(( July 2015 )) "What's For Dinner??"

Bugster2 wrote:I have got to find something for dinner tonight. The trouble is that I am missing ingredients to make the things I think of. I don't want to go to the store either. I hate this when it happens. I suppose we could always have burgers....

By the way, did you see where Cooking and Chefs catalog have merged?

bethk wrote:The same neighbors who brought me peaches also brought me some nice, meaty tomatoes.  I decided to forgo BLT's and make a couple stuffed tomatoes with some of the stuff from the vegetable drawer and some rice.  It's in the oven now.  The taste I took seemed pretty good.  I'll see when it's done.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I LOVE Stuffed tomatoes....

Maria makes them for me, and she eats none because she hates tomatoes.
She used bread like filling.
I have to ask her if she would try rice filling next  time.
Sounds good Beth.

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I LOVE Stuffed tomatoes....

Maria makes them for me, and she eats none because she hates tomatoes.
She used bread like filling.
I have to ask her if she would try rice filling next  time.
Sounds good Beth.

I used the same basic filling that I use for stuffing zucchini....more or less.  Actually, it's all determined by what I have available in the refrigerator.

But for tonight I made some rice in the microwave (1/2 + c. rice w/1 cup broth) - and I didn't even need that much (so I've got about 1/2 c. leftover for something else....maybe some scrambled eggs).  I sauteed some onion, celery, red pepper and the insides of the tomatoes I scooped out - minus the seeds and icky stuff.  I thawed a burger and broke that up to brown up with the vegetables.  I seasoned with s&p and some Italian seasoning.  I thought it needed a bit of liquid but I didn't want to open a whole can of tomato sauce for just a bit so I ended up using some of my Bloody Mary Mix (clever, huh?).  Then it looked too liquidy so I sprinkled in some seasoned bread crumbs.  

Finally, I stirred in a bit of shredded mozzarella that was in the drawer and packed the two tomatoes.  Leftover filling got put into a casserole dish around the tomatoes.  A bit more crumbs on top with a drizzle of evoo and into the oven for an hour.

We'll see how it looks in a bit....





The very BEST part was the crunchy rice mixture from the bottom of the casserole dish.....YUM!  Oh, and Jimmy, if Maria makes it for you be sure to tell her to be sure to salt the inside of the tomatoes.  I seasoned one and not the other and the one with the salt liberally sprinkled on the inside had way more flavor than the unseasoned one.

bethk wrote:Sounds like a scam to me....JMO

Anytime I was asked to 'review' a product it was mine to keep.

Be careful....very careful.

bethk wrote:No supper tonight....huge breakfast, late lunch out with Lyn (chicken salad on crossant and fruit salad).

Just not hungry.

Hmmm?

Thirsty???

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Had teriyaki burgers that were marinated over night.
I did them on the grill.... Had them with cheese, onions, and TP's Sweet hot pickles. Then I had like 6 coconut cookie bars with coffee. My favorite cookies.
I was so full, I plopped on the recliner, and  

Only got 1 hour sleep......had to make sure Tina was up at 4:30 am, to drive the son and DIL to Newark Airport. They went to CA for vacation. I followed them on the flight tracking on the computer screen.
They landed at LAX 1:42  E/T. Last contact, was a text pic of the Hollywood sign in the woods. They were on way to some Hollywood Museum or something like that. Nice!!   Sunday thru Wednesday, they stay in San Francisco. I'm sure they will have some great eating experiences! God bless them!  

Bugster2 wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Had teriyaki burgers that were marinated over night.
I did them on the grill.... Had them with cheese, onions, and TP's Sweet hot pickles. Then I had like 6 coconut cookie bars with coffee. My favorite cookies.
I was so full, I plopped on the recliner, and  

Only got 1 hour sleep......had to make sure Tina was up at 4:30 am, to drive the son and DIL to Newark Airport. They went to CA for vacation. I followed them on the flight tracking on the computer screen.
They landed at LAX 1:42  E/T. Last contact, was a text pic of the Hollywood sign in the woods. They were on way to some Hollywood Museum or something like that. Nice!!   Sunday thru Wednesday, they stay in San Francisco. I'm sure they will have some great eating experiences! God bless them!  

They are out in my part of the woods. Have them try a Tommy's burger, an old Los Angeles staple. If they want to know where else to go, let me know. Maybe I can help.

Thanks bugs; Appreciate the offer to help out..... Yeah!....it's amazing that with communications of today, we can be in touch so well, and as if we are not even separated by so many thousands of miles.

I remember when we got married, we left for honeymoon ( huh ) in Cape Cod MASS. 1 week, and when we got back ( driving ), we find dad sick and walking with crutches. There were no instant communications like today!
I remember the pay phone call to home, and asking for person to person for yourself, and mom would say, :no, he is not home now, he went out!"
That way, mom would know we made it to our destination ok! No charge, and we got our Dime back.

bethk wrote:Yeah, Jimmy, saving up so you could make an anticipated long distance call....like when our children were born and Dane wanted to call his father in Florida.  Had to add that cost to the budget!  So much easier today.

I hope the kids have a fabulous time.  SF is my favorite city to visit.  Love spending days walking in Chinatown and down by the wharf.  One of my favorite memories was touring Alcatraz.  So spooky.  (and, yes, the Feds let me off the island!)

NormM wrote:When I was in Germany,  in the Army, mom wrote two letters and I got the second one a couple days before the first one.  It said something about the car getting out of the shop after the crash and my sister was in the hospital.  The first letter said someone backed into them in the parking lot at church and put a little dent in the fender and my sister went to the emergency room a couple days later with something completely minor and unrelated.