What's for dinner? ~ Wednesday the 18th Edition

[Lucinda]

Hola!

Homemade chicken tamales and black beans tonight.
IF I can eat.
Have a bad tooth thats screaming at me today.
But it's TAMALES!!! So I will probably run the risk. :)


We ended up with enchiladas and black beans last night.
Which rocked.
I finally solved my chicken filling problem. I usually roast chicken with a little olive oil, garlic powder and pepper, to shred for the filling and never though to add the pan drippings into the shred before yesterday. :eyes: It was really great with the addition of a few more spices, sauteed onions and a bunch of green chili.


What's for dinner where you are?

[troubleinwinter]

1. Home made cream of mushroom soup & Ain5 Rye-Caroway-Dill bread

with buttah!! :7

[Lucinda]

2. Yumyumyumyumyumyumyumyum.

Sounds good. :)
I'm looking for soft squishy alternatives to tamales now.
My tooth is killin me. :( Warm soup sounds perfect.

[hippywife]

3. Stir frying some

veggies and throwing them over some rice. Nothin' fancy but really good.

[Lucinda]

5. Rice and veggies is always good.

A L W A Y S. :)

[AwakeAtLast]

4. Mac & Cheese

and some leftover Italian beef. :9

:hi:

[Lucinda]

6. That's what I need. Soft mac and cheese!

Sounds yummy.

[Mind_your_head]

7. Chicken Caesar Salad

With homemade Caesar dressing. I used to make Caesar salad a lot, but kind of forgot about it in the 'favorite recipe rotation'.

I used to use coddled eggs all the time, now I only use them when I have eggs from a friend who has her own hens. So, when I don't have HER eggs, I use 'egg beaters' instead (1/4 cup egg beaters ~ or similar store brand = 1 large egg)

Caesar Salad Recipe
Ingredients for 4 large servings:

2 large or 3 medium cloves of garlic
1 entire 2-ounce tin of flat anchovy fillets
2 coddled eggs
1 cup croutons (see below)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 large or 2 medium bunches of romaine lettuce
1 small lemon cut into quarters
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1. Wash and dry the lettuce. Tear into bite-sized pieces and
chill until ready to toss.

2. Press the garlic cloves into the bowl. With a large wooden
spoon squeeze the pieces against the side of the bowl mashing
them into small bits.

3. Cut up the anchovy fillets and then add to the bowl. Mash
them with the spoon to make a paste. Add the Worcestershire
sauce, pepper, and mustard and mix into the paste.

4. Break the shell of the coddled eggs over the bowl by striking
with a butter knife. Pour into the bowl whatever flows out of
the shell halves. Discard the shells and the small portion of
egg white that still clings to the shell. Thoroughly mix the
ingredients by swirling the bottom of the wooden spoon around
the inside of the bowl.

5. Squeeze the juice of a lemon quarter into the bowl, add the
olive oil, and mix again as above.

6. Immediately before you are ready to eat the salad, toss the
lettuce in the bowl until the leaves are well coated with
dressing.

7. Squeeze the remaining lemon and sprinkle the Parmesan cheese
over the leaves. Add croutons and toss again until all the
croutons have begun to absorb some of the dressing.

8. Serve immediately on large dinner plates, usually before
serving the entree.

edit: spelling

[grasswire]

8. I love good caesar salad

This looks like a winner -- thanks.

[Lucinda]

12. Looks really good! Thanks for posting this.

I've never made Caesar Salad at home. Something new to try!

[grasswire]

9. roasted chickens with tarragon and meyer lemon and sea salt

....two of them are in the oven so there will be lots of leftover meat. Also a big chopped salad with lots of different things in it, and a cheese plate to use up some odds and ends of cheeses, and a loaf of kalamata olive bread.

[Mind_your_head]

10. That sounds really delish!

Do you have any thoughts/plans for what you will do with the leftover chicken meat?

The possibilities are almost endless!

[Lucinda]

13. I'm not sure which part to drool over first

It all sounds great individually, and perfect combined! :)

[eridani]

11. Ramen with leftover chicken and carrots, plus Garbage Soup stock n/t

[Lucinda]

14. Is Garbage Soup Stock what it sounds like?

Odds and ends from the fridge?

[eridani]

16. Yes. I put peelings from everything, steaming water from veggies, assorted bones

--etc. into quart containers in the freezer for a couple of months. Pulled them out and pressure cooked them with a few bay leaves. If it wasn't spoiled, basically, I saved it.This batch had a somewhat odd smell from cruciferous veggie debris, zip from seeds and pith of serrano peppers, and a reddish color from beet debris. After cooling, I skimmed some of the fat and filtered the broth through a couple of layers of cheesecloth. There was still a little sediment at the bottm, which I left behind after pouring into containers and freezing. When thawing the broth, the sulfur cruciferous smell went away. I boiled it before adding any of the other ingredients to skim the froth and clarify it.

I read about this somewhere online in an article about cooking in the Great Depression. The overall taste effect is a little like hot and sour soup.

[Lucinda]

23. I thought so. It sounded familiar.

I do something similar, but don't have many vegetable parings, so mine is usually mostly frozen bones with fresh veggies in the stock.

[Lucinda]

15. I did end up eating one tamale and a bowl of amazing ham and white bean soup.

VERY carefully. And lived to tell the tale!

Bill coached one of our friends through soup making and it was killer. Carrots, celery, ham chunks so tender they melted in my mouth, beans, and a great chicken stock base with garlic, bay, pepper and a few things I'm forgetting. It was really excellent. And I'm not a white bean fan.

[hippywife]

17. Glad you made it through dinner okay.

The soup sounds great! Amazing what a little skill and practice will do for the lowly bean, eh?

[Lucinda]

22. It really was delicious. I was insanely hungry when I had it, but it was really

really, great stuff... even without the ravenous hunger.

We have a standing joke with the soup maker...he was here one night for dinner and going on and on and on about how good whatever the meal was, I can't even remember what we cooked that night...anyway, he's going on and on and then suddenly says " Or maybe I was just hungry?" Bill and I both cracked up. But I know what he meant...when you're really hungry something can really taste beyond fabulous. So now, when something is really excellent, we all add the "or maybe I was just hungry?" after the profuse compliments.


We're a strange little bunch. :rofl:

[sazemisery]

18. BLAS & mushroom soup

Bacon
Lettuce
Avocado
Sandwich

Shitake & Maitake Mushroom soup w/Gruyere cheese and Sherry

[Mind_your_head]

19. Oh that sounds good

I love BLT's (never tried it with avocado (although I do like them).

The mushroom soup sounds wonderful! Would you be willing to share the recipe for that? When my ex and I were still together we used to go to a place that had the 'most delicious ever' mixed mushroom soup. I've tried to imitate it, with little success. Your list of ingredients makes me think of that soup and sounds very promising to me. :-)

[sazemisery]

20. Mushroom Soup recipe

Make a basic cream sauce (1 tablespoon butter + 1 tablespoon flour to each cup of milk, I made mine with 4 cups milk so you need 1/4 c butter and 1/4 c flour0). When it is thick add a splash of dry sherry and about a cup of gruyere cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Rough chop mushrooms of choice and saute in butter with chopped red onions. Add to cream sauce. Enjoy.

[Lucinda]

21. Yum. Just freakin yum.

Sounds delicious and I am soooo hungry right now! I WANT this. :)