MargeGunderson July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Mindthinkr said: There’s too much basil growing so tonight will be pesto. I’ve got 21 containers of pesto in my freezer, and I could easily make 21 more. Why do I buy so much basil?! Dinner was pasta with asparagus, bacon, and a light tarragon cream sauce. Link to comment
biakbiak July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, MargeGunderson said: Dinner was pasta with asparagus, bacon, and a light tarragon cream sauce. Should have had pesto! Link to comment
Quof July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 I always have a ton of basil, yet I don't care for pesto, so this year I planted half as much as I normally do. (You would think I would have figured that out years ago, huh?) Can't wait for my tomatoes so I can make Barefoot Contessa's panzanella every day. 1 Link to comment
Mindthinkr July 17, 2018 Share July 17, 2018 @Bastet Here’s one of my favorite ways to use up zucchini. Sauté an onion and a green pepper in a large saucepan. Then add a ton (not literally but 6-8) zucchini’s and some fresh diced tomatoes (with liquid). Simmer for 45 minutes. It will begin to melt down. Add approx 6 Oz of cheddar cheese grated and continue cooking until it melts in. Now you can serve this as a side or over pasta for a main. Just know that this works best with the cheddar. I’ve substituted Parmesan but the different flavor comes from the cheddar. Obviously add salt and pepper and any herbs that you like. 1 Link to comment
biakbiak July 17, 2018 Share July 17, 2018 Lemon thyme chicken with a sauce, mashed potatoes and grilled corn. Link to comment
biakbiak July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 One of my best friends is home from traveling for a month so homemade falafel on lavash with tzatziki and zhoug and a green bean, tomato, feta salad. Peach cobbler and bourbon ice cream for dessert. 1 Link to comment
chessiegal July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 Yesterday I realized I hadn't bought any of our local sweet corn, so got some at the local farm stand and we grilled it along with a marinated pork tenderloin last night. My goodness, the corn was so good. I know the corn at the stand has been picked if not the same day, at least the day before. Tonight we're having grilled hamburgers on toasted pretzel buns. Link to comment
biakbiak July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 Chicken enchiladas with guacamole. I opened up a new can of jalapeños I picketed awhile ago and omg they are spicy so there will also probably be a lot of sour cream! Link to comment
MargeGunderson July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 Lobster rolls and onion rings, with an ocean view. 5 Link to comment
BooksRule July 20, 2018 Share July 20, 2018 I worked hard this week (in front of a computer and pushing book carts around), so I'm having a ribeye steak (cooked on my countertop electric grill), some mashed potatoes and a couple of white chocolate macadamia nut cookies for dessert. 3 Link to comment
JTMacc99 July 21, 2018 Share July 21, 2018 Went out to dinner last night. Halibut and a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Going out again tonight, expecting some sort of Irish pub snacks and craft beer. (And fun new company.) Link to comment
biakbiak July 21, 2018 Share July 21, 2018 (edited) Zhoug marinated chicken thighs grilled and then made into lavash wrap and an Israeli couscous salad with tomatoes and feta. Edited July 21, 2018 by biakbiak Link to comment
BooksRule July 21, 2018 Share July 21, 2018 BBQ'd pork chops, little potatoes browned in the oven (with some butter and paprika) and some Snickerdoodles. Link to comment
Mindthinkr July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 4 hours ago, JTMacc99 said: Went out to dinner last night. Halibut and a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Noblio? (I think I spelled that right)? Link to comment
annzeepark914 July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 Rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes, and Tomato & Avocado Salad (my new favorite salad for the summer or any time, I guess!) I read in the Washington Post today that we've just passed the middle of summer--so we're on our way to autumn. 1 Link to comment
Mindthinkr July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said: Rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes, and Tomato & Avocado Salad (my new favorite salad for the summer or any time, I guess!) I read in the Washington Post today that we've just passed the middle of summer--so we're on our way to autumn. Thank goodness. It’s been a hot one and I’m ready for more soups and roasts. 1 Link to comment
JTMacc99 July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Mindthinkr said: Noblio? (I think I spelled that right)? No, I think it was a Kim Crawford. 1 Link to comment
biakbiak July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, JTMacc99 said: No, I think it was a Kim Crawford. It’s hard to go wrong with with a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Affordable and delicious. 2 Link to comment
JTMacc99 July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 And a really fine match for a lot of food. I could have gone with a fuller bodied white with the halibut, but the wine I chose was ideal. We were sitting outside; it was a perfect wine for the setting and meal. 2 Link to comment
biakbiak July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 Black bean soup with a cumin-lime crema and cornbread made with some fresh corn. 1 Link to comment
