Today's cooking stuff

One time on Usenet said:

Will make vegetable soup with the beef stock (I got a gallon of the
stuff out of the femur I bought). Will probably freeze the chicken
stock. French toast for breakfast. Stuffed butternut squash and
vegetable soup for lunch. Curried tofu for dinner.

At least that's the plan. We'll see what actually happens.

serene, still sick and not up to eating yet -- eating half a dozen
beets yesterday before feeling quite well was not a very good idea

Eating half a dozen beets is *never* a good idea! ;-) Feel better
soon, Serene...

--
Jani in WA (S'mee)
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:58:08 GMT, [email hidden]

(S'mee) said:

One time on Usenet, serene <[email hidden]> said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

serene, still sick and not up to eating yet -- eating half a dozen
beets yesterday before feeling quite well was not a very good idea

Eating half a dozen beets is *never* a good idea! ;-)

The hell you say. :-) Beets are one of my favorite things. Munchkin
The Younger and I used to share a can of beets as a snack. Mmmmmm.

Quoted message said:

Feel better
soon, Serene...

Thanks!

serene

In article <[email hidden]>,

serene said:

Will make vegetable soup with the beef stock (I got a gallon of the
stuff out of the femur I bought). Will probably freeze the chicken
stock. French toast for breakfast. Stuffed butternut squash and
vegetable soup for lunch. Curried tofu for dinner.

At least that's the plan. We'll see what actually happens.

serene, still sick and not up to eating yet -- eating half a dozen
beets yesterday before feeling quite well was not a very good idea

My sister and I are making our dad a party tomorrow for his 75th
birthday. I just finished making a batch of the 2nd Ave. Deli's health
salad for the party. The last time I had a party, the health salad got a
lot of favorable comments, so I am making it for this party.

I have to take a load of laundry out of the dryer shortly and put the
clothes away, then I am going to make a batch of my world famous tuna
salad, which my dad specifically requested. I also plan to make a batch
of my world famous sweet & sour meatballs, but I will do that tomorrow
morning because I am getting tired now. The party's not until 4:00, so I
will have plenty of time to make the meatballs and sauce in the morning.

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:17:02 -0500, Stan Horwitz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

My sister and I are making our dad a party tomorrow for his 75th
birthday. I just finished making a batch of the 2nd Ave. Deli's health
salad for the party. The last time I had a party, the health salad got a
lot of favorable comments, so I am making it for this party.

I have to take a load of laundry out of the dryer shortly and put the
clothes away, then I am going to make a batch of my world famous tuna
salad, which my dad specifically requested. I also plan to make a batch
of my world famous sweet & sour meatballs

My newsfeed must be buggy right now: I don't see the three recipes
you refer to.

serene, wide-eyed and innocent

In article <[email hidden]>,

serene said:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:17:02 -0500, Stan Horwitz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

My sister and I are making our dad a party tomorrow for his 75th
birthday. I just finished making a batch of the 2nd Ave. Deli's health
salad for the party. The last time I had a party, the health salad got a
lot of favorable comments, so I am making it for this party.

I have to take a load of laundry out of the dryer shortly and put the
clothes away, then I am going to make a batch of my world famous tuna
salad, which my dad specifically requested. I also plan to make a batch
of my world famous sweet & sour meatballs

My newsfeed must be buggy right now: I don't see the three recipes
you refer to.

I don't really use recipes, but I can cite two, so keep reading if you
are still interested. For my meatballs and tuna salad, I just go with
the flow and add things that look good and appropriate together.

For my tuna salad, I took about two cans each of Chicken of the Sea
Albacore, some Italian tuna brand in olive oil that I bought at the
Chelsea Mart a while ago, and two cans of Trader Joe's no salt tuna in
water. First, I put a few tablespoons full of typical pickle relish to
my mixing bowl, then a few sprinkle's of Penzy's Sunny Paris spice
blend, and a few dollops of mayo, a splash of plain white vinegar, and
two cans of the tuna, then I stirred. I then realized I forgot all about
the vegies, so I took out four celery ribs and diced them and threw them
in the bowl, then I got out my mandolin and finely diced half an onion
and threw that in the bowl along with maybe 1/4 of a green pepper that I
also finely diced. Then I stirred, added more tuna, more mayo, a bit
more spices, a bit more vinegar, then when all the mayo in the small jar
was used, I just stirred thoroughly until everything was blended and all
the tuna clumps were mashed down and I transferred the tuna salad into a
tupperware container so I can transport it to my sister's house this
afternoon.

