What's for Dinner? ~ Tuesday Dec 3rd

[Lucinda]

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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. not sure, but something light! This Thanksgiving bridge to Christmas is fraught with caloric peril!

Probably a salad.....

[maddezmom]

9. Caloric peril!

Yes....

[bif]

2. The northern bean and cabbage soup we didn't eat last night

It should be even better today!

[livetohike]

3. "Dracula's Revenge" (it's a penne casserole with lots of roasted garlic), a salad and

Italian Bread from my favorite bakery in Pittsburgh.

[maddezmom]

10. Sounds yummy

Would you share the recipe for the penne?

[livetohike]

14. Sure! Here it is:

Dracula's Revenge

2 heads of garlic
1 lb of hot sausage removed from casing*
1/4 t dried sage
1/4 t dried rosemary
3T. butter
3 T. flour
3 c. lowfat milk
1/2 c. shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
8 oz penne, cooked

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Remove the papery outside layer of the garlic heads. Wrap in aluminum foil and bake until cloves are soft. Check after 40 minutes. Let cool. Squeeze the garlic from each clove and reserve. Turn up the oven to 400 F.

Saute the sausage in a non stick pan and stir to crumble until browned. Pour into a large bowl and stir in the dried sage and rosemary.

Make a roux with the butter and flour and slowly add the milk and stir constantly until thickened. Add the cheeses and the roasted garlic to the sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Reserve one cup of sauce.

Mix the sausage, penne and sauce together. Pour into a large casserole dish. Pour the reserved sauce over the top. Bake, uncovered for 20 minutes.

Serves 4

*this is the original recipe. I am a vegetarian, so I leave out the sausage

[maddezmom]

15. I not a vegetarian but I can see it being delicious either way

I love garlic!! Thanks for the recipe.

[azurnoir]

4. very pineapple pork with jasmine rice

it's snowing so this seems yummy and the vitamin C can't hurt

[NJCher]

5. flounder stuffed with crabmeat

Asparagus with toasted sesame seeds.

Salad with Asian dressing.


Cher

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. More chicken, dressing and Brussels sprouts.

[maddezmom]

7. 15 bean soup

Usually use ham hocks but traded that in for some smoke turkey sausage with a small cesaer salad on the side.

[surrealAmerican]

8. lamb stew.

... made with what Trader Joe's calls "lamb tips". I wonder what that even means. It does smell nice simmering away on the stove.

[Galileo126]

11. Ham steak

macaroni & cheeze, and brussel sprouts.

Q: has anyone cooked the stalks from brussel sprouts? I really like broccoli stalks, as they have a sweetness to them. You just have to shave off the 'woody' exterior, and steam with the rest of the florets. Just wondering if brussel stalks have the same quality...

[fizzgig]

12. soup

baby reds, celery, carrot, red onion, a can of roasted tomatoes and turkey with a carton of chicken stock.

cheap, easy and perfect for this lovely nine-degree weather.

[grasswire]

13. pork roasted with lemon and rosemary

alongside couscous with pine nuts, and pan-browned zucchini with red onion and a sprinkling of parm.