What's for Dinner?

[becca]

Gumbo recipe?  I have had it on my mind since Fat Tuesday!  Have never made it.  I would want to add animal protein t it, but I am sure the base you use would accommodate that? 

[momtoAidenDeclan]

Beer Butt Chicken that's what the boys call it

 carrots and broccoli, potatoes...

[Macabre]

Becca I'll be happy to give you the recipe. Yeah, you can easily add shrimp and sausage to it. Though okra has protein in it. Somehow.

[becca]

Thank you!   

I see that okra does indeed have 1 gram of protein per serving.  Not 15-20, but, yes, 1.  That would take a LOT of okra, lol.  Maybe the slime factor is the protein. 

[krasota]

I'm pretty sure okra's protein is in the seeds.  I sometimes use the seeds on salads, especially if my okra gets too big to be tender eatin'.

Just shoved a (beef) roast in the oven.  Onions, celery, garlic, GF beer, bay, rosemary.  Will add parsnips and sweet potatoes later.

And I'd prefer rice or beans or pasta with it, but we'll have quinoa because I'm at the supply dip in my cycle and need the boobjuice boost.

(I love quinoa, I just like starchier things with pot roast.)

[becca]

I put a roast in too.  Not pot roast, but eye round.  Pretty lean, hope it will not be too tough. 

[GoingNuts]

Salmon, basmati rice pilaf, broccoli.

[krasota]

Ours was bottom round.  And I added some fennel bulb I found in the crisper drawer, too.

Ate it with quinoa/lentils and lots of garlic tabasco.

[becca]

Our roast turned out ok.  Eye round can be tough, but I get it because it is lean.  Kids freak out if they see fat and will not eat a pot roast.  I need lean as well.  I used a high heat method.  Start oven at 500 degrees.  Put roast in, lower to 475, leave cooking 7 mins per pound, turn oven off, and *do not open* for 2.5 hours.  It was pretty tender, and juicy.  Pink, not rare, but the juice ran very red.  So I heated the juices to make a brown au jus. 

We had baked potatoes(sweet for me and dh, russet for kids), asparagus, strawberries, romaine salad with tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette..

[Janelle205]

Tuna casserole, spinach and artichoke rolls, green beans.

Ham and cheese sandwich for me.  Because this is all I eat lately.  It is fast, easy, and allergen-free for me.

[MaryM]

We are having pizza tonight.  DS is very interested in cooking & baking so he helped me make the pizza dough.  I wanted to get 00 flour but could not get it at my local grocery store or Whole Foods.

[GoingNuts]

Pizza here as well, plus salad.  And chicken soup for DS, who has the head cold from he!!.

[momtoAidenDeclan]

homemade mac (ds#2 requested and help make), hotdogs and salad

[MaryM]

DS wanted to come up with a meal and help make it.  Pork tenderloin with onions and pan gravy over rice with peas and corn . DD helped make roasted sweet potatoes.

They are so into cooking these days. I'm going to post some pictures in the picture thread.

[GoingNuts]

Loved those pics Mary.  So nice to have two budding chefs in the house!