What's for Dinner?

[drinkz]

Query, you have successfully trolled me. Although the amount of effort you put in demonstrates that you suck at life, hence your divorce, it shows your diligence to spread your conspiracies through the internetz. That should be rewarded. I ask that you take this thread as your own. Make it grow, grasshopper, make it grow!

 

[mwmnpa]

Smoked ribs, potato salad and roasted asparagus.

 

[silverwhisper]

mwmnpa: ribs? in south philly? are you making them, or is there a place i need to know about?

ed

 

[Saucyminx]

I made good old fashioned potato soup. I love those gold potatoes. They make all potato dishes better it seems.

 

[Que]

Crust-less Spinach Quiche.

Saute: 1 Diced, Vidalia Onion

Wilt: 1/2 lb Fresh Spinach. (or Defrost and Drain: 1 pkg Spinach)

Beat: 5 eggs

Add: 3 cups grated cheese.

Combine and pour into a prepared standard pie pan. (Butter & dust w/ flour)

Bake: @ 350 for 30-40 minutes. Let stage 10 minutes before serving.

This one I used maybe 2-2.5 cups of cheese and it turned out a little less risen...might be volume reduction alone. The recipe as written turned out slightly better.

Optionally: add crumbled bacon, or maybe substitute shallots for the onion.

 

[drinkz]

Query, you have successfully trolled me. Although the amount of effort you put in demonstrates that you suck at life, hence your divorce, it shows your diligence to spread your conspiracies through the internetz. That should be rewarded. I ask that you take this thread as your own. Make it grow, grasshopper, make it grow!

 

[mwmnpa]

mwmnpa: ribs? in south philly? are you making them, or is there a place i need to know about?

ed

Hi Ed,

I live in the burbs, have a smoker. Do 'em myself.

 

[silverwhisper]

i am deeply, deeply envious. :>

ed

 

[drinkz]

Query, you have successfully trolled me. Although the amount of effort you put in demonstrates that you suck at life, hence your divorce, it shows your diligence to spread your conspiracies through the internetz. That should be rewarded. I ask that you take this thread as your own. Make it grow, grasshopper, make it grow!

 

[Que]

Tzatziki

 

[bailadora]

Tzatziki]

Yum! I love that stuff. Just stick a spoon in it and gimme!

On a related note, I thought of a recipe tweak for your spinach quiche. Try crumbled feta in place of the grated cheese you normally use. It's like spanakopita, but without the phyllo (which is admittedly a crucial part of the yummy goodness).


I kept it simple, and we had black bean and corn quesadillas for dinner.

 

[NippleMuncher]

Honey and herb roasted chicken with risotto. Orgasm on a plate!

 

[Que]

Yum! I love that stuff. Just stick a spoon in it and gimme!

On a related note, I thought of a recipe tweak for your spinach quiche. Try crumbled feta in place of the grated cheese you normally use. It's like spanakopita, but without the phyllo (which is admittedly a crucial part of the yummy goodness).


I kept it simple, and we had black bean and corn quesadillas for dinner.

Just coincidences but interesting:

For lunch two days ago I did black bean on corn tortillas with cheese and tomatillo sauce.

I think the night Drinkz had spaghetti, I had the same and it was only that day because it had to thaw in the fridge. I had made a family of nine size batch of my sauce with sweet peppers and onions a couple of weeks ago. The kicker is I had Italian sausage in mine as well!

Yes I will eat 'zicki sauce an anything. In this case I put it on leftover sliced chicken breast added sliced cucumbers and rolled it in a tortilla. They finally have pita's at the one store up here, but I keep forgetting they do and in this region I always have tortillas of the where-with-all to make some.

I will put it over a nice Yukon Gold baked potato in lieu of butter and sour cream.

Mine is pretty garlicky..I figure even a little and I am not fit for public appearances so I go all in. I use salt and the back of my knife to grind it into a paste so all of the oils are out and infuse into the sauce.

