The All-New What's For Dinner Thread!!(recipe index in OP)

[FormrCastMbr]

Lauren, Girlfriend it sounds like this will be a much needed vacation! All three of you sound like y'all really need some R&R!!!

I forgot to tell you guys that the AC vent in the bedroom suddenly closed last night on its own (Tom just opened them some more and must not have tightened them good enough) making a very disturbing noise...thought another critter got in...

My life is never dull thats for sure!!!

Did you see that I have my Chicory Coffee packed already???

 

[HERSEY]

NEVERENOUGHWDW Here are 2 I found on WW everything I know has cream. You can use leeks in the place of onions
vegetable chow mein

POINTS® Value: 7
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Moderate

Tofu takes on the flavor of the foods with which it`s cooked. So don`t be afraid to spice it up, and don`t limit yourself to Asian flavors - try Cajun and chili seasonings.

Ingredients
1 medium garlic clove(s), minced
1 tsp ground ginger, minced
1 medium leek(s), trimmed and sliced
1 medium carrot(s), peeled and sliced
1 medium zucchini, trimmed and sliced
1 3/4 cup canned water chestnuts, drained
2 cup mushroom(s), sliced
14 oz firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
4 cup cooked spaghetti
2 Tbsp cilantro, chopped
Instructions
Heat a nonstick wok coated with cooking spray and sauté garlic and ginger. Add leek, carrot, zucchini and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove and set aside.
or

Grilled Leek and Bean Salad

POINTS® Value: 2
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Our tribute to spring continues with this tasty grilled vegetable recipe. When spring scallions hit the market, substitute a bunch for the leeks - but watch them carefully because they cook quickly.

Ingredients
3 medium leek(s)
1 cup canned great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
1 Tbsp olive oil, extra-virgin
1 Tbsp fat-free chicken broth
1 tsp white wine vinegar
3/4 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp parsley, Italian, minced
Instructions
Preheat grill to medium-high heat.


Trim leeks to yield 4 inches of white bulb; discard green tops. Cut leeks lengthwise in half and rinse them under running water to clean; pat dry. Place leeks, cut-side down on grill, and cook until tender, about 5 to 10 minutes on first side, and 3 to 5 minutes on second side. Remove leeks from heat; trim off stem ends.


Slice leeks into 1/2-inch thick pieces and place in a serving bowl; stir in beans. Stir together oil broth, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a separate bowl; pour over salad. Toss gently but well; garnish with parsley. Yields about 1/2 cup per serving.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

I forgot to post dinner. We have a man moving the oil tank around for us so dinner needs to be on the fly. Lazy man's golumpki. I used barley instead of the brown rice.

I have a question. I bought long grained brown rice and I don't really like it. The Chinese restaurant uses a shorter grain. Does anyone know what kind that would be. I saw a short grain arborio style and a long grained basmati rice in the grocery store.

Do you have a recipe? I have never made stuffed cabbage cuz it seems hard but the lazy way may be the way!

No idea about the rice...I cant make rice for the life of me!

 

[shovan]

I forgot to post dinner. We have a man moving the oil tank around for us so dinner needs to be on the fly. Lazy man's golumpki. I used barley instead of the brown rice.

I have a question. I bought long grained brown rice and I don't really like it. The Chinese restaurant uses a shorter grain. Does anyone know what kind that would be. I saw a short grain arborio style and a long grained basmati rice in the grocery store.

A short grain brown rice?

I forgot to tell you guys that the AC vent in the bedroom suddenly closed last night on its own (Tom just opened them some more and must not have tightened them good enough) making a very disturbing noise...thought another critter got in...

My life is never dull thats for sure!!!

Did you see that I have my Chicory Coffee packed already???

My goodness! When it rains it pours at your house!!! But just think soon though you'll be sitting on your porch at OKW sipping some good coffee. And just a wild guess but I'll bet there will be some tasty cocktails too!

 

[TigerKat]

Do you have a recipe? I have never made stuffed cabbage cuz it seems hard but the lazy way may be the way!

Sheryl - I make stuffed cabbage and it's not hard, I don't do hard

 

[TigerKat]

Lauren -

I asked Johnny a few days ago to start thinking about what he'd like me to cook for Father's Day as his birthday is the day before and we'll probably go out. He just told me that he wants "Lauren's Big Ole Pot of Spaghetti Goodness"....

 

[Nancyg56]

Sheryl - I make stuffed cabbage and it's not hard, I don't do hard

Lauren- Al I did was saute some onions, browned two packages of ground turkey and then add some chicken stock, tomato sauce and some diced tomatoes. I also added a little salt, pepper and garlic powder. Then I added 1 cup of barley although white rice is more appropriate. Simmer and added thinly sliced cabbage and simmer some more. I added a little splenda. Done.


