The Official What's For Dinner thread:Thursday 1-24-08? Recipe finder in OP. Enjoy! Part 2

[sj&k]

Hello everyone! Tonight will be takeout again as DD has soccer practice and we need to take her to get a haircut before practice-she donated her hair to Locks of Love today and they cut it at school, so we need to get it shaped up. I'm proud of her-she decided to do this on her own and was the only child at school doing it, and the only other person was the PTO president, so they filmed it for the school news show. I'm babbling again-sorry!

 

[liamsaunt]

LBAK, what about a simple fruit crisp? You can make it in advance, it's good hot or cold, and it only takes about 10 minutes to pull together.

I'm not sure WFD tonight. I have to go to Home Depot after work with DH to buy a bunch of brackets for his latest home theater project, so if we actually end up installing those then it's going to be takeout. Otherwise, I am thinking about making a chicken hash and poached egg recipe I found in this month's food and wine magazine.

 

[shovan]

Organized?

Besides the word doc, I just print off the recipes that I am making - and that are keepers - and then cram into a folder with all my others.
Sorry I can't be of more help. I would be interested in what others do, too.

That's what I'm doing! Except they don't fit in the folder anymore! I just shove them in the drawer, then I have to go through tons of papers to find the one I want!!!!

Here are the black bean and rice recipes:

liamsaunt, Thanks for posting, I can't wait to try them! It sounds yuuummmy!!!

You can make a table of contents in word a put in the name of recipes. I haven't played with it to see how it works. I'll have to wait till maybe the weekend to play. In looking for you I found how to change the little paperclip guy (while cute just not interesting).

Thanks so much for trying that!!!! Other than copying, pasting & typing I pretty much stink using Word! I find the little paperclip guy to be quite annoying!

The Chicken Piccatta & Lemon Spaghetti (Thanks Kathy for that one!)were delicous! Lots of lemon squeezing & zesting though! I used the non-fat half & half for the spaghetti & it was good. The half & half curdled a little when I added the lemon juice. Should it have done that? Didn't look bad or taste bad though! It was really good!
I'm going to have to write the recipe for the Chicken Piccatta. I grabbed ideas from several different ones to make a Lite version. Some recipes were just too fattening & others were too Lite! So I compromised, olive oil & just a little bit of butter. We had steamed broccoli with it! It's going to be leftovers tonight!

 

[LiteBrite]

Morning everybody

Tonight will be a quick dinner sandwiched between obligations, so I'm just making my version of hamburger gravy and some canned green beans.

I actually call mine creamed hamburger. I brown the meat, add heavy cream, salt, pepper, and garlic, and let it reduce, scraping up the brown bits as I do. That's it - super simple, and I like it. You could serve it over noodles or mashed potatoes, but we just eat it as is.

 

[JennyMominRI]

Well,it looks like a get a full day at home today..I spent the morning putting medical insurance info on hospital bills and getting them in the mail... Now I need to start getting the house together for Ed to come home late next week. It's not bad,but I will have nurses and physical therapist coming out here,so I want it to look great.
I have a turkey breast in the fridge.. I'm going to make the full meal..Turkey, gravy,stuffing, mashed potatoes ,rolls..Yummy. It's going to taste so good after so many fast food and frozen meals

 

[TigerKat]

Would that be Frank Davis?

I'd like the recipe if you don't mind sharing it.

Sure is , I'll post it when I get home, unless I can find a link to it on his website!

 

[OKWMom]

Tonight's dinner is Wendie's Hamburg gravy over egg noodles. DH is really looking forward to this one. I may do some corn for the side dish.

Jenny, glad Ed is coming home, but don't kill yourself getting the house perfect for the nurses, therapists, etc. My daughter has daily therapy at our house and I used to run myself into the ground so it would be perfectly clean when the therapist came over. Seven years later, I act like they are one of us and clean accordingly. From some of the stories they have told me about the homes they have been in, my messy house doesn't even make the top 200.

sj&k, thanks for sharing that story about your daughter. What a generous child, I'm sure you are very proud of her.

Gretchen

 

[lucas]

Sure is , I'll post it when I get home, unless I can find a link to it on his website!

I just went to WWL and I found it. Frank's Back-A-Town Chicken - ohhhh it sounds really good!!

I love his recipes cause they are true New Orleans and remind me of my mom's cooking.

 

[remyandhollandsmommy]

Tonight I am making a whole roasted chicken, spinach, fresh homemade bread and maybe mac/cheese or rice..not sure which yet LOL.

 

[TigerKat]

I just went to WWL and I found it. Frank's Back-A-Town Chicken - ohhhh it sounds really good!!

I love his recipes cause they are true New Orleans and remind me of my mom's cooking.

For anyone else interested:

http://www.wwltv.com/frankdavis/gsrecipes/backatownchicken.html

 

[Nancyg56]

LBAK- My family likes finger type sweets at a gathering. I usually have brownies and maybe some kind of square. Chocolate chip cookies ct into bars work well and they are quick. I'll be thinking of you.

