Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumlivetohike
(22,118 posts)and mixed vegetables. Maybe a waldorf salad if I feel ambitious .
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Sounds like a great combo of flavors overall! Yummm.
livetohike
(22,118 posts)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
(31,170 posts)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
(22,118 posts)When I get some time, I could send them to you .
pinto
(106,886 posts)Will add some sliced watermelon on the side.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)But fresh sounds delicious too. May have to ask Bill to make run to the store!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)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
(35,616 posts)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:
[IMG][/IMG]
[IMG][/IMG]
Cher
livetohike
(22,118 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)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
(10,291 posts)NJCher
(35,616 posts)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
(31,170 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)We had to tiptoe around the kitchen while it baked, lol.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)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
(31,170 posts)It all sounds wonderful!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)salsa, guacamole, and a bit of queso fresco, wrapped in romaine leaves.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)What are Italian fryer peppers?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)They usually have a bit of a bite to them.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Pretty good, but not great. Nothing planned for dinner. The boys are on their own.
no_hypocrisy
(46,010 posts)Shrimp with black bean sauce and rice with peas.
Both outstanding!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)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
(46,010 posts)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
(106,886 posts)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
(16,330 posts)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
(10,291 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Chops are always great with baked beans too. Sounds yummy!
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)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
(31,170 posts)And the menu is making me hungry!
Phentex
(16,330 posts)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
(31,170 posts)How do you make yours?