What do you like to make??

[Denise223]

Here's a couple of vegetarian things (pizza & chinese lo mein) that I recently made....

Don't they look yummy???

Please share things/recipes that you like to make??

Have a peaceful evening!

Denise

[Nanci]

This is what I made for breakfast because I wanted to ride for a couple hours and needed something substantial.

Cook two cups of farfale pasta (11 minutes), drain but don't rinse

Toss with shredded parmesan cheese- as much as you want

Add sun-dried tomatoes and capers to taste

I also ate this for breakfast the day of that last horrible hilly 200k I did...

[Aggie_Ama]

Beautiful presentation Denise! I love to bake, but cooking the quicker the better.

[Nanci]

I'm craving cold veggie pizza, the kind with cream cheese, now, for some reason...

[Brandy]

Since it's a bajillion degrees and really humid here right now, I don't like cooking anything!!! I have protein shakes everyday. 1 scoop of whey protein, 1 cup of non-fat milk, 1/2 frozen banana and a handful of frozen strawberries...blended to perfection!

Your food looks delicious. Wanna bring some over here?

[Nanci]

I'm making 20 garlic chicken tomorrow- put it together tonight so all I have to do in the morning is plug in the crock pot.

Slice up an onion, put the slices on the bottom of the crockpot.

Rub 1 huge 3-4#) chicken with a paste of paprika, pepper, salt, olive oil, place in crockpot breast-side up.

Hide 20 cloves of garlic in and about the chicken.

Cover and cook on low at least seven hours.

Before serving, prepare four servings of instant mashed potatoes.

Remove chicken, garlic and onions with slotted spoon. (It will be falling apart).

Mash four cloves of garlic and mix into the mashed potatoes.

Reserve the other garlic cloves to spread on bread or vegetables.

[yellow]

I posted this a while back. It doesn't require cooking, is vegan, and is surprisingly yummy. I can't do dairy so I'm always looking for yummy things that are cow product free.

We harvested the first of our garden tomatoes this weekend (cherry only thus far!), so I think we'll be making the fresh salsa soon!

[SadieKate]

I thought this thread was going to be artsy-craftsy when it's actually about food. Why am I not surprised . . .

[spokewench]

FOOD! I love FOOD!

Yesterday I went to the Farmer's Market here in our little town of Flagstaff. I picked up some fresh corn, tomatoes and onions and green beans. So, what to cook? I grilled some chicken breasts and made the following wonderful salsa to serve over the top. 3 poblano peppers roasted on the grill and chopped, 3 large tomatoes chopped, a few tablespoons of chopped red onion, two cooked, removed from cob (corn kernels), and a little fresh cilantro from my garden. The salsa was good enough to eat on its own! Served over the chicken with green beans on the side and a little rice pilaf

YUM YUM!

I love cooking fresh stuff - it's so tasty.

[Denise223]

Nanci - I loved your breakfast -- farfalle, parm cheese, sundried tomatoes & capers.. (I have capers, just wondered what to do with them ). I'll be making that tonight! (and, the 20 garlic chicken sounds wicked awesome, too).

Yellow - Southwestern Tofu Wraps -- Thanks for the recipe. Looks absolutely scrumptious!!! Ingredients going on my list.....

SadieKate - You can add some artsy-craftsy things . I admire people who are good at this stuff.

I'm back to being a vegetarian again (four months now), though I never was a big meat eater...
If you've got any delicious veggie recipes, please feel free to add them, or PM me...

Thanks so much!!

Denise

[kaybee]

Ooh Yellow, I want those for breakfast! I love Tex-Mex and also cannot do dairy (or eggs -- allergic to both), so breakfast can be a problem for me. Thanks for posting this recipe; I have all the ingredients and will make it this week.

KB

[limewave]

I like to make chicken quesadillas. It's so quick and easy. I make a quadruple batch of chicken and veggies with sauce and then put it in the fridge. My husband works weird hours and I never know when he's going to be home. The quesadillas are easy for him to whip together himself if he get's home late (which is every night).

My favorite sweet treat (other than ice cream) is a fruit smoothie. 1 cup OJ, 1/2 cup frozen raspberries, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries and a spoonful or two of Splenda. mmmmmmm. For a recovery drink: I'll add in a scoop of vanilla whey protein.

[Nanci]

Capers are made for Chicken Piccatta. I have an easy recipe at home, or the Michaelangelos frozen is EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Denise223]

Chicken quesadillas & chicken piccatta sound absolutely yummy right now !

Nanci --- the Michaelangelo's frozen chicken piccatta -- Is that the kind you can get in the big warehouses (like Costco, BJ's, up here), where they have two trays in the box??

One thing that I am really bad about is wasting stuff in the fridge... I don't really know how long things are good for - sauces, fruits, veggies, etc....

I don't like wasting stuff, but....I don't like getting sick AT ALL, either..

What rules do you ladies go by?? (Certainly, if it smells bad, it goes in the trash!)

Thanks a lot!

Denise

[Nanci]

Yes, I get the chicken picatta at Sam's Club. There are two trays in the box. I think it says four servings, but it feeds two of us pretty well. I put it on Uncle Bens Garlic Long Grain and Wild Rice, usually.

My rules of food keeping have been greatly relaxed since BF. He'd leave meals out overnight, then eat them the next day. At first I was horrified, but after a couple years of sketchy employment/low wages while in school on his part, we just couldn't afford to throw stuff out. I eat leftovers that have been out all night all the time, and have NEVER had any ill effects. Including meat. (Cooked, of course). I think in the fridge stuff is good for about a week, if cooked. Of course, we try to avoid leaving things out.