What's cooking at your house?

[Bucky]

I had another thread with this same title from last year and we got a lot of replies and recipe ideas.  Since that thread was 14 pages long, I decided it was time to start a brand new thread.

I haven't wanted to cook much this summer since it was so hot, I didn't want to add to the heat by heating up the oven and making the kitchen hot.  Now that cooler weather is here, I will be using the oven more. 

I'm also looking forward to using the crock pot.

Earlier this week I got out my George Foreman grill - which I haven't used in quite a while.  Mmmmm, the pork was soooo good grilled on that.  The only downfall of this grill is it isn't the easiest to clean since the grates don't come out (some of the newer models DO have removable grates) and you can't submerge the grill in water.  I've found that wet paper towels closed on the grill for a bit help to loosen stuff.  Next time, I'm going to use aluminum foil and see how that works.

Tonight, I made a big pot of chili.  Yum . . . hit the spot!   

So, what's cooking at your house?

Bucky

[hootyhu1]

we love our smoker! I think we are going to smoke a chicken tomorrow.

as a snack I spread melted chocolate on graham crackers, let cool. Then spread peanut butter on it and make awesome snack cracker sandwiches!


oh, and breakfast this morning we made oatmeal and put shredded coconut and dries apricots in it, my daughter loved it 

[Gayle]

Hi
Homemade spaghetti , from home grown tomatoes! Meatballs and hot sausage... will be baking it all day... eating tomorrow... ohhh it is sooo good...

Yesterday a friend brought over a blueberry cheese cake... ohhh yeah...
 

[A66eyroad]

One of my friends had an overabundance of jalapenos so I've been fixing jalapeno poppers all summer!

12 jalapenos, halved, with seeds removed (use gloves so you don't accidently touch jalapeno juice to your eyes!)
1 package cream cheese, nice and cold so it's easier to cut
1 pkg bacon, the cheaper the better, cut in half crosswise
optional: shredded cheddar cheese

Press what my first mother-in-law would call a "knob" of cream cheese into each jalapeno half, filling it well. When I have shredded cheddar I put it into a bowl, put the stuffed jalapeno in cheese-side-down and press cheddar into the cream cheese. Wrap the pepper in the half-slice of bacon -- you can stretch this around a time and a half and you won't need any toothpicks.

Bake in a 350 or so oven for about 30 minutes or until the bacon is good and crisp. Surprisingly, the creamcheese mostly stays put.

[Cricket]

Tonight hubby went to Portillo's and got the beef pkg., cause my granddaughter is coming home from camp and I can not wait to hear all the stories and see her, I've missed her.

[Iris]

Last week I cooked a beef roast all night in the crock pot.. Then that morning I dumped it all in a large baking pan added potatoes, carrots and onions and baked it until the veggies were done.. I don't really care for it that much but my hubby and son love it..

What I like is I take the left overs and shred the beef, pour it all in a large pot add everything except the kitchen sink,     like diced tomatoes, corn, blackeyed peas, lima beans, more carrots and potatoes and anything else I think might be good and I have a huge pot of soup.. It tastes so good..

[irish]

I rushed the season a little bit last week and made some really good chili. I always grate some semi- sweet chocolate in my chili now and it really adds a new dimension to the flavor. The peole at the chili cook offs in Texas are known for this.

This week I had a big package of beef stew meat in the freezer and I cooked it in the pressure cooker. I then cooked homemade vegie soup on top of the stove instead of using the crock pot.

I used carrots, potatoes, onions, peas and cauliflower. Generally I add rutabagas or sweet potatoes but I didn't have time to cut them up. I like to add dried parsley and dill to my soups and whatever else strikes my fancy. I used some strained beef broth (I use cheesecloth) and a some beef bouillion plus a 15 oz can of tomato sauce. With a bigger batch of soup the tomato adds just enough flavor that isn't overwhelming. When my soup has gotten hot I will add sugar and stir well. The sugar really sets off the flavor in soups. Good cooking folks. Irish

[iraisin]

Well...you didn't want to eat at my house last night. I'm house sitting for a friend, so now I have in my charge 2 basset hounds, a corgie, some sort of spaniel, a parakeet, and a neurotic cat. Anyway, tried baking just two potatoes last night.

With all the commotion, I forgot them in the oven @450 degrees and went to bed with them on. So glad the house didn't burn down. Anyway, it smelled like cookies baking this morning when I got up and couldn't figure it out. Then when I walked by the oven and felt the heat - oops, there it was.

I pulled out two feather light, but hard as rock potatoes from the oven.

At least now I have something to throw in the back yard for the dogs to play with.

That my friends, is sjoggie brain style cooking.

Oh, if you're wondering how I could forget my dinner like that, I ate a bowl of cereal to hold me over while the potatoes were cooking - guess it held me over all night. HA!

Oh well, today's another day. Maybe I can make something magical like you gals today.

[Joe S.]

My version of a BLT is a BCT (Bacon Cheese and garden fresh Tomato). Lettuce is what food eats.

[slccom]

Cobbler, Mom style!
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 stick butter/margarine, melted
2 tsp baking POWDER (it tastes really, really, really bad with baking soda...)

Mix the above in a 2-quart glass casserole dish. Dump in a can of fruit, preferably cherry. Anything tartish works, too sweet doesn't. Forget pears, strawberries or sweet apples.

Bake at 325 for about an hour, until the cake portion rises and a toothpick in it is clean when removed.

Mom put some white sugar on top, and it is wonderful with vanilla ice cream!

Sharon

[Iris]

I always make that with canned peaches, slccom.. I never bothered to put baking powder in it though.. I just melt the butter in a rectangular cake pan, mix the flour, sugar and milk and pour it on top.. Then I squish up the peaches and drop them all over it and pour on the juice and bake it.. It taste great..

[A66eyroad]

I've made that cobbler, too, using Bisquick instead of flour and baking powder, and a can of peaches. Cherries sounds so yummy!

Thanks for the post!

[Bucky]

Mmmmm, peach cobbler sounds yummy!  I've got some to-go containers.   

Bucky

[irish]

I have to tell you that I made some gluten free banana bread a while back and accidently put soda in place of the baking powder. I knew while I was putting it in the pan that something didn't look right. Oh my gosh, was it ever terrible. What a difference that mistake can make!!!!

Had to throw 2 loaves in the garbage. Irish

[iraisin]

Today I made baby golds with leeks and baby bok choy sauteed in garlic, Alder smoked sea salt, and pepper. Simple and delicious (and very difficult to forget about when cooking :J )!