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

[Nancyg56]

Just stopping in quickly this morning before school.

Wendie- Prayers offered for Kris' GM and for your family. You all have had way too much.

Laurie- yes, my MIL is a strong woman. She is my first husband's mother and I am in awe of her.

Aimee-

dinner is up in the air for a while. I wanted a roast pork but Buddy may need my help in the greenhouse this evening. If he does I have to make changes.

 

[Glynis]

quick post......if I could ask for some thoughts and prayers for Kris' grandmother that would be so kind of all of you.....we just got word that she has days to a week or two at most left, the Dr went to see her tonight. They have hospice coming in and Kris' aunt from california will be here Thursday and his other Aunt from Oregon will be in over the weekend.
I pray that she goes fast and with dignity.

Thank you all so much!

She is in my prayers! Bless her! Sending out prayers for you and Kris as well.

 

[Glynis]

Aimeedyan- my son was 3 months when he died. He was a twin, his twin sister is 16.

I'm so sorry. What a terrible loss!

My DH was a twin, but his mother miscarried his twin sister when she was 7 months pregnant. The doctor went in to do a D&C and found Alan behind his sister. They had no idea that there were 2 babies in there. So, Alan was delivered 2 months early!

He was so thrilled when we had twins, as I think, on some level, he has always missed his twin sister.

 

[Glynis]

Dinner tonight will be some kind of pork chops.

If you see me online today, someone kick me off! I've got a ton of errands to run, and packing to start! I can't believe we leave Sunday night!!! How will I ever get it done?!?

My cousin who lives in London has put together an itinerary that sounds incredible. I don't think we'll have a spare moment! When I get a minute I'll post the itinerary and you guys can tell me what you think.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Glynis, SHOO!!!!

 

[liamsaunt]

Last night's dinner was delicious, another recipe I had saved from F&W cooking demo's. Wasabi Pea Crusted Tuna with Asian Pesto, soba noodle salad with roasted veggies and basil/cilantro vinagrette.

OK, I need that recipe! Please post it! I'll put up the curry one in exchange this evening.

Very nice. What kind of camera did you use for the underwater pictures?

It's the same camera I use for all of my photos...a canon sd 800. I have the canon underwater housing for it.

quick post......if I could ask for some thoughts and prayers for Kris' grandmother that would be so kind of all of you.....we

Absolutely. I am very sorry.

If you see me online today, someone kick me off!

I SEEEEE you! Your light is on!

Tonight I am making pasta and a big salad.

 

[liamandcaili]

quick post......if I could ask for some thoughts and prayers for Kris' grandmother that would be so kind of all of you

Prayers said...for you and Kris too.

If you see me online today, someone kick me off!

You're still here...

We have skating and then Liam has a baseball game, so Caili and I are going to have a little picnic at the field, and Liam will have pizza in the car. I haven't figured out everything I am putting into my picnic (no wine, unfortunately) but Beck's leftover fried chicken is one.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I thought you guys might like to know more about our kitty situation.

Well, we have gotten ourselves a feeding schedule now. P.C. comes by for breakfast, dinner, and an evening chill. Still won't let you pet him, but at least he meows at us now. He never meowed before.

Watch this video to get an idea of what he does. It's hilarious! (not our cat, but same mannerisms)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxhOGyrCtI

Anyway, lately we've been seeing a GORGEOUS white Siamese cat hanging around. We named her Rajah (just like Aladdin). Saturday morning we peeked out on our back deck to see if P.C. was out there.

He was.

So was Rajah.

There was love in the air.

There was love on our deck.



Yes, we discovered that Rajah is indeed a girl. Now we have a pair of lovebirds. They come around, sometimes together, sometimes not. She comes and eats the cat food, too. They play together in our yard. It's a hoot.

I am really praying Rajah belongs to someone and is fixed. If she starts looking pregnant, I am so scared she will have them under our deck!

Something funny about her though: if you meow at her, she meows back. She's quite a talker!

 

[Aimeedyan]

quick post......if I could ask for some thoughts and prayers for Kris' grandmother that would be so kind of all of you.....we just got word that she has days to a week or two at most left, the Dr went to see her tonight. They have hospice coming in and Kris' aunt from california will be here Thursday and his other Aunt from Oregon will be in over the weekend.
I pray that she goes fast and with dignity.

Thank you all so much!

