Sometimes I know what I'm having for dinner, sometimes I have to wrack my brain. Tonight I know we are having lamb shank with garlic mashed potatoes and peas. What's everyone else having?

i haven't figured it out yet but probably something with boneless chicken breasts...

My wifes away for the next month, so I keep thinks very simple. Chicken breasts, potatoes and vegetables!

Not sure yet...I have bonesless pork ribs in the freezer, some boneless chuck roast, chicken strips, and hamburger meat. Oh wait, I do have an idea....Cheeseburger Mac, kinda like the Hamburger Helper stuff but homemade. Ground beef, a box of mac n cheese, and a can of cream of mushroom. Yummy! Of course I usually add a bit of minced garlic to mine.

We're having chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, english peas, dinner rolls and corn bread. Yummy!

One of the things my husband loves is cornbread! I don't think he had ever had any before he met me, but he loves it now, especially the Jiffy kind...cause it has a sweet taste to it.

I make something similar but instead of cream of mushroom soup you add a can of diced Italian tomatoes.. and then you put it in a baking dish and sprinkle some grated cheese on top and bake it until the cheese is melted....

my hubby likes it...

I love chicken. There's so much you can do with it. Never thought of wrapping it in a steak, though.

Marilyn and Karen..... those cheeseburger mac casseroles sound good. Comfort food. I always love that on a cold day.

Hurray for cornbread! One of the many Southern dishes I like.

you don't actually wrap it in chicken I think it is where you put a shake and bake type coating on the steak....

yeah chicken is great... i will have to go through my recipe book later and find something to do with the chicken breasts...

Tuscan chicken last night with brocoli and tonight will be fish and scallops. Not sure what veggie or how I'll cook it yet...

I posted in the Recipe Thread yesterday, and was hoping someone could have let me know if they had made Gnocchi before. It turned out awesome! No left overs though, so tonight I'm thinking I'll make a cock-a-leekie pie.

I know we're having salmon, but I have no clue what else to have.

mmmmmmmmm

We had salmon burgers last night (trader joes) and we made a greek salad to go with it

mmmmmm. With salmon I usually make one or more of the following:

• asparagus (with or without bearnaise sauce)
• grilled red, yellow, and green peppers (on the barbie but sometimes on the stove if I don't want to go outside)
• homemade salsa: corn niblets (drained), grape tomatoes, sweet onion, fresh Italian parsley, fresh lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper. Sometimes I add black beans (drained and rinsed).
• garlic or parmesan rice

I've never had a salmon burger. Sounds like it may be like one of those crabcake sandwiches I had in Maryland. Wish we had a Trader Joe's. I bought the ingredients for a greek salad! Not too sure what I'll have with that yet. Maybe salmon or pork. Or chicken! Chicken rocks.

I saw your recipe, Carla. It looked fairly easy. I've never made Gnocchi. Oh! A cock-a-leekie pie! I made cock-a-leekie soup the other day!

The salmon burgers at Trader Joe's are pretty good.. it's just pressed salmon into the shape of a patty, no fillers or breading.. just salmon.. we like 'em..

I LOVE CHICKEN!!


now my question is what is for dinner tonite??? UGH!!!


I only have fish in the freezer right now... looks like it could be red snapper..

Yum. I love seafood. Except seabass. I find that way too fatty.

hmm never had it..

I can't have mussels.. they make my tummy angry I LOVE mussels..

You people put me to shame

It's funny, I actually find it a bit of a chore to make dinner for 3 on a daily basis....and yet i used to work on big projects, with ridiculous deadlines etc....

I have become a lazy unemployed slob


Anyone have this problem?

PS - I have no clue what we're having, but now I'm going to dig around in the freezer

I don't find it a chore. I love to cook. Not every single day, 3 times daily, though. I do like a vacation from it at least once a week. But I find it relaxing. Could be the glass of wine I enjoy while I'm chopping and slicing, though.

Im making Chicken Tostadas tonight.. I roast a chicken, while it cools..saute red onion, green onion, red bell pepper, and jalapenos (I dice up the pickled ones from the jar) and black pepper in a little Olive oil...pull the meat from the chicken and chop or shred (I save the skin and carcass to make stock with)...top the sauted veggies with the chicken and top with cheese, cook together until cheese melts (I have a little Old and a little bit of Monterrey Jack that need to be used up)..top tostada shell with a little salsa, and some shredded lettuce or spinach, top with chicken mixture... sooo good!

Last night I made cream of leek and asparagus soup. I didn't love it but my husband did.

I'm making lamb too Krikit.. Tonight I'm making Lamb stew! I put sweet potatoes in it. After reading all this about cornbread I think I'm gonna make some of that too - just bought cornmeal the other day to make Tamales but found out I need Masa.

