Cooking & Baking
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It will be some for of chicken here in casa Lucinda today. To be determined when Bill gets in from work.
What's for dinner where you are?
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)Nice chardonnay. Simple, good food. Yum!
(and the continuing run through the Christmas gift candy for dessert!)
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)All gone! Dishes done!
Warpy
(111,122 posts)But I was up until the wee hours yesterday morning making a vat of chicken stock, so I have that and a pile of chicken that needs to be taken off the bones. The chicken stock is full of mirepois already, just needs a few other veggies, maybe some ginger, and noodles to turn it into soup--and I found rice capaletti. Or I'll make a white sauce with some of the stock, some wheat free pastry and do chicken pot pies. There's one great thing about chicken thrown into a pot with onion, celery and carrot, it can become just about anything down the line.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)We eat a lot of Chinese and Mexican food, and chicken can go into any number of yummy dishes. Plus we use a ton of stock around here.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i saw the 6 qt lodge dutch ovens were on sale again at our kroger affiliate, so i'm going to pick one up this afternoon. i'm so excited!
we'll have a loaf of crusty bread and maybe i'll get some greens. we need to eat more salad.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I've borrowed a small little thing from a neighbor, and grab his big crock when I really need it... but I want my own!!
And I need more fresh veggies too. I do well with my juices, but i need more variety.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)a bit more salt and five more minutes was all it needed. we sopped it up with some good mulitgrain bread. i feel like imma gonna splode
yellerpup
(12,252 posts)served on a fluffy pillow of polenta, tiny green beans with chopped tomato and basil and a loaf of Italian bread. I found a new sorbet yesterday: pineapple and passionfruit. A scoop of that should top it all off nicely!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)it was rather flat, so I haven't found the right recipe yet. But I love it done well.
yellerpup
(12,252 posts)and I only really taste the passionfruit. I've been collecting sorbets recently: blood orange, mango, raspberry, and the pineapple-passion fruit. I miss the Blackberry Cabernet sorbet since the Asian market closed.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Great flavor but no heath merits at all.
Maybe if I add some fruit? lol
yellerpup
(12,252 posts)Hmmm...Jolly Rancher might work!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I will have to do extensive candy research I think...
yellerpup
(12,252 posts)You're always so creative! Don'cha just love this forum?!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)It has kept me on DU long after I thought I should leave.
yellerpup
(12,252 posts)maddezmom
(135,060 posts)whenever my little sister comes for a visit she makes them. I've never made polenta but love eating when I go out. I'll think I'll give it a go this week sometime.
yellerpup
(12,252 posts)Polenta is really easy to make, and the leftovers are great sliced and fried in butter with a nice poached egg on top the next day (or so). The shanks are smelling awfully good right now!
Edit to add: Cook the polenta in a rich stock. Some people add cheese, too, but I'm allergic so I don't.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)should have just done them on the grill since it's 68 degrees out but wanted the yummy smell in the house.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I won't see 68 degrees for months!
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)but they all got eaten for breakfast and lunch.
so..
french toast, scrambled eggs and peach pie
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I'm all out of bread or I would make a snack.
bicentennial_baby
(37,153 posts)with red peppers, onion, and provolone.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)do you have a good bakery or grocery store for rolls? My local HEB is great for rolls but you need to get there at the right time.
WhollyHeretic
(4,074 posts)Since we're dieting the soup will be without bread or cheese and the pasta will be more veggies than pasta. Still very tasty stuff though.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)sauteed greens, snowpeas.
Cooking enough for leftovers because I have a busy week.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I'm not even sure why. I don't think she's even started the oven yet. Perhaps it is just the sound of a knife on a cutting board. I'm hungry.
lizerdbits
(3,443 posts)topped with white beans/tomato/onion/garlic. I think I made too much topping relative to polenta, but at least it's good.
kcass1954
(1,819 posts)I pulled the ham bone from Christmas out of the freezer last night. I forgot to soak the beans, so I did the quick-soak method, and threw it all in the crockpot.
applegrove
(118,462 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)Couldn't motivate myself to do pizza. DH will be home on Thursday.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)Sometimes you just have to take a break. I'd rather watch football right now than cook.