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[PrincessInOz]

Look at all the Drink ME NOW! .....Sheesh! I can't believe that I brought you a bottle of Aussie Port! You don't need it


I'm in. I'll bring the Kangaroo Bacon...

 

[franandaj]

Look at all the Drink ME NOW! .....Sheesh! I can't believe that I brought you a bottle of Aussie Port! You don't need it


I'm in. I'll bring the Kangaroo Bacon...

Hey if you notice the one thing I didn't have was Port! I have Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Syrah, but no port! BTW it is very nice I am enjoying it (a glass or two here and there) along with those Tam Tams! Nice Combination!

 

[PrincessInOz]

You're still up??? Was it band practise night?

 

[franandaj]

You're still up??? Was it band practise night?

Yup! And we had a lot of aggravation so that keeps us up later. We just had "2nd Dinner" and are enjoying dessert, we'll go to bed soon....

 

[Leshaface]

You guys don't want to come to my house, but how about this? With all my extra points I'll get a Grand Villa at the Grand Californian and bring my wine! I hear it's got a pool table and maybe we can get the one with the World of Color view! Alicia and I can do the cooking! I want those alien cupcakes from Toy Story!

I will help you guys cook (I'll make ribs & red velvet cake!), and I would even get on a plane for all of this! And I hate flying!

Yay!!!! We'll have our own food and wine festival!!

Ribs sound boooomb!! Do you make pork or beef??

 

[bangzoom6877]

Yay!!!! We'll have our own food and wine festival!!

Ribs sound boooomb!! Do you make pork or beef??

I make pork ribs. Actually, I have some cooking right now. I make the Neely's recipe from the Food Network, for wet BBQ ribs. I use pork spare ribs, and they cook for 6 hours (3 hours on 250 degrees, and 3 hours on 300 degrees)! I make the Neely's BBQ sauce and it is awesome! I add it during the last 30 minutes of cooking. I never buy BBQ sauce at the store anymore, and I have become very picky with ribs since discovering this recipe 2 years ago. My parents and sister are coming for dinner tonight, and my mom requested ribs! I am also making corn bread to go with them.

 

[Leshaface]

I make pork ribs. Actually, I have some cooking right now. I make the Neely's recipe from the Food Network, for wet BBQ ribs. I use pork spare ribs, and they cook for 6 hours (3 hours on 250 degrees, and 3 hours on 300 degrees)! I make the Neely's BBQ sauce and it is awesome! I add it during the last 30 minutes of cooking. I never buy BBQ sauce at the store anymore, and I have become very picky with ribs since discovering this recipe 2 years ago. My parents and sister are coming for dinner tonight, and my mom requested ribs! I am also making corn bread to go with them.

I've never made ribs before and have always wanted to! Perhaps I'll check out the Neely's recipe and make their bbq sauce as well! Have you ever tried making them in the crockpot? They're probably too big to fit in a crockpot...

I make my own cornbread nowadays. I used to use Marie Callendar's cornbread mix, but lately, it's had that bad chemical aftertaste, so now I use a recipe from Allrecipes which is fantastic! So yummy! Would probably taste better if made from a cast iron skillet, but alas, no cast iron skillet

Last night I made the BEST salmon from Rachael Ray's 365 No Repeat's cookbook, and Daniel just kept raving about it! It was a honey-lime salmon served on top of a black bean and corn salad. SO GOOD! And somewhat healthy!

Tonight i'm keeping it simple and will be making chicken cobb salads tonight with the works! Red bellpeppers, hard boiled eggs, raisins, green onions, tomatoes, and avocado! I'll probably serve some type of crusty bread with it!

 

[franandaj]

hey, Hey, HEY! You guys are hijacking my report with all your yummy sounding food! We had band last night so all we had was some turkey sandwiches we ate in the car! Tonight I'm going to make Indian Dinner, but all that involves is opening a couple pouches Daal Mahkani (Lentils) and Saag Paneer (Indian Creamed Spinach) and then simmering some chicken breast in Tikka Masala Sauce. I don't get to nearly cook as much as I used to. We'll even see if I'm that ambitious. We have to go to Hollywood today for a meeting and to preview a performance venue. We played there seven years ago, but we need to get another look to see if it will work for us. That puts us coming home in rush hour traffic, so who knows what I'll feel like when we get home. Maybe Fran will want that German dinner we didn't get last week. Hmmmm, I'll make sure we have a coupon book with us!

