Lounge! What's for Dinner!

[Xipe Totec]

Oh boy, oh boy!

Mine is veggies from the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

We're having stir fry:


Snow peas, and garlic scapes (blossoms) from the CSA,


with red onions and gulf shrimp, seasoned with Schezuan peppercorns

over a bed of Texmati rice


:P

[PBS Poll-435]

1. A lb of bacon and maybe a bag of sunflower seeds

you know, for dessert.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Is it a pound before or after frying?

[PBS Poll-435]

7. Before

about 7-8 ounces afterwards.

I am doing Atkins.

[Xipe Totec]

19. Mmmmm.... Atkins....

[RaVeN_MeaD]

2. Mushrooooooooms. nt

[Xipe Totec]

3. What kind of 'shrooms?

[Xipe Totec]

29. yes, but what kind?...

[redqueen]

4. Dunno yet...

Maybe a chicken casserole or something boring like that. :P

[Xipe Totec]

6. Chicken, God's most perfect food....

:9

[redqueen]

11. I thought that was avocados.

:shrug:
:P

[Xipe Totec]

12. Avocados, a perversion of the Aztec word Ahuacatl

Which means the fruit, of course,

but also the shape for which it is named - the testicle.


Ahuacatl = testicle.



:rofl;

[NMDemDist2]

8. I made meatloaf last night, we're having meatloaf sammies

:9

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Bacon burgers!

On toasted sandwich sized English Muffins, with a bit of mayo...

With lettuce, sliced tomato and avocado!

It's messy eating, but oh god, so yummy!

:9

[Xipe Totec]

21. That sounds yummy, Miss Peggy!

:9

[fizzgig]

10. meeting some former coworkers for burritos

i'm going to the farmer's market tomorrow, so dinner should be much more interesting tomorrow night

[Xipe Totec]

22. Awright!

gimme an update tomorrow!

:9

[AlCzervik]

13. spinach and feta pizza.

thank goodness i have a big toaster oven.

[Xipe Totec]

23. I envy you!

my oven ain't worth spit!

[Richard Steele]

14. I'm grilling some cheap, store-brand Italian sausages.

I'm playing "lazy cook" tonight.

[Xipe Totec]

24. Lazy is good

what kind of snossages?

[Richard Steele]

33. Kroger™ brand "Mild Italian" sausages.

And in my defense, I gotta say that the various "store brand"
products are just SOOOO much better than they were when I was a kid.

We were fairly poor when I was a kid, and I knew we were poor every time
we sat down to dinner.

My "rich" classmates' Moms made spaghetti with Hunts™ sauce, and that
crap tasted like canned tomatoes.

My mom saved 15 cents by making spaghetti with "store brand" sauce,
and that crap just tasted like the inside of the CAN!


But those days are long gone. I gotta tell ya, I'm pretty impressed
with the quality of the "store brand" products these days.

My palate has come a long way from Polecat Hollow. I've had some folks
who have traveled the WORLD eating at 4-star restaurants tell me
that I'm a very good cook...and I have a lot of "store brand" products on my
shopping list every single week.

That "store brand" stuff is just soo much better than it was back in the 70s,
pretty much across the board.

And the once-rare TRULY PREMIUM stuff (MuirGlen™ canned tomato products, for example)
is becoming so commonplace, there's less and less reason to bother with
the old "Name brands".

If I want GOOD canned tomato sauce, I can buy store brand and introduce it to my spice rack.
If I want GREAT canned tomato sauce, I can walk 3 blocks and buy Muir Glen.
(And if I want WORLD CLASS tomato sauce, I can wake up early on Saturday and
buy some amazing tomatoes at the Farmers Market- they don't cost much more
than the cheap canned crap these days)

[LostinVA]

15. Quik Chek subs

[Xipe Totec]

25. Chek subs

:shrug:

Tell us more....

[LostinVA]

31. It's a convenience store that makes way better sandwiches than Quizno's, Subway, Blimpie, etc

I think it's a NJ chain.

[Lars39]

16. Homemade chicken pot pie.

:9

[Xipe Totec]

26. Oh, sure, rub it in!

That sounds great!


:bounce:

[Lars39]

38. Seems to mess up every pan in the kitchen, but well worth it. :^)

[tigereye]

17. broiled salmon with dill and lemon

almond rice pilaf and salad.


Maybe some blueberries and strawberries for desert with ice cream for the kid.

[Xipe Totec]

27. I bow to your epicurian supremacy

[tigereye]

35. I dunno, It was pretty simple...

:hi:


but thanks! And it was very good.

[Phillycat]

18. We had omelettes with lovely cheddar cheese, and toast.

Breakfast for dinner!

[Xipe Totec]

28. Nice!

[Danger Mouse]

20. vegetarian corn dogs with some organic french fries.

[Left Is Write]

30. We got home late, so I made pancakes and eggs.

Big plate-sized pancakes!

[grannylib]

32. Went to my mother-in-laws to visit her and my SIL who's visiting

from Maryland, and with two BILs and one more SIL, and Sarahbellum -
we had baked chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls, pickles, and strawberries, mocha cakes, and coffee afterward...I'm stuffed.

[bridgit]

34. Tres Hermanos left overs from lunch...

:9

[XemaSab]

36. FRITOS!

:D

[libnnc]

37. trying to figure that out now

need to go the the sto'

[malta blue]

39. sounds delicious...

We are definitely doing a CSA next year - we had to find one that would work for us as far as pickup, etc.

I did go to the farmers market this morning and brought home fresh dill, baby bok choy and sugar snap peas....

Mr MB is grilling up some salmon and I am going to make a dill sauce for it. The bok choy is going on the grill too :9

[Pierre.Suave]

40. Lessee...

I grilled a mixture of vegetables consisting of Red and Green Bell Peppers, Mushrooms, and Onions, I also grilled some Chicken Breasts that had a mixture of Peach Preserves and Sweet Onion Relish brushed on during grilling.

To say it was good would be one hell of an understatement.

:P

[Hippo_Tron]

41. Thinking Pasta with some tomatoes, peppers, chicken

Can't decide on pesto sauce or tomato sauce though.