Dinner at 8 (#2)
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RECIPE: Progressive Dinner for March 8
Comments (13)For the soup, after looking at the other courses so far, I was tempted to go with something French Oniony. Or maybe a dark mushroom broth. But then I decided that would be too much beef at one meal LOL. Many steakhouses around here serve awesome broccoli cheese soup. But truthfully, after a bite or two of the very thick stuff, I kind of wish it was thinner and less rich. I have come up with a "chowder" that has the thinner consistency I like, and can include any vegetables you want. Frozen or fresh broccoli, frozen veggie mixes, leftovers from another meal. This is a chunky chowder, and it is not pureed. Both for the texture, and also for the colour. I want a milky white base with veggies, not a green slurry. I have used anything from handfuls of baby spinach leaves, to the ubiquitous "frozen cubed veggie mix". This time I used 1 1/2 cups of a fancier frozen mix that had snap peas, leaf spinach, garlic scapes, broccoli, red and yellow peppers, and asparagus - and a 1/2 cup of frozen corn. The results were spectacular! Vegeable Chowder 1 tsp butter 1 tsp olive oil 1/2 small onion, chopped fine 1 clove garlic, smashed and chopped 1-2 tbsp flour (if you like it thicker, go for the higher amount) 2 cups good chicken stock 2 cups frozen, fresh, or leftover veggies 1/2 cup evaporated milk Salt and pepper to taste Melt the butter with the oil in a saucepan. Add the onion, and saute until transparent. Add the garlic and stir, just until fragrant. The garlic can brown a bit but not too dark or it will be too sweet or worse - bitter. Add the flour, and stir to combine. Heat for about a minute to make a roux, but don't brown it. Whisk in 2 cups chicken stock. Add the frozen veggies and bring to a simmer. Simmer until the veggies are cooked/heated through and tender. This will be longer for fresh veggies, and the least for the cooked leftovers. My veggie mix simmered for five minutes and was perfect. Add evaporated milk, and simmer lightly until the chowder is hot. Stir gently to keep from breaking up any spinach(if you used it) to keep the broth as light as possible. Unless you don't mind it green ;). Add salt and pepper to taste. Makes about four 1 cup servings Like all chowders I think this tastes best after it as cooled slightly but is still on the hot side of warm. For a cheesy chowder, add a handful of finely grated cheese to each bowl. You can also garnish with sliced green onions, crumbled cooked bacon, or oyster crackers. Note that in the link, the bowl is really too large and you would only get about two servings if you did it that way. This looks better in a dark bowl or crock, if you are serving it to company. And since I already had that huge bowl ladelled out, I ate it. You know, so it wasn't wasted - tee hee! Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreWhat's for dinner 8/19?
Comments (5)I made beef lo mein. I sort of winged it but I used a sauce recipe from myrecipes.com. I used some carrots, green onion and cabbage for the vegetables. I used Dreamfields linguine for the noodles. It was pretty good and stretched out a small package of beef that I picked up on sale (I cut it very thin). I actually made it last night since things are a rush around her these days while Nick has football every evening. Good thing I did because DH was stuck in traffic and I had to take Nick to football practice. I nuked some frozen egg rolls to go along with it....See MoreWhat's for dinner 10/8?
Comments (10)i'm without my car until Tuesday or so, and haven't shopped for a while. I scrounged and came up with a pot of chicken wild rice soup....kinda. I roasted a couple chicken breasts, cooked up a package of chicken flavored long grain& wild rice mix. Used a package of country gravy mix and some chicken stock ice cubes. I put a handful of mixed vegetables to cook with the rice mixture and used some 1/2&1/2. It wasn't too bad. I also had some frozen rolls, which I thawed, let rise & baked. It seemed funny eating soup & warm rolls on a day when it is near 80* outside....See MoreDinner at 8 (#7)
Comments (6)I love Betty White and would love to host a small dinner party for her. We'd start the evening with mini pate a choux pastries stuffed with shrimp paste, roasted prosciutto wrapped asparagus, assorted fresh veggies and fresh tzatziki sauce. She's a vodka drinker, so I would make sure that I had a best quality brand at the bar, ice balls made of distilled water, and Meyer lemon wedges and slices. Let's start dinner with a small salad of Bibb lettuce cups, filled with sliced grape tomatoes, chopped cukes, red and yellow sweet pepper, our local creamy goat cheese crumbles, local watercress, the tzatziki sauce as dressing. I think that I'd marinate a pork tenderloin to roast or grill, mashed sweet potatoes (made like white potatoes), zucchini and yellow summer squash sauteed in a little butter, sauteed MacIntosh apples seasoned with honey and sharp Vietnamese cinnamon, chopped pecans. Dessert options will be lemon mousse and chocolate mint silk pie, tiny ginger cookies which have a bite. I've read that Betty loves the music of Johnny Mercer and his contemporaries. There's NO better background music for the evening but I'm thinking of a little dancing after dinner. I'll have to choose my male guests with care!...See More- 11 years ago
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