RE: What's For Dinner?

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Just made pasta salad for lunch—big success:

1 lb rice penne (DeBoles)

Cucumber

Shredded carrot

Bell pepper

Sun dried tomato (reconstituted in hot

water)

Feta cheese

Cains fat free Caesar dressing (Cains site

says its gf)

Mix and serve on bed of baby spinach. Of,

course, you could also add black olives, artichokes, whatever.

This pasta tastes great to us, but I’ll

get the Tinkyada whole grain next time to increase fiber and lower Weight

Watchers points.

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of tverzosa@...

Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006

1:51 PM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: What's

For Dinner?

Yum! Thank you!

Coincidentally, I modified my usual spaghetti and meatballs last night

as well. (This sauce was originally taken of the www.flylady.net website.)

one lb. ground beef, browned and drained

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 tsp. minced garlic

1 tsp. dried basil

1/2 tsp. dried oregano

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. black pepper

1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper

1 large can crushed tomatoes

tomato sauce

Saute the garlic in the oil until translucent. Add everything

else and stir. My original recipe didn't use tomato sauce, but I found

the sauce was too thick without it. I added about half a can for a thick

sauce. It was a bit salty, so either use low-sodium or omit the 1/2 tsp.

salt.

I used Tinkyada spaghetti and it was YUMMY! I am so thankful for

this group because the first time I tried Tinkyada I hated it. But I did

the regular boiling method. After hearing tips from this group, I did the

2 minutes of boiling and then let it sit covered for 20 minutes. What a

difference!

--

Trudy

San , CA

" People who believe in absurdities will eventually commit

atrocities. " ~Voltaire

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Another group I'm on

(though not Gluten Free) posts what they are having for dinner to help others

come up with ideas if they are caught in a rut with the same old things. Was

wondering if anyone here would be interested in doing the same with your Gluten

Free dinner ideas?

Here's what I'm making

for tonight--

Spicy Italian Meatballs

and sauce (for subs or spaghetti)...

Very easy recipe--

2 lbs. 100% ground Beef

1 lb ville Hot

Italian Sausage

2 eggs

1 to 1 1/2 cups GF

seasoned bread crumbs- (I used The Gluten Free Pantry Seasoned Rice Crumb

Coating Mix- says it's good for coating or added to Meatloaf and hamburgers)

Large Jar of spaghetti

sauce

Mix all of the above

ingredients well, roll into small golfball-sized or smaller balls and place in

crockpot and pour a large (4lb 2oz) jar of your favorite GF sauce (I used

Ragu Traditional). And cook according to your crock pot setting (mine is a

Rival Smart Pot with 4 settings, I have it on the 6 hour one). I used to

make my meatballs this way only using reg. crumbs and they are so simple and

delicious. This is the first time I've made them GF. The sausage flavor

permeates the sauce too so you don't need to spice it up any. Also if you are

worried about fat content- you can partially bake them first and drain before

adding to sauce. Or cook ahead, cool, skim off any grease built up and reheat.

These can also be cooked in a large pot on the stove (it's been so long since

I've made them that way that I'm not sure how long and whether I used a

lid or not. I think it was I simmered them in the sauce without lid until

sauce was really hot and bubbly and then I lowered the heat, used a lid and let

them cook for about a half an hour or so until cooked through. My crew likes

meatball subs with extra mozzerella cheese so I have the stuff for those as

well as I'll make a small pot of GF pasta for me.