Aimeedyan- my son was 3 months when he died. He was a twin, his twin sister is 16.

I am so sorry. I can't imagine.

Wendie - I will keep you all in my prayers.

Anyone seen the new couple on the Food Network, The Neely's? They crack me up! I'm trying a new recipe of their's "Get Yo Man Chicken" tonight.

I tried their BBQ Spaghetti awhile back adn posted the recipe - it was good but a wee bit time consuming. Tell me how you like the chicken recipe!

I'm so sorry. What a terrible loss!

My DH was a twin, but his mother miscarried his twin sister when she was 7 months pregnant. The doctor went in to do a D&C and found Alan behind his sister. They had no idea that there were 2 babies in there. So, Alan was delivered 2 months early!

He was so thrilled when we had twins, as I think, on some level, he has always missed his twin sister.

My cousin who lives in London has put together an itinerary that sounds incredible. I don't think we'll have a spare moment! When I get a minute I'll post the itinerary and you guys can tell me what you think.

I'm so jealous.

There was love in the air.

There was love on our deck.



Yes, we discovered that Rajah is indeed a girl. Now we have a pair of lovebirds. They come around, sometimes together, sometimes not. She comes and eats the cat food, too. They play together in our yard. It's a hoot.

I am really praying Rajah belongs to someone and is fixed. If she starts looking pregnant, I am so scared she will have them under our deck!

Something funny about her though: if you meow at her, she meows back. She's quite a talker!

You could always trap one or the other and get them fixed at a low cost clinic. Some vets will even do a free spay/neuter on feral cats in an effort to get the population down. We have a guy at our church that traps teh neighborhood cats, pays to get them fixed, and rereleases them. They never know what hit them!


I'm having pizza tonight with the kids. It's our end of year party. Then I have to visit the funeral home.

 

[Glynis]

Ok, I ran errands this morning, and now I'm back in time to be here when the twins get home from kindergarten!

I got my haircut, my eyebrows waxed, and the last of the clothes purchased that we need for our trip.

Here's our itinerary:

Monday June 2 - arrive in London in the late evening.

Tuesday June 3 - Picadilly circus
Trafalgar square
National Gallery
St. Martin's on the Field - Brass rubbings
Walk to Covent Gardens
Dinner
Play - Gone with the Wind starring Hugh Jackman as Rhett

Wednesday June 4 - Day trip to Stratford upon Avon
Anne Hathaway's Cottage
New Place
Spend the afternoon just wandering catching the last train home by 10:00

Thursday June 5 - St. Paul's Cathedral
Walk across the Millenium bridge to the other side of Thames
Globe Theater
Tate Modern Gallery
Tower Bridge cross to other side of Thames
Tower of London including Beefeater tour, Crown Jewels and the White Tower
Dinner
Play - the Lord of the Rings

Friday June 6 - Windsor and Windsor castle day trip
Changing of the guard
Queen Mary's dollhouse
State apartments
St. George's Chapel
Lunch at the Carpenter's Arms (pub)
Train home to London
Dinner
Play - me to Billy Elliot and Katie with cousins to Lion King

Saturday June 7 - Portabello Road market in the morning
British Museum
British Library and Platform 9 3/4
Dinner
Play - Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe theater

Sunday June 8 - Church with cousins
Victoria and Albert museum
relax the rest of the day
Dinner
Sunday walk to include Green Park, Buckingham Palace, Horse Guard, #10 Downing Street, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. End at Westminster Abbey for a free organ recital.

Monday June 9 - Pick up whatever we still want to do: Kensington Palace, Hyde Park to see the Peter Pan statues, Westminster Abbey, etc.
Dinner
Play - Wicked

Tuesday June 10 - Airport for home. .

So, what do you guys think? Am I going to need a vacation from my vacation?

 

[TigerKat]

Glynis - This sounds like a once in a lifetime trip to me....enjoy every minute of it!

 

[Nancyg56]

Glynis- I generally am never jealous of anyone, but that is not the case here. As Kathy said, this is a once in a lifetime, enjoy every minute, you can sleep when you get home.

I have heard that twins have this mysterious bond and have never doubted that. I bet from watching your twins you can see that attachment that cannot be explained.

Laurie- What a heartbreak.


