Today was a day that was fit for neither man nor beast... it was
pouring rain most of the time and when it wasn't it was drizzling. I
decided it was definitely a day for comfort food. I really felt like a
chocolate self-saucing pudding but we don't have any cocoa powder, so
I scratched my head a bit and then thought of using the fresh peaches
we bought on the weekend. I sliced the peaches into a baking dish,
topped them with brown sugar and a little water, and mixed up a basic
cake mix to put on top. Then I took the rest of the cake mix, added
chocolate chips and cherries leftover from Christmas (I don't bake a
lot since there's just the two of us) and I made some cupcakes...

The main course was thick-cut potato wedges baked in the nice hot oven
at the same time as the pudding, served with a quick green salad and
buttermilk ranch dressing (Publix brand, which is pretty nice) and
sour cream on the side, and a bowl of nice spicy turkey chilli. The
best part of that was that I didn't have to cook it - I put it in the
freezer a few weeks ago so I just had to reheat it.

Yummy!

~Karen aka Kajikit
Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life
http://www.kajikitscorner.com
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Potato - corn - cheddar soup, with garlic bread, a green salad, and
watermelon cubes. Chocolate - peanut butter chip cookies fresh from the
oven for dessert.

I've been on a big soup kick this winter. Nothing better on a chilly,
windy day!

On Wed 09 Mar 2005 06:47:40p, Jude wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Potato - corn - cheddar soup, with garlic bread, a green salad, and
> watermelon cubes. Chocolate - peanut butter chip cookies fresh from the
> oven for dessert.
>
> I've been on a big soup kick this winter. Nothing better on a chilly,
> windy day!

Grilled veal chops, steamed chopped collard greens with onions, sesame oil
and balasmic vinegar, and grilled new potatoes. Butterscotch brownies for
dessert.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote in
:

> I really felt like a
> chocolate self-saucing pudding but we don't have any cocoa powder,

I modify my chocolate pudding recipe when I feel like a change by putting
sliced banana in the cake part and brandy, rum or whisky in the sauce part
(and vanilla essence in both parts).

Oh, and your dinner sounds divine

K
--
nil illegitimi carborundum

I'm on Weight Watchers: 15 pounds in 5 weeks...YEAH!!!

Simple salad, Blackened Tilapia with cucumber/cilantro/radish salsa.
Black beans and brown rice (with red and yellow peppers)

Absolutely excellent.

On Wed 09 Mar 2005 09:11:42p, wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> I'm on Weight Watchers: 15 pounds in 5 weeks...YEAH!!!
>
> Simple salad, Blackened Tilapia with cucumber/cilantro/radish salsa.
> Black beans and brown rice (with red and yellow peppers)
>
> Absolutely excellent.

Congratulations! And dinner sounds delicious. I've fallen off the WW wagon,
but hope to get back on very soon. Hearing this is inspiring.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

>
>Congratulations! And dinner sounds delicious. I've fallen off the WW wagon,
>but hope to get back on very soon. Hearing this is inspiring.

Yeah, the WW "core" program is the only non-fad thing I've tried that
not only works, but makes makes total health sense.

If I'm hungry, I eat...but I know what to eat.

We make full meals every day, and none of it goes against the
philosophy. It's simply substituting healthy versions of what we
already like to eat.

Plus I'm learning to work with all kinds of vegetables that I
previously blew off...and it tunrs out I love 'em!

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed 09 Mar 2005 06:47:40p, Jude wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
snip

> Grilled veal chops, steamed chopped collard greens with onions, sesame oil
> and balasmic vinegar, and grilled new potatoes. Butterscotch brownies for
> dessert.
>
Sounds interesting - is the oil & vinegar for the chops - or potatoes?

Elaine

On Thu 10 Mar 2005 05:29:47a, elaine wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed 09 Mar 2005 06:47:40p, Jude wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
> snip
>
>> Grilled veal chops, steamed chopped collard greens with onions, sesame
>> oil and balasmic vinegar, and grilled new potatoes. Butterscotch
>> brownies for dessert.
>>
> Sounds interesting - is the oil & vinegar for the chops - or potatoes?
>
> Elaine

The collards. I brushed the potatoes with olive oil before grilling.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

> wrote in message
...
>
> >
> >Congratulations! And dinner sounds delicious. I've fallen off the WW
wagon,
> >but hope to get back on very soon. Hearing this is inspiring.
>
> Yeah, the WW "core" program is the only non-fad thing I've tried that
> not only works, but makes makes total health sense.
>
> If I'm hungry, I eat...but I know what to eat.
>
> We make full meals every day, and none of it goes against the
> philosophy. It's simply substituting healthy versions of what we
> already like to eat.
>
> Plus I'm learning to work with all kinds of vegetables that I
> previously blew off...and it tunrs out I love 'em!
>

I'm a WW Lifer, 40 pounds and over 4 years at goal. It's a great program!

