August 25, 21014 - Rachel Ray is 46. What are you having for supper?

[cbayer]

We did our big shopping trip today and I found a really good fruit and vegetable stand. Arab music playing loudly and a very enthusiastic and friendly owner was just icing on the cake.

We are having Minestrone alla Romagnola. This is a soup typical of the Bologna area in northern italy. I have chopped up 8 different vegetables and will now cook with some parmesan rind and homemade meat broth for about 3 hours. So far, it smells great and it should be ready just in time.



What's on your table this Monday night?

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. thinking of roasting some peppers as a starting point....

saute with zucchini and onions, over black rice, maybe. I'll see what the energy level is like after our mid day Kayak!

Where did the last 19000 years go - time flies when you're having fun (check your date! - )

[cbayer]

2. Lol! My fingers are sometimes not reliable.

Oh well, I'm going to leave it just like that and see who notices.

Enjoy your kayak!

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I've been proofing my book all week, so tend to zoom right in on such things! - changed the link -

We will...approaching 70 here, humidity dropped - going to bring my camera (which tends to jinx us seeing the bald eagle...but just maybe!).

my morning harvest

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/nctomato-and-garden-blog/brief-update-on-the-garden-and-book

later!

[cbayer]

4. You link took me to "This content is currently unavailable"

Not sure if it is you or me, but Facebook knows that I despise it and sometimes retaliates.

I did some container planting this weekend and now I am really jonesing for a garden.

[NJCher]

8. tried link

said it wasn't available right now.

I never go to FB, though, so it's prol'ly just me.



Cher

[cbayer]

9. Facebook hates us!!

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. finally blogged the pic - the link now takes you to my website

[cbayer]

13. Much better. Your basket is stunningly beautiful

I dont' think you could have designed something better.

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. no arranging - just picked it and shot the pic!

beautiful veggies need no fussing with!

[locks]

19. Looking forward to your book

I only have room for one tomato plant on my patio but had about 30 small ones (not cherries) this year, they tasted a lot better than store-bought. But my grandson is a real gardener and loves planting new and different veggies. He is now into vineyard growing in northern CA but tells me he still has a small garden. He's north of Napa Valley; sure hope the earthquakes calm down and the rains come to beautiful California.

[Galileo126]

5. My time travel theory was correct after all!!

They laughed! They ostracized me! They said I was crazy! But... it's 21014!! My starship should be arriving soon, so if I don't post anymore...well, you know...



Good one, CBayer!

I'm defrosting some whole chicken wings I picked up this weekend. Not sure how I'm going to prepare them yet. I have a bunch of salad stuff in the fridge, so maybe a huge salad and a few wings.

"To boldly cook, what no one has cooked before...." <swoosh>

[cbayer]

6. I just got tired of the same old same old and wanted to step it up a bit.

2014 is so yesterday.

I love chicken wings. I used to just marinade them with some soy sauce, oil, olive, honey and ginger, then broil or grill them. Making my mouth water as we speak.

Just push button C13, and that should do the trick.

[Galileo126]

7. LOL! on C13

I do like the 'asian sticky wings' recipe I've been using for a couple of years. It starts out similar to your marinade (above), but with added hoisin and oyster sauces, chili garlic sauce, green onions/scallions and a little extra garlic. I reserve a little of the sauce, so I can toss the broiled wings before serving. Finger lickin' good.

[livetohike]

10. Smoked gouda cheese and tomato pizza and a tossed salad

Your soup sounds delicious!

[cbayer]

11. Oh, yeah. I am loving everything about that pizza.

My soup came out really well. It was just full of things that I love, but none of them overpowered any of the others.

It was quite work intensive, but worth every minute.

[pinto]

15. I'm going to take a walk downtown and see what looks good, so no clue. It'll be a spot decision.

[fizzgig]

16. those damn pork chops i didn't get to over the weekend

and i'll actually get the chicken on the smoker today, too. i just didn't feel much like cooking over the weekend.

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Leftover pork chop from last night.

Baked potato and sliced tomato.

The soup sounds great but lots of chopping.

[elleng]

18. Così buono!

[locks]

20. Delicious berries

I was in a beautiful spot at the south end of the Hood Canal in WA over the weekend and there were blackberries everywhere. Such fun to eat them right off the bush. My daughter made an easy blackberry cobbler:

4 C fresh blackberries
1 large egg
3/4 C sugar
1 C flour
6 T melted butter
Pour berries into greased 8" baking dish or pan. Mix all ingredients except butter till coarse. Sprinkle over berries. Drizzle butter over all. Bake at 375 35 min. or until brown. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

21. Well, we had a couple of leftover sausages and a fair amount of

the spaghetti sauce with onions and peppers from last night's grinders, so we sliced the sausages into discs, cooked up some penne, threw in some mozzarella, and mixed it all up. Rather generic, but filling.

I picked up some ground sirloin at the local butcher's, so tomorrow I'll be making up mozza stuffed meatballs to freeze for future meals.

I also plunked down a bit to pick up a mag from the rack at the checkout at the grocery - a special edition on canning, with over a hundred recipes, so I'm assuming I'll find some new ones worth trying. Already there was a 'cranberry catsup' one that looked interesting.

[NJCher]

22. easy food tonight

We had our handyman in today. That took almost all my time so I didn't have a chance to cook anything.

Consequently, I made some chicken cilantro wontons (Trader Joe's). They were delicious and easy. Had them with hoisin sauce, my favorite sauce in all the world.

I think I might bread some zucchini slices in panko and serve them with homemade tomato sauce. Sprinkle with parmesan and fresh basil.

That minestrone sounds wonderful, cbayer. I wish I could have that.



Cher

[GoCubsGo]

23. I had no idea she was that old.

I figured Rachel for mid-late 30's.

I had leftovers tonight. A couple of weeks ago, Kroger's "Free Fridays" freebie was a Chilli's frozen dish for one. I got the jalapeno jack mac 'n' cheese. I doctored it up into something a little healthier by adding some steamed, diced zucchini & red bell pepper, some black beans, and more minced jalapenos, since it wasn't really hot enough for my taste. I meant to add some diced tomatoes, too, but I forgot. It turned out to be pretty decent, and I was able to stretch it into two meals.