Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper -- what are you cooking? - Page 4  

My sisters are coming for a visit and gettng in kind of late I think, so tonight will be basically a Chinese style Pho with Hoisin chicken, veggies and steamed chicken buns.
I have some frozen Alaskan Salmon in the freezer so some point over the weekend I was thinking of Bouilliabase or some other seafood meal.

I made a great meal Tomato Salad, Seafood Florentine; roasted asparagus,fresh bread.

Chicken enchiladas with a New Mexico chilie, sour cream and cheese sauce, refried beans and southewest seasoned jasmine rice.:lips: Hey Pan! hows da toes?:lol:

Smothered thick cut, bone-in pork chops with a mushroom buttermilk gravy, mashed russets, steamed green beans and fresh onion rolls. It's really getting cold here tonight and I'm in the mood for comfort food. And wine.

We had seabass in a rosemary and lemon flavoured wholemeal crust, drizzled with EVOO and cooked quickly in the oven, served with spinach and fine beans.

Tonights meal is...

Swedish style meatballs with a sour cream and mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes and either sauteed spinach w/tarragon and shallots, Broccoli with cheese sauce or both. Probably both since I'm really the only one that like cooked spinace in something other than a dip.:lips:

Well, the meatballs smell done so.....Later

Ugh, it's RAINING here (I'd rather be outside than inside) so tonights meal will take the rain into consideration. That means warm and savory with a lot of comfort food atmosphere while trying to be at least 3 stars (ask me about my "stars" ratings).

So, for din din we're having:

Beef Roulade (traditional style with brown mustard and minced dill pickles) in a red wine pan sauce;
Oven roasted summer squash, mashed and served with REAL butter (not that fake whipped veg oil/water stuff) and seasoning;
Brussel sprouts (because we need the vitamins ya know - besides we like 'em);
Chocolate cake with white buttercream icing and Peppermint lattice with coffee (decaf) for dessert.

Should be 3 stars... maybe 4 but I'm thinking it's really only 3.

My "What the heck am I going to do with leftover homemade caesar dressing" sandwich

Two slices of plain whole wheat bread
butterflied chicken breast
cheddar cheese
raw lettuce dressed with a bit of dressing
sauteed king oyster mushrooms
spread bread with caesar dressing.

Reconstituted cardamom and saffron rice pudding.

I also just discovered how nice fried slices of those mushrooms were as a snack... like chips, but al dente.

Panini, your wife's sauce sounds wonderful. I JUST found a source close by for Greek yogurt. I am one happy camper!!! It's FAGE brand. If only I could eat honey, I'd be in heaven reliving my trip to Greece- ahhh, yaourti mi meli. :lips: Hard to believe it's fat free, 80 calories for a 5.3 ounce cup.

I didn't cook tonight (had a dinner to attend tonight), and last night was "fridge fest" (leftovers). Before that I made some yummy braised pork chops with shallots and mushrooms in a sauce of white wine, Dijon mustard and a jolt of balsamic vinegar. Easy-peasy and delish.

Sunday lunch will be roast leg of lamb, cooked with rosemary and olive oil, roasted potatoes and parsnips, brussel sprouts and honey-glazed carrots, served with a dark gravy and home made mint sauce.

Lunch was chickpea soup, olives and garlic bread.

Dinner last night was jalepeno poppers with ranch dressing and a glass of cheap chardonnay. :rolleyes:

Gormet dining.... why soitenly. Don't mind if I do. :D (my avatar will give the tone hehehe)

Last night we had Chicken and Proscuitto stuffed tortelloni in a cream sauce made with panchetta, shittaki mushrooms, peas, and spinach


Tonight is leftovers. My wife and I are havong the Londonbroil I sealed and froze from last week and our daughter is having the meatballs from the other night. Decided to do loaded bakers as the side and not sure if we'll have a veg. Maybe just a nice spinach salad.

Today
I lucked out and found some cloned T-Bones marked down at Sams. I'm also trying that new corn that is grown to taste like chili, had to pay 2 bucks an ear, didn't mind though, the red and yellow stripes are neat and being shaped like a foot is cool.

Tonight we are finalizing our annual mudbug, gumbo, Mardi Gras party. It's on Feb 18, and anyone who reads this is invited. We usual see about 70-90 people throughout the day.

