So...whats for dinner?

SeasideMemories

Vivian,

I have been wanting to try this recipe from America's Test Kitchen/ Cook's Country. http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes/Chuck%ADRoast%ADin%ADFoil/27308?extcode=L3KN3AA00 They even have a video on how they make it that you can watch. Haven't gotten around to it yet but have made many of their recipes and have not had a bad one yet!

I have made this one http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pot_roast/ and thought it was really good!

7 pounds is a pretty big roast. These may need to be split into 2 batches or adjust the cooking time accordingly!

Hope this helps!

auntienance

Carole, I'm going to try your black bean recipe. I love them but unless I'm making soup I usually get them in a can. Dried black beans are very difficult to find here. But what a good idea to freeze them in smaller portions. I'm putting them on my "city" shopping list.

susan_02143

Carole,

Brining the turkey does not make it salty at all. In fact, there is still less salt than a low sodium commercial product. The salt simply allows the flavoring of the brine to permeate the meat. That whole osmosis thing we learned about in high school.

School photos are one of the greatest rip-offs of all time. My mother refused to ever buy them. I, remembering how much that disgusted me, did buy, but I never found them particularly useful. My mother-in-law is the only person who liked getting one.

Will get to work on chuck roast next. I usually grind those for burgers!

*susan*

susan_02143

Okay. As I expected. Chuck roast is great for an oven pot roast. Here is my google search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=chuck+roast+for+pot+roast%3F&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

Pick any of them..... just make sure you really brown the meat and use the oven, low and slow, to create a delicious meal. A pot roast is happy with any number of veggies. I do tend to add many of them later so they don't turn to mush, but hey, this is pot roast. Almost anything you do will make for a delicious dinner!

*susan*

SeasideMemories

Carole,

Do you have Kitchenaid Pasta set with the Ravioli attachment or do you do them by hand? I've been eyeing a set on Amazon and, if you have the attachments, would love to know if you like them!

Moon,

Good point on the photo retakes! Sometimes they are held within just a few days of the photos coming home.

Nancy,

I posted a recipe for Cuban style black beans way back on page 24 that's pretty good. Not sure if that's the style you're looking for.

SeasideMemories

Nancy,

That pot roast recipe sounds soooooo good! I'm nowvreally hungry for a good old pot roast!

naiviv

Thanks, I reading all recipes and trying to decide.

Did I mention I'm Cuban, never too much food. I actually discovered market fresh market and chuck roasts were on sale.

I have 2 boys who eat like food is going to end tomorrow. I pack lunches for them and my SO , so good gets eaten. I am also freezing at least 2 portions when I cook for quick meals. I use a Pyrex and it goes from freezer to defrost to oven and the food tastes great . No freezer burn like plastic or ziploc . After I discovered this I wait for sales and have been buying them for my freezer . I marinate my meats/ chicken breast after I buy and store them Pyrex . Red lids for meat, hamburger, blue for chicken, green fish, white for cooked I tape a note with what it is and how to reheat or cook because memory a bit fuzzy and in case one of my kids / SO needs to do it. Although I try to market every few days and but fresh. Sometimes larger portions are cheaper or sale items.

Plus my freezer looks so organized, when I can buy more, I'll work on fridge. Then kitchen cabinets. I love how everything looks so organized in magazine pics of cupboards. And glass is more expensive but last much longer than plastic and no odor or staining issue with sauces.

Trader Joes is my new favorite market but for meats Market Fresh is awesome for variety but very exp. I buy their sale items and plan around them.

Thanks again and if you all ever need a recipe for anything Cuban , just let me know.

Happy Cooking,

Vivian

susan_02143

Carole,

I can't find any stats on sodium content for a brined bird, just recollections of something I read somewhere. If brining is a bad thing, you can try my other turkey roasting trick. Do salt the bird.... conservatively along with some dried hers. Rub it into the bird, and if possible, let it sit in the fridge overnight. Then slather no-fat plain yogurt all over the bird and roast. The yogurt does what butter or bacon would; protects the bird from being completely dried out, but without all those pesky animal fats. If your family doesn't eat the skin, take it off before the salt step.

*susan*

Laurie08

Too funny! I just bought a roast to make pot roast too! Although I do mine in the crock pot.

auntienance

Carole, I've switched from wet brining to dry brining whole birds ( I soak chicken parts in buttermilk). When dry brining, the skin is salty, not overly I think, but the meat is perfect. And delicious.

naiviv

Thank you all,

Chuck Roast in oven. I combined a few recipes and tweaked. I  carmelized onion,carrot  then red and green peppers ,garlic and mushrooms . Cooking in wine as I had no stock or beef broth. Need to get those for future. I'l llet you all  know in several  hours.

I think I'll serve with potatoes, maybe mash. I'm going to find a recipe I saw earlier for a cake and I think I have all ingedients. Must be the steroids.

Vivian

Moonflwr912

NO, NO! DONT REMOVE THE SKIN! Salt and rub in herbs under the skin. Leave it on the bird till serving. Then just take it off before serving. Much moister bird.

Viv that sounds delicious. What time is dinner? It'll only take me 16 or so hours if I get started right now! LOL. Oh darn. Today is trick or treat. Guess I wont make it... LOL

luvmygoats

Vivian - sounds yummy and I know it will be.

Pork tenderloin here, just the one 1.15 pounder. Out of onions, shameful. It is a "peppercorn" seasoned one from Hormel. Will prob. just bake it and maybe put an apple around it. Somewhere I have a really small roaster pan, chicken size. Wish I had some little red potatoes. Only the gigantic baker kind. Waiting for rain/possible storms later.

auntienance

Just when I was racking my brain for dinner ideas, along came an invitation for a night of homemade pizza and baseball! Yay! My contribution is a package of roasted tomatoes and the olive oil cake. I actually made two, one with more lemon and one with more orange.  I'll take the lemon and keep the orange. Can't wait to try them.

carolehalston

I hit one key and a whole post disappears. I wish I knew which key, darn it!

