What's for Dinner ~ Wednesday Feb 8th ?

[Lucinda]

Alloo!

Sorry this is late. Spent the day in bed. Hope you are all having a great day.
Soft foods again for me, if I eat.

What's for dinner where you are?

[glinda]

1. Left over New Orleans style Jambalaya. Yummie!

Made it with chicken, Shrimp (rare to ever eat shrimp) and Anadolille sausage. Spicy.

[Lucinda]

31. I can't do shrimp anymore, but I always loved it.

Jambalaya sounds wonderful!

[glinda]

33. Why not? Ethically, we do not except for one time a year. Super Bowl. I make it

once a year at that time only. You could make it and leave out the shrimp.

[northoftheborder]

2. OOOhhh...don't want to say...would probably make you sick...

(whisper: sausage, beans, and cabbage)!

[Lucinda]

30. Yummy! We make a very unhealthy but yummy thing with bacon, cabbage and potatoes that I love.

I've asked Bill to make his really ugly, but very tasty, kielbasa, bean and rice dish for me soon, so your dish sounds perfect to me.

[NMDemDist2]

3. sorry sweetie

hope you're feeling better soon

i'm taking the other meatloaf from the other day and breaking it up in pasta sauce, it didn't freeze well and it's so bland i'm hoping crumbling it and spicing it up as the protein base in marinara sauce will save it

[Lucinda]

29. Thank you! I bet that worked!

It's amazing what a good sauce can do for the blandest of things. I could take any type of good sauce and a little bread and make a meal. Bill made a killer beef sauce the other day, and ate his with meat, but I had mine on it's own. So good!

[beac]

4. Sherried mushroom soup and salad (eating it right now while surfing DU!)

mr beac is working late-late so it's just me, my soup bowl, some greens and a few minutes of underground democracy at the kitchen table.

Sorry to hear you're feeling punk.

[Lucinda]

28. Thankie beac. I just cant shake it. I think I'm getting better then poof, icky again.

The soups sounds wonderful. ?

[supernova]

5. Fresh cod fillet and orkra biryani

Made the okra yesterday. Yum. Cod will be butter and a little smoked paprika.

Brownies later..

[Lucinda]

27. More fish! All these fish dinners are making me really want some red snapper!

I be jealous!

[Luciferous]

6. Baked ziti, breadsticks, and a salad. I also made applesauce muffins for later.

I hope you feel better soon!

[Lucinda]

26. Thank you! I'm trying.

Your dinner sounds great. I love the lightness of a salad with pasta and bread. Perfect combo.

[cbayer]

7. We just ate this killer sandwiches called "The Godmother" from a local

deli.

GODMOTHER
Genoa Salami, Mortadella Coppacola, Ham, Prosciutto, Provolone. Mayo, Mustard, Onions, Pickles, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Italian Dressing & Mild Hot Pepper Salad. All on some of the best bread I have ever had.

Wow, they were perfect.

I thinking dinner will be something very light.

[Lucinda]

25. That sounds really, really good.

Italian meats, and most kinds of sausages are all that is keeping me from going back to Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian land again.

[cbayer]

9. Cheese fondue!?!?! Really?

Did you make it? Was it as good as mine?

What did you dip in it?

[maddezmom]

11. oops, it wasn't as good as yours

but since they never had it before I can it was better. We dipped bread, mushrooms, pears, apples, grapes and cherry tomatoes. And my pal brought a delicious dessert of chocolate trifle so I'm stuffed.

[cbayer]

12. Sound fantastic!

I bought some of the cheese I will need at TJ's yesterday and I am ready for some delicious cheesiness!

[maddezmom]

14. T-man really enjoyed his grilled cheese sandwich

he loves his bread.

[maddezmom]

15. Oh yeah and forgot to say

We're getting a TJ's here and opening in the Spring!!! It's actually going to be right next to my gym so I have a feeling it's going to be a go to spot for me.

[cbayer]

16. You are going to love it.

Not so great for produce or meat, imo, but you can't beat the cheese, prepared meals, frozen foods, wine and things like nuts and dried fruits.

Let me know when it gets in and I will give you some suggestions for things we particularly like.

[Denninmi]

10. Threw together a beef Stroganof this morning.

Just had to heat it up and cook the noodles tonight.

It was yummy. I had a lb and a half of fresh mushrooms in there.

[Lucinda]

24. Mmm...mushrooms.

I have some waiting for me to cook, I just haven't felt like it yet. Stroganoff would be nice and warming, and a great way to use the shrooms. I have just been pan sauteing them with a little butter and soy.

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. Did a vegan Potato Leek soup...was amazing. no butter, no milk, no cream...

...just potatoes, leeks, whole wheat flour, water, salt, pepper, paprika, soy milk. Tasted fully as good as the old, Julia Child way I used to make it!

[maddezmom]

17. I love leek and potato soup

but have to admit I usually have used a bit of bacon to season. I'd love the recipe to try it out.

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. Easy.....here (below)

Ingredients:

4 large leeks
2 lbs potatoes
6 cups hot water
3 tbsp whole wheat flour
1 tbsp salt
a few grinds of black pepper
2 tsp paprika
2 cups soy milk

Use the white parts of the leek (usually about 6 inches long of useable leek), as well as a few inches of the pale green parts from each. slice the long leek parts in half, then cut into thin slices - place in a bowl of water and swish them around, then take them out in handfuls into a salad spinner (grit/sand sinks to the bottom of the bowl of water) - spin until partly dry.

In a large pan, place the leeks (should still have some water clinging) and, over medium heat, cover and saute for 5 min or so or until tender - stir now and then (don't let them brown). Add the flour, stir and lower heat to low, stirring for 1 minute. Add 6 cups hot water, the salt and pepper and paprika - add the potatoes (washed and cut into bite size pieces - no need to peel if they are Yukon Gold or Red skinned; peel if Russet baking types) - bring it all to a boil, lower to simmer, partly cover - simmer 40 min. Add the soy milk, stir well - eat it either chunky (which we like), or blend a bit using an immersion blender. Adjust seasonings.

Great with good bread!

[Lucinda]

23. Yum. The recipe looks good!

Bill is a big fan of potato soup, and I think he'd like the addition of the leeks.

[noamnety]

19. I tried a thai take on tilapia

getting lots of inspiration from these threads, thank you so much for running them!

and I've got a surplus of veggies in the house that I'm trying to eat through. Darn cheap markets! So we had roasted asparagus and red peppers, and a giant roasted tomato, plus I made an awesome cauliflower mash with garlic, spiced chicken stock and nutritional yeast. The fish pieces were way smaller than I'm used to for a main protein but I am still stuffed (to the gills *groan*).

[Lucinda]

22. LOL Puntastic!

And I could definitely go for the cauliflower mash right now. I loooove it!

[eridani]

20. Jello. Recovering from major intestinal distress

However, I made some spaghetti and meatballs for DH.

[Lucinda]

21. I hope it is better by now

and if not, that it passes soon. I'm been babying my "innards" lately too, not much fun at all.

[yellerpup]

32. Thick bone-in pork chops

with mashed potatoes made with goat yogurt, steam-sauteed Brussels sprouts (I bought a package at Costco and we've been going through them quickly) and a crusty French roll. We eat so simply most of the time.

I made chocolate shell from coconut oil and Ghiradelli 72% dark chocolate to go over mango sorbet and sprinkled a good handful of pistachio nuts on the chocolate before it firmed up too much. Yum!