What's for dinner?

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Homegrown Tomatoes

I'm hoping that the folks we're having dinner with don't mind the tartness... it tastes so good.  If I make it for us at home (and I often do during the time cranberries are available) I also add walnuts, but I think one of our hosts is allergic to everything else, and I don't want to risk the walnuts.

MountainDon

Changed the veggie to broccoli and cauliflower.

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Homegrown Tomatoes

I didn't get around to making the pie... was too busy biting my lip and jumping up and down from catching the palm of my hand in the tile cutter.  Instead, we had Korean-style bean sprout soup... light and not very filling... figure we'll get filled up good tomorrow.

MountainDon

Our Thanksgiving plans have changed slightly. Instead of running right up into the mountains and having our Thanksgiving dinner with just the two of us, we're not going up until Friday AM.

Tomorrow we'll have our son over for dinner. We'll roast a turkey, with potatoes, onions, carrots and parsnips roasted alongside. A pumpkin pie brought to us by a happy preschool parent will finish off the feast.

We'll then take some pie over to MIL at the nursing home and see if she'll eat any. She loves desserts but is still only eating a couple spoonfuls at mealtime.  :(

Friday we'll head up into the mountains and see what the forecast snow brings.
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MountainDon

Subway tonight!

On the road home from the mountains there's a very General Store; storage lockers/sheds for rent, "antique" shop, Uhaul truck/trailer rentals, groceries, beer, motor and chain saw oil, fishing tackle, and other sundries and most recently a Subway franchise was added.

I had a veggie deluxe with almost everything. K had a tuna sub. Excellent and very nice friendly folks. Pumpkin pie leftovers from yesterday once we were home. Yum!
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glenn kangiser

We were snacky tonight-- I needed chocolate. d*

Sassy said we had brownies and after I had mentioned it she got the urge so she nuked the brownies -- I dished out French Vanilla Ice Cream on it then she nuked some chocolate and caramel syrup and poured on it and we sprayed whipped cream all over it and ate it.   [cool]

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Quote from: glenn kangiser on November 24, 2007, 01:30:43 AM
-- I needed chocolate.
.... brownies....
Unmentioned in virtually all of my dinner posts is the fact that each dinner K has is invariably followed with two squares of Dove brand Dark Chocolate Miniatures. 33% of the time I also indulge.
http://www.dovechocolate.com/Collection/DoveChocolate/Dark.aspx?PageID=336&ProductID=6
On occasion the Dove brand is eschewed as we avail ourselves of one of the Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate delights...
http://www.ghirardelli.com/products/chocbars_intense.aspx
(Dove, in our opinion, is the best dark chocolate value for the money; but Ghirardelli is suberb.)

Ghirardelli also makes the absolute best store bought brownie mixes.

Ghirardelli is probably the best American chocolate.
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Homegrown Tomatoes

Last night after a day of running around to get kids to an 8 AM dentist appointment and stopping by the hardware store on the way home and having to fight crowds there, we had leftover turkey  sandwiches and cranberry salad for dinner.  My mom is here visiting now (after making the 13-hour drive all yesterday!!!) so I'll have to get out of my lazy dinner rut.

glenn kangiser

Have a good visit, Homegrown. :)

Don, interesting you like Ghirardelli so much.  The founder first came to Mariposa county, to Hornitos, to sell to the miners before he started his store in 1852.  It is about 17 miles from us.

QuoteToday, Hornitos is a sleepy little village filled with structures from the gold rush days. Among the ruins are the walls of the Ghirardelli store, where Domingo Ghirardelli traded with the miners before moving to San Francisco in 1852 to found his chocolate company. The remains of the store is still owned by the Ghirardelli company.


http://www.ghosttown.info/ca/hornitos/

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~gtusa/usa/ca/hornitos.htm


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Sassy

The last time I worked, we had an in-service on new intraveneous catheters - of course the sales rep always has to bring goodies  [cool]  he brought a big bag of Dove chocolates.  They lasted us through the weekend - they are really excellent chocolates - I've only eaten the dark - & of course, it is full of antioxidents & good for you!  ;D

We went to my sister's & her husband's for Thanksgiving.  I made a swiss chard/spinach quiche.  It's pretty simple - takes awhile to make, though.  I don't have the official recipe anymore because I always change things  hmm

I fry bacon, drain & put on bottom a large casserole dish (13x8), then layer lots of fresh, chopped swiss chard & spinach (you can use broccoli, green peppers, carrots - whatever veggies you like or have on hand - chopped onions, salt & pepper, 3 cups of grated cheese.  In a blender you put  2 cups of milk (I used 1 cup organic, non-fat yogurt & 1 cup milk), 10 eggs, 2 1/2 cups bisquick - blend for 2 minutes & pour over everything.  Bake at 325-350 for approx 1 hr or until set & browned (don't want the center raw) - I think it probably took almost 90 min this last one - I sprinkled some parmesan cheese a few minutes before taking out of oven.

