What's for dinner DU?

[bicentennial_baby]

:hi:

It's Homemade Pizza night here! :woohoo:

Let's see tonight it will be: Green Pepper, Onion, Bacon, Mozzarella and Fresh Grated Parmesan, on a base of Pizza Sauce and Pesto. :9

How about you? :)

[jonnyblitz]

1. pastrami reuben takeout! but you knew that already..

I'll be back... :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. No more Tuna?

:o

:hi: I'll be around.

[jonnyblitz]

16. i had tuna two days ago! and i didn't like the pastrami reuben

after all. :( I thought I might since I love regulah reubens with the corned beef. I do like pastrami in other contexts though. oh well.

[puerco-bellies]

2. Bean and Cheese burritos, with HOMEMADE flour tortillas

Hencho en Puerco

[bicentennial_baby]

9. How do you make them?

Yummmm... :9

[Inchworm]

3. Something with cube steak

mmmmm, pizza :9

I only found these treasures a short time ago, so it is still a subject in experiments.

It's good, and it's cheap.

:hi:

[taterguy]

4. Meatloaf

[LeftyMom]

5. Speaking of pizza- they have new Teese now!

Cheddar and Nacho. I just put an order in, I got some more mozz and a pound of cheddar for grilled teese sandwhiches and maybe some mexican food.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Ooooh let me know how it is!

:bounce:

[LeftyMom]

10. I'll report back next week.

My order just shipped today.

[AlCzervik]

8. The usual, just not sure which usual it will be.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Lift corner and...

VENT!

:rofl:

:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. crow or chicken burgers. unsure.

:hi:

[cwydro]

13. Cold down here in the Keys, so

I've been making my chili all day.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Whatever is quick and easy when I get home.

x(

[Smuckies]

15. A salad.

:9

[madinmaryland]

17. BEER! It's not just for breakfast anymore!!!

[Midlodemocrat]

18. Spaghetti and meatballs, caesar salad, garlic bread.

[anneboleyn]

20. spaghetti here too, with french bread

[Shakespeare]

19. Something carbless and blah.

We started a diet today, together. x( x( x( x( x(

[JackBeck]

21. We had pepperoni pizza (from our favorite place Star Tavern)

Caesar salad and garlic bread with melted cheese.

And we're now both nursing our second cosmo, anticipating Obama's special.

[bicentennial_baby]

22. We eat later on...

I ate lunch at like...4pm. We always eat late though. Just ask Jonnyblitz... :rofl:

:hi:

:loveya:

[JackBeck]

32. Had a late lunch too. Shrimp bisque. Yum.

Did you guys have lunch together?

:pals:

[jonnyblitz]

34. oh i was ready to jump on this post even before i clicked on it

and saw my name mentioned. Yeah, you two get around to suppah about midnight , one a.m. :D I don't know how Sniffa stays so svelt. you gain when you eat late, big time! :o

[bicentennial_baby]

37. FYI, we will be eating by 10:30 tonight...

I swear! :rofl: :rofl:

No really, we will. :P

[sniffa]

55. It's really just the baggy clothes

:D

[DesertRat]

23. Homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup

Eaten while watching Rachel Maddow show, reading DU and trying not to slop it onto the laptop.
:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

24. Nice! I read a great recipe for that the other day!

I'm going to make it soon. :9

:hi:

[DesertRat]

51. Here's the one that I like best

I also add a can of black beans to it.
http://www.recipezaar.com/85800

[livetohike]

25. Turkish Style Stuffed Eggplant, Couscous with dates, and

stuffed grape leaves (from Trader Joes) :-).

[bicentennial_baby]

27. Mmmm, what's it stuffed with?

:9

:hi:

[livetohike]

30. Diced tomatoes, diced onions, minced garlic, oregano, dill

salt and pepper. Cut the eggplant into 1.5" slices and make a pocket by slicing into each slice part of the way. Stuff with the mixture, place in a 13x9" baking dish, brush each pocket with some olive oil and sprinkle more oregano, dill, salt and pepper on top of each slice.

Cover with foil and bake at 375 F. for 45 minutes. :hi:

[Shine]

26. Trader Joe's frozen Orange Chicken, microwaved brown rice and steamed veggies

I'll bake the Orange Chicken first, of course.

hey, when does Top Chef start, bb?

:hi: :hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

28. November 12th, 10 pm!!

:woohoo:

:hi:

:hug:

PS- Dinner sounds yummy. :)

[Shakespeare]

29. zOMG! I didn't know that!!

Which city this time?? :hi: :loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

31. New York!!!

:bounce:

:loveya:

[Shine]

33. Oh cool, thanks for the heads up. I'll get the kids to set the tivo.

:hi:

dinner is basic.

Hey, did you know I'm back in school again, after 22 yrs? Yup, mama's hittin' the books again. I'm goin' for a 2 yr Master's program in Counseling Psychology....hence the convenience factor of dinner is important on school days. :D

Wish me luck!

[bicentennial_baby]

35. WOW!!! That is f'n awesome!

You, my friend, kick serious ass. :yourock:

You have all the luck I can muster!

From one student to another :toast:

[Shine]

38. Thanks, I'm pretty stoked.

After all these years, it's weird to be back in academia again and doing a f/t load, but my kids are older now, (12 and 15) so it's a good time.

