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keesan
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response 127 of 154:
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Apr 16 14:23 UTC 2008 |
Spinach has to be planted very early, thinned, and kept weeded, and given
enough sun and rich soil, or you don't get much before it bolts. Last year
is the first year I got a few meals' worth. This year I planted it on time
but it is not up yet. Lettuce is more productive. Mustard greens far more
productive and longer season. Ditto for even molokhia. Kale. Normally the
various Chinese greens (ta tsoi, bok choy) would be more productive too but
the bugs eat them to the ground. Spinach is probably a better crop in Europe
where the summers are cooler and the winters warmer.
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edina
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response 128 of 154:
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May 9 18:18 UTC 2008 |
Ok, this isn't a "What's For Dinner Tonight" item, but more a "what I
want to make for dinner when I come home to MI to serve my family.
I'm doing a whole Indian meal, and I wondered if anyone knew where I
could get paneer in A2? I'm going to make Saag Paneer and don't want
to have to make my own cheese.
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keesan
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response 129 of 154:
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May 9 18:20 UTC 2008 |
There is an Indian food store just north of Broadway Bridge, with a small
restaurant in it.
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edina
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response 130 of 154:
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May 9 19:14 UTC 2008 |
Do you know its name?
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keesan
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response 131 of 154:
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May 9 19:56 UTC 2008 |
No, it is not listed under Indian in the pink pages. Near Kana. These stores
moved across Broadway when Kroger disappeared.
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mary
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response 132 of 154:
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May 9 21:27 UTC 2008 |
Our Whole Foods stocks paneer. I think the package is like 8 ounces and
runs about $9 a pound. By the way, your family dinner sounds cool. Will
you really be doing all the cooking? I'm slowly chipping away at Indian
cuisine, one dish at a time. I think I'm up to two at this point. ;-)
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edina
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response 133 of 154:
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May 9 21:36 UTC 2008 |
Well, I'll buy my own paneer and get the frozen naan at Trader Joe's
(it's so good!), but other than that, yes. Chicken tikka masala, saag
paneer and channa masala.
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denise
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response 134 of 154:
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May 16 02:55 UTC 2008 |
Hmm, what's paneer?
And how did the Indian dinner that you cooked up go?
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edina
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response 135 of 154:
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May 16 05:16 UTC 2008 |
It's cheese and I haven't made the dinner yet - I'm making it when I go
home to MI in June.
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void
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response 136 of 154:
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May 22 06:04 UTC 2008 |
We had the spicy peanut noodles again tonight.
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mary
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response 137 of 154:
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May 22 10:43 UTC 2008 |
Yep, they are excellent.
I found this recipe a few days ago for noodles with a spicy sweet sauce -
not peanut butter based. I know I've had these before and liked the
flavor so one of these days I'll give it a try.
http://tinyurl.com/2fwznn
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edina
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response 138 of 154:
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May 26 03:10 UTC 2008 |
Tonight's dinner was a mish-mash of cuisines.
A crab/corn/tomato salad with basil citrus dressing, a recipe I got from
Cooking Light. VERY tasty.
I tried my hand at Manchurian Cauliflower, which is a roasted
cauliflower with a sweet/spicy/curried dish. Again, a Cooking Light
recipe, but incredibly tasty.
And then I made bangan bharta (I think I spelled it wrong) but it's the
curried eggplant dish that you get at Indian recipes. It was pretty
good, but you can definitely tell that I'm ramping back the fat when I
cook Indian food. It's a dish that is worth me working on.
Oh, and I made a homemade blueberry crisp for dessert.
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slynne
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response 139 of 154:
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May 26 13:31 UTC 2008 |
I am thinking of cooking a little bit today. I saw a recipe online for
mashed cauliflower and it sounded both really easy and very yummy.
Basically, you boil up some cauliflower and then mash it in a bowl with
a fork or a potato masher along with a little butter and garlic. I'll
probably salt it too. Cauliflower is one of my favorite vegetables but
I've never heard of mashing them before.
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edina
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response 140 of 154:
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May 26 14:53 UTC 2008 |
I was never a big cauliflower fan until I realized you could do more
than just boil it and put cheese on it or eat it raw. Now I love to
roast it - that's my favorite way to eat it.