DeLurker July 23, 2018 Share July 23, 2018 Went to my brother's last night for dinner. He asked me to bring a side so I brought rice pilaf which went over well in a big way. When I was asked for my recipe I admitted it was Rice-a-Roni that I add some additional long grain rice to in order to help mute the flavor (and diversify the salt). 1 Link to comment
MargeGunderson July 23, 2018 Share July 23, 2018 I was in a cooking mood over the weekend, so I made skillet-fried chicken with cream gravy, mashed potatoes and bacon and onion braised green beans on Saturday, along with a lemon-lime pie (like key lime but with lemon and lime). On Sunday I made corn fritters from the Smitten Kitchen. Now I want to make the fritters with different herbs and cheeses (and maybe a little bit of bacon). Tonight is ground beef soft tacos. And more pie. 3 Link to comment
biakbiak July 23, 2018 Share July 23, 2018 Salmon croquettes with a dill siracha sauce and a big salad with an avocado dressing. Link to comment
BooksRule July 24, 2018 Share July 24, 2018 I stayed at work late and then made a Wal Mart run, so dinner is an orange for an appetizer, a ham sandwich for first course, a pimiento cheese sandwich for the second course and maybe something later for dessert. All accompanied by a huge glass of ice water. Link to comment
biakbiak July 24, 2018 Share July 24, 2018 The spicy dill sauce was so good so I made fish and chips. Link to comment
chessiegal July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 (edited) My grocery store started carrying some Hello Fresh meal kits. They gave me a $3 off coupon for one, so tonight it is meatloaf, carrots, and potatoes. We'll see how it is. ETA: It was okay. And what was I thinking? - I'm having 25 people over for a pot luck lunch tomorrow. Should have gotten take out. Edited July 26, 2018 by chessiegal 1 Link to comment
mansonlamps July 26, 2018 Share July 26, 2018 3 hours ago, chessiegal said: My grocery store started carrying some Hello Fresh meal kits. They gave me a $3 off coupon for one, so tonight it is meatloaf, carrots, and potatoes. We'll see how it is. What chain is this? I'm asking because I know Kroger recently partnered with Home Chef, but I hadn't heard about Hello Fresh partnering with a grocery store. I tried the introductory box a while ago and it was very good. Link to comment
chessiegal July 26, 2018 Share July 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, mansonlamps said: What chain is this? I'm asking because I know Kroger recently partnered with Home Chef, but I hadn't heard about Hello Fresh partnering with a grocery store. I tried the introductory box a while ago and it was very good. It's a local chain in the mid-Atlantic - Giant Food. Link to comment
chessiegal July 26, 2018 Share July 26, 2018 Dominos sausage and mushroom pizza - delivered. I hosted a potluck lunch for 26 today - not cooking tonight. 2 Link to comment
biakbiak July 29, 2018 Share July 29, 2018 (edited) It’s my boyfriends birthday but we have gone out drinking celebrating it and other friends birthdays for the past five days so it’s low key of his choice of faux shake shack burgers with homemade potato buns, oven fries and a chocolate pudding pie. Edited July 29, 2018 by biakbiak 4 Link to comment
MargeGunderson July 29, 2018 Share July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, biakbiak said: It’s my boyfriends birthday but we have gone out drinking celebrating it and other friends birthdays for the past five days so it’s low key of his choice of faux shake shack burgers with homemade potato buns, oven fries and a chocolate pudding pie. I love fake shack burgers! I would love that meal for my birthday. Link to comment
annzeepark914 July 30, 2018 Share July 30, 2018 Sweet Chili Chicken--a grilled chicken in a soy sauce/honey/ginger/honey yummy marinade, whipped potatoes, and a salad w/ homemade ranch dressing. Eaten al fresco since the temp dropped to 84 and the humidity dropped as well. I think the rain returns tomorrow??? Is there any place on Earth that's having a mild summer? 1 Link to comment
biakbiak July 30, 2018 Share July 30, 2018 1 minute ago, annzeepark914 said: Is there any place on Earth that's having a mild summer? San Francisco! We haven’t even had our one week heatwave where everyone melts because no one has air conditioning. I think the highest has been mid-70s! This is not true for the rest of the Bay Area. 1 Link to comment
PRgal July 30, 2018 Share July 30, 2018 My husband hates fish, so he had chicken while I had halibut. I did make a wild rice pilaf for the both of us though. Link to comment
Anela July 30, 2018 Share July 30, 2018 On 2/26/2018 at 8:19 AM, Zola said: Yes, they were Heinz baked beans - absolutely delicious with toast. My two friends have now continued on with their journey of the UK, and will be returning to the US next Monday I think. However, I will see them again when I visit the States for 5 weeks in October - so I have asked them to cook me some traditional British recipes - Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner, toad-in-the-hole and Coronation Chicken! And I wonder if there are any fish & chip shops in Hartford, Connecticut? There are a couple of places over here that sell things like pork pies, too. One is in Buffalo, NY. I wanted to check it when we were driving my sister to Canada, but we didn't have the time. I shouldn't be reading this thread when I'm hungry, and my computer is about to shut off. I haven't been here since December, that's a lot to read, so I just skipped to the end after this page. I had mashed potatoes for dinner, with the juices of a cooked chicken as gravy. It was good, but messed my stomach up a bit. Now I'm hungry again, and thinking about what I can eat. I fancy a refried bean burrito, but that might mess me up again. That was my go-to when I was starving, as a teenager, after I discovered salsa and chips, burritos, and tacos. A lot of hot sauce, too. I love it. 1 Link to comment
