<p>Daughter and I shared a bao for lunch…not hungry, but could be enticed into a nibble.</p>
<p>Yummmm mathmom, can you post the Bittman recipe? My tomatoes are going strong, would also love any interesting tomato recipes.</p>
<p>We mostly eat of the garden (like soozie we only shop once a week 'cause the grocery store is far away). Tonight’s dinner is one of my favorites cause it is so easy and one my kids favorite. Take a couple sausages (I like sweet Italian, but you could use chicken, hot sausage, etc.) Cut them into 1 inch chunks. Put them into a dutch oven, set over medium heat. No oil, nothing. Then, chop up as many sweet peppers as you can get (I always wait until they are red, yellow or orange, I don’t like them green). Throw them in on top of the sausage, it doesn’t even have to be browned yet. Cover the pot. Turn the hear down to low, go off and let it cook for about two hours, stir it occasionally. When you are ready to eat, cook a bag of broad noodles, stir into the sausage and peppers. If you want to get fancy add some chopped parsley. Eat. It is also great left over.</p>
<p>Eat out of the garden? We city gals can’t do that…no fair.</p>
<p>We’re doing takeout…Feast From the East.</p>
<p>Lololu, that sounds FANTASTIC! I don’t even need the noodles!</p>
<p>Hopefully, by the time I get home it will still be light enough for me to pick a few things from the garden for dinner. I hate hunting for veggies with a flashlight! :)</p>
<p>lololu, that sounds very easy and yummy. I will give it a try. I might skip the noodles, too!</p>
<p>I’m not allowed to have a garden…HOA rules. The fact that I have Wegman’s less than a mile away kind of makes up for it. Wegman’s uses as many of our local produce providers as possible. The fact that my son works there and brings home everything fresh is just heaven! :)</p>
<p>blueiguana, that Wegman sounds like our PCC - lots of local produce and meats with many organic offerings, but I do not care for their middle sections filled with pseudo-healthy stuff.</p>
<p>Dinner was a salad made from Costco baby greens with lots of homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers!</p>
<p>redroses, I’ll put the lambshanks in the thread with the recipes. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1002085-share-favorite-dinner-recipe.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1002085-share-favorite-dinner-recipe.html</a></p>
<p>I couldn’t live somewhere that forbids a garden.</p>
<p>Love using fresh tomatoes and cucumbers with quinoa. Just toss some chopped veggies in with quinoa and lightly dress with fresh lime, a little EVOO and any fresh herbs. Light and summery.</p>
<p>Last night, I had one of those “work with what’s available and make it up as you go” nights. I took a frozen bag of uncooked shrimp from Wegman’s and threw it in a colander set over a pot of boiling water - saturated with Old Bay seasoning, closed the lid. 3 minutes later…wonderful peel and eat shrimp. Also sauteed sliced yellow squash with fresh garlic, frozen spinach and frozen artichokes (from TJs) - added some tomato sauce and served over brown rice with shredded fresh parm. All was good!</p>
<p>I avoid tilapia.</p>
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<p>It is not as bad for you as bacon, but it is certainly not the fish you think of as good for us ;)</p>
<p>ditto^^^
I buy cod, haddock, wild salmon, and mahi mahi or halibut when I can afford it. Flounder can be good too.</p>
<p>Our once a week fish dinners do not vary a whole lot. I was an exchange student in Denmark and I got fell in love with a classic Scandinavian approach to summer fish dinner. Poached cod, salmon or haddock, fresh thinly sliced cucumbers dressed with rice vinegar and pepper,steamed red potatoes and yogurt with fresh dill on the side.</p>
<p>Have been doing a lot of baked potatoes lately. Read somewhere that the best way to bake them is to scrub them, pierce them, then soak in melted butter or olive oil briefly, salt and then bake them NOT in FOIL at 350 for a good long time. These turn out wonderfully and I’ve just been building dinner around them - a piece of salmon or pork chop, salad and a veggie. We like cottage cheese on our baked potatoes - don’t gag, it’s good!</p>
<p>We eat our baked potatoes with cottage cheese and fresh salsa!</p>
<p>I love sour cream, but will ALWAYS choose cottage cheese on a baked potato if it’s in the refrig! With fresh chives…</p>
<p>Greek yogurt is a good low fat substitute for sour cream on baked potatoes, IMO.</p>
<p>I avoid baking potatoes with any fat. I like my fat in the form of dessert. So I have found I’m able to get a great, crisp potato by baking in a 500 degree oven. Just throw it in, prick half way through to release the steam so it gets fluffy. I mash it in the skin just with salt.</p>
<p>Sausage Lentil Soup tonight!</p>