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mary
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response 141 of 154:
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May 26 23:40 UTC 2008 |
I've been keeping this bookmark for a creamy cauliflower salad as I plan
to give it a try for a 4th of July party. This recipe mixes cauliflower
with romaine, apples and caraway. Different, for sure.
http://eatingwell.com/recipes/chopped_cauliflower_salad.html
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edina
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response 142 of 154:
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Aug 18 15:54 UTC 2008 |
Wow...I haven't been talking about what I've been doing in the
kitchen...
For some reason, even in the middle of the heat of summer, I was
craving beef stew yesterday - so I made some. I like to make big pots
of stuff on Sunday so I don't have to cook too much during the week.
I also made homemade southern biscuits to go with it (recipe from my
baking class) that turned out amazing. I'm always surprised at how I
can make something from those classes and it has such an emotional
pull back to the class, as it tastes just like what I made.
I've also been doing some baking - I made scones last week, as well as
a modified blueberry muffin/coffeecake. I took a muffin recipe and
baked it in a well greased bundt pan for about 2.5 times the amount of
time - it turned out really well - my office loved it. I think the
only thing I'll changes it to toss the blueberries in a bit of the
flour first so that they don't all sink to the bottom.
This week I have a couple of pies to make to ship out, as well as some
cookies.
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omni
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response 143 of 154:
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Sep 17 04:26 UTC 2008 |
Leftovers from last nite,
Now about last nite.
I made pasties. You know those meat and potato things they eat in the UP?
I made mine with potatos, onions and instead of stew meat, I used hamburger.
I guess I should've took more time and actually made meatballs, instead of
putting the hamburger in clumps. Traditonally, you also need plum pudding and
rutabaga. I don't do rutabaga, and I'm fresh out of plum pudding.;)
I baked them at 350 for 30 minutes, and they were Ok, but nothing to write
home about.
usually these things work.
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denise
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response 144 of 154:
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Dec 7 23:40 UTC 2008 |
Tonight's dinner was semi-home made... I cooked up a package of black
beans and rice and added a can of diced tomato and about 1 1/2 chopped
up chicken breasts that was baked up while the rice was cooking. Some of
the leftover rice will be eaten over the next couple days and some at a
future time, yet to be determined [a container is now in the freezer]. I
also have some leftover chicken; perhaps I'll use some of it to make
some chicken salad tomorrow for lunch or dinner.
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keesan
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response 145 of 154:
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Dec 7 23:52 UTC 2008 |
Rice and split peas cooked with carrots and kale from the garden, served with
microwaved garden mustard greens and chard. It will be frozen-only starting
in a week or so. The time consuming part was sorting out the yellowed leaves
from the good ones.
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mary
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response 146 of 154:
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Dec 8 00:31 UTC 2008 |
Tonight it's turkey meatloaf, mashed sweet potatoes and steamed green
beans. Comfort food.
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edina
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response 147 of 154:
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Dec 8 00:36 UTC 2008 |
Swiss steak, mashed potatoes and peas. It's cold here, so fall food it
is.
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jadecat
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response 148 of 154:
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Dec 8 17:28 UTC 2008 |
Last night it was my mom's recipe meatloaf (very simple, but we think
it's quite yummy), hubby's mashed potatoes (OMG!) and Italian cut green
beans.
No sweet potatoes for us- hubby doesn't like them. I will occasionally
do a baked sweet potato when he's working though.
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slynne
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response 149 of 154:
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Dec 8 17:33 UTC 2008 |
I like turkey meatloaf. One time, at ASH, I accidentally made the turkey
meatloaf with two lbs of ground turkey and two lbs of ground turkey
sausage (which was the accident, the packages look very similar). It was
GREAT! The spices in the turkey sausage made the meatloaf much less
bland than meatloaf usually is. I've made it that way a couple of times
since with the same good results.
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edina
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response 150 of 154:
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Dec 8 18:01 UTC 2008 |
Aaaah....cooking at ASH. THAT brings back memories.
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slynne
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response 151 of 154:
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Dec 8 19:15 UTC 2008 |
I have to admit, ASH was the only time in my life when I cooked
regularly. I remember joking about making an ASH cookbook. It would be
called 1001 different ways to cook chicken, turkey, and fish.
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