What's for dinner?

Nacy,

That’s how they did it. They used a dough attachment to get things started. Every chef has their own way of doing things. I love watching people cook.

Yeah, it’s much easier to open a box, but Ciao House really wanted them to showcase making pasta fresh, the way Italian grandmothers did!

Omg I love home made noodles
I've made them a few times, it's not that hard, but much easier to open a box. 😂

I have an attachment that goes on my kitchen aid that needs and cuts the noodles. It is collecting dust now. One of these days........

cw,

Sounds absolutely delicious! The texture of fresh noodles is so good.

Were you happy with the results?

The Italian chef who was the judge, along with the American chef judge, were saying how important it is to let the dough rest. It’s labor intensive, but so worth it to get that texture.

I do remember making noodles once but not what most people consider "pasta", they were the simple, rustic egg noodles that you cut with a knife and put in soup.

Have any of you made fresh pasta? I have not. I have eaten it. One day, I would like to try making it.

Oh gosh, I watched Ciao House on Max. I absolutely adore Italian food!

Every region has their specialties. The season I watched they were in the Tuscany area.

Americans compete for the prize of being able to travel throughout Italy and learn from the best Italian chefs. Great show!

Next season will be in Puglia.

Beatty,

We are having rainy weather here too. Flash flooding warnings. Funky weather.

Weather just turned rainy.. need some cozy!

Roast chicken with lemon inside & olive oil outside, roast potatos & other veg + steamed greens. Nice glass of sparkling mineral water & pomegranate juice.

Today is National Apple Pie Day. We should be eating apple pie for dinner!

My husband had an apple strudel this weekend. That man has a sweet tooth down to his toes and never gains weight.

Sounds good, Nacy. I love meatloaf. My husband prefers meatballs, he’s Italian!

Oldest daughter loves meatloaf. My youngest daughter won’t eat it. She’s like her daddy and prefers meatballs.

I think people either love or hate meatloaf! I started making meatloaf with oatmeal rather than breadcrumbs. I like it either way though.

Everyone loves mashed potatoes in our house! Fresh corn on the cob too!

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and corn, the end of the corn I froze in the fall. 😔.

Meatless Monday tonight. I’m making a spinach lasagna and salad.

Vacation food, ice Cream for dinner and fried chicken for snack 😋

Hubby has a business dinner this evening. I am NOT cooking this evening.

Meeting a friend for a nice cool salad for dinner. It’s been so hot here.

Have a wonderful evening meal, everyone!

Good news for avocado lovers like me!

I just googled if it is okay to eat a whole avocado in a day.

Here’s what I found online from RDN, Kim Kulp (specializes in gut health) and RDN, Stephanie Wells. (specializes in being vegan)

Eating avocados will help improve your health in these five ways:

1) More energy

2) Improved digestion

3) Your heart health will improve

4) Avocados support good eye
health

5) You might find yourself in a better
mood

The dietitians say that it’s fine to eat an entire avocado instead the recommended amount of one third, as long as you add enough protein and healthy carbs into your diet to be balanced.

The article also states that certain people should not eat a whole avocado every day because it affects them negatively.

I love making avocado sandwiches on Dave’s thin sliced whole grain bread, I add shredded carrots, diced tomatoes, sprouts, garlic and red onion and a bit of cheese (white cheddar, Gouda, provolone) whatever cheese I have on hand.

What are your favorite plant based sandwiches? I do eat meat on sandwiches, but I find that I am eating less meat overall.

I typically eat very healthy meals. We went to our jazz and heritage festival yesterday and it’s all about great music and food!

So, we got all of our favorites! Had a great time. We walked plenty at the festival so, hopefully that helped with our indulgences! 😝

We are having roasted pork loin seasoned with my favorite pepper jelly that I buy from a local farmers market and veggies tonight for dinner.

Yesterday I had pheasant, duck and andouille gumbo, trout baquet, crawfish Monica and mango freeze at the festival. All are delicious!

I cooked up some chicken broth the other day but what I was really craving is some good old vegetarian lentil soup, so I froze the chicken broth and made that instead.... I'm having some now, it was the right choice (yum)!

Made chicken mozzarella pasta, recipe on the food net work. Was rather simple and really good. If anyone is interested.
Left overs tonight

Nice Golden!