I'm also really lucky I don't have to work outside the home while I'm doing this program.

Are you in a grad program, too? Sorry, I can't recall....

[bicentennial_baby]

39. I might as well be, lol

I'm doing my Senior Honors Thesis in Econ, graduate in May, take a year off, and then straight into a PhD program, most likely in Public Policy or Urban/Regional Planning.

:crazy:

[KamaAina]

40. Any ideas where to go for that?

I am a dilettante Urban/Regional Planner. And I can prove it: look at the archives of any of several boards related to NOLA rebuilding from that fateful fall of '05 through about mid-'06.

P.S. Despite the name, I am a New Englander (so. Conn., anyway) by nature, so that wouldn't be a dealbreaker.

P.P.S. Spaghetti sauce based on the late P. Loquesto Newman's Sockarooni, with ground beef, onion and Tabasco (I mentioned NOLA, right?) over elbow macaroni (ubiquitous out here because of mac salad :puke: and easier to handle than spaghetti in my undersized pot).

[bicentennial_baby]

41. I'm applying to the...

MIT program.

:scared:

It's all preliminary right now, but that's one of them. :hi:

[KamaAina]

45. Works for me. In fact, there's some synergy there.

A group from MIT is involved in NOLA, specifically with a "Main Street" plan for Broad St. in Mid-City. Broad, like much of the city outside Uptown and the French Quarter, had seen better days even before the Federal Flood -- and it is several feet below sea level. :( Looks like they're headed downtown to St. Claude Ave. next year:

http://dusp.mit.edu/p.lasso?t=6:5:0

11.439 Revitalizing Urban Main Streets
Instructors: Karl Seidman. Susan Silberberg

This practicum explores how economic and physical development interventions can be integrated to reinforce commercial district revitalization while providing students an opportunity to apply these approaches and other planning skills to formulate a neighborhood commercial revitalization plan for a client business district. The spring 2009 class will work with the St. Claude Main Streets program in New Orleans.

Doesn't get much better than that -- an MIT degree, and field work in the 'World's Most Interesting City"!

[bicentennial_baby]

46. Wow, that is awesome...I've been wanting to get down to NOLA

but with my Thesis, it isn't really feasible at the moment. But, I do have a year off between graduation and Grad school, so...

I'd love to get down there and help.

I don't know if I'll get into MIT, but I'm going to work my ass off to make it so. :)

[Shine]

44. Damn, gf!

That's a lot! Good on ya! :yourock:

I think you're wise to take a year off between the two. A PhD program is intense.

You've got Youth on your side. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

47. Hehe, and I didn't even mention

the 3 Econ classes and my Internship. I'm a busy girl. :rofl:

And I'll be 32 in December, so...I gotta get cracking. :D

:loveya:

[TommyO]

36. Mushroom ravioli with truffle oil and some good parm reggiano.

[carlyhippy]

42. BLT on white and baked potato chips

Carly

[hobbit709]

43. Spicy KFC

Korean Fried Chicken

[bigwillq]

48. Chicken (drumsticks)

Lima Beans, Rice, pasta salad, garden salad. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

49. Um, I have a confession...

I LOVE Lima Beans!!! :bounce:

[bigwillq]

50. Me-freaking-too!

:bounce: :) :hi:

[davsand]

52. Baked Salmon with long grain rice and veggie pilaf.

Salmon was baked with butter, garlic, and other Italian herbs, and the rice pilaf was chock full of veggies--including 'shrooms, zucchini, onions, peas and carrots along with garlic and parmesan.

Made so much we had leftovers so it will be a lunch tomorrow too.



Laura

[Lady-Damai]

53. Extra Green Pumpkin soup

Ingredients: Pumpkin
Collard Greens
Spinach
Bok Choy
Leek
Celery
4 cloves of garlic
Parsley
1 chicken boulin cube


then blended....




Beverage: 1 cup of Coconut water, 1 cup of Rooibos tea with nettle leaves

[deepthought42]

54. So far...

cranberry + vodka

:beer:

Still figuring out what to make for dinner...and it's 10:30pm here!

[haele]

56. Meatloaf - mix of ground Lamb, Beef, Sweet Italian Sausage

The sausage is made by the local neighborhood grocery store butcher using an aunt's recepie from the pork leavings after he breaks down the pig from the local rancher's slaughterhouse. Mix equal amounts of meat, add salt, pepper, sage, cumin garlic, egg and sourdough breadcrumbs and two tablespoons horseradish. Roll out meat, fill one side with minced sweet onion, asparagus (or broccoli) mushrooms, and tomatos, then roll meat around veggies, pressing the veggies down in the meat so you get a nice "log" design with meat around. wrap in foil, place in roasting pan with top slightly vented so you can pull it apart.

Bake for one hour at 400, peel back top, sprinkle with grated parmesan, then bake 20 more minutes at 300 for a nice crispy outside. Take out of pan to rest for 10 minutes, leaving the juices in the bottom of the pan to make gravy during the resting time if you want.

Makes wonderful sandwiches.

Haele

[u4ic]

57. Split pea soup

I'm sick, sick, sick. x(


The pizza sounds yummy, though - from afar. :)