And I love the Neely's recipies...their Chicken Fried Steak is awesome, the Potato Salad, Peach Cobbler....YUM!

 

[bangzoom6877]

I've never made ribs before and have always wanted to! Perhaps I'll check out the Neely's recipe and make their bbq sauce as well! Have you ever tried making them in the crockpot? They're probably too big to fit in a crockpot...

I make my own cornbread nowadays. I used to use Marie Callendar's cornbread mix, but lately, it's had that bad chemical aftertaste, so now I use a recipe from Allrecipes which is fantastic! So yummy! Would probably taste better if made from a cast iron skillet, but alas, no cast iron skillet

Last night I made the BEST salmon from Rachael Ray's 365 No Repeat's cookbook, and Daniel just kept raving about it! It was a honey-lime salmon served on top of a black bean and corn salad. SO GOOD! And somewhat healthy!

Tonight i'm keeping it simple and will be making chicken cobb salads tonight with the works! Red bellpeppers, hard boiled eggs, raisins, green onions, tomatoes, and avocado! I'll probably serve some type of crusty bread with it!

Never tried ribs in the slow cooker, but I have made pulled pork in there with pork tenderloin and the Neely's BBQ sauce. Comes out delicious! I like my ribs brown and crispy on the outside, and a slow cooker wouldn't give them that effect. I have a very large slow cooker (6 or 7 quarts), and it is oval so ribs would fit in it, as long as they are cut up.

For the corn bread, I use a recipe from a soul food restaurant in Harlem (a neighborhood in Manhattan, where the old Apollo Theater is). The restaurant is called Sylvia's. If you Google Sylvia's cornbread recipe you will find it right away. The recipe is for a 9" by 13" pan, and there are 5 eggs in there! It comes out so moist, it is unbelieveable. My sister makes this every Thanksgiving. I also love the Allrecipes site!

That salmon you made sounds delicious! I love black bean and corn together!

hey, Hey, HEY! You guys are hijacking my report with all your yummy sounding food! We had band last night so all we had was some turkey sandwiches we ate in the car! Tonight I'm going to make Indian Dinner, but all that involves is opening a couple pouches Daal Mahkani (Lentils) and Saag Paneer (Indian Creamed Spinach) and then simmering some chicken breast in Tikka Masala Sauce. I don't get to nearly cook as much as I used to. We'll even see if I'm that ambitious. We have to go to Hollywood today for a meeting and to preview a performance venue. We played there seven years ago, but we need to get another look to see if it will work for us. That puts us coming home in rush hour traffic, so who knows what I'll feel like when we get home. Maybe Fran will want that German dinner we didn't get last week. Hmmmm, I'll make sure we have a coupon book with us!

And I love the Neely's recipies...their Chicken Fried Steak is awesome, the Potato Salad, Peach Cobbler....YUM!

Sorry to hijack your thread!

I don't get a chance to cook as much as I would like to during the week either. We are off from work this week, so I like to take advantage. Same thing on the rare day we get a snow day...I immediately start cooking and/or baking something on those days!

Wow ladies, we really could have our own Food & Wine Festival!

 

[Leshaface]

hey, Hey, HEY! You guys are hijacking my report with all your yummy sounding food! We had band last night so all we had was some turkey sandwiches we ate in the car! Tonight I'm going to make Indian Dinner, but all that involves is opening a couple pouches Daal Mahkani (Lentils) and Saag Paneer (Indian Creamed Spinach) and then simmering some chicken breast in Tikka Masala Sauce. I don't get to nearly cook as much as I used to. We'll even see if I'm that ambitious. We have to go to Hollywood today for a meeting and to preview a performance venue. We played there seven years ago, but we need to get another look to see if it will work for us. That puts us coming home in rush hour traffic, so who knows what I'll feel like when we get home. Maybe Fran will want that German dinner we didn't get last week. Hmmmm, I'll make sure we have a coupon book with us!

And I love the Neely's recipies...their Chicken Fried Steak is awesome, the Potato Salad, Peach Cobbler....YUM!

AAAAGGGH Sorry!!!!

You're Indian dishes sound wonderful! I've never actually tried Indian food, but it sounds great!

Alison, do you ever use a crockpot? You could throw something in there right before you take off to a performance and leave it on low for 8 hours and come home to a nice, hot meal?

Oh gosh, now i'm off to check out all THREE of the Neely dishes you mentioned Not good for my diet ya know????

