What's for Dinner, May 19, 2013

[NJCher]

Cauliflower Casserole

Some of the cheddar cheese, onion, pepper, dill, breadcrumbs.

Bran muffins to go with.


Cher

[Lucinda]

1. Sounds good!

I just woke up - Bill wants Italian - I'm thinking about more sleep instead!

Most likely will be sauteed peppers and onions with Italian sausage chunks - with pasta for Bill (I go noodle-less) and garlic bread.

[Warpy]

2. I love really simple fare like that,

without the 100 ingredients, just food, fire and seasoning.

I did something a little more elaborate last week on the stovetop grill, pollo asado.

I didn't have all the gear for any of the official mixes, so I used the juice of 2 limes, an equivalent amount of olive oil, onion, garlic, cumin, and 1/4 cup of ground red chile. I buzzed the works in a blender, dumped it into a plastic baggie, and added 4 chicken breasts, squishing them around so the marinade would touch everything.

I left it in the fridge for 12 hours, then grilled it. It was fantastic. The one change I'll make the next time is throwing a couple of serrano peppers into the blender, the result wasn't quite as hot as I prefer it to be.

The chicken breasts can be eaten as is with very simple sides, or chopped and used in chicken tacos.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Steak with sauteed vidalia onion and mushroom.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. An omelette with Cheddar, bacon and sauteed apples. Cornbread.

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. Moussaka & Avgolemono soup!

Pic thread coming later on.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Damn, that was good!

Wow....I impressed myself! Frickin yum!....



LOL.....


Warning to those that read this and will look at the thread when I put it up...there is going to be a SHITLOAD of pics! So have some patience with me!

[fizzgig]

7. pork chops, mashed and peas

just broiling the chops for simplicity's sake, but i'm making actual mashed rather than the instant i use when i'm feeling lazy.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Leftover Chinese and...

about a pound of asparagus from a local farm stand.

Also have 6 pounds of spinach from the stand, some of which will find its way on to a salad plate for a snack later and most of which will end up in the freezer.

No one knows exactly why, although seawater blown up on to the fields by Sandy is as good an explanation as any, but this year's spinach crop is enormous-- not the harvest but the actual size of the spinach plants which are maybe twice the size they normally are. Tastes better raw this year, too.

(I hear spinach is good for you. Is that true?)

[NJCher]

9. don't you dare freeze that spinach!

Are you crazy!? There are so many cool things to do with that much spinach and you are so lucky to have such a good crop!

Spinach pie, at the very least. If you want some more suggestions, I'll be happy to come up with some!


Cher

on edit: and yes, it's very good for you. Combine it with a citrus fruit for maximum nutritional benefit.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. The problem is that there's a lot of it, so...

unless I dry it or preserve it or something else, I still have to freeze whatever I make of it. Two large grocery bags that I don't want to go bad.

Besides, I always have a few boxes of frozen spinach around-- it's one of my favorite things and freezing my own should be even better.

[NJCher]

11. I sob for the spinach

Cher