[hmacneil6]

What's everyone eating this week?? Please share!

Tonight is taco bake with a big green salad!
Really looking forward to it!!!

[GONNABE165]

grilled steak, broccoli sprinkled with cheese and lima beans

[zeffryn]

Chicken stew with lots of carrots, sweet potatoes, onions and celery.

I wish it would get colder..but I can't wait to start making my autumn recipes!

[GONNABE165]

today is baked fish, black eyed peas and sauteed green beans

[rdw1]

I am thinking lentil chili or veggie soup! loving the breezy cool morning- makes me want soup! and I need something with lots of leftovers for work and breakfasts! I don't really like breakfast food much!

[hmacneil6]

Going out for dinner tonight with the DH, but for lunch today I have left over Taco Bake. Just wanted to share

[rdw1]

Now I am thinking I will still make soup but go ahead and prepare for the rest of the week and make stuffed zuchinni for tonight for self and make stuffed shells for df! yum- with fresh pomodoro I will be in heaven!

[Christian]

Tonight will be baked chicken and broccoli and cheese soup from the phase one soup thread...it is YUMMY!!!

[Jenskihere]

Originally Posted by rdw1

Now I am thinking I will still make soup but go ahead and prepare for the rest of the week and make stuffed zuchinni for tonight for self and make stuffed shells for df! yum- with fresh pomodoro I will be in heaven!

Can you please share the recipe?? Sounds awesome, love zuchinni!! And I found out my kids do too!

Jenny

[rdw1]

Can you please share the recipe?? Sounds awesome, love zuchinni!! And I found out my kids do too!

Well, I don't use a recipe- imagine that! but I can do my best to tell ya what I do! I have never actually made stuffed zuchinni but here is my plan! lol
Hollow out 2 large zuchinnis,just taking away the seeds I am guessing but leaving the "meat" of the veggie... then I am going to stuff them. For the stuffing I will sautee several mushrooms chopped fairly small along with the part I have gutted from the zuchs. then I will mix that with some ricotta cheese and a bit of mozzarella and parmesan, stuff the zuchs with that, cover in my pomodoro sauce(recipe below) and top with some mozzarella- I will probably bake at about 350 for maybe 20 minutes covered with aluminum- I will just watch for the zuchs to soften and cheeses to melt... Probably broil them for a couple more minutes after they are done cooking because I like my cheese to slightly brown.... Sorry I don't have exact recipes, I tend to wing it all the time!~

Pomodoro sauce_ MY FAVE!
since tomatoes are growing scarce at our house, my plants are dying

I take a clove of garlic or two finely minced(I use my microplane) and sautee in a tsp or so of olive oil for about a minute then add a can of petite diced tomatoes (drained) and some salt and pepper. simmer till some of the liquid is evaporated then turn off heat. After that I add oh, say 10-12 fresh basil leaves chopped fine and stir. voila! Fresh(well, almost) Pomodoro sauce! I can eat a whole batch of this in one sitting. I always make spaghetti sauce for df and this for me! now that I have made myself hungry time to get started on dinner!


I apologize for the lack of specifications in my recipes or meal plans in advance! But, if you have anymore questions just let me know!

[Jenskihere]

Thanks for the description. I cook exactly the same way. I love zuch parm. Would probably be awesome with your sauce!! I'll give your stuffed zuchs a try. Let me know how they turned out!

I have a weight watchers recipe that is similiar to your sauce one. It calls for plum tomatoes (or I use a can of diced too), garlic, salt and pepper oregano and a splash of balsamic vinaigrette. The cooking instructions are exactly the same. I use to eat it over whole wheat pasta. My entire family likes it. I'll have to try your version.

Is your Sept 27th wedding goal your wedding??

[clewles81]

Baked Pork Chops with steamed okra and side salad.

[rdw1]

Yep Jenski-Married in 11 days! wow, creeping up on me!

[Fat Melanie]

Tonight's dinner was tuna salad wrapped in green lettuce and a SF fudgsicle.

[rdw1]

ok, so here is what I actually did!

I did cut the middle out of the zuchinnis but put them to the side.
I sauteed mushrooms and spinach and mixed them with some ricotta and some parm and stuffed that in the middle. I put them in a pyrex container topped with the pomodoro and baked UNCOVERED- thought about the liquid from zuchs and decided that was best... baked at 375 for about 30 minutes then topped with some mozzarella and baked about 10 more. It was delicious! Served with a large salad and it was great! I would've added egg to ricotta mixture but didn't have any- it was fine without it anyway-less calories that way too!!!