I do not own the ravioli maker but made my ravioli by hand. It was really quite easy. Two identical strips of pasta dough. Little spoonfuls of filling at regular intervals. Spray with water. Cover with the 2nd strip. Shape a little with your fingers. Cut with a ridged roller cutter. To be on the safe side, I also used a tiny fork around the edges. You can also use one wider strip of pasta dough and fold it over.

The Kitchen Aid pasta roller attachment works very well. It allows you to use both hands to handle the strip of dough as it lengthens.

Thank you, Laurie, for your "oreo" inspiration! I bought two very nice eggplants today and used up the left-over ravioli filling by making eggplant parmesan. I was already planning to make spaghetti sauce for tomorrow so I made an extra large batch and used some of it.

And partly thanks to you, Lacey, I bought kale at the farmers' mkt! So far I am not a great fan of kale.

Thanks to Susan, I'll try brining a turkey breast to roast for sandwiches. I know the processed meats are not healthy.

I looked at beef roasts today but beef is so much more expensive than pork that I bought a Boston butt roast for about half the price. I usually cut a chuck roast into cubes for beef soup or beef stew.

All this cooking I've been doing the last two days and we're having DH's request tonight, the EASY MEAL. Ribeye, baked potatoes and salad.

In addition to the kale, I bought okra and turnips today. I was wondering if anyone makes roasted turnips.

Also bought a loaf of multigrain bread from a family that grinds their own wheat.

Vivian, I would like very much for you to share some Cuban recipes that you cook.

Moonflwr912

Is it cheating if you pick out the cards you want-ahead of time? This is me handing out treats in my Fortune Teller attire! LOL what you dont see is my winter cape of WOOL. Its 43 degrees out here. LOL. Supper tonite is candy.....

SeasideMemories

Carole,

Thanks for the input on the Kitchenaid roller. I think I'll skip the package that includes the ravioli attachment if it's pretty easy to do by hand! Probably will get the one that has the roller and 2 cutter attachments...

Possible reason for the 'poof post'... If you start typing your response on a page, page back to read/respond to earlier posts you will lose your response. Not sure if it happens on the page back or when you try to return to the page you were on when you started your response.

Vivian,

My Mom is from Cuba and came to the states in the '50's! I grew up eating many Cuban dishes! Big holiday get togethers with relatives (many times prepared by the men). Great food and even better memories! Small world..lol!

SeasideMemories

Lol Moon! Candy for dinner is fine for Trick or Treat night!! Love that you dress up and brave the chilly temps!

Ok... For those that hand out treats, do you buy candy that you like in case there's leftovers or candy you don't like so you're not tempted?

For those that buy the kinds they like, what's your favorite?... you know, the bag you save for last and maybe shut the porch light off a little early just so there's some 'leftover'? lol

I buy candy I like and my fave... Ok, need to go with faves.. are Junior Mints and ButterFingers!

auntienance

I don't dare buy candy I like, but I do buy the little bags of pretzels. Not quite so damaging.

susan_02143

Nance, unless those pretzels happen to find a jar of chunky peanut butter!

SeasideMemories

Susan,

Oh my, isn't that the truth!

auntienance

Carole, I'm trying to jump on the kale bandwagon too, so I bought a bunch yesterday as well. So far, I like it better as an ornamental in the fall garden but I'm not giving up!

auntienance

Susan, I wonder if that peanut butter could improve the kale lol!

lovewins

I love the old fashion peanut butter kisses I used to hate as a kid in those bright orange and black wax paper! Mmmmm.

chabba

The candy display at the local grocery store is mostly things adults like.  We have a city rdinance against trick or treating except in the businrss district.  20+ years ago Fire Department proposed it. 

 We have almost no  street lights and no sidewalks in the residentual area.  Instead the Fire Dept hosts a party at the Convention center where local businesses and organizations set up booths with games and hand out candy.

naiviv

Roast was amazing so much was eaten we all fell asleep while watching a movie. My olive oil cake shall be tried tomorrow .

Thanks again to all and Moon you are welcome to stop by always enough to feed a few extra friends.

Just finished dishes and going to sleep.

Vivian

auntienance

The olive oil cake (lemon) was terrific and quite a hit.

carolehalston

When we moved into this house 20 yrs ago, I bought candy for treat or treaters and nobody came. So there I was with all that candy. Year two the same thing happened. So I don't buy candy any more and don't turn on the light on Halloween night. Confession time. I have a bah humbug attitude toward trick or treating. Kids don't need huge bags of sugary crappy candy.

With that said, I purchased a bag of Halloween oreos yesterday with orange filling for today's dessert for my nieces three kids.

I like the idea of church parties for the kids or parties at community centers and such. We went trick or treating in our neighborhood where everybody knew the children. I always looked forward to one lady's home-made popcorn balls.

My favorite candy has dark chocolate. I have trouble passing up the Midnight Milky Ways and the dark chocolate Snickers when they're displayed conveniently at the check out counter.

chabba

I keep a bar of Belgin dark chocolate in my desk drawer ar all times!

My folks called trick or treating glorified begging.  None until I was in the second grade then two neighbors that ware good friends of my parents until I was in the sixth grade.  After that it was trick or treat for UNICEF and a  a party at the Church..

auntienance

Seaside, thank you for the black bean recipe, it sounds delicious.