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What's for Dinner - Sunday Sept 16th (Original Post) Lucinda Sep 2012 OP
We have some freshly picked red peppers that I think I will stuff tonight. Ruby Reason Sep 2012 #1
I used to make a really good and easy stuffed pepper. cbayer Sep 2012 #7
Have you tried roasting them and making soup? Glassunion Sep 2012 #14
Try a polenta base--you can mix it with cheese, capers, olives. Very different. nt msanthrope Sep 2012 #37
Yum! Thanks for the great ideas. I'll have to try each one. Ruby Reason Sep 2012 #48
We'll be watching football all day livetohike Sep 2012 #2
the round roast that turned out too tough a few days ago Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #3
Smart move +1 Glassunion Sep 2012 #12
my vegetable cooking spree will continue NJCher Sep 2012 #4
Meatoaf and mashed potatoes yellerpup Sep 2012 #5
mmmm corn pudding nt grasswire Sep 2012 #10
I don't know. It's rocky as a roller coaster out here and hot to boot. cbayer Sep 2012 #6
Chinese Takeout! mkultra321 Sep 2012 #8
Braised chuck roast with purple potatoes. Glassunion Sep 2012 #9
Shrimp spring rolls Warpy Sep 2012 #11
Leftovers. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #13
There are so many things you can do with a roasted chicken. cbayer Sep 2012 #16
one way we often use leftover roasted chicken is curried with rice... grasswire Sep 2012 #18
Back in the dark ages (the 1950s) when I was a kid.... greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #23
I'd already thought about chicken caesar salad because I have romaine and caesar dressing greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #22
I like plain chicken broth with noodles - no vegetables and no pieces of chicken. cbayer Sep 2012 #24
I am very happy about the grocery delivery service. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #26
I wish KC Sep 2012 #31
It's been a real lifesaver for me.... greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #45
I'm with you on the broth and noodles. Glassunion Sep 2012 #30
Rice is good, too, but I agree that egg noodles are the best. cbayer Sep 2012 #32
Make yourself a cream sauce with chicken stock Warpy Sep 2012 #29
I like toasted CLT's sometimes with leftover chicken. (Chicken, lettuce & tomato sandwich). pinto Sep 2012 #33
salad and bruschetta grasswire Sep 2012 #15
I can not express to you my extreme envy. What I wouldn't do.... cbayer Sep 2012 #17
have you looked into harvesting any sea vegetables? grasswire Sep 2012 #19
We've got lots of kelp around us, but it's not the kind you can eat. cbayer Sep 2012 #20
I see sea things on some of the food shows. grasswire Sep 2012 #27
Indigo Rose Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #21
that's it! grasswire Sep 2012 #25
Mexican style Braised Bison Chuck roast The empressof all Sep 2012 #28
Cold BBQ tri-tip salad w/romaine, sharp cheddar, corn, tomato, asparagus, red onion, sliced celery. pinto Sep 2012 #34
Beef fondue, cheese fondue. Yummy. applegrove Sep 2012 #35
Both?? In one evening? cbayer Sep 2012 #38
I had berries with phili/sugar dip for dessert but nobody wanted applegrove Sep 2012 #39
I have never found a cheese fondue in a box that was even close to from scratch. cbayer Sep 2012 #40
It came in a pale blue box. It had white wine and garlic in it. It was $9.99. applegrove Sep 2012 #41
How much was in there. cbayer Sep 2012 #42
We used steak. And we had bernaise sauce, sour cream and curry powder sauce, red pepper jelly, and applegrove Sep 2012 #43
Excellent choice of sauces. cbayer Sep 2012 #44
Sounds like heaven.....cheese fondue on a boat!!! applegrove Sep 2012 #46
It is! The only drawback is if it suddenly becomes rocky, lol. cbayer Sep 2012 #47
Hot dogs over the campfire. Lugnut Sep 2012 #36

Ruby Reason

(242 posts)
1. We have some freshly picked red peppers that I think I will stuff tonight.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:38 AM
Sep 2012

Either that or I will stuff and bake some of our tomatoes. My daughter recently had her wisdom teeth out, so I will have to alter my stuffing for the peppers (usually a rice base) to a bread stuffing. Or I've never tried baking stuffed tomatoes (always just done them fresh), but that may be easier for her to chew. Haven't decided.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
7. I used to make a really good and easy stuffed pepper.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:04 PM
Sep 2012

Cut peppers in half and parboil.

