The What's For Dinner Thread - October'11 (recipe index in OP)

[dgbg100106]

I made a ½ recipe tonight

Enchiladas Rancheras

Preparation Time: 45 Minutes (25 Active Prep)
6 servings

1 lb leftover poultry
½ tsp chili powder
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp black pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
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4 tbl vegetable / canola oil
4 tbl flour
2 4 oz can diced green chilies
4 cups chicken broth
6 cloves garlic
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
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1 medium onion chopped
2 cups Monterey Jack Cheese, grated.
12 corn tortillas

Heat 2 tbl oil in a saucepan, add flour and stir for a minute or two, do not brown. Add chilies, stir for 30 seconds, using a wire whisk, then stir in the chicken broth, garlic, cumin and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375, and chop poultry and sprinkle with chili powder, cayenne, black pepper, and garlic powder. Toss until well coated, and chop onion. Dip each tortilla in the sauce, place in pan and fill with about 3 tbl of the poultry, 1 tbl of onion and 1-2 tbl cheese. Roll tortilla and place face down in a greased 13x9x2 baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining cheese (if there isn’t any use more) and pour sauce over tortillas. Bake uncovered for 15 minute or until the top browns and sauce bubbles. Serve with Sour Cream or Guacamole if desired.

I’ll tell you ladies, it feels really good to not have tons of meat to cook, and actually start to get back to cooking small meals without the pressure of giant roasts spoiling! However I’ve got probably a hundred days of using up precooked turkey and ham!

Alison, that looks and sounds really good, I will have to try this.

100 days..... wow, you might get tired of that soon, at least I would

 

[Nancyg56]

Ellen – I am about 75% packed! Looks like the weather is going to be beautiful but a little on the chilly side which means short & long sleeves, open toe/closed toe shoes……kwim?



Only two work days for me this week and then we're off!

You are going to have so much fun! This is my favorite time of year in Disney, weather wise. I don't mind packing a few extra shoes and goodness knows I look for any excuse for a new Disney sweatshirt. I am an over-packer by nature

Glad that your week is short and your vacation is right around the corner!

 

[TigerKat]

You are going to have so much fun! This is my favorite time of year in Disney, weather wise. I don't mind packing a few extra shoes and goodness knows I look for any excuse for a new Disney sweatshirt. I am an over-packer by nature

Glad that your week is short and your vacation is right around the corner!

I over-pack all the time too! I don't think I've ever needed a vacation as much as I need this one.

 

[Rogue26]

Kathy- It's not just you! My three year old nephew is in Disneyland for his first time. He spent his first night there in the ER getting his head stiched shut from his fall in the hotel room, only him! My brother said the staff at the hotel was awsome and they had two nurses there within minutes. When they got back there were a bunch of feel better baloons. Just another reason to love Disney!

Fran- Those enchiladas look so good, they are going to the top of the list.

Ellen- Hope the room is coming along well.

Lindsay- Thanks for getting the new thread started. You were the start of many wonderful friendships, it's good to have you back.

PIO- Thanks for your pad thai tips. I will use a big glug of oil next time, I was pretty stingy with it. Fish sauce is still a new ingredient to me and I'm nervous to overdo it.

Last night we had fajitas, so tasty and for some reason we haven't had them in a long time. Like usual, not sure on dinner tonight. Have a great day all.

 

[liamsaunt]

Allison those enchiladas look tasty!

Lindsay, if you have almond extract in the house you can add a drop to your recipe as a sub for the amaretto.

Ellen, good luck with the renovation! My house could use some renovating, but I am too afraid after the debacle the last time I had work done. It ended up taking about 4 months longer than oroginally estimated.

Kathy, I love Disney this time of year too! I hope you have the most magical trip ever.

WFD: more food that John hates: tonight is Asian noodle bowl.

 

[KadysMom]

Kathy- It's not just you! My three year old nephew is in Disneyland for his first time. He spent his first night there in the ER getting his head stiched shut from his fall in the hotel room, only him! My brother said the staff at the hotel was awsome and they had two nurses there within minutes. When they got back there were a bunch of feel better baloons. Just another reason to love Disney!

