What are you thinking of making for dinner tonight?

[Guest guest]

Just wondering what everyone was planning

to have for dinner tonight? It is Friday, so maybe

you have plans to dine out?

 

I am going to try vegetarianizing a crock-pot

recipe I found over on an omnivore crock-pot

cooking group on .

slowcooker/

The recipe is for a baked ziti and the claim is

you don't have to boil the pasta and it will

come out perfectly, so we shall see.

If it comes out well I will post it here tomorrow

when I fix it vegetarian.

You can find a lot of good recipes on non-veg

cooking groups if you enjoy the challenge

of converting dishes.

 

~ PT ~

 

A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces.

More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne, wheezes

and tips over.

~ Marge Piercy

[Guest guest]

Hi PT,

 

I'm going to vegetarianize a recipe out of my thrift-store new WW

complete cookbook for Mulligatawny. Ought to be pretty easy to do.

Maybe replace the chicken with chickpeas and use veg broth. I'm going

to serve Hariatma's Raaitaa with it. Looking forward to it!

 

Paula

 

 

, " ~ PT ~ "

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> Just wondering what everyone was planning

> to have for dinner tonight? It is Friday, so maybe

> you have plans to dine out?

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[Guest guest]

PT,

we're having philly steak sammiches using fake steak, of course.

my 3 yr old, however, insists that we are having popsicles.

 

meg

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I relate to your three year old very well...I'm thinking of having

popcorn for dinner but popcicles sound tempting

 

 

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> PT,

> my 3 yr old, however, insists that we are having popsicles.

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> meg

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> Cooperative Education At Home

> http://www.MegGrooms.com

> http://homeschooling.bellaonline.com

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[Guest guest]

Last night we had Cold Thai Noodle Salad, steamed fresh asparagus and Honey Dew

Melon. Yummmmmmmm.

Judy

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[Guest guest]

Now that I have been converted and see the light that is tofu, tonight's dinner

is Tofu Cacciatore from the South Beach Cookbook, along with French Bread (it is

on its first rise right now) and a tossed salad, melon for dessert.

 

Tofu Cacciatore (South Beach Cookbook)

1 pount firm, light tofu, cut into 1/2 inch slices

1/2 medium onion, sliced

1/2 red bell pepper, sliced

1/2 green bell pepper, sliced

2 tablespoons white wine

1 large clove garlic, minced

1 teaspoon dried basil (I'll use fresh, about a tablespoon, minced, probably

more, lol)

1 teaspoon dried oregano (Same as above, fresh)

Pinch allspice

1 can (28 punces) stewed tomatoes, drained (again, fresh tomatoes, I have

about 40 pounds of them...er...a bit over 18 kg)

2 teaspoons tomato paste

Rosemary for garnish (Oh pleeeeezzzzzzzzze. Plate it up and eat it, forget

the cutsie stuff. This isn't Hell's Kitchen, just hot enough to be.)

 

Squash and pat tofu dry. Saute peppers, onion and garlic in olive oil spray.

(yeah, right, toss a spoonful of olive oil in the wok...) Cook, stirring

frequently about 5 minutes. Add the wine, spice, herbs, tomatoes, tomato paste

and cook about 15 minutes. (Oh sure. That sauce is already in the crockpot and

I have enough cooking to freeze 6 meals total.)

 

Heat another skillet coated with olive oil cooking spray (me or the skillet?)

and cook tofu over medium heat about 3 minutes, or until lightly browned on both

sides. Place the browned tofu slices in a 13 inch by 9 inch baking dish and

cover with tomato sauce.

 

Bake 1 hour or until cooked through.

 

Uh huh. Or make it my way. Saute peppers, onion, garlic till transluscent.

Toss in crockpot. Dunk tomatoes in boiling water from kettle,remove skin, throw

skins into bowl for compost, chop tomatoes. Dump in crockpot. Toss in tomato

paste, herbs, allspice, wine. (At this point I also threw in black olives

because we love black olives.) Walk away from the crockpot. Ignore it. It

doesn't heat the kitchen and the cats cannot get into the thing. (Yet.)

Squash tofu, dry it, sprinkle with mixture of oil, basil, oregano and whatever

else is looking good that the deer and rabbits haven't eaten. Throw it in the

fridge to wait till 'tis time to assemble dinner. Then fry, toss in baking dish,

throw on sauce, bake till done. Eat.

 

Why oh why do cookbooks try to make the easy look like it is sooo complex?Want

to know how to make puff pastry? water, butter, flour. Mix paste, chill. Roll

out paste, put on chilled slab butter, fold paste over, roll. Chill. Roll,

fold, chill. Roll, fold, chill. Voila.

 

Jeanne in Georgia

 

 

Oh to be a dog or cat

Who's living in a house like that

Where sofas become scratching pads

Four legs good two legs bad

Christine Kane

 

 

 

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