What's For Dinner?

[Shakeydave]

Jamaican BBQ for Me, Mrs. Shakey and JanMichael! What are you guys having? :hi:

[trof]

1. pad thai

homade
Mrs.t. is in the kitchen now.
I'm here enjoying a Scotch & soda.
I can smell onions cooking.
Life is good.
:-)

[DODI]

2. If only I knew!

What to do with the chicken! I am hunting kid friendly recipes now. Any ideas?

[Shakeydave]

6. I always enjoy a quick chicken casserole!

Brown the chicken.
Cook the rice.
Place rice and chicken in a casserole and cover with one can Cream of Chicken and one can of mushrooms.
Sprinkle parmesan or other cheese on top and bake for 1/2 hour at 350 or until heated through!

1950'ish I know, but it's a classic!

[trof]

12. Kid friendly:

Chicken and peanut butter casserole.
Jelly on the side.
;-)

[Shakeydave]

3. Very Nice!

Couldn't get my vote to pass at lunch for Thai! Mmmmm! Maybe tomorrow! :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

36. Thai buffet tomorrow at lunch!!!!

If you get to Austin, I'll take ya! :hi:

[supernova]

4. Rotisserie chicken

and a fresh apple.

Maybe a shot or two of tequila later.

[Shakeydave]

11. Homemade or from the supermarket?

I love it both ways! When I get one from the store, Mrs. Shakey (she would die if she knew I was telling you this) and I set it in the sink and just pick at it with a nice Pinot Grigio! :hi:

[supernova]

16. LOL!

Eating in the sink, yeah that's me! :hi:

It's store bought. And the leftovers make great chicken salad, too!

I've been on too much of a carb kick lately. Need to get back to my eating plan.

[SOteric]

5. Pan-smoked halibut cheeks

in Thai red curry and galangal.

[Shakeydave]

7. I can get grouper cheeks down here.

Can you link me to how you pan "smoke" them?

[SOteric]

18. I use an old deep sided fry pan I got at a 2nd hand shop

that's been fitted with a similarly 2nd hand steamer rack. I got the idea from seeing one of these:

http://www.kitchenemporium.com/cgi-bin/kitchen/prod/21cmsmk.html

It needs a lid and some sort of vent. It should have deep sides, a rack designed for vegetable steaming can be slipped to a point half way down the sides. Then I put some soaked wood chips in an old tuna tin and put the whole thing over the heat. As the pan heats the chips smoke and the product cooks simultaneously. Cold smoking is not a viable option in such a pan.

[Shakeydave]

20. Does it smoke you out indoors?

Curious Minds want to know!

[SOteric]

22. It's not big enough

to generate more smoke than having something fall onto your burner during cooking.

Fish will cook in such a contraption in under 15 minutes. It will impart a light 'smokey' flavour to lean, quick-cooking items, but to flavour something like baby back ribs would take upwards of an hour & a half to smoke and then cooking time. That's not practical for a stove-top smoker.


So the short answer is, used correctly on the appropriate product, it's a bit smokey, but not overwhelmingly so. I wouldn't use it around a sensitive smoke alarm, and I'd definitely turn the fan in the hood vent on.

[Shakeydave]

45. Most thank you!

I'll try it this weekend!

[Lars39]

30. Thanks for that link!!!!

They've got kitchen stuff to drool over.(yes, I'm a kitchen "tool" junkie!!!) :)

[trof]

9. They don't call you SOteric for nuthin.

Now THAT is esoteric.
yum

[ForrestGump]

49. She always has the coolest menu options

Whenever there's a thread like this her sheer creativity and the effort that it would take a mere mortal like me to produce such dishes simply stuns me. I mean, especially when my offering would be something like "raisin bran flakes with flax seeds and milk with a Kraft chocolate pudding for dessert" (and it's not always that I produce such an ambitious meal).

[Benevolent_Rabbit]

8. Peanuts with perhaps a side of popcorn

yum.

[Shakeydave]

17. Throw in some carmel sauce and I'm there!

:freak:

[Rick Myers]

10. Penne pasta with my homemade sauce

and garlic and cheese biskets!!!

[Shakeydave]

14. Cough up the recipe for your sauce Rick!

NOW! :dunce:

[Rick Myers]

32. That's a state secret!!!

But I'll bring a couple gallons when I finally get down there for a visit!!! Big chunks of peppers, scallions and GARLIC!!! Hearty!!!!!

