What's for Dinner tonight in your neighborhood? (bbq, pizza, tomato)

[springfieldva]

Yum. That blackberry dish looks g-o-o-d! So does that buffalo chicken pasta salad. Those pictures are making me hungry.

Tonight we're having Zatarain's dirty rice made with ground turkey and a salad.

[maggie2101]

Originally Posted by dddiva

Hope no one minds if I jump right in- we're having buffalo chicken pasta salad.

The first time I made this the girls couldn't get enough and said it's like crack for your mouth and I have to agree.

Recipe?

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by maggie2101

Recipe?

Yes!!!!
Recipe, please!
We're having steak, peel and eat shrimp, baked potatoes, roasted asparagus with peach-blueberry cobbler for dessert.

[Sillypups]

Pot roast veggies for me.
All of the pot roast for Hubby

[Katsmeeyow]

Steak, baked potatoes, salad

[ilovemycomputer90]

Pork, salad, and corn on the cob

[dddiva]

As requested here's the recipe for the Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad. It's almost embarrassingly easy- we go from beyond simple to gourmet depending on time and energy. If you try it, hope you enjoy.


1 box medium sized pasta - we used Ronzoni Garden Delight Penne Pasta (each portion has a full serving of veggies- the pasta is made with carrot, spinach and tomato- beautiful, colorful and delicious).
Couple of boneless/skinless chicken breasts, cooked and chopped or shredded*
2-3 Tbsp butter, melted
Frank's Hot Sauce- according to taste
A couple of generous handfuls of shredded mozzarella cheese
A couple of very generous handfuls of organic baby spinach, torn
Just enough blue cheese dressing to coat- we use Marzetti Ultimate Blue Cheese Dressing

While your pasta is cooking according to package directions, prepare the chicken and other ingredients.

After your cooked chicken is in bite sized pieces, drown it in melted butter mixed with a LOT of Frank's Hot Sauce. (I am talking half a bottle or so- I am NOT a huge spice person at least not spicy heat, but that 2 or 3 drops to make a batch of wing sauce that some recipes call for is flavorless to me.)

Drain your pasta well and dump in the coated chicken, mozzarella and spinach and mix to blend fairly evenly. Pour on the dressing- use as little as you can get away with you don't want it swimming, just enough to hold it together, really.

We ate it the way it was- pasta and chicken warm, cheese, spinach and dressing cold and together it was just perfect- sort of room temp and absolutely delicious, like crack for your mouth because even after you are stuffed you keep going back for that little bit more.

*You can use leftover rotisserie chicken or whatever is easy on you, those frozen strips of b/s tenders are great for this because you can cook straight from frozen. A couple handfuls is plenty, the meat is an accent not a main ingredient, at least for us.

If you wanted you could add chopped celery and/or shredded carrots but it is absolutely divine the way it is.

[dddiva]

Almost forgot- tonight is angel hair pasta with chunky marinara sauce & hot garlic rolls as per 4 yo grandson's request.

Loaded oatmeal cookies (with macadamia nuts, cranberries, white & dark chocolate chips, coconut) - this time we toasted the oatmeal, nuts & coconut before mixing together and it brought them to a new level.

[Embla]

I had a frozen pizza. I hadn't eaten anything since Friday afternoon, but decided I needed something. Normally I never touch the stuff, and it did not taste very good either.

[Dennis P]

Leftover Costco rotisserie chicken (leg and thigh pieces) and rice pilaf.