My DH aunt made the best stuffed cabbage I ever had. She steamed her cabbage which is time consuming but not hard and stuffed them, but her sauce was the key. She used ketchup. "Delmonico" (Del Monte) and a little water. Oh my goodness, that woman could cook!

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Lauren -

I asked Johnny a few days ago to start thinking about what he'd like me to cook for Father's Day as his birthday is the day before and we'll probably go out. He just told me that he wants "Lauren's Big Ole Pot of Spaghetti Goodness"....

Awwww, I am so glad he likes it and feel honored that he wants it for his bday/father's day...now...have you even made braciole? That is also good tossed in the sauce!

I think our hubbies are alike too...in the stars anyway. Tom's bday is this coming Friday!

We just ate your Cajun Pork...that is our all time favorite pork roast! I did it on the bbq for the first time and it was great! Less clean up than the oven too!

Lauren- Al I did was saute some onions, browned two packages of ground turkey and then add some chicken stock, tomato sauce and some diced tomatoes. I also added a little salt, pepper and garlic powder. Then I added 1 cup of barley although white rice is more appropriate. Simmer and added thinly sliced cabbage and simmer some more. I added a little splenda. Done.


My DH aunt made the best stuffed cabbage I ever had. She steamed her cabbage which is time consuming but not hard and stuffed them, but her sauce was the key. She used ketchup. "Delmonico" (Del Monte) and a little water. Oh my goodness, that woman could cook!

Oh yum! Thanks! There's nothing like some good Polish pierogis, golumki and keilbasa! I think they may have some homemade stuff at the church fair next week...gotta check that out!

 

[TigerKat]

Awwww, I am so glad he likes it and feel honored that he wants it for his bday/father's day...now...have you even made braciole? That is also good tossed in the sauce!

It's been a long time, but what a great idea!!! I'll have to go check my recipes, do you have one? I know I have a Giada recipe for that.

 

[Master Mason]

tonight I am having some homemade German Sausage, cooked in Beer and onions with some spicy mustard hmmmmm

 

[Nancyg56]

Lauren -

I asked Johnny a few days ago to start thinking about what he'd like me to cook for Father's Day as his birthday is the day before and we'll probably go out. He just told me that he wants "Lauren's Big Ole Pot of Spaghetti Goodness"....

Good Man!

 

[FormrCastMbr]

It's been a long time, but what a great idea!!! I'll have to go check my recipes, do you have one? I know I have a Giada recipe for that.

I really never use a recipe but what I do is buy the thin cut beef, pound it thinner, add alot of finely minced garlic, salt, pepper, parsley (you can also other herbs), thinly sliced onion, a slice of bacon and grated parmesan. Roll it really tight and tie it up, lightly brown on all sides and throw in the sauce and cook for a while.

Let me know if you have any questions...

 

[TigerKat]

I really never use a recipe but what I do is buy the thin cut beef, pound it thinner, add alot of finely minced garlic, salt, pepper, parsley (you can also other herbs), thinly sliced onion, a slice of bacon and grated parmesan. Roll it really tight and tie it up, lightly brown on all sides and throw in the sauce and cook for a while.

Let me know if you have any questions...

Thanks! I found Giada's recipe in case you want to see it, Ive tried it before and it's really good:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_25307,00.html

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Thanks! I found Giada's recipe in case you want to see it, Ive tried it before and it's really good:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_25307,00.html

Looks good! Let us know if you decide to make it!

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Gretchen, Sorry I missed your question about flank steak...I grill it. It comes out very tender.

 

[bigmerle1966]

I forgot to post dinner. We have a man moving the oil tank around for us so dinner needs to be on the fly. Lazy man's golumpki. I used barley instead of the brown rice.

I have a question. I bought long grained brown rice and I don't really like it. The Chinese restaurant uses a shorter grain. Does anyone know what kind that would be. I saw a short grain arborio style and a long grained basmati rice in the grocery store.

Not sure what kind it is but my mother used to buy it at the local Asian market.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Oops forgot, dinner tonight was breakfast. I made poached eggs and Canadian bacon on wheat toast and oven roasted potatoes and onions.

 

[OKWMom]

Don't you just hate a useless trip to the Dr!!! Hopefully when you hear from him he'll have something helpful to suggest.

I'm so happy that Patrick passed , I know how stressed out you & Kenny were!



I do it all the time, they freeze well!

