Whatcha making for dinner?

cafarrie · November 2014

It snowed for the first time last night and supposed to be in the 30s/low 40s all week!

sarawifenow · November 2014

@cafarrie--Perfect weather for soups and stews! Or a nice roast with mashed potatoes and gravy.

luckya23 · November 2014

My dad has the day off, so I'm hoping for a dinner invitation... Otherwise, I've got nothin'!

kat1114 · November 2014

I have not cooked a single thing since our wedding...unless you count microwaving popcorn and pouring wine as cooking. My excuse was that I deserved time off to be lazy. But it's been 10 days now. I think I need to get back on the cooking horse!

bethsmiles · November 2014

I recently discovered this recipe for Green Chili Spinach & Cheese Enchiladas: http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/creamy-spinach-and-cheese-green-chile-enchiladas/

I cut the amount of cheese in half and added shredded chicken. They were amazing! I'm really excited to make them again and SO really loves them.

wandajune6 · November 2014

ohannabelle said:

Hurray for leftover spaghetti! No cooking, just reheating.
Tomorrow is my youngest's birthday, so cake baking today.

In our house, you get to choose whatever you want for your birthday dinner. So I ask what he wants. Get this. Cinghiale ragu and pappardelle.
WTF, Moosey. Really?
The pappardelle part is easy enough. I can make pasta with my eyes closed.
The cinghiale....I don't have a frikking clue. Where the hell do I get wild boar? They must sell it, someplace.
I wonder if I could use a beef chuck roast and fool him. Probably not. He's the kind of kid that at ten, looked at me and said, "I think Grandma used frozen crab in the manicotti," and was right. I handed him a piece of cheap mozzarella when he was seven, (trying to save money) and he took a bite, handed it back, and said, "What was that?"
Damn it, Moose.
Has anybody ever cooked wild boar? Where do you find this? And don't say in the woods. There are enough smartasses in my life.

Leftover spaghetti is actually healthier than fresh: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29629761

Yea for leftovers!

I'm making soup with the bone from a ham I made over the weekend. I think it will have stuff like carrots, celery, onions, and beans but I'm a bit undecided. I'm feeling incredibly uninspired but hate to throw away such beautiful bones.

LadyMillil · November 2014

Lasagna and Caesar salad

lacqueredlover · November 2014

I am going to this place for dinner tonight: Saxon & Parole My friend and I are doing seafood and cocktails because once a month we get together and have a crazy splurge meal

cafarrie · November 2014

sarawifenow said:

@cafarrie--Perfect weather for soups and stews! Or a nice roast with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Good idea! I never think to make soup, but that would be perfect for the weather and fairly easy!!!!!

southernbelle0915 · November 2014

Whole Foods buffet line. DH is out of town, I just got back IN town, and the fridge is almost completely empty. Plus their Mac and cheese is crack.

SBmini · November 2014

We have a chili cook off at work tomorrow. It's my first cook off at the new job, and let me just say... the gauntlet has been thrown.

I'm making both a white chili and my five-alarm fire-roasted chili tonight. I'm going to make big batches of both so we have left overs. So I'll be eating one of those for the next week.

ohannabelle · November 2014

loro929 said:

@ohannabelle sounds like your youngest has good taste in food Ragu' di cinghiale is one of my favorite dishes. It is not so challenging to prepare, in fact, the steps more or less are the same as a regular beef/pork ragu' - just subsituting the beef/pork for wild boar.

Here are two recipes that are good and can be modified quite simply.

http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2014/01/pasta-al-ragu-di-cinghiale/

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pappardelle-with-wild-boar-ragu-pappardelle-al-ragu-di-cinghiale-recipe.html

In regards to finding wild boar, I know that if I ask my butcher ahead of time, he can get me a piece of it. Perhaps you have a speciality meat shop in your area? But, if you have never worked with it before - be prepared - it has quite the interesting aroma :P

Is it stinky? I've never ever cooked it. To me, it's always been a restaurant thing. Ack.

I found it. That's the good news. I can't afford it, to be honest. It has to be pre ordered, minimum order of 5 pounds, and holy crap. The cheapest cuts are ranging from 10 to 15 per pound.

(It's just about Moosey's favorite thing to order, out to dinner. )

At the price, I think I could just take him out for it. There's a place downtown he loves, and he seriously hero worships the owner. If he got a birthday hug from the Signore it would please him as much as the food. They are both tremendous huggers. They both get teary eyed about food. I wouldn't have to stress over wild boar.

This sounds like a win/win.

theartistformerlyknownas · November 2014

I think I figured it out. Gonna stuff some chicken with spinach, apples, and white cheddar, season with pumpkin pie spice and Hungarian paprika and bake, serve with maple roasted acorn squash. That'll do.

