What's for Dinner ~ Tuesday ~ March 4th

[Lucinda]

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[hobbit709]

1. Hot wings and potato salad.

Chocolate covered blackberries for dessert.

[NJCher]

10. that sounds totally delicious

I just learned about choc. covered blackberries.


Cher

[Galileo126]

2. Ziti and red sauce

with hot Italian sausage and meatballs.

Why not - I've got 3 hrs to spare...

[livetohike]

3. Chinese takeout. Hope it is still warm by the time my husband brings it home from 20 miles away!

I'm having veggie spring rolls and vegetable lo mein

[cbayer]

4. Was going to make tamales, but decided to wait until tomorrow.

It's too hot to boil the chicken, so will do that tonight when it cools down.

So, a think a salad with apples, goat cheese and candied walnuts. Making a jamaica vinaigrette now.

And perhaps some simple quesadillas on the side.

Stocked up today and locking forward to some cooking adventures this week.

[NJCher]

11. jamaica vinaigrette or

jicama vinaigrette?

If the former, what is in it?

Inquiring minds, you know.


Cher

[cbayer]

12. Jamaica. Dried hibiscus flowers are used extensively here and readily available.

They call it Jamaica (Ha-my-ee-ca).

I make a concentrate and then a beverage from it which I drink every day. It's very thirst quenching and healthy. It's one of the more common "aguas frescas" which you see everywhere.

So I'm using the jamaica for a salad dressing. Have been rehydrating the flowers in oil and vinegar with some sugar, salt and pepper and about to blend it all up. It's unique and absolutely delicious.

The locals say the jamaica is particularly good for the kidneys and "lady parts". All I know is that it is delicious and perfect on a hot day.

[NJCher]

16. wow, that sounds so good

Do you have to add the sugar? I'm always looking for a new drink, but they have to be without sugar.

Wonder if I could get it here if I asked at my local Hispanic market. Or maybe one of my students would know.

In any event, it sounds delicious. The things we are learning from you!!



Cher

[cbayer]

18. I do add sugar, but you could use another kind of sweetener

or see how you like it unsweetened.

I had never noticed it in markets in the US, but it's so popular here that I bet it was there all along.

[littlewolf]

5. Ravioli, oven roasted asparagus and salad. nt

[pinto]

6. Baked breaded Alaskan cod, asparagus, shredded cabbage salad.

Cod is sitting in some lemon juice and black pepper for now. It'll be a quick bake. Curried mayo for the asparagus, raspberry vinaigrette for the cabbage.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. The last of the coq au vin!

[locks]

8. Crescent City Steakhouse New Orleans

Cold and rainy Mardi Gras, hard on Rex and Zulu queens and kings, marching bands, beautiful costumes, and children trying to catch the trinkets. But we've been warmed up by some of the best steak ever, onion rings, spinach augratin, salad, and scrumptious NOLA bread pudding. It's all good in New Orleans!

[NJCher]

17. saw it on tv

Loved hearing your first hand report!



Cher

[rdharma]

9. Egg salad sandwiches on fresh baked bread.

With hot dark coffee (black).

[NJCher]

13. I wanted seafood

and my kitchen is too messy to cook in, so I went to a sushi restaurant and also a seafood restaurant and got take-out sushi and seafood croquettes and some large shrimp.

It was good, but it wasn't that filling so I was happy when a friend offered to make some pasta. I recommended we use my sauce, which I'd made earlier in the day:

roasted tomatoes with garlic and basil. Put in blender and add some cream, salt, and olive oil. Pinch of sugar. Fabulous roasted tomato sauce and so easy.


Cher

[surrealAmerican]

14. jambalaya!

... and there's probably enough left over for tomorrow too.

[fizzgig]

15. looking like a gut bomb

instant mashed, corn and peas because that's about all i have in me tonight.

[bif]

19. Roasted vegetable pasta from last night

I roasted a bunch of vegetables. Then added them to some tomato sauce and red wine. Pureed it and served it over pasta.