What's for Dinner? ~ Tuesday January 17th!

[Lucinda]

Hello All!

Have been feeling crummy and not sleeping very well so I haven't caught up with the daily dinner posts yet.
But I look forward to seeing what you've been making! I need to make a grocery list today and you guys always inspire me.

I won't know what I am having until we hit the store today.

What's for dinner where you are?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. can't decide yet..

either leftover beef turned into taco night, or something with a pork loin that I found in the dark back corner of the freezer.

[WhollyHeretic]

2. Is it really only Tuesday? It feels like it should be at least Thursday.

Tonight is going to be a chopped salad and veggie burgers with sauteed leeks. I've got some leeks left over from making stock this weekend and am trying to use them up.

[fizzgig]

3. something simple using grape tomatoes

they were on sale, so i've got a pint of them. i'm thinking of just sauteing them with onions and garlic, then adding a touch of wine and some basil paste i'm trying to use up (there was no fresh basil at the store the last time i needed it) and simmering it down. i've got pasta, rice cous cous, parm and goat cheese and pine nuts. i'm sure i can make something happen.

it's been beef stew for dinner the last two nights, so i'm ready for something light.

i'm going to start my first attempt no-knead bread tonight and serve it with this tomorrow night

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-stew-recipe/index.html

[livetohike]

4. Veggie Burgers, homemade baked beans and

potato salad. It's dreary and 48 F. and raining - in northern PA in the middle of January!! Time for an indoor picnic .

[blue neen]

5. Corned beef brisket

with the cabbage and potatoes. It's the perfect food for a day like this, and the guys love it.

[LaydeeBug]

6. Italian Sausage, Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato over Rigatoni. :) nt

[one_voice]

7. I'm sorry you're not feeling well...

I know what that's like, and not being able to sleep on top of it always makes it worse. Healing thoughts for you!

I'm making chicken (thighs) marinated in a mango sauce, rice gandules, and roased broccoli and carrots.

I will probably throw some mango peach salsa on top of the chicken the last few minutes of cooking.

[grasswire]

8. pork chops with frizzled cabbage, dirty rice (Zatarains), deviled eggs...

...and cranberry bread made with whole wheat.

Hey, the weather stinks. What's there to do but cook?

Actually, I did go to the store, and it was a miserable trip weatherwise. Buses running way late, people cold and cranky. I did my best to cheer those I encountered. Told the cashier how nice and clear her skin is, thanked the customer service staff for competence, chatted with the produce guy about the local soccer season, smiled at babies, enjoyed the Muzak vibe, etc.

While freezing at the bus stop, I considered the plight of my grandparents who homesteaded in Saskatchewan. Life could never be that bad, here and now. The bus comes and takes me close to home, where a knob turns on the tea kettle, another knob kicks up the heat, a click brings the world to me on TV and another click brings the world to me by Internet. A phone in my hand allows me to call family members or friends near and far. I feel really blessed. I am not cold, hungry, or alone.

And the cherry on top is the border collie, who is really really really happy every time I come home.

[cbayer]

9. Something cold - still no propane

[grasswire]

10. yikes!

I hope you are in a temperate zone. Can you build a campfire on shore?

[cbayer]

12. We have a small grill outside that takes the little bottles.

It's the big ones that are empty.

So, I am on strike until my other half figures out how to fix this little problem.

We are in a temperate zone, thank goodness.

[maddezmom]

11. oh no

somebody is in trouble.

[cbayer]

13. You got that right.

Ran out while I was pre-heating the oven last night for dinner.

And, to top it off, he then tried to blame me because I had been using it to heat the place in the evening off and on.

That stopped right there when I reminded him that he had fallen asleep with it on after I went to bed two nights ago.

[Denninmi]

14. Same thing as last night, but that's ok.

It was really good, if I do say so myself.

One thing I did that I liked and will try again -- rather than trudge down to the basement to get a couple of potatoes to put into my turkey pot pie, I repurposed some of the leftover mashed potatoes from Sunday. I took about a cup of them, beat in one egg, a bit of black pepper, and some flour until they were reasonably stiff. Then, I made dumplings about an inch in diameter out of this, parboiled them for about 5 minutes, then mixed with the turkey, gravy, and vegetable mix, put into the pie crust, and baked it.

I LOVED the little potato dumplings in the pot pie. I would definitely do this again.

I may try this as a substitute for matzo balls in soup as well.

[grasswire]

15. hmm.....kind of like gnocchi

yeah?

this makes me think of making up a recipe for gnocchi pie. Spinach gnocchi (I have a recipe, uses potatoes and parm) cooked and then baked into a savory pie with what.....maybe guanciale or pancetta, some sun dried tomatoes and anchovies?

I wonder if anything like that exists in Italian repertoire. Gnocchi pie.

[pinto]

16. Had a craving for veggies. Roasted all I had on hand -

Yams, potatoes, carrots, onions, celery stalks, horseradish - coarse cut and slathered in olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, etc. etc.

Slid into a hot oven (425 degrees), tossed once along the way, cooked till fork tender and browned.

[yellerpup]

17. Salmon and Shrimp

marinated in sriracha, lime juice, and sesame oil. Baked potato with goat yogurt and butter. Purple leaf lettuce with tomato, artichoke, and onion dressed in rice wine vinegar and a couple of drops of sesame oil, garnished with black and white sesame seeds, and the dinner roll. This was a hurry up meal and it turned out to be really good. Sorry you're feeling crummy. Let's kick that to the curb right now!