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

[FormrCastMbr]

Hi ALl!

I just recd an email with cookie recipes...probably close to 100. If you are interested in this, PM me your email address and I will send it to you...

 

[OKWMom]

Lindsay I'm sorry I didn't notice your ticker either! I guess I need to start paying closer attention. I hope you and your husband have a wonderful time. We will expect a full food report upon your return so be prepared.

Tonight's dinner is the beef stew from the recipe Kathy linked to at allrecipes. It is in the crock pot now and Kenny and the kids will have that tonight. I am going with my sister and one of Kenny's sisters to a local mexican restaurant for our annual Thanksgiving planning session. This will be our third year of the combined family Thanksgiving and because I have saved the prior years' menus along with our notes and post-turkey day thoughts we could probably plan this in 10 minutes over the phone. But where would the fun in that be? This way we get a night out, a couple of margaritas, and a great time together.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Gretchen

 

[Nancyg56]

Holy Mackerel! Two of you are leaving this week????? I also am going to staet checking tickers.

Kady is home sick today and I am feeling lazy like the weather so I think we will have leftover casserole from last night.

 

[TigerKat]

I am going with my sister and one of Kenny's sisters to a local mexican restaurant for our annual Thanksgiving planning session. This will be our third year of the combined family Thanksgiving and because I have saved the prior years' menus along with our notes and post-turkey day thoughts we could probably plan this in 10 minutes over the phone. But where would the fun in that be? This way we get a night out, a couple of margaritas, and a great time together.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Gretchen

Now that's just plain smart!!!

 

[shovan]

This sounds yummy! I cannot believe you are making this now...I get nauseous (sp) just thinking of getting packed and out of the house in time for my 7:50 am flight! Yes, right now I am sitting here ready to puke from my nerves.

I am not sure WFD...I have alot of last minute stuff to do today: nails, walmart, library, get hair done for me and A...we may have beef barley soup and grilled cheese or maybe chinese. Tom is not feeling well so he may be home today (nasal infection). Good thing is: he got some motion sickness meds from the dr too so I'll be dragging him on all the rides again!

Have a great day all!

Lauren, You know you are I are so much alike it's scary! I know exactly how you are feeling right now!!! But in just a few days you will be partying big time!!!

You asked for more F&W info, I hope you have time to read this before you take off!
I didn't take pictures of much at the F&W booths, sorry. But everything was delicious, (except the Argentinian beef with chimichurri sauce. Which was fabulous last year, but this year was like a slab of pot roast sitting on mashed potatoes with a pool of oil surrounding it, yuck!) But really other than that it was all wonderful, the really yummy ones that stick out was Argentina's Empanada, Germany's Spaetzle with mushroom ragout & the Kabinett Reisling, followed by the Apple Strudel with vanilla sauce with the Reisling Spatlese!!! One of the best dry but fruity red wine's I've ever tasted was available at Spain's booth, Abadia Retuerta Seleccion Especial. I have to see if I can get it here! We were served it at both the Coral Reef Pairing & the Morroccan Pairing with beef dishes.

Here's a pic of Bob & I at the Coral Reef Pairing which was wonderful! Don't we look relaxed & happy!

Oh, my fav new drink though was the Italian Margarita from the Italy booth (the regular one not the F&W one). It has limoncello & grappa in it, Lori called it Lemon Freon! But I thought it was wonderful ( & it didn't make me TOO loopy!)

 

[liamsaunt]

Here's a photo of last night's dinner. It was yummy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/1813776974_9cb80af429.jpg

Tonight DH is taking a client to dinner, so I am going to make my favorite home alone dinner--it's just sauteed mushrooms and shallots on a baguette with a sauce of white wine, gruyere cheese, and dijon mustard.

 

[TheBeadPirate]

Oh, my fav new drink though was the Italian Margarita from the Italy booth (the regular one not the F&W one). It has limoncello & grappa in it, Lori called it Lemon Freon! But I thought it was wonderful ( & it didn't make me TOO loopy!)

