What's for Dinner ~ Friday March 23rd

[Lucinda]

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[yellerpup]

1. Beef Stew!

Smelling good right now. Either French rolls or a skillet of cornbread to go with it. Real easy and we can dip into it all weekend long. Hey, Lucinda!

[Lucinda]

20. Soooo jealous!

I'd love some stew and fresh bready goodness.

Hope all is well with you!

[yellerpup]

23. All is well.

Going to the theatre tomorrow to see "Four Dogs and a Bone" by John Patrick Shandley. The director of my reading (coming up April 25) is directing it at the Producers Club so it will give me a chance to see a little of what he's about. We do a closed reading next week and finalize casting. I thought it would be nice to come home from a matinee and reprise the beef stew.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. some sort of baked whole chicken, but what?

I'm headed out to the garden so I need to be able to throw it in and not mess with it.

I'm not in the mood for boring baked chicken though. How can I jazz it up real quick?
Sides will be cheezy garlic mashed potatoes and steamed carrots/broccoli/or cauliflower

I need the cheezy potatoes for breadsticks for tomorrows dinner, so they are not substitutable (is that a word?)

[pinto]

4. Baked, I'd stuff it with your veggie pickings and do some simple sweet/hot or sweet/sour glaze.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. and I have fresh pineapple!

you rock

[pinto]

10. Go for it!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. I did

skipped the potatoes, but that can be worked around tomorrow

baked the chicken on a bed of peppers and onions, stuffed a tired looking lemon and tangerine in the cavity.
mixed up a sweet and sour sauce from orange marmalade, pineapple juice, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, catsup, brown sugar and cornstarch. good thing I wrote it down, it was almost better than my fav takeout.
Cranberry couscous with cinnamon and garlic broccoli stir fry.

It was all pretty quick too

[pinto]

16. Sounds creative and tasty! Many overlook citrus with fowl. And a bed of peppers and onions...

[Lucinda]

21. I really like mine with butter, garlic and fresh rosemary.

What did you decide to do?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

35. see #15

[NJCher]

3. Shrimp with Broccoli Stirfry

I'm going out with my friend. The place we're going to has wonderful outside dining and the weather here is very nice. Taking chardonnay.

We're dining late, so I think it will be quiet.


Cher

[Lucinda]

22. Sounds like a perfect night!

[livetohike]

5. Broiled eggplant slices served with lemon-sesame sauce, tabouli and stuffed grape leaves

(from a can). This is our last warm day for awhile. We've had 11 straight days of temps in the 70's!! Now we go back to our more seasonable temps - 50 F. .

[Lucinda]

24. I've heard our temps are about to drop too

Maybe time for some yummy soup

[pinto]

6. Not sure yet. Having a Stouffer's frozen lasagna for lunch, so probably Greek feta salad, flat bread

and hard boiled egg later. With strong sweet tea and figs on the side.

[Lucinda]

25. Sounds like it was delicious. I love feta!

[Luciferous]

7. Grilled steaks, onions and mushrooms, and maybe a salad.

[Lucinda]

34. Perfect combo!

I usually saute my mushrooms, but grilled would be interesting too!

[shanti]

8. oh probably my old standard

chicken caesar salad. i bought a new mandolin today so i must try it out!

[Lucinda]

33. I have one but I never think to use it.

It would make life much simpler for me!

[Cairycat]

11. Cabbage and noodles

with the cabbage left over from St. Patrick's Day. The 15 and 18 year old boys ate it readily, though the younger said it was too buttery. I hadn't ever made it before, and it sounded like something vegetarian that the boys would eat. We'll see how their dad likes his heated up later when he gets home.

[Lucinda]

26. Hmmm...too buttery?

I'm not sure i've ever had anything tooo buttery.

[surrealAmerican]

12. Enchiladas

I just made them all up, and they're baking in the oven. They smell pretty good too.

[Lucinda]

27. We make them, in one form or another pretty often.

It's easy to change them up, and I like the fact that they last for a couple of meals.

[surrealAmerican]

36. They never last more than one meal around here.

I make them by the dozen.

[GoCubsGo]

13. Frozen dinner.

I either have a cold or am reacting to the abnormally high pollen levels here, so my head is stuffed up. I can't really taste anything and I didn't feel like cooking, so I figured I might as well eat something that doesn't really taste all that great.

[Lucinda]

32. I hope you fell better soon.

Maybe the change of weather thats been predicted for the next few days will make us both feel better.

[pscot]

14. Baked steelhead trout

Caught a 4 pounder at Payless this morning. Farm raised for $2.99 a pound.

[Lucinda]

28. LOL. Nice fishing!

I've been jonesing for some red snapper. Hopefully they will have some soon.

[azurnoir]

17. It was chicken curry

made with karee curry paste and coconut milk over jasmine rice, my son's favorite homecooked meal

[Lucinda]

31. I don't cook with curry, but I have been watching some great videos

that are inspiring me to try. I do love anything with jasmine rice!

[azurnoir]

37. give it try its yummy

I became a believer in curry pastes over curry powders a good choice to start with would be Thai Kitchen they're available in most grocery stores and are quite mild not too hot, I'm lucky enough to have a number of Asian grocery stores nearby so get mine there I use Maesri brand because they have several varieties but none contain shrimp paste (I'm violently allergic to shrimp ) however some of those are quite hot the one I used karee is mild and so is masaman, however I found Panang to be too hot for my family so you have to experiment a bit

[Lugnut]

18. Shrimp scampi.

I served it over linguine fini. It was very warm here today so I wanted to make something quick and easy. It worked out perfectly.

[Lucinda]

30. I miss shrimp.

I've developed a sensitivity to shellfish and have to avoid it all now. Shrimp Scampi was always a favorite.

[Lugnut]

38. That's terrible.

I know two or three people who are also allergic to shellfish. My mother developed a serious sensitivity to fish of any kind when she was in her 70s. It took a while to figure out what was making her face and tongue swell and fish was the common denominator. She was not at all happy to learn that because she truly loved fish.

[eridani]

19. Grass fed pork loin chops

Rubbed with a mix of sea salt, pepper, garlic powder, sage, marjoram and thyme. Fried, put in the oven at 150 to rest. Deglazed pan with small can of apple juice. Reduce volume and add a bit of cornstarch in cold water. Served it with carrots--nuked Better Butter + tarragon.

[Lucinda]

29. Great flavor combo there!

I love apple with pork.