what's for dinner - thursday, october 23

[fizzgig]

i'm up at a horribly early hour to get some pork loin roasts on the smoker for the pulled pork tonight. it'll spend about four hours on the smoker, then another three or so in the crock pot and will accompanied by baked beans, potato salad and fresh bread. my bestie and her guy are visiting from germany, so we're having dinner tonight and then he and i are going to watch the broncos game. there will be plenty of beer, of course.

happy almost weekend!

[Kali]

1. enjoy!

not sure what I am going to have - I am supposed to go meet my congressman (Ron Barber) for a GOTV event in the little town nearby. if they have snacks that will be it, if not probably some drive-through junk food.

[fizzgig]

2. have fun!

good to see you and i hope you are well.

[Galileo126]

3. Last of the chuck roast

and the leftover carrots. So, I'll make a 'pot pie' style filling, with the carrots, onions, garlic, celery, frozen peas and gravy from the drippings. Poured over mashed spuds. Yum. I love doing that with leftover baked chicken or turkey, too.

[pinto]

5. I love potatoes smothered with leftovers, too. Whether mashed or baked and scooped for a bowl.

[fizzgig]

7. omnomnomnom

sounds might tasty to me

[pinto]

4. Curried chicken salad.

Diced chicken, bok choy, red bell pepper, yellow squash, scallions, celery, 50/50 mayo & red curry sauce.

Have a great time with your friends - the food and beverage line up sounds good...

[fizzgig]

8. sounds nummy

my chicken salad is a lot simpler than that, but it always get some yellow curry powder.

i see the series is tied at one. how have the games been?

[pinto]

11. Excellent. Both scores were lopsided, but good games all around.

I'm looking forward to see the series move to SF on Friday.

Curry is so underused, imo. I mix some powder with mayo to put over steamed broccoli. Takes 2 secs but adds a neat taste.

[spinbaby]

6. What can I do with a leftover pork roast?

It's what's for dinner, but don't know what I'm doing with it.

[fizzgig]

9. sounds like sandwich time to me

or shred it up, make a sauce and serve it with mashed spuds and a veggie.

[Galileo126]

13. Pork fried rice, perhaps? nt

[pscot]

10. potato and leek soup

with small ham hock and 1 (one) leftover knockwurst.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Another hamburger.

Another pretzel bun. Salad.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

14. Bacon sammitch.

And I'm hoping it doesn't poison me.

It was on sale, and the package I picked up looked far more lean than any of the other packages, but... All of the other packages were vacuum sealed tightly against the meat, which basically looked dry, while the package I picked up felt loose and squishy. I checked all over, and didn't find any leaks, so I shrugged and bought it, but got it home and cut the package open, and a fair amount of cloudy liquid poured out.

I've got a mostly cast-iron stomach, though, so I just washed each piece off before microwaving them for 5 minutes. On sale or not, I wasn't simply going to throw the money I'd spent on it away if I didn't have to. So far so good, no gastrointestinal trouble rearing its head. If I get through the night ok, I figure I'll have more for breakfast.

[Aerows]

15. Baked potatoes

and salad. Doing a meatless dinner.

[MerryBlooms]

16. My husband requested mac/cheese and kielbasa.

He so rarely requests anything, I'm always happy to oblige... although I did ask if there was a reason for the heavy comfort food. Nope, just sounded good.

[NJCher]

17. cauliflower pizza crust

Topped with bolognese, mozzarella, peppers and onions. then parmesan sprinkled over the top.

I came out of my three work sessions of making pizza crusts with three nice crusts. They are so delicious! Oh and btw, did I explain I have ATD!? Not really, but I get bored and have a tough time finishing things, so I break up my cooking into sessions.

OK, now the salad for tonight: it's from my Twelve Months of Monastery Salads cookbook and is called Salade Campagnarde. The recipe description says it's a basic country-style salad. It has broccoli, radishes, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, and scallions. Supposed to mix in cheese bits, so I hope I can find my Swiss. I think I'll sprinkle turkey bacon crumbles over it, too.


Cher

[eissa]

18. I made Thai Pumpkin Soup yesterday

Here's the recipe:

Sauté half an onion, 3 cloves garlic, 1 red chili and 2 Tbls Thai green curry paste in some oil. Add 30 oz can of pumpkin, 32 oz of chicken stock and bring to a boil. Finally stir in 3/4 cup of unsweetened coconut milk. Salt to taste and garnish with cilantro.

I liked it fine, but kinda feel it was missing something. I think maybe I should have used sweetened coconut milk instead to balance out the flavors? I mistakenly thought the pumpkin would be sweet enough, but guess not