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

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight we are having leftover baked spaghetti and garlic crescent rolls. My BIL is coming over so we will feed him, too.

WFD at your house?

Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) package Swiss cheese, sliced

2 tablespoons flour

1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, chopped

1 cup milk

3 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon salt

black pepper

dash of nutmeg (can be substituted with cayenne pepper)

(9") pre-made pie shell



Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°. Cut cheese into strips and toss with 2 tablespoons of flour. Thaw spinach and squeeze well to drain. Beat eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg or cayenne. Add drained spinach and cheese. Mix together and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes, or until knife comes out clean when stuck into center of pie.

What is this recipe for, sweetie? I may have missed it, but I couldn't find a title

 

[marlasmom]

I'm sorry Lindsay. Title must have gotten lopped off when I pasted the recipe. It's spinach cheese pie and it is very good and very easy. I used the Pillsbury pie crusts that you just unroll. It is from the Fresh Markets recipe website. They have a lot of easy recipes that are worth looking at.

 

[nucpharm29]

TGIF everyone! Tonight we have our church small group meeting, so someone else will be cooking dinner. Kids will be having pizza!

 

[Nancyg56]

I thought I was the only one.

I won't use it either. I thought I bought Parsley at the nursery one year but picked up cilantro.....I can't toss anything out, not even plants I hate , so it just glared at me every time I passed over it for something else . It died, but I can't imagine why

 

[Nancyg56]

I can't stop laughing......I keep picturing Buddy wondering why I want another freezer????????

Last night the chicken was really good, I served it with buttered noodles and green beans.

Tonight we will have the leftovers that are still in the fridge. No real cooking for me

 

[cajunmommy]

Also, for all of my new NOLA friends, I have a crawfish question. I have never had crawfish, but have been dying to try it. Now, I know what they are selling in my grocery store isn't the same as what you can get (not by a long shot - I know), but they are selling them pre-cooked. Is that usual? I found a couple of different recipes I could try, but I figured they would be kind of like shrimp and you don't really add cooked shrimp to many recipes as they overcook easily. Please help!

Gretchen

OKWMom - TigerKat & shovan gave you some good advice, but I'll chime in with my 2cents as well. I presume what you're seeing in the stores is a bag of crawfish tail meat packaged in a kind of orangey "sauce". That "sauce" is really the "fat" from the crawfish, and has lots of flavor. You don't have to drain or rinse it off, but you can. I do know of some people who will add lemon juice to counter the "seafoody" flavor the fat will get.

Just be careful to fully heat the crawfish tail meat when adding it to recipes. The tail meat is typically just par-boiled before packaging, so to avoid any possible trouble, be sure to cook it through. The tail meat will tend to curl up as it cooks.


Oh, and I'll contribute my recipe from last night.... BarBQ Brisket. It might not qualify for the Queen of Easy's recipe book since it takes a while in the oven, but it is very minimal prep!

I take a brisket and cover it with a very generous coating of black pepper, red pepper, onion powder & garlic powder. I place it into an oven bag (like the ones used for turkey), and dump in a bottle of liquid smoke. If I have time, I let this marinate in the fridge. This goes into a low oven (300F) for about 3 hours or until fork tender. Once it gets cool enough to handle, I scrape off the cover fat with a tablespoon (the yucky part), chop it, & dump it into the crock pot with a bottle of good barbeque sauce combined with the reserved drippings until it is warmed through.

Last night I served this as BBQ Brisket sandwiches with sweet potato oven fries.

 

[Nancyg56]

Oh, and I'll contribute my recipe from last night.... BarBQ Brisket. It might not qualify for the Queen of Easy's recipe book since it takes a while in the oven, but it is very minimal prep!

I take a brisket and cover it with a very generous coating of black pepper, red pepper, onion powder & garlic powder. I place it into an oven bag (like the ones used for turkey), and dump in a bottle of liquid smoke. If I have time, I let this marinate in the fridge. This goes into a low oven (300F) for about 3 hours or until fork tender. Once it gets cool enough to handle, I scrape off the cover fat with a tablespoon (the yucky part), chop it, & dump it into the crock pot with a bottle of good barbeque sauce combined with the reserved drippings until it is warmed through.

Last night I served this as BBQ Brisket sandwiches with sweet potato oven fries.

Okay, this is one I can manage! Thank you for adding it. I love brisket but have only cooked it one time. I just have to ask though, Do you use an entire bottle of liquid smoke?

 

[OKWMom]

OKWMom - TigerKat & shovan gave you some good advice, but I'll chime in with my 2cents as well. I presume what you're seeing in the stores is a bag of crawfish tail meat packaged in a kind of orangey "sauce". That "sauce" is really the "fat" from the crawfish, and has lots of flavor. You don't have to drain or rinse it off, but you can. I do know of some people who will add lemon juice to counter the "seafoody" flavor the fat will get.

Just be careful to fully heat the crawfish tail meat when adding it to recipes. The tail meat is typically just par-boiled before packaging, so to avoid any possible trouble, be sure to cook it through. The tail meat will tend to curl up as it cooks.

Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate all the help I can get. However, all I've seen here are the whole, cooked crawfish. Do I need to do something special when they come whole other than removing the tail meat?

 

[OKWMom]

Good morning everyone. Tonight I will be cooking most of the dishes for tomorrow's shower and peeling most of the shrimp. Therefore, my poor family will be eating fish sandwiches unless DH would rather pick up something.

 

[cajunmommy]

Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate all the help I can get. However, all I've seen here are the whole, cooked crawfish. Do I need to do something special when they come whole other than removing the tail meat?