Pam, I have upper back issues, , at least when I have a bad back spell sitting makes it better, static , I feel so bad , cuz you just can't get comfortable, no matter what you do

Thanks cw. The cabbage and carrot were ok shredded together, (like your dice I guess) but the apple made it too mushy. The recipe suggested cutting the apple into "matchstick" size. I was trying to save myself some work, but if I want apple in it I'll have to hand cut it. I do have a slicer blade - it's on the the reverse side of my grater blade. For R and I, I make fairly large amounts and it gets eaten. I working at incorporating more veggies in our meals.

Alva - recipe please for infamous Thai chicken!!! Gut bugs are involved in all kinds of things in our bodies and we need to feed them properly. I'm sure they like Thai chicken!!!

Geaton - that's very interesting!!!

Pam - another wonderful tea and wearing fascinators!!! So glad you found a home for the china. Hope the sciatica goes away and stays away!

rogerwy - always good!

llama - hope you never get the sciatica back!!!

Sunday I finally cooked that large beef roast I had in the freezer and it turned out well. Served it with mashed potatoes and gravy, roasted carrots and onions, and Yorkshire puddings. You can buy them frozen now which makes life a lot easier!!!

PamZ: Good for you and hope that you're recovering well from the sciatica. I had one round of that and don't want another ever!

Spaghetti. Mom's favorite. Garlic bread of course also.

TEA!! We girls went for tea again,, and we all brought the dessert leftovers and scones home, after the soup .salad, and sammies we were stuffed!! We even wear fascinators!. And after looking at my MILs packed up china in my sunroom for years.. the lady who owns the tea house was happy to take it!! Why did I not offer it before? My DD and I finally thought "who would use this?" No one wants fancy china anymore. So I called her and offered it free, or else it was going to be donated. I am still sitting on some of my parents stuff! And I have a baby shower here in 2 weeks, so I am getting my butt in gear. Slowly, as I am recovering from my first bout of sciatica..

Alva, I saw a show on PBS a few years ago where researchers gave mice with Parkinsons symptoms fecal transplants and their symptoms went away. It was astonishing. I will look up the gut genome show on Netflix. Do you know the name?

Infamous Alva? Is it really that bad 🤣

Quite the fascinating program on Netflix under documentaries about our GUT genomes. Goofy cartoonish little microbes running around, but the research and the individual stories quite interests.
For tonight? My infamous Thai Basil Chicken again.

I do Golden! When I'm making slaw for a crowd I'll get out the big food processor with the slicing blade for the cabbage and the grating blade for the carrots. When I'm making it for just me I get out my mini food chopper and just chop everything together into a fine dice, it's not traditional but it tastes just as good and it's nostalgic for me because my grandmother (who was toothless) used to grate her cabbage that way.

Thinking of trying cabbage fritters made with Panko bread crumbs for Sunday morning breakfast.
I have never made fritters!
Must wait until dH get up.
Listening to the mockingbird outside our window.
A mockingbird will mimic annoying construction sounds sometimes.

nacy - sure 😉

cw - sounds good!

Talking about making lemon into lemonade, I experimented by using my food processor to make coleslaw. It might have been ok with just the carrots and cabbage, but I decided to add an apple as well. Just after processing it was OK but shortly it became very mushy and wet. Not nice for a salad!!!

Hmmm! What to do with this large bowl of shredded goodies?

Light bulb moment!!! 💡 I'll make fritters! So I tossed in some almond flour, a couple of eggs, and a sprinkling of cornstarch and mixed. The first two were still too wet, so more dry stuff went in and they were fine after that. In fact they were good with that tangy sweet apple taste added to the cabbage and carrot. R ate them happily with sour cream. I like mine plain so I can taste the veggies/fruit.

Question: Does anyone here use a food processor to make coleslaw? Wondering if I can shred the cabbage and carrots with it and then just do the apple by hand. Its a nice addition to slaw.

I cranked the temperature up to 450°F and put it in speed convection mode while the chicken rested, the onions got a little burnt but the crispy potatoes make up for it 🤤

Hot dogs, TGIF potato skins. 😂 I did put them in the air fryer so that makes them healthy, right?

Can you stick the veggies in the microwave, maybe finish the cooking