Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:32     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
We're making a pizza with TJ's dough and having a salad.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:32     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.



Do you work outside the home? If not, how can you do all that after work?


If she's proficient cook, it's not too hard, PP.

It takes about 15 minutes to sear fresh scallops (purchased earlier in the week).
It takes 10 minutes to boil pasta and toss w/common ingredients.
You can sautee spinach while the pasta is cooking and the scallops are searing, on two front burners you'd just switch to attending to the scallops and spinach.
She'd make the ice cream ahead of time so that's a done deal.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:27     Subject: Re:What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Homemade sloppy joes
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:07     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Breakfst for dinner tonigh - Pancakes!
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:07     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Anonymous wrote:DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.


We do this dinner a lot but with fresh shrimp ( which I have much more success with than scallops). But dessert may just be ice cream with brownies (dessert is always simple).
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:04     Subject: Re:What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
You dredge scallops in flour? Never knew that.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:04     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.



Do you work outside the home? If not, how can you do all that after work?


Not the PP but this is pretty straightforward if you do the prep beforehand.

Scallops: prep with salt, pepper oil, dredge in flour. Cook on grill or pan for only a few minutes.
Spaghetti: Boil water, then toss with olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes and lemon (chop garlic and squeeze lemon juice while water boiling and scallops searing)
Spinach: Buy pre-washed spinach. Saute garlic and then add spinach with kosher salt and pepper. Cooks in 5 minutes.

Dessert-- ok, that you can make in advance.


Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:02     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Roast chicken
sweet potatoes
broccoli

OK, not a great meal for a super hot day, but it's what I've got in the fridge.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:01     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.



Do you work outside the home? If not, how can you do all that after work?


Not the PP but this is pretty straightforward if you do the prep beforehand.

Scallops: prep with salt, pepper oil, dredge in flour. Cook on grill or pan for only a few minutes.
Spaghetti: Boil water, then toss with olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes and lemon (chop garlic and squeeze lemon juice while water boiling and scallops searing)
Spinach: Buy pre-washed spinach. Saute garlic and then add spinach with kosher salt and pepper. Cooks in 5 minutes.

Dessert-- ok, that you can make in advance.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:01     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.



Do you work outside the home? If not, how can you do all that after work?


Not that PP, but scallops, pasta and spinach cook very quickly. Can't explain the dessert, though.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 13:00     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Yesterday's penne and meat sauce recast as a cheesy pasta bake, with salad and (also leftover) garlic bread.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 12:59     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Anonymous wrote:DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.



Do you work outside the home? If not, how can you do all that after work?
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 12:57     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
chicken enchiladas
corn/tomato/avocado salad
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 12:53     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
DH's birthday, so he picked the menu:
Seared scallops
Spaghetti in olive oil, garlic, red pepper flake, and lemon
Sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil
Dessert is homemade ice cream cake with strawberry ice cream, graham crackers, and chunks of cheesecake.

Anonymous
Post 07/23/2014 12:49     Subject: What are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Need ideas. My usual rotation is boring me.