What's for Dinner, Thurs., April 14, 2016

[NJCher]

I made soup--no recipe in particular, just what I thought would be good. If I had to give it a name, it would be Broccoli-Butternut Squash Soup with Italian Sausage.

I did something kind of different for a soup: I cooked many of the ingredients separately.

--First, the Italian sausage was put in my small crockpot. I've learned this method of cooking results in such a juicy, tender sausage.

-- I also cooked my butternut squash in...well, butter, with the herbs thyme and sage. Then I put it all together with both chicken and vegetable stock.

Oh, one other item I cooked separately: the broccoli. I did that separately because I wanted it to stay bright green, so I steamed it and then plunged it into an ice bath.

So that's what's for dinner here: soup. I also may make turkey pastrami sandwiches to go with.



Cher

p.s. I tried the new spicy chai tea last night, and it's a winner.

[livetohike]

1. Portobello melts, French fries and cole slaw. Been

working out on the property all afternoon on this beautiful day (finally!).

[Galileo126]

2. Lemon-garlic chicken

with a mushroom risotto, and steamed broccoli.

(I did want pork chops, but pulled out the wrong package from the freezer this morning. My bad, will try again tomorrow! )

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Hamburger with sauteed onion.

Salad.

[surrealAmerican]

4. beef in peri-peri sauce, with fufu

One of these days, I'm going to start a thread about fufu.

[Galileo126]

5. What is "fufu"?

So start a thread! Curious minds want to know... (and all that).

[surrealAmerican]

6. It's a starch with a springy, chewy texture ...

... common in west African cuisines.