So what's for dinner?

DragonHeart · May 5, 2013

I am slowly discovering the joys of Crock Pot cooking, so Sunday is my day to make dinner. I'm making salsa chicken, to be served as tacos.

I haven't really baked anything (except fries, which I can and do eat as a meal) so I've decided to make a variation of peach cobbler for dessert.

BardSkye · May 5, 2013

Fried eggs and spam, with mushrooms.

Lavern08 · May 5, 2013

I put a rump roast in the crockpot along with some sweet potatoes, onions, celery, garlic and cream of mushroom soup.

Served it with some stir-fried kale.

I lurve me some Sunday Din-Din.

milkweed · May 5, 2013

Made gourmet burgers for lunch with my sweetie! He cooked up the huge burgers and I carmalized the onions with portabella's and button mushrooms, topped off with blue cheese on a toasted bun and wow was it ever divine!

JQ377 · May 5, 2013

Fried burritos because I learned to make them last week and I've been eating them since. The fact that it's Cinco de Mayo is just coincidence.

sunandshadow · May 6, 2013

sunandshadow said:
This upcoming week will be my first attempt at greek yogurt & tahini dressing on veggies and beef over rice. The usual grocery store didn't have any tahini, or I failed to find it, so I'll have to run in another store tomorrow and try to get some.

Bleh, this did not turn out well.
White rice
greek yogurt
tahini
steak pieces
diced tomatoes
shredded lettuce

Sounds delicious, doesn't it? But somehow when I put it together it tasted disturbingly like bloody play-doh. WTF. The bloody part was from the tomatoes, not the steak, which was done medium. The play-doh part was from the greek yogurt. Tomorrow I guess I could forget the tomatoes and add some spices. I don't really have anything to substitute for the yogurt though, no sour cream or miracle whip... I've got some kind of creamy soup but that wouldn't go with the tahini. Blah.

CJ Knightrey · May 6, 2013

Spaghetti and meatballs with a glass of coke. I tried to make cookies as well and managed to burn them to the point of setting off the smoke alarm so...there goes dessert.

kikazaru · May 7, 2013

sunandshadow said:
Bleh, this did not turn out well.
White rice
greek yogurt
tahini
steak pieces
diced tomatoes
shredded lettuce

Sounds delicious, doesn't it? But somehow when I put it together it tasted disturbingly like bloody play-doh. WTF. The bloody part was from the tomatoes, not the steak, which was done medium. The play-doh part was from the greek yogurt. Tomorrow I guess I could forget the tomatoes and add some spices. I don't really have anything to substitute for the yogurt though, no sour cream or miracle whip... I've got some kind of creamy soup but that wouldn't go with the tahini. Blah.

You need some herbs and spices in it. I'd make tzatzki out of the Greek yoghurt with lots of garlic, grated cucumber and lots of either fresh dill, corriander(cilantro) or parsley. Add some pureed chickpeas to your tahini with lemon, garlic and cumin and you've got hummus. Finely slice the cooked steak, put the whole shebang together with some onion and you've got a gyros (sans pita) on your plate.

You could also make it Indian by changing the spices.

Don't give up, you've got the base for a very nice meal there.

kkbe · May 7, 2013

Yesterday it was homemade chicken soup. Spiral noodles, that was a switch. Chicken stock and lots of chunked chicken, celery, carrots, noodles, asst. spices. I'm forgetting something. Cooked it all day long in the crock pot, it smelled so good.

Today, A & W chili dogs.

RedRajah · May 7, 2013

Peanut butter on cinnamon toast with popcorn and an apple.

sunandshadow · May 7, 2013

kikazaru said:
You need some herbs and spices in it. I'd make tzatzki out of the Greek yoghurt with lots of garlic, grated cucumber and lots of either fresh dill, corriander(cilantro) or parsley. Add some pureed chickpeas to your tahini with lemon, garlic and cumin and you've got hummus. Finely slice the cooked steak, put the whole shebang together with some onion and you've got a gyros (sans pita) on your plate.

