Author Topic: What's for dinner, DL? (Read 41908 times)

Idun · « **Reply #100 on:** September 27, 2009, 03:48:09 AM »

Tonight I had balsamic roasted pork loin with bread crumbs, broccoli and cauliflower, yellow rice and some snap beans. Cost? For two roasted pork loins, $13.88. Feeds about four people depending on if you're a serving size whore or not.

NotMiki · « **Reply #101 on:** September 30, 2009, 03:28:50 AM »

Tonight I made butternut squash soup.

Soup is squash, chicken stock, light cream, leeks, a little rice, and salt & pepper to taste, all blended into creamy submission.

The soup can be served spicy with curry powder, or sweet with cinnamon and sugar. I decided on both (sequentially).

Serves 8 or so. Cost: $8 or so. (plus lugging a blender to Queens from my parents' house in Massachusetts)

The downside: those 8 people are all me.

VySaika · « **Reply #102 on:** September 30, 2009, 03:49:34 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on September 30, 2009, 03:28:50 AM

Tonight I made butternut squash soup.

Soup is squash, chicken stock, light cream, leeks, a little rice, and salt & pepper to taste, all blended into creamy submission.

The soup can be served spicy with curry powder, or sweet with cinnamon and sugar. I decided on both (sequentially).

Serves 8 or so. Cost: $8 or so. (plus lugging a blender to Queens from my parents' house in Massachusetts)

The downside: those 8 people are all me.

I am sorely tempted to try this. Do you serve it hot or cold?

NotMiki · « **Reply #103 on:** September 30, 2009, 04:17:39 AM »

Hot. I never liked cold soups. To me, soup is a prime cold weather food.

Ultradude · « **Reply #104 on:** September 30, 2009, 04:33:27 AM »

Sweet butternut squash soup. I... need to make this sometime, I've only ever had it prepared by a college cafeteria and it was still delicious.

Lady Door · « **Reply #105 on:** November 02, 2009, 04:46:21 AM »

Andy's birthday dinner, per his request:

Shrimp scampi over angelhair pasta; caesar salad; Cheddar Bay biscuits (Red Lobster copy-cat recipe).

(In the background is his stack of presents -- primarily three "things" from me and envelopes from family.)

EDITED TO ADD:

Dessert!

Pineapple upside-down cakelets! Made the cake from scratch. The individual pieces are: a layer of brown sugar + melted butter, a Marascino cherry and a pineapple slice, yellow cake mix (which uses 1.5 sticks of butter). XD

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #106 on:** November 02, 2009, 07:25:16 AM »

... wow, that looks pretty damned good.

Grefter · « **Reply #107 on:** November 02, 2009, 08:15:56 AM »

This is the opposite to how the Cabana Boy situation is supposed to work.

Clear Tranquil · « **Reply #108 on:** November 02, 2009, 12:21:07 PM »

Thanks for the pics LD, lucky Andrew

Notmiki's soup sounds good too. I'd try but I don't have a blender.

Instead I have chunky soup. Been trying my hand at potato and leek soup, turned out quite well so I'm making it again this week. Lasts for around three days or so.

I've also dined on turkey with red curry sauce (turkey for low fat meat option >_>), chicken casserole, salmon fillets, etc. I usually serve my meals w/th spicy potato wedges and lots of vegetables. For desserts I've made steamed apples w/th raisens and low fat custard. Each meat dish again usually lasts around three days. I use food bags for the freezer. I've been really having quite a blast cooking though again it's a bit sad that I have to eat it all. I'd love to share ...

*watches super flee*

superaielman · « **Reply #109 on:** November 04, 2009, 09:00:21 PM »

Sounds good, CT.

I'm tired of eating the same things, so time to try cooking again. That butternut squash sounds interesting, though the receipes I'm seeing online call for raveoli instead of rice. Mmm, rice does sound easier though.

