First Day of Spring Dinner - 3/20/2017

[tenspeed]

To celebrate the first day of spring, along with shoveling the snow off the patio to have access to my grill, we're doing burgers on the grill and oven fries.

 

[CakePoet]

We had Deandine's red beans chili and Pawmaw's corn mush ( slightly modified) and purple nachos.


Deandine was foodie friend of mine and she gave me this recipe with the mush, along time ago. I just found it few days ago and went a head and made it. Normally it has very few red beans in it, I added more and the corn mush used to be a smooth corn pure with double the amount of cheddar to corn, I changed it to half amount of cheese to the corn ratio, otherwise it just a weird cheese sauce and only pureed half the corn. The purple nachos, just happened to be on A WOW this is new offer, so I grab it. Every one enjoyed this dinner and it made me miss sweet Dindin as we called her.

 

[Andy M.]

Not sure at this point. SO was up way too early with some kind of stomach/intestinal bug and is feeling very "drained". I'll just have something simple.

 

[rodentraiser]

I am going to cut up some beef and cook it in a mesquite envelope mix I got at the store. Then I'm going to put it it in tortillas with cheese and sour cream. That will be supper tonight.

 

[Just Cooking]

CI skillet roasted chicken thighs, green beans and potatoes... 1 pan, little cleanup... Finish off the bread pudding a bit later...

 

[medtran49]

Florida lobster with Cajun butter and Cajun rice ala Paul Prudhomme's recipe. The butter has the trinity plus a carrot, various spices, including cayenne, fresh basil and oregano. We're saving the rest of the butter for grilled shrimp later on.

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Med, I've been dreaming of Lobster lately! Saw some "previously frozen" tiny little tails at the green grocer for $9.99 each...not worth it.


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Whole Wheat Penne pasta with Chicken Italian sausage and Broccoli Rabe.
Heh! That sounds kinda like a Spring dish, doesn't it

 

[Whiskadoodle]

Just got home from taking care of the grands' all day. Fun day. I'm going to griddle a deli ham and cheese sandwich shortly and have something else, maybe yogurt or just a banana.

 

[Kayelle]

I have a bunch of "gottause" veggies so I'm doing a stir fry Crack Slaw with various additions.

 

[Steve Kroll]

I had a bun-less grilled cheeseburger with avocado, tomato, and bacon. Cottage cheese on the side. Sort of a take on the old 1970s "diet platter" I suppose.

 

[Rocklobster]

Chicken souvlaki, salad, tatziki...

 

[Cooking Goddess]

We ate like it was 1969 tonight: meatloaf, green beans, and "Mommy, are you mad at Daddy?" mashed potatoes. Oh yeah, they were that smooth.

 

[CWS4322]

No photos. Ran into town to get my travel tickets, etc. Got home late, so I did my fallback--salmon. Instead of the usual wild rice side dish, I made mushroom-pea risotto. I haven't made risotto since ... 1980? Glad to know I could do to it from memory and both the Elders devoured it.They had side salads to got with it. Just saying, nice to know I still have the touch.

 

[caseydog]

First day of spring her was 90-degrees. I'm not looking forward to this summer.

I had a very late supper. I got called to do a job in Fort Worth at the last minute, and when I got home, I had to edit and photoshop, so I started cooking at around 9PM.

An 8-ounce thick piece of USDA Prime Ribeye steak. Thick, but not big around. Sous vide, then seared in cast iron with some butter. A wedge of lettuce with blue cheese dressing for a side. Simple, but good.

CD

 

[GotGarlic]

I made pan-seared pork chops with mixed sautéed vegetables and twice-baked potatoes mixed with Potato Topping (a packaged mixture of bacon bits and dried chives, onions and garlic) and cheddar and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses. I also made a creamy mustard-white wine pan sauce

 

[Steve Kroll]

Chicken souvlaki, salad, tatziki...

That looks pretty darn good!