Guest guest Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 or told me what you fixed for dinner last night. This leaves me to assume all manner of aweful things about you. Like, perhaps you went to Burger King! Oh, say it ain't so. *lol* I'd much rather assume you were just way too busy, or thought that what you were having was just too boring to post. Busy is good and fine, but don't ever think what you cook day to day is dull. You might find it same ol', same ol', but what you cook in your kitchen might be different for others and inspire. Have you ever been to a potluck and had plain food that tasted so much better, just b/c the way a person prepared the dish was new to you? Well, that is the way to think of this group. Menu ideas, special pinches of your favorite herbs and spices, and all those " little " things that make your recipes unique to you. Do share some when you have a moment. Today my menu is rather uninspired. My son has a Open House BBQ at the school, so he will attend that. Since the fare there will be burgers and macaroni salad and chips, I will fix my dinner ahead of time here. I plan to just make a MSF Griller and a light tossed salad. Then, happily full, I will trudge off to watch people eat greasy meat burgers and dangerously warm mac-salad. *lol* ~ P_T ~ Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. -John Andrew Holmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 , " Robin " <patchouli_troll> wrote: > or told me what you fixed for dinner last night. This leaves me to assume all > manner of aweful things about you. Like, perhaps you went to Burger King! > Oh, say it ain't so. *lol* I'll tell you...but you'd likely all give me hell. I've been sick for quite awhile (several months), and its getting worse rather than better. My diet for the last week or so has consisted of an apple, several glasses of juice, lots of water, and sometimes half a bowl of cereal. Not good, I know, but all I can manage to force myself to eat at the moment. I don't think that's gonna inspire anyone. -- Sherri I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 , Sherri <sherria@o...> wrote: > I'll tell you...but you'd likely all give me hell. I've been sick for > quite awhile (several months), and its getting worse rather than better. > I don't think that's gonna inspire anyone. > > -- > Sherri ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I am so sorry to read that you are ill, Sherri. I hope you get better soon. *hug* I will light a candle for you. Namaste. ~ P_T ~ Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. --Buddha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 Well, last night I made a stir fry with portabello mushrooms, white asparagus, onions, garlic, endive, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and baby bok choy and a couple of inches of ginger. Added some teriaki stir fry sauce and served it on whole wheat couscous. Had that for lunch today too. Yum. BUT - don't think I eat like this all the time. I taught a lab last week on vegetables and had all those things (and much more) left over and needed to use them... so I kinda made it up as I went. I made that pea salad earlier, yummy... I do like stir fry, easy and with the couscous really quick. Tomorrow, I'm probably going to make a salad with jicama and kolorabi slices and maybe some of the Italian/tahinii salad dressing. The only bad thing in what I make is that my fiance doesn't like most of what was in the stir fry, mainly the mushrooms. But, I guess that's a way of keeping it all for myself! Genie I would rather regret that which I have experienced than wish I had experienced that which is past. - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2002 Report Share Posted September 10, 2002 In a message dated 09/10/2002 10:28:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: > Nobody confessed... > > or told me what you fixed for dinner last night. This leaves me to assume > all > manner of awful things about you. Like, perhaps you went to Burger King! > Oh, say it ain't so. *lol* > Oh, sorry! We had homemade pizzas after karate, which everybody cried about ( " It has onions in it, " " Ooh, this is gross... " ) I had made a marinara sauce I had seen on TV so I could save it and use it in various ways, such as a pizza sauce. So I'm very happy to see that other marinara sauce recipe posted today. I'm going to try to make it in a crockpot to let it simmer and meld flavors all day long. Tonight I think we are going to have baked macaroni and cheese. I hope to make it this afternoon and actually bake it after we get back from soccer, or hopefully have my hubby stick it in the oven if he gets home before I do... September 11 Remember and Pray, Sherri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:53:59 EDT, you wrote: > >Oh, sorry! We had homemade pizzas after karate, which everybody cried about >( " It has onions in it, " " Ooh, this is gross... " ) I had made a marinara sauce >I had seen on TV so I could save it and use it in various ways, such as a >pizza sauce. So I'm very happy to see that other marinara sauce recipe >posted today. I'm going to try to make it in a crockpot to let it simmer and >meld flavors all day long. > Here's my favorite pasta sauce, I *really* love this. I generally triple the recipe and cook it in my larger crockpot (I have a big one and a small one), then freeze a lot. It freezes very well. Ariane is the friend who gave it to me, the recipe has her notes and mine. Cheers, Pat ========================================================= Ariane's Delicious Pasta Sauce Recipe 1 28 oz. can Italian tomatoes 1/4 cup olive oil (can reduce to 1/8 cup) 1 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic (MORE!) 1 large carrot, chopped 1 stalk of celery, chopped 3 tsp. dried oregano (MORE!) 3 tsp. basil (MORE!) 1 tsp. salt to taste 1 cup dry red wine (can omit or use less) 1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley, chopped (I never have this so I use some dry parsley instead). Blend the chopped onion, garlic, carrot and celery along with olive oil and spices in a food processor or blender until it's at the desired consistency. (Some prefer their sauce chunkier, etc.) Empty tomatoes in large pot on medium heat and mash with the back of a spoon. Stir in pureed vegetable mixture. The resulting blend should look quite thick and reddish with traces of green and yellow visible. When it starts to bubble, turn down the heat and simmer about an hour, maybe a little more, or until blended into a sauce. Add wine and continue to simmer. Stir in parsley and let simmer 5 more minutes. Season to taste. ------------------------------- Ariane's Notes: I puree vegetables and toss them in with tomatoes, adding spices later and use 1/2 cup of wine. You can mix oregano and basil, in whatever proportions you like. Fresh basil would be good in this too, although you might have to use more than the amount listed. I often double this recipe with great results. It freezes very well, just reheat and stir and serve over pasta. Incredibly flavorful for a meatless sauce! Recipe courtesy of Harry Demidavicious on rec.food.cooking, who said he learned it from a little old Italian lady. ------------------------------- Pat's Notes: This time I doubled it, and I'm using the crock pot set on high to cook it. I think it will be 2-3 hours in the crock pot on high (that's about right). I'll freeze a lot of it. ------------------------------- -- Pat Meadows Books, books, lovely books! Great reading! Used books at very reasonable prices. http://www.wellsborocomputing.com/books.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 , Pat Meadows <pat@m...> wrote: > Here's my favorite pasta sauce, I *really* love this. I > generally triple the recipe and cook it in my larger > crockpot (I have a big one and a small one), then freeze a > lot. It freezes very well. Ariane is the friend who gave > it to me, the recipe has her notes and mine. > > Cheers, > Pat ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Wow, thanks for this recipe. It sounds very good and I am going to have to try it next time. ~ P_T ~ Behind every successful woman...is a substantial amount of coffee. --Stephanie Piro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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