What Would You like for Dinner Tonight?

Fresh seafood! Crab cakes, crab salad, shrimp cocktail, shrimp scampi, steamed lobster and crab with lots of real butter and lemon wedges. OH my Lord, shrimp and grits!!!!! Fried flounder or freshwater large mouth bass with coleslaw and sweet potato fries. HUSHPUPPIES (hold the onion, please) and a gallon of SWEET ICED TEA, with fresh lemon. Add in an oceanfront table and I'm in heaven!

I wish I lived next door to you. Anything sounds good as long as I'm not cooking it.

One of my faves is a shrimp, salsa and avocado salad.

mmmm.... bacon wrapped filet mignon with caramelized onions, fresh steamed broccoli, and garlic roasted fingerling potatoes....

Now I am hungry :)

Lasagna! And chicken parmigiana! And wine. Lots of wine.
And I wish I was your neighbor!

For dinner tonight... I would like you to make it for us! LOL! I wish you lived next door to me! :)

Seriously, though, I'm thinking of trying a recipe for "Sour Cream Chicken" I ran across on the allrecipes.com site.

Yesterday I was craving meatballs. So, I made up homemade meatballs last night and had them for dinner last night, lunch today, and going to eath them again tonight for dinner. Oh ya... did I mention I am also pregnant... so I am blaming this on baby being hungry for meatballs. HA HA HA. I think I have almost finished off a 1 lb of hamburger in all the meatballs. Mmmmm.. they were sooo deliciuos. (might have to go for a snack now).

Enjoy!

We are having meat loaf...much to my middle child's disapointment!

Chicken Pot Pie !!! Cozy comfort food - good for a crispy day like today! Italian bread and butter as well :-)

I was very happy to see bok choy on sale this week, since I've been craving Chinese food. I'm making beef and bok choy in hoisin/soy sauce over udon noodles and rice for the hubby.

Oh! After reading some of your responses, I have to say-time, effort, etc. not an issue-I would make pierogies! Dozens and dozens of pierogies in cheese, potato, saurkraut, meat and fruit, all covered in melted butter and sauteed onions. My mom and her friends used to make hundreds every year to split between the families and freeze, but it wasn't my mom's recipes and we don't remember how to make them. Definitely pierogies!

lobster and crab whens dinner I am coming over :)

Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy + Mashed Potatoes =d **Drool**

WOOW! I wish i had you in my life if for anything to just teach me to cook better. LOL!

I would love a potatoe, sausage and cheese breakfast casarole for dinner with onions and green peppers.

I'd go for something with a longer and more involved prep like beef bourgignon. I tried the Julia Child recipe after watching Julie & Julia, and it's really wonderful! Soup from homemade stock is great on a fall day, too. Bon appetit!

i think you should take a break from cooking dinner tonight, esp. since it sounds like you really enjoy cooking.
so have a cup of good ole vegetable soup and a sandwich
:)
but really if i could have you cook one thing for me it would be a meat pie (with filo dough).
:)
i am making baked chicken and rice (with carrots and peas). nothing fancy, but for me, this is a good deal. my kids love it, and i love it

Oh this is so hard...but I'm feeling cozy so I would either go for comfort food like homemade mac and cheese, gnocchi or something else delcicious and bad for me...BUT if I had no restrictions I might go for a filet with some blue cheese crumbles and skin-on mashed potatoes with lots of butter!

Chicken Curry! Of course, that's not what we are having. Tonight is pancakes because my daughter has ballet and it takes too long to cook anything else.

I would LOVE to live down the road from you :-) I have my days where I'm brave and cook new things or am in the mood to cook. Then there are Mondays and all I feel like making is Nachos

i am doing chicken flautas with sour cream and avocado

OMG - I'm SOOOO jealous!

I HATE to cook, mainly because I have NO IDEA HOW. sigh...

I WISH WISH WISH I had the desire to learn, and I wish I loved to cook like you!!!

Anyhow, to answer your question, I don't know why, but peirogi lasagna came to mind... yummy...

