What's for Dinner? ~ Wednesday

[Lucinda]

I could only manage to eat a few bites last night, so we didn't do mexican food. Just roast chicken and veggies.

Soo...tonight I have a ton of leftover chicken.

We're definitely having black beans, and with either taquitos, homemade tamales, or enchiladas. It will depend on who cooks and how lousy I feel. I am the tamale maker, Bill makes killer taquitos, and both of us make enchiladas.

Whats for dinner in your world?

[hippywife]

1. Why not try a

white chicken chili? That way you wouldn't have to make tortillas.

I didn't do anything at all last night. Doubt that I could get away with that two night in a row so I better figure something out, huh?

[Lucinda]

2. Yep. I'd think you'd better! LOL

I have packaged tortillas that I use for enchiladas. They roll better than my homemade ones do. So that would be easy.

Bill would prefer the taquitos or the tamales. The tamales aren't really hard to do either, soak the cornhusks, season the chicken, and then stir up the masa, fill the husks and steam. Nothing difficult, it's just spread out over a bit of time. We use the same filling for all three dishes, so it comes down to a quick choice close to dinner time. I'm not sure I want anything fried today, so I'm in the anti-taquito column right now. :)

I'm a little chili-d out right now, but I will think about a nice white chili soon. That sounds like a nice change!

[hippywife]

24. Alrighty then!

I made a small pot of really quick chili. Tastes pretty dang good, too. :9

[Lucinda]

32. LOL Glad it was good. Did you send your wind to TN?

It's been howling here all day. I had to go out and take my wind chimes down. My clothes practically blew off. :rofl:

[hippywife]

34. Sorry about that.

Didn't mean to fart in your general direction. :blush: :rofl:

It's so windy here sometimes that when I hang laundry out, I swear Bill's undies are going to end up in the next county!

[Lucinda]

35. LOL. I think i just found a difference between our Bills.

;)

I don't mind the wind. I love stormy weather.

[hippywife]

39. Yeah, well...

live over here and say that!

So is the difference in our Bills is that yours goes commando? :rofl:

[Lucinda]

40. And wheat bread. Yours is pro wheat bread isnt he?

That's two things then. :)

[wryter2000]

3. Liver and onions

Haven't figured what to make with them.

[Lucinda]

8. Yum. I really enjoyed mine a few days ago.

I don't think I had any side dishes with mine last time. I'd had a salad earlier, so I just had fresh bread. Lots of good options to go with liver though. Corn is a good one.

[wryter2000]

12. Don't have any corn.

I wonder if I have some frozen French cut green beans. Ooooh...French. :evilgrin:

[Lucinda]

13. Oui! ~ Green beans would be perfect!

:)
Smashed potatoes are also good wit livah.

[wryter2000]

14. That was my other option

:hi:

[grasswire]

4. corned beef is simmering on the stove...

....and I'm going to make potato salad and some kind of a fruit salad. Rye bread for those who can eat bread. The vegetarian teen is down with a virus, so Jell-O and yogurt will suffice for her.

[troubleinwinter]

6. I loooove corned beef.

My mother slow baked it tightly wrapped in foil. I simmer it on the stove. My daughter puts it in the slow cooker. They all seem the same.

When the stores have them on sale near St. P's day, I buy several and chuck 'em in the freezer in the original packaging. Watch them at the holiday, they are a REAL deal.

When I make it, I always throw extra potatoes and onions in the pot, and next day saute cubed/chunked cooked onions, potatoes and left over corned beef for "hash". Sometimes a fried egg on top.

[Lucinda]

9. I'll be right over!

Sounds like a great meal :)

[troubleinwinter]

5. Some gnudi (nudies!) I froze last week.

recipe:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=236&topic_id=55962&mesg_id=56093

[Lucinda]

10. I WANT SOME!

And I shall have some soon. :)

[Tesha]

7. Italian night!

Homemade capelinni and tomato sauce
soy sausages with mushrooms and onions and
steamed spinach


- hope you feel better Lucinda -

[Lucinda]

11. Thanks Tesha. It's a chronic thing that ebbs and flows.

Your dinner sounds wonderful!
Italian flavors have become a favorite over the last year or so.

[wryter2000]

15. I've been watching too much Lidia

Almost every night is Italian night. Last night, I was exhausted, so I just browned some butter and put some capellini in it. I didn't get the butter quite brown enough. Plus, I should have gone out back and picked some sage leaves. Next time.

[Mind_your_head]

16. A chicken and mushroom casserole

thing that I've been making since the dawn of time (well, maybe not THAT long...but I've been making it for many years). Served over rice with broccoli on the side. It cold and rainy here tonight, it's good comfort food and EASY.

[Lucinda]

17. I like everything you mentioned. Care to share the casserole recipe?

Sounds yummy.

