[Yaelle]

What kinds of foods do you like to have around for watching sports or other tv events? We also had carrots and storebought hummus.

What else is cooking in your house?

[umgud]

Nuthin better than cold meatloaf sammiches.

[Yaelle]

Ping to this week’s cooking thread! I’m looking forward to all of your yummy ideas.

To the person who added the greens in bacon jam recipe, it has become a weekly staple for us! It’s so yummy and I love to get plenty of greens in. Thank you so much, whoever you were.

[boatbums]

Kinda hard to beat a big pot of homemade chili! This is a staple especially for the Super Bowl. I make mine with hot Italian sausage as well as ground chuck, lots of spices, garlic, onions and bell pepper, a can or two of Ro-Tel tomatoes with chilies, tomato sauce, paste and diced tomatoes, too. What REALLY makes it special is having side bowls of shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and chopped green onions for each person to add to their bowls. I even won first place when our yacht club had its first chili cook off contest many years ago!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Your fried chicken sure sounds good!

[CottonBall]

Yum, your fried chicken recipe sounds good. And you make it sound almost easy!

[ETL]

[Fai Mao]

We made green curry. Not for sports but just because!

[ETL]

[kalee]

Steaks with mushrooms, salads, and mustard parmesan potatoes.
The potatoes are delicious. Cut small yellow potatoes in half, dip cut side in Dijon mustard, then in grated parmesan cheese. Place cut side down on parchment covered baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Bake 20 minutes at 425F. Miniature potatoes 2-3 inches work best for this recipe. You can also use different mustards according to your preference.

[Patriot Babe]

RIBS lol The Ribs were on sale. So I cooked some and freezing the rest until Puppy Bowl Sunday along with my wings. I do not fry my wings but oven bake them on a rack’ spray some oil on them and bake at 400 for 1 hour and a half until crispy. Meanwhile, prepare mix on side - 1 Tbsp of Worshire Sauce, 2 Cups of Tabasco; 2 Tbsp of Butter - heat and melt them together. When wings are ready, dip in sauce and let it sit for a minute then remove and place in dish. I am considering getting an Air Fryer.

[pugmama]

We like this recipe.............. Party Magnet From Vivian Howard’s Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South Makes 1 large cheese ball or 2 small ones Ingredients ¼ cup high-quality blue cheese (I like Maytag) ⅓ cup (5½ tablespoons) butter ¼ cup fresh goat cheese ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons cream cheese ¼ cup chopped dates 2 tablespoons finely chopped scallions (both white and green parts work here) ½ teaspoon hot sauce ¼ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup Salt-and-Butter-Roasted Pecans (recipe below), roughly chopped 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley Preparation Take the blue cheese, butter, goat cheese, and cream cheese out of the refrigerator to soften 30 minutes before making your cheese-ball mixture. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine all the ingredients except for the pecans and parsley. Paddle it up till homogenous. It will be loose and sticky and you’ll wonder how you’re ever going to form that mess into a ball. The answer is, you transfer the bowl to the refrigerator for 15 minutes or so. During that time the cheese mix will firm up enough for you to pat it into a sphere. Once it’s stiff enough to hold up, form the ball and roll that ball in the pecans, followed by parsley. Salt-and-Butter-Roasted Pecans Makes 2 cups Ingredients 2 cups pecan halves or pieces 2 tablespoons melted butter ¾ teaspoon salt, divided Preparation Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Toss the pecans thoroughly with the melted butter and ½ teaspoon of the salt. Spread them out in a single layer on a baking sheet and slide that sheet onto the middle rack of your oven. Roast the pecans for 11 minutes if using whole pecans and 10 minutes if you're using pieces. Bring the slightly darkened and toasty-smelling pecans out of the oven and hit them with the remaining salt. Let them cool 5 minutes before you eat them. These will keep for 7 days in an airtight container at room temperature.

[pugmama]

There are a lot of great recipes here that I have used for game days:

http://www.closetcooking.com/search/label/Appetizer

[greeneyes]

I am not cooking this week. Too much other stuff to do. We picked up fried chicken and fried fish from the deli along with sides, salad makings, fresh veggies for dipping, and lunch meat for sandwiches.

I am hoping for some good sales next week and will can some meat or chicken. Great time saver and way to store food without refrigerator, and so easy to do. Just heat and eat - instant roast beef, chicken, or pork.

May do some crockpot chili later in the week. I like to do crock pot dishes for tv events too. Keeps stuff ready to go for seconds and for TV marathons.

My favorite is to order pizza delivery, wings, and dessert, but that’s too expensive to do often, and no longer fits my low carb diet requirements.

[MomwithHope]

Made my quickie onion soup after Mass last night. We had a bag of sweet onions and some crusty holey bread from Costco. I printed out the holey bread recipe from last week but haven't made it yet.
I use a 2 qt. size stainless pot. Put in 3 tbls. good olive oil and 4 sliced medium sized sweet onions. Start sauteeing, add salt and black pepper. When onions are getting brown but not carmelized mush, add 2 silverware teaspoons of Better than Boullion roast beef base. Stir well into the onions. Add a 1 qt. box of good beef broth and a splash of soy sauce. bring up to a simmer. I don't broil cheese on top. Too lazy. I just float 1 or 2 slices of good swiss (hard to find gruyere sometimes) . If the soup is hot enough the cheese will melt. I sliced thick slices of the bread, lightly roasted them, drizzled herbed olive oil on them and then some fine shredded asiago cheese. Made for a nice light dinner.

[bgill]

Chicken wings are expensive so when roasting a whole chicken or cutting up one, save the raw wings in a freezer bag. Eventually, you’ll have enough saved to make a batch of hot wings.

[mschalock]

I just baked Julia Child’s potato bread recipe. Next week I’ll try Peter Reinhart’s Rosemary Potato Bread recipe. Has anyone else baked bread with potato in it? So far, I haven’t noticed much difference between regular bread and potato bread other than that it seems moister. Any bakers out there with some wisdom or advice?

[CottonBall]

This has nothing to do with football snacks, but I making risotto tonight. Result it was one of my favorites because it can be so versatile with anything else added to it. Tonight will be Italian sausage, Swiss chard, and a couple tablespoons of pesto. My garden did great last year with Swiss chard and basil :-) My freezer overflowith with pesto and Swiss chard! I have to use it up before the next growing season.

[FrdmLvr]

Who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner? That’s what we had tonight!

World’s Best Breakfast Casserole
http://pin.it/9g-iUUJ

[kalee]

I plan to try this recipe next weekend.

http://chindeep.com/2013/08/10/smokin-hot-penelope-dip/

Go Falcons!

[V K Lee]

ROKU USERS

A new free channel has been added recently for those who have an interest in foods. You might want to check it out for yourselves.

The channel is “Saveur”. Chinese, Thai, vegetarian, Epic Meal Time are just a few examples of the programming types.