The What's For Dinner Tonight Chat

[IrishHeart]

My new favorite food accessory, spring roll wraps!!!!!

I made fruit ones, mashed taters and vegetables, fried them in butter. Oh, and cinnamon and sugar ones.

Thanks you guys for all the advice for making these.

Colleen

C, Those sound so YUMMMMMY!

[Celiac Mindwarp]

We had a lovely piece of lamb today, totally melt in the mouth. Looking forward to encores, if it lasts that long .

Look forward to trying the spring roll wraps if I get rice back soon...

[GottaSki]

Just finished rolling up a large pan of enchiladas as I am off to class

A lot has changed since I was last a student:

• e-textbook downloaded to laptop, kindle and cell -- my book bag is very light
  
• rate my professor was fun to look at -- bunch of kids complaining about having to take notes in class -- this dinosaur takes great notes and should be fine!
  

[jerseyangel]

Just finished rolling up a large pan of enchiladas as I am off to class

A lot has changed since I was last a student:

• e-textbook downloaded to laptop, kindle and cell -- my book bag is very light
  
• rate my professor was fun to look at -- bunch of kids complaining about having to take notes in class -- this dinosaur takes great notes and should be fine!
  

You go girl!!! This is inspiring

[Celiac Mindwarp]

Yep - lamb encores, with mushroom and tomato, cooked in garlic and coconut milk.

My tastebuds have gone really weird since this elimination diet. I had tuna with stir fried brussell sprouts and anchovies for lunch. Worse than when I was pregnant I think (and before you ask, nooooooo)

I was thinking a different thing on rate my professor, ooops.....

[mushroom]

I was thinking a different thing on rate my professor, ooops.....

[GottaSki]

I was thinking a different thing on rate my professor, ooops.....

Did not get a cabana boy candidate for a prof, but will have take a look around - community college so mostly too young or too old for our needs

[GottaSki]

You go girl!!! This is inspiring

Fun too - nice having wifi in a classroom - and no - class hasn't started - waiting for lab portion of bio class to start - got in bio, not chem. Prob better to start with one anyway

[sora]

Home made breakfast sausage, sweet potatoes and cheese buns. It's been snowing all day and I am craving carbs.

[love2travel]

Italian Pork Ragu (slowly simmered forever in red wine et. al.)

Homemade Tagliatelle

Roasted Shaved Brussels Sprouts with Pine Nut Butter

And I am making some fudgey brownies for a neighbour who cleared out the driveway for us. Must save one for my sweet husband!

[IrishHeart]

Yep - lamb encores, with mushroom and tomato, cooked in garlic and coconut milk.

My tastebuds have gone really weird since this elimination diet. I had tuna with stir fried brussell sprouts and anchovies for lunch. Worse than when I was pregnant I think (and before you ask, nooooooo)

Now, if I had eaten the shrooms, the tomatoes, the tuna and anchovies with you, I would have burst into histamine flames.

(as much as I love those things, I cannot have them. bummer!)

Dinner tonight was a little egg salad for hubs and absolutely nothing for me. Why, you ask?

Because lunch was roast beef w/ au jus,sweet potatoes and carrots at the gluten-free Cafe near us.... and we simply have no room left.

Very full. Might explode....

Gym day 4 and I upped my time on the treadmill, and increased the weight and reps on all 8 machines.

.It must be SkiLisa's inspirational pink and white bike streamers/pompoms she sent me. They're a big hit at the gym.

[IrishHeart]

A lot has changed since I was last a student:

• e-textbook downloaded to laptop, kindle and cell -- my book bag is very light
  
• rate my professor was fun to look at -- bunch of kids complaining about having to take notes in class -- this dinosaur takes great notes and should be fine!
  

Here's Ski now!

there's one thing that remains the same...the student who takes great notes always did well in my classes. Dinosaurs like us always do just fine! My oldest student was 78. She was awesome and made me strawberry jam at the end of the semester.

Enjoy the class and have fun! You keep amazing us all with your miraculous rebound and I say "yaaaay, Lisa!"

[Adalaide]

I managed, on my first attempt, to make a very passable guacamole. I'm so thrilled it doesn't suck. I'm not sure why I spent years doing things like only eating it at Mexican restaurants. It is so easy too, insert avocado and assorted other crap in blender, blend.

So I decided after trying some lentil flour and being okay with it that I would being instituting a meatless Monday. I do not believe that my husband will necessarily survive until the end of Feb intact. I made a lentil and rice casserole, meh, coulda been better but I can fix that next time. He made all sorts of fun faces trying it and settled on french fries for supper. I also had a super thick crust of Udi's in the freezer that I got out, spread with an insanely thick layer of my guacamole then broiled it with some fresh raw cheddar the dairy store got today. My husband wouldn't even try that. I don't know about him, I think maybe he belongs to some super secret anti-delicious, anti-healthy religion.

