So what did everyone cook, or have cooked for them at dinner time tonight or recently?

Tonight I cooked partially from scratch. I decided I was craving fresh salad, chicken and alfredo.

So out came my favorite fry pan and I proceeded to prepare some chicken. Cut it into small pieces and fried it up with some EVOO at first. Added in fresh ground sea salt, fresh ground pepper supreme and some minced garlic. I wanted to add some more seasoning than just that so I raided the spices/herbs and found a 4 sampler pack of pasta seasonings I picked up from my work awhile back. I used Pesto and Robusto Italiano blends of spices/herbs to furthermore season the chicken. While that was cooking I had some fettuccine cooking in a pot with some EVOO added. Once both of these were done I added already made alfredo from a jar (All natural Newman's Own Garlic Alfredo). I honestly did not feel like making my own tonight.

As for the salad I bought some all natural/organic salad mix in a bag, added Texas toast croutons with an herb seasoning on them. Added some fresh grated parmesan along with a creamy parmesan salad dressing. As usual this is how I cook my meals, usually throw stuff together without following a recipe, use on average 50% natural ingredients or prepared from scratch, the other 50% is usually already made or pre-packaged product.

In any case, this meal really hit the spot tonight, now I can feel the food coma settling in and I'm sure I will pass out soon. I have a bad habit of talking about food a lot around people and it tends to annoy them because they get hungry less

I made a cranberry-shrimp red curry... just the basics, shallots and garlic sauteed in peanut oil, add cheapy curry paste from the Asian store (I keep waiting for galangal to come in stock so I can make my own... but no sweat, this tastes just as good, and since I'm not vegetarian anymore there's not really much difference between the stuff I would make and the stuff in the store), add fish sauce, add coconut milk, add shrimp, add cranberries, serve over jasmine rice.

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I made a cranberry-shrimp red curry... just the basics, shallots and garlic sauteed in peanut oil, add cheapy curry paste from the Asian store (I keep waiting for galangal to come in stock so I can make my own... but no sweat, this tastes just as good, and since I'm not vegetarian anymore there's not really much difference between the stuff I would make and the stuff in the store), add fish sauce, add coconut milk, add shrimp, add cranberries, serve over jasmine rice.

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Speaking of curry paste, have you tried a brand called "Patak"? It's made in United Kingdom, and has lots of different flavors. I love their Extra Hot Curry Paste, it's spicier and more flavorful than most of the other brands, but of course I'll add even more hot pepper powder to it.

Too bad I'm allergic to shellfish, or else I'd love to try your recipe. less

I haven't seen "Patak" around here... Sounds like it'd be Indian-inspired instead of Thai? The Indian markets where I'm at are not exhaustively-well-stoc ked.

When I was vegetarian I did it without shrimp paste, and it was still super delicious. I usually went with Massaman (spelled wrong probably?) Curry, where I didn't miss the flavor of shrimp as much. I'd love to share the recipe with you if you wanted less

You're right, Patak is Indian, not Thai.

Nice, I'd love to try your recipe using Massaman Thai Curry (you've spelled it correctly), as long as I can add meat into it! We're meat-lovers!!! It's good to try something different, I think my son's getting tired of my boring curry recipes! less

So what did everyone cook, or have cooked for them at dinner time tonight or recently?

Tonight I cooked partially from scratch. I decided I was craving fresh salad, chicken and alfredo.

So out came my favorite fry pan and I proceeded to prepare some chicken. Cut it into small pieces and fried it up with some EVOO at first. Added in fresh ground sea salt, fresh ground pepper supreme and some minced garlic. I wanted to add some more seasoning than just that so I raided the spices/herbs and found a 4 sampler pack of pasta seasonings I picked up from my work awhile back. I used Pesto and Robusto Italiano blends of spices/herbs to furthermore season the chicken. While that was cooking I had some fettuccine cooking in a pot with some EVOO added. Once both of these were done I added already made alfredo from a jar (All natural Newman's Own Garlic Alfredo). I honestly did not feel like making my own tonight.

As for the salad I bought some all natural/organic salad mix in a bag, added Texas toast croutons with an herb seasoning on them. Added some fresh grated parmesan along with a creamy parmesan salad dressing. As usual this is how I cook my meals, usually throw stuff together without following a recipe, use on average 50% natural ingredients or prepared from scratch, the other 50% is usually already made or pre-packaged product.

In any case, this meal really hit the spot tonight, now I can feel the food coma settling in and I'm sure I will pass out soon. I have a bad habit of talking about food a lot around people and it tends to annoy them because they get hungry less

So what did everyone cook, or have cooked for them at dinner time tonight or recently?

Tonight I cooked partially from scratch. I decided I was craving fresh salad, chicken and alfredo.

So out came my favorite fry pan and I proceeded to prepare some chicken. Cut it into small pieces and fried it up with some EVOO at first. Added in fresh ground sea salt, fresh ground pepper supreme and some minced garlic. I wanted to add some more seasoning than just that so I raided the spices/herbs and found a 4 sampler pack of pasta seasonings I picked up from my work awhile back. I used Pesto and Robusto Italiano blends of spices/herbs to furthermore season the chicken. While that was cooking I had some fettuccine cooking in a pot with some EVOO added. Once both of these were done I added already made alfredo from a jar (All natural Newman's Own Garlic Alfredo). I honestly did not feel like making my own tonight.

As for the salad I bought some all natural/organic salad mix in a bag, added Texas toast croutons with an herb seasoning on them. Added some fresh grated parmesan along with a creamy parmesan salad dressing. As usual this is how I cook my meals, usually throw stuff together without following a recipe, use on average 50% natural ingredients or prepared from scratch, the other 50% is usually already made or pre-packaged product.

In any case, this meal really hit the spot tonight, now I can feel the food coma settling in and I'm sure I will pass out soon. I have a bad habit of talking about food a lot around people and it tends to annoy them because they get hungry less