Last night I made a nice peppered chicken broth with cheese tortellini (DiGiorno...I'm not quite up to making my own tortellini yet)...
Chicken Broth
Fresh cracked peppercorns to taste
Tortellini
a little fresh parsley
Cook broth...add pepper....add tort....cook til al dente....add parsley....serve! Simple and GOOD.
Then, while the soup is cooking, take a couple nice-sized spoonfuls of grated or shredded parmesan cheese and put it on a parchement-lined or silpat-lined cookie sheet...pop into the oven and cook at 400 for 5-7 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove and let cool and harden and you have a nice, crispy cheesey cracker to eat with your soup.
Saw this on Food TV over the weekend and had to try it. It came out perfect!
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Dinner Last Night on 04/27/2007 01:10 PM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 07:52 AM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 10:01 AM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 11:02 AM CDT
Okay, I'm going to post a family recipe here that is so easy and cleanup is a breeze with.
Pork chops and Amber Rice
4 (Or up to 6) pork tenderloins or chops
Rice
Chicken and rice soup
Orange juice
Brown pork chops or loins, you can flour them if you want or not for less calories. Pour enough rice for 4 or more into the bottom of a dish that will also hold the pork chops in a single layer. Rule of thumb, 4 chops, then 4 servings of rice or 5. Oh yea, spray the bottom with something to keep it all from sticking. Pour the orange juice over the rice till its swimming but not drowning in it. Arrange browned pork chops over the rice. Pour soup over the top of the chops and then cover with foil. Bake in oven at 350 or 375 for 50 minutes. Remove foil and return to oven for another 10 min to let top brown.
Warning, the rice will have the apparence of fried rice but it does not taste like that! You can also scale this down to 1 or 2 servings or better yet, make all 4 but instead put them all in individual dishes that can be frozen. I freeze them before cooking the rice. Hard part is dividing the soup. One day, I'm going to try this with chicken instead and not brown it. Not sure if the chicken will dry out though.
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Pork chops and Amber Rice
4 (Or up to 6) pork tenderloins or chops
Rice
Chicken and rice soup
Orange juice
Brown pork chops or loins, you can flour them if you want or not for less calories. Pour enough rice for 4 or more into the bottom of a dish that will also hold the pork chops in a single layer. Rule of thumb, 4 chops, then 4 servings of rice or 5. Oh yea, spray the bottom with something to keep it all from sticking. Pour the orange juice over the rice till its swimming but not drowning in it. Arrange browned pork chops over the rice. Pour soup over the top of the chops and then cover with foil. Bake in oven at 350 or 375 for 50 minutes. Remove foil and return to oven for another 10 min to let top brown.
Warning, the rice will have the apparence of fried rice but it does not taste like that! You can also scale this down to 1 or 2 servings or better yet, make all 4 but instead put them all in individual dishes that can be frozen. I freeze them before cooking the rice. Hard part is dividing the soup. One day, I'm going to try this with chicken instead and not brown it. Not sure if the chicken will dry out though.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 01:21 PM CDT
<<Please say it wasn't Rachael Ray. Please.>>
No...it was the Goddess, Giada.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 05:21 PM CDT
>Please say it wasn't Rachael Ray. Please.
I've actually developed a Rachel Ray drinking game.
* Says "Spoonula": 1 drink
* Giggles stupidly: 1 drink
* Talks about the trash bowl: 1 drink.
* Says "EVVO": 1 drink.
* Defines EVVO: 2 drinks.
* Talks about her living in the mountains: 2 drinks.
* Talks about her husband or dog: 2 drinks.
* You realize she's wearing black to cover the chub from all of the 'healthy' 30-minute meals: 5 drinks.
>No...it was the Goddess, Giada.
Meh, I think she wears too many low-cut tops to make up for her lack of being interesting. Granted, definite eye candy. Outside of that... meh. Me? I'm a huge Altie.
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I've actually developed a Rachel Ray drinking game.
* Says "Spoonula": 1 drink
* Giggles stupidly: 1 drink
* Talks about the trash bowl: 1 drink.
* Says "EVVO": 1 drink.
* Defines EVVO: 2 drinks.
* Talks about her living in the mountains: 2 drinks.
* Talks about her husband or dog: 2 drinks.
* You realize she's wearing black to cover the chub from all of the 'healthy' 30-minute meals: 5 drinks.
>No...it was the Goddess, Giada.
