What Are You Having For Dinner

[UrbanHunter]

Today we had home made chicken noodle soup for lunch, the wife is still sick and she wanted some... For dinner we dug into the 7 layer dip we made yesterday, I heated up a tortilla and made a burrito out of mine.

 

[Amish Heart]

Prime rib leftovers so I'm making sandwiches. Just the two of us tonight.

 

[Bacpacker]

Filet and fries

 

[Patchouli]

I had dinner for lunch, the chicken stuff from crockpot. Not really hungry, but if so, big pot of beef soup we made.
@UrbanHunter hope your wife gets to feeling a LOT better very soon.

 

[Tank-Girl]

I ordered a "plant based pizza" from a local pizza chain for dinner.

It didn't have any of the fake meat on it and it was loaded with veggies.
I only had to ask them to leave off the pineapple chunks.
Pineapple chunks on pizza tend to be tinned in heavy syrup and the parasite isn't getting sugar that way.

It was delicious.
what I couldn't eat after stuffing myself got bagged up into portion sized lots and put in the freezer.

 

[hashbrown]

Alexandra made Bierocks and fried potatoes with the leftover dough she made a little pan of cinnamon rolls for dessert.

 

[Bacpacker]

Man those look good

 

[hashbrown]

Man those look good

It was a pretty good dinner.

 

[SoJer]

Last nite it was the Wifu's scratch-made Salvadorean 'Pasteles'...

..Sort of like a 'Salvadorean Calzone', but with corn masa, chocked with potato / chayote (mexican squash-like veg, Really good..) / carrots, and either shredded seasoned chicken, or ground pork or beef...

...then fried like a 'hot pocket', drained / blotted (remove Some oil..) and served with scratch-made, cilantro-heavy salsa, and 'curtido' - (sort of a cole-slawey topping, but No mayo - just shredded cabbage / bell peppers / carrots / onions & jalapeño coins, 'mild-pickled' in ACV + oregano...) ie: here with an older shot of her Legendary 'Pupusas'...

SO good!!!

jd

 

[Bacpacker]

Last nite it was the Wifu's scratch-made Salvadorean 'Pasteles'...

..Sort of like a 'Salvadorean Calzone', but with corn masa, chocked with potato / chayote (mexican squash-like veg, Really good..) / carrots, and either shredded seasoned chicken, or ground pork or beef...

...then fried like a 'hot pocket', drained / blotted (remove Some oil..) and served with scratch-made, cilantro-heavy salsa, and 'curtido' - (sort of a cole-slawey topping, but No mayo - just shredded cabbage / bell peppers / carrots / onions & jalapeño coins, 'mild-pickled' in ACV + oregano...) ie: here with an older shot of her Legendary 'Pupusas'...

SO good!!!

jd

I gotta get the wife to try this. Looks awesome

 

[SoJer]

I gotta get the wife to try this. Looks awesome

Pretty easy, too.. Just get some 'Maseca', ie:

..and mix w/ Water / malleate into a 'shape-sustaining Dough' (ie: a "ball" holds its shape pretty well, free-standing..) and cover / set-aside until your 'Fill-mix' is ready: Cube Carrots / Chayote / Potatoes, and season-up / saute yer Ground Pork / Beef, or Chicken (like yer gonna make Tacos, etc - this can also be done Earlier..) and toss the vegs in, Last, for a couple minutes or so, just enough to 'soften', but no need to Totally cook, etc..

..Then, make a 'fat pancake' with the masa, and shape, in palm, to make a 'cup' for the filler, Spoon-in (ie: with a ~5" cake, maybe add 2-3 Tablespoons of yer filler-mix) Fold-over, to make the 'pocket', then 'finger-crimp, alternating ribs', as seen in the pix..

Then, heat an inch / two of yer fav Cooking oil, and Fry each 'pastele' on med-heat until 'golden brown'; Set on paper-towels to drain / blot as-desired, and serve with 'curtido', and cilantro-rich Salsa.. Wash down with Coronas or yer-Fav equivalent.

PS - When making with Chicken, one thing my Wife does, is 'par-boil' the breasts / thighs in 'seasoned water', ie: Boil in water with a tablespoon of Bullion, garlic cloves, and fresh cilantro (so the meat comes Out, well-seasoned..) and then, at the end, toss in the cubed-vegs, just long enough to 'soften' / season, as well.

Then simply pull the chicken-breasts (or thighs) out, and shred separately; Strain the vegs out from the boiling-water, then Mix-all, once the meat is shredded / cooled.. Everything comes out Super-yummy / nicely-seasoned, then..