Are you sure you want to stick with that statement?!? HO LEE COW! That stuff was strong! If it wasn't frozen I bet you could set it on fire! However if I wasn't swilling wine and beer the whole time it would've been good!

And a heads up for the Rosa fans- The line at the Italy store is generally pretty long. Don't know how our secret got out but it did. But, I did a little recon work and have a couple of woohoo's! The Festival Center is at the Life pavillion- they have it at the wine bar there for $6.75ish- no line at all! And at Eat to the Beat off to the left side is a bar. I think everyone can get to it(it's over by where they let in the Party for the Senses people)- Rosa is $6 a glass, also almost no line.

As far as booths- We loved the Chilaqulies from Mexico the most. The butternut squash soup from India was good again but the samosa with tamarind sauce set my mouth on fire! My lips were numb- but if you like that it was pretty good. And my favorite white wine is at India too- SULA it's a chenin blanc. Very crisp and clean.

The lamb chop from Australia was good, but smaller than last year and more expensive I think. And I thought the cheddar soup was better last year. Rick loves the Plum Wine and green tea cooler from China(make sure to squeeze the lime in it) but alot of us thought it was too sweet (hence the lime!). The Sam Adams Festival beer tastes like Bass Ale(yummmmmmm) so we had that plenty o'times. And do the Australian Wine Walkabout! It was $7 (I think) for 4 tastes (1 oz or so). There were 12 wines to choose from. So, of course we paid for 3 cards so we could taste all 12! We didn't want to slight anyone!

I'm sure there's more, but I still haven't unpacked all that yet.

 

[shovan]

Becky, You've outdone yourself again! Wow does that look great! And you're dinner tonight sounds delish too!

Lindsay, Have a great trip! You sound like you are all ready to go!

I thought BeadPirate or Zipuzee posted a pic of us Nola girls in WDW, but I just scanned back & didn't see it, so here we are!

From left, Me, BeadPirate-Lori, IloveJack02-Jenny & her little boy Jack, Zipuzee-Lauri

We had such a great time together, fooding & boozing!!!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

I thought BeadPirate or Zipuzee posted a pic of us Nola girls in WDW, but I just scanned back & didn't see it, so here we are!

From left, Me, BeadPirate-Lori, IloveJack02-Jenny & her little boy Jack, Zipuzee-Lauri

We had such a great time together, fooding & boozing!!!

See all those faces? Imagine the look when they stop dead and turn red in astonishment when walking up to Italy to get Rosa I stop and make this statement

" Oh crap, I forgot the Magic Shell!"



I almost wet myself!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

And this is what I'm making when I get home tonight (after buying half price Halloween candy). It's from Rachel Ray magazine. And it's Kathy Easy and yummy!

Chocolate Banana Bread Puddings
Makes 12 Puddings

1 tsp unsalted butter
2 TBsp brown sugar
3 bananas, sliced 1/3 inch thick
1 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
10 slices of white bread, lightly toasted
6 1.55oz milk chocolate bars, broken into small pieces

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
2. In a nonstick skillet, melt the butter with the brown sugar over moderately high heat. Add the banana slices and cook, turning once, until carmelized, about 3 minutes. The bananas should be softened and sticky. Remove from heat and let cool.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla.
4. Stack the toasted bread, slice off the crusts and cut the bread into 4 triangles.
5. Add the bread to the custard and let soak until the custard is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Stir in the cooled caramelized bananas and the chocolate.
6. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin cups(they'll be full). Bake the puddings until puffy and golden, about 25 minutes.

 

[shovan]

Are you sure you want to stick with that statement?!? HO LEE COW! That stuff was strong! If it wasn't frozen I bet you could set it on fire! However if I wasn't swilling wine and beer the whole time it would've been good!

As far as booths- We loved the Chilaqulies from Mexico the most. The butternut squash soup from India was good again but the samosa with tamarind sauce set my mouth on fire! My lips were numb- but if you like that it was pretty good. And my favorite white wine is at India too- SULA it's a chenin blanc. Very crisp and clean.