Nordly Beaumont July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 I grow a lot of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and onions - I guess I forget I live alone. So I made my first ratatouille dinner today. That'll be what's for dinner for a couple of months! Luckily I like to eat the same thing over and over. 5 Link to comment
chessiegal July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 39 minutes ago, Nordly Beaumont said: I grow a lot of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and onions - I guess I forget I live alone. So I made my first ratatouille dinner today. That'll be what's for dinner for a couple of months! Luckily I like to eat the same thing over and over. I hosted a potluck lunch last Thursday with a Bastille Day theme, and 3 people brought ratatouille. It was like a ratatouille tasting. Lucky I love ratatouille. 2 Link to comment
biakbiak July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 Red beans and rice, the red beans were from the freezer and I had forgotten how spicy I made that batch so I am now sweaty from the heat! 3 Link to comment
annzeepark914 July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 Meatloaf, whipped potatoes, baby lima beans and salad. And Razzleberry pie for dessert (w/ vanilla ice cream, of course). 1 Link to comment
Mindthinkr July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 @Zola My Harris Teeter carries the Heinz beans and I was so grateful to find them. I’ll eat beans on toast for dinner when I don’t feel like cooking. Yummy comfort food. I save all the cans for my neice who loves the labels. She uses them in her workshop to hold nails, screws etc. 1 Link to comment
annzeepark914 July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 My favorite baked beans are B&M Baked Beans but only the ones that are in that little brown glass jar. I can only find them at Harris Teeter supermarkets here in Northern Virginia. They're still made in Maine (I like that!) I now like to gussy them with a little Famous Dave's BBQ sauce & some sliced onions (so they end up tasting like Famous Dave's baked beans). 1 Link to comment
Zola August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 On 7/31/2018 at 5:06 PM, Mindthinkr said: @Zola My Harris Teeter carries the Heinz beans and I was so grateful to find them. I’ll eat beans on toast for dinner when I don’t feel like cooking. Yummy comfort food. I save all the cans for my neice who loves the labels. She uses them in her workshop to hold nails, screws etc. Glad you love Heinz baked beans on toast as much a I do. I like to get a little adventurous and add an egg or some cheese or top and sprinkle it with Worcester Sauce - perfect comfort food, and not bad health-wise either. Some people have suggest baked beans give you wind, but I have never had that problem; but all this talk of beans and toast has got my mouth watering, and it's only 1:47pm UK time. I was going to make myself a casserole for later tonight, but now I really can't be arsed, and will go Bohemian with BoT (beans on toast) instead. 3 Link to comment
Mindthinkr August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Zola said: I like to get a little adventurous and add an egg or some cheese or top and sprinkle it with Worcester Sauce - I will add Tabasco sometimes but I really enjoy it as it comes. Perfect comfort food. I will have it with eggs with but not on top...don’t know why. I’ll have to try it your way next time. Edited August 2, 2018 by Mindthinkr I left out a few words and wanted it to make sense. 1 Link to comment
Zola August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Mindthinkr said: I will add Tabasco sometimes but I really enjoy it as it comes. Perfect comfort food. I will eggs with it but not on top...don’t know why. I’ll have to try it your way next time. Ah..Tabasco!! Now there's an idea. I do like a poached egg on my BoT from time to time ......gosh, I'm getting hungry.... Sod tonight: I'm having my BoT now!!! (this is all your fault, @Mindthinkr :) ) 1 Link to comment
annzeepark914 August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 Beef stew is now cooking in the Dutch oven as, once again, thunder is rumbling and rain is falling here in the Mid-Atlantic section of the country. Wish we could transport all this rain and soggy soil to the west coast. 2 Link to comment
Mindthinkr August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said: Wish we could transport all this rain and soggy soil to the west coast. Oh yes and help to put out those awful wildfires. I’m lucky. My bro and SIL are taking me out to dinner as it’s too hot and humid to cook. 1 Link to comment
WendyCR72 August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 Steak, twice-baked potatoes, and corn. Yum! 1 Link to comment
biakbiak August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 Thai red curry with chicken and jasmine rice. 1 Link to comment
chessiegal August 3, 2018 Share August 3, 2018 5 hours ago, annzeepark914 said: Beef stew is now cooking in the Dutch oven as, once again, thunder is rumbling and rain is falling here in the Mid-Atlantic section of the country. Wish we could transport all this rain and soggy soil to the west coast. It's a good thing I don't know your address, because, if it wasn't for Beltway traffic, I'd be showing up on your doorstep many nights. :) 3 Link to comment
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