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

[stacy347]

Dislifer ~ definitely try them if you can find them...the filling is really yummy

Today we are having a stir-fry dinner and I'm going to do sirloin strips, baby corn, water chestnuts, and some sliced onion in the stir-fry sauce and then serve it over their choice of ramen noodles or beef fried rice.

 

[Nancyg56]

I did not cook yesterday, I was still sick. Tonite, if I feel better I am having roasted apricot chicken with prunes and sage along with fresh corn and a salad. I'll make some kind of potato to have with it.

 

[Glynis]

I did not cook yesterday, I was still sick. Tonite, if I feel better I am having roasted apricot chicken with prunes and sage along with fresh corn and a salad. I'll make some kind of potato to have with it.

Recipe please!!!! This sounds delicious!!!

 

[Glynis]

We are having taco salad for dinner tonight. We are about at the end of our food budget for the month, so we're back to basics. The kids like it, though, so it will be fine! I just like to try new things.

 

[JennyMominRI]

I'm thinking tonight's dinner will be chicken Parm with rosemary olive bread and my homemade garlic,Parmesan and crushed red pepper olive oil

 

[bigmerle1966]

Last night I had Turkey Sausage Breakfast. I made it with homemade turkey sausage. It was good but I need a better recipe for the sausage, the one I had wasn't spicy enough for me so I put hot sauce on it. Yummy.

INGREDIENTS:
1 pound ground turkey sausage
4 eggs, lightly beaten
4 green onions, finely chopped
1 (16 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese



DIRECTIONS:
Place turkey sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, stir together eggs, green onions, hash browns, milk, cheddar cheese and cooked sausage. Pour mixture into a 9x13 inch baking pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes.

 

[liamsaunt]

Last night we got home from work to find our house filled with folks trying to finish the renovation (one of these days!), so we went out to dinner at a small local place. It was really good. We split an app. of fried calamari with arugula, and then I had pan-seared halbut with tomato pasta and baby vegetables in a white wine-herb broth. DH had seared striped bass and jumbo scallops over thin saffron pasta.

Tonight I am making grilled sausage and corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes and garlic bread.

DH and I are heading to Tanglewood this weekend (the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) with Dsis and our parents. We are planning some pretty nice picnics for the concerts. Let's hope the weather holds! Since we won't have internet this weekend, I'll post our picnics now:

Friday: cold fried chicken, pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and pesto, garden salad, canteloupe and watermelon

Saturday: baguettes, brie, pate, tomato-basil salad, assorted antipasto, cherries, strawberries, and chocolate covered raspberries.

Sunday: curried chicken salad, sweet sesame noodles, whatever we have left from the other picnics, and more chocolate covered raspberries.

"Talk" to everyone Monday!

 

[liamandcaili]

As DSis posted above, I'll be away this weekend, and like Glynis, we are also at the end of our food budget for the month, so there isn't too much in the house. We had BLTs and chips (I know...bad!) on the side.

 

[Mermaid02]

We had lasagna last night- havent' made it in ages but I haven't lost my touch!

Tonight I think will be cereal- we are going to the State Fair and I KNOW everyone will eat a bunch of crap there so I'm not going to cook.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight we are going to my mom's house, she's cooking dinner for my husband's b-day. We are having chicken and rice with a carrot a broccoli casserole (I will HAVE to post this recipe later!!). We will be having derby pie for dessert.

WFD at your house?

 

[Nancyg56]

Recipe please!!!! This sounds delicious!!!

2 roasting chickens, cut into pieces
1 (12-ounce) jar apricot preserves
15 medium dried plums, pitted
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
3 pinches salt
20 grinds black pepper
10 cloves garlic, peeled
20 to 30 sage leavesPreheat oven to 400 degrees F. Trim any extra fat from the chicken pieces and transfer them to a large roasting pan or broiler pan. If you don't have a roasting pan that's large enough, use 2 identical 13 by 9-inch baking pans.

Toss all of the ingredients together with the chicken until the chicken is evenly coated with the sauce. Arrange the chicken pieces skin-side up in the pan, spaced evenly apart.

If you're looking to prepare in advance, you can do everything up to this point and cover the roasting dishes and refrigerate until you're ready to roast the chicken.

Roast, uncovered, until the tops of the chicken pieces are browned and the chicken is cooked through, and the juices run clear, about 35 to 40 minutes.






This is a favorite in my home. Okay, not my DH because it has stuff on it.

 

[Nancyg56]

Tonite DD and DSILL are out shopping with Kady, so it is just DH and me. I think we will just have sandwiches and chips. He loves this kind of meal, and the poor guy has been eating food that he detests all week long.

Saturday we are attending a 25th wedding aniversary, so I am not cooking. Sunday I will make it up to him and fix meal that does not have fruit, jam, twigs, weeds, leaves, or all in one pan for him. Then the Derby Pie for desert.

 

[T1130]

Tonight I am going out to dinner for a friends B-day. We are going to one of those Brazilian Steakhouses. No cooking for me tonight.

 

[Glynis]

Tonight we are having Pizza Meatloaf Muffins with green beans and yellow pear tomatoes from our garden (yum, yum). For dessert, I'm leaning to ice cream sundaes to get rid of some odds and ends of ice cream that are filling my freezer.

 

[stacy347]

I'm making BBQ chicken thighs, stuffing and fresh corn on the cob slathered in butter.

 

[Dislifer]

It's Friday night! Pizza night for us! My children still just like plain cheese...I don't know what I'll put on my half...maybe peppers and onions!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Today we are going out to a new Japanese restaurant in town with some friends and going to see Lady in the Water today. Woo hoo, I don't have to cook!

WFD at your house?

 

[powellrj]

I had a pork roast in the crock-pot yesterday that we were going to have last night, but by the time we got home I was too tired to deal with it so we just had BLTs.

Looks like we are having pulled pork at our house tonight! We have been eating a lot of pork this summer because it seems to be so much cheaper than beef has been. I can't believe that price of beef lately. Baby back ribs were almost the same price per pound as ground chuck this week!

 

[stacy347]

I'm just making some Taco Macaroni before work today.

 

[bengalbelle]

I'm just making some Taco Macaroni before work today.

What is taco macaroni?