Never tried ribs in the slow cooker, but I have made pulled pork in there with pork tenderloin and the Neely's BBQ sauce. Comes out delicious! I like my ribs brown and crispy on the outside, and a slow cooker wouldn't give them that effect. I have a very large slow cooker (6 or 7 quarts), and it is oval so ribs would fit in it, as long as they are cut up.

For the corn bread, I use a recipe from a soul food restaurant in Harlem (a neighborhood in Manhattan, where the old Apollo Theater is). The restaurant is called Sylvia's. If you Google Sylvia's cornbread recipe you will find it right away. The recipe is for a 9" by 13" pan, and there are 5 eggs in there! It comes out so moist, it is unbelieveable. My sister makes this every Thanksgiving. I also love the Allrecipes site!

That salmon you made sounds delicious! I love black bean and corn together!



Sorry to hijack your thread!

I don't get a chance to cook as much as I would like to during the week either. We are off from work this week, so I like to take advantage. Same thing on the rare day we get a snow day...I immediately start cooking and/or baking something on those days!

Wow ladies, we really could have our own Food & Wine Festival!

Ooh 5 eggs ( , you know that it tastes good when it has that many eggs in it! ) Off to check that off too.....sigh...too much good food, with not enough room on my body to put it!

 

[franandaj]

I was just giving you ladies a hard time! I'm just jealous you have so much time to enjoy cooking. This Sunday I need to cook dinner for about 12 people. It's after a rehearsal so it needs to be "ready to heat" while we play, or otherwise easy. I've done this every month for the last year and I'm running out of ideas. A taco bar is winning thus far, any suggestions?

 

[bangzoom6877]

I was just giving you ladies a hard time! I'm just jealous you have so much time to enjoy cooking. This Sunday I need to cook dinner for about 12 people. It's after a rehearsal so it needs to be "ready to heat" while we play, or otherwise easy. I've done this every month for the last year and I'm running out of ideas. A taco bar is winning thus far, any suggestions?

Suggestions for taco bar: homemade guacamole, different types of quesadillas, layered bean dip. Also, I like to season my own taco meat with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and I add a little salsa to it, and some cilantro.

Suggestions for your dinner if you don't do a taco bar:

1. Different kinds of pizza
2. Different kinds of pasta
3. Finger foods (hot wings, chicken fingers, cocktail franks in blankets, etc.) and dips (hummus with pita, olive tapenade, eggplant spread, etc.)

 

[franandaj]

I like the layered bean dip. I have a good one. Done pizza, pasta twice, Costco chickens w/ mashed potatoes, fajitas, burgers (turkey & beef). I considered a ham, but I'm going to do that in April like Easter Dinner.

 

[PrincessInOz]

I have a recipe for a salmon loaf, made from tinned red salmon. Just depends on how much tinned salmon is over there and what your budget is.

You cook it like meat loaf and can serve it with whatever sides you want....salad, vegies etc.

You can serve it cold or have it cooking in the over whilst you rehearse or heat it up in the micro before serving.

 

[franandaj]

I have a recipe for a salmon loaf, made from tinned red salmon. Just depends on how much tinned salmon is over there and what your budget is.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't do Salmon

I can put things in the oven on delay bake and let them heat up or cook during the last 30 min to hour of rehearsal. I also have to consider there are people who don't eat red meat but will eat turkey/chicken....taco bar is sounding easy...I don't want to do something cheesy like a casserole.

(((Sigh)))

 

[Leshaface]

Bonnie's ideas are great!!

Do you know how to make rice?? You can cook that way beforehand and just heat it up real quick!

 

[franandaj]

So I wimped out on dinner tonight and ended up just getting some take and bake Chicken Cordon Bleu, packaged noodles and green beans. I was just too tired to deal with anything more than cutting green beans. But while at the store I thought of a GREAT idea for Sunday. I make this Barbeque Pot Roast (thanks Bonnie since you were talking BBQ ribs) and I was planning to make that for Fran and I Friday night. I was buying the ingredients to restock my cupboard since I had it on the plan and was thinking, "What if I could make that without beef?"

I realized I could probably use a pork roast, so I went over to the meat counter and Pork shoulder/butt is on sale for $1.99/lb. There was a roast 5 lbs for $10, I'm sure that would feed 12 people! I bet I could use the same sauce for a pork butt and it would come out just as good! And the people who don't eat red meat...well pork is the other white meat!

