Whatcha eatin'?

[Sunny]

I made a yummy soup tonight for dinner! Creamy tomato soup, I was trying to make mine like Panera's and it's pretty close.

I used a can of tomato sauce, a can of petite diced tomatoes, some chopped garlic (3 cloves), heavy cream, dried basil, and quite a heap of cheese: asiago, romano and parmesan. I let it simmer for a bit and it's delicious! Would have been better with fresh basil but I'm out! Great served super hot with some crusty toasted bread.

What about you guys?

 

[Soapy Gurl]

Ohh my, that sounds amazing! I would love that! Right now I have a huge diet coke from Burger King (I don't eat the food, but the coke is good) and a cake slice from the grocery store, lol. Yours sounds so much better. I can't cook worth a damn. I am really lucky though, my BF is beyond an amazing cook, so he cooks on date night and send me home with leftovers.

 

[Sibi]

I made some really good lentils the other day which are great over rice and super for a crisp, autumn day. Here's how I make lentils:

Sibi's Lentils

1/2 bag of Lentils
1 whole onion (finely chopped)
1/2 green pepper (finely chopped)
approx. 2 Tbsp minced garlic or a few cloves crushed
little bit of Red cooking wine
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp oregano
2 bay leaves
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
1 small can of tomato sauce
4 slices swiss cheese

Cook the Lentils in medium high heat in a pot with plenty of water until fully cooked (approximately 45 min. or so). Keep an eye on the water because it will keep evaporating and you'll need to add more, you don't want to burn the lentils. After 30 minutes I usually have a taste to see if they are done. In the meantime you are going to make a sofrito to go into the lentils. In a frying pan place enough oil to start frying the onions, green peppers and garlic. Add paprika, oregano and 2 bay leaves to the onion mixture. Sautee until onions and green peppers are nice and soft and add the wine. When the lentils are done there should be a little water in the pot but it should not exceed the amount of lentils. Add sofrito and cheese to the lentils and cook on medium/low heat. Add tomato sauce, swiss cheese, salt and pepper (to taste). Let simmer on low for approximately 15 minutes then serve. They taste great over rice.

Optional: If you love bacon I also make them using bacon. I'll cook the bacon together with the onion sofrito (no need for olive oil, there's plenty of grease in the bacon) and when done, throw all of it in the lentils when lentils are done.

 

[Sibi]

I made a yummy soup tonight for dinner! Creamy tomato soup, I was trying to make mine like Panera's and it's pretty close.

I used a can of tomato sauce, a can of petite diced tomatoes, some chopped garlic (3 cloves), heavy cream, dried basil, and quite a heap of cheese: asiago, romano and parmesan. I let it simmer for a bit and it's delicious! Would have been better with fresh basil but I'm out! Great served super hot with some crusty toasted bread.

What about you guys?

I'll have to try that soup, it sounds yummy!

 

[Fyrja]

I LOVE making homemade soup. I often hover around the pot and pretend to be one of the witches from Macbeth. I made a nice chicken soup with onions, carrots, and Knodel on Sunday. Knodel are potato dumplings for those who aren't fans of German food. I served it with cheese toast.

Tonight I'm thinking of making homemade spinach and goat cheese pizza.

 

[carebear]

I'm eating leftover london broil mixed into some rice. With Monster Salt (Montreal Steak Seasoning).

 

[soapbuddy]

Chicken rice.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Yum, I love lentils. Tonight I'm having Scotch Fillet steak with organic mixed leaf salad, bean & chickpea salad and perhaps I'll boil some new potatoes to have as well. :wink:

 

[whiskandbowl]

Mmm steak. That sounds good Bubbles.
Tonight was lentil veggie soup, french bread with butter, and tropical fruit salad. Sounds exciting until I tell you the bread was from Wallly World and the fruit was canned. But I made the soup myself! Wish I had more time to cook.

 

[Sunny]

Ohh my, that sounds amazing! I would love that! Right now I have a huge diet coke from Burger King (I don't eat the food, but the coke is good) and a cake slice from the grocery store, lol. Yours sounds so much better. I can't cook worth a damn. I am really lucky though, my BF is beyond an amazing cook, so he cooks on date night and send me home with leftovers.

