So...whats for dinner?

MinusTwo

I discovered a new sauce last week. Seeds of Change Simmer Sauces. They come in mushroom, sesame/ginger/terriyaki, roasted chipotle, tikka masala, and some others. They are organic, and at least the one I used was vegetarian. I like their rice & grain mixes so decided to try.

Pounded chicken tenders very thin, sauteed in olive oil & butter. Removed chicken & sauteed fresh mushrooms. Added the "mushroom simmer sauce", put the chicken back in & simmered a bit. Served on smushed, leftover new potatoes (because I'm trying to clean the fridge). I compared the package with Campbells Mushroom Soup - which I used to cook with. Soup is 100 calories & 870 sodium. Seeds of Change Simmer Sauce is 50 calories & 135 sodium. BIG difference. Obviously more than double the price, but for one or two people it's a good deal. I'm going to try some of the other flavors.

Today was sauteed onions & leftover Rao's Marinara with a couple of Trader Joe's frozen Italian Meatballs. Served on zucchini noodles.

Sandi - I agree about the artificial sweeteners. I get an unpleasant aftertaste with all of them.

Patsy - Welcome. Thanks for posting.

Magari

Happy Sunday, all. Have been "away" for about a week so will just say that there have been some great sounding meals lately.

We made Neapolitan-style pizza Margherita several days ago using the following method, and it is by far the best homemade pizza we've ever done (even though I cheated and used Trader Joe's refrigerated dough.) https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/09/hacker-free-neapolitan-pizza-for-a-home-kitchen-recipe.html

Last night I made my mother's simplified version of feijoada using dried black beans and linguica in the Instant Pot.

Tonight we are grilling Rick Bayless' Mexican Roadside chicken on the Weber. https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/08/grilling-mexican-roadside-chicken-with-green.html Not sure yet what else will be going with it. We'll have leftovers from this and the feijoada to use during the week.

ChiSandy

I've used the Seeds of Change Harissa and Mole sauces--pretty darn good.

illimae

Tonight was Crunchy Onion Chicken with mashed potatoes and corn. No pic, we inhaled it, it’s a favorite of the friends I have over on Sunday nights for dinner and TV.

ChiSandy

Salmon still frozen, Bob won't be home for dinner, so I ordered out from Lao Sze Chuan. (Being a bit of a wuss, especially after having the last two Buffalo wings in the freezer, I stuck to the Cantonese & Mandarin stuff). Scallion pancake, beef chow fun, Shanghai spring rolls, and red bean rice balls for dessert. Undoubtedly will have so many leftovers that I won't need to serve anything but snap peas with salmon tomorrow night...unless Bob gets late-night munchies. (Gordy is chez gf).

carolehalston

Today was WW weigh in. I was down another lb for a total of 6 lbs. It comes off much more slowly than it piles on.

DH and I haven't eaten any crawfish yet this crawfish season, so we plan to go to Crabby Shack tonight for boiled mudbugs. They're usually served with potatoes and corn on the cob cooked in the same boiling pot.

MinusTwo

Carole - congratulations on the 6 lbs. I've been 5 up & 5 down & 5 back up & down for several months now. If I eat NO bread or pasta and confine myself to one meal a day, the weight slides down. Hell of a way to live.

And since I'm going to San Francisco for few days on Wednesday, the immediate prediction for weight loss - let alone retention - is not good. Lots of sourdough bread and Dungness Crab if I can find it. My room has a fridge - so the first purchase is butter & bread, only slightly ahead of wine and Gin & Tonic. My DS has made dinner reservations 2 out of 4 nights. DIL, who is a vegetarian, is cooking one night. I'm planning fish for lunches on my own since neither of them eat fish - with more sourdough bread. I'll probably head for Tadish Grill one day, where my Dad used to take us for special meals when each child had a chance every summer to take the train in to the City alone starting at age 10 to visit him at his office for private Dad & daughter or son time. It's been in business for 160 years - before Lincoln was assassinated, before the transcontinental railroad, before the electric light bulb, before the Wright Brother's flight, Supposedly the third oldest restaurant in the US. OK - Lacey & Carole win, but still... It was always in the financial district and moved to California Street in 1967.

MinusTwo

Couldn't resist one more quote. No reservations and it's always packed.

PatsyKB

hmmm. Traveling today and spending a few hours at SEA-TAC between flights, so I'm thinking Wolfgang Puck's for a baby kale and quinoa salad for early supper in a little while. It's a win win win: healthy, I don't have to cook, and I don't have to clean up!

Egads007

PatsyKB- allow me to be jealous...I mean pea green

ChiSandy

Boston this coming Fri-Tues---if it swims, I'm gonna eat it. Mostly lobster & oysters.

cse70

Jealous! Send pix and descriptions!

illimae

Tonight was Creamy Shrimp Pasta, I used a high fiber penne instead of fettuccine and fresh spinach instead of frozen. It turned out pretty good and was super easy.

eric95us

Tonight I made spaghetti with sauce...but with a twist.

The sauce was green onion, soy, red pepper, ginger peanut butter and some vinegar.It was good. Sharon ate a huge helping and then got some more for her lunch tomorrow.

I wasn't sure how it was going to taste, but it turned out well. Sharon ate a huge helping and then got some more for her lunch tomorrow.