:toast:

[Shakeydave]

46. Call me soon, brother!

:bounce:

[TreasonousBastard]

13. Grilled lamb chops,

Spinach and mushrooms cooked up in homemade chicken stock with herbs, cheese, and a touch of cayenne

a fine baguette that could have been imported from St. Germaine

and an excellent, yet inexpensive, merlot.

[Shakeydave]

15. What kind of sauce for the lamb?

I like to reduce a half bottle of Port to the syrup consistency for mine!

[TreasonousBastard]

25. An excellent sauce,

but I usually just wolf down the chops without any at all. They're the blade chops, anyway. Loin chops are going for over 10 bucks a pound around here, and I'd feel like I'd have to stuff them with truffles and caviar at that price.

Should I make a sauce, I usually have some chicken and beef stock lying around, and toss in whatever red wine is open, various herbs and spices, and don't reduce all that much but thicken with sour cream and instant potato. Real mashed if I happen to have them around. Maybe a bit of tomato sauce if I feel like it and have some handy.

It's my basic gravy/stew/whatever. I got away from roux and deglazing a while ago for no good reason except I started cooking in different ways. I'm big on braising, stir-fry, and grilling now.

(note-- I couldn't live without cinnamon, basil, and cayenne. Everything else is optional)

[Chicklet]

33. I love loin chops

I get them at Costco. Had some last night with just the lamb spice rub from Penzey's on it. Mother of Dog, were they good!

:9

[Shakeydave]

48. Love that my friend!

Good eats is it!

[Rowdyboy]

19. Salmon patties....

butterbeans, cantalope and buttered rolls...

[Shakeydave]

21. Salmon croquettes?

I love them for breakfast!

[Rowdyboy]

26. Flat salmon croquettes...

It was the first Southern Living Recipe I came to using a can of salad...

[otohara]

23. Grilled Chilean Sea Bass

sauted collard greens w/ garlic & olive oil, rice pilaf.

[SOteric]

37. Wow. Where'd you find the Chilean Sea Bass

Most places up here quit selling it a year ago because the population was endangered by over-fishing.

[otohara]

42. Frozen Section

King Soopers 9.99 for a bag of 5-6 small fillets

[mlawson]

24. Jamaican curry: Bitter melon with red beans, hot peppers, and tomatoes.

:-)

[Gingersnap]

27. I'm making Tuscan white beans with

tomato and rosemary and collards and a baguette on the side (we're vegetarians). The real treat is a 1991 bottle of Napa Cab that we're going to open (it's my birthday and this is my reward for having to cook my own birthday dinner).

[Harrumph]

28. Damn, I shouldn't have read this thread.

It's the end of the month...Fish Sticks for me (sob)!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. It's meatloaf night...

I add onion soup, chopped spinach, salt and pepper to the loaf; put it in a stainless steel baking pan on the grill, and melt monster cheese over the top in the last couple of minutes of cooking time.

Fresh corn on the cob and cucumber/tomato salad on the side...

:9

[Ramsey]

31. Halibut

Seared halibut with haricots verts, scallions and white wine sauce for the entree.

Thinking of doing this with either some polenta or roasted potatoes and a caesar salad.

[AnnabelLee]

34. Chili 'n baking powder biscuits

Except I just realized I've run out of baking powder. Oh well, I'll use baking soda & cream of tartar instead.:-)

[GOPisEvil]

35. I made beef stir-fry with...

...snow peas, carrots, broccoli and sesame oil and soy sauce. :9

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. Three of the Grumpys had spaghetti....and MrsGrumpy had water because

her mouth is still killing her. :-(

[AlienGirl]

39. Cold pasta salad

About the only thing I can bear to eat in this awful heat...

Tucker

[2548HR]

40. Eating light, its so hot

Ceasar salad with grilled chicken breast, sliced tomatoes and garlic toast, and a nice cold Chilean chardoany.

[tpub]

41. very small salad and 4 glasses of sauvignon blanc

so far...

NOT GOOD, I know...

[HEyHEY]

43. Fajitas, pesto with bacon

Fajitas, pesto with bacon

[proud patriot]

44. We're having breakfast for dinner

Homemade cherry almond waffles

[ForrestGump]

47. Turkey wrap, grapes, juice.......

and that's about it.

[The Lone Liberal]

50. The manna of heaven

Kosher salami and saltine crackers.

[RMJ]

51. My favorite leftovers...

Last night's eggplant parmagiana on french bread.

Best sandwich EVER.

And plums for dessert...yum.