What's for Dinner, Tues., July 15, 2014

[NJCher]

I'm starting eggplant parmigiana, but it will be for tomorrow. I'll have to whip up my own tomato sauce, too.

As for tonight, it will be a Mollie Katzen sauce recipe over my other half of spaghetti squash. It will be some type of pesto sauce.

I also made "broccoli and friends" sandwich mix, except I like to put it on a low-carb whole wheat tortilla with mozzarella.

Still cooking from things that are in the 'frig! I have gone to the store, but it's been for things like bird seed and half 'n half for coffee.

I became very nostalgic looking at my Mollie Katzen cookbook. I longed for the days when I lived in my attic apartment in college and cooked up vegetarian food from it for my friends. They would bring wine and other mood elevators and we'd have a wonderful time discussing "ideas of importance," as my student phrased it in last night's class.

I would wear my floaty Indian dresses at these dinners and wear big hoop earrings and bangly bracelets. Sigh. My apartment was $63 a month.


Cher

[livetohike]

1. Great memories....and similar to my own experience. I just pulled out all of my old vegetarian

cookbooks (Recipes for a Small Planet, Diet for a Small Planet, The Art of Vegetarian Cooking (the oldest in my collection) and am making some recipes that I haven't made in years.

However, tonight will be baked cauliflower, banana raita, mango chutney and peas with shredded coconut. Get out the Nehru collared paisley dress and some love beads .

[NJCher]

7. haahah!

Gimmee five!



Cher

p.s. I love mango chutney and peas with shredded coconut sound divine.

[pinto]

2. Beet, cabbage, cauliflower and smoked bacon soup. Topped with greens.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Baked pork chop.

Thinly sliced potatoes baked in butter and garlic. Got to use the mandoline for the first time!

[NJCher]

8. you will love that mandoline

I use mine all the time. In fact, I have about four of them. I need to get one of those slice-proof gloves, though.

One of these days.....I won't be so lucky.


Cher

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. It was wonderful for slicing the potatoes so they are the same size.

This one has a food holder that you stick on the potato, tomato, etc., to protect fingers.

[japple]

14. I've been thinking of getting a mandoline to use for slicing cucumbers, onions

and other veggies when I make pickles. What kind did you get?

If/when I get one, I plan to invest in a Kevlar glove even though a holder usually comes with most mandolines.

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. OXO Good Grips V-Blade

http://www.oxo.com/p-552-v-blade-mandoline-slicer.aspx

[cbayer]

16. I bought one, used it once then never took it out again.

Honestly, just taking it apart to clean it scared the daylights out of me.

I've got good knives and can cut things pretty thinly. I may take longer, but the result is just not that different.

[Auggie]

4. Veggie pizza

Grilled eggplant & peppers, with onion, sundried tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.

[bif]

5. Salmon& roasted red pepper pizza.

[Laurian]

6. BLT's and watermelon....summer food!

[grasswire]

10. that was my idea for tonight

....but I didn't want to cook bacon in hot weather.

So it's omelets with cheddar and salsa and guacamole.

[Galileo126]

11. Leftover meatballs and sausage

probably with ziti. With a Caesar salad.

[laundry_queen]

12. Same as yesterday. We had a 'picnic' in our backyard and so

we have lots of leftovers. Sandwiches, potato salad, coleslaw, raw veggies w/dip, fruit platter, watermelon slices...

[fizzgig]

13. leftover grilled chicken and greens on an english muffin

happy to not have to cook tonight.