Speaking of garlic, I bought this garlic cooker at a thrift store for a buck or two...its basically a couple of terracotta plant saucers. The bottom one is glazed smooth to keep it from sticking or absorbing too much of the garlic...I cut the tops off, drizzle olive oil and roast...the cloves squirt out of their papers with a little pressure and you can eat them as is of crush and spread them on bagguettes....

Ok now I'm hungry again.

 

[NippleMuncher]

.I cut the tops off, drizzle olive oil and roast...the cloves squirt out of their papers with a little pressure

I've never had any luck with that, it's always a PITA to get the garlic out, though I've never used a specialty roasting dish as fancy-schmancy as yours.

 

[Que]

I've never had any luck with that, it's always a PITA to get the garlic out, though I've never used a specialty roasting dish as fancy-schmancy as yours.

When I have done it I will take like three (heads?) of garlic...I slice the bottom just so it settles upright. I cut a good part of the top off before I roast, like so a nice cross-section is revealed...the top of the teardrop is missing. Probably could roast the top part too, but one guy three-dozen cloves, thatzalotta vampire repellant...

so I toss the tops and likely lose a bit, but that may be why mine wriggle out. Also, I google the time and follow that...too much maybe they get sticky?

 

[NippleMuncher]

I may need to open the cloves up a little more, and, yes, they seem to dry out a bit, so they're probably touch overdone. Last time I did it, I think I just tossed some peeled cloves into a glass pan and roasted them that way. Worked better than with the skins on, but still unimpressed with the results.

 

[silverwhisper]

NM: are you using terra cotta? maybe that's the issue?

ed

 

[bailadora]

When I make roasted garlic, I follow a method similar to Query, but I also wrap it in tin foil and then throw the bundle in a standard glass pyrex dish. Works for me.

All this talk of roasted garlic has got me thinking about hummus. I think I need to go and whip up a batch.


Dinner this evening is going to be minestrone, accompanied by a side salad.

 

[Que]

When I make roasted garlic, I follow a method similar to Query, but I also wrap it in tin foil and then throw the bundle in a standard glass pyrex dish. Works for me.

All this talk of roasted garlic has got me thinking about hummus. I think I need to go and whip up a batch.


Dinner this evening is going to be minestrone, accompanied by a side salad.

I think that the foil or my little cooker works by keeping the steam in...my cooker is packed away along with everything else, I was thinking of busting up an oak pallet and making a bed of coals to cook lunch on. Maybe I'll throw a head of garlic in some foil and see how it works...how long does it usually take in foil?

 

[drinkz]

Query, you have successfully trolled me. Although the amount of effort you put in demonstrates that you suck at life, hence your divorce, it shows your diligence to spread your conspiracies through the internetz. That should be rewarded. I ask that you take this thread as your own. Make it grow, grasshopper, make it grow!

 

[Que]

The garlic turned out like Terminator Too, Judgement Day.

 

[Que]

Midnight Snack.

I didn't finish the steak or the potatoe wedges, so I decided to pretend it was healthy by wilting some spinach for the side.

 

[Lakeshore_Blue]

Finally hit 70 today, so I spent the day checking out the grill. Got a new tank of propane, and looks like hamburgers fresh off the grill tonight, with some French fries on the side and fruit salad for dessert (provided I don't end up eating it for a snack while the burgers are cooking...)

Plans are being made for New York Strip tomorrow night. Might try to make grilled pineapple slices over vanilla ice cream for dessert.

 

[drinkz]

Query, you have successfully trolled me. Although the amount of effort you put in demonstrates that you suck at life, hence your divorce, it shows your diligence to spread your conspiracies through the internetz. That should be rewarded. I ask that you take this thread as your own. Make it grow, grasshopper, make it grow!

 

[Monica_112]

I can see beans on toast doesn't belong on this thread

(Shuffles out)