AUGUST already! What are you having for dinner? - Page 2

[audsma]

I am driven to distraction by our lamb shoulder roast (deglazed with port!) braising away in the slow cooker. Yum. I've never had this cut of meat before, but it's one of the last left of our lamb purchase from last year. With it we'll have mashed potatoes, green beans with slivered almonds and either a roly poly zucchini and tomato sautee or just a green salad with tomatoes and goat cheese, with a little basil thrown in. Leftover cobbler for dessert.

[flminivanmama]

my mom reminded me how much the kids like ketchup and butter on macaroni haha

so that's what we had with the fish cakes

[*Jessica*]

Tonight we had grilled burgers and corn on the cob, roasted broccoli fresh from the garden, and blueberries from my grandparents' bushes.

Tomorrow we're having grilled shrimp kabobs with various veggies from the garden and the farmer's market. I'm going to serve it over Health Nut Rice and with a salad on the side.

Monday we're having alfredo, home-grown broccoli, and garlic bread.

Tuesday it will be Chili-Lime Chicken Kabobs, Coconut Rice, veggie yet to be determined, and fruit.

Wednesday we're having Chicken Souvlaki on wraps with plenty of feta cheese, tzatziki sauce, cucumbers and spinach from the garden, and a huge fruit salad.

Thursday we're having Salmon with Lemon & Dill, red new potatoes, salad, and fruit salad.

That's as far as I have planned.


Question: Can I use eggplant for my shrimp kebabs? I bought one today but I haven't had eggplant in years and I didn't like it so I don't know how to prepare it!

[UUMom]

I was all hungry and went fancy-like for dinner. : lol I made an almond- encrusted sockeye salmon on the grill with zuchinni sauteed in sesame oil. I mixed up a Greek yogurt/salt/lemon/olive oil/mint sauce that I put over the zuke. I also did a side platter of my sliced garden cucs & garden tomatoes that I sprinkled w/a bit or olive oil, salt & cracked pepper. The yogurt dressing was really cooling with the hottness of the minced peppers (garden) in the almond crumbs.

My only crankypants attitude is that summer is so short here. That's sad.

[mbtmom2000]

Last night, I had a migraine, so the family had jarred sauce over angel hair pasta.

MIL is coming for a visit, so I plan to cook for her. I am thinking we will have:

Pork roast (made in the Nesco) with new potatoes, onions, chicken broth, garlic, and whatever herbs I have on hand.

Rice

Slow cooked green beans-- maybe a salad too if I can get to the store

Rolls

Dessert: Ice cream

Dawn

[flminivanmama]

tonight we are having "carrot cake pancakes" out of the freezer.

tomorrow it is just me & one of my boys for dinner so maybe we'll go out to sushi?

[wurzelkind]

Originally Posted by *Jessica*

Tonight we had grilled burgers and corn on the cob, roasted broccoli fresh from the garden, and blueberries from my grandparents' bushes.

Tomorrow we're having grilled shrimp kabobs with various veggies from the garden and the farmer's market. I'm going to serve it over Health Nut Rice and with a salad on the side.

Monday we're having alfredo, home-grown broccoli, and garlic bread.

Tuesday it will be Chili-Lime Chicken Kabobs, Coconut Rice, veggie yet to be determined, and fruit.

Wednesday we're having Chicken Souvlaki on wraps with plenty of feta cheese, tzatziki sauce, cucumbers and spinach from the garden, and a huge fruit salad.

Thursday we're having Salmon with Lemon & Dill, red new potatoes, salad, and fruit salad.

That's as far as I have planned.


Question: Can I use eggplant for my shrimp kebabs? I bought one today but I haven't had eggplant in years and I didn't like it so I don't know how to prepare it!

