[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

I gotta start walking these neighborhoods to pick up the scent coming out of these kitchens!

Just knock on the door! (If you don't mind dog hairs...)

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I'm going to make a seven-layer salad (from the original Three Rivers Cookbook) but would like to substitute something for the layer of peas. It's lettuce, spinach, bacon, peas, red onion, mayo, Swiss cheese. Any suggestions?

Broccoli chopped real small, I leave out the onions too

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I'm going to make a seven-layer salad (from the original Three Rivers Cookbook) but would like to substitute something for the layer of peas. It's lettuce, spinach, bacon, peas, red onion, mayo, Swiss cheese. Any suggestions?

Replace the peas with a second layer of bacon!

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

We make it extra soupy (with rice) and put it over cornbread, yum!

Yes, we like soupy dishes too. When we have fish/seafood stew with andouille sausage in it, the rice is served in a separate bowl so each person can have it as wished.

We are tired toward the end of the day so often just eat soup for dinner. We (husband) and I make lots of soup before hand and freeze it in quart containers. Right now we have quarts of Zuppa Toscana, Turkey Chili, Ham & Bean, Tomato Soup ready to go. For a side, with chili, Broccoli Cornbread made with cottage cheese.

A favorite food here is guacamole. We have that usually twice a week and it is just and right that it form the basis of meals with enchiladas, tacos, etc. Husband jokes that when we married decades ago, I told him I was of German/Polish descent, but it turned out that I was really Mexican due to the frequency of Tex-Mex type food served at our abode.

[LuvNH]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I'm going to make a seven-layer salad (from the original Three Rivers Cookbook) but would like to substitute something for the layer of peas. It's lettuce, spinach, bacon, peas, red onion, mayo, Swiss cheese. Any suggestions?

Try sliced beets.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Just knock on the door! (If you don't mind dog hairs...)

Btw...is the cast iron skillet not the most treasured tool in the kitchen!

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

Btw...is the cast iron skillet not the most treasured tool in the kitchen!

We almost never remove our go to skillet from the cook top. In the past 5 or 6 years we've just about given up on everything except the cast iron.

[dtennent]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

If you don't make it with rice, then it's not jambalaya. Jambalaya is for people who like rice. It's like saying to put the noodles aside for your lasagna recipe and serve them separately.

Jambalaya is a rice dish. It's not soup.

Jambalaya without rice - isn’t that Gumbo?

[Carla B]

Thanks to the OP for starting this thread, there are lots of ideas for good food here. Most of my five senses are in decline, but not taste!

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Yes, we like soupy dishes too. When we have fish/seafood stew with andouille sausage in it, the rice is served in a separate bowl so each person can have it as wished.

We are tired toward the end of the day so often just eat soup for dinner. We (husband) and I make lots of soup before hand and freeze it in quart containers. Right now we have quarts of Zuppa Toscana, Turkey Chili, Ham & Bean, Tomato Soup ready to go. For a side, with chili, Broccoli Cornbread made with cottage cheese.

A favorite food here is guacamole. We have that usually twice a week and it is just and right that it form the basis of meals with enchiladas, tacos, etc. Husband jokes that when we married decades ago, I told him I was of German/Polish descent, but it turned out that I was really Mexican due to the frequency of Tex-Mex type food served at our abode.

Tex-Mex with apple strudel or German Chocolate cake for dessert sounds good to me.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by dtennent

Jambalaya without rice - isn’t that Gumbo?

Pretty much, yeah.

But if you're gonna EAT your dinner and not DRINK it - you need to cook the rice in the same pot as the veggies, stock, and meat. It absorbs all those flavors. Otherwise it's just soup or stew over plain rice. Which is fine, if that's what you want that day. I like meat and veggies with my rice, not rice with my soup.

[AMB444]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Thanks to the OP for starting this thread, there are lots of ideas for good food here. Most of my five senses are in decline, but not taste!

You are welcome! Sometimes I feel uncreative making my grocery list so it's nice to have suggestions different from my usual rotation of dinners.

Lot's of talented cooks at TV! Thanks everyone!

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Whose Sangiovese, and did you get it around here?

Saracosa… most of our wine come direct

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I'm going to make a seven-layer salad (from the original Three Rivers Cookbook) but would like to substitute something for the layer of peas. It's lettuce, spinach, bacon, peas, red onion, mayo, Swiss cheese. Any suggestions?

Hard boiled eggs?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Randall55

Hard boiled eggs?

That might work! Tx.