What do you think?

Barbeque Pot Roast

Ingredients

2 tbl Salad Oil
1 3-5 pound bone in roast (beef or pork)
2 medium onions
3 cloves garlic minced
16-oz canned tomato sauce
12-oz canned tomato paste
2/3 cup packed light brown splenda
3/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tsp salt
2 tbl Worchestershire
2 tsp dry mustard
½ tsp pepper
3 bay leaves

Directions

In an 8-quart Dutch oven over medium high heat, in hot salad oil, cook meat until well browned on all sides. Remove to meat platter.

In same Dutch oven over medium heat, in drippings, cook onions and garlic until lightly browned, about minutes, stirring occasionally. Spoon off excess drippings from Dutch oven, leaving about 3 tbl of oil. Stir in tomato sauce and remaining ingredients. Return meat to Dutch oven. Over high heat, bring to boiling. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2-3 hours or until meat is fork tender, turning meat once.

Remove bones (from which the meat should be falling off) and place meat on platter. Discard bay leaves, skim fat from liquid and spoon into gravy boat.

 

[Leshaface]

So I wimped out on dinner tonight and ended up just getting some take and bake Chicken Cordon Bleu, packaged noodles and green beans. I was just too tired to deal with anything more than cutting green beans. But while at the store I thought of a GREAT idea for Sunday. I make this Barbeque Pot Roast (thanks Bonnie since you were talking BBQ ribs) and I was planning to make that for Fran and I Friday night. I was buying the ingredients to restock my cupboard since I had it on the plan and was thinking, "What if I could make that without beef?"

I realized I could probably use a pork roast, so I went over to the meat counter and Pork shoulder/butt is on sale for $1.99/lb. There was a roast 5 lbs for $10, I'm sure that would feed 12 people! I bet I could use the same sauce for a pork butt and it would come out just as good! And the people who don't eat red meat...well pork is the other white meat!

What do you think?

Barbeque Pot Roast

Ingredients

2 tbl Salad Oil
1 3-5 pound bone in roast (beef or pork)
2 medium onions
3 cloves garlic minced
16-oz canned tomato sauce
12-oz canned tomato paste
2/3 cup packed light brown splenda
3/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tsp salt
2 tbl Worchestershire
2 tsp dry mustard
½ tsp pepper
3 bay leaves

Directions

In an 8-quart Dutch oven over medium high heat, in hot salad oil, cook meat until well browned on all sides. Remove to meat platter.

In same Dutch oven over medium heat, in drippings, cook onions and garlic until lightly browned, about minutes, stirring occasionally. Spoon off excess drippings from Dutch oven, leaving about 3 tbl of oil. Stir in tomato sauce and remaining ingredients. Return meat to Dutch oven. Over high heat, bring to boiling. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2-3 hours or until meat is fork tender, turning meat once.

Remove bones (from which the meat should be falling off) and place meat on platter. Discard bay leaves, skim fat from liquid and spoon into gravy boat.

YYYYUUUUMMMM!!!

Did you come up with this recipe yourself??

 

[franandaj]

YYYYUUUUMMMM!!!

Did you come up with this recipe yourself??

No but many years ago Fran came home with this thing called a 7-bone roast...I had NO idea what to do with it. In fact before I met her the biggest thing I had ever cooked was a whole chicken. Since then I have become an expert at all kinds of "big meat". So I went to my Good Housekeeping cookbooks (they were the first to offer "picture cookbooks") and found this recipe for a 7-bone roast. I happened to have everything needed in the pantry (the one I posted is modified to make more sauce) and cooked it that night, I didn't think she would like the BBQ sauce and I did something to make it less BBQ, but she loved it! So the next time I just used the recipe. Now I usually make it with 1/2 the meat, but with what I posted was double the sauce. I like lots of sauce so I try to make as much as possible.

I'm thinking that it would work just as well with Pork, wadda ya think? Whatever would be leftover would make killer pulled pork BBQ sandwiches. And pork is on sale this week!

 

[franandaj]

OK so I'm not trying to prejudice this vote, but there is a certain follower on my TR who is in the running for the best Postcard Photograph competition on the DIS photography board and I would appreciate any of you voting in this competition. I'm not suggesting who you vote for, but she had a recent trip to the California park and Paradise Pier....

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2661973

Please vote independtly, but we would apreciate a vote!