What are you Cooking the week of May 19, 2019?

[Mike Nolan]

Well, we got 3 batches of Cardinal Preserves from our 8 pound flat of strawberries last night, now we just have to put it away (most of it will go in the freezer) before we eat it all!

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[BakerAunt]

On Sunday morning, I tried a new recipe, Rosemary Roasted Chickpeas, from a Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest publication, Cut the Sugar (p.78). I used 30 oz. of the chickpeas I cooked last week. These are roasted for 40 minutes with 1 Tbs. of olive oil at 425F. I put them on parchment paper to make cleaning up easier. They do have to be stirred every 10 minutes. Once removed from the oven, they are drizzled with 2 Tbs. olive oil, 1 tsp. dried rosemary (or 1 Tbs. fresh), 1 Tbs. honey; a scant ½ tsp. kosher salt, and ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper. I had a few with the leftover slice of pizza that I had for lunch. These did not knock my socks off, but they are a satisfying snack. I might also try them sprinkled on a salad. There are two other variations in the magazine. I might try a variation with Penzey’s salt-free Forward, which is a seasoning to replace salt that I have not used more than once or twice, as I keep forgetting that I have it.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by BakerAunt.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by BakerAunt.

[Joan Simpson]

No real cooking here today I had froze left over spaghetti and meat sauce so that was defrosted and we had a salad and garlic toast.

[Mike Nolan]

We had a beef stir fry with pea pods, mushrooms, bean sprouts and water chestnuts.

When I was cutting the meat up (sirloin), I was going "This is the biceps femoris and this is the gluteus medius, so this must be the 'mouse muscle'".

[RiversideLen]

I waited out the rain, fired up the bbq grill and did hot dogs and hamburgers. Had it with cole slaw made with a simple dressing I got from Allrecipes. (mayo, sugar, lemon juice, vinegar - I used apple cider vinegar - and black pepper. That turned out real nice even though I used more vinegar than called for.

[BakerAunt]

For Sunday dinner, I made a stir-fry with leftover roasted chicken, red bell pepper, celery, carrots, mushrooms; green onion, broccoli; snow peas; soba noodles, and defatted chicken drippings.

[Mike Nolan]

Personally, I like a vinegary taste to cole slaw.

[chocomouse]

Tonight we had a pork roast with potatoes, onions, and carrots all cooked in the tagine, and a side dish of steamed asparagus. I cut extra asparagus, about a quarter of our two rows, and will freeze the excess for a meal next winter.

[BakerAunt]

Dinner on Monday was “Waste Not, Want Not” soup. I used 1 ½ cups of Bob’s Red Mill Vegi-Soup combination (red and brown lentils; split green and yellow peas; bits of barley) and ½ cup pearl barley. I sautéed onion, celery, and carrots in olive oil, added 2 cloves minced garlic, then added the leftover broth from the garbanzo beans I cooked last week and 3 ½ cups of chicken broth from the freezer. I seasoned with 1 Tbs. Penzey’s Bouquet Garni blend, ¼ tsp. ground cumin, 1 Tbs. tomato paste, and parsley. After it simmered for an hour, I added cut turnip greens (left from turnips that came from farmers’ market) and simmered another 20 minutes. We had it with cornbread. It was a perfect dinner on what has been a chilly day.

[Joan Simpson]

We had beef stew and a green salad.

[Mike Nolan]

I had a BLT, my wife had scrambled eggs and bacon.

[Joan Simpson]

Fried cubed pork,rice,tomato gravy,left over lima beans and topped with onions soaked in vinegar.

[Mike Nolan]

On a cold evening we had oatmeal for supper, instead of syrup or brown sugar we put in some strawberry jam to sweeten it.

I hope we miss the snow, western Nebraska is getting a lot of it, and parts of Denver got 10 or more inches!

We brought the bedding plants into the garage, I'm sure they appreciate the relative warmth.

[chocomouse]

Omelets and English muffins with raspberry jam.

[Joan Simpson]

Tonight we had chicken breast cooked with onions and some Italian Dressing,baked sweet potatoes and green beans.

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