What's for Dinner ~ Thursday Feb 16th

[Lucinda]

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[Denninmi]

1. ????

Another one of those "don't have a clue" nights. I threw a small package of ground chuck in the fridge to thaw out before I left this morning.

What I do with it when I get home????

[Angry Dragon]

5. Tacos??

[Denninmi]

6. Great minds must think alike.

I was thinking the same thing, cook it up with some chili, onion, garlic, oregano, and cumin, get out a jar of salsa and some cheese, cut some some lettuce, tomato, and black olives, and call it good.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Ever once in awhile I have a good thought

[Phentex]

8. I was going to make tacos but now we're going out...

I am going out and I like to make tacos when I won't be home to eat.

But the plans changed so we're all going out instead. Either way, *I* am not cooking!

[Lugnut]

16. Tacos!

That's what I'm hungry for! I think we'll be having those for Sunday supper. Thanks!

[yellerpup]

2. Pork chops with raspberry-chipotle sauce.

Arroz amarillo, salad featuring avocado, and tortillas.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. I'm hoping roasted Turkey

if it thaws sufficiently in the next 3 hours...

[HappyMe]

4. Salmon steaks with that glaze I made the other day.

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The rest of the meal --- dunno.

edited to add -- I think I'm going to make some rice and toss stir fry veggies in with it.


How are you feeling today, Lucinda?

[noamnety]

9. I have a small ham in the oven

Aldis is dumping their christmas hams I guess - they were taking $5 off the sticker price so I got an almost 9 pound ham shank for about 5 bucks. That will keep us fed (and keep our sodium levels up!) for the next few days.

Sides of roasted red peppers and asparagus, and leftover eggplant curry. Feasting tonight, after swapping breakfast for coffee and having a business luncheon of mostly foods I can't eat. (I had undressed romaine lettuce and plain roasted chicken chunks, everything else had either dairy or wheat or added sugar, urgh.)

[cbayer]

10. Sausage and Lentils with Fennel & an Apple/Walnut/Lettuce salad

I Love having fresh produce!



What about you?

[libodem]

11. I just had something with fennel seeds in it

Reminded me of sausage. Don't remember tasting it before.

[cbayer]

13. Fresh fennel is great stuff.

It has the consistency of celery with the flavor of anise.

You can use the bulbs and the fronds, which are great in salads.

And it's pretty cheap, as you don't need much and can use pretty much all of it.

A lot of sweet italian sausages have fennel seeds in them, so that's where you got the sausage memory from.

[libodem]

14. The seeds

Were in cauliflower/white bean soup. She started with olive oil, onion,and garlic then put in the fennel to fry along. Then she cut up and broke up a whole head of cauliflower. Added two veggie bullion cubes and water and boiled it until soft. Added a can of white beans and then pureed it in a blender. Put it back in the pan and added another can of white beans.

For a meatless meal it was tasty, smooth, and warming.

[HappyMe]

18. I haven't used fresh fennel before.

Is the anise flavor super strong? I have seen recipes using it, but wonder if the anise is too strong.

[cbayer]

19. Not very strong at all.

I made a dish last night that included a whole fennel bulb (chopped) and the snipped fronds from the top. I even added some dried fennel seed. It was just right.

[northoftheborder]

12. Rice w/black beans, sliced baked chicken, & pico de gallo on top of all.

[eridani]

15. SIL is in town so we are going out to eat n/t

[eridani]

21. We went to Poppy, owned by the same chef who owns the Herbfarm

I had the 10 item thali--yum!

http://poppyseattle.com/menu/todays-thali

alaskan spot prawns with grits, pumpkin seed and green-chili
muscovy duck leg with chestnut, tart cherry and bacon
cauliflower, saffron and rosemary soup
roasted carrot salad with preserved lemon
radicchio, citron and black olive salad
yams with lime and fennel
brussel sprouts with caraway
nappa and yellowfoot gratin
gingered burdock pickle
nigella-poppy naan

[Lugnut]

17. Chipotle black bean soup.

I like to put a dollop of sour cream on top of the hot soup. It cools down the chipotle and mellows out the flavor overall. It's a very good recipe from Goya.

[tkmorris]

20. LOL I made that last night

I don't usually bother with recipes from food distributor brands like that but someone was singing this one's praises so I gave it a go. It really was pretty good though I found it needed to simmer quite a bit to reduce the liquid it called for and needed a bit more Chipotle.

[Lugnut]

22. It does need a lot of simmering.

I made a double batch yesterday. I think I could've used less chicken stock and it definitely needs more chipotle than I used. I'm still experimenting and tweaking the recipe but it's a darn tasty soup.