[Lucinda]

18. ,,,

wrong place :)

[Mind_your_head]

21. Sure - here's the recipe

3-4 bone-in chicken breasts (skin removed)
1 small can (10 3/4 oz.) Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can (8 oz.) Mushrooms; 8 oz. fresh sliced mushrooms is even better!
1/2 cup Milk
Paprika

Place clean & rinsed chicken breasts in a pyrex casserole dish with lid. Add Mushroom soup, mushrooms, and milk. Generously sprinkle paprika on top. Set oven to 400 degrees farenheit and bake with lid on for 1 hour ~ stir it all around at the half hour for even cooking and no boil-over. Serve over rice.

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As you can see from the recipe, this is NOT gourmet. It's rather bland, in fact. But it IS just good warm creamy deliciousness that is quick and easy to prepare (and quite cost effective).

Over the years, as my family desires to eat less and less meat, I've changed this original recipe. Tonight for example, I bought a package of chicken thighs on sale at $0.59/pound ~ almost 2 lbs. for a grand total of $1.16 for the thighs rather than the a much higher cost for the breasts. My family doesn't really eat too much of the meat....it's the mushroom sauce on they rice that they like, with a bit of the chicken in the sauce. (I cut the cooked chicken off the bone into bite sized pieces and return it to the casserole).

[Lucinda]

29. Thanks! That brought back some memories!

My mom used to take chops or chicken, sliced potatoes, and the condensed mushroom soup and bake it in a "Cookin Bag" or whatever the name of it was. I haven't thought about that in years. And it was tasty too!

[Mind_your_head]

20. self-delete (posted in the wrong place) n/t

[Lucinda]

19. In progress now. Green Chili and Chicken Enchiladas and taquitos with black beans.

YUM.

[bicentennial_baby]

22. Blue Box...

I'm f'n beat from work, SNiffa isn't home until 9, and I do not want more Goulash. So, Blue Box. I can live with myself, and that's all that matters.

:rofl:

[Mind_your_head]

25. What's Blue Box?

:shrug:

[Lucinda]

27. A hint

[Mind_your_head]

42. I LOVE mac & cheese

I've made it from scratch ONCE....but it's not the same as Kraft Mac & Cheese.

"Comfort food" without-a-doubt.

[Lucinda]

26. I think your addicted.

:rofl:

I'm a little jealous. I haven't made any in a while.

[bicentennial_baby]

30. I will say, that I make it very well

The trick is to constantly monitor the macaroni as it cooks. Once it's barely al dente, drain immediately. It goes from edible to mush in mere seconds. I can make it come out like real pasta. My brother won't eat it unless I cook it. :D

[Lucinda]

33. I'm glad Bill doesn't like it, because he cooks pasta to death.

Luckily it's all mine when I make it, so I don't have to eat mushy mac.
If we make a pasta dish I always pull my noodles out early. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

36. One of my Exes made crunchy pasta...

I've never encountered that before. Hellishly undercooked pasta. :puke:

:)

[Lucinda]

37. Thats a new one for me. Ramen noodles, I can see crunchy. O c c a s i o n a l l y.

As a snack.
Naw...maybe not even as a snack
But a pasta dish? Nevah.

[Lugnut]

23. Pasta.

Since I was home all day for a change I decided to fry some sausage and make sauce. It hit the spot.

[AwakeAtLast]

28. Baked ham

sour cream and chive potatoes (boxed, no time) and green beans. I had a meeting after school that lasted until 5:00 so I needed dinner on the table quick. I did use my mustard paste on the ham, though. :9

[Lucinda]

31. Thats a great combo. How do you make your mustard paste?

:hi:

[AwakeAtLast]

43. It's so easy!

For a whole ham : 1 cup of brown sugar to 1/4 cup regular prepared mustard.

For the ham steak we had tonight: probably about 1/4 C BS to 1 T (or so) mustard.

Just mix until it forms a paste, slather on the ham, wrap or cover with foil and bake at 350 according to the suggested time for the amount of ham. For our small slice of ham steak, that was about 20 minutes.

[Lucinda]

44. Thanks! We do ham steaks quite a bit. I'll definitely try this!

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

38. Chicken piccata

and I'm not cooking...it's the SO's turn.

[Lucinda]

41. I love lemon and chicken together..

Enjoy your dinner!

[soleiri]

45. tooo tired

I was out all day so I picked up veggie burgers on the way home!

[Lucinda]

47. Hope they were yummy!

Sleep well!

[eridani]

46. Turky tetrazzini

Leftover turkey, shrooms, green onions, cream sauce, homemade pasta. Beans on the side.

[Lucinda]

48. Sounds very good to me. I haven't made anything with a cream sauce in ages

I think its about time!