What's for dinner tonight?

We decided to go out cause I feel to lazy to cook and have a haircut appointment at 5:00.
I'm thinking Arroz con pollo

What are you ladies having?

It's Tuesday Night Dinner Club. We all go out for dinner Tuesday nights and take turns picking out where to go.

well, last night I cooked a giant indian meal. I made saag paneer, a chicken curry, and a fried pepper, paneer, raisin, and cashew dish (soooo yummy!). We eat it with some kulcha from the indian grocery store. This is obviously enough food for several days, so we're eating leftovers for a while

I am eating over my MILs

I am having some girls over and I am making pasta and eggplant parm.!

I threw some chicken breast in a homemade marinade this am of garlic infused olive oil, fresh rosemary, thyme and honey.

DH is going to grill it and then we are havin steamed asparagus and wild rice.....simple for tonight!

hubby is cooking steak with onions & peppers and a side with roasted garlic mashed potaoes.

yummy...

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Posted by portjeffbride

well, last night I cooked a giant indian meal. I made saag paneer, a chicken curry, and a fried pepper, paneer, raisin, and cashew dish (soooo yummy!). We eat it with some kulcha from the indian grocery store. This is obviously enough food for several days, so we're eating leftovers for a while

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That sounds amazing and I looove indian food! Was it tough to cook?

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Posted by BunnyBride

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Posted by portjeffbride

well, last night I cooked a giant indian meal. I made saag paneer, a chicken curry, and a fried pepper, paneer, raisin, and cashew dish (soooo yummy!). We eat it with some kulcha from the indian grocery store. This is obviously enough food for several days, so we're eating leftovers for a while

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That sounds amazing and I looove indian food! Was it tough to cook?

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I won't lie... it's rather time consuming to do a proper indian dinner with 3+ entrees. And it takes patience. They should perk on the stove for a couple hours before they really reach their optimum state.

It's not difficult, but there is a definite learning curve, and it creates a lot of dishes. Every dish starts the same... organize all spices, prep all ingredients... then heat oil in a pan, add spices for about 30s, and then add the first large ingredients (usually onion, garlic, ginger).... then follow the recipe... I taught myself over the last couple years, and now, I swear you'd think I'm an indian mom...

when you're done, you get DH to clean up the kitchen, and you're good for lunch and dinner for 3 days...
just get an indian cookbook recommended on amazon, and give it a try!

oh, one more thing: there's a HUGE bennie to cooking it yourself... you can use a 1/4 cup of oil per dish or less, while the restaurants tend to use MUCH more.... so it ends up being much healthier....

the hubby made breakfast for dinner! that's his favorite meal so he could eat it any time of day!! we had eggs, cheese and a hash brown on an english muffin...yummy!! when he's cooking he doesn't go for complicated recipes! if it keeps me out of the kitchen for one night, then I'm game!

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Posted by portjeffbride

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Posted by BunnyBride

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Posted by portjeffbride

well, last night I cooked a giant indian meal. I made saag paneer, a chicken curry, and a fried pepper, paneer, raisin, and cashew dish (soooo yummy!). We eat it with some kulcha from the indian grocery store. This is obviously enough food for several days, so we're eating leftovers for a while

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That sounds amazing and I looove indian food! Was it tough to cook?

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I won't lie... it's rather time consuming to do a proper indian dinner with 3+ entrees. And it takes patience. They should perk on the stove for a couple hours before they really reach their optimum state.

It's not difficult, but there is a definite learning curve, and it creates a lot of dishes. Every dish starts the same... organize all spices, prep all ingredients... then heat oil in a pan, add spices for about 30s, and then add the first large ingredients (usually onion, garlic, ginger).... then follow the recipe... I taught myself over the last couple years, and now, I swear you'd think I'm an indian mom...

when you're done, you get DH to clean up the kitchen, and you're good for lunch and dinner for 3 days...
just get an indian cookbook recommended on amazon, and give it a try!

oh, one more thing: there's a HUGE bennie to cooking it yourself... you can use a 1/4 cup of oil per dish or less, while the restaurants tend to use MUCH more.... so it ends up being much healthier....

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Thanks for the tips! I had a feeling the resturants were using about three tons of oil but I liked to pretend it was kinda healthy I'll have to buy a book and give it a try