You could also make it Indian by changing the spices.

Don't give up, you've got the base for a very nice meal there.

I can't eat garlic or onions though - allergy. Cucumber, or maybe celery, would be a good idea if I could get back to the grocery store; not possible today though. But I've got the rest of those spices, at least. Maybe I will cook the leftover tomatoes with the dill and some olive oil, and see how that turns out... Possibly throw some cheese on top.

L M Ashton · May 8, 2013

shakeysix said:
Our neighborhood will be without water this evening for repair to a main so we are going to a Mennonite restaurant. It is called Essenhaus, I believe. It is east on Highway 50 in a town called Arlington, population maybe 500.

Around here it is either Mennonite or Mexican. Not sure what we will have but it is a nice spring evening and a treat to eat out on a school night. --s6

A Mennonite restaurant. Now I've heard it all...

I'm of Mennonite ancestry. Grew up on Mennonite food. My Mennonites are from southern Manitoba, though. The Kansas Mennonites, though, are distant relatives - they're probably fifth or sixth or eighth cousins at the closest.

BardSkye · May 9, 2013

I'm going to try making barbeque duck soup with the bones and leftover meat from my duck.

Wish me luck. My soup usually ends up smelling wonderful and tasting like dishwater.

ETA: Tasted the broth made just from the bones without anything added. Far too salty to go any further with. Ah, well.

sunandshadow · May 9, 2013

BardSkye said:
I'm going to try making barbeque duck soup with the bones and leftover meat from my duck.

Wish me luck. My soup usually ends up smelling wonderful and tasting like dishwater.

ETA: Tasted the broth made just from the bones without anything added. Far too salty to go any further with. Ah, well.

Barbecue soup? Is that a thing? :Jaw:

BardSkye · May 10, 2013

Well, it was a barbequed duck, bought from the Chinese deli. Didn't seem as salty just as slices of meat, but the broth was practically a brine.

milkweed · May 11, 2013

Homemade spagetti sauce with meatballs, and yes I finally got myself some spagetti after he threatened me with waiting until tomorrow! He's making his version lasanga tomorrow for Mother's Day, it'll be from him and the furkids...

Now to convince him he wants to make me a chocolate buttercream cake.

Photos on my blog, there's even a recipe there somewhere for the exact meal that is from an old italian cookbook.
http://www.survivalkitchen.blogspot.com/

Kimberly

JustKia · May 12, 2013

Pan-fried pork steaks, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, broccoli, cauliflower and gravy. The older folks in this household would mutiny if I didn't serve roast tatas and Yorkie pud on a Sunday - mind you the younger half don't find this a particular hardship either

BardSkye · May 12, 2013

Can I come to your house for dinner, JustKia?

Actually I've been told I'm going to my neighbour's for BBQ pork chops, macaroni salad and corn on the cob, along with two types of birthday cake. If I don't go, she'll sic her dog on me.

JustKia · May 12, 2013

BardSkye said:
Can I come to your house for dinner, JustKia?

Actually I've been told I'm going to my neighbour's for BBQ pork chops, macaroni salad and corn on the cob, along with two types of birthday cake. If I don't go, she'll sic her dog on me.

Double dinner then

Save me some BBQ though!

RedRajah · May 15, 2013

Baked tilapia w/panko breadcrumbs seasoned with butter, lemon juice, garlic salt, black pepper & coriander and a fresh tomato on the side.

Jack Parker · May 15, 2013

I made a Burmese curry dish because, well, curry is never the wrong answer.

JustKia · May 16, 2013

Lots and lots of jacket potatoes and paninis (paninii?) - I'm a volunteer cook at the community café.

articshark · May 16, 2013

Split Pea Soup with ham bits.

Windcutter · May 25, 2013

Mediterranean village salad: a lot of fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, some black olives, a bit of cheese, fresh basil leaves and lemon pepper, dressed with olive oil and wine vinegar.

articshark · May 31, 2013

Hamburgers grilled on the barbie.

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