SJ7K- What an amazing DD you have! You must be very proud of her. I remember years ago my DD donated her ponytail, and I still remember how selfless I thought she was. You can tell her that my cousin may be one to buy a wig made from her hair. At 49 she has some condition that the Dr's still do not understand and her hair was falling out in huge clumps. The wigs were the only way she would leave the house for a long time!

Kathy- that chicken looks so good!

Jenny- don't worry about your house. The therapists will not even notice if there is a little dust. Gail and I used to try to clean at my Mom's and the therapists and aides would tell us her house was immaculate compared to some, and we knew better! I just made sure that the sink was nice and clean and the BR was wiped up. After that....who worries? Spend your time taking care of your Ed and the kids. The house will always be there!

Tonight we are having the apricot chicken with the Catalina dressing. It is so good, and the weather here is gloomy, I think it will be something everyone will enjoy. Maybe with some kind of seasoned vegetable dish mixed with ramen noodles. I have a bunch and we don't really eat them.

 

[shovan]

Hey Nancy, I'm a NANA too! (noticed your post on the pay grandma for CC thread) I take care of my niece & she calls me Nana!

Sheryl

 

[lucas]

Tonight we are having stuffed artichokes. I haven't made them in a long time but I recently saw this recipe in the latest New Orleans Magazine so now I have to have some! The directions look long but it is really easy.

STUFFED ARTICHOKES
4 artichokes
2 small lemons
2 cups Italian-seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon minced fresh flat-leaf Italian parsley
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Cut off the stems of the artichokes so that the artichokes will sit evenly. Bend and snap off any brown or tough leaves at the bottoms. With a sharp knife and on a cutting board, slice off the top 1/2 inch of the artichoke. With scissors, snip off tips of the other leaves. Rub cut parts with half a lemon to prevent discoloration. Pull leaves open as much as possible and rinse under running water. Invert to drain artichokes.

While artichokes are draining, mixed breadcrumbs, cheese, garlic and parsley together in a large bowl. Using a spoon or your hands, fill the leaves of the artichokes with mixture. You can do this in the bowl or on a piece of waxed paper so that the breadcrumbs spilled can be reused. Continue filling leaves until all artichokes are stuffed.

Place artichokes in a large pot on a steaming rack with about one inch of water in the bottom. Drizzle each artichoke with a tablespoon of olive oil so that each leaf has a few drops, and squeeze lemon juice over that. Cover and steam over low heat for about 45 minutes, or until leaves move easily or a fork pierces easily through the center of the artichokes.

 

[TigerKat]

Hey Nancy, I'm a NANA too! (noticed your post on the pay grandma for CC thread) I take care of my niece & she calls me Nana!

Sheryl

I thought you'd been keeping secrets from us on the NOLA thread when I first saw this!

Nancy - that chicken dish is VERY good & easy.

 

[TigerKat]

Tonight we are having stuffed artichokes. I haven't made them in a long time but I recently saw this recipe in the latest New Orleans Magazine so now I have to have some! The directions look long but it is really easy.

I try and do these at least twice during spring. I do a dozen at a time - they freeze well and we can have them year round!

 

[HERSEY]

If you can find the small articokes you can throw them in when you are cooking spaghetti sauce. Yummo Just cut them in half or quarters, take off the outer leaves and the choke.

 

[4DisneyfansinNC]

Tonight's dinner is Wendie's Hamburg gravy over egg noodles.

Can someone repost this recipe or direct me to where I can find it. The search feature doesn't seem to be liking me right now.

 

[Zandy595]

Can someone repost this recipe or direct me to where I can find it. The search feature doesn't seem to be liking me right now.

If you go to the first page of this thread, Lindsay has posted an index of all the recipes and what page they're on.

Hamburg Gravy: page 352, posted by thehat

 

[shovan]

I thought you'd been keeping secrets from us on the NOLA thread when I first saw this!

Nancy - that chicken dish is VERY good & easy.

I try and do these at least twice during spring. I do a dozen at a time - they freeze well and we can have them year round!

Sooo, you thought I was hiding a grandbaby?! No, Alexis calls me Nana! I had a great, Great Aunt that everyone in the family called Nana. My BIL wanted to call me Grand-Nanny! I thought that sounded way to old so I decided that Nana sounded right to me!

Kathy, you boil them & stuff before you freeze the artichokes?

 

[THE HAT]

good morning all, I fig I would post real quick then head back to bed for another hour, didn't get to bed until 3am, and was back up at 5 so I am a weeeeeee bit tired.
Tonight I am making homemade haddock "fish sticks" I just take fresh haddock cut into "stick" sizes make a homemade breading that we love (just bread crumbs, old bay, and cracked pepper) and bake them.
I will serve this with stuffing and some fresh green beans.

I hope you all have a good day.......off to nap....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz