What's for Dinner - Sunday Sept 2nd

[Lucinda]

[livetohike]

1. Trying a new recipe: Tofu Croquettes with currant jelly sauce, baked sweet potatoes

and mixed vegetables. Maybe a waldorf salad if I feel ambitious .

[Lucinda]

29. How did the croquettes turn out?

Sounds like a great combo of flavors overall! Yummm.

[livetohike]

30. My husband loved them, which is saying something because he hates tofu

I didn't have any currant jelly, couldn't find any at the stores, so we ate them without the sauce. The recipe called for poultry seasoning, so the croquettes tasted alot like Thanksgiving Day stuffing . I thought they were really good and if I ever find currant jelly around here, I will make it that way next time.

[Lucinda]

31. Thankie...I am moving back towards vegetarianism again, and need to play

more with tofu. I was being careful with soy for a while because of medicine I was taking, but I love Bill's sister's tofu stir-fry...so I know it will be workable for me, if I experiment a bit.

[livetohike]

32. I have a few recipes I really like

When I get some time, I could send them to you .

[pinto]

2. Left over sesame beef and fried rice (had lunch out with sister & brother).

Will add some sliced watermelon on the side.

[Lucinda]

28. I've been wanting to make my watermelon sorbet.

But fresh sounds delicious too. May have to ask Bill to make run to the store!

[grasswire]

3. cheese souffle, local artichokes, and market salad

Farmers market day; I'm loaded up. Twenty pounds more of cucumbers are staring me in the face -- more pickle making for family members who made special requests. My kitchen is dilly smelling.

Today I'm cooking Yankee style for family picnic tomorrow. My Connecticut grandmother's baked beans are in the oven. Three Gravenstein apple pies are done. I won't be making hot dinner rolls as my grandmother would have done...LOL.

Such a gorgeous day here.

[NJCher]

4. dill aroma in kitchen: I am envious!

Wow, you are cooking up a storm, grasswire!

Everything sounds so good. I was just reading a recipe for baked beans in the Martha Stewart American recipe cookbook. I'm tempted to make.

I made a squash from my garden. I filled it with a mixture of chicken/pork sausage, chopped onion, red pepper, garlic, and topped it with homemade tomato sauce (yes, from my own tomatoes) and chopped marjoram and also parmesan.

Here are pics:

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Cher

[livetohike]

9. Beautiful! I'll bet it all tasted great too

[grasswire]

14. that looks spectacular.

People were following me around the farmers market today -- apparently I got one of the last bunches of dill there. Half a dozen people asked me where I found it.

[LaydeeBug]

18. They're beautiful! Did you bake them, how long and what temp? nt

[NJCher]

22. mixture of skillet and broiling

I cut the squash in half and put them in my electric skillet face down in chicken broth. Cooked them until I could put a fork in them.

After filling them, I put the stuffing mixture in them (which had already been assembled in another skilleet) and just broiled them for a little crispiness on top. I did it that way so I didn't have to heat up my kitchen much.


Cher

[Lucinda]

26. Wow. I want it.

[cbayer]

7. Wow, cheese souffle. I remember when my mom used to make that.

We had to tiptoe around the kitchen while it baked, lol.

[grasswire]

12. it's so economical, and tasty

My dad used to hate having it for dinner; said it was just baked air with no substance. But with a salad, it's just right these days.

[Lucinda]

27. Can I move in?

It all sounds wonderful!

[msanthrope]

5. Leftover flanksteak in chimichurri sauce, roasted italian fryer peppers, yellow tomato

salsa, guacamole, and a bit of queso fresco, wrapped in romaine leaves.

[grasswire]

13. I love meals with lots of different tastes and textures.

What are Italian fryer peppers?

[msanthrope]

15. Light green to red elongated peppers....not the skinny, almost curly ones.

They usually have a bit of a bite to them.

[cbayer]

6. Went to town for lunch and had a steak and cheese sandwich.

Pretty good, but not great. Nothing planned for dinner. The boys are on their own.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Tonight, I tried my newly acquired Cuban cookbook.

Shrimp with black bean sauce and rice with peas.

Both outstanding!

[grasswire]

10. oh fun

I have been growing a cuban oregano plant this year, but I haven't used any of it yet! Would you mind checking your cookbook to see if that ingredient is specified in recipes? I think it probably would be great in a pork and sour citrus marinade. I'd better get busy with it!

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Of course, I'll look for you.

I'll get back to you tomorrow. My guess is that if oregano is prescribed in a recipe, your Cuban variety would enhance the flavors.

BTW Cuban and Caribbean cuisine is very nutritious as well as tasty.

[pinto]

16. (aside) Simple method to make 1 inch square melon cubes -

This may be old news for many but I finally got it.

Trim the end square, discard the end. Lay the melon horizontally and make a clean cut, 1 inch thick. (I'm a little obsessive about an even 1 inch cut, but it's obviously no big deal).

Lay the slice on the cutting board and insert a sharp paring knife where you want to trim next to the rind. Don't move the knife. Move the slice. Turn it by hand, keeping the knife in place. Flip out the melon from the skin and slice into cubes.

Did a whole melon in ~ 5 minutes at most. Enough for snacks, smoothies, sides, sodas, wine coolers and watermelon cocktails. Pretty good return on the time and the melon crop is really good this year.

[Phentex]

21. Is there a youtube video for this?

I just cut into chunks without thought. Worse part is if the melon is huge to begin with. I'm surprised I have thumbs left.

[LaydeeBug]

17. pork chops and baked beans. nt

[Lucinda]

25. Bill could eaat pork every day.

Chops are always great with baked beans too. Sounds yummy!

[Lugnut]

19. Friends and Family cookout.

Pulled pork, baked Italian chicken thighs, potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans, antipasto pasta salad and three different kinds of dessert. We have a lot of leftovers so I won't be cooking this coming week. The food was great and the company was as well. I hope you had a nice day too, Lucinda.

[Lucinda]

24. Sounds like was a wonderful day!

And the menu is making me hungry!

[Phentex]

20. We had a small cookout for a pack of teens...

plates of stuff just disappeared. I made a BLT pasta salad which I haven't made since last summer and it was a hit.

Had a huge plate of fruit and I don't care how old they get, kids love to eat with toothpicks.

[Lucinda]

23. LOL. I do too! Your blt pasta salad sounds really interesting.

How do you make yours?