Drain and salt.

Saute onion in butter. Add chopped up bread.

Stuff peppers and bake until brown on top.

Something about this combo really appeals to me.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
14. Have you tried roasting them and making soup?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:29 PM
Sep 2012

I roast my peppers on the grill over hard wood and then can them in olive oil for later.

I sweat leeks and garlic in olive oil, deglaze with a cup of El Cheapo white wine, add one jar of the peppers and one tomato. Slow cook for about 2 hours and hit it with a stick blender. Can be served hot or cold.

NJCher

(35,422 posts)
4. my vegetable cooking spree will continue
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 01:28 PM
Sep 2012

I didn't get to the zucchini corn pancakes last night, so that's coming up around 4.

Then a big Boston lettuce salad with tomatoes, cukes, scallions, and topped with garlic croutons and Thousand Island dressing.


Cher

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
6. I don't know. It's rocky as a roller coaster out here and hot to boot.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:02 PM
Sep 2012

I'm just rolling with it under the rotating fan.

I think I have some chicken cutlets in the freezer, but I don't even want to go look.

I feel green.

mkultra321

(58 posts)
8. Chinese Takeout!
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:30 PM
Sep 2012

We've been running around all day so some Kung Pao (Mr. Ultra will get his Chow Mein) and catching up on some old episodes of Game of Thrones is the big plan for tonight.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
9. Braised chuck roast with purple potatoes.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:09 PM
Sep 2012

Simple braise with carrots, celery, onions, garlic, thyme, rosemary and about 4 cups of cheap merlot with home made beef stock.

Also making more stock at the same time.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
11. Shrimp spring rolls
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:21 PM
Sep 2012

with a ginger/rice wine dipping sauce.

They're not bad.

Rice wrappers are certainly a snap to use.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
13. Leftovers.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:23 PM
Sep 2012

The chicken I roasted yesterday, again with small red potatoes, shallots and carrots. I'll be eating it for another few nights. Yes, I know, boring....

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
16. There are so many things you can do with a roasted chicken.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:33 PM
Sep 2012

You can make quesadillas, chili, stir fry, chicken salad, caesar salad with chicken, chicken noodle casserole.

And I always make broth with the carcass.

If I get a chance to get one of the rotisserie chickens, we can get about 4 meals out of it.

Enjoy!

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
18. one way we often use leftover roasted chicken is curried with rice...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:37 PM
Sep 2012

...or in mulligatawney soup. Also, it's good to use for tortilla soup!

And sometimes I make a little sage gravy and saute the chicken with celery and onion and poultry seasoning and pretend that it's thanksgiving dinner. Ha!

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
23. Back in the dark ages (the 1950s) when I was a kid....
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:55 PM
Sep 2012

my family patronized a restaurant that featured mulligatawney soup. It was so good!

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
22. I'd already thought about chicken caesar salad because I have romaine and caesar dressing
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:54 PM
Sep 2012

I don't eat croutons (long, traumatic childhood story there), and have been adding tomatoes lately to caesar salad because I've been able to get heirlooms from the grocery delivery service I am using.

As for soup, I find it easier to buy because I tend to add too many vegetables to it and then there's no broth.

After tomorrow, I'll be out of the vegetables, but I have corn that looks good.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
24. I like plain chicken broth with noodles - no vegetables and no pieces of chicken.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:00 PM
Sep 2012

There is something extremely comforting about it for me.

