What's for Dinner ~ Monday Oct 1st

[Lucinda]

HOW can it be October already?
Time is going by tooooooo fast.

[livetohike]

1. It sure is. The leaves are nearly at their peak color here (it's early for that)

We're having cream cheese enchiladas, refried beans and an avocado/tomato salad. Putting the first coat of polyurethane on the floor this afternoon and then two more times 10 hours apart and we'll be done . It's such a beautiful, sunny day here. Too nice to work!

[fizzgig]

2. that sounds like a wonderful dinner

you guys are killing me with all the talk of enchiladas.

[livetohike]

10. Thanks. I think I can subsist on Mexican and Middle Eastern food

and that's it .

[cbayer]

5. Cream cheese enchiladas!?!? I want that!

Big congratulations on the continuing work on your floor.

It's hot here, leading me to indulge in even more lethargy than usual.

[livetohike]

9. I read that SoCal was in another heat wave

(Earthquake weather= hot weather and October). Thanks for the congrats. The first coat is on and wow!! It really makes the color of the oak pop....I'll post a pic when all the coats are done. We're using semi-gloss, so it won't be super shiny.

[pinto]

8. Sounds great. I also love simple cream cheese 'n chive tortillas, rolled real tight, chilled.

Sliced for a finger food plate, served as an appetizer with salsa, cold bean dip and tortilla chips on the side. And the cream cheese filling can be tweaked in any number of ways. I add jalapenos, diced.

[livetohike]

11. It's not 4:00 yet here and you are making me hungry!

That sounds great, too. This recipe I have is from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest....I've been making it for decades - it is a red pepper, green pepper, black olives, green olives, green onions and raisins . I'll bet it would be good rolled up and sliced, but I've never done that. I'm jotting down what you just wrote so I can do that one too - with jalapenos!

[pinto]

14. (Showing my age) Pimentos and diced green olives are good in the cream cheese roll, too.

[fizzgig]

3. tri tip roast and veggies

picked the roast up yesterday and i've got beets, parsnips, carrots and taters i'm going to toss in with it.

[cbayer]

6. Perfect fall meal.

Beets are great right now. I roasted some the other day and they are as delicious cold as they were hot.

[fizzgig]

28. i'm hoping we have some left over tomorrow

i love cold beets

[pinto]

13. Parsnips, beets (and turnips). Great and usually overlooked root veggies.

I'd add whole ginger root to that list, as well.

[fizzgig]

29. i don't use ginger much

i should change that

[cbayer]

4. I've got leftover flank steak that i need to do something with.

It was excellent, but I had to cook the whole 1 1/2 pounds after defrosting, and we ate about 1/3 of it.

It's rare and I am reluctant to cook it any further.

I am thinking about steak salad. I also have some excellent roasted beets, an avocado that needs to be eaten today, lettuce and tomatoes.

Might throw some cheese in there as well.

Yesterday's apple/peach crisp was fantastic! I expected to have that for today as well, but HE finished it off sometime between when I went to bed and when I got up, lol.

[pinto]

12. Thin sliced rare steak salad is a winner in my book.

[fizzgig]

31. that salad sounds amazing!

and crisp is an excellent midnight snack

[pinto]

7. 12:30 pm, 102 degrees here. So it's tuna salad, potato salad, sliced tomatoes, bananas in ice cream

[cbayer]

16. Hot here, too. Just went for a swim and feel great.

I think we will eat outside and watch the moonrise.

Have you been sleeping out?

[pinto]

17. Slept out the last two nights. Will probably go for it again tonight.

Last night got cut short by a raccoon family. Mom's been leading a 3 AM route through the neighborhood recently. My block was on the agenda. Lot's of chattering, running back and forth. When I stirred, she stood upright, came up a bit, arms out and hissed. While the kids booked. Figured they could have their middle of the night territory. Went in and back to bed.

Cool that you had a swim.

[bif]

15. Chicken & corn burritos.

[cbayer]

20. C & B is on a big Mexican kick these days!

[surrealAmerican]

18. Most likely, fried rice

I have a tub of leftover rice from last night. I'll add roast pork, shrimp, egg, peas, onions, and whatever else I can find.

[cbayer]

19. I always make twice as much rice as I need.

I am happy just warming it up with some butter and soy sauce.

Enjoy!

[surrealAmerican]

21. I usually make extra too...

... at least of the sticky rice. I either fry it like this, or make rice balls.

[cbayer]

22. How do you make rice balls?

[surrealAmerican]

23. With wet hands ...

... you press together handfuls of rice into a sort of flat rounded triangle. Then you push a little thumb hole into the middle, and fill it with a piece of something tasty (this is usually a bit of fish, or pickled plum - fake crab works pretty well). You can put a little strip of nori over the top after that if you have it. Serve cold with ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce.

[cbayer]

24. Oh boy, that sounds great.

We had some raw yellowtail recently and I tried to make little mounds of rice, but they fell apart. I can see how add a little bit of water via wet hands would have helped.

Will try that next time.

Thanks!

[GoCubsGo]

25. Black bean tostadas

With homemade salsa. Put too much salt in the salsa, but the beans were unsalted, so it balanced out okay.

As for it being October already, those are my sentiments EXACTLY!

[yellerpup]

26. I made a gravy of mushrooms and onions in beef broth.

Then, I mashed Bliss potatoes with goats milk and butter, Tossed a purple lettuce salad with cucumber, tomato, and red onion while our lovely rosy-in-the-center lamb chops leftover from last night warmed in the gravy for just enough time to heat them through. Oh, I also made those fluffy goat yogurt biscuits that are so tender they melt in the mouth.

I have a whole wheat loaf on the rise now for tomorrow. Welcome, Fall! Please, no Halloween snowstorm this year!

[applegrove]

27. We had garlic shrimp, balsamic vinagrette salad, ciabatta and homemade applesauce

for dessert.

[NJCher]

30. pate'

Spouse is going to Paris. Felt sorry for those of us "left behind," so he made us a nice pate'.

Very sweet. Love that man.


Cher

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Chicken cacciatore...

with angel hair pasta.

[The empressof all]

33. Simple Dinner

Just some salmon and a salad with iceberg and a fresh garden tomato dressed with just mayo.