Dinner is a mustard crusted roast pork, roasted potatoes and onions,
cucumber and onion salad and a veggie. I think green beans. Yesterday they were so good, I get the haricots vertes from Costco and they are yummy. I burned my turnip so that is not a good sign for the rest of the meal

 

[FormrCastMbr]

HI All!

I have missed so much but I wish everyone well.

Janice, Andrew has been good for the past couple days...I guess the punishment worked or maybe he stopped growing!!! The doctor estimates that he will be about 6'4" so I hope he doesn't mouth off everytime he grows...I will have to become an alcoholic!

Laura, Liam looks adorable with that dreaded recorder. I am going to be the lucky attendee to Andrew's concert tomorrow. Did I mention my little man plays the bells... I guess they have to play them before the drums...

Wendie, I am so glad that you are enjoying your time with Dad...still keeping Kris' Grandma in my prayers.

Laurie, I am sorry to hear of the loss of your son and friends.

Aimee,

Becky, Gorgeous pics of vacay. Thanks for sharing!

Sheryl, Sounds like you guys had a ball cruisin' in the Vette! Your dinner looked great! Glad Miss Alexis had a great trip!

Kat, Thanks for that pork recipe!

Glynis, Sounds like a great trip!

This is not a good sign - hurricane season doesn't officially begin until Sunday but there's already a disturbance out there.

I am sorry to hear that...come to Jersey!

this one is good too if you like spicy from the Bengal BBQ

Bengal Barbecue Beef Skewers with Korean Sauce

Sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing all these great recipes!

I'm trying a new recipe of their's "Get Yo Man Chicken" tonight.

Sounds interesting! Please share if its good!

***********
Have a great evening all!

 

[shovan]

Okay Laura & Becky, here's the full recipe. I had to scan it as a picture then convert it to text. So there might be some errors I didn't catch.

Chris Santos
The Stanton Social, Brooklyn, NY
Wasabi Pea Crusted Tuna
with Soba Noodle & Beet salad, Asian Pesto
Serves 4

For the Tuna Preparation
1 bag Wasabi Peas
Wasabi Powder, or premade tube of wasabi 'paste'
1 pound tuna loin # 1 (sushi grade)

For the Soba-noodle Salad
1 bag soba noodles
1 large beet, roasted and diced
1/4 cup roasted cashews
1 red pepper, julienne very thin
1 carrot, julienne very thin

For the Vinaigrette

1/2 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon ginger juice
1/2 cup of water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
1 bunch scallions, sliced thin
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
1/4 bunch Thai basil, or regular basil if unavailable, chopped


Asian 'Pesto'

1 cups cashews
4 cloves garlic
1 tbsp chop ginger
juice of 2 limes
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 cup blended oil
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup thai basil leaves, picked
1/2 cup basil leaves, picked
1/4 cup mint leaves, picked
1 tsp Chinese chile paste,
or to taste
Salt as needed ---just a touch!

Crush wasabi peas in food processor or chop coarsely with a heavy knife. Make a wasabi paste by combining 1 tsp wasabi powder with 3 tbsp cold water; or use pre-made wasabi paste (available in the sushi department of fine supermarkets).
For tuna, cut into four, 4-ounce portions. Spread wasabi paste on all sides of each portion, and then crust with crushed wasabi peas. Repeat.
Boil Soba noodles until 'al dente' as you would any Italian pasta in salted water. For the beets, wrap in aluminum foil with a splash of extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in 450°F oven until fork tender. Cool and dice.
For Saba noodle 'salad', make a quick dressing by combining 'vinaigrette' ingredients listed above, and then toss soba noodles with diced beets, roasted cashews, julienne vegetables and vinaigrette to coat.
For the Asian Pesto, combine all the ingredients in robocoupe.
Quickly sear tuna portions in grape seed oil, crust side down for 1 minute. Place in 450°F oven 2 minutes longer; or until rare to just medium rare.
Place salad on plate and lay tuna over. Garnish with chopped scallions and tablespoon of pesto. Optional---serve a little wasabi paste and vinaigrette on the side; a la sushi.

The notes I had taken from the Cooking demo:

After coating fish with peas, chill tuna in fridge about an hour. Use raw cashew lightly roasted. Boil noodles with a splash of soy sauce instead of water. Add a little of the pesto to the noodles.