A chef's salad would be good with what you have as well, if you have some cheese on hand.

I have an love/hate relationship with croutons, mainly because the quality is so variable.

Good that you have found a delivery service.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
26. I am very happy about the grocery delivery service.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:07 PM
Sep 2012

Once I am allowed to drive and go back to work again, I plan to continue using it. It lets me shop at leisure; if I'm in a grocery store, I want to get in and out as quickly as possible.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
45. It's been a real lifesaver for me....
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:11 PM
Sep 2012

I am housebound and working part time from home as I recover from a serious illness that had me hospitalized for three weeks. My sister did my grocery shopping for the first two weeks I was home, but this is far easier for both of us.

I wish that you had a similar service. This has been around the Chicago area for several years and is expanding!

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
30. I'm with you on the broth and noodles.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:02 PM
Sep 2012

Growing up, mom would stretch a chicken out to about 6 meals for us. My favorite was always the last meal... Noodles and broth or rice and broth.

To this day, I still make it. I no longer need to stretch a chicken so thin, but both my wife and I love it. The bed is with egg noodles.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
32. Rice is good, too, but I agree that egg noodles are the best.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:29 PM
Sep 2012

And I love the smell when making the broth.

Then I get to dump all that washed out pieces and bones over board and watch the birds and fish go crazy for it all.

It's great!

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
29. Make yourself a cream sauce with chicken stock
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:55 PM
Sep 2012

Tonight, chicken gravy. Tomorrow night, spike a little with and of the thousands of variations out there. Or chop the chicken, carrots and potatoes into small pieces, drown them in sauce, make some pie crust and have a chicken pot pie. Then take the little scraps off the bones and reserve them while the bones, cartilage and skin turn into chicken broth. Add the chicken bits and some veg and you have chicken soup, itself open to dozens of variations. Or make the chicken broth and save it for rice later in the week and turn the chicken bits into a chicken salad for sandwiches.

I tend to eat a chicken until there is really nothing left of it. Since chicken has relatively little flavor, it can be herbed, spiced, and recycled into something new every day.

pinto

(106,886 posts)
33. I like toasted CLT's sometimes with leftover chicken. (Chicken, lettuce & tomato sandwich).
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:51 PM
Sep 2012

Slices of roasted chicken breast with the skin seem to brown up so well without drying out. Layered with lettuce, tomato on mayo slathered bread hits it for me.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
15. salad and bruschetta
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:33 PM
Sep 2012

The produce at the farmers market this morning looked so glorious! I should have taken my camera along.

I was tempted by the black carrots, but the weather is going to be hot for the next ten days at least, and I don't feel like making any stew. Also in that booth were yellow beets the size of personal watermelons. Oy!

The same grower had those new tomatoes that are supposed to be the very most nutritious of all. Not sweet enough for eating out of hand, but good for salads and dicing. The name of the varietal has escaped me for the moment.

Bought some beautiful bartlett pears, and some pluots, and some little wild plums, and basil, and sungold tomatoes, and ten more pounds of Gravensteins, and a couple pounds of really nice Kirby cukes. I saw an unusual eggplant variety; "fairy tale" -- very thin and long and pale stripes of violet and white.

It is a stunningly beautiful day here. I should bathe the border collie.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
17. I can not express to you my extreme envy. What I wouldn't do....
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:36 PM
Sep 2012

I have 1/2 head boston lettuce (on it's last legs), a bag of carrots, two potatoes, one apple, a head of garlic and that is it.

Hopefully my visitors later this week will see it in their hearts to pick up a bag of produce. Nothing wlese they could bring would make me as happy.

Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
19. have you looked into harvesting any sea vegetables?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:40 PM
Sep 2012

People eat kelp, don't they? Who knows what you might be able to snag?

