# What Are You Cooking Now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979 "2011-06-18T22:47:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/61 "2011-06-23T19:12:12Z")
Tonight I’m going to make beef Stroganoff with the leftovers from my tenderloin roast. OMG, so good, it’s one of my favorites dishes in the world. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/62 "2011-06-23T20:48:33Z")
Woah, I wanna eat at Alice’s house tonight 😃 Tonight is [grilled chicken tenders with cilantro pesto](http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/grilled_chicken_tenders_with_cilantro_pesto.html). Brown rice, tossed green salad on the side. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/63 "2011-06-24T02:11:05Z")
Thanks for the new thread, **Alice**. Been traveling the last week and eating crap, so it’s good to be home and in the kitchen again. Tonight was basic - ground beef soft tacos with homemade salsa. **BlueKangaroo** , we’ve been eyeing that salmon cake recipe, too! Tomorrow is the farmer’s market, so I hope to find something good to go with either the (new fave) fish tacos, or grilled salmon (Friday is fish day). Probably tacos since we still have fresh salsa left. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/64 "2011-06-24T02:17:02Z")
You all have another 24 hours to get here- I couldn’t make my stroganoff tonight because I had a relapse of the food poisoning (I think) that I had yesterday. ☹ No, it wasn’t from anything _I_ had made! I think somebody douple-dipped in my hummus at work. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/65 "2011-06-24T13:37:34Z")
I’m pretty proud of what I made last night- a tomato and caramelized onion tart on phyllo with smoked mozzarella. I’d been dying to make a tart and accidentally bought phyllo instead of puff pastry. [This](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Phyllo-Pizza-with-Smoked-Mozzarella-and-Cherry-Tomatoes-359570) is the recipe that I used as a jumping-off point. I skipped the bell pepper and klamatas, choosing instead to caramelize a large red onion. It was lovely, though I should have thought to make a salad or something because it wasn’t very filling and me and my husband ended up snacking on leftover homemade bread with some chevre later. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/66 "2011-06-24T14:08:04Z")
I’ve got 2 briskets on the smoker for a goat grab at my sister’s house tomorrow. I’ve had good luck with high heat, between 300 and 350, but I’m going low and slow with these. They went on at 6 this morning. I hope I can yank them by 7 tonight. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/67 "2011-06-24T16:34:44Z")
Chicken on the grill again, marinade TBD. Suggestions welcome of course :). The grocery store had a great 2-day sale on a ton of produce so I skipped the farmer’s market (not much at ours anyways except berries and lettuce and herbs) and bought a ton of cukes, tomatoes and a 5 lb bag of vidalias. I think I’ll grill some of the vidalias tonight and make some homemade salsa. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/68 "2011-06-24T18:18:56Z")
I’m marinating about 20 chicken thighs to grill Seoul Chicken tonight. Again. Because I am addicted to it. [http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/seoul\_chicken.html](http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/seoul_chicken.html) Also loaded cauliflower and salad. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/69 "2011-06-24T18:40:13Z")
That sounds great…except it’s pretty much the same recipe I marinated the chicken in last night with the exception of lime juice :p. It’s a killer recipe, though. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/70 "2011-06-25T00:21:29Z")
No cod or halibut at the store today for fish tacos ☹ So it’s salmon on the grill and either grilled asparagus or arugula salad. Finished up the fresh salsa with some chips. Had to be done! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/71 "2011-06-25T00:34:44Z")
My mom begged me to make this Thai Shrimp Curry with her tonight. I got about 3/4 of the way done with it before I announced that we were ordering pizza. Just no flavor at all - blech! I think it was the recipe’s fault, but to be totally honest, I’ve NEVER made a successful Thai dish. And while she was ordering the pizza, the damn dachshund ate a huge bowl full of jasmine rice that was sitting on the table. :smack: So, yeah…we’re having deep dish pizza tonight, later than usual. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/72 "2011-06-25T01:22:00Z")
Tonight is _arroz con pollo:_ 3 slices of bacon, chopped up and fried in olive oil Then throw in 6 chicken leg quarters, browned in batches, with about 2T of ground \*achiote \* (none of that Goya Sazon stuff, too many preservatives), salt, pepper, and paprika Remove browned chicken and fry 1 huge-asss Costco onion (~ 2 regular onions), maybe 4 cloves of minced garlic Add diced bell peppers: 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 banana pepper Throw the chicken back in, then add: 1 diced tomato 1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes maybe 2T each chopped capers and green olives 1T oregano 1/2 c. chopped cilantro 2 c. rice Maybe 3 c. water More salt and pepper Let it all simmer until the rice is done Yum! Sometime this weekend will be borsch, starting with the stock left over from making the [Turnip Greens Cooked in Rich Pork Stock](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Turnip-Greens-Cooked-in-Rich-Pork-Stock-241638) the other night - used up ~ 1 lb. beet greens, 1 lb. turnip greens, and ~ 1 lb. kale, with a chunk of extremely smoky Hungarian bacon (which was actually fairly lean, more like smoked pork loin than bacon, really). Into that will go the CSA beets, carrots, and cabbage, plus beef shank bones, bay leaves, potatoes, peppercorns, potatoes, garlic, tomato sauce, and at the end, a bit of vinegar, fresh dill, and a blob of sour cream to serve. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/73 "2011-06-26T00:06:57Z")
Tonight is something quick and fast since we went out this afternoon and came in late. Fajitas (okay, we use the spice mix but it’s so yummy) and some sweet potato fries. Tomorrow night it has been decided will be salmon (with this interesting dill garlic recipe on the back of the package) and rice, carrots and corn on the cob. Not taber corn, won’t be for a bit yet but it looked good so why not? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/74 "2011-06-26T00:37:16Z")
Tonight it’s St. Louis-style ribs on the grill, with potato salad and bourbon as the sides. 😃 Nothing fancy, just good old home cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/75 "2011-06-26T01:52:01Z")
I made potato salad today for the first time ever and it turned out real well. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/76 "2011-06-26T01:54:27Z")
Chicken from the grill with some BBQ sauce made locally, slaw, sweet corn and garlic bread washed down with iced tea. We had cocktails with some fresh salsa, guacamole and tortilla strips earlier and may have a bit of Skinny Cow carmel cone ice cream later. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/77 "2011-06-26T13:59:38Z")
Today I’m making black beans from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey and later in the week I’ll be making a lamb stew from the same book, but with beef, since I couldn’t find the cut of lamb I needed that wouldn’t bankrupt me (I don’t know what’s up with the price of lamb these days). I’ll make a brown rice to go along with them and some greens. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/78 "2011-06-26T14:07:50Z")
My wife went postal on the veggie patch this afternoon, so I am about to launch into a batch of pesto-making - frozen in ice-cube trays, they last for months… Grim ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/79 "2011-06-26T15:58:57Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Tonight was sliced beef sausage, “wild mushroom” instant couscous mix, fresh garden peas, and rainier cherries with everything nuked in the microwave except the cherries. Largely because I’d been hanging drywall for 9 hours and was frickin’ exhausted. That sounds really good. I’m trying out [this](http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/30/tzatiki-potato-salad/) recipe for tzatziki potato salad tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979/80 "2011-06-26T16:02:11Z")
Semolina Macaroons - I created this recipe last week and took some to work - they were gone within minutes. Made some more this morning. [http://www.atomicshrimp.com/st/content/semolina\_macaroons](http://www.atomicshrimp.com/st/content/semolina_macaroons) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-now/585979.md?page=5)