The lamb chop from Australia was good, but smaller than last year and more expensive I think. And I thought the cheddar soup was better last year. Rick loves the Plum Wine and green tea cooler from China(make sure to squeeze the lime in it) but alot of us thought it was too sweet (hence the lime!). The Sam Adams Festival beer tastes like Bass Ale(yummmmmmm) so we had that plenty o'times. And do the Australian Wine Walkabout! It was $7 (I think) for 4 tastes (1 oz or so). There were 12 wines to choose from. So, of course we paid for 3 cards so we could taste all 12! We didn't want to slight anyone!

I'm sure there's more, but I still haven't unpacked all that yet.

Yes, I will stick with my statement! Since I was able to make it all the around to the Pub to try your "Rich Man's Black Velvet" Guinness & Champagne, I was not loopy at all! You know what, I think I made up for everything I drank with the amount of food I also consumed! I didn't even get a headache or an upset stomach from it all!

And oh yeah I forgot about the Samosa's & the butternut squash soup! More of my favorites! The lamb chop was very good but smaller & the Cheddar cheese soup was even better this year. Oh and the chilled leek soup from Ireland was surprisingly very good!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

Yes, I will stick with my statement! Since I was able to make it all the around to the Pub to try your "Rich Man's Black Velvet" Guinness & Champagne, I was not loopy at all! You know what, I think I made up for everything I drank with the amount of food I also consumed! I didn't even get a headache or an upset stomach from it all!

And oh yeah I forgot about the Samosa's & the butternut squash soup! More of my favorites! The lamb chop was very good but smaller & the Cheddar cheese soup was even better this year. Oh and the chilled leek soup from Ireland was surprisingly very good!

I figured if there were any IBS problems you would have called so I could suffer with you! I did fine with all the booths but Party for the Senses sent me for the Pepto. All the flavors and textures sent heartburn into overdrive. Not to mention the Utopia and Remy Martin VSOP. I was kind of (kind of , mind you) disappointed at PFTS because it was Tattinger instead of Vive Qlicqot. But I got over it. My favorite there was Andrew Selz with his smoked diver scallop. I might have went back there repeatedly. Like enough that I'm suprised they didn't just say... you again?!? here take the whole tray of them!

 

[shovan]

I figured if there were any IBS problems you would have called so I could suffer with you! I did fine with all the booths but Party for the Senses sent me for the Pepto. All the flavors and textures sent heartburn into overdrive. Not to mention the Utopia and Remy Martin VSOP. I was kind of (kind of , mind you) disappointed at PFTS because it was Tattinger instead of Vive Qlicqot. But I got over it. My favorite there was Andrew Selz with his smoked diver scallop. I might have went back there repeatedly. Like enough that I'm suprised they didn't just say... you again?!? here take the whole tray of them!

I've said it before but all of my "regular" issues like IBS & sinus problems seem to disappear while in the World! I think I only had one day that my stomach was a little off, which is amazing considering everything I ate day in & day out! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the Party, we sat with Brenda-oybolshoi, & she & I were rather depressed over the Sparkling offerings also. But we found ways to cope too! Andrew Selz wasn't at our party, but we did catch his Culinary Demo at Odyssey, he prepared & served the most wonderful cedar plank stuffed chicken breast with a truffle polenta! It was TDF & he went and told us he was going to be serving the scallop for the upcoming Party, so I was already jealous of you! Did you get to do any of those demos, I really enjoyed those!

Lindsay & Lauren, if you can try to check those out, but get there early they fill up quickly especially on the weekends. Also the free wine seminars & welcome center is "up front" in the Wonders of Life bldg. & the Sam Adams tasting off to the side of the American Pavillion are all good!

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Oh boy, I gotta come back soon and read...love the pics SHeryl! Did you see my bathroom a few back...a mess!

I will come back later...had to get my DIS fix in b4 A gets home. Just had a fight with the stupid people at the pharmacy...they didnt want to give me my thyroid meds since its too soon. HELLO, I gave you my revised script a couple weeks ago and I am going to DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, my pressure was high...THEN, I went to get my tuna fix at the sub shop and left the damn pills there!

