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

[stacy347]

Crockpot chicken and dumplings with baked beans on the side

 

[liamsaunt]

Popping in briefly as I am about to start grilling! Today for linner we are having a seafood mixed grill--littleneck clams with garlic parsely butter, garlic-rosemary marinated swordfish, and scallops marinated in vidalia onion sauce. I am serving this with oven-roasted asparagus, sugar snap peas sauteed in butter, cornbread, and bourbon and brown sugar whipped sweet potatoes. Everybody's really hungry, so I have to go cook now!

 

[Colleen456]

Crockpot chicken and dumplings with baked beans on the side

I don't know if I told you this but I made it last week and your nephew loved it. He even liked the peas and carrots I added to it.

Tonight is leftover night. DS and I are going grocery shopping so we need to clear out the fridge first

 

[Zandy595]

Grilled shrimp, broccoli, and Pasta Roni - White Shells & Cheddar

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Crockpot chicken and dumplings with baked beans on the side

Recipe pretty please

 

[bengalbelle]

Popping in briefly as I am about to start grilling! Today for linner we are having a seafood mixed grill--littleneck clams with garlic parsely butter, garlic-rosemary marinated swordfish, and scallops marinated in vidalia onion sauce. I am serving this with oven-roasted asparagus, sugar snap peas sauteed in butter, cornbread, and bourbon and brown sugar whipped sweet potatoes. Everybody's really hungry, so I have to go cook now!

OK, are you really Rachel Ray

 

[bengalbelle]

Recipe pretty please

I second that!

Tonight is jambalaya. The best part is my mom cooked it and brought it over!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight I am making Veal Ragu with Campanelle Here's a copy and paste from foodnetwork.com.

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
1 1/4 pounds ground veal
1 carrot, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup beef, chicken or vegetable broth
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
12 to 15 leaves fresh basil, torn or shredded, plus extra for garnish
1 pound campanelle pasta, curly small lasagna shapes, cooked to al dente

Grated Parmigiano, plus 1/2 cup plus some for passing at the tableHeat a large deep skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and veal and brown for 2 or 3 minutes. Add carrot, onion, garlic and bay, season with salt and pepper, then cook mixture 4 or 5 minutes more, stirring frequently, to soften veggies and combine flavors. Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup white wine, scraping up all the good bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook the alcohol out of the wine, 1 or 2 minutes. Add broth to the skillet and reduce heat to medium low. Stir in tomatoes and bring sauce to a bubble. Simmer sauce until ready to serve. Add torn basil and wilt the leaves into the hot sauce. Remove bay leaf from the sauce. Toss hot cooked pasta with 1/2 cup, a couple of handfuls, grated cheese. Combine hot pasta and cheese with the veal ragu in a large serving bowl or platter. Serve with extra cheese for topping. Garnish platter with additional basil tops.

**The only catches are: I can't seem to find ground veal anywhere so I am using ground sirloin; I'm using tomato sauce instead of crushed tomatoes; can't find campanelle anywhere so I am using corksrews.**

WFD tonight??

 

[stacy347]

Lindsay, that sounds delicious! Unfortunately, I can't eat veal...I've tried several times and each time I got deathly ill...figure I must have some sort of allergy so I gave up. I might try that recipe with ground chicken though

The crockpot chicken and dumplings recipe is actually something I found here on the DIS...I *think* it's over on the Budget Board...I'll go find it and post it here.

Today I am making stuffed pork chops, parmesan noodles and salads

 

[stacy347]

OK, here it is (originally posted by staceyfe over on the Budget Board so thank you to her!)

2 chicken breast--boneless/skinless (I just wanted to add that I've been using 2 lbs. chicken thighs instead...the breasts were too dry for me)
1 can cream chicken soup
2 T margarine
2 cans biscuits
1 soup can of water

Put the chicken breasts in a crockpot, top w/ soup, margarine, and water. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Then, shred the chicken w/ 2 forks and stir. 45 minutes before serving (turn to "high" if cooking on "low"), add cut up biscuits.

Very simple and very good!!

 

[Nancyg56]

I'm not cooking today. DH uncle passed away, and he is at a funeral service, I could not find anyone to watch my DGD, as DD is in the middle of a major project and SIL can not call out. Anyway, as soon as he gets home it is back to the greenhouse and more seeding, so we will have sandwiches tonite. Good thing DH loves sandwiches and thinks that they are a treat!

 

[liamsaunt]

This sounds wonderful! Would you please post your recipe. TIA.

It's a really easy recipe that I found on epicurious:

1 cup real maple syrup
2 tbsp. freshly grated peeled ginger
4 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp. minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste.

Simmer all together until thickened--about 20 minutes.

For the salmon, I soak a cedar plank for a few hours, then make a layer of rosemary branches and sliced bosc pears on the plank. Put the salmon on top, coat with the glaze, and grill the plank until the fish is just cooked through (I like mine a little underdone). You don't need to flip the fish. It is so yummy!

 

[Nancyg56]

It's a really easy recipe that I found on epicurious:

1 cup real maple syrup
2 tbsp. freshly grated peeled ginger
4 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp. minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste.

Simmer all together until thickened--about 20 minutes.

For the salmon, I soak a cedar plank for a few hours, then make a layer of rosemary branches and sliced bosc pears on the plank. Put the salmon on top, coat with the glaze, and grill the plank until the fish is just cooked through (I like mine a little underdone). You don't need to flip the fish. It is so yummy!

I love planked salmon! My son IL runs the grill since I set the thing on fire, so I will keep this one for him to use the next time.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

bump

 

[liamsaunt]

I am feeling lazy today so am going to make paninis and we can eat while watching desperate housewives on the tivo. I have some chicken, so I think I will pound it thin and dredge it in parmesean and breadcrumbs, then saute it. I'll add some arugula, red onions, and tomatoes to the paninis. I might make some oven fries to go with, but maybe not, given how uninspired I am feeling today.

 

[Marseeya]

Tonight we're having either cheesesteak subs or hot sausage subs. DH has been in the mood for them for a week.

 

[Poohnatic]

We had chipolte chicken enchiladas that I made at dinner done. They were sooooo good. Looking forward to my leftovers tomorrow.

Suzanne

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight we are having leftovers from last night. Mmmmm, boy was that good (the veal ragu w/ campanelle I posted yesterday).

WFD at your house tonight?

ETA: Sorry I didn't get those recipes on the first page until this morning.

 

[Marseeya]

We had the cheesesteak subs last night, so tonight I'm making the hot sausage subs so we can use up our bread.

 

[Ranatra]

1 cup real maple syrup
2 tbsp. freshly grated peeled ginger
4 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp. minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste.

My recipe is similiar, but calls for brown sugar instead of syrup and also has some white wine in it.
I always cook my salmon on cedar planks and am absolutely spoiled now. I don't want it any other way!

Last night we had Chicken Romano and a spinach rice casserole with salad.