The only changes I made: I didn't have any beets, so I used roasted vidalia onions & roasted red bell peppers. I didn't have cashews, so I used raw sliced almonds that I pan-roasted lightly. Also didn't have any thai basil, just used regular basil. I found the vinaigrette to be pretty salty & added more oil. Next time I would add less soy sauce or try tamari sauce.

The pesto was fabulous! I would also recommend using a really thick piece of tuna, if you like it rare.

 

[lucas]

So, what do you guys think? Am I going to need a vacation from my vacation?

Glynis,

Your trip sounds sooooo exciting! I've always wanted to go to London. Have a fantastic time and I can't wait to hear all about it when you return!

 

[TigerKat]

Kyle's first pitching lesson went very well. It was an 11 yr old and his parents were very happy with what Kyle did with him they gave him $40(he only charged $30), and that was only for 45 minutes. Kyle kept count of how many pitches the boy threw and he was at his limit age-wise after 45 minutes. The rest of the time was spent with the two of them "talking baseball".

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Kat, I am glad to hear all went well with Kyle's first lesson!!! I hear Andrew's coach is letting all the kids pitch on Saturday since we don't need to win that game...I may need some tips!!!

 

[shovan]

Glynis, Your trip is going to be wonderful!

Wendie, Prayers being said for your family.

Lauren, I don't know what you are going to do with A! Before long you'll need a step ladder just to give him those Mean Mom Eyes!

Gregg, Those beef skewers sound wonderful! Thanks for posting that recipe!

Kathy, That is great! Kyle is doing a good thing & getting paid big bucks at the same time!

I think I'm making pizza. If the dough thaws out in time! I had dough in the freezer from the last time I made pizzas. But it's taking a lot longer to thaw out than I thought it would.

Oh, another note I had from the cooking demo., "Pesto great on pizza". So I'm using the leftover asian pesto, shrimp, vidalia onion & bellpeppers on the pizza. I think I'll finish it with arugula on top.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Those of you who have been to Disneyland will probably recognize this one.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

1 lb asparagus cut them in 1 1/2 inch sections from the tip down, disgarding the tough part.
1 lb bacon, cut into 1 1/2 inch sections

Wrap bacon around asperigus and then put onto a soaked squewer about 6 of them to a stick. BBQ or grill as desired, for the last 2 minutes brush on some maple syrup.

They sell these at Bengal BBQ in DL for $3.59 each

Might have to try that. I have had asparagus wrapped in Prochutto that was really good.

Believe it or not, the thing is pretty sturdy. I'm not sure accidentally hammering it would be believable. I think I am just going to have to resort to "cleaning" his room.

Darn! I thought of you last night while I was watching TV, they had recorders on How It's Made on Discovery. The ones they were showing were made out of wood though.

quick post......if I could ask for some thoughts and prayers for Kris' grandmother that would be so kind of all of you.....we just got word that she has days to a week or two at most left, the Dr went to see her tonight. They have hospice coming in and Kris' aunt from california will be here Thursday and his other Aunt from Oregon will be in over the weekend.
I pray that she goes fast and with dignity.

Thank you all so much!

It's the same camera I use for all of my photos...a canon sd 800. I have the canon underwater housing for it.

Oh okay, shows you how much I know, thought you had to have a special camera for underwater shots.

I am going to Puerto Vallarta at the end of August and I hope to be able to do a little scaredy cat snorkeling. I can't swim very well, just enough to save myself, and don't like deep water so I hope I can do it near the shore or in really shallow water.

Was able to do it at Discovery Cove in FL by floating in about 2 feet of water and sticking my face in. or by standing near the edge of the drop off and doing the same thing.

There was love in the air.

There was love on our deck.



Yes, we discovered that Rajah is indeed a girl. Now we have a pair of lovebirds. They come around, sometimes together, sometimes not. She comes and eats the cat food, too. They play together in our yard. It's a hoot.

I am really praying Rajah belongs to someone and is fixed. If she starts looking pregnant, I am so scared she will have them under our deck!

Something funny about her though: if you meow at her, she meows back. She's quite a talker!

Oh my!

I think I'm making pizza. If the dough thaws out in time! I had dough in the freezer from the last time I made pizzas. But it's taking a lot longer to thaw out than I thought it would.

I just bought some dough from Trader Joe's, do you know if I could freeze it if I don't use it all?

 

[bigmerle1966]

WFD- Talapia, asparagus, quoina and watermelon.