What's for dinner? ~ Thursday

[Lucinda]

Bills making one of his dad's recipes. :9

Its a casserole, of sorts, with shredded cabbage, sliced potatoes, onions and bacon.
Bill "mostly" cooks the bacon in a cast iron skillet and uses some of the rendered fat to toss the sliced veggies in (like a willed spinach salad, but nothing really wilts) and the whole thing goes in the oven. Of course it gets the house seasoning (garlic, sea salt and pepper) ~ almost everything does. :)

When done, the bacon has cooked through, the potatoes have a creamy inside with a browned outer edge, the cabbage wilts down, and the onions are soft and sweet. We LOVE the flavor combo. It's not the prettiest dish i've ever seen but it's delicious.


My lunch is about to be greek ravoli and a salad. :9

Whats for dinner where you are?

[hippywife]

1. Sounds like a variation on

bubble & squeak.

We're having leftover chili. But I really do need to make my yogurt tonight. No more putting it off, I'm afraid. I really hate having to cook anything on week night unless I absolutely have to.

[Lucinda]

2. I'm in the procrastinators club too. As a result we are bread free.

I kept putting off starting the next batch, looking for something I could tweak the flavor with. Finally decided to add a speck of honey and replace 1/2c flour with dark rye. I could have done that DAYS ago. :eyes: :rofl:

Homemade yogurt sounds yummy right now. It would be great for me, tummy-wise to have yogurt daily. I really should just "do it"

[hippywife]

6. It's pretty easy.

Just as easy as the bread is really. I'm just always so tired and in such a cranky mood from work that I don't usually feel like doing it during the week. But doing it I am.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=236&topic_id=50416&mesg_id=50421

[Lucinda]

8. Thanks for the link. Bookmarking it.

Seems like a fairly simple process!

[Tesha]

3. Stir Fry...

Pork, Ginger, Carrot, Mushroom, and Bok Choy....

[Lucinda]

9. Bill could eat stirfry every meal. Yours sounds really good!

:hi:

[soleiri]

4. I still have no idea

Something pasta!

[Lucinda]

10. Hope it was yummy.

:hi:

[htuttle]

5. Tandoori chicken, sarson ka saag, pakora and some flatbread to scoop it all up

I'm celebrating payday, so we bought a box of wine, too.

:beer:

[Lucinda]

11. Sounds like a great feast!

:hi:

Do you use a clay cooker for the Tandoori?

[htuttle]

13. Naw, just a covered baking dish

My wife likes me to use boneless chicken thighs, so I cut them into finger-sized strips sitting in a small amount of the tandoori marinade.

I keep the cover on for about 30 minutes at 425F, then remove the cover and cook it for another 10-15 minutes to cook off most of the extra marinade and get a nice glaze.

btw, this same technique, time and temperature works great for chicken shawarma, too.

[Lucinda]

14. Thanks for the tips! I'm always looking for new ways to work with chicken.

:hi:

[eridani]

7. Leftover turkey tetrazzini

But we ate more than half our servings last night, so hubby sez, why not tomato basil soup?

1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
Garlic powder, basil, salt and pepper to taste. Also added some of those dried porcini mushrooms that come in a grinder bottle and some croutons of whole wheat bread. Which may suck for sammiches, but makes very good croutons. Toasted some squares in olive oil and garlic powder and broiled for a couple of minutes.

[Lucinda]

12. I LOVE tomato basil soup.

Yours sounds really quick and yummy.