heard of them til I moved to Colorado about a yr ago.

[Lucinda]

38. Good deli sandwich meats are what kept me from going back veggie for a long time.

Love reubens!
I've never heard of the Boulder chips. I'll mention them to Bill....he's a potato chip gourmet! He tries them all.

[grasswire]

39. this was leftover from a corned beef brisket...

...that I cooked earlier in the week. I don't like the corned beef in my Kroger deli. Wish I had a kosher deli nearby, but don't.

[pinto]

30. I had lasagna - ground beef, ground pork, onions, mushrooms, cheeses and spices.

And, of course, pasta layered with tomato sauce. Was out of greens / cukes / zucchini to cut for a side salad.

So it was a meat, cheese, marinara and pasta dinner.

[Lucinda]

37. That would be perfect for Bill. We have to cook Chinese to really

get him enough veggies!

I need to work on a good vegetarian lasagna....maybe with mushrooms.....hmmm.

[LaydeeBug]

31. It's my birthday!! So we had racks of ribs, sides, and chocolate cake a la mode. nt

[Lucinda]

36. Hope you had a great birthday!

[Lugnut]

32. Bracciole and angel hair pasta.

I still have a few bags of roasted garden tomatoes in the freezer so I used two of them to make a big pot of sauce. There's a lot left over but I'll freeze that and use it in baked ziti next week. The sauce was delicious and the steak was very tender. Beef is so expensive having steak is a treat for a change.

[Lucinda]

35. I hope we grow tomatoes this year. I really miss them.

Store bought just don't come close to the flavor of our heirlooms.