PPS - 'Curtido' is also Excellent in a nice, fat Grilled Cheese sammy: Make sammy, 'al gusto', and just before eating, heap a Drained Tablespoon or two of the curtido into / evenly-over the cheese-layer, and prepare to have a nice big tonguegasm.

jd

 

[Bacpacker]

Pretty easy, too.. Just get some 'Maseca', ie:

..and mix w/ Water / malleate into a 'shape-sustaining Dough' (ie: a "ball" holds its shape pretty well, free-standing..) and cover / set-aside until your 'Fill-mix' is ready: Cube Carrots / Chayote / Potatoes, and season-up / saute yer Ground Pork / Beef, or Chicken (like yer gonna make Tacos, etc - this can also be done Earlier..) and toss the vegs in, Last, for a couple minutes or so, just enough to 'soften', but no need to Totally cook, etc..

..Then, make a 'fat pancake' with the masa, and shape, in palm, to make a 'cup' for the filler, Spoon-in (ie: with a ~5" cake, maybe add 2-3 Tablespoons of yer filler-mix) Fold-over, to make the 'pocket', then 'finger-crimp, alternating ribs', as seen in the pix..

Then, heat an inch / two of yer fav Cooking oil, and Fry each 'pastele' on med-heat until 'golden brown'; Set on paper-towels to drain / blot as-desired, and serve with 'curtido', and cilantro-rich Salsa.. Wash down with Coronas or yer-Fav equivalent.

PS - When making with Chicken, one thing my Wife does, is 'par-boil' the breasts / thighs in 'seasoned water', ie: Boil in water with a tablespoon of Bullion, garlic cloves, and fresh cilantro (so the meat comes Out, well-seasoned..) and then, at the end, toss in the cubed-vegs, just long enough to 'soften' / season, as well.

Then simply pull the chicken-breasts (or thighs) out, and shred separately; Strain the vegs out from the boiling-water, then Mix-all, once the meat is shredded / cooled.. Everything comes out Super-yummy / nicely-seasoned, then..

PPS - 'Curtido' is also Excellent in a nice, fat Grilled Cheese sammy: Make sammy, 'al gusto', and just before eating, heap a Drained Tablespoon or two of the curtido into / evenly-over the cheese-layer, and prepare to have a nice big tonguegasm.

jd

Just showed that to the wife. Gotta get a couple of the ingredients, masa being the main one. She right away went to that need cumin and chili pepper in it too. LOL We eat a lot of those seasonings in many things. I think onions (one of my favorite veggies) would be good in the meat mix as well

 

[Wingnut]

Leftover 15-bean soup tonight, it's pretty good... probably have some buttered French or Italian bread with it. Right now, I'm having a cold beer to celebrate the fact that my ankle seems better... boy, that was one wicked injury, I'm still not sure exactly how it happened, but it HAD to be from rising with a lurch in an awkward manner, nothing else happened! In fact, I didn't notice any problem until AFTER I returned to bed, went to sleep, then woke hours later with the ankle hurtin' like hell, lol. This is the second serious foot injury I've sustained in several years, and I'm thinking this is due to bad osteoarthritis that runs in my family... maybe I'm the "lucky one" with early-onset osteoarthritis, aye? The last incident (same foot) occurred while I was pushing an 800-lb. cart onto a lift at work on the golf course... and now that I think of it, that injury took awhile to manifest as well. At least it was covered by Work Comp, and it was in the ball of the foot rather than the ankle, but this has me thinking that I'd better be more careful with the extremities. If it happens again, I'm gonna hack off the offending extremity and make "Wingnut's Famous Cannibal Soup" out of it, lol. Y'ALL ARE INVITED FOR DINNER!!!

 

[Pearl]

Made burritos last night (fix your own burrito bar, all the fixin's)! Leftovers tonight, no cooking for me!!

 

[Bacpacker]

We had burgers with gravy and mushrooms, mashed taters and Cole slaw

 

[SoJer]

PS - Found a better shot of the (recent) batch of 'curtido'...

..Suuuper-duper!

jd

 

[joel]

Eggs & Bacon for breakfast
No lunch
Porterhouse steak with garlic, onions, mushrooms for dinner.

 

[joel]

Pretty easy, too.. Just get some 'Maseca', ie:

..and mix w/ Water / malleate into a 'shape-sustaining Dough' (ie: a "ball" holds its shape pretty well, free-standing..) and cover / set-aside until your 'Fill-mix' is ready: Cube Carrots / Chayote / Potatoes, and season-up / saute yer Ground Pork / Beef, or Chicken (like yer gonna make Tacos, etc - this can also be done Earlier..) and toss the vegs in, Last, for a couple minutes or so, just enough to 'soften', but no need to Totally cook, etc..

..Then, make a 'fat pancake' with the masa, and shape, in palm, to make a 'cup' for the filler, Spoon-in (ie: with a ~5" cake, maybe add 2-3 Tablespoons of yer filler-mix) Fold-over, to make the 'pocket', then 'finger-crimp, alternating ribs', as seen in the pix..

