So what's for dinner?

Update: Oh my, that was good. But it didn't taste like Red Lobster's scampi. More of a wild, slightly tangy flavor. Especially delish with hot, crusty French bread, with butter, garlic, garlic salt, fiesta shredded cheese (leftovers), shredded parmesan, and thinly sliced onion. Yum!

Mine is similar, but actually easier.

Since the shrimp are already cooked, I just let them thaw and then pull off the tail shells.

Sauce:

A couple tablespoons olive oil
1 stick butter or margarine
a generous teaspoon of garlic powder (more or less, to taste)
3 long squirts from a plastic lemon (the kind I use is imported from Italy and tastes like fresh)
half a cup or so of dry Vermouth
1 or 2 pinches of Mexican seasoning (red pepper flake, dry cilantro, dry onion, garlic, and I don't know what else)

Once that is all mixed and hot, add the shrimp just long enough to get them hot all the way through.

We like it with angel hair, but I'll use rice in a pinch.

MM

Tonight is slow cooker baby back ribs. I put on a brown sugar bourbon marinade as a dry rub instead of a wet marinade.

Then something, something else, and some other thing for sides.

Homemade baked beans (they're slow cooking on the stove), and hamburgers.

And wine.

German pancakes for Pancake Day!

Shrimp scampi (over fettucine) and homemade minestrone soup, again. I'm a fan of the "cook once, eat twice" philosophy.

Also, thanks for the recipe, Mary!

Fruitbat said:

Update: Oh my, that was good. But it didn't taste like Red Lobster's scampi. More of a wild, slightly tangy flavor. Especially delish with hot, crusty French bread, with butter, garlic, garlic salt, fiesta shredded cheese (leftovers), shredded parmesan, and thinly sliced onion. Yum!

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I want this. Oh my.

Tonight it's fish burgers with avocado, and sweet potato fries on the side.

Ravioli (not homemade) with tomato sauce (homemade w/ garlic, onion, and finely shredded and chopped carrot to sweeten the sauce naturally). And garlic toast. Must have garlic toast.

Garlic toast makes even ice cream that much better.

Beef tips au jus (from the grocery store, 4-minute heat-up) over potatoes from my last year's garden, chopped to bite-size and microwaved with a little butter and ground pepper for about 8 minutes. It was late, and I was tired, but it made a nice, filling meal.

I still have a big bucket of potatoes harvested back in early October, which have kept magnificently in the garage through the winter. Had to eat some tonight.

caw

Frozen store-bought lasagna, and three frozen vegetables cooked separately w/chicken bouillon cubes- lima beans, Italian green beans, and carrots. Also sliced tomatoes with s&p, and sliced apples. We need lots of fruit and vegetables for my boring diet. So boring.

In an attempt to make my boring diet not so damn boring, I am getting fancy and we're having sweet potato-spinach-bacon-turkey burgers with a side of cauliflower "potato" salad.

Vegetable and ground beef soup with the best cornbread in the world.

We went out for a happy hour. Two kinds of bruschetta and a 'margherita' flatbread. Also a so-so glass of sangria.

MM

MaryMumsy said:

We went out for a happy hour. Two kinds of bruschetta and a 'margherita' flatbread. Also a so-so glass of sangria.

MM

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Sounds like dinner to me.

The last of the beef stew I froze after making it a couple of weeks ago.

Slow cooker tomato soup. Grilled cheese sandwiches made the usual way. (For my husband, I toast the whole wheat bread under the broiler, add the cheese [Cabot 50% less fat cheddar], and broil it again [top off] for about 10 seconds to just melt it.)

Oyster stew--mushrooms, creamed corn, half & half, oysters--kind of home made. Not my fav but my kid likes it--s6

I haven't made oyster stew in ages. I love that stuff.

It's freezing here, so we're having comfort food..

Black-eyed Peas (been simmering in the crockpot all day), Stewed Tomatoes and (fried) skinless-boneless Chicken Breasts.

Today will be the rest of the big pan of lasagna from yesterday, due to my cook once, eat twice philosophy aka laziness. I'll cook some new vegetables since the ones from yesterday are gone. Who cares which vegetables, whatever's in the freezer. Blah.

Simple tonight: Grilled wild salmon fillets, brushed with melted butter and citrus herb mix, and asparagus and baby bok choy sautéed in a little sesame oil, soy sauce and white wine. Fifteen minutes, and very good.

caw

I think we need a cookbook by the caw. Alaskan Cuisine!

Fruitbat said:

I think we need a cookbook by the caw. Alaskan Cuisine!

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Moose mousse

1. Find the moose.
2. Shoot the moose.

Further instructions to follow . . .

caw

blacbird said:

Beef tips au jus (from the grocery store, 4-minute heat-up) over potatoes from my last year's garden, chopped to bite-size and microwaved with a little butter and ground pepper for about 8 minutes. It was late, and I was tired, but it made a nice, filling meal.

I still have a big bucket of potatoes harvested back in early October, which have kept magnificently in the garage through the winter. Had to eat some tonight.

caw

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What is your potato keeping method, if I may ask?