What's for Dinner ~ Monday Feb 20th

[Lucinda]

Last edited Tue Feb 21, 2012, 08:45 AM - Edit history (2)

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I think I am going to try a mixed Mexican Cheese Omelette today. I have been eating VERY lightly, but eggs sound good.

I love my Asiago Dill Omelett, but am out of Asiago, so I am going to try a blend I have on hand.
It is Sargento's Artisan Mexican Blend and we have loved it on everything we've tried it with. It has Queso Quesadilla, Asadero, Queso Gallego, El Regalo Anejo Enchilado and Manchego cheeses. Yummy stuff.

The omelette rocked. Had it with a little hot sauce. Yummmmy.

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Still munching on

what I call the "Mediterranean Dinner" from yesterday. Stuffed grape leaves, pita bread, tabbouleh, hummus. salad and rice pilaf. I made the grape leaves but I bought everything else from a specialty Mediterranean deli about 2 blocks from my house. They may WAY better tabbouleh and hummus that I can ever make and the pita bread and grape leaves were made/grown/packed locally.

When I cook I usually cook enough to eat off of for the current day and 1-2 days afterwards. I know not everyone likes leftovers but we're fine with it.

[Lucinda]

2. I wish we had a wider variety of speciality foods available. That sounds soo good!

It can get hard to be creative here in tourist land.
Unless you want ham, steak or chicken, it's crazy hard to find.

[yellerpup]

3. Reprise of Chicken & Dumplings

from yesterday. Looking forward to it, too!

[Lucinda]

4. Always a favorite for me!

We don't make it often, because our chicken usually ends up in Mexican or Chinese dishes, but I do love good Chicken & Dumplings!

[yellerpup]

5. To me, it's the ultimate comfort food.

And the one thing that I don't perk up with sriracha sauce!

[Lucinda]

6. LOL

I ate my omelette early, and added hot sauce. Even with the dill and mexican cheeses, I still had to give it a little kick!
It was fine without it, but I put it on everything!

[yellerpup]

7. Lu-CIN-da...

Well, you do get an endorphin boost from hot sauce. Carry on!

[Lucinda]

8. My mom called me Cin

Does it show?

[yellerpup]

9. Not usually.

But now I'm beginning to understand that undercurrent of evil that runs through all your posts.

[Lucinda]

10. Nu uh...

<--adjusts my halo

[Jazzgirl]

11. The lamb chops I was gonna cook yesterday.

I didn't feel like cooking after I rearranged a bunch of stuff in the kitchen due to getting a new microwave/convection oven. Today I feel like cooking! Also I'm cooking roast brussel sprouts and fingerling potatoes. Yum!

[Lucinda]

39. Sounds good! Enjoy the new oven!

I haven't used a convection oven yet. I had thought about getting one when we built, but we bought an induction cooktop instead.

[cbayer]

12. More guests - cheese fondue with freshly baked bread and fruit.

Maybe a spinach salad on the side or maybe ask them to bring a salad.

[Lucinda]

38. I usually do fried fondue when I drag the pot out.

I really should try a cheese fondue one night. Maybe with some roasted or boiled veggies....

[NMDemDist2]

13. just got home from a week of WAY heavy food in Louisiana

here's a pic of the crayfish boil



so a light salad i think tonight

[cbayer]

14. I am so jealous!!!

Where did you eat? What did you eat? Did you love every minute of it?

What parades did you see? Did you catch Muses?

[NMDemDist2]

15. I wasn't in NO, i was visiting my mom in Shreveport

we did the crayfish boil, some so-so chinese, a prime rib at home and a to die for muffy at Fertitta's http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/285/1240483/restaurant/Fertittas-Delicatessen-Shreveport



and here's a link to the crawfish joint http://www.geraldsavoie.com/restaurant.html

[cbayer]

16. Ah, Shreveport. I've spent some time there.

That muffaletta looks absolutely perfect.

I was in NOLA last spring and my sister had a big boil with all the fixings. I am sure she will have another tomorrow.

Happy Mardi Gras to you!