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Poor little guy I hope he is ok! Gotta love Disney!

You are going to have so much fun! This is my favorite time of year in Disney, weather wise. I don't mind packing a few extra shoes and goodness knows I look for any excuse for a new Disney sweatshirt. I am an over-packer by nature

Glad that your week is short and your vacation is right around the corner!

DONT GO THERE!! I might have to tell everyone how much you pack and what happens at the airport!!

Merle – Sorry you were having tooth pain but glad it turned out well. I hope you don't have any further problems. I was having flashbacks to my ordeal a few years ago when you were describing the pain (for all the new posters, our first day at F&W in ’09 I spent at a dentist getting a root canal), only ME!!!!!

I remember that!! I hope you have a great time! I am totally jealous! Last year we went to F&W, and we saved our snack credits so Jeff could eat his way around the world. You cannot imagine how much he can eat, but lets say he used up 28 credits in 1 day!!

Morning, all!


Again, let me know if I have boo booed anywhere in the index.

Have a great day!

Thanks Lindsay!

Sorry I havent checked in for a few days. Thursday night I had to make cupcakes for Kady's party at school, Friday was her party at Nans, and Saturday we had a party at the Bowling Alley with Jeff's family. So Sunday, was getting all my housework done, pumpkin picking and crazy errands!

I am going to check the first page, because I think I want to make that Taco Pie. Have a great day all!!!

 

[Nancyg56]

Kathy- It's not just you! My three year old nephew is in Disneyland for his first time. He spent his first night there in the ER getting his head stiched shut from his fall in the hotel room, only him! My brother said the staff at the hotel was awsome and they had two nurses there within minutes. When they got back there were a bunch of feel better baloons. Just another reason to love Disney!

Poor baby You cannot beat Disney for all of the little they provide to make things better1

DONT GO THERE!! I might have to tell everyone how much you pack and what happens at the airport!!

!

Don't get cute or I may need to make the food you hate when you are here for dinner

 

[EJ4Disney]

I over-pack all the time too! I don't think I've ever needed a vacation as much as I need this one.

I'm an overpacker too!! I am so glad you aren't going until Thursday. I have quite a few friends leaving today and they are going to get drenched. I don't like WDW in the rain. But by thursday it should be beautiful.
Yes, my friend, you do so deserve to get away.

Merle ~ Isn't it amazaing how much a hull of popcorn can hurt. I once went to the dentist with a sore tooth only to also find it just was a stuck hull.

Brandi ~ When is your surgery?

Aimee ~ Yes, young lady, tell everyone about your blog. It is so great, I really enjoy it.

Jen ~ I like your way of thinking. This remodle will take a LOT of wine.

Nan ~ I just love your stories. We are so close in age that when you talk of your childhood it always make me think of similiar stories. My Momma use to fry bologna - it was such a treat for us. And the oleo - right on!!

Lindsay ~ You need to keep blogging. I think it is great.
Are you still cooking every week for your family?

Becky ~ You are killing me with John gone. I do the exact same thing - American Chop Suey, egg sandwiches, creamed tuna. Oh now I am hungry for my comfort food. But darn Doug isn't leaving anytime soon.
This remodel is going to take a LLLLOOOOONNNNNNGGGG time as we are doing it ourselves. That is why we took all day Sunday to get everyting organized. I told Doug as long as I could still get to my things I would be ok. I don't do messes real well.

Alison ~ Those Ranchera's look fantastic. I would love them.

Robin ~ Do you use a prepackage for your fajitas? Our grocery store has a wonderful mix they make. But it isn't available all of the time. If you make yours yourself would you please share? I love love fajitas.

Marisa ~ Do tell about Nan's airport experience!!!! I love that you can tattle on her. You are so like my own daughters. Love it!!!


Well I am starting Church Conference He**. Pastor Tess - she should be shot - took vacation for the last 2 weeks and is back today and now we have just 6 days to get our Conference book ready to be sent in to the Dist as our meeting is the first week of Nov. I have a lot of it finished but there is a LOT only she can do. So if I am not on for a bit, please don't worry - I will try to at least pop in daily when I can.

