Kitchen

[house_cat]

Tonight I'm making New England clam chowder and crab cakes. I'll make the chowder from scratch, but the crabcakes are store-bought.

My kids brought over a boatload of cucumbers yesterday. They pickled most of them, but I was still left with a batch so I made tzatziki sauce.  Not sure what I'll do with it all.  I'm wondering if I can use it instead of tartar sauce with the crab cakes.... worth a try!

[layla2450]

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@house_cat wrote:

Tonight I'm making New England clam chowder and crab cakes. I'll make the chowder from scratch, but the crabcakes are store-bought.

My kids brought over a boatload of cucumbers yesterday. They pickled most of them, but I was still left with a batch so I made tzatziki sauce.  Not sure what I'll do with it all.  I'm wondering if I can use it instead of tartar sauce with the crab cakes.... worth a try!

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I LOVE tzatziki sauce. Yours looks delicious. I would DEFINITELY serve this with crabcakes. ENJOY!!!!

[RetRN]

Brats with sauerkraut, roasted baby reds, and watermelon.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I have a lot of boneless skinless chicken breasts in the freezer so I decided to use them a lot this week.  

Todays lunch:

*Grilled Chicken Breast seasoned with a little fajita and taco seasoning, topped with melted cheddar and garnished with salsa, pico de gallo, diced avocado, and dollop of sour cream

*Steamed afresh Green Beans

Chia Seed Pudding with Fresh Raspberries 

[RedTop]

Country ham and french toast for us tonight.  Mentioned on another thread I hadn't had either for awhile, and just had to fix some!

[house_cat]

We had feta and spinach chicken sausages with green beans and crescent rolls for DH.  I usually blanch green beans a few minutes before I saute them, but tonight I boiled the heck out of them and they never got tender.  Neither of us could chew through them and we tossed them into the trash. They looked nice and fresh when I was preparing them, I can't understanding what made them so tough.  Does anyone know?

[RedTop]

@house_cat 

What type of green bean did you buy?

[house_cat]

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@RedTop wrote:

@house_cat 

What type of green bean did you buy?

They were packaged in a bag, from Aldi. This is the first time I bought produce there.

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[RedTop]

@house_cat 

I wasn't expecting a packaged bean; I thought you had purchased fresh beans from a local market.   

I only buy fresh or Hanover canned green beans, sauté bacon and onion together, add beans, water and a chicken bouillon cube.  Canned green beans about 40 minutes maybe; fresh green beans cook at least 1 1/2 hours, depending on how many I'm cooking.   I don't add salt or pepper until the last 15 minutes or so.   

We don't have ALDIs close by, so am not familiar with anything available there.   

[MOMMAVik]

We will have salmon patties, nac & cheese and steamed broccoli. Watermelon for dessert.

Everyone enjoy the day! Very pleasant weather here so we will eat outside!