What's For Dinner? - 2021

[artiemom]

I do not cook by notches on the stove.. I will start on a medium high, then turn the heat down, to a slow boil...
A slow boil is just that----slow bubbles
A roaring boil is--- fast bubbles
a medium is in-between..

It is best to learn by not going by notches... go by how the stove is cooking... that may be your issue.. you may not be cooking it at a high enough boil, to evaporate the liquid..

 

[Lari]

M maggiedemi For rice it's usually a ratio of 2 cups water to 1 cup rice. I mostly use the rice cooker these days, so that gets things perfect, lol. I'm not sure what the ratio is for the Knorr packets, but a bit less water or letting it simmer longer may work.

 

[neely]

DH requested Chinese for Father's Day so that's what we had for dinner. He had egg rolls and mongolian beef. I had vegetable egg foo young with brown rice. Caramel Macchiato cupcake for dessert.

 

[lizzie]

Hubby requested salmon for dinner,so he got roasted salmon filet,with onions and lemon,boiled new potatoes and steamed asparagus.I made strawberry shortcakes for dessert.Yum!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I do not cook by notches on the stove.. I will start on a medium high, then turn the heat down, to a slow boil...
A slow boil is just that----slow bubbles
A roaring boil is--- fast bubbles {also called a "rolling boil," because the surface of the water looks like it is rolling}
a medium is in-between..

It is best to learn by not going by notches... go by how the stove is cooking... that may be your issue.. you may not be cooking it at a high enough boil, to evaporate the liquid..

And tiny bubbles that barely break the surface is a simmer.

Well, got my second Instacart delivery...and had a bowl of cereal. I wanted something yummy, WAY easy, and not heavy. Cereal met the criteria!

 

[Bri5]

My preteen made lunch (apple cider glazed pork chops, green beans and au gratin potatoes) for Father's Day, and my husband picked up dinner (spicy wings, a salad kit, and macaroni salad). I didn't have to cook at all today.

 

[Lari]

I made eggs Benedict for lunch (it was supposed to be breakfast, but my husband slept in a lot), with his mom's sauce as opposed to regular hollandaise (and a dairy free version for me). That was my Father's day big meal. So for dinner I scrounged around and had a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch, pretzels and hummus, and a peach. My husband had leftover pizza.

 

[muffy]

Burger King's Impossible Burger, medium fries and my beloved diet coke.

 

[maggiedemi]

Practiced with anther Knorr pasta sides packet. This time I kept it on Medium and stir, stir, stir towards the end like artiemom told me to. It thickened better than usual, but I would still like it a bit thicker. Maybe cook it longer than the 11 minutes it calls for next time.

 

[Winchester]

The kids are here. Grilled chicken, potato salad, crock pot beans. Iced Tea. Peanut butter and chocolate dessert.

I was going to do the chicken outside, but then it started to rain. The FG saved the day. Our son and GS are rather intrigued with the FG. I may get them one for Christmas.

 

[Lari]

My husband is running and we need to go to the grocery store. So I pulled out this leftover Enjoy Life allergy friendly pancake mix and attempted to make pancakes with chocolate sprinkles in them. Plus plant butter and maple syrup. They're okay. Regular pancakes are way better.

It didn't burn, that's what chocolate sprinkles look like when you cook them, apparently.

 

[TMcats]

We had hamburgers outside perfect night to eat outside no bugs and not to hot!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Healthy Choice chicken and broccoli Alfredo, which was surprisingly good!

 

[Winchester]

Rick is making his family-famous burgers today. We'll have macaroni and cheese and broccoli salad to go with. (The broccoli is from our garden!) Vanilla ice cream with strawberries for dessert.

BTW, I finally tried doing bacon in the oven. Oh wow, so easy! And perfect when you're doing a lot of bacon! I was so busy yesterday in the kitchen that I just flat-out did not have time to sit there and fry bacon and deal with it. Parchment paper on a large cookie sheet. Lay the bacon out in strips. 400 F for 15 - 20 minutes. Drain on paper towels. And poof! It's bacon!

 

[maggiedemi]

So I pulled out this leftover Enjoy Life allergy friendly pancake mix

Are they gluten free? Yeah, gluten free pancakes are really dense tasting, not fluffy like regular.

broccoli salad

What is broccoli salad? We had broccoli from our garden this week.

I will just practice with another Knorr Pasta Sides packet tonight and try to perfect it. I think I'm almost there. Just have to cook it longer to thicken it more, but keep stirring so it doesn't stick and burn and give me that fishy burnt taste. Let's do this!

 

[Lari]

M maggiedemi Yeah, gluten and dairy and all top allergen free. They weren't super dense, just a little off.

 

[denice]

I think anything like baked goods and pancakes that are gluten free have a very different texture. If we were used to that texture we would probably think that the regular that we are used to would be very different. A big part of making yeast type doughs is developing the gluten, that is what kneading does.

 

[Willowy]

What is broccoli salad?

I don't normally like sweet salads, but broccoli salad is soooo good! I'm sure everyone has their own recipe, but this one seems like the broccoli salads I've had. Most recipes call for bacon bits but that's easily left out: Fresh Broccoli Salad

 

[Lari]

I used to live by a place that had the best broccoli bacon salad. Of course, there's cheese in it so I can't have it now.

I actually picked a broccoli salad recipe to make this week.

 

[Kat0121]

I'm defrosting a turkey thigh. I will roast it and the girls and I will share it. I'll have a veggie on the side.