Whats for lunch?

“Leftovers from last night:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_28736,00.html”

“SS...I always brown the sausage, that way some of the fat gets glazed onto the pan bottom. Plus I use a good quality kielbasa, not a lot of fat to start with.”

“I love rice and beans!!!! There are a few different ways to make them.

Lyra, here is a link to the food network. If a chef has made a particular recipe you want on their show, you will find it here:

http://www.foodtv.com/

Another food site is: www.cooks.com or is it www.cook.com?

The thing is, you have to have a good idea of how to make something, because at the www.cooks.com site, there are some very "off" recipes, like someone using cottage cheese instead of ricotta for lasagna.

I made my superbowl chili with 3 types of beans, pink, black and great northern beans. It was fantastic.

Lunch....I had a bowl of chicken soup, minus the chicken w/just carrots and celery, oh and a tiny bit of white rice in it.”

“Spirit, I also make my own chicken corn chowder (w/potatoes) which I love. What is that yellow stuff on top of the pot? And what is that orange looking stuff on the left side of the pot?”

“It's www.cooks.com”

“I melted some cheese on top. The orange stuff to the side are carrots :)”

“SC, I think it looks delish.”

“Spirit, I thought those may be cheese shreds, but I couldn't tell the other things were carrots. I thought it could have been bacon. I sautee some bacon and put it in the chowder along w/carrots, corn, onion, celery and heavy cream. So I basically make chicken soup, then shred the chicken after it's cooked and add heavy cream, corn and bacon.”

“LH, mine is a low fat version....no heavy cream at all and no bacon lol”

“What, no heavy cream????!!!!! Unless that cheddar is low fat, you can substitute it for heavy cream, but I guess you prefer cheddar. I'm not a big cheddar fan like everyone else in the PNW.”

“actually, I use skim milk, sometimes 2% and the mashed potatoes to thicken it.”

“Spirit, excellent idea, using the potatoes as a thickener. In Indian dishes, they use chick pea and lentil flour to thicken things. Italians sometimes use pieces of Italian bread in soup to thicken it.”

“Lunch...a low cal panini. I used a slice of low cal skim Jarlsberg cheese w/a few paper thin slices of Black Forest Ham w/low cal mayo mixed with mustard. Then I applied a tiny bit of olive oil with my finger to the outside of the bread to fry it in a non-stick pan.”

“Leftover homemade chicken noodle soup. Yum.”

“Bologna. We're talkin' the thick cut kind with the red ring around it. Good fryin' bologna.”

“Bleah, HPM's mom used to make him fried bologna sandwiches. I don't think it was with the good kind either.”

“Man, I haven't had any of that since high school. Good on soft wheat bread w/ ketchup and mustard. Like a flat hot dog.


Tombstone light veggie pizza. I'm hooked on it. Adore it. It may be the best thing available in the freezer section (not including ice cream).”

“Just about to eat a few wheat crackers w/ PB and a hard-boiled egg. Two of my very favorite snacks.”

“I like the Degorno deep dish pizza. It even comes with a reflector shield thing that goes on top to help cooking. It's nice and thick too.”

“Leftover homemade hot & sour Chinese veggie soup, with rice in it. I rocked that one, if I do say so myself.”

“Ribs”

“Sliced avacodo, pepper cz, roma tomatoes and spinach leaves on pumpernickle rye. Fresh strawberries, mush melon and pineapple. The fruit was complementary... left over from an office meeting earlier today.”

“What in the crap is a mush melon? LOL. Sounds deeelish aside from that.

I had a kiwi, a whole-wheat zucchini muffin, and some baba ghanoush (sp?) with crackers. Weird, I know.”

“Leftover leftover roast beef and carrots.”

“A common type of cantaloupe, the muskmelon is sometimes referred to as a mush melon.”

“In my best Johnny Carson voice: I did not know that.”

“Thanks,

Stove, thought I was going to get railed for using some uncommon redneck term lmao

”

“I'm sure it's a common redneck term, don't worry.
;-D

Cantaloupes...when they're good they're really good, and when they're bad they're horrid.”

“LOL, we called them mush melons too.
They are mushy, but tasty.”

“Nothing good for lunch. Tomorrow will be better (something good in the crockpot for dinner tonight).

There will be rice krispie treats this afernoon so I'll fill up on them.”

“Pizza that I put some broccoli on.”

“Cat.”

“Tacos, huh Nicole?”

“Did SC turn lez and is just using a more polite term?”

“yer dreamin!”

“He he he, Laurel's freaking out over lunch. I cooked the last of our "rose Finn" and "purple Peruvian" fingerling potatoes, added diced chicken, minced veggies, a little relish and other stuff to make the funkiest potato salad I've ever seen. THe purple ones vary from light lavender to purple so dark it looks black. They have a really good flavor, too.”

“Mmmm, that does sound good!! I'm getting ready to have some butternut squash casserole I made. It's good, but I'm now on the 5th day of eating it...that was a big squash. And Tarpy would rather kill himself than eat butternut. Some people don't know what's good!”

“Sushi”

“yogart with a handfull of blueberries mixed in.”

“broccoli cheese soup”

“Hmmmm....What's yogart?

I think I'll whip up some spinach & feta couscous, maybe a twice baked p-toe and ice cold brewskie. Nice to have the day off.”

“Radioactive Sugar and a bag o saline. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.”

“I made up a couple huge pots of cabbage soup today. I put in white and purple cabbage, cut up kielbasa, diced tomatoes, diced onions, paprika, basil, Spike, garlic, and onion soup mix. The house smells wonderful!”

“SOme of the mechanics grilled Brats, and brought all kinds of good stuff to go w it, then they invited me over even though I didn't contribute. Those guys are great.”

“Mmmmmmm! The cabbage soup is awesome!

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“We wouldn't know...
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“Roasted pepper turkey on a bagel with mayo and yellow mustard with chips on the side.”

“I love pasta. Therefore, I am having the Nalley brand of chicken soup for a late lunch. They use these thick egg noodles. I think Nalley may only be on the west coast. They make chili too and let's not forget the oh so popular chilimac.

I'm more interested in dinner. I making this pesto/chicken stock/garlic sauce to put on pasta w/grated cheese and broccoli.”

“wow, i was so nervous i actually forgot to eat...thanks for reminding me stovie LOL”

“today it was crawfish etoufee (is that how you spell it?) with fruit salad, garlic bread, and bread pudding with rum sauce.....mmmmmmm.”