Whats for Dinner?

[Owlie]

Chicken burrito: quarter of a chicken breast (marinated appropriately, though a dry rub would have worked better, I think), spring mix, a bit of grated cheddar, leftover cilantro goo from last night and chipotle salsa, wrapped in a flour tortilla.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Oh, I don't know about that! We're all coming in from around the country for a weekend in the Seattle area.

Well if you need to know any other good vegan stuff in this area, let me know! Do you have vegan friends showing you around Seattle? My friend's Billy and Nicki are from Wa D.C. and vegan as well - I didn't realize that area was so vegan-friendly!

[salsabike]

I'm going to be staying near Renton, WA next month with a bunch of vegans, so we'll have to check out Pabla's.

There is a really wonderful, pretty affordable, truly gourmet vegetarian/vegan restaurant in Seattle called Carmelita. One of my all time favorite places here.

[PamNY]

bunny ninja, here is the recipe by Mark Bittman:

1 avocado
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
1 clove garlic
Juice of one or more limes
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper.


Put all ingredients in a mini food processor or blender and purée until smooth; add a few drops of water if you like a thinner dressing. Yield: About 1 cup.

I made this tonight, since I found myself in possession of an avocado and fresh basil. It was excellent.

I had this dressing on farmer's market lettuce, and I may stand in the kitchen and eat the rest with a spoon before the day is over.

[Veronica]

Peach and chicken kabobs on top of a salad with pine nuts and prosciutto and a homemade peach vinaigrette.

Still haven't had any apple pie.

Veronica

[OakLeaf]

Ceci e salmone over mixed baby greens from the farmers' market. One of my favorite summer meals.

[Crankin]

I had class tonight, so I ate at one of the 5 Japanese places that are on the bottom floor of the building... a cup of miso soup, a small piece of grilled salmon, salad, and a bit too much white rice.

[malkin]

Brewer is in the kitchen pretending to be a contestant on our favorite fantasy food tv show: Food Co-op Chef.

Because we never know what our co-op shares will contain there is no real planning. Kind of like 'Chopped' only their pantry is quite a bit more extensive than ours.

On our fantasy food show it is also important to use up all the things that will go over the soonest.

So we're having deconstructed stuffed peppers- because the peppers are all funky shapes- cauliflower, fresh garlic (from the coop), mushrooms, quinoa (from the pantry). Leftover duck.

Some kind of orange sauce was emerging when I came in here.

Alton Brown is narrating it in my head.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Tonight for dinner I had a huge bowl of steamed swiss chard fresh from the garden, with chunks of fresh mozzarella on top. A big cup of nettle and black cohash tea with honey.

[Eden]

making pizza with homemade part whole wheat dough right now - artichoke hearts, fresh mozzarella, grilled zucchini & eggplant on top (no sauce!) with a glass of nice Spanish red wine.

[rubywagon]

Swiss chard and pinto bean burritos.

[Chile Pepper]

Just had the leftover homemade gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce from last night. Tonight it will be pizza (also homemade), probably with anchovies.

That avocado-basil dressing looks fantastic. I'll be trying that soon.

[divingbiker]

There is a really wonderful, pretty affordable, truly gourmet vegetarian/vegan restaurant in Seattle called Carmelita. One of my all time favorite places here.

Thanks! We'll add it to the list. We're going out for lunch and dinner for 4 days so any other vegetarian/vegan suggestions are welcome! Maybe I'll post something in the Northwest section asking for ideas.

[Owlie]

Last night was grilled cheese (cheddar) on whole wheat with tomato-roasted red pepper soup and steamed broccoli. Tonight, no idea. Maybe chicken, maybe the rest of the soup...

[Crankin]

Once a year I allow myself to eat fried seafood and today was my day. We did a group ride in Portsmouth NH and York Maine, which ended at a lovely seafood shack. I had a delicious, non-greasy scallop roll, along with about one quarter of my DH's onion rings. I know they were good, because usually, I would feel sick from this, but I was fine. In fact, fine enough to stop for soft serve ice cream on the way home!
This was a late lunch, at about 3:00. I am already hungry again and the ride wasn't even that hard. It looks like left over black bean soup and a tuna salad.