Congrats and keep up the good work.

On 9 Mar 2005 17:47:40 -0800, "Jude" > wrote:

>Potato - corn - cheddar soup, with garlic bread, a green salad, and
>watermelon cubes. Chocolate - peanut butter chip cookies fresh from the
>oven for dessert.
>
>I've been on a big soup kick this winter. Nothing better on a chilly,
>windy day!

Mmmm... yummy! I made corn chowder on sunday night because I wasn't
feeling well and it hit the spot perfectly. I almost made tomato and
mushroom soup last night instead of chilli, but we had the rest of the
chowder the night before and I wanted a bit of variety...

What's your recipe? I based mine on the one on the can but I added
fresh ingredients and revved it up a bit.

The recipe on the back of the creamed corn can said 'one can corn, one
can potatoes, one can corn kernels'... I improvised and added some
stuff and I think it came out nicer. This is what I actually used.
I've never made it before, but it came out yummy!

1 can creamed corn
1 cup frozen corn kernels (the same as 1 can)
2 potatoes
2 cups turkey broth
1 cup milk
3 smoked sausages from Penn Dutch (next time I'll get myself a ham
hock...) Dried parsley (fresh would be better...) Teaspoon garlic
1 cup cheese - a mix of fresh parmasen, swiss cheese, and Mexican
cheese mix, but you can use anything you have handy.
1 onion
1/2 a red bellpepper (it was a very big one)
1 teaspoon cornstarch

Firstly peel and finely chop the potatoes and put them into a small
saucepan with the turkey broth. Cook the potatoes until they're done
and the turkey broth is mostly absorbed. Put them aside.

Finelly chop the onion and sauté it in the bottom of the soup pot with
the garlic. Cut the sausages into quarters and chop them into small
pieces and add them. Fry them a little and then add the corn kernels.
Add the potatoes, broth and milk, and stir in the creamed corn. Fill
the empty can with cold water and stir it around to get the last of
the corn off the can and add that to the soup. Add the parsley and
chopped bell pepper.

Simmer the soup gently for about 15 minutes. Try not to let it boil.
Mix the cornstarch with a little cold water and stir it into the soup
to thicken it.
Lastly, add the cup of cheese and stir it till it melts in. Add salt
and pepper to taste and serve.


~Karen aka Kajikit
Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life
http://www.kajikitscorner.com
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:40:00 -0500, "Anita Amaro" >
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
.. .
>>
>> >
>> >Congratulations! And dinner sounds delicious. I've fallen off the WW
>wagon,
>> >but hope to get back on very soon. Hearing this is inspiring.
>>
>> Yeah, the WW "core" program is the only non-fad thing I've tried that
>> not only works, but makes makes total health sense.
>>
>> If I'm hungry, I eat...but I know what to eat.
>>
>> We make full meals every day, and none of it goes against the
>> philosophy. It's simply substituting healthy versions of what we
>> already like to eat.
>>
>> Plus I'm learning to work with all kinds of vegetables that I
>> previously blew off...and it tunrs out I love 'em!
>>
>
>I'm a WW Lifer, 40 pounds and over 4 years at goal. It's a great program!
>
>Congrats and keep up the good work.
>

Made my 10% goal this week, Yahoo!!!!

Started out counting points which is what I needed to get me back on
track, now I'm doing core.

However, I'm not telling you what tonight's dinner is, it is so
totally NOT WW.

(hint) liquid diet from Scotland with water.
Does that count toward my water quota?

Koko

A Yuman being on the net
(posting from San Diego)

I kinda made up a recipe, nased on a few different soup's I've done in
the apst. Something like this:

1. Saute an onion in 1T butter.

2. add: 4 c stock, 4 diced potatoes, 1/2 pint diced grape tomatoes, a
handful of diced baby carrots, 3 stalks minced celery, a handful of
chopped parsley Add 1 t paprkia, 1 t celery seed, a pinch dry mustard,
1/2 t thyme. Boil for about 20 - 30 minutes, until veggies are getting
really soft and broth is thickening.

3. puree in the pot with a hand blender.

4. Add in 1 can drained corn (I tried frozen corn becasue it's supposed
to be more nutritious, but it was too mushy and the texture didn't work
out at all) and a whole bunch of grated cheddar cheese, preferably a
strong-flavored one. i used English Cheshire. Heat til warm but do not
boil.

5. Whisk in 1/2 c to 1 c buttermilk, depending on how thick you like
your soup.

It was great!! Perfect for yet another cold, rainy weekend. And the
leftovers make a great lunch.