What 'cha cooking this weekend? Freezer bound items here.
The guys have been asking me to make a big old batch of my meatballs and of the King Arthur Fudge Drop cookies. So, I bought a mega pack of ground beef and some ground pork and figured that I would oblige. Some of that beef is going to be cooked up for burrito fillings; the rest of it for the meatballs. Sunday will be the "meat day" of cooking, because it will also be a cooking lesson for my two boys. Saturday will be a double batch of those fudgie cookies, while listening to the Grateful Dead Hour on our local NPR station. Meals...the husband is flying out of town Saturday evening; so I guess I won't plan a damned thing and let the kids decide (within reason) what they would like to eat. Nothing too exciting here, but that's okay. SE folks, what's on the stove or on your plate this weekend?
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hey d, sounds like a groovy weekend to me.... especially the grateful dead part.... me, i just cooked up some chicken cutlets tonite. i breaded them with panko, romano, fresh parsley.......served with a big salad....
tomorrow i'll probably make a soup or something. have a chicken carcass to deal with. maybe do a asian chickie soup with my shirataki noodles....
pooch at 11:20PM on 02/27/09
I made a huge pot of soup, with our friends in mind - we'll be delivering them a pot (a smaller one) and a loaf of homemade bread tomorrow. Tonight we ate out, but I'm about to marinate a steak for tomorrow (top round - has to be marinated)...I'll probably roast some potatoes and make a big salad to go with it. Not sure yet what I'll be doing on Sunday.
I do know I'll be making another batch of granola bars for my OH - he loves having them when he's on the road, which is pretty much every day these days, so a batch goes quickly.
brooke29 at 11:29PM on 02/27/09
Sandwich fillings - can't afford lunchmeat, scared of beef, tired of cheese. So: hummus, egg salad, maybe surimi salad. We bought a turkey on sale today; I think I'll use it ALL for sandwiches.
And we need more bread and I have a big sack of crusts and bits for bread pudding.
Let somebody else cook dinner.
gentlyferal at 3:08AM on 02/28/09
Tonight its probably going to be pork tendeloin in some kind of mushroom/dijon sauce... tomorrow, roast beef, which like @gentlyferal, I will use the leftovers for lunches this week (and I might make hash, depending on how much leftovers we have). I'm in the mood to cook today - might also make an eggplant parm to toss in the freezer.
Maureen at 8:21AM on 02/28/09
I'm making a couple loaves of bread - cheddar/walnut and an egg bread, kidney bean curry, tomato sauce, and a new potato salad w/olive oil, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, kalamata olives and sun dried tomatoes.
You know, not doing meat / fish for these next few weeks is making my cooking much, much simpler.
chisai at 9:11AM on 02/28/09
I tend to hermit out in the winter, so when I ran into all my friends last night, I stayed out till they did - about 2:45 ... so past my bedtime. My stomach is fine but I didn't eat much and I can't sleep in (thanks 9-5 job!), so the first thing I will make once I'm more awake is french toast for breakfast. I have some leftover berry-syrup (berry applesauce, handful of blueberries, touch of agave nectar, and real Canadian maple syrup).
Lunch will be chicken, mushroom, and tortellini soup in a chicken broth+tomato base. Dinner may be eaten out since I am going out for a coworker's birthday, with the soup stretching out at least one more meal tomorrow and lunch for Monday. I might make latkes tomorrow too, especially since my bf loves them and will be coming home tomorrow *fingers crossed*. He will be returning from El Paso, so I've ordered him to bring me home a few bags of the delicious fresh flour tortillas so that I can mass produce some breakfast burritos for the freezer.
joyyy at 10:09AM on 02/28/09
I baked a couple extra potatoes this week, so I'm making baked potato soup today. My hubby is out of town this weekend too, so I haven't really planned anything, other than boiling sap this afternoon for syrup.
I think tomorrow will be bbq chicken in the oven since it's back down to 28 degrees here. I picked up chicken leg quarters for .59/lb yesterday....I think that will be dinner tomorrow when dh gets home.
mepolo at 11:09AM on 02/28/09
Marinating skinless, boneless chicken breasts in tiki-masala paste, orange juice and honey for the grill; couscous made with chicken stock and dried fruit bits also carrots glazed with butter, honey and garam masala. Bettter than take-out, faster than driving for take-out, earns more points with SO than take-out. Nuff-said. The rest of the weekend I'm sleeping.
thegoch at 11:10AM on 02/28/09
I am making a ginormous pot of beans cooked with smoked ham hocks (yum!) and a big hash brown casserole as a side dish. Extra beans will be used later in the week over cornbread with winter greens on the side, and finally as a base for refried beans in burritos and whatever else "needs" refrieds.