I completely missed your post earlier! Sorry about the dr's visit!! I hope he calls you!

I'm so happy for you that Patrick passed!

I freeze hotdogs too, I have 2 packs of Hebrews in there now.

I never did hear from the dr. I'm hoping to hear something tomorrow. And to top it off, I found out today that the generic form of my allergy medication is no longer being sold/made. And my stupid insurance won't pay for the regular prescription. And it is $105 per month. I told the pharmacist I would just have to me miserable. Any suggestions on an OTC allergy medication? Not zyrtec, it made me feel like I was developing Alzhimers.

Thanks for the congrats for Patrick. We really are relieved.

I know my Mom freezes them all the time! I freeze sausage, it's kind of the same thing, right?

Lindsay, thanks for the explanation on the bread. I make something similar, though I often add mozzarella cheese to the top. You know, to make it healthier.

Thanks for the freezing advice. With your Mom, that makes at least four really good cooks who do it, so it must be fine. We just don't eat them that often, but I do get a craving once in a while.

And I add cheese on top of most things for the very same reason. Most studies say women don't get enough calcium don't they?

Marisa checked for airfare and found some that were reasonable but they were not for the times I like to use. We are going to keep checking but she thinks we may need to leave the night before we planned. This would not be bad but I have not been able to convince Buddy to take the week out of work yet so adding a day is not going to fly too well. Then I saw that the Poly was booked for the Friday night before we arrive.

Buddy needs gravy with pork chops as well. He actually wants gravy with everything and would drink it if he could

Congratulations to Patrick! I don't care what his grades were, he came a long way from where he was a little while ago so this really is a victory. My Donny is brilliant. Not smart..he is brilliant. Gretchen, there were a few years when I thought that I would kill him. His grades were terrible. He was flunking just about everything and had to go to summer school That was not one fun summer for me. I did not care one bit how it was for him and when he graduated I thought that I should share that diploma. Some kids just do not do well for a while and yet they bloom later. give him some time and things will change. Donny is still alive....but I confess that Buddy sometimes wonders how that is..........

Now,what is ziplining?

I hope you get the final flight/hotel issues resolved soon. The uncertainty of it all would stress me out. I am too much of a planner to "wait and see" very well.

I have to tell you I read Kenny your response about Buddy and the gravy and he laughed out loud. He agrees and said he would drink it if he could too.

And thank you for the story about your own son. I know Kenny and I aren't the first parents to go down this road, and that helps, but not when we are contemplating killing him. We aren't at all worried about how well the children like us at any given time, so him hating our guts while studying didn't cause us to lose a minutes sleep. All we can hope for is that when they are grown they will realize why we did what we did. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

And ziplining as it pertains to my yard is quite different than the ziplining on a canopy tour I'm sure. The one in my back yard is like ziplining lite. It is a heavy duty steel (I think) cable that is mounted on trees that are across from one another (think clothes line), but with one end of the line a little lower than the other. Attached to that is a T-bar type thing that you can hold on to. You climb up to the tallest point, grab the T-bar, step off the ladder, and slide to the other tree. Hailey LOVED hers. After the construction is done I hope to get one hooked back up for her.

I think the canopy tours work on the same principal, but for liability reasons, I'm sure they have you harnessed in. Also, I think you are way, way, way up in the trees. But I've never seen one up close and personal, so I'm hoping Aimee will be able to help fill in those details.

I forgot to post dinner. We have a man moving the oil tank around for us so dinner needs to be on the fly. Lazy man's golumpki. I used barley instead of the brown rice.

I have a question. I bought long grained brown rice and I don't really like it. The Chinese restaurant uses a shorter grain. Does anyone know what kind that would be. I saw a short grain arborio style and a long grained basmati rice in the grocery store.

Don't know about the brown rice, but you've taught me something tonight. I had no idea the cabbage rolls were called golumpki. I make something Kenny calls "unrolled cabbage casserole". Casserole, because as I told Kathy this morning, he calls anything that is made in a 9 x 13 a casserole. The unstuffed part kind of speaks for itself. It sounds like our recipes are similar, except I put the cabbage on the bottom of the pan and pile everything else on top. Bake for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. It is one of Kenny's favorites. Because......(sigh)........he says it reminds him of the stuffed peppers they used to serve in the school cafeteria. (I can't believe I just admitted that).

Lauren -

I asked Johnny a few days ago to start thinking about what he'd like me to cook for Father's Day as his birthday is the day before and we'll probably go out. He just told me that he wants "Lauren's Big Ole Pot of Spaghetti Goodness"....

