What are you Cooking the Week of August 30, 2020?

[BakerAunt]

Ooh, those brats sound so delicious, Chocomouse!

For dinner on Tuesday, I had the leftover bulgur and celery mixture that I had used to stuff the squash yesterday. I sautéed a diced yellow zucchini and chopped red bell pepper in grapeseed oil. I added 1 tsp. re-hydrated dried onion, and the drippings I deglazed from last night’s pork, along with some that I had frozen a while back. I added the leftover diced pork, then the bulgur mixture. We had it with microwaved fresh broccoli on the side.

[RiversideLen]

Joan, I find that ground chicken can dry out since I'm a little paranoid about it and cook it until it's very well done. So I got the idea about mixing in bread crumbs with a liquid much like you would do for meatballs. This made the chicken mixture pretty soft but they cooked up nice. I sprinkled a little paprika on the top to give them a little color. I'll show a picture of one.

Yesterday I had one of my chicken patties and made a mushroom gravy and had it with rice. Also a large salad.

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[Joan Simpson]

Len your chicken patty looks really good,I know I'd like it on a bun!Nice color too!

Today I made Salisbury steaks in gravy,mashed potatoes for my husband and a ear of corn cooked in microwave for me.Now it's coffee time.

[BakerAunt]

I had intended to roast a chicken for dinner on Wednesday, but it had not thawed through, so I pulled out a can of salmon and made my salmon patties. To go with it, I sautéed a green and a yellow zucchini with some celery, then added the leftover tomato sauce from a batch that I made earlier in the week and a heaping tsp. of dehydrated onion that I reconstituted. I cooked some penne whole wheat pasta and mixed it in,

I also made another batch of yogurt on Wednesday.

[chocomouse]

We had grilled boneless pork chops, kale salad, tomatoes, and green and yellow beans from the 2nd planting in the raised beds on the deck.

[RiversideLen]

I had a chicken patty with mac & cheese, green beans and leftover mushroom gravy.

[Joan Simpson]

No cooking here tonight I had a peanut butter and jam sandwich my hubby went got him a BBQ and fries.

[chocomouse]

I had a tomato sandwich and husband had a BLT for dinner. I processed about 5 quarts of tomato sauce for the freezer today also.

[chocomouse]

BakerAunt, I'm sorry you cannot eat brats now. I feel badly just posting about them. How about some chicken sausage? I've eaten some really good ones, but I didn't pay much attention to the fat content. I have a feeling that the label "chicken" is supposed to make you think low-fat, although if you read the fine print, they are not very low fat at all!

[RiversideLen]

Leftovers, chicken patty with mac and cheese and a salad. A slice of blueberry pie for dessert.

[BakerAunt]

We had leftover salmon patties, and leftover summer squash with tomato sauce and whole wheat pasta, and fresh microwaved green beans from the garden.

It's ok, Chocomouse, to post about brats. I just go back in my memory to two particularly wonderful times when I had brats. If I had the opportunity, I'd probably just eat one really good one, and then I'd be satisfied for a long time.

[Joan Simpson]

No cooking here,leftover Sloppy Joe's.

[BakerAunt]

On Friday afternoon, I made another batch of tomato sauce. I was going to freeze it, but I may refrigerate it to use on a spaghetti squash "lasagna" next week, if the cool weather forecast comes to pass, and if there are nice spaghetti squash at the farmers market.

For Friday dinner, I roasted a whole chicken on top of a bed of cut-up potatoes and mini-carrots that I had tossed in olive oil, then sprinkled with poultry seasoning, some salt, and Penzey’s Sweet Curry powder. I also rubbed the chicken with olive oil and sprinkled on the same spices. We had it with microwaved fresh broccoli. I am impressed with the whole chickens from Aldi’s, as they have less fat and use a lot less salt in the processing. They tend to be larger than what we could buy in town, as they are usually at least 5 pounds, and the price is better.

There will be plenty of leftovers for dinner for a few nights, so I will be able to focus on baking for a couple of days.

[Mike Nolan]

I made Veal Zurich on spaetzle, one of my favorite meals, and a relatively easy one to do once you've got the veal.

[chocomouse]

My kitchen was busy today! I made a tomato tart, which came out a little runny (should have used my Roma tomatoes, but I will try to drain off some of the excess liquid) but delicious as usual. I fixed maple candied carrots for my husband. And I made lemon blueberry muffins (and forgot to put in the sugar; it helps to read the recipe!). And we grilled tuna steaks for dinner.

But the biggest excitement of my day was my trip to KAF!! Rather, KABC. I have not been there now for at least 6 months; I rarely leave the house these days. I called ahead with my order, and picked it up curbside 20 minutes later! A very efficient, pandemic-safe process. I also spent less money than usual, because I was not tempted by all the goodies I don't need when walking through the store. I had shopped online first, however, and taken inventory of my pantry. I got a bag of semolina, one of Harvest Grains Blend, and Pumpernickel. I also bought a #16, 1/4 cup, disher, which I immediately put to use at home making the muffins - perfect! I should have bought one of these 30 years ago. The dough slid out easily, no sticky mess, and although I'm left-handed, it was very easy to use. The sizing was perfect, nicely domed. I highly recommend. Now, I need to decided if I like the new packaging. Clear plastic bags replacing the plastic-lined brown paper bags. Still have the zip-lock closure.

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