What's for Dinner?

[Sundae]

I made Pho last night.
Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup.
All the spices and the noodles came in a package, but I provided the stock and the beef, beansprouts and some scallions.

I cooked the shredded beef more than I would have liked, as Mum was sharing it.
But she had LARGE two servings; I was so happy it was to her taste.

There is a lickle bit left which I will freeze.
When the rents are on hols (and halfway trough the month when I will be potless) I've no doubt I'll appreciate a meal in a bowl.

[fargon]

I just conducted a grand experiment. I made a pecan based rub for pork, and tried it out on some baby back ribs. Everybody said it was pure genius. I am so good I just don't know what to do with myself.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

We're fixin' whole wheat pasta, demiscratchbuilt marinara (canned crushed tomatoes are the base, w/Italian seasoning, bay, garlic, an onion) w/sausages. Might decide to emphasize one of the several herbs; I often do.

[AshleeNguyen]

Homemade carbonara, according to this recipe, looks pretty good, hope that it will also turn out to be delicious.

[limegreenc]

A leftover stew concoction that turned out pretty good.
Take some leftover roast pork, 2 or 3 chicken legs (bones removed), a 2 pound bag of parsnips (previously cooked), one baked potato cut up, 1 cup of frozen vegetables, 2 cooked onions cut up. Add to this beautiful mess 2 packages of reduced sodium Club House gravy mix. I used Turkey and Pork. At the last use a pinch of summer savory. Mm, Mm good!
Never ate so well for so little.

[Aliantha]

Last night it was pork wellington, cauliflower puree with roasted sweet potato and yellow cherry tomatoes.

[limey]

Ali! When can I move it?

[chrisinhouston]

Must be pork season... Safeway had boneless pork loins for $1.99 lb so I got 2. It's so damn hot outside I decided to cook on the stove. I cut off 4 fillets about an inch thick and proceeded to beat the bejesus out of them with a meat mallet to get them down to about 3/8". They went from the size of my palm to a carpet bag, perfect for frying.

Heated up some cooking oil and did the 3 dip method on the pork, dipped in flour, egg wash and panko crumbs and into the hot grease.

Served it up with some pasta pesto (from scratch with basil from the garden) and sweet corn on the cob. Finished with some leftover home made peach cobbler.

[Pete Zicato]

Sounds yum, Chris. But what's panko?

[Clodfobble]

It's a Japanese style of breadcrumbs, large and flakey.

[Sundae]

Mum & I are going on a diverticulitis-friendly detox & healthy eating plan when she comes back from hols.
Almost no cooking to start with (even I don't count wholemeal toast, porridge, eggs etc as cooking!), but settling down into proper home-made healthy meals after 3-5 days.

Diverticulitis is a medical condition Mum was diagnosed with years back, so it's not a faddy diet. It's just that more and more information is now available about how to prevent flare-ups. And she's had two quite bad ones this year where she could barely move for pain. It can be aggravated by stress and present like depression/ anxiety. The diet addresses this and is also one used for patients with liver damage. Win win win.

So short term I will be eating solo from the cupboard, but by the end of the month I should be back to posting more in this thread.

Tonight I had a Look What We Found Chicken Balti, which I had with brown rice. So yeah, not cooking, but it was healthy.

Oh and hello Ashlee.

[glatt]

Good luck with the healthy eating, Sundae.

I've been making an effort lately to change my diet. I got a couple blood tests in a row with slightly elevated blood sugar. So I'm focusing on cutting way back on carbs and sweets so I don't become a diabetic in the coming years.

It's a change. I always gorged myself on carbs and didn't pay much attention to the sweets I ate. I didn't eat a lot of sweets, but man, the carbs! I'd eat a big serving of pasta and then stuff in a second big serving to fill up my belly. There was never a need for those seconds, but I'd eat them anyway. Now I'm eating smaller more moderate servings of carbs and then not having seconds. I've been doing this for about two weeks now. Trying to have a big salad with every dinner instead of a second helping of carbs. It's crazy, because I'm so skinny. I wonder if I'm going to lose a lot of weight doing this. I can't really afford to.

Anyway, I've been reading nutritional labels with serious intent for the first time in my life. I don't care much for it. And I'm realizing how much our family diet was based on pasta, rice, bread etc. Two sandwiches for lunch and a couple big handfuls of pretzels was about twice the carbs I should have been eating.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by glatt

It's crazy, because I'm so skinny.

Ever been tested for celiac? Poor nutrient absorption can sometimes allow celiacs to eat a virtually unlimited number of carbs and never gain weight.

Sorry, I can't help it. It's my boogeyman; I see it everywhere.

[glatt]

No, I haven't. Wouldn't I have gut pain or something when I eat bread? My guts are normal.

I'm just skinny with slightly elevated blood sugar.

[Aliantha]

Tonight we're having some roast lamb with some roasted veges. Also some small pizzas of some description, and something with whiting.