Meh, I think she wears too many low-cut tops to make up for her lack of being interesting. Granted, definite eye candy. Outside of that... meh. Me? I'm a huge Altie.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 06:27 PM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 09:56 PM CDT
I'm a sinner, my favorite meals are things like hamberger gravy on toast, stuffed peppers/pigs in a blanket, bacon, egg's and fried 'tatoes, and dump soup. Heck, I'm in my mid 40's and just had seared Ahi turna with a Tai dressing. Mainly to say, been there done that. Frankly rabbit, squirrel, etc actualy have taste. (And Snake, frog, etc, is so good it is unreal. (Man, need to do a smack down on crawdads this year.)) Sorry, just a red neck with deer and asorted other critters in my freezer, and asparagus is starting up.
-Cordin
P.S. My b-day treat is side pork with fried 'taters. Damn, you'd think I was from down south, but I'm smack in the middle of the US.
Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/28/2007 10:01 PM CDT
>>dump soup.
Err, what's dump soup? Sounds like leftovers with a fancy name.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/29/2007 12:40 PM CDT
>>I've actually developed a Rachel Ray drinking game.
My girlfriend and I have developed a similar game to her shows. That's the worst part--we can't stand her, but we still get sucked in. Did you know that The Oxford English Dictionary is adding EVOO this year? Yum-o!
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/29/2007 03:38 PM CDT
>Did you know that The Oxford English Dictionary is adding EVOO this year?
Yep, saw that... horrid. I think I may expand the drinking game rules to include $40 a day and her daytime talk show.
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Yep, saw that... horrid. I think I may expand the drinking game rules to include $40 a day and her daytime talk show.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/30/2007 12:08 PM CDT
I love Rachel Ray.
Any of you all watch Ace of Cakes? We got a cake done there for my husband's birthday this year. It was amazing.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/30/2007 01:55 PM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/30/2007 02:10 PM CDT
Good Eats is one of my favorites too. I've learned more about why things work when cooking thanks to Alton Brown. I like that he focuses on one food per program. I'm better cook thanks to him. :)
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 04/30/2007 09:23 PM CDT
"Dump soup", high tech cross between soup or stew depending on mood. Brown a pound or 2 of your favorite protien. (Stew meat, ox tail if you buy beef by the side. Or chuck roast, ect diced.) Dump in a can a green beans, yellow beans, 2 can's diced or whole tomatoes cut up, a can or 2 of corn, can of peas of you like, 2-3 cubed potatoes. And the normal stuff like salt, pepper, garlic, etc. Basicly "dump" in what ever you like and think would fit. No way to write it out, as it changes each time. Have some pearl barly...in the pot, little alphabet noodles, in they go, etc.
Your basic clean out the shelves, freazer soup. Big pot and left overs till done or sick and freaze the rest for a month or 2 later for another lazy day.
Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/01/2007 09:59 AM CDT
>>Any of you all watch Ace of Cakes? We got a cake done there for my husband's birthday this year. It was amazing.
I watch it sometimes. Crazy stuff they make. An acquaintance of mine is now thier guitarist in their band, and they ended up playing at my local watering hole. I was stopping in for a beer, and much to my surprise there were cameras and signs everywhere. It was all very surreal. Their band...um...well, let's just say they should definitely keep their day jobs.
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I watch it sometimes. Crazy stuff they make. An acquaintance of mine is now thier guitarist in their band, and they ended up playing at my local watering hole. I was stopping in for a beer, and much to my surprise there were cameras and signs everywhere. It was all very surreal. Their band...um...well, let's just say they should definitely keep their day jobs.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/01/2007 03:07 PM CDT
I've watched Ace of Cakes, but it just doesn't float my boat -- too much like OCC a bit... They do some work, there're some manufacturerd difficulties (some real ones), they do something outside of the shop and deliver the cakes, AOK.
I'm a hard core Altie, for sure -- got a season pass on Tivo for him. I used to hate Paula Dean, but butter and I have a love/hate relationship, so I've gotten a bit more keen on her.