FoodieSearching at 12:29PM on 02/28/09
Getting ready to grill Bison burgers with a slice of Colby/Jack, tomatoe and my Mom's special topping of homemade tartar sauce and shredded lettuce. A side of Mike Sell's potato chips with homemade sour cream dill dip and a cold beer! Yummy!
r2holtson at 5:54PM on 02/28/09
Hey, it sounds like there's some great food going on out there this weekend.
@ gentlyferal, certainly understand the lunch meat thing. One thing I do with turkey, is cube some of the raw breast and thigh and make chili with it. Not a ground turkey chili. My guys love to use it as a burrito filling for lunch on the weekends. Egg salad sandwiches on toast are one of my favorite sandwiches, and I always add some chopped green olives to it for some extra tang.
@chsai, that cheddar walnut bread sounds awesome!
@thegoch, I do wish I could spend the rest of the weekend sleeping, but I have to go to a meeting for my oldest son who is going on one hell of a field trip to St. John's in April. Otherwise, I'd be catching the zzz's with a Sunday afternoon nap. Do tell about your tiki masala honey orange chicken. Sounds like a recipe I'd love. And the grill is going now!
@pooch, groovy it would have been, except that I ended up in a Scrabble match while trying to make the cookies and my husband vetoed the Dead hour! But, he's the one going on the road, so I gave in. Figure I'll throw on a Dead album tomorrow when I make meatballs with the kids, and listen to them spout off about how weird I am listening to trippy hippy music. It will be a Dancing in the Streets, meatball making, Sunday kind of morning here.
dhorst at 9:07PM on 02/28/09
@dhorst - Couldn't be easier...1/4 cup OJ, three tablespoons Tiki-Masala paste (I use Patel's) and one tablespoon of honey all whisked together and poured into a 1 gallon zip-lock bag. Add the skinless, boneless breasts and marinate for at least an hour. Grill....poof, dinner!
thegoch at 11:36PM on 02/28/09
I got into a mood today and made golumpki with ground turkey, ran out of cabbage leaves to stuff so I made mini meat loaves in a muffin tin. Mmm...also parm breaded zucchini. Wonder what will strike me tomorrow to ward of the rain...
thegirliscrafty at 3:27AM on 03/01/09
I just made my lunch for the week - chicken, broccoli and brown rice. Later today I'm going to make a crab fried rice. Mongo, our sourdough starter, has been coming up to room temperature on the counter. I see a whole wheat sourdough bread in the cards for later today.
Amandarama at 9:51AM on 03/01/09
@chisaid
Cheddar walnut bread sounds great. I wish I knew how to make bread.
For me, I've just eaten whatever I could scrounge up from my fridge and freezer. I'm low on groceries and the weather has been miserable. Yesterday was frozen pizza and a salad for lunch. Today it'll probably be soup. This is definitely soup kind of weather where I am.
Sara
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NaturallyRecommended at 12:45PM on 03/01/09
ate out Saturday night and went to my friend's family owned restaurant which makes the most incredible pizza I have ever eaten..I had a Broccoli slice (which was broccoli with garlic & olive oil covered with cheese sicilian style)& a foccacia style slice with basil, roasted red onions and other goodies, sounds basic but whatever else they put in it-is to freakin die for !! And then we all stopped at Starbucks afterwards..their coffee is too strong for my taste so I eneded up with a chai tea latte...
Today I making a meat sauce with sausage meatballs, braciole a nice big anitpasto type salad, and homemade garlic bread....I also have a chicken marinating so I can put that in my rotisserie tomorrow...
Italiancupcake at 2:17PM on 03/01/09
I made a really simple and tasty chicken curry kind of dish Friday night from How to Cook Everything, and some fried polenta. Weird combo but it worked: http://bencookseverything.blogspot.com/2009/03/green-street-style-chicken-with-yogurt.html
Last night, went out to Back Forty for the first time here in NY and was blown away by their burger. And the fries!
fozziebayer at 4:55PM on 03/01/09
Crow.
fewteeth at 5:27PM on 03/01/09
Oven Baked Chicken Tenders with a 5 spice BBQ sauce, Ginger Ale, Chicken with a saffron cream sauce and Tennessee whiskey pork chops. 2 keepers out of the lot. Waiting to see how the Ginger Ale comes out.
pksmash at 6:21PM on 03/01/09
I just finished putting split pea soup with spicy sausage into tupperware and put the bread into plastic as well. Rather than spending ten bucks at the movies, I spent ten bucks at the store to get soup stuff at the store and will have lunch and dinner all week!
mcanna at 12:21AM on 03/02/09