SpecialK

minus - I'm jealous - we should meet up in Cali one day! Plus, I would kill for some Boudin's Sourdough! Interestingly, when we went to Austria for my cousin's wedding the reception was held in the St. Peter's Stiftskulinarium in Salzburg, in the Abbey Complex which is the oldest operating restaurant in Europe.

MinusTwo

Special - yes we should. I've been considering taking the train from Washington State to San Diego with stops along the way. Be still my heart!!!

MinusTwo

Illi - dinner looks good. Would you mind sharing the recipe?

Egads007

Eric - mind posting your recipe? That sauce sounds fabulous!

SpecialK

minus - I have done the train from Chatsworth, just north of Los Angeles to Solana Beach, just north of SD. Awesome ride, along the coast the whole way. I did it a couple of times - the outgoing station was 10 mins from my parent's home, and one of my college roommates lived in Cardiff near the SB station, so when I would go and see my mom - and then need a few days break - I would train down to see my friend. Clean train, comfortable, grab a coffee and sit back and enjoy - loved it!

ChiSandy

Coho salmon en papillote with fresh herbs (thyme, tarragon, parsley, dill and homegrown scallion) and rainbow bell pepper; sauteed snap peas; Dr. Prager's zucchini latke:

eric95us

Peanut Sauce -- spaghetti....on Allreceips.com

I grated off about 1-1/2 tsp of ginger and went ahead and used it all. I had two bunches of green onions and they were within a

couple of days of "use them or throw them out", so I used twice as much of that as specified. All in all, it didn't seem to matter, so the recipe doesn't seem to be terribly fussy.

Oh, I used a very low sodium soy sauce. I think it would be *WAY* too salty with regular soy sauce.

illimae

Here’s the Creamy Shrimp Pasta recipe

https://www.google.com/amp/s/recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail-amp.asp%3frecipe=137028

MinusTwo

Yum Eric. thanks from me too.

Egads007

Eric - thank you! Loved the green onion reference, use em’ or lose em’ happens in my kitchen regularly. Also love no fuss recipes, will be trying tomorrow night, thanks again

eric95us

I may try that salmon-vege mix tomorrow Chi. I'm hopefully getting rid of my eye bandage-contact tomorrow afternoon, so I will need to get things ready before I leave for the appointment.

ChiSandy

Really easy, Eric, and it works with any fish fillet--branzino, flounder, trout, steelhead, etc. The key is to use kitchen parchment--tear off a square, fold it in quarters and cut, then unfold to make sort of a squared circle (there's a way to fold it even further to make a near-perfect circle, but I'm not that persnickety). Fold in half, then reopen. Sprinkle a little olive oil on the parchment, place the (salted & peppered) filet just below the crease, and add whatever herbs you have on hand. Then cut a few thin bell pepper rings, layer on top of the fish & herbs, sprinkle some sliced green onion tops. Make a packet by closing the parchment and crimp the edges, then make about 4 small slits.Nuke on high for 90 seconds (2 minutes actually overcooked my fish). Open the packet to let the steam escape, finish with a few flakes of sea salt, and dig in!

eric95us

Thank you.

carolehalston

On Monday night at Crabby Shack, a dozen raw oysters is $6. We shared a dozen and they were delicious dipped in a horseradish, ketchup and hot sauce mixture. Haven't eaten raw oysters in years. We each had a 2 lb order of boiled crawfish. So I've had my crawfish fix. Now to drink lots of water and flush out the salt.

Tonight it's back to cooking. UNLESS I weaken and we go to a restaurant in a neighboring town, Mandeville, that has a grilled oyster special on Tuesday night. Maybe next week.

Minus, your vacation in CA sounds well planned! Hope you enjoy every minute and every bite of sourdough bread. I have eaten at Antoine's a few times through the years. A nice part of the experience is the veteran waiters who have made their work a dignified profession.

Sandy, enjoy all those lobster and oyster meals in Boston.

Minus, on the weight issue, I might do better if I omitted the empty calorie alcohol intake, but I enjoy my evening cocktail sometimes followed by a glass of wine. I eat very little bread which is easier when really good bread is not within arm reach. I can't pass up the bread basket at a good restaurant or bypass the dish of butter pats.

bedo

Just got home a week ago after an 11 week job in Boston. I was put up at the Marriott Long Wharf so I had buffet breakfasts and took a lunch from there every day and they had "socials" Mon-Weds evenings with appetizers, so now that I'm home I have to cook for myself now. :O

So I went back to cheese enchiladas and pickles. Ummmm. I missed them.

No work till June for 12 days in Maine, then 2 months in Cambridge in the Fall. I get to see my grandson when I work there more, so it's fun!

Since "retiring" again, I've ridden the bike path, put in my vegetable garden, gone to the Franklin Park Zoo with DD and grandson who is 11 months old, seen a horror movie, been to the Cape, gone out for Mexican food and NOT started the couch to 5K program. Can't remember what else. Mind is shot.

I'm glad everyone is doing well!

TodayI want to find a violin teacher.

I "think" it's been 5 years since my diagnosis? Time to get rid of those tats.

Oh, wait a minute, according to my profile it's been more like sevent!!!!:}

SpecialK

bedo - hi!!! Good to see you! Sounds like you have been busy! I have NOT started to the couch to 5K either, so there's that! I am at the seven year point too - so yay for us!