WFDT ~ Shrimp with Lemon Oil Pasta, green salad and Parms. bread sticks.

Make it a great day my dear friends.

 

[dgbg100106]

Brandi ~ When is your surgery?

I should have already had it well, I am trying to get it done around Christmas. but we will see.

The last two days my foot has really been bothering me, so hopefully I can hold out, my life at work right now is just so darn crazy and I want to make sure it is all in order prior to the surgery.

 

[KadysMom]

Nan ~ I just love your stories. We are so close in age that when you talk of your childhood it always make me think of similiar stories. My Momma use to fry bologna - it was such a treat for us. And the oleo - right on!!

Marisa ~ Do tell about Nan's airport experience!!!! I love that you can tattle on her. You are so like my own daughters. Love it!!!

We used to eat fried bologna too! If I tell, she will Nanatize her food even more when I am over, or cook food I dont like... WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO????

 

[firecracker725]

Hello! Thanks Linsday for the new thread. I did not tale pictures this weekend, so no food porn to add. However, I did use my slow cooker for the first time. I made a batch of lentil stew to take for lunch:

This is the first thing I made in my slow cooker. It smells great. I'll report back on taste tomorrow.

That looks delicious. I love my slow cooker, and I use it all the time.

 

[firecracker725]

Right this minute, I have a Bolognese sauce simmering. I actually made it ahead during a ground beef cook-a-thon, and now I'm just heating it up for tonight.

About the cook-a-thon...I bought 5 lbs of ground beef on sale. I divided it into 4 sections and 2 lbs became Crock-Pot Bolognese from the October All-You, 1 lb made 4 burgers for the freezer, 1 lb made 16 meatballs for hoagies, and the other lb was browned and frozen for soup later on.

It was a lot of work, but now I'm very well ahead.

 

[dgbg100106]

We used to eat fried bologna too! If I tell, she will Nanatize her food even more when I am over, or cook food I dont like... WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO????

So growing in the south and rural south, we had these huge chunks of Garlic Bologna, and my MeMe (grandmother) would cut a slab off and fry it in our cast iron skillet, cut the sides so it would not become a dome and then crisp the edges until almost black.... That was some serious good eats...

 

[Aimeedyan]

I've toyed with the idea of starting a cooking blog. I have a blog that I horribly neglect and I think I'd probably enjoy a food blog better. I have to be honest about something though. I am a little protective of some of my recipes (except with you guys, of course!) and want to keep some of them to myself. LOL, it's a family thing. I'd have to be choosy about what I put on it.

Aimee, your blog is awesome!!!

If you want to see mine it's: http://poohskitten.blogspot.com/

I haven't written on it in a year. I just haven't really been inspired to write much anymore.

Anyway, see you guys tomorrow!

You should! I started mine simply as a way to keep up with all the random recipes I was trying! I was tired of holding onto cookbooks and magazines just for one or two recipes. Keeping up with paperwork isn't my strong point

You could always keep your current addy and just tweak it to be cooking related.

Well I am starting Church Conference He**. Pastor Tess - she should be shot - took vacation for the last 2 weeks and is back today and now we have just 6 days to get our Conference book ready to be sent in to the Dist as our meeting is the first week of Nov. I have a lot of it finished but there is a LOT only she can do. So if I am not on for a bit, please don't worry - I will try to at least pop in daily when I can.

Good luck getting it all pulled together in time!


Dinner is up in the air. I'd like to cook something, but that means I would have to grocery shop on the way home from work. We'll see

 

[dgbg100106]

So how does one start a blog?

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Well, my apples were a flop. I listened hard to my mom and grandmother who told me to cook them carefully so they don't turn to mush. Well, it was half and half. Does anyone have a fool-proof recipe to help me out? *sigh*

 

[bigmerle1966]

Not sure what's for dinner tonight, may make something easy like scrambled eggs.