Then, heat an inch / two of yer fav Cooking oil, and Fry each 'pastele' on med-heat until 'golden brown'; Set on paper-towels to drain / blot as-desired, and serve with 'curtido', and cilantro-rich Salsa.. Wash down with Coronas or yer-Fav equivalent.

PS - When making with Chicken, one thing my Wife does, is 'par-boil' the breasts / thighs in 'seasoned water', ie: Boil in water with a tablespoon of Bullion, garlic cloves, and fresh cilantro (so the meat comes Out, well-seasoned..) and then, at the end, toss in the cubed-vegs, just long enough to 'soften' / season, as well.

Then simply pull the chicken-breasts (or thighs) out, and shred separately; Strain the vegs out from the boiling-water, then Mix-all, once the meat is shredded / cooled.. Everything comes out Super-yummy / nicely-seasoned, then..

PPS - 'Curtido' is also Excellent in a nice, fat Grilled Cheese sammy: Make sammy, 'al gusto', and just before eating, heap a Drained Tablespoon or two of the curtido into / evenly-over the cheese-layer, and prepare to have a nice big tonguegasm.

jd

It is crazy that everyone does not know corn & corn mill is gluten free.

 

[Amish Heart]

It seems that stupid stuff, food stuff that obviously doesn't have any wheat in it, or never would, is labeled gluten free. Surprised bananas aren't labelled gluten free.
We had a recipe called Winter Stew. It's a pasta and kidney bean dish with carrots and onion. Also had fresh green beans, green salad, and cantaloupe.

 

[Weedygarden]

It seems that stupid stuff, food stuff that obviously doesn't have any wheat in it, or never would, is labeled gluten free. Surprised bananas aren't labelled gluten free.
We had a recipe called Winter Stew. It's a pasta and kidney bean dish with carrots and onion. Also had fresh green beans, green salad, and cantaloupe.

As someone who reads lots of labels looking for gluten free, you are correct. Some stuff makes no sense being labeled gluten free. But some stuff which has gluten is not so obvious about having it. So many things which are derived from wheat, rye and other gluten containing grains are not labeled as such, but with those multisyllabic words that no one knows what they are or mean.
And then there are the containers which I look at and look at and cannot see where it says gluten free. Canned beef is an example. I bought some and the ingredients included somethings that were not obviously gluten or not. Eventually, after looking at the can many times, I finally found where the gluten free part is.

 

[Weedygarden]

The last of the black-eyed peas and rice. So good. I have enjoyed every bite. Basically beans and rice, and if I had to eat this for survival purposes, I do know that salt, bacon, onions, and garlic would help it out, as opposed to just cooking the beans/peas in a pot with water.

 

[Magpie]

Not really able to cook, so tonight will be the leftover ham I froze at Christmas, fried with our own potatoes and eggs.

 

[Amish Heart]

I hope you feel better quick, Magpie

 

[dademoss]

Pan fried Spam and Velveeta cheese on toast. I was thinking pizza, roast beef from arbys, frishes big boy, but they all required a road trip, I am too Flippin cheap to pay for a delivery of less than 2 miles

I could post pics, but you all know what spam, cheese and toast look like

 

[Buffalo]

Alexandra made Bierocks and fried potatoes with the leftover dough she made a little pan of cinnamon rolls for dessert.

Holy cow! Someone else who knows what bierock is! I grew up eating bierocks every winter (and still do!). They are my absolute favorite food. I had to beg and plead with my mom for years to finally get her recipe for them, even after she said that the only way I would get the recipe is if I came over and learned to make them (even though I had been helping her make them for over 30 years). My wife, who is the granddaughter of a German immigrant, doesn't care for them, but my boys and I love them (and my German ancestors came to the new world in 1764). Nothing like a hot bierock smothered in butter on a cold winter's night.

 

[Bacpacker]

Just looked up the reciepe for the Bierocks. We will be doing these before long. Sounds awesome

 

[hashbrown]

Holy cow! Someone else who knows what bierock is! I grew up eating bierocks every winter (and still do!). They are my absolute favorite food. I had to beg and plead with my mom for years to finally get her recipe for them, even after she said that the only way I would get the recipe is if I came over and learned to make them (even though I had been helping her make them for over 30 years). My wife, who is the granddaughter of a German immigrant, doesn't care for them, but my boys and I love them (and my German ancestors came to the new world in 1764). Nothing like a hot bierock smothered in butter on a cold winter's night.

They are a lot of work but a favorite in our house!

 

[Pearl]

Long day=hamburger helper!

 

[Amish Heart]

Bierocks are common where I live, even the little amish store has them in the freezer section. I usually have a few of them in the freezer for a quick lunch. We have a small amish deli here and my cousin Mattie goes in 3 times a week and makes bierocks for sale. They sell sandwiches made to order, too, so it's a popular place for workers to stop in at noon.
We had take out barbeque from the bigger town tonight.

 

[Pearl]

Going to put a pork roast in the crock pot. Will have baked potatoes and baked beans too!!