OK, I need me some Rosa. Guess I'll go chill a bottle. Then I guess I'll hit A's halloween candy.

Lori and Sheryl, thanks I will be back later to read....

 

[TigerKat]

Yes, my pressure was high...THEN, I went to get my tuna fix at the sub shop and left the damn pills there!

OK, I need me some Rosa. Guess I'll go chill a bottle. Then I guess I'll hit A's halloween candy.

You deserve it, my friend!

 

[shovan]

Oh boy, I gotta come back soon and read...love the pics SHeryl! Did you see my bathroom a few back...a mess!

I will come back later...had to get my DIS fix in b4 A gets home. Just had a fight with the stupid people at the pharmacy...they didnt want to give me my thyroid meds since its too soon. HELLO, I gave you my revised script a couple weeks ago and I am going to DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, my pressure was high...THEN, I went to get my tuna fix at the sub shop and left the damn pills there!

OK, I need me some Rosa. Guess I'll go chill a bottle. Then I guess I'll hit A's halloween candy.

Lori and Sheryl, thanks I will be back later to read....

Lauren, Here's pics of the Sam Adams tasting & a wine tasting to get you ready for your trip! These are both freebies!

 

[Mermaid02]

After 2 nights of "grab and go" type meals.... we are having meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes, and green beans almondine tonight. I'm going to make the meatloaf in muffin tins so that they are all portioned out.... portion size is my downfall (one of them anyway ) I do however REFUSE to serve my mashed potato with an ice cream scoop... brings back some bad childhood memories..

 

[Zandy595]

Hi all. I haven't been cooking (or shopping) lately so I haven't had anything to post. Tuesday DS had a school project that he needed help with so we ordered pizza and wings. Last night I found out at the last minute that DS invited a friend to go TorTing with him and his whole family kind of invited themselves to our house too. So I had to clean, instead of make dinner. DH and DS had leftover teriyaki chicken and I had Halloween candy.

Tonight we're not doing much better - grilled smoked sausage, boxed mac & cheese, and canned corn.

 

[THE HAT]

Hello all

Sheryl--I love the picture of you and Bob..you both looked so relaxed and refreshed...what a beautiful couple you are!!
I also love the pic of the Nola girls as well.....Love the boas!!

Lori--My friend we have the same sense of humor I swear, lol....I LOVE your magic shell comment!! It reminds me of when I yelled across the busy grocery store if Ross wanted more of the princess cereal, hehehe.
I showed Ross the picture of you with the nola ladies, and he is very impressed that you just went, and then will be back in Dec. as well....just one more thing to add to the height of the pedestal he has you on, lol!

Nancy--How is Kady feeling? I send her big hugs, poor thing.

Lauren--What a day...as Kathy said, you deserve your Rosa for sure!! How is Tom feeling?

I spent the morning out shopping with mil (lucky me, ugh, what hell that was) to get a shower gift for Kris' cousin's baby shower this weekend. Sat morning we have a karate tournament, then the shower in the evening, and once the shower ends, we are heading down to freeport to llbean to get Ross winter clothes and such, we will have to stop and pick up a few groceries as well on the way back through too. I will be looking forward to Sunday for sure!!

Dinner tonight is up in the air...I will eat my longhorn leftovers, and the "boys" are on their own. Ross will prob have eggs and toast after karate, and Kris will eat cereal I imagine.

 

[TigerKat]

I spent the morning out shopping with mil (lucky me, ugh, what hell that was) to get a shower gift for Kris' cousin's baby shower this weekend. Sat morning we have a karate tournament, then the shower in the evening, and once the shower ends, we are heading down to freeport to llbean to get Ross winter clothes and such, we will have to stop and pick up a few groceries as well on the way back through too. I will be looking forward to Sunday for sure!!

Dinner tonight is up in the air...I will eat my longhorn leftovers, and the "boys" are on their own. Ross will prob have eggs and toast after karate, and Kris will eat cereal I imagine.

Sounds like you're getting back to normal with your hectic days!!!!!! Glad to have you back my friend!