Topic: What's for dinner #21

[barleychown]

Pizza bites and salad. Very good!

[landofoz]

I fixed up mushroom minute steak and some corn on the cob.  Like usual, I over cooked the corn on the cob.  So I glared at it when I wasn't trying to eat it.

[Penny]

Tonight is chicken and rice stirfry with lots of veggies.

[Jessica]

Pizza bites and salad. Very good!

Are these the pizza bites that you put a link to last week??  Can you post that link again?  I'm not sure where it is.

[landofoz]

Adam is going to be gone for dinner tonight, so I'm the girls and I will just have sandwiches, chips, and a veggie.

[barleychown]

Pizza bites and salad. Very good!

Are these the pizza bites that you put a link to last week??  Can you post that link again?  I'm not sure where it is.

You bet!

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/06/stuffed-pizza-rolls.html

[Jessica]

Thank you!  They looks so yummy! What kind of fillings did you use?

[barleychown]

I cut string cheese into cubes, and did half with pepperoni, half with ham. Tried pineapple in with ham, but made it harder to close.

[Jessica]

Whenever we get pizza I ask James what kid he wants.  He always says anything but pineapple.  He can't stand pineapple on pizza so I know I won't be doing that.  I will do pepperoni.  I wondered how italian sausage would work.  I might try it.

[Triss]

I bet Italian would be great!  I love that.  You could always chop up any veggies really small to make the folding easier.

[barleychown]

Tomorrow night's dinner: Spinach and chicken tortilla bake

http://stylishcuisine.com/?p=1813

[Triss]

Oh that looks yummy Sarah.  I do not think that my kids would eat it so spicy but it could easily be tweaked to make it less so.  I am surprised that salsa is the first ingredient to go in the pan though.

[barleychown]

Me too, but I have excess milk to use up, and riccotta is easy to make. I'll let you know how it goes. 

[Triss]

Do you have that recipe posted here anywhere?  The ricotta?

[barleychown]

Nope, but I can.  


Here's a good one:

http://technicolorkitcheninenglish.blogspot.com/2009/03/homemade-ricotta.html

Yep, it's really that easy. Whole milk, vinegar, heat. Strain, drain, store.

[Tina]

I think using the salsa first is much like using sauce first in a lasagna. It helps keep that bottom layer from sticking and burning. That is what I call a Mexican lasagna. And they are good.

[Penny]

Tonight will be takeout of some sort.

[Triss]

That recipe looks so easy Sarah.   Thanks for the link.  So I would use whole milk for that or half and half?

[barleychown]

Just whole milk. Half and half makes the first step of mozzarella instead.

[Triss]

Ahh ok.  Gotta try this when I am feeling better and then make the tortilla bake and some lasagna.

[barleychown]

And these are in the oven now, so they will chill in time for dessert:

http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/2010/02/chocolate-pots-de-creme.html

[bestofour]

what are you doing with all these treats?

[barleychown]

Feeding them to my drop in guests...my house is rarely empty. Right now I have an extra teen, later I'll have a housefull. Mom, and Dad, both will get a couple peppermint patties. Mike and Marissa get the dipped chocolates for valentines, what's left will go to work with Mike on Sunday.

I like the challenge of cooking new things.

To use up the egg whites left from the pots de creme, these are now in the works:


http://translate.google.it/translate?prev=hp&hl=it&js=y&u=http://aniceecannella.blogspot.com/2009/07/storia-di-una-foto-e-di-una-panna-cotta.html&sl=it&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1

[bestofour]

I'd be one of your drop in guests too.

[barleychown]

I was just informed one of our friends and his wife are joining us for dinner. That'll take care of someof the extras.