RedShoes
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:04 AM
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what are your rainy day recipes? |
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I woke up wide awake three hours early and I am almost done everything I have to do for today. It's nasty and overcast here, and I can feel autumn coming in my bones (fall is my favorite season).
What is your favorite recipe for a day like that? :hi:
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:11 AM
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but you would have needed to soak the beans overnight, so that's no go.
I love to make a big pot of spaghetti sauce and cook up some meatballs to go with it.
not much beats a roasted chicken. I like to lift the skin over the breast and put in thin slices of garlic and ginger and then stuff the cavity with citrus (limes or oranges).
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:23 AM
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4. they all sound so good. I can soak beans overnight still. |
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and have them for sat or sunday. I've been meaning to make Boston Baked Beans, old school style.
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Fri Aug-15-08 08:34 AM
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9. Baked beans are worth the soaking. |
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Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 08:35 AM by zanne
Do you cook them in a slow cooker or in the oven? I have my grandmother's beanpot and I love the smell of beans cooking in the oven.
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Fri Aug-15-08 04:45 PM
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15. oven. For sure the oven. ;) |
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:12 AM
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2. Baked Ziti (any simple recipe) |
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:24 AM
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5. I considered going to the Italian market and making lasagne |
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but I don't feel like cooking lasagne noodles and am not sure everyone likes the no boil kind.
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Fri Aug-15-08 08:36 AM
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10. Barilla no-boil are really good |
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Tastes to me like fresh pasta.
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:17 AM
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3. nasty and overcast here too in south central Pa. I like anything |
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hot. Tomato soup / grilled cheese for lunch. At the Panera where I work, they'll be doing lots of soup in sourdough bread bowls today. It's not that chilly out, but any drop in temperature about 10 degrees makes people want soup.
Dinners: homemade vegetable soup with hot bread, beef stew. Wow, I'm really stuck in soup mode, aren't I?
Big baked potato.
I get carb-crazy in the fall, and my waistline expands.
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:26 AM
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I used some homemade chicken noodle from my freezer this week, and I urge you to fulfill your craving. :hi:
I love Panera Bread btw. I practically lived at the one in Boca Raton on rainy days.
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Fri Aug-15-08 08:19 AM
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7. Plantain Coconut Stew. |
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(I'm on an African kick lately. This isn't really a Fall recipe...it's a "late summer when it starts to get cold at night" recipe as you can't get high-quality ingredients (plantains, chilies and coconut milk) for this in the fall) from Discovery of a Continent by Marcus Samuelsson. (I'm recommending this cookbook to anybody looking for an adventurous new cuisine.)
1 medium onion, chopped 2 red chilies, finely-chopped, ribbed and seeded 1 cup coconut milk Juice of 2 limes 2 tbsp. white vinegar 1/2 cup peanut oil (or substitute another good frying oil such as canola.) 5 yellow plantains, peeled, quartered lengthwise, and cut to 1-inch pieces 2 tsp. chopped cilantro 1/2 tsp. ground ginger (I usually substitute 1 tsp. of fresh ginger, finely minced) 1/2 tsp. salt Freshly-ground black pepper
Combine onions, chilies, coconut milk, lime juice and vinegar and bring to a simmer over low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add plantains and cook for 10-15 minutes, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides. Remove plantains and drain on paper towels, blot dry.
Add plantains, cilantro and ginger to coconut stew base and bring to a boil to heat plantains through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Samuelsson recommends serving with mashed root vegetables or rice. I prefer a hearty chunk of good bread.
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Fri Aug-15-08 04:49 PM
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17. do you garnish? and should you spoon it over the rice, or serve |
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the rice on the side? It sounds so interesting, I feel like heading our for some plantains!
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Fri Aug-15-08 06:53 PM
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I've never served it with rice...I stumbled across the side-serving recommendation when I pulled out the cookbook to make sure I got the measurements right. I usually go with the root veggies (taro and yam in particular because they're sweet starchy complementary flavors) on the side or a good piece of bread to mop-out the bowl. I would serve it over the rice, though.
As for garnish, I wouldn't as it has a delicate taste but I might adorn it with a crispy-fried sliver of plantain if I were serving it for a fancy dinner. Just fry until crisp some 1/8"-to-1/4"-thick long-slices of plantain when you fry the plantains for the stew, lean one out of each bowl standing on its' narrow side after adding the stew.
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Fri Aug-15-08 08:30 AM
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Remove bag from box; remove plastic wrapper. Place in microwave. Nuke for 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Carefully open bag, pour in bowl. Enjoy.
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Fri Aug-15-08 10:52 AM
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11. I made Chicken & Dumplings over the weekend - YUM!! |
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Fri Aug-15-08 04:46 PM
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16. do your dumplings look like matzoh balls or more like noodles? |
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some people are picky... :rofl:
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Fri Aug-15-08 10:54 AM
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12. delivery pizza or Chinese |
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Fri Aug-15-08 04:44 PM
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14. I've had days like those. nt |
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Fri Aug-15-08 01:17 PM
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13. Soup, definitely, or beef stew..or chili |
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although the chili usually comes when it is a little cooler.
The first really cool day often triggers a baking impulse in me.
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Fri Aug-15-08 04:56 PM
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18. Put ice in tumbler, fill to rim with Bushmill's |
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Fri Aug-15-08 07:38 PM
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20. Turbineguy's Special Chicken |
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Cut up a cleaned chicken (leg is 2 pieces, that size) dredge pieces in seasoned 1/2 flour, 1/2 breadcrumbs mix. Brown chicken in skillet using a few Tbs olive oil for a few minutes. Add, garlic, olives (type to taste), artichoke hearts, tomatoes, capers, chopped onion, beef broth. Simmer for 1 hour. Should be plenty of liquid.
Serve over angel hair pasta.
cloudbase says it's good
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