The Apple Dumplings I made are a big hit. I got the recipe off of the Tasty Kitchen site. It says to cut the apples into 8 slices but I just cut them into
4's and it worked just as well.


Easy Apple Dumplings

2 whole Granny Smith Apples
2 cans (8 Oz. Cans) Crescent Rolls
2 sticks Butter
1-½ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Cinnamon, To Taste
1 can (12 Oz.) Mountain Dew Soda

Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan.

Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour entire mixture over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

 

[Goofyluver]

I made a ½ recipe tonight

Enchiladas Rancheras

Serve with Sour Cream or Guacamole if desired.

I’ll tell you ladies, it feels really good to not have tons of meat to cook, and actually start to get back to cooking small meals without the pressure of giant roasts spoiling! However I’ve got probably a hundred days of using up precooked turkey and ham!

These look wonderful.

This is an awsome recipe. I know you haven't been following my PTR, but I've been fretting over what to do Sunday night the 30th. We could either go to the F&W fest, but it might be too crowded, otherwise we would go back to the room to eat or go to Beaches and Cream. This is an awsome recipe since we could make a half recipe and maybe add some bacon. I showed it to Fran and she liked it, so we'll make sure to buy cream cheese. We have pasta in our OL so between the ingredients mentioned here and what we plan to buy we can play it by eiar for the Sunday night of our trip and eat from the kiosks if the lines are short or make us some pasta in the room if we're still hungry. I will also make sure we have makings for grilled cheese sandwiches to satisfy hunger if necessary!

First, I'm so jealous of all of you that are going to Food and Wine.

Second, you will love this alfredo recipe. So easy, yes, but more than that, it is delicious!

Even if you don't use it at Disney, I'd recommend it at home!

(You can even use some of that poultry you've got frozen!)

Again, let me know if I have boo booed anywhere in the index.

Have a great day!

Again, thank you SO much!

Only two work days for me this week and then we're off! WFD - Chicken pasta parm with peppers, green beans and garlic bread.

Hoping everyone has a great day!

2 days!!!

Sorry I havent checked in for a few days. Thursday night I had to make cupcakes for Kady's party at school, Friday was her party at Nans, and Saturday we had a party at the Bowling Alley with Jeff's family. So Sunday, was getting all my housework done, pumpkin picking and crazy errands!

I am going to check the first page, because I think I want to make that Taco Pie. Have a great day all!!!

I hope you like the taco pie! And glad things went well this weekend, even if you were run ragged!

Jen ~ I like your way of thinking. This remodle will take a LOT of wine.

Well I am starting Church Conference He**. Pastor Tess - she should be shot - took vacation for the last 2 weeks and is back today and now we have just 6 days to get our Conference book ready to be sent in to the Dist as our meeting is the first week of Nov. I have a lot of it finished but there is a LOT only she can do. So if I am not on for a bit, please don't worry - I will try to at least pop in daily when I can.

WFDT ~ Shrimp with Lemon Oil Pasta, green salad and Parms. bread sticks.

Make it a great day my dear friends.

Wine is the best medicine.

And I hope you emerge from conference hell.

We used to eat fried bologna too! If I tell, she will Nanatize her food even more when I am over, or cook food I dont like... WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO????

Ooooooh, how do I love fried balogna? Let me count the ways.

Someone has to fill me in on what "nanatize" means. I'm new enough to the thread that I don't know.

So how does one start a blog?

Go to blogspot. They're free, and they walk you through the steps.

 

[Goofyluver]

I forgot to post my daily update in the last post. I'm frazzled, today was another long day.

I didn't sleep last night, and neither did my poor wife. We had a cold front blow through and the wind was howling, and I think it kept both of us up.

It was FREEEEZING here this morning. Around 50, but with the wind, it felt much colder. Tonight we're getting down in the 40's. It was 90 yesterday! *faint*

Our town's McDonald's opened today. You couldn't even get in the parking lot as I drove past this afternoon.

Tonight's dinner is fried fish with tartar sauce and fries.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

 

[dgbg100106]

Go to blogspot. They're free, and they walk you through the steps.

cool thanks...