Oops! You're getting whole, shell-on crawfish that's been cooked? Well, in that case, just peel & use the tail meat as is! Of course, follow your safe food handling guidelines by reheating them thoroughly if they've been refrigerated.

Okay, this is one I can manage! Thank you for adding it. I love brisket but have only cooked it one time. I just have to ask though, Do you use an entire bottle of liquid smoke?

I do use an entire bottle, but it's relatively small. Maybe 3oz? I'll have to dig it out of the trash later to confirm this one. I do know it's a Hickory Smoke and not Mesquite Smoke flavor.

Oh, and be patient with the brisket. The gentleman who passed along the recipe said cook it "low & slow". I used to cook it in the oven overnight, but the smell of seasonings & smoke at 3am would drive me batty!

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Good Morning all!

Some great recipes posted yesterday...thank you!!!

Also, thank you for letting me share my wedding plans with you guys! I am just so excited...tomorrow we go for our cake tasting.

I like that freezer idea you guys have been talking about...even tho I do not watch housewives.

Gretchen, Happy cooking! I may have missed it but who's shower is it? Whats on the menu? I am so nosey!!!

Tonight I am trying another low carb recipe. Italian Casserole. It is basically ground beef and sausage and a cheese topping/crust. It looks really good. I will have salad, baby green beans and a side of some starch for DS.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Lauren

 

[JennyMominRI]

Well it's going to be a beautiful day here in RI..I have to head to the hospital to pick up my mother. she's coming home..She's recovering much faster than expected... My SIL and I will take her home,go pick up some groceries and then come home.. I think I will pick up some steaks and grill them with Montral seasoning, Maked baked potatoes and maybe roast some brussel sprouts.. This will be my first BBQ of the year
Oh and then I will sit back and eat while watching my Red Sox play the Yankees

 

[TigerKat]

I can't stop laughing......I keep picturing Buddy wondering why I want another freezer????????

Tell him it's easier on your back!

Oh, and I'll contribute my recipe from last night.... BarBQ Brisket. It might not qualify for the Queen of Easy's recipe book since it takes a while in the oven, but it is very minimal prep!

Time in the oven doesn't matter to me it's prep time - it surely qualifies in my book!

Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate all the help I can get. However, all I've seen here are the whole, cooked crawfish. Do I need to do something special when they come whole other than removing the tail meat?

Sorry, I assumed you were seeing the tails in the pre-packaged bags. The fresh ones will be much better!



Tonight is my night off - DH will be picking up the fried green tomatoes topped with shrimp remoulade!! I guess he'll avoid the freezer for one more day. Now ladies, we must be discreet, if anyone purchases a new freezer anytime soon, we should not mention the motive behind it, we need to keep this to ourselves.

 

[TigerKat]

Good Morning all!


Also, thank you for letting me share my wedding plans with you guys! I am just so excited...tomorrow we go for our cake tasting.

We love sharing all of your ideas and plans with you, now do we get to test the cake too?

 

[OKWMom]

Sorry, I assumed you were seeing the tails in the pre-packaged bags. The fresh ones will be much better!

I know what I think of shrimp that have been cooked, frozen, and thawed to use would this be the same type of thing?

Gretchen, Happy cooking! I may have missed it but who's shower is it? Whats on the menu? I am so nosey!!!

The shower is for a couple getting married in June (actually the day before your wedding). The bride works with me and four couples are hosting and splitting the menu items. Because the bride and groom really like tex/mex, most of the menu is that kind of thing, with a few others for variety. I am responsible for the 7 layer cookie bars, sausage/rotel dip, the boiled and peeled shrimp (8 lbs to peel - yikes), the sodas, chips for dips, and a mexican dip with sour cream, jalapenos, ground beef, cheese, etc.

The rest of the items are a pork tenderloin, fried turkey breast, meatballs, homemade quacamole dip, vegetable tray, fruit tray, crab dip, and a homemade spinach/bacon/artichoke dip. We also have ordered a small white, wedding style cake from Publix. The beverage menu is soda, beer, wine, margaritas and cosmos.

I've never tried the spinach dip before, so if it is good, I plan on getting the recipe and I will share.

Thanks for asking, even though I didn't receive my invitation to the cake tasting. Have fun with that BTW, and think of your DIS friends who are imagining it this afternoon drooling at our computers. Be sure to let us know what you select.

Gretchen

 

[TigerKat]

Gretchen - actually the cooked crawfish tails are quite good if the fresh aren't available. I've used them hundreds of times. Shrimp, however, I would never purchase pre-cooked and frozen - YUK!!

That wedding shower menu sounds great!!!!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

Hi ladies! Last night was stuffed salmon pinwheels(on the grill) and steamed veggies. DH caomes home tonight so we'll probably be eating out somewhere

I did get Real Simple's May issue and there are several yummy sounding recipes. And after following here- there are a few fish ones, a couple vegetarian, and alot that'll make the Easy Queen proud! (hmmmm, is that like Freezer Queen?, or more like Dairy Queen? )

I'll post them as I try them, but figured if you couldn't wait till then it was worth looking at!

Have a good weekend!

Lori

 

[TigerKat]

I did get Real Simple's May issue and there are several yummy sounding recipes. And after following here- there are a few fish ones, a couple vegetarian, and alot that'll make the Easy Queen proud! (hmmmm, is that like Freezer Queen?, or more like Dairy Queen? )

Lori

 

[TheBeadPirate]

You knew it was coming.... I just can't help myself!

 

[Glynis]

Dinner tonight will be very easy: Chili Cheese Fries! At least that's what the kids will have. DH and I will be having something else. I'm thinking Chicken Caesar Salad.

I'm so glad that Spring Break is almost over!