What's for dinner tonight??? (mushrooms, frozen, Gob, tuna)

[vpcats]

Originally Posted by Debsi

Don't forget the red pepper flakes, and I'll be over at 6:00!

Ooops.. haven't bought those yet. I guess this means a supermarket pit stop on the way home but it sounds important.

[LaceyEx]

VPCats-put olive oil in cold pan, add sliced garlic, red pepper flakes and cook on very low-letting garlic lightly brown. Toss with pasta and brocolli-so good.

[vpcats]

Originally Posted by LaceyEx

VPCats-put olive oil in cold pan, add sliced garlic, red pepper flakes and cook on very low-letting garlic lightly brown. Toss with pasta and brocolli-so good.

LOL... Thanks Lacey. I think you can see right through me already.

Cold pan is critical!

Yes, I would have heated up the oil some and then put the rest of the stuff in.

You know my son is 35 y.o. He grew up on Pizza, hot dogs and McDonalds. Once a month or so we would go visit my grandmother and that's about the only time he had real meals. The other things I would make at home were just frozen dinners and stuff like that. My poor baby.

He can make scrambled eggs in the microwave though. He taught me THAT.

[LaceyEx]

VP-He survived and is doing well!!!

[mikenbacismama]

Originally Posted by LaceyEx

VPCats-put olive oil in cold pan, add sliced garlic, red pepper flakes and cook on very low-letting garlic lightly brown. Toss with pasta and brocolli-so good.

Man, I'm finally learning this? I always throw the garlic in the hot oil, and it either comes out not cooked enough or burnt.

You'd think my husband would have pointed me in the right direction after all this time, he did cook in the past during a brief stint when he owned a pizzeria. And he has the nerve to complain when my spaghetti w/oil & garlic doesn't have enough flavor!

[LaceyEx]

Mikens-it comes out so good and the garlic is just light brown-keep an eye on it tho!

[daytripper]

burgers on the grill tonight...it's much to nice to stay indoors

[kelsie]

Welcome back cyn, you know you were missed. I am glad you had such a wonderful trip with your family. We love weddings.

miken--I use pure oo to saute, evoo tends to smoke easily, if your garlic burns through out the oil and the garlic and start over. The same when using butter, if it burns through it out, wipe out the pan and start over, or the food that you were to put in the pan will taste burnt.

vp--thank you for the stainless steel cleaner information.

I started using pure ground Cayenne Pepper instead of the red flakes because my husband would always get a pepper flake stuck in his throat.

A scampi sauce would be good too.

Corsley chop 2-3 cloves of garlic
Chop 1/2 s onion
simmer garlic, onion in 2 pats of unsalted butter, 2 T oo in slowly in cold pan
when translucent (3-4 mins) add 3/4 chicken broth & 1/4 white wine
Add garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, course black pepper, dash Cayenne pepper
simmer 20 minutes

Ladle sauce on spaghetti & top with grated Pecorino Romano cheese

What bottled red sauce lol

1 28 oz can of imported crushed tomatoes
4 cloves garlic
1/2 chopped onion
1 bay leaf (remove bay leaf when sauce is done to prevent choking)
dash dry red wine
garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, pepper and Cayenne
lots of fresh basil

simmer 1 hr and enjoy

or you can just see my cookbook

[kelsie]

Hi everyone, hope y'all having a nice day.

We went out to dinner last night and had steaks. Tonight will be angel hair and clam sauce, with crusty bread and Italian salad.

Reading everyone's dinner suggestions have made me hungry.

[vpcats]

Oh I'm sooooo confuuuuuused. Everything sounds so good.
I'm going to have to start doing some cooking so I can start trying all this stuff!