What are you cooking the week of September 2, 2018

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    Mike Nolan
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      Still on sort of a restricted diet plan here, not sure what we're doing for supper yet, something simple and bland. I've made a lot of custard in the last week.

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      #13329
      Joan Simpson
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        Taco burgers here with pork-n-beans.Easy.

        #13331
        Mike Nolan
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          Tomato soup and open-face fried cheese sandwiches here.

          #13337
          Joan Simpson
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            Tonight we had salmon patties,mashed potatoes and green beans seasoned with bacon.

            #13339
            chocomouse
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              Yesterday we hosted a large corn roast for family and friends, so my cooking has focused on food for that: baked beans, hot dogs, refrigerator pickles, ingredients for s'mores, and of course - corn, lots of it. And everyone brought potluck dishes, too. Now we are eating leftovers, and freezing leftover corn. Ears that were roasted in the coals are great for corn chowder, the browned/burnt areas give it a nice smoky flavor.

              #13340
              BakerAunt
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                That sounds so good, Chocomouse!

                We had more of the leftover pork tenderloin for dinner, and the little that remained of the mashed potatoes, along with steamed broccoli. I felt the need for something more, so I experimented. I had about ¼ cup leftover quinoa, which I decided to add to a bulgur (cracked wheat) salad. I found an online recipe from Ellie Krieger that The Washington Post had printed and used it as my base. I cooked ½ cup bulgur in 1 cup of water. Once it was cooked, I spread it on a plate to cool, then mixed it with the bit of quinoa, some chopped red onion, some chopped tomatoes from our garden, a Tbs. of olive oil, a tsp. bottled lemon juice, a dash of salt, and 1 ½ tsp. of the Penzey’s Sunny Paris seasoning (was a freebie). It was ok, but it needs feta cheese, so I’ll get some at the grocery tomorrow and add it before we re-run it tomorrow. I’m not sure the Sunny Paris made much of an impact in the recipe.

                #13347
                Joan Simpson
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                  Tonight we had cubed pork,rice & tomatoes with lima beans.

                  #13348
                  BakerAunt
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                    For lunch on Wednesday, I needed to use up a cup of leftover black beans. I cooked ¼ cup bulgur (dry) and mixed it with the beans. I added drizzle of olive oil, ¼ tsp. of Penzey’s Southwest Seasoning (was a freebie), sliced green onion, and chopped tomato from our garden. It made enough for me to have it again tomorrow.

                    #13352
                    Joan Simpson
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                      Your cooking sounds good BakerAunt!
                      We had meatloaf,thickened potatoes and garden peas.

                      #13353
                      BakerAunt
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                        Thanks, Joan.

                        Dinner on Wednesday was Salmon with Dill and Couscous, with steamed broccoli as the side, and sliced tomato.

                        #13354
                        BevM
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                          Tonight we had a scaled-down version of Thanksgiving with my son visiting from North Carolina. He won't be able to make it in November since he is changing jobs. It was just as good as the November version! I baked a turkey roast, which was very good, mashed potatoes, green beans, dressing and, of course, cranberry sauce. Tommorow will include more clean up from the storm since Mother Nature pruned her trees!!! Maybe I will work off some of the calories!

                          #13356
                          RiversideLen
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                            That sounds delicious, BevM!

                            Tonight I baked a pork chop and had it with some pasta and a large salad.

                            #13357
                            Joan Simpson
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                              Love dressing and cranberry sauce anytime!

                              #13359
                              chocomouse
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                                Today I made mushroom soup. Never mind that it was 93* with high humidity, I needed to use up those mushrooms. I'll have some for my dinner tomorrow night, and freeze the remainder for later.

                                Dinner tonight was chicken thighs on the smoker, with lots of leftovers from the garden and refrigerator: potato salad, corn on the cob, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions in Italian dressing, and steamed yellow squash.

                                #13364
                                skeptic7
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                                  I made Red- Cooked Beef Short Ribs on Tuesday night and cooked it in the slow cooker. I started with a recipe for Red Cooked Beef with Vegetables, only I used two pounds of Beef Short Ribs for the meat, and turnips instead of Carrots and Celery. Red Cooked is a Chinese method of braising or stewing meet in a combination of soy sauce and sherry with sometimes other spices added. I had 1/2 cup soy sauce and 1 cup sherry with some star anise and pepper. This is relatively mild, I've seen recipes with lots of pepper and cinnamon and hot chiles too. This was tasty. I was surprised that the thinly sliced turnips actually took a little longer to cook than the beef. At the time the beef was cooked, the turnips were still a little chewy. I just poked the turnips till they were all under the liquid and turned off the slow cooker, hoping the residual heat in the pot would finish cooking the turnips. That seemed to have done the trick.

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