This reminds me of Gabriel Iglesias, the comedian. "I drink the DIET coke so I can eat the cake!"

 

[Fyrja]

LOL Love Gabriel Iglesias. Especially the bit he does about owning a Volkswagon.

The spinach pizza turned into Spinach, Mushroom and Ham calzones with marscarpone, mozzarella, parmesan, romano, provolone and feta cheese. I also made a fire roasted tomato sauce to go with it. Yep I'm feeling fluffy right now.

 

[Sunny]

LOL Love Gabriel Iglesias. Especially the bit he does about owning a Volkswagon.

The spinach pizza turned into Spinach, Mushroom and Ham calzones with marscarpone, mozzarella, parmesan, romano, provolone and feta cheese. I also made a fire roasted tomato sauce to go with it. Yep I'm feeling fluffy right now.

LOL... fluffy...

you sound like me with all of your cheeses... except I don't buy them on purpose? I pick up one here and there and then one day open the cheese drawer and go "where did all of these come from?!" and try to think of a way to use a bunch of cheese at one time.

nom I love cheese.

your calzones sound tasty. I have to figure something out for dinner.

 

[Fyrja]

I'm the same way Tasha. LOVE cheese. When I lived on a military base in Germany we'd have people come on post with tons of gourmet cheeses. They'd cut big hunks off as samples to give to you. I always had a full pantry with wines, vinegars, and cheese back then.


*sigh* Those were the days.

My favorite was this yellow colored cheese that came from South Africa. Not sure what it was called but it had flecks of red pepper in it, and granules of crunchy salt. It was sooo good, especially paired with a red wine and a peppery arugula salad.

The marscarpone sat in my fridge for a week or so. I was going to make my homemade Tiramisu with it last week, but just never got around to it. So last night I made it into Calzones instead.

I may wrap the rest of the cheese filling in lasagna noodles, bake it with sauce, call it manicotti and serve it with a spinach, bacon and mushroom salad tonight.

 

[Sunny]

My favorite was this yellow colored cheese that came from South Africa. Not sure what it was called but it had flecks of red pepper in it, and granules of crunchy salt. It was sooo good, especially paired with a red wine and a peppery arugula salad.

I've been thinking of trying cheese making for a long time. The main problem is, I'm running out of space to store my hobbies...

 

[Soapy Gurl]

Fyrja, you are killing me with the cheese talk! I want! I had my DIET coke, lol, but no cake.

 

[Fyrja]

Sorry Soapy! I tend to kill people with food talk. Tomorrow morning I'm putting together a ton of little finger sandwiches for a Halloween party I'm attending.

Cucumber with dilled cream cheese on white bread
Chicken with curried cheese and apple on wheat
Goat cheese and olive on pumpernickel

and a fourth. I haven't decided on yet.

I know finger sandwiches sound boring, but everyone brings sweets to these events, and though I excel as a baker I thought I'd bring something substantial to soak up both the sugar and alcohol that people will be consuming.

 

[Sunny]

Sorry Soapy! I tend to kill people with food talk. Tomorrow morning I'm putting together a ton of little finger sandwiches for a Halloween party I'm attending.

Cucumber with dilled cream cheese on white bread
Chicken with curried cheese and apple on wheat
Goat cheese and olive on pumpernickel

and a fourth. I haven't decided on yet.

I know finger sandwiches sound boring, but everyone brings sweets to these events, and though I excel as a baker I thought I'd bring something substantial to soak up both the sugar and alcohol that people will be consuming.

Sounds like a smart idea! I think my pick would be the chicken/apple one. (though I dearly love cheese, I could never really get into goat milk/cheese. though it's great in soaps I can't stand the taste )

 

[Fyrja]

I love love love goats milk cheese!

Ok the other sandwich will be black forest ham, swiss cheese, and a touch of peach preserves on potato bread.

If I feel up to it I'll probably also do a ginger carrot sandwich.

Nom nom!

 

[Sunny]

today I am having homemade guac + salsa with chips and homemade chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. not the healthiest but the most delish (and at least I'm fitting in veggies/fruit).

 

[Fyrja]

I made fried pork chops, homemade buttermilk mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts tonight. YUM!