Monday night dinner - and then again, maybe not. 27.01.2025

[rodentraiser]

Well, now here's a new one. I'm making potato soup for supper. I use frozen hash browns because it's just hard for me to stand and chop potatoes. So I take the potato bag out of the freezer, put it on the floor, and stamp on it to separate all the potatoes. Gets that aggression out, you know. Then I put the potatoes in the crock pot with 5 cups of water. Added garlic and onion and went to stir.

That water was so cold it refroze the potatoes and turned to slush in just the time it took to chop a little onion. I had to use a wooden spoon to separate the potatoes again and as soon as I did, they refroze. And all the time the water was - slush, slush.

Well, the crock pot, needless to say, is on high. As soon as the water is warm (maybe next week sometime), I'll add the dry chicken stock. It might start to boil around dinnertime, if I'm lucky.

I'll keep y'all posted.

 

[cjmmytunes]

Broccoli & cheddar soup with saltines and cookies for dessert.

 

[forty_caliber]

Cajun Potato Soup and fresh sourdough bread.

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[rodentraiser]

Maybe we should make the soup club here!

 

[msmofet]

Please add the date to dinner/supper threads.

 

[dragnlaw]

Well, now here's a new one. *** I use frozen hash browns ***separate all the potatoes. ***I put the potatoes in the crock pot with 5 cups of water.

That water was so cold it refroze the potatoes and turned to slush in just the time it took to chop a little onion.

Well, the crock pot, needless to say, is on high.

Drain the water off into another pot on the stove and bring it to a boil. Your crock pot will take hours to get there on its own. If you have an electric kettle, faster still, even if you have to do it in batches.

I use my kettle to get large pots of water to heat faster. My large burner on my stove is only 700 watts and takes forever. I put a small amount that the pot can handle while I start the electric kettle. Add kettle water when boiled which by that time the little amount is boiling too. Add more water to pot - don't overwhelm it, use the kettle again - till you get the amounts you need.

 

[Steve Kroll]

And here I was thinking I was having an early dinner tonight.

I made Shrimp Kimchi Udon Stir Fry. Asian noodles have become one of my favorite things to cook. The whole thing takes like 15-20 minutes to throw together and it's super filling.

I mentioned on another thread that I'm not a big fan of pasta, and that's true for the most part. But for some reason I really enjoy these Asian noodle dishes. They are quick and satisfying.

 

[HeyItsSara]

i made myself a pastrami burger with sauteed mushrooms and fries. Mmmm

 

[Kathleen]

Beef with string beans and steamed pork dumplings.

 

[Andy M.]

We had Tuscan Butter Chicken.

 

[Jade Emperor]

@Steve Kroll
Your stir fry looks delicious!

 

[dragnlaw]

Udon Stir Fry. Asian noodles

I love Udon noodles!

had one of those types of suppers. Ate some rice crackers earlier. Cracked open a jar of sauerkraut and ate a couple of fork-full off the top, very yummy, sliced off a slab of ham (I bought more, wha??) and so far (at 9 pm) that's it. Tomorrow we should cook, I hope, maybe, we'll see, don't count your chickens.

 

[Jade Emperor]

@Andy M.
And your Tuscan chicken looks great too!

 

[rodentraiser]

Please add the date to dinner/supper threads.

I forgot. But it looks like someone added it for me. Thank you!

Drain the water off into another pot on the stove and bring it to a boil. Your crock pot will take hours to get there on its own. If you have an electric kettle, faster still, even if you have to do it in batches.

I use my kettle to get large pots of water to heat faster. My large burner on my stove is only 700 watts and takes forever. I put a small amount that the pot can handle while I start the electric kettle. Add kettle water when boiled which by that time the little amount is boiling too. Add more water to pot - don't overwhelm it, use the kettle again - till you get the amounts you need.

Well, taking hours is the point. This way I can look virtuous making dinner while not doing a thing to cook all day. LOL Whenever I put anything into the crock pot, I always figure on about 8 hours cooking time. As it was, I did turn down the crock pot to low about 6 hours into cooking and then turned it down to warm because I forgot that I'd need to make the bacon. And making 24oz of bacon is always going to take an hour or so.

This time I made the bacon in the oven and it turned out great except for the last couple of slices that I burnt. But I love bacon, so I ate the burnt pieces.

And here is dinner tonight - potato soup with bacon and cheese, some parsley, onions, chives, sour cream, and a little bit of Parmesan cheese:

 

[dragnlaw]

Looks good RR!
No, the boiling ahead was simply to keep your potato from refreezing. Not to hurry up the cooking. Would sort of making using a "slow cooker" redundant, no? LOL!

 

[Jade Emperor]

Kung Pao Chicken

 

[taxlady]

I had a roast beef on whole wheat toast sandwich.

 

[msmofet]

Soup here also.

Deconstructed wontons (filling meatballs dropped into the broth to cook). Added to the broth - wonton wrappers (cut into strips), green onions, snow peas, tiny baby Bok choy, bean sprouts, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, hot chili sesame oil, and crunchy noodles.
(Dropping the meatballs into broth to cook was easier on my arthritis than putting in the wrappers and tasted great)

 

[Andy M.]

We had Tuscan Butter Chicken.

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I guess I should have labeled this as: Tuscan Butter Shrimp.

 

[dragnlaw]

Soup here also.

I guess I should have labeled this as: Tuscan Butter Shrimp.

Now that's my kinda soup!

I honestly just thought you had done the Tuscan Butter recipe with chicken - never even noticed the shrimp but was looking at the pasta trying to see if I could distinguish some chicken pieces in there! Every one had such yummy suppers this night!