Grefter · « **Reply #110 on:** November 28, 2009, 08:27:58 AM »

Got some pizza today, had some left over Vindaloo.

Put Vindaloo on the pizza. Was alright, but didn't ever really mix up, was like eating Vindaloo at first and then Pizza after all the Vindaloo had run its course.

Suffice to say.

Cotigo · « **Reply #111 on:** November 28, 2009, 08:33:09 AM »

This post, on the other hand, requires further explanation. WTF is Vindaloo and does it make what you just said make sense?

Grefter · « **Reply #112 on:** November 28, 2009, 09:06:28 AM »

Vindaloo is kind of Curry. It is tasty. There is a television show from the UK called Red Dwarf. The main character subsisted entirely on curry. He is also the last surviving human being in the universe. They ordered Pizza one time and he didn't like it until they put curry on it and he ate the lot. I figured since I had left over Vindaloo left I would try it out.

It tasted like Pizza with Curry on it.

Yoshiken · « **Reply #113 on:** November 28, 2009, 11:48:45 AM »

...Man. You actually tried Lister's classic Vindaloo Pizza? Shame it didn't work properly.
Dammit. Now I want curry and/or pizza.

VySaika · « **Reply #114 on:** December 02, 2009, 07:46:43 PM »

Christmas cookie baking time. This years recipies are

Snickerdoodles
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Snickerdoodles-II/Detail.aspx

Though I'm adding about half a teaspoon of orange extract to teh batter. We'll see how this works.

and yellow cake chocolate chip cookies
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/Detail.aspx

never made these before, so again we'll see how this goes.

By the end of today I will have baked roughly 150 of each cookie.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #115 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:36:46 PM »

I'm seriously tempted to try my hand at those recipes myself after my family trips up north, Gate. Thanks for the idea.

VySaika · « **Reply #116 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:50:38 PM »

The orange extract in the snickerdoodles is ^_________^

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #117 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:54:21 PM »

I know what you mean, but all my mind can muster in practice right now is a batch of cookies with orange extract with their photos completely filling up the turn bar. Wonder if just vanilla extract will work for that, though.

Grefter · « **Reply #118 on:** December 02, 2009, 09:34:10 PM »

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/12/01/dickerdoodles/

Just saying you might want to think about it.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #119 on:** December 02, 2009, 09:41:16 PM »

Try VSM instead.

Grefter · « **Reply #120 on:** December 02, 2009, 09:43:30 PM »

This was serious, you would get practice with the recipe and doing that kind of shit is pretty fun.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #121 on:** December 02, 2009, 09:46:09 PM »

Main problem is I failed free clay modelling classes back in kindergarten. I'm not sure if basic round shapes aren't beyond me, and I'm not willing to try post-modern pseudoerotic pastry for that. I just know I can bake. >_>

VySaika · « **Reply #122 on:** December 02, 2009, 09:56:08 PM »

Quote from: Jo'ou Ranbu on December 02, 2009, 08:54:21 PM

I know what you mean, but all my mind can muster in practice right now is a batch of cookies with orange extract with their photos completely filling up the turn bar. Wonder if just vanilla extract will work for that, though.

If I had a working camera right now, I'd show you a picture of my kitchen table. It's not far from that.

superaielman · « **Reply #123 on:** December 03, 2009, 08:36:12 PM »

Homemade peanut butter cookies: As awesome as you'd expect.

Recipe from allrecipes.com

Two cups peanut butter (1 jar)
Two cups white sugar
Two teaspoons Vanilla extract
Two eggs

Tasty. I am going to try that cookie recipe Gate linked to tomorrow for the cake batter cookies.

VySaika · « **Reply #124 on:** December 03, 2009, 09:10:06 PM »

The cake batter ones are actually pretty good. You may want to use a bit less chocolate chips then suggested though.

Or not, depending on how much of a chocolate freak you are.

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Author Topic: What's for dinner, DL? (Read 41908 times)

Idun