https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:12:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-535431 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:05 +0000 kellygirl 535431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We had spicy chicken/veggie soup with roasted brussel sprouts. For the first time ever, I bought the stalk instead of the frozen bagged sprouts. Quartered them, tossed them in olive oil and roasted in the oven. OMG, heaven! Way more work but totally worth it every once in awhile.</p> <p>@Khris: That cauliflower sounds delish. It's one of, scratch that, it is my least favorite veggie but I think I'm going to give that a try! Thanks for the inspiration. Will report back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-535406 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:35:51 +0000 biscuitsmom 535406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ACK! Forgot to include the onion soup in my original post- now added! Sorry...(if anyone was interested) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534671 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:19 +0000 chewyspaghetti 534671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kim- I finally started having the kids make dinner a couple of nights a week. They need to learn how to cook anyway, and having a few days off makes cooking so much more enjoyable for me when I do it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534664 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:59:08 +0000 Queen Mum 534664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ha- my kids just asked me the same question.<br /> I'm ashamed to come clean...<br /> we are having Trader Joe's frozen breaded chicken, little dutch potatoes and an easy green salad. BUT, in my defense, I have to drive a kid downtown in a few minutes and take 2 others to school for play practice in about an hour. Plus I was too busy admiring my new green jacket to cook. Sometimes the cook just has to take the night off </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534661 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:24 +0000 Aziraphale 534661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not a food person. I hate cooking with a blazing passion. Sadly, I still have to cook for everyone. Tonight it's English breakfast sausages, beans, toast and watermelon (did I mention I cook for two small children and a husband who's never home?).</p> <p>Chewy, want to come over and do my cooking for me? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534653 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:55:23 +0000 chewyspaghetti 534653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished dinner, and had to post again. This was *so good* that I might make the whole thing for my dad's birthday.<br /> Velvetychocolate- I boiled the cauliflower with a clove of elephant garlic. Toward the end, I added a cube of veggie boullion. I drained most of the water, then added butter. I mashed the cauliflower with my potato mashed, but ti was still chunky. I took a little at a time and blended it in the blender with a little milk. Once it was all pretty creamy, I poured it into a baking dish and sprinkled some parmesano/regiano chesse on top and baked it until the top started to get golden. It worked great.<br /> This Tiramisu is my new favorite desert- and it's easy.<br /> I soaked the lady fingers in a Kahlua and Espresso mix and put them in the bottom of wine glasses. The Tiramisu layer is just a carton of mascarpone mixed with most of a jar of Nutella and folded into fresh whipped cream with a little sugar- between the layers is some vanilla bean ice cream and on top is a little shaved dark chocolate. This would be an impressive Valentine's Day dessert. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534479 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:08:51 +0000 Elly 534479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL-- I thought I was going to have something fabulous to contribute---- I was going to make my shrimp penne in a tomato and butter wine sauce. Then I got the shrimp out of the freezer only to find they were bad (we buy and freeze when they are inexpensive, but apparently my father isn't the right person for that job-- what a frostbitten mess). So, switched to chicken-- with the same result. </p> <p>I guess we are having deer meat again . . . because that was pretty much the choice! The flavors are a little strong for that wine and butter sauce though! </p> <p>at least I cleaned out the freezer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534328 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:51 +0000 RoseandJoan 534328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such interesting choices, I kept things simple tonight, grilled piri piri chicken, roasted veg and rice. The chicken has marinated over night, the veg just needs roughly chopped and the rice will be pinged in the micro. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534319 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:06 +0000 Mander 534319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, this all sounds great! I think we're having some kind of chicken curry concoction. Probably with jalfrezi paste. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534316 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:04:21 +0000 lyn* 534316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I REALLY want A&amp;W. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534311 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:01:31 +0000 Transcona Shannon 534311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What time should I pick you up Vicki - you did say you were bringing the wine right?<br /> That meal sounds lovely!</p> <p>Tonight we're having whole wheat pasta with home made Bolognaise sauce. I have a 16-year-old son who LIVES for pasta! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534304 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:59:08 +0000 biscuitsmom 534304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One of the few dishes I do well (DH does 95% of the cooking) is a baked chicken&amp;rice. Butter/margarine a rectangular pan (appx 9x13 or similar) pour 1 and 1/3rd cup of quick cooking (instant) rice into pan, add 1/2 cup of milk, 1 can of cream of mushroom and 1 can of cream of chicken soup (somewhat heated &amp; mixed together) over the rice, put chicken (either pieces or cut-up fryer) over that, sprinkle one pack of dried Lipton onion soup over the chicken, cover with tinfoil and bake at 350 for 2 hours! DELICOUS! And oh, SO easy </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534293 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:18 +0000 velvetychocolate 534293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh....good luck with your mashed cauliflower! I never liked cauliflower, but when I began reducing refined carb intake, I started eating a lot more vegetables, and they aren't so horrible after all :)</p> <p>Sorry to hear about the gout...ouch. The meatloaf actually tastes best made with ground bison, but it is kind of expensive. I didn't like it much with ground beef (grass-fed or otherwise)...hence the turkey. </p> <p>Enjoy your dinner and let us know how it turns out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534250 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:08:47 +0000 chewyspaghetti 534250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everything sound so good- it must be close to lunchtime!