What's for Dinner?

R. Zimm

R. Zimm

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Let's share our latest dinner recipes, ok?

Tonight I cooked for both of us plus some leftover for lunches then found a voice mail message fom my wife saying she was going out (I'm having a friend over for guitar picking) so I have way too much.

Frozen shrimp (thawed) cooked in pesto, olive oil, garlic, butter, a small can of sliced black olives over white rice. It sure was good!
 

In a previous post I mentioned that on Sunday, we cooked chicken, ribs and sirloin steak over the campfire. I like to cook meat for the week this way, if we do a campfire. Tonight it was baby back ribs with homemade bbq sauce, coleslaw and baked sweet potatoes....ate way too much.

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Wow, that sound wonderful. Here is SE Florida I find it to darn hot to grill outside for most of the year. We recently had our 3 hours of sping and now it's hot and humid heading to hotter and humider.
 

Still working on the dividends from the campfire cookout...tonight stir fried veggies (red and green bells, mushrooms, asparagus, onions and broccoli on a bed of chinese noodles, topped with thinly sliced top sirloin and huli huli sauce.
 
R. Zimm said:
Wow, that sound wonderful. Here is SE Florida I find it to darn hot to grill outside for most of the year. We recently had our 3 hours of sping and now it's hot and humid heading to hotter and humider.
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That's pretty much summers in Arkansas. We've had a couple of days of heat and high humidity to remind us what summer is like. We still grill out on the barbeque on the deck, but campfires are over when summer hits.
 
That is one of the bad parts of modern living. We used to just dress lightly and drink iced beverages all day but now since everywhere has A/C we get so used to cool and dry that when we go outside even for a minute we start sweating like pigs (at least until we get the car running).
 
Fat free cheese, egg beaters (Walmart's equivalent), 45 calorie toast with artificial fat & calorie free "spread", Splenda sweetened jam, an orange and some V-8 juice (again Walmart's equivalent) for breakfast.

A zapped sweet potato with same phony "spread" for lunch.

Frozen Smart Choice dinner of shrimp and other stuff at 240 calories for dinner.

Half bowl of bran flakes just before bed.

Yep. I'm on a diet. And this thread is killing me! :(
 
We are on a diet too, sort of. We mostly lay off the sweets and breads. I will always use real butter, real cheese and real eggs. I will never use splenda but use stevia for drinks.
 
FishWisher said:
I'm on a diet. And this thread is killing me! :(
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I bet you could squeeze in a couple of Miller 60's..shoot, you could substitute a whole 6 pack for dinner and have calories left over.

It was a long, cold winter and our activity level was low, so we gained weight. Say the word diet and a darkness comes over me and I get the urge to stuff everything I can find into my face to ward off the oncoming famine.

Like Rkunsaw, we are cutting down on sweets, snacks and also sticking to two meals a day..not giving up happy hour though! Bring on those Miller 60's?:cheers:
 
Yesterday it was Mackerel patties, great northern beans, cole slaw and cornbread. With lots of chopped peppers.

Probably a rerun today which is fine with me. Some things are even better the second day.
 
Another campfire cookout yesterday...t-bone steak, sauteed mushrooms,onions and poblano peppers, grilled mixed veggies, corn fire roasted in husks, garlic toast....lots of leftovers for the week.
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rkunsaw said:
Yesterday it was Mackerel patties, great northern beans, cole slaw and cornbread. With lots of chopped peppers.

Probably a rerun today which is fine with me. Some things are even better the second day.
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Rkunsas...I'll have to try mackerel patties. I make salmon patties quite often, but have never done the mackerel. My mother used to make a mackerel loaf she baked in the oven.
 
Mmmm your cookout meal looks great Qzarkgal.

I bought Mackerel several years ago because it is half the price of pink Salmon and equal to Salmon on the health charts. Once made into patties or loaf (Using recipes for Salmon because you don't see any for Mackerel) you simply can't tell the difference.
 
rkunsaw said:
Mmmm your cookout meal looks great Qzarkgal.

I bought Mackerel several years ago because it is half the price of pink Salmon and equal to Salmon on the health charts. Once made into patties or loaf (Using recipes for Salmon because you don't see any for Mackerel) you simply can't tell the difference.
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Rkunsaw..thanks for the tip..I will definitely be trying it.
 
Ozarkgal you BBQ looks yummy, how do you keep the ganstas away, lol! :p Today I bought some good Prociutto at a European deli, and we made sandwiches on croissant rolls, with Danish Havarti cheese, mayo and dijon mustard...rich and fattening, but good.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Ozarkgal you BBQ looks yummy, how do you keep the ganstas away, lol! :p Today I bought some good Prociutto at a European deli, and we made sandwiches on croissant rolls, with Danish Havarti cheese, mayo and dijon mustard...rich and fattening, but good.
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The Gangstas aren't too excited about getting close to the open fire..once it's on the table they put their begger faces on and are usually successful at conning us out of a bite.

Your sammiches sound wonderful...I could eat a good sandwich for every meal, love them! Miss having a good deli.

Last night we had Ceaesar salad tossed with Parmesan and homemade Caesar dressing with lots of garlic, topped with roasted chicken breast, and for me a glass of chilled light red wine...I still have garlic breath this morning..lol
 
*Drool* Sounds yummy.....Decided on beans and cornbread with jalapenos for dinner tonight. :)
 
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Hubby just fried us up some rib-eye steaks in a heavy black fry pan. I bought him some Ghee (clarified butter) to use from the health food store, as he makes it at a high temp, and butter or olive oil burns and smokes too much. For a side we had broccoli and cauliflower, with light olive oil, salt, pepper and turmeric.
 
We have some wild Alaskan Sockeye salmon grilling in the oven right now, with it we're having some boiled Yukon-Gold potatoes topped with Smart Balance, light olive oil, salt, pepper, turmeric, chives and parsley.
 
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