Hey Pan!

That's ohhhh sooooo tempting but Colonial Heights is just a bit too far from Bourbon Street west. :smiles: Plus we are replaceing both HVAC systems in the house this week and.... OUCH!!!!!:eek: :suprise: :crazy: Ya know we were just talking today that there seems to be allot of "old money" around us. Then there are a couple with "new money". Then there's us with "no money":lol: After 15 years of home ownership I have come to the conclusion that a house is nothing more than a boat on a foundation. :D
Okay enough of the side track back to the good food.

I did want to add that this thread has really done wonders for what it is we eat more often. :cool:

Toad in the hole, with onion gravy, served with carrots and curly kale.

Pan,
Are you just pulling my leg?? There's such a thing and you can buy it?

Pork chops were on sale- I'll do them souvlaki-seasoned and grill them, I think. I few days ago I found lemons 3/$1 so I bought a bunch. I'm sure they'll be astronomically expensive soon due to insane weather.

Sorry, I threw out the cloned beef and corn to see if anyone was actually reading:D Nobody reads me:eek:

Tonight,
Trinidadian Restaurant. They have a plantain and fish casserole that is great but I have to pick out all the scotch bonnets to enjoy it.
Pan

Tonight I prepared a meatball pasta casserole;looks really good!

That's not true, Pan. I read you and just assumed that you knew WAY more about food than I did. Besides I thought it sounded awful and my mother always told me that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.:)

Lentil
just messin around. I am however actually looking for pepcid to put out the upcoming fires:D :crazy:

Tonight was good. There's another 4" of snow on the ground I cleaned the driveway this morning and got out the roof rake when I got home after putting in the oven a nice meatloaf and Acorn Squash with brown sugar, butter and vanilla. Served it with mashed potatoes. The color presentation was lacking but oh did it hit the spot! Comfort food at its finest! :D

Ever tried switchel? It's an old New England remedy for whatever ails you. 2T cider vinegar, honey and lemon to taste. I prefer mine with hot water like a tea, but it's good with cold water. It balances the system. Really. You'll never need pepsid again. (BTW, I meant that I couldn't say anything nice about your geneticly altered gourmet dinner, not that you weren't saying anything nice.:look: )

We had meatloaf tonight, too. I added some chipotle mustard to the mix and topped it with chipotle salsa. It was great. Steamed carrots and zucchini on the side.

Im cooking tonight

Tonight at home, rather than at the restaurant, i will cooking one of my fav dishes and the most popular at the restaurant within the last month.
Pan fried monkfish, served on a potato rosti, with crayfish pate & rocket pesto. I doubt your need a recipe to follow this dish as its all pretty straight forward, usually sells at £16 making a whopping 76%GP for me!
glad to have found this site and look forward to reading the threads and hearing from some of you shortly.:chef:

Tonight was pan seared scallops, served on a pea puree with a melange of seasonal veg.

last night I cleaned out the fridge: poured a jar of Trader Joe's Punjab Spinach Sauce into the pot, jazzed it up with some fresh ground spices and pepper, threw in a bunch of veggies that were soon to go bad - spinach, peas, carrots, corn, chard, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, some left over chick peas, and served it over leftover rice. Was filling, reasonably tasty, and there's enough left over for another meal or a couple of snacks.

Far from anything special, but easy and convenient, and a good way to use those veggies.

Shel

Dinner was panfried trout with a salad of rocket, sliced mushrooms, and cheese in a vinegrette dressing.

Tonight's dinner was Minestra - the Maltese version of minestrone - but it is served wth very chunky veg which makes it more of a stew than a soup. When it is almost ready, you add a beaten egg and a little ricotta cheese to the soup (off the heat).

The weather here in VA has been cold the last few days, snow today plus we've been invaded by HVAC installation folks and it's been tough to get anything other than quick meals put together:crazy:, so we have settled into that "Comfort" range of food. Just some good old-fashioned style meals. Last night was Meatloaf, mashed taters and corn. Also threw together a batch of Meatball vegetable soup and had that for lunch today. Tonight is tuna hoodle casserole.

A light dinner tonight. Homemade pizza and guacamole.