1) Homemade potstickers. Chicken.
2) Gram's mashed potatoes and gravy... have to fly to michigan for that.
3) Horseradish encrusted salmon
4) Seared scallops, the giant ones...with asparagus, butter and lemon
5) Thai Noodles which I have no idea how to make or even which ones??The glass noodles with thin cut chicken, broccoli, egg, mild light brown sauce - I soooo crave this .................................................. had a moment of staring longinly into space. Mmmmmmmmmm.

Happy cooking!

i feel like italian.........maybe lasagna, or manicotti with garlic bread, you said "no diet"

tonight im having a veggie burger without the bread, and a spinache salad

*after reading the other ladies..............mmmmm add me a nice red wine too

A standing rib roast (medium rare, with potatoes a huge crunchy salad and good wine..

We will be having Paella I purchased at Costco instead.. Never had theirs before, so excited to give it a try,,

Mmm...Huevos Rancheros!

I am craving basil and parmesan tilapia, baked sweet potatoes and spinach salad with poppy seed dressing, so that is what we are having! :)

If I could have ANYTHING...

Oysters on the 1/2 & grilled oysters on the 1/2 with sorrel sauce and bacon, a creamy and herbacious or mushroom rissotto OR carne asada OR crab stuffed mahi mahi, w/ bacon wrapped chev stuffed jalepeno poppers on the grill & broccoli raab sauteed with olive oil & garlic. Maybe a ceviche. Or Poke (hawaiian ceviche).

What I'm actually having (2nd runner up)

Beef Barley Stew

- EVOO
- 2+ lbs of stewmeat cut small (1/2 x 1/2)
- Garlic Salt
- 4 ribs celery - 2 diced 2 chopped
- 4-5 carrots - cut large (1/2" slices) ... the carrots I bought are smallish, otw fewer carrots. 2 big ones, 4-5 smallish ones, or 2lbs baby carrots
- 2 onions - 1 diced 1 chopped
- 5 cans original recipe stewed tomatoes
- 3 beef shanks
- water to cover
- 3/4 cup barley
- 5-10 hours

Prep everything. Couple rings of olive oil around the bottom of a really big pot. When EVOO is just smoking all of the stew meat. LOTS of garlic salt (it has to be enough to also season the shanks... I go across the pan once, stir, across the pan again). Brown. Add enough water to cover. Add all the chopped veggies and cans of tomatoes. Add beef shanks. Add more water to cover. Bring to boil. Turn down to simmer. Cook for at LEAST 5 hours, covered for about 1/2 that time, uncovered for the rest if I want it to cook down more. 1 hour before eating, add barley (make sure heat is LOW once barley is added.. or the starches with burn. Yucky). Salt and pepper to taste. Serve with crusty bread. It's a simple soup that just gets sooooo much flavor for cooking so long.

Last night: French Dip
Night before : Fennel & Pork Stuffed butterflied Pork Loin/Roast (Mario Batali recipe)

Red Beans and cornbread, slices of fresh onion and tomato, fried okra and chocolate cake for dessert! Hhmmm I think that's a pretty southern meal!

How about a potato caserole with the cheese and trimmings?

Bacon with slices of avacado and mayo sandwiches. YUM!

I'd love for you to make me some baked lemon-basil salmon with a side of asparagus and some long grain and wild rice. :)

really good pork ribs.... oh how i wish i had a smoker...lol!

I always love greek gyros. I have never made them myself, but would love to do so.

I am always also a fan of pepperoni rolls. I tried making my own one time. Not as good as the local pizza place.

I am also a fan of our yummy shepherds pie. But it takes me too much time to make it. Dont' feel like it today.

And I also never tire of eating mymom's homemade gumbo. It's pricey and timely to make (she does sausage, shrimp, chicken, etc). It's so yummy.

Butternut squash ravioli with rosemary garlic cream sauce.