For the sweet and sour meatballs, I make them differently every time.
This time, I took my big pot and dumped in a large can of stewed
tomatoes, and few sprinkles of dried oregano, and freshly ground pepper,
and then I sauted half an union that I cut up into slivers. I also threw
in about half a large bulb of garlic which I peeled and diced by hand.
When the onion was translucent, I tossed it into the pot with the stewed
tomatoes and I simmered it for a few minutes and mashed town the
tomatoes.

I cleaned out my big mixing bowl from the tuna and put in 1 pound of
ground pork and three pounds of ground sirloin. I don't know the fat
content because the sirloin was ground for me at a local farmer's market
on Friday, but it is pretty lean. I tossed in about half a teaspoon of
dried oregano leaves into the meat, some fresh ground pepper, and garlic
powder. I thoroughly blended the two types of ground meats using my
hands. Then I dumped a jar of Trader Joe's tomato sauce into the pot and
a jar of some other brand of tomato sauce. I formed the meat into balls
and in to the pot, they went. I then poured another jar of Trader Joe's
tomato sauce on top of the meatballs. I covered the pot and simmered it
for about an hour and I stirred it thoroughly every 15 minutes or so.
Just after the New Years Eve ball drop in Times Square, I mashed up a
small can of jellied cranberry sauce and put it in the pot and stirred
again and I let it simmer for another ten minutes before I turned off
the heat and tasted a couple of meatballs. The sauce is a bit thinner
than I prefer, but its pretty good. If I have time, I will pick up a can
of tomato paste to thicken it.

I also made a somewhat modified batch of the 2nd Avenue Deli's health
salad. This recipe is from the Second Avenue Deli's cookbook, and the
ingredients list can be found on Amazon.com at http://tinyurl.com/d43fx
but you have to scroll down to the page with the health salad recipe on
it. I use a similar recipe. Instead of cabbage, I used two bags of the
cole slaw blend that a local supermarket sells. Its quite good. I also
omitted the chives and white pepper because I don't like them. The cole
slaw blend I buy has a variety of vegies in it, so I didn't bother with
the celery or carrot. I also replaced the sugar with an equal amount of
Splenda because I try to avoid eating sugary foods.

I just tasted the meatballs and tuna. I made a small sandwich for
breakfast this morning from the tuna and it was quite good and I also
tried three of the meatballs and they were tasty too. The sauce
thickened a bit over night, but its still a bit too thin for my taste so
I will try to add in some tomato paste if I can find a grocery store
that's opened this morning.

A coworker recently gave me a recipe for a pasta and cheese skillet
which I plan to make in a couple of hours for this party. I have never
made this recipe before so I plan to follow it fairly closely. Instead
of the macaroni, I plan to use Dreamfield's wheat penne pasta which I
think tastes pretty good and its healthier than regular pasta.

So here's the recipe:

ingredients:

2 cups uncookded elbow macaroni
2 tablespoons butter
1 medium sweet onion, diced
3 or 4 large tomatoes, diced (my coworker suggested a 14 oz can of diced
tomatoes instead, which is what I will do).
salt and pepper
1 cup freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (optional)

I plan to use the optional parmesan cheese. I will omit the salt because
my dad prefers to maintain a low salt diet.

Cook and drain the macaroni, but do not rinse it. Melt butter in a large
skillet. Saute the onions for 2 to 3 minutes and onion turns golden
brown. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add macaroni and cheddar cheese to
skillet and toss the mixture together over a medium-low heat until the
cheese has melted. Sprinkle with parmesan.

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:10:01 -0500, Stan Horwitz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

serene said:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:17:02 -0500, Stan Horwitz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

My sister and I are making our dad a party tomorrow for his 75th
birthday. I just finished making a batch of the 2nd Ave. Deli's health
salad for the party. The last time I had a party, the health salad got a
lot of favorable comments, so I am making it for this party.

I have to take a load of laundry out of the dryer shortly and put the
clothes away, then I am going to make a batch of my world famous tuna
salad, which my dad specifically requested. I also plan to make a batch
of my world famous sweet & sour meatballs

My newsfeed must be buggy right now: I don't see the three recipes
you refer to.

I don't really use recipes, but I can cite two, so keep reading if you
are still interested. For my meatballs and tuna salad, I just go with
the flow and add things that look good and appropriate together.

Thanks so much! I did read, and I appreciate the time and effort you
took to write all this down.

serene