What's For DINNER Tonight?

[Ryan Johnson]

I grew some tomatoes like the ones you have in your greenhouse last year. I think they were called Russian purple or something similar. Gee they were tasty !!!

With the Lamb, how about making a Lamb & Vegie Pie ? If it was me id buy the pastry shell tho Im sure homemade pastry would taste much better.

Brown the lamb in a pan, add the onion & other vegies you like. Create the base for the sauce. You could use a gravy base with some tomato paste in it. Add some Thyme or rosemary ....

let it completely cool, you could make the filling the day before.

You could also make (excuse the spelling ) San Choy Bow ?? Chinese style filled lettuce cups .

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

Oh the lamb and vegie pie sounds wonderful!! Don't know if I could convince my husband about the lettuce cups but maybe I could do wraps.

I was laughing to myself after posting last nite about the assumption I had made that being an Aussie meant you would know what to do with lamb. I think its a common meat there but having never been it is strictly based on TV and movies lol. Thanks for the ideas, as soon as we have a cooler day - they are coming right, we won't be roasting forever- I'm going to give the pie a try. I will buy the crust too, I haven't found that home made crusts are better really, just thicker. I do made a pocket type beef or chicken pie (a round folded over and closed around filling) that I have a great crust recipe for but in a pie plate or for tarts, I like purchased crust.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

No you are very correct between Australia and New Zealand I think we export some ridiculous amount of Lamb per year. And yes we do eat a lot of it

Yeah the San choy bow was really a lighter meal option or more of a snack. You could also do a lamb and Veg lasagne. ?

Let me know how it turns out

I had Kranskys and Vegies last night for dinner. kranskys are not overly healthy as they are stuffed with cheese, don't have them very often but they are nice.

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

I don't have any idea what a Kransky is. LOL, sometimes there is such a difference between countries that speak the same language (well, sorta the same you guys have sometimes tortured English almost as bad as our Newfies )

 

[Ryan Johnson]

A Kransky is a kind of sausage. Usually smoked. You can get cheese Kranskys aswell

 

[Jill]

Earlier this morning, I got some turkey chili in the crock pot. Lots of green & colored bell peppers, diced onions, tomatoes, seasoning, and some beans. Can't wait for dinner

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

I wonder if a Kransky is the same as what we call a 'smokie' They are a sausage that my husband likes to substitute for wieners(aka hot dogs) and they can be prepared the same way but the are a bit more... um... rustic I guess. Thicker, coarser and often with cheese or garlic added. Smokies, as the name indicates are smoked.

Tonight is rotisserie chicken, I have some baby beets, new potatoes and little carrots from the garden and we will have tomato wedges and cucumber slices with it.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Sounds very similar

. Butter chicken with rice last night .

Horse racing today won't be home till late so will be something easy for dinner

 

[Jill]

Since I think I made enough to feed an army, it will be left over turkey chili again tonight (and surely tomorrow!)! But H, me (myself? Don't report me to the grammar police unless you want to keep them busy!) and our friend we send food to often like it so that's good.

For this morning, I'd like to make some scrambled egg muffin cups using turkey bacon. Hopefully that can hit the spot. It's a pretty quick breakfast, which matches my time frame, plus it's filling and low carb.

 

[Riverrose28]

Last night we had pork chops and fried green tomatoes and eggplant. Since I roasted beef the night before we are having open faced roast beef sandwiches and mashed potatoes and gravy tonight. Not sure which veggie yet. I've been canning for weeks, putting up lots of sauces, made mixed veggies and got them canned yesterday so we can have hot soup during the winter. Still have tomatoes coming out of my ears thinking of canning some baked beans with them and adding brown sugar. I'm suppossed to mopping the kitchen right now, as I've made an aweful mess in there, but after getting everything off the floor and the stools out I needed to rest my back, so here I am. Got to back to it.

 

[Performancemini]

Hi: Haven't been on because we were a week at the county fair showing. Not sure what to do for a menu right now. H went and had his yearly physical. He still has to be on his cholesterol med, otherwise he just has "tennis elbow" now due to the years of carpentry type work, etc. But the Dr. told him he needs to gain some weight. He has a higher metabolism and is a workaholic and doesn't always eat right or take the time to eat. So I have to figure out how to feed him. Then I have been having my IBS flaring up. Today I had a root canal (never had one before, it was a foreward tooth-so didn't take as long) and it's abcessed so I am on an antibiotic (Clindomyacin) and it's adding to the running to the restroom. The Dentist wants me to see if I can take them for another 3 days at least (went 8 times today!!!!!!). I drank "Boost" for lunch.