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I'm a hard core Altie, for sure -- got a season pass on Tivo for him. I used to hate Paula Dean, but butter and I have a love/hate relationship, so I've gotten a bit more keen on her.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/01/2007 07:27 PM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/02/2007 07:09 AM CDT
I'm a big Iron Chef fan, only not so much for IC America. I was sad when they stopped playing new episodes of the original Japanese Iron Chef. Morimoto is still one of my favorite chefs, but then again he was on the original series as well for a time.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/02/2007 09:45 AM CDT
Yeah I loved the original Iron Chef. I would spend hours watching those. Morimoto was my favorite there because he was so different and angered so many traditional Japanese cooks. They all wanted to take him down (but they never really could).
It's funny, in the Japanese Iron Chef, the Iron Chefs seemed unbeatable. Rarely did they ever fall. The American Iron Chefs seem to only be about 50/50.
Also, anyone remember the original American Iron Chef with William Shatner? Iron Chef USA was the proper title, I think. I remember it being on UPN.
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It's funny, in the Japanese Iron Chef, the Iron Chefs seemed unbeatable. Rarely did they ever fall. The American Iron Chefs seem to only be about 50/50.
Also, anyone remember the original American Iron Chef with William Shatner? Iron Chef USA was the proper title, I think. I remember it being on UPN.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/02/2007 10:11 AM CDT
to me, that's the way it should be... They're Iron Chef's because they are the absolute best. Beating a Japanese Iron Chef was a badge of honor, not luck with the judges or a crappy day on the Iron Chef's side. If you beat Morimoto or the like you were the shizz nit
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/02/2007 10:44 AM CDT
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/02/2007 11:23 AM CDT
>They're Iron Chef's because they are the absolute best. Beating a Japanese Iron Chef was a badge of honor, not luck with the judges or a crappy day on the Iron Chef's side.
I dig Iron Chef (not a big fan of Flay or Botalli), but what's up with having MO ROCCA as a judge? What major contribution to the culinary arts has he made?
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I dig Iron Chef (not a big fan of Flay or Botalli), but what's up with having MO ROCCA as a judge? What major contribution to the culinary arts has he made?
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/02/2007 11:32 AM CDT
<<I dig Iron Chef (not a big fan of Flay or Botalli), but what's up with having MO ROCCA as a judge? What major contribution to the culinary arts has he made?
I thought he was always the obligatory celebrity judge. You know the one who hadn't made any sort of culinary contribution but was willing to go on TV and talk. Kinda like the actors/actresses and sports stars that went on the Japanese Iron Chef.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/03/2007 05:51 AM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/03/2007 08:30 AM CDT
>>"Anything's possible..."
Whenever I see these two words together, my brain automatically finishes with "sowing the seeds of love." And I hate that. I really do.
>>Or the mean psychic?
I loved that crazy lady. I think she'd find a way to criticize the Duomo in Florence. "This roof...ah, I guess I like it a little less red. And this green marble...it's really very harsh in contrast to the pink and white."
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Whenever I see these two words together, my brain automatically finishes with "sowing the seeds of love." And I hate that. I really do.
>>Or the mean psychic?
I loved that crazy lady. I think she'd find a way to criticize the Duomo in Florence. "This roof...ah, I guess I like it a little less red. And this green marble...it's really very harsh in contrast to the pink and white."
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/03/2007 11:00 AM CDT
>>I loved that crazy lady. I think she'd find a way to criticize the Duomo in Florence. "This roof...ah, I guess I like it a little less red. And this green marble...it's really very harsh in contrast to the pink and white."<<
but overall I'll give it a 4 out of 5... yeah that lady was crazy
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/04/2007 10:44 PM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/04/2007 10:51 PM CDT
>Hey who's the fat slob who judges Iron Chef America and talks with his mouth full of food? I hate that guy.
Jeffery Steingarten.
He is what I imagine Simon Cowell is to american idol.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/05/2007 06:21 PM CDT
Actually Steingarten is a reknowned food critic, columnist and author. Off the top of my head Ican also tell you he is also involved with the NYC Big Apple BBQ. A Huge 2 day event that draws thousands of New Yorkers together for food, fun, music and even seminars on 'Cue. The proceeds of the event also benefit the Madison Square Park Conservency. I also seem to recall him being involved with some of the local food pantries in NYC. So to compare him to that blowhard Cowell who steals, lies and cheats all the competitors on Idol while lining his pockets is doing Steingarten injustice.
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Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/05/2007 10:05 PM CDT
Re: Dinner Last Night on 05/05/2007 10:22 PM CDT
definately an oxymoron... It should be a requirement that you are within 500 miles of Kansas City before you can call your sloppy ribs with A1 sauce BBQ
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