All I can say is : and eat: May I come over and join you for dinner every evening this week. I'd just have to book a flight

RE: teh eggplant. Just slice it, coat the slices very well in salt and put them in a colander over the sink. That way the eggplant will loose all it's bitterness an thoughness and taste really yummy on your kabobs. After about 30mins the eggplant slices will be rather soft and somewhat brownish but that doesn't matter. Just wash off the salt really well and go on preparing the eggplants.

HTH!

Dinner yesterday was turkish - doner kebab, tzatziki, pita bread, eggplant dip, couscous-carrot salad and green salad. Very tasty!

Tonight we went to the beergarden (oh those Germans! *lol*) and had french fries, mixed garden salad and pretzel w/herbed cream cheese.
Right now I am sipping a Campari w/OJ :

[becoming]

Ugh, I don't know. It's been so HOT here, too hot to eat anything substantial. We haven't even really been eating supper the past few days. It's 106 here today. :

I think tonight we'll have scrambled eggs & toast. I made a pumpkin cheesecake/pie thing earlier that we'll have for dessert.

[Alyantavid]

Do you have a recipe for the kielbasa?

I just sliced a package of keilbasa, put some of my new raw honey on it, a few splashes of Frank's, some garlic salt and cajun seasoning and cooked on low for 4 hours.

I have no idea tonight, I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer.

[Arduinna]

I'm making foccatia and rigatoni with mushrooms and mascarpone sauce and we are having some Moroccan lamb sausages with it.

[nyveronica]

We just finished a rockin batch of eggplant parm I made with my csa eggplants. Holy crap was it good!

[VikingKvinna]

We had big salads with homemade green goddess dressing.

[lovelysunlight]

Mmm...donor kebabs! Those were one of our favorites, over chips, while we lived in England. I miss them incredibly.

We are having fresh salmon, brown rice, fresh eggplant and fresh tomato slices from the garden tonight. Yum!

[VikingKvinna]

Tonight I'm making Asian lettuce wraps with ground pork, carrot, water chestnuts, and scallions, in a ginger-garlic sauce. maybe some brown rice too.

[MaxiMom]

We got some gorgeous beets from the farmers market yesterday, so it will be beets, beet greens and something else light - it'll be a hot day today. I need more coffee to get my brain going!

[countrymom]

Last night I made sea scallops--daring because I wasn't sure if I liked them or not--but they were a great price at the local market's fish counter---I sauteed them w. olive oil, garlic, capers, lemon, raisins &white wine---and pan fried some polenta with fresh rosemary sprigs tossed in untill crisp--and added a fresh green salad from the garden--it was yummy!

Tonight I am roasting--or grilling--depends if it rains--a chicken that I cut up & seasoned w/ herbs & garlic----and we're having some soft rolls frommarket w/ an olive oil & herb dip that I make---and maybe some dilly beans---I just canned soem today--they haven't set & pickled enough, but I think we'll have to have them as they are since they're the 1st batch & I can't wait!!

[scarlettrose]

Originally Posted by countrymom

...a spicy brown rice w/ jalepenos & pineapple--Yum!

recipe please?

[mingus]

This is a fun thread. Lots of great ideas. It is making me hungry though.

Tonight I'm going to make stuffed red peppers with Israeli couscous, sauteed shredded zucchini, feta, and parsely. I think I'll also make a cucumber and tomato salad.

Tomorrow I think it will be chicken sausages, sweet potato oven fries, and another salad with cucumbers.

Wednesday I think I'll fall back on fritatta and use up the eggs and veggies left in the fridge before we head out on vacation.

[flminivanmama]

Originally Posted by flminivanmama

tomorrow it is just me & one of my boys for dinner so maybe we'll go out to sushi?

we decided to make quesadillas instead LOL

chopped up carrots, cauliflower, and onions really small, sauteed them, mixed in cheese and made the quesadillas already. I'm just going to heat them up in a little bit and serve with salsa & sour cream.

maybe we'll go out to the library and for ice cream later....

[Alyantavid]

Tonight is loaded baked potatoes for us.