Idle hands and all that stuff ...

[kinzel]

When the move didn't finish today I went to the grocery and picked up a few things...and then came home and starting the crockpot going -- includes fresh: potato, carrots, onion, mushroom, about 2 lbs of chicken tenders, along with leftover broccoli and water, a little chicken broth, some dry soup veggies, and canned diced tomato with green chili. Probably won't be done in time for our evening meal today, but it will be great to have on hand.

But that wasn't enough, I guess. Now the chocolate chip cookies are baking.

What's cooking that smells good at your house?

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[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Two casseroles.

One with chicken mince, 1/2 a red capsicum (which I think you might call a red pepper), celery, carrots, ginger, onions, sesame seeds and Yackandandah honey soy simmer sauce.

I will serve this with rice.

The other with chicken mince, chopped tinned tomatoes, Italian herbs, zucchini, onion, garlic, celery, balsamic vinegar, sugar and the other half of the red capsicum.

I will serve this with crusty bread (gluten free, as is everything I'm cooking here, rdmasters, my husband is a coeliac) or with buckwheat noodles or similar.

Both smell absolutely wonderful.

[otaku-tetsuko.livejournal.com]

Hah! Posted mine before I saw yours - I'm thinking you're "not from around here" - they apparently "get" celiac much better in the UK. My daughter (and I, the cook) are getting much better at it here on the East coast, I can get pretty much every gluten-free product at my grocery store. In California, I had to go to Whole Foods and spend half my disposable income...

We quite enjoy Tinkyada Joy pasta - they're brown rice based and never get mushy and I serve them to everyone and no one notices.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Actually we're even further afield - we're in Australia. Which, along with New Zealand has the most stringent labelling laws in the world, when it comes to gluten.

If it says gluten free on the label, then it must contain no detectable gluten here.

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

I made parsnips and fennel (separate sides).

[zola.livejournal.com]

It was a cold, snowy night so we made beans and franks, with Boston Baked Beans, of course. Smelled great, tasted better! :)

[doccolt.livejournal.com]

Brownies with peanut butter chips and peanut butter cookies with semi-sweet chocolate chips. You Inspired me!

Good food

[lockley2002.livejournal.com]

Potatos and grilled onions. Made Latkes yesterday. A great comfort food I have to make myself since every restaurant in my area uses bacon which is just wrong in so many ways.

[sraun]

Dinner tonight was boring - California Pizza Kitchen Chicken Pesto pizza w/ blackberries and whipped cream for dessert, a local hard cider for beverage.

I don't know what supper is going to be - probably more boring.

Dinner tomorrow will be better - lamb stew meat curry, with Normandy Blend veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots & summer squash). I may get ambitious and also make coconut rice pudding (short or medium grain rice, coconut milk, milk and sugar - hmm, I wonder if I have enough milk?).

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Boring???!!!

[sraun]

Compared to many of the other things listed, grocery store frozen pizza is boring (which is what the California Pizza Kitchen was). And the whipped cream was out of a pressurized jar.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

You can buy ready made frozen chicken and pesto pizza where you are?
Gosh. Such a thing is unknown here, although a few pizza outlets and Italian restaurants have it.

Frozen pizza here you can have pepperoni, supreme or Hawaiian, and of course gluten free options are even more limited.

[sraun]

There are some advantages to living in a major US cosmopolitan area. Especially one that has a demographics that make it major food test market. (Which means if we ever see something new in the store that we like, we need to buy lots of it!)

For frozen pizza, I can easily get plain cheese, four or five cheese, pepperoni, sausage, supreme, Hawaiian, mixed meats, barbecue chicken, marguerita (alfredo sauce, tomatoes & mozzarella), garlic chicken alfredo, and chicken fajita.

I'm spoiled.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes you are. But I expect none of them taste quite as good as home made. :-)

[sraun]

Oh, definitely not!

Tonight is my first graveyard shift since ... the late 80's? I'm going to be cruel to my co-workers.

I did end up making the curry - lamb stew meat, caramelized onions, garlic, ~2 tablespoons of Penzey's Sweet Curry Powder, Normandy Blend Vegetable mix (as described above), and a can of coconut milk. We had if for dinner - it was really good! And there's enough left over that I can take it to work for lunch/supper/whatever that meal will be.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, just thing to read before lunch! Yum!

[kay-gmd.livejournal.com]

Nothing tonight, we went to a friends, but tomorrow stew!

[otaku-tetsuko.livejournal.com]

Snickerdoodles last night. Made a new peanut butter oatmeal raisin chip recipe that came out stunningly well on Saturday, though. I has a new gluten-free cookie book (okay I got it last Christmas, but still new!) and the recipes are wonderful! Looking forward to trying to make gluten-free spritz before Christmas!

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

Nothing cooking today, but on Saturday I'll be baking a chocolate Yule Log cake, with brandied whipped cream filling and cooked fudge icing.