 

[Riverrose28]

I'm going to the grocery store this morning and will pick up some hamburger for dinner.

 

[Jill]

As I predicted, it's leftover turkey chili for us but we are hungry for it! I've got so much to do here (housework, dogs (I make their "wet" food), horses) tomorrow, but H is going to a family reunion. I made a spaghetti salad for him to take. I really need to go through the pantry and do some meal planning before I let stuff expire. I have very poor household organisational skills, but a probably crazy drive to horde food

 

[Ryan Johnson]

How do you make turkey chilli Jill . ?

We actually have gr8 weather today first sun in months , so I won't be planning dinner till it sets .

Will let you know what it ends up being .

 

[Jill]

Ryan, I make just like with ground beef, but I use ground turkey instead. I like the 85% lean (white & dark meat) versus the all white meat turkey (seems too dry). I brown the turkey and drain it a bit to make it have less fat, add store bought chili seasoning packets, and put in lots of diced bell peppers and onions. I do like to microwave them a few minutes and drain off the water. Add in crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce and I like to use drained baked beans (I hate kidney beans). I let it go on low in the crock pot all day. It's all cooked (except the peppers and onions, which were just partly cooked in the microwave). It seems like the seasonings get better, and honestly, it tastes better the next day and the day after than the day you make it.

I don't have a real recipe. I just go until the crock pot is full, but then after we send a bunch to our friend and eat it the first day, there's room in the crock pot for me to add another can of beans (plus lots more room that I don't use up), and since I like them, I nearly do always add more beans. I also add a little Splenda or Stevia (no calorie sweeteners) to it and anything I make that is tomato based.

Crock pots are slow cookers. You all may have a different name for them? It's not really necessary to use for it, just convenient and I think helps the flavour of the chili. I like being able to make it up in the morning and knowing dinner's going to be ready with little additional effort in the evening. They are awesome for cooking meats so they are super tender, and for soups, sauces, stews and chili.

A lot of people make white chili with turkey or chicken, but I haven't ever tried to. Just basic red chili using turkey instead of beef.

 

[Jill]

Harvey was not feeling very well when he got home from his family reunion yesterday, so we didnt finish off the chili. I plan to make some kind of a chili mac casserole thing onout of it this evening with maybe green beans or corn and salad.

I got up at 3am (thank you Diesel, my huge black and white Pyrenees cross for pretty much demanding to go out about then each morning), so I'm already "starving" before 6am. I have some a bit stale yeast rolls that I want to use for bread pudding (stale bread works best for it, but never tried it with yeast rolls), a quick nearly crustless quiche (with green peppers, onions and sausage from the freezer), and fresh pineapple.

I spend a lot of time contemplating what to eat next, but that's almost as much fun as eating the food!

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Thanks Jill

Its 9am here and after reading that my mouth is watering. I am going to give it a go this weekend and let it cook all day.

Made a Chicken curry and a rather large lasagne on sunday. I have portioned it and frozen what was left over. Instead of making a stock standard lasagne I decided to put a few extra layers in and worked out a treat...

I added a layer of sliced Zuccini and a layer of thinly sliced sweet potato. Sundried tomatoes. I also crumbled fetta just under the bechamel sauce. lasagne isn't something I would usually make, but liked this variation and will be having it again

 

[Performancemini]

"BRAT" diet for me yet (sigh), the antibiotic better not cause me any further troubles.

H is enjoying his occasional malts.

Waiting on his protein powder to come for breakfast drinks.

 

[Jill]

I'm getting ready to put together a soeghetti pie using sauce I took out of the freezer. It's easy and tastes a lot like lasagna.

 

[Jill]

PS, I thought I shared this before, but when I went here to refresh my memory as to how you make it, I couldn't find the post. I just bookmarked it on my tablet. I follow this "kinda", because I always make it with leftover homemade spaghetti sauce. It's easy and good. I'm out of salad ingredients so we'll have it with green beans and corn.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spaghetti-pie-i/