It's raining. And supposed to turn to snow.

decembergrl2014 · November 2014

peachy13 said:

It's taco Tuesday in our house! (But with ground chicken and iceburg lettuce wraps for wedding diet purposes). Still good!

I'm making almost the same thing, except with turkey.

vegasbride2015 · November 2014

@lolo883 quinoa seems like it's a sort of alternative to rice. I eat high protein foods and try to stay away from starches or higher carb counts (like white rice), and quinoa is a good alternative. I will warn you, if you haven't had it, to make it in chicken broth or veggie broth. It's very meh and plain w/o it. Or maybe a seasoning of some sort. I typically cook it in my rice cooker in chicken broth. It definitely isn't rice, but it will tide me over when I want rice (and being half Asian, I love my rice).

theartistformerlyknownas · November 2014

vegasbride2015 said:

@lolo883 quinoa seems like it's a sort of alternative to rice. I eat high protein foods and try to stay away from starches or higher carb counts (like white rice), and quinoa is a good alternative. I will warn you, if you haven't had it, to make it in chicken broth or veggie broth. It's very meh and plain w/o it. Or maybe a seasoning of some sort. I typically cook it in my rice cooker in chicken broth. It definitely isn't rice, but it will tide me over when I want rice (and being half Asian, I love my rice).

Oh I LOVE me some quinoa. By all accounts, my health-obsessed H should love it too. But he doesn't like the texture.

vegasbride2015 · November 2014

lolo883 said:

vegasbride2015 said:

@lolo883 quinoa seems like it's a sort of alternative to rice. I eat high protein foods and try to stay away from starches or higher carb counts (like white rice), and quinoa is a good alternative. I will warn you, if you haven't had it, to make it in chicken broth or veggie broth. It's very meh and plain w/o it. Or maybe a seasoning of some sort. I typically cook it in my rice cooker in chicken broth. It definitely isn't rice, but it will tide me over when I want rice (and being half Asian, I love my rice).

Oh I LOVE me some quinoa. By all accounts, my health-obsessed H should love it too. But he doesn't like the texture.

Ohhh gotcha! Yeah, I find it to be a bit "crunchy" even after cooking it in a rice cooker. I wonder if I am not adding enough liquid.

Denise40 · November 2014

I'm by myself for the next month so not much cooking for me. I made chicken noodle soup the other day so I'll have that

sophhabobopha · November 2014

I haven't really been hungry lately, but I think I'll choke down some chips and salsa.

sophhabobopha · November 2014

ohannabelle said:

Hurray for leftover spaghetti! No cooking, just reheating.
Tomorrow is my youngest's birthday, so cake baking today.

In our house, you get to choose whatever you want for your birthday dinner. So I ask what he wants. Get this. Cinghiale ragu and pappardelle.
WTF, Moosey. Really?
The pappardelle part is easy enough. I can make pasta with my eyes closed.
The cinghiale....I don't have a frikking clue. Where the hell do I get wild boar? They must sell it, someplace.
I wonder if I could use a beef chuck roast and fool him. Probably not. He's the kind of kid that at ten, looked at me and said, "I think Grandma used frozen crab in the manicotti," and was right. I handed him a piece of cheap mozzarella when he was seven, (trying to save money) and he took a bite, handed it back, and said, "What was that?"
Damn it, Moose.
Has anybody ever cooked wild boar? Where do you find this? And don't say in the woods. There are enough smartasses in my life.

That was a rule in my house too. (:

WTF kid. I ate pizza and spighettios for five years.

bumbletiger88 · November 2014

It's actually leftovers from what I made last night- but a pumpkin soup w/ bacon and Parmesan and a spinach salad w/ artichokes, campari tomatoes, and zucchini!

SmileDamnit · November 2014

DH is making some sort of pomegranate sake chicken with roasted green beans.

He had me at sake.

beethery · November 2014

I had some stovetop stuffing because I am lazy and it is good.

I made FI some of those nacho cheese flavored tacos. He usually gets tacos when I eat a burrito for dinner but I decided to be good today and not get one, now he's asking if I feel alright lol

goldchocobo.defunct635829490514903826 · November 2014

I made apple crumble (DH doesn't know yet. It's a surprise!)

Cookie Pusher · November 2014

I had to commute to another office today, which is closer to Philly (my office is closer to NYC). It took almost 2 hours to get home, so I just reheated sliders I made over the weekend. With fresh tomato, sweet onion and roasted garlic jam, pickles, and aged English cheddar on potato rolls. Yea, DH is a happy, happy man tonight.

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