[Lucinda]

40. Sandwich envy!

I lived in Shreveport for a while, but it was a looong time ago. All I really remember was the house I lived in. None of the restaurants.

[Lucinda]

37. Welcome home!

[The empressof all]

17. Big Salad

I'm going to add

Romaine
Tomato
avocado
fat free feta
cucumbers
green onion
tuna
chickpeas
Olives
chunks of toasted garlic bread

And I'll dress it with Trader Joes Fat free Balsamic.

So it will be a sort of Greek Panzenella, Nicoise

Anyhoo...It's my favorite easy dinner salad...

[Texasgal]

20. Yummm. That sounds so good

and light!

[Lucinda]

36. Avocado and feta.

Yummmmm. I was on a huge feta kick a few years ago. I put it in everything!

[Hotler]

46. Goat feta is may favorite. I wish it wasn't so expensive. n/t

[kdmorris]

18. Tonight we are having an experiment.

I am Diabetic, so crap like Hamburger Helper is out. However, we are trying to make Cheeseburger Macroni with Dreamsfields pasta, cheese and hamburger.

With a fresh made salad made from veggies my husband got from the local farmer's market.

[Lucinda]

35. I've heard good things about Dreamfields. Hope it turned out well!

[kdmorris]

41. I liked it!

I'm not sure my husband was a thrilled with it as I was, but I was quite pleased

[Lucinda]

42. I'm glad you liked it!

Hopefully he will come around. Was there something he didn't like about it? Or was it just the change?

[kdmorris]

44. I'm not sure

Maybe he'll swing by and tell us later on

I don't think he "didn't like it" as much as "didn't like it as much as I did". He's the one that made it, though, and he's always his harshest critic!

[Texasgal]

19. Red beans and rice

with a dash of hot sauce and some garlic cheese bread! YUMMMM!

[Lucinda]

34. YUMMMM indeed!

Hard to go wrong with that for dinner.

[kestrel91316]

21. French onion soup. It's on the stove as I type this, onions caramelizing.

Perhaps Alice Waters' Apple Tart for dessert if I feel like baking this evening.

[kestrel91316]

25. Apple tart just came out of the oven. Gotta

brush the glaze over it in about 15 minutes and it will be ready to serve. And I'm the only one around to eat it - heh heh heh.

[Lucinda]

33. Yum. I want.

It's another one of those dishes that I love but never think to make!

[Hotler]

22. Anasazi beans & ham hocks with spinach salad. n/t

[Lucinda]

32. Is your spinach salad hot or cold?

Looove spinach!

[Hotler]

45. Just cold with tomato, onion and feta and homemade....

greek style dressing.

[Lucinda]

47. Sounds perfect.

Love those flavors together!

[maddezmom]

23. stange night here

T-man had meatballs and pasta around 4pm. Madster had an ice cream cone after soccer practice then bbq chicken, corn and cucumber salad. T-man also enjoyed some chicken and a bit or tow off of one of the cobbs. I had some left over pot roast and a salad. It's like a hotel room service here most nights.

[Lucinda]

31. LOL. That happens even with two of us when Bill works nights.

I don't want to eat dinner at midnight.

[applegrove]

24. Expensive cut of beef split four ways. Potatoes and green onions. Caprese salad. Pineapple

for dessert.

[Lucinda]

30. I could go for some pineapple right now.

Haven't had any in a while.

[Lugnut]

26. Fridge grazing.

DH went with some buddies to a church sponsored pork and sauerkraut dinner so I was on my own. I can't stand sauerkraut but he loves it. To each his own.

[Lucinda]

29. I do the same with some dishes Bill likes to cook. If I don't want it, I graze.

It works for us!

[eridani]

27. WA State Dems annual Crab Feed

Crabs, salmon clams, slaw, beans and bread. Crab shrapnel flying all over the place.

[Lucinda]

28. LOL

Sounds festive, and dangerous!

[tammywammy]

43. My dinner was pretty yummy

I grilled a boneless New York strip steak. I sautéed some onions and sliced mushrooms, and also had some chopped spinach. Tasty.

[Lucinda]

48. Mmmm...mushrooms.

They don't always agree with me, but i do love them.