Lauren, that sounds like quite a compliment. Kenny only calls your pork chops "those really good pork chops with the teriyaki gravy". And he rated those a 5. (His scale stops at 5).

tonight I am having some homemade German Sausage, cooked in Beer and onions with some spicy mustard hmmmmm

Yum. That sounds really good.

Gretchen, Sorry I missed your question about flank steak...I grill it. It comes out very tender.

Thanks for the response. I may give it a try the next time the flank steak is on sale. And don't worry about missing the question. I can't imagine how you've found time to do what you have. Especially since your vacation starts in ELEVEN DAYS!!!!!!!!!

We had chicken goulash for dinner tonight (over white rice for those of you concerned about Kenny). I also made some roasted cauliflower to go with it. It was too much white food for me, but I had the cauliflower for a long time and I was worried it wouldn't hold much longer. I've been blessed recently with offerings from friends' gardens, so the store bought cauliflower has been languishing in the fridge.

Sorry for the rambling.

 

[liamsaunt]

I was wondering if anyone had a strictly veggie dish that I could use leeks.....I bought a bunch and now have no idea what to do with them.

TIA

I don't know nutirsystem...can you eat potatoes on that? Because vichysoisse soup uses a ton of leeks, and you can eat it hot or cold. But, you have to be able to eat potatoes. A lot of diets are "no potato!"

You could also make a leek "jam"...chop off the inedible thick green parts, then clean and thinly slice the rest of the leeks. Cook them down with just a bit of olive oil over lowish heat until they get all soft and carmelized--about 90 minutes. You can use the jam on sandwiches, or better yet, as a topping for chicken and fish.

I have a question. I bought long grained brown rice and I don't really like it. The Chinese restaurant uses a shorter grain. Does anyone know what kind that would be. I saw a short grain arborio style and a long grained basmati rice in the grocery store.

There was a story in today's Boston Globe about short grain brown rice from Asia. The story said that the rice is called koshihikari, and that most restaurants that use it buy it with the full hull attached and then mill it to their specifications. Does your restaurant's rice seem sticky, or is it kind of a seperate grain? I wonder if your local place uses what I think of as "regular" brown rice--basically, the same type of rice that is used for Uncles Bens, etc., but with the hull attached, which gives it more flavor and texture. That was my favorite kind of brown rice in college!

Here is tonight's sausage sub. Note that this photo is for "display" only--I ate only 1/3 of what is pictured here. The rest will be divided between John and me for lunch tomorrow.

Goodnight all!

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

NEVERENOUGHWDW Here are 2 I found on WW everything I know has cream. You can use leeks in the place of onions
vegetable chow mein

POINTS® Value: 7
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Moderate

Tofu takes on the flavor of the foods with which it`s cooked. So don`t be afraid to spice it up, and don`t limit yourself to Asian flavors - try Cajun and chili seasonings.

Ingredients
1 medium garlic clove(s), minced
1 tsp ground ginger, minced
1 medium leek(s), trimmed and sliced
1 medium carrot(s), peeled and sliced
1 medium zucchini, trimmed and sliced
1 3/4 cup canned water chestnuts, drained
2 cup mushroom(s), sliced
14 oz firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
4 cup cooked spaghetti
2 Tbsp cilantro, chopped
Instructions
Heat a nonstick wok coated with cooking spray and sauté garlic and ginger. Add leek, carrot, zucchini and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove and set aside.
or

Grilled Leek and Bean Salad

POINTS® Value: 2
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Our tribute to spring continues with this tasty grilled vegetable recipe. When spring scallions hit the market, substitute a bunch for the leeks - but watch them carefully because they cook quickly.

Ingredients
3 medium leek(s)
1 cup canned great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
1 Tbsp olive oil, extra-virgin
1 Tbsp fat-free chicken broth
1 tsp white wine vinegar
3/4 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp parsley, Italian, minced
Instructions
Preheat grill to medium-high heat.


Trim leeks to yield 4 inches of white bulb; discard green tops. Cut leeks lengthwise in half and rinse them under running water to clean; pat dry. Place leeks, cut-side down on grill, and cook until tender, about 5 to 10 minutes on first side, and 3 to 5 minutes on second side. Remove leeks from heat; trim off stem ends.


Slice leeks into 1/2-inch thick pieces and place in a serving bowl; stir in beans. Stir together oil broth, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a separate bowl; pour over salad. Toss gently but well; garnish with parsley. Yields about 1/2 cup per serving.

Thank you! I will let you know how it turns out tomorrow.

Tonight's dinner ended up being 2 vodka's on the rocks with a twist & a Nutrisystem cookie......not part of the "plan" but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.