Everyone at the dinner seemed to like it.  When we had chickens I had so many eggs so was always looking for recipes to use them in.  This was one Glenn & I really liked.  It's pretty rich, but has a lot of healthy things in it (don't know about the bisquick)!  It isn't low calorie. 

Anyway, Glenn had that for a late lunch, I ate tabouhli from Whole Foods & some homemade cranberry relish - chopped cranberries, oranges, walnuts & a little sugar - it wasn't real juicy so I added a little bit of orange juice - couldn't find the recipe so just combined to taste.  It was really good, in fact, I think I will make some more   [yum]
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StinkerBell

That sounds so yummy Sassy....   :drool <----drooling emote here.

MountainDon

#286
Turkey Pie:
Left over turkey (natch!), green peas, corn, green beans, carrots, onion, mashed potatoes and yams, gravy, salt, pepper all in a store bought frozen pie shell. And the last of the pumpkin pie.

[yum]

After it was in the oven I realized I forgot the salt and pepper. It turned out just right though... flavorful gravy.

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Sassy

Thanks, Stinkerbell - it was pretty yummy if I do say so myself  [yum]  MtnDon - your turkey pie looks pretty yummy too! The spinach quiche looked good but I always forget to take a picture  d*

I made a banana cake - used 6 bananas, applesauce instead of oil, honey, whole wheat, eggs, baking soda, honey - turned out pretty good.  Also made some rolls (cheated, made the ones from the frozen dough) but still turned out good, am roasting a pork roast, made cornbread dressing, picked some artichokes, will steam those, & Glenn just picked some carrots so guess I need to clean those & cook them. 

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MountainDon

Mmmm. I love banana cake/bread. But alas I am not a baker. Turkey pie is as close as I usually come.
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Sassy

It was actually a banana bread recipe - they cook better in a big rectangular cake pan (I doubled the recipe & changed some of the stuff) 
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Homegrown Tomatoes

Took the kids to a picture show and filled up on popcorn and then came home and snacked on some boiled shrimp and cocktail sauce, as well as some veggies and dip.

glenn kangiser

Here's the dinner Sassy made.  It was great, but I think I ate too much. [innocent]



[burp]           ;D
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Hamburgers, approx 1/3#ers, slice of onion and tomatoes on toasted whole wheat bun with crumbled blue cheese. Stir fried Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, red onion, sugar snap peas.  :)
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glenn kangiser

 [hungry]  We had our artichokes from the garden -- I eat mine dipped in Miracle Whip, pork roast - I put on lots of salt and ketchup,  carrots from the garden and dressing leftover from yesterday but still was good today. (Sassy doesn't always approve of the way I eat my stuff). [oops]

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fishing_guy

From Turkey day on Thursday.  Started the turkey at 5:00 a.m.  It came off the pit 2:30 p.m.

Fell off the bone. 

Turkey pizza leftovers tonight.

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glenn kangiser

Smoke cooked is the only way to go.  That's a serious looking barbecue there.   :)

I usually do it in a Weber with an Oak wood fire - sometimes a bit tough to regulate but worth the trouble.
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fishing_guy

Quote from: glenn kangiser on November 25, 2007, 10:44:43 PM
Smoke cooked is the only way to go.  That's a serious looking barbecue there.   :)

I usually do it in a Weber with an Oak wood fire - sometimes a bit tough to regulate but worth the trouble.

Yes, I was good one year, and my wife was super and bought it for me for my birthday, anneversery, etc...

We've cooked for over 30 people at once on it.  It's great, because You can keep food warm, while still cooking on the rest.  For the fourth of July, (my son's birthday) we cooked a 14 lb Boston butt, 3 racks of ribs, 20 brats and a couple of dozen hot dogs. 

A pleasure to cook on, because you only have to check on it eery hour or so.  A quick rearrangement of the meat and a quick stoking of the fire, and you are good to go until the next time.

My daughter ren x-country for University of Georgia.  My wife and I had the best time experiencing every podunk bbq joint where my daughter ran.  A lot of inspiration came from those trips.
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glenn kangiser

I remember trucking through Texas, and my buddy and I would always look for the good Barbecue joints -- Dallas --San Antonio-- La Grange-- :) [hungry]

That's why I am always disappointed when I go to any restaurant - none of them are as good as what we do at home with oak. [noidea'
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Homegrown Tomatoes

Last night Mom watched the kids so that we could go out and do a little Christmas and birthday shopping.  We had to find  just the right field guide to insects for a four-year-old who asked us for "100,000 caterpillars" for her birthday. :)
While we were out we went to the Olive Garden for dinner... my husband just discovered Italian salad dressing recently and really likes it and now he thinks that the only eating out place that has it is Olive Garden.  Anyway, we both had the Venetian Apricot Chicken, which is pretty tasty, and not as over-filling as most stuff they have. 

After dinner, we managed to get the girls a few pair of thermal socks and turtleneck sweaters for Christmas... I know, we're boring... maybe we'll find a little something more interesting before Christmas.