Seriously. Flora from the sea is exceptionally nutritious.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
20. We've got lots of kelp around us, but it's not the kind you can eat.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:50 PM
Sep 2012

I grew some tomatoes and basil this year. I really should do sprouts, but I would need to figure out where to keep them.

I'm whining now, but I get deliveries from visitors frequently and it's great when that happens.

Everyone out here is in the same *boat*, lol. If we could get some farmers market types to come over every few weeks, it would be great, but I don't think that is going to happen.

Anyway, I will do some research of food from the sea, but I don't know anyone who eats anything green from this part of the ocean. One never knows, though!

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
25. that's it!
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:06 PM
Sep 2012

I was glad that the grower told me about the flavor deficit. I plan to throw some into some gazpacho for the nutritive boost.

They are weird-looking things, too! Sort of harlequin colored.

The empressof all

(29,098 posts)
28. Mexican style Braised Bison Chuck roast
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:47 PM
Sep 2012

I braised it in Rotel with fresh tomatoes, garlic and mushrooms. SO will have fresh corn on the cob and I'll have it on a salad with a bit of ff sour cream

pinto

(106,886 posts)
34. Cold BBQ tri-tip salad w/romaine, sharp cheddar, corn, tomato, asparagus, red onion, sliced celery.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:10 PM
Sep 2012

Ranch dressing. Really warm here today. A cool, simple meal fit the bill.

applegrove

(118,008 posts)
39. I had berries with phili/sugar dip for dessert but nobody wanted
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 02:59 PM
Sep 2012

the phili/sugar dip. Most people were too full for the berries even. We made the cheese fondue from scratch but a few weeks before I had the cheese fondue from a box and I could not tell the difference.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
40. I have never found a cheese fondue in a box that was even close to from scratch.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 03:18 PM
Sep 2012

What did you use?

applegrove

(118,008 posts)
41. It came in a pale blue box. It had white wine and garlic in it. It was $9.99.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 03:25 PM
Sep 2012

It came from Switzerland. Got it at the grocery store. It had no added artificial flavouring or preservatives. My brother didn't believe me but I swear it was just as good.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
42. How much was in there.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 03:31 PM
Sep 2012

I usually use 1 pound of cheese for 4 - 5 people, plus about a cup of white wine. The price is probably right around $10, maybe a little more if I take a step up on the cheese.

Will look for it, but I actually like the process, so I will probably stick with scratch.

Really glad it worked out for you.

What kind of beef did you use? Did you make a variety of sauces?

applegrove

(118,008 posts)
43. We used steak. And we had bernaise sauce, sour cream and curry powder sauce, red pepper jelly, and
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 03:49 PM
Sep 2012

hollondaise sauce with the beef. There was enough cheese in the foil packet for 2 people. We used ciabatta bread too which is nice cause there was a little bit of crust on each cube of bread. Held up really well.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
44. Excellent choice of sauces.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 03:53 PM
Sep 2012

I have never gotten up the nerve to do beef fondue on the boat. Spilled melted cheese is one thing. Spilled boiling oil is quite another.

My boat had a fondue set on board when we bought it and I began using it right away. It remains my #1 go to dinner for guests. I bake a loaf of bread, get some apples and grapes (and good pears if I can find them) and that's it.

I have given at least 1/2 dozen friends fondue pots as gifts, then taught them how to make my cheese fondue. This is partly selfish, as I get to have beef fondue when I visit them.

As you found out, everyone is generally way too full for a fondue dessert, so I opt for biscotti and small chocolates with coffee.

Anyway, sounds like you did fantastically well!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
47. It is! The only drawback is if it suddenly becomes rocky, lol.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:55 PM
Sep 2012

Someone has to hold on to the pot at that point.

Lugnut

(9,791 posts)
36. Hot dogs over the campfire.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 01:25 AM
Sep 2012

This was probably the last weekend for a campfire so we decided to just roll with it. It got very chilly and windy around 5 PM so we made it a quick cook.

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