</p> <p>velvetychocolate- I've actually never done them before! Joey Fatone made this on one of the Celebrity Cook Off episodes, and I have been wanting to try it ever since. I guess I will do them much the same way that I do potatoes. Your mini meatloafs sound great. I love ground turkey, but it doesn't love me back (I think I have gout- too much turkey makes my toe joint swell up).</p> <p>Vicki- the non-alcoholic kind ;)</p> <p>Stephanie- I make a sweet potato and black bean chilli that I love. Sounds similar to your pumpkin chilli. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534220 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:44:35 +0000 AJ 534220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your dinner sounds so fancy, Khris!</p> <p>We're going to the mall tonight (1st Tuesdays Lego build night) so Chick Fil A for dinner.</p> <p>Last night was crockpot Chicken Tortilla soup. YUM! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534212 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:15 +0000 DeniseP 534212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This sounds wonderful!</p> <p>I love trying new foods and ways of cooking them; but the Husband likes simple things, so I don't branch out much. </p> <p>We're having homemade vegetable soup, and cornbread. This is KILLER in our home - oh -- and the Husband cooks it, too! So, I can't complain!</p> <p>p.s. the cornbread is soooo good, that I have to double my treadmill time... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534211 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:07 +0000 StephanieR 534211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On my own this evening, so keeping it simple. Home made chilli pumkin soup out of the freezer (pumpkin was homegrown last year). Nice and warming on a cold winter's evening. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534206 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:37:33 +0000 MsMary 534206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YUM, nancylee!! *scribbling notes* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534202 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:34:21 +0000 nancylee 534202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like MK, I'm an empty nester and eating alone tonight (husband is out of town for work) so I'll probably make my favorite concoction of sauteed tomatoes and olives over angel hair pasta....with lots of parmesan. It's my signature "eating for one" dish. :)</p> <p>YOUR dinner sounds amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534196 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:31:43 +0000 Anonymous 534196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sausage, bean, and kale stew! NOM!</p> <p><a href="http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-search/on-hand-ingredients-recipes/white-bean--sausage-and-kale-stew" rel="nofollow">http://www.rachaelraymag.com/r.....-kale-stew</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534194 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:28:46 +0000 MsMary 534194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm an empty nester this week so I am cooking for one. Tonight will probably be a baked potato with a sprinkle of cheese and some steamed greens!</p> <p>Khris, that sounds FAB!! I love nuts in my food! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534192 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:24:53 +0000 velvetychocolate 534192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How do you make your mashed cauliflower? I've done roasted garlic and caramelized onion roasted cauliflower in the oven and it's quite good. When I mash it up, I just add a wee bit of chicken broth or vegetable broth, but it looks more like "hash browns" than anything like mashed potatoes. That said, I do try to avoid too much dairy, as it doesn't always agree with me. </p> <p>Tonight's dinner? </p> <p>A paleo version of meatloaf - this time I'm using ground turkey. Made with a bit of almond flour, sauteed grated carrot/zucchini/onion/garlic, egg, oregano, ketchup. </p> <p>Recipe here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.realfoodwholehealth.com/2011/06/grass-fed-gluten-free-meatloaf/" rel="nofollow">http://www.realfoodwholehealth.....-meatloaf/</a></p> <p>Just delicious! I've made it with ground bison, with grass-fed beef, and now turkey. Now, to make things interesting and useful/helpful... I started making the meatloaf in mini-loaf tins. Everyone gets their own little mini/individual sized meatloaf, and I don't have to worry if it crumbles a bit when being sliced. Also - just fabulous to send in my husband's lunch the next day. *disclaimer: I do not make my own homemade ketchup as per the recipe, and I also do not add honey to the glaze. I just use organic (non-HFCS) ketchup and tamari for the glaze. </p> <p>Along with the mini turkey meatloaf, I'm also making roasted butternut squash. I buy the fresh butternut squash that's already pre-cubed from Costco, toss into a bowl - microwave for just a minute or two to warm it up (there's a reason for this...) plunk some coconut oil on top and stir like mad so the coconut oil melts and coats all the cubes of squash. Next I sprinkle cinnamon through it all and toss to mix it all up. Transfer to a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for half an hour or so. Very tasty! If you wanted to get fancy with this, you can add apple chunks too and/or some chopped pecans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534188 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:22:19 +0000 Vicki 534188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll be right over. What kind of wine do you prefer? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534181 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000 LoP 534181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds delicious! Can I come over for dinner? </p> <p>Ours will be a usual quick veggie stir fry with a side of fish and brown rice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot--whats-for-dinner#post-534176 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:08:10 +0000 chewyspaghetti 534176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always love hearing about what everyone is cooking/eating.<br /> I'm loving Buddy the Cake Boss' new cooking show, so I am going to try some of his recipe's tonight:<br /> Escarole with sweet Italian sausage, pine nuts and golden raisins<br /> which I am serving with mashed cauliflower with grilled veggies, garlic cheese toast, and I am going to try Buddy's 5 minute Tiramisu for dessert.<br /> The tiramisu is taking me way longer than 5 minutes because I couldn't find Lady Fingers at the bakery, so I baked them from scratch. I already have the Mascarpone mix setting up in the fridge, so dessert is already under way.<br /> What's for dinner at your house tonight? </p>