Chicken and Steak Quesadillas!!! yummy

authentic jerk chicken cooked on a charcoall grill. homemade fluffy, yeasty, white bread. grilled zuchini, onions, and either grilled or stewed tomatoes. and I have an off theme request for desert - real, homemade TiraMisu - with mascarpone and espresso - no shortcuts please! I usually make the Tira Misu at Christmas, but would love some right now.

can I add crawfish ettouffe to that. I have a new craving.

Porky pine balls. Hamburger or smoked sausage cut in bite sized pieces.
One cup of dry rice, two cups of water, one can of cream of mushroom soup, 1 can of whole kernel corn, sliced mushrooms. Heat the water to boiling, put all the ingredients in the pot with the boiling water. Turn the burner down to low. Cooks in about 20 minutes. Its a one bowl wonder.

Jalapeno poppers. Cut the tops off the peppers. Throw the seeds and membranes away. Cook 1 lb pork sausage and one diced onion until done. mix the diced onion, and pork sausage mix with 2 8oz pkgs of cream cheese. Stuff the cream cheese/sausage/onion mix into the peppers. (Cake decorating kit) Wrap the peppers with raw or partially cooked bacon and place in the oven @ 300 degrees. Remove when the bacon is completely done and serve. (When I have time, I smoke my bacon first. That adds a delightful flavor.) Removing the seeds and white membrane takes almost all the heat from the peppers.

Make Chili Rejanos (sp?) Use poblano peppers if you like the flavor, but not the heat. Removing the seeds and white membranes takes almost all the heat away, but leaves the flavor.

If I had some in my freezer, I'd smoke some pork ribs. I like the St louis ribs better than the babyback ribs. They have more meat and smoke better. I use mesquite for smoke. When buying ribs, always buy the heaviest packages. The bones themselves weigh the same The difference is the meat. So I buy the heaviest packages.

Good luck to you and yours.

-some sort of yummy casserole
-a yummy salad (arugula lettuce, gorgonzola cheese, pear, avocado and pine nuts, with raspberry vinigarette dressing)
-eggplant parmasean
-pecan crusted chicken
- whole wheat spaghetti with turkey meatballs

Homemade Mac and Cheese

Beef stew.
Or what I have been craving is something from a restaurant. Fresh rosemary bread (with cracked pepper and olive oil dipping sauce), garlic-parmasean alfredo with black olives and parmasean crusted chicken.
Another thing I have wanted (my SO wont eat) is chicken and dumplings. I make mine with gnocchi, and I make it thick so its hearty.
=)

filet mignon, medium rare
baked potato with REAL butter
spinach souffle
green salad with blue cheese dressing, NO croutons
lime sherbet

Theresa,
I'm so jealous! I would cook like you too if my husband weren't the pickiest eater. I would make stuffed cabbage, Burek (spicy chopped meat rolled in filo dough), yellow rice with pigeon peas, or maybe mixed seafood with linguini.

Wow, that was all over the place, now I don't know what I want.

Great question, good luck with dinner tonight.
R.

If I could choose anything, I would have lamb chops, it's my favorite dinner! However, reality sets in, parent teacher conferences tonight after being at the orthdontist and the eye doctor with kid #2 after work ... so it's going to be breakfast for dinner!

Mmmmm, stuffed peppers! My husband makes them w/red peppers, chicken, rice, mushrooms, and cheese! It's really the only thing he can make but it is sooooo good! Beef Borginion is also another, YUM!!!! If you really want a challenge, turducken! (A duck in a chicken in a turkey!) That always sounds like an insane thing to me! LOL! I love to cook/bake but my kitchen is soooo small. I don't get to do nearly as much as I'd like!

My Memere's crepes with just butter and real maple syrup.

Sounds like making reservations might be in order! Get some inspiration from the pros and take a night off! Wish I could cook like you.

Chicken Pot Pie, London Broil marinated in balsamic Vingrette, Hamburger, rice, spices on a zucchini (carved longways with insides taken out), good luck

Homemade gourmet vegetarian pizza! It's been on my mind for a few weeks and I just haven't gotten to make it.

Chicken Picatta w/ capers, lemon juice and a white wine sauce...Mmmmm...:)