What are you cooking?

[bluehende]

Pizza for dinner for us too, in our portable wood fired Uuni pizza oven. Plus chocolate cupcakes for dessert.View attachment 18526View attachment 18527

I am jealous of your toy. I recognize a similar taste in toppings.

 

[Panina]

Pizza for dinner for us too, in our portable wood fired Uuni pizza oven. Plus chocolate cupcakes for dessert.View attachment 18526View attachment 18527

Which uuni do you have? Thinking of getting one. Is it easy enough? What surface did you place it on?

 

[heathpack]

Which uuni do you have? Thinking of getting one. Is it easy enough? What surface did you place it on?

We have the Uuni 3. There’s a pizza stone that makes up the floor of the oven and we put the pizzas directly on the stone.

It works really well although there’s a little learning curve in using it- how long to preheat it, how many wood pellets to use, ensuring the temp doesn’t drop when you’re cooking a pizza, etc. Not terribly hard to master but it does take a little practice.

You really need an infrared thermometer to take temps of the oven interior prior to cooking.

At 700ishF the pizzas cook in about 3 min. We rotate once during cooking since the back of our oven seems to be way hotter than the front.

 

[Theiggy]

Some recent meals. Comfort foods is a theme.

Lasagna with Italian sausage. That was good for three dinners.

Meatballs with brown gravy and mashed potatoes. About 12 oz. ounces of frozen meatballs. Put them in the crock pot with brown gravy, carrots, celery, and onions, and let them simmer and cook for about five hours.

Penne pasta with shrimp, alfredo sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, and TJ's artichoke antipasto. Good for two meals and two more lunches.

Jambalaya with shrimp, chicken-apple sausage. Another crock-pot recipe. At least two dinners and lunches.

Cheese fondue

On the agenda for this week:

Barbecued spare ribs with mango and pineapple. Should be good for two meals.

More cheese fondue

Another lasagna

TJs Mandarin Orange chicken

I like your menu items


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[Theiggy]

I just sent my family this poll.

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ETA to add my 12 year old added his own option grrr

 

[Theiggy]

Oh I made Ina Garten’s meatloaf the other night and it was delish.

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[amycurl]

We started doing #takeoutTuesday (but more like curbside pick-up or delivery) Tuesday to support some of our favorite local restaurants. But this week we did tossed pasta (pasta tossed with sauce, cream cheese, sausage, and greens) and my mom baked bread and did beef stew in her crockpot and dropped some of that off on our porch. We've ended up with lots of steaks and pork chops in our freezer, and it's been great grilling weather here, so we've done that quite a bit (plus, fresh asparagus on the grill=nomnomnom.) Thinking we might do some Middle Eastern inspired chicken/falafel tonight with salad and pita.

 

[amycurl]

Oh, and a friend/one of A's former teachers made a chicken/white bean/jalepeno soup that was too spicy for her family, so we did a porch swap of that for some of our homemade peach ginger jam. Just had the soup for lunch today, and it was delish! (And, apparently, zero points before I added a bit of shredded cheese and tortilla crumbs to top it off with, LOL!)

 

[sun starved Gayle]

12 pound turkey for the two of us. And I got it free when I purchased a certain amount of groceries last December.

 

[bluehende]

12 pound turkey for the two of us. And I got it free when I purchased a certain amount of groceries last December.

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I see a good soup in your future.

 

[clifffaith]

Oh I made Ina Garten’s meatloaf the other night and it was delish.

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I have never made meatloaf. Could take or leave my Mom's when it was hot, but OMG meatloaf sandwiches the next day, or even just a cold slab of meat eaten out of hand, were my absolute favorite! Before our favorite upscale restaurant moved two blocks and went all weird and sustainable cuisiney, their Cajun meatloaf was what I'd order anytime we were there for dinner. After one visit to their new meatloaf-less restaurant, complete with being given someone else's doggie bag because they were too hoitytoity to let you have your doggie bag at the table during dessert and instead piled them up near the hostess stand, we never went back.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

12 pound turkey for the two of us. And I got it free when I purchased a certain amount of groceries last December.