[mushroom]

My husband wouldn't even try that. I don't know about him, I think maybe he belongs to some super secret anti-delicious, anti-healthy religion.

Give him bread and water!!!

[Adalaide]

Give him bread and water!!!

I have tried this in the past. This usually ends with a trip for fast food microwaving a frozen pizza. You know, the staples of single men by which they have learned to get by before being civilized by women. I thought he was a lost cause, but then twice this month I have gotten a baked potato into him. I have also won a few small toddler like battles with corn.

Me: how much corn do you want?

Very petulant husband: none! *pout*

Me: then I'll only give you two spoonfuls.

Tonight I am taking a night off from real cooking. Just going to throw some garlic flavored Brazilian cheeseballs in the oven and have penne with the sauce in the freezer. I'm in mourning over my Tuesday night show series finale a week ago. Maybe when I finally go rummage through my closet and get out of the jammies I should wear black today.

[alex11602]

. I'm in mourning over my Tuesday night show series finale a week ago. Maybe when I finally go rummage through my closet and get out of the jammies I should wear black today.

By chance was it Private Practice? I was not happy that they ended it with so many more stories to tell.

[shadowicewolf]

I'm hoping to do a soup. It snowed like two inches and it got me cold and wanting it.

[Adalaide]

By chance was it Private Practice? I was not happy that they ended it with so many more stories to tell.

Yes, and I completely agree!!! My husband has been picking on me for years about how it is hardly more than television appropriate pornography. I can't get him to see past nekkidness to the actually moving and very socially relevant stories. Maybe I'll put the DVD box set on my Santa wishlist.

I'm hoping to do a soup. It snowed like two inches and it got me cold and wanting it.

We're getting snow too. Still coming down and I'm heading out of the house in half an hour. BRRRR!!!! Half a foot on Sunday/Monday and a few more inches today.

[alex11602]

Yes, and I completely agree!!! My husband has been picking on me for years about how it is hardly more than television appropriate pornography. I can't get him to see past nekkidness to the actually moving and very socially relevant stories. Maybe I'll put the DVD box set on my Santa wishlist.

My husband never really sat down to watch Private Practice with me, but he says the same thing about Grey's. Actually there aren't a whole lot of shows we can even watch together. I love my Grey's and Supernatural, loved Private Practice and Emily Owens (only 2 episodes of that left though) and I really love Star Trek.

On topic, I think dinner tonight is ginger beef and broccoli.

[cavernio]

Shrimp, avocado and cucumber maki with a hint of mayo.

[IrishHeart]

Well, I am mourning the loss of the very cool show "Fringe" last Friday, but at least the powers that be had the decency to reward the loyal fans of 5 years with a satisfactory ending.

Sorry, guys.

It is nasty cold and gray here and sneeting (that's sleet and snow) and just plain ick...gawd, where's the freakin SUN?????

Time for something different to break the monotony.

Veal piccata

sauteed chard and baby carrots

Risotto milanese for the hubs

[Adalaide]

It is nasty cold and gray here and sneeting (that's sleet and snow) and just plain ick...gawd, where's the freakin SUN?????

We recently had freezing rain. It is such a rare occurrence here in Utah and reminded me of all of the sleet and sneet from back home. I do not miss it. By all means, keep your sneet. Sounds like something straight out of Dr. Seuss book! Although I imagine he would have made it pink, we got the short end of the stick here in the real world.

Oh, and the few inches of snow today? There was half a foot on my Jeep again and it is still comin!!!

[mushroom]

,,,,gawd, where's the freakin SUN?????

Australia tossed it our way because it was burning their little island up. We were fool enough to snag it as it went by, and now it is burning our little island up (literally, for both countries, although Queensland is under water and snorkelling ) We are supposed to hit 40 degrees Celsius today. Think I might stay indoors

[sora]

Pasta with butter and garlic sauce and baked chicken thighs, some cut up fresh veg on the side.

We have freezing rain on the way here, must be coming from Irish.

[IrishHeart]

We recently had freezing rain. It is such a rare occurrence here in Utah and reminded me of all of the sleet and sneet from back home. I do not miss it. By all means, keep your sneet. Sounds like something straight out of Dr. Seuss book! Although I imagine he would have made it pink, we got the short end of the stick here in the real world.

Oh, and the few inches of snow today? There was half a foot on my Jeep again and it is still comin!!!

Pink sneet indeed!--that would be grand!

Thing 1 and 2 could lend a hand.

To wash it all away from sight.

But feets of snow upon the jeep

requires more--it is too deep!

We need canana boyz with might.

Shovel here and shovel there...

behold! the driveway now is clear!

and Addy chuckled with delight.

I must be going mad you see

to write such frivolousity....

methinks it's time to say goodnight!