What's for Dinner ~ Thursday ~ December 19th

[Lucinda]

Starting this a little early.
Doctor day for me Thursday.
?

Hope you are all happy and well!

[Aerows]

1. Burritos

from the left over beef I made tacos with last night.

[daleanime]

2. Making veg soup stock today....

dinner will be over cooked veg's with red wine vinager and fresh black pepper.

[NJCher]

3. pork and chicken shu mai

I made this incredible dipping sauce in my new glass double (actually triple) boiler. This is the best sauce I've ever made.

Here's the recipe. I doubled it and followed the last paragraph, dipping sauce variation.


Peking Sauce Yields¼ cup

2 tablespoons water
1½ tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
¼ teaspoon chile paste with garlic, or to taste
1 teaspoon minced garlic
½ green onion, finely chopped
½ teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 teaspoon water (optional)

Peking sauce is another name for hoisin sauce. In this recipe, the hoisin sauce is combined with chile paste, garlic, green onion, and Asian sesame oil for extra flavor.

Combine the water, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, chile paste, minced garlic, and chopped green onion in a bowl. If using in a stir-fry recipe, store in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to use. (Use the sauce within 3 to 4 days.) If desired, thicken the sauce by adding the cornstarch and water: After the Peking Sauce has been added to the stir-fry, bring the sauce to a boil and then add the cornstarch and water mixture, stirring quickly to thicken.

Peking Dipping Sauce If using Peking Sauce as a dipping sauce, heat the water, hoi-sin sauce, sesame oil, chile paste, garlic, and green onion in a small saucepan. Add the cornstarch and water mixture, stirring quickly to thicken. Use immediately or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to use. (Use the sauce within 3 to 4 days.)


Cher

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. More roast beef.

I'm not complaining.

[rdharma]

5. Purple Power Juice

...... and a banana.

[cbayer]

11. What in the world is Purple Power Juice??

[rdharma]

12. I juice the following with my Breville compact........

Purple Power Juice Recipe Ingredients:
2 Celery Stalks
1/2 Carrot
1 Cucumber
1 Handful of Kale or Spinach
1/2 Lemon Peeled
1 Beet Root
1 Granny Smith Apple
1/4 Head of Red Cabbage
1? of Fresh Ginger Root

My alternate Purple Power Juice recipe is a bottle of Merlot.

[cbayer]

14. A bottle of Merlot is a lot easier, but your 1st one is probably much better for you.

I've never had a juicer, but I sure like fresh juices. Might have to get one.

Do they take a lot of power?

[rdharma]

18. It uses the standard 110/120 volt.

The only drawback is it has to be cleaned immediately after use.

[hobbit709]

6. Salmon patties with cheddar and jalapeno.

Baked beans on the side.

[Galileo126]

7. Absolutely no clue

I'll probably just graze on leftovers, or maybe a salad.

[bif]

8. My Polish Grandma's pork chops!

Haven't made them in a while. The ultimate comfort food for a cold winter night!

[japple]

9. Leftover soup. I can never make a small pot of soup.

Potatoes, cauliflower, turnips, leeks, onions, celery, garlic. Cooked in a turkey broth, then blended with hand blender, added some cream. Thick, rich, delicious. Garlic bread (not bread with garlic powder sprinkled on it, but real bread with whole cloves baked into it--thank god for LaBrea Bread) and fruit.

[cbayer]

10. Leftover very excellent pizza.

I don't know what all is on it, as some of the words on the menu I don't know.

But it was excellent. Who would have guessed.

And some salad to balance it out.

Hope your doctor's visit went well.

[maddezmom]

13. Store bought chicken noodle soup for me

Under the weather taking Tamiflu and wouldn't even care to eat but need to take meds with food. Bought the kids one of those rotisserie chickens with some red skin oven roasted potatoes.

[cbayer]

15. Sorry you are not feeling well, Maddezmom.

Make some broth with the bones and scraps from that rotisserie chicken. I believe in that as a cure, though it's probably mostly placebo.

Going to send you an email about an upcoming trip you might be interested in.

[maddezmom]

16. I believe in it as well

Will probably do so in the am if I feel up to it. If not do you think I could freeze the carcass to make it later? HEB makes a good chicken soup but it is a bit salty and that is coming from someone who loves salt.

[cbayer]

17. I would throw it in a pot of water tonight, let it simmer

until you go to bed, turn it off and deal with it in the am.

I sure hope you feel better soon. I went through this during my drive down baja. Miserable cold.\