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Ooohhhhh -

Turkey is an excellent idea. Multiple meals and multiples, especially with freezer space. Turkey with mashed potatoes, gravy, etc. Carcass and scraps in the crock pot for broth. Myriad turkey soups. With rice. Vegetable and noodles. Turkey tortilla soup. Turkey enchiladas. Turkey casseroles.

 

[sun starved Gayle]

I planned ahead and got the ingredients for this puff pastry pot pie to make with some of the leftovers, using turkey instead of chicken. It does have some ingredients that I usually do not have on hand. It's quite good. I have found that almost any recipe from America's Test Kitchen is excellent.

Chicken (Or Turkey), Spinach and Artichoke Pot Pie with Puff Pastry Topping

Chicken, Spinach, and Artichoke Pot Pie

We love spinach and artichoke dip so much that it inspired this modern spin on chicken pot pie, which is prepared a baking dish.

www.americastestkitchen.com

 

[sun starved Gayle]

I also have been making variations of this Quick batter beer bread.

 

[controller1]

Tonight it is smoked brisket. A local restauranteur smoked 10-12 pound briskets and sold them for $100 each with all profits going to paying his employees while he is closed.

 

[VegasBella]

Last night I made a quick spicy pasta dish in the Instant Pot. It was sooo easy:
I took half a bag of frozen chopped onions, a spoonful of chopped garlic and used the saute option with olive oil
Then I added about 5 shakes of my 'zesty italian seasoning blend'
I added a can of tomato sauce (just plain 12 oz can, not seasoned pasta sauce) and another can full plus 1/2 of water, a small box of chickpea pasta, small bag of frozen veggies, and a bag of frozen vegan meatballs
I put it on high pressure for 4 minutes and did quick release, stirred and served. It was great! Husband and I loved it. Kiddo ate something more kiddo-ish.

 

[clifffaith]

Today I made prune bread. I got lazy and made two full size loaves, rather than make eight babies like I usually do. At some point next week we'll be taking a loaf to Mom, along with two dozen ginger snaps, a bag of lemons and the See's Easter candy I snagged before See's ceased operations. She has masks for us -- apparently they come with Dad's hospice supplies. Don't plan on going inside the house.

 

[bluehende]

Orange ginger curried chicken with carrots and asparagus. Tonights episode of chopped to use up what needed to be.

 

[VacationForever]

Orange ginger curried chicken with carrots and asparagus. Tonights episode of chopped to use up what needed to be.View attachment 18626

Another beautiful dish.

 

[bbodb1]

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Sis. Boom. Bah.

 

[bluehende]

Another beautiful dish.

I love to cook so that is one good thing about this sip. I have more time to do some of my more elaborate favorites. It is easy to make it beautiful......red and green or orange and green.

 

[Talent312]

Tonight:
Frozen fried shrimp from a bag.
Frozen hush puppies from a bag.
Red Lobster biscuits from a box.

 

[VacationForever]

I love to cook so that is one good thing about this sip. I have more time to do some of my more elaborate favorites. It is easy to make it beautiful......red and green or orange and green.

Ever since SIP, my husband has not had has usual breakfast item for lunch at his favorite restaurant. We golfed this morning and since we finished early, I offered to fix eggs, bacon and hash brown. He jumped on it and I must say those were some of the best bacon we have had, and they were from Butcherbox. On Monday or Tuesday I will be cooking gumbo.

 

[Glynda]

Pasta. Lots of pasta. My kids are already complaining. I do want to make Mississippi pot roast this weekend.
My son loves the Thai style ramen noodles I got. I wish we could’ve gotten the fresh version but this will do.

I made the Mississippi pot roast two nights ago. It was the best ever. I didn't have the au jus mix and put some beef bouillon on top of the roast instead and added a little more water.

 

[controller1]

Tonight:
Frozen fried shrimp from a bag.
Frozen hush puppies from a bag.
Red Lobster biscuits from a box.

Hey, it's at least home prepared!