Tamales tomorrow night - I have to call my MIL in Cali to get her to coach me through it. I've never made them before.

I LOVE cooking. My husband takes pictures of the dinners I make on his iPhone. Is that weird? lol

Those Tostadas sound goood!

Awww. That's so cute! LOL

I have to admit that I'm not that terribly into Mexican food. (Though those tostados do sound good.) My husband and my children love it, though, so I've begun to try things other than quesadillas or corn chips and salsa. I even managed to eat part of a taco salad last week, and I do like chili sometimes. I think it's the fact that I don't really like my food touching each other.

Cream of leek and asparagus soup sounds good. I made an excellent beef and mushroom soup last night. My husband complained that I didn't make enough.

I don't know yet. I'll have to look in the fridge and see what is there!

I don't know what we are having. Did you guys ever shop at m and m meats? Well that is where we get most of our meat now and my Husband did a store run last night so the freezer is full but we are lacking in vegetables.

I think we will be having the m and m stew! Last night we had the m and m pizza! I generally don't cook many processed foods (i'm not a food puritan or anything, I just prefer regular food). They have lots of yummy things, haven't tried them but they sure look good!

The thing I like about their meat is that it is consistently good - generally I just buy like steak, pork chops, some kind of chicken (they have a nice chicken stir fry - just your basic chicken and vegetables - I don't use the sauce).

Hey, you're online! Isn't there an unwritten rule that you're supposed to check into Off Topic first?

I've used M&M Meats. I can't remember what I used to buy, though. Something from the frozen section. I get my meats fresh from the butcher. I like to pick it out myself.

You know I think there is

I was kind of thinking I should check it out but I saw this dinner thread and had to participate

We're having leftovers from last night's supper ... I made crockpot Beef Stroganoff, got it from the Off Topic recipe thread, I think was contributed by Marilyn. It was YUMMY!!!!

We will have either Chinese or chicken

Oh really? How did I miss that? Yay Marilyn!


Both excellent choices. Though the only Chinese I'll eat now (until we find a good one here somewhere) is back home in Canada. The owner tells me I'm not the only one to make sure I come back to their place after a move. And she always knows what I want. Never have to order. I took my husband this last trip. He loved it. One of my co-workers (it was across the street from my work) would call in her order before heading over. Her name is Linda Nelson. One day she showed me the order receipt when she came back with our orders. It said "Rinda Nelfong". So we always called her that.

I haven't found a good Chinese joint here yet.. most of the dishes that I'm used to taste COMPLETELY different..

Don't get me started on the egg rolls here & duck sauce - blech...

TOTALLY agree. (I see you responded to my post before I finished editing it. LOL)

I recommend this for dinner - see it covers 4 food groups, it says so

I used to LOOOOVE A&W Coney Fries. We used to have one of those drive-up A&W's when I was growing up. It was awesome. When I married and moved to NB, there was a storefront A&W with telephones at each booth. When you were ready to order you picked up the receiver and told them what you wanted. I'm betting the employees got really sick and tired of listening to us say "Hello, Mom? Can I have..... ".

the first time I made that it was soo hard to save some for hubby...

I have a recipe for crock-pot sweet and sour pork that is really good too...

Heyyy let's all go to A&W, foods more fun at A&W - we'll have a mug of root beer or maybe two or three - pick the perfect size from the burger familyyy

Hey! let's all go to A&W - I can taste it now can't youuuu, hop in the car, come as you are to A and Wuuuuuu.

Well, at least it's not "sad eyes, turn the other way".

I was thinking that while typing it, 'at least it's better than IR5's song' - which is horrible - and I was singing Mandy on and off all day yesterday but I am blocking out sad eyes - egadsssss

I used to be like that with the foods touching each other... had to have nice neat little piles of food. I'm just getting into Mexican food. My husband is from California and it's pretty big there...

I cheated with the soup and added canned cream of mushroom soup. I LOVE soup. Beef and mushroom!? That sounds really yummy.

Haha! Mandy... that song is a killer - gets stuck in your head forever!



I need to get a crock-pot.

crockpots rock

I used to work with a guy who had the office across from me. Every once in a while he would pop his head in my door and start singing some song that you love to hate. (Like Sad Eyes) Then he'd walk away with an innocent look and a big grin and I'd have that song stuck in my head forever. I really miss that guy.

ok, I think I am going to make Tender Italian chicken for dinner tonight...

Chicken Taco's. I already have all the chicken, onions and peppers chopped up.

Ohhh that gives me an idea for supper tonite!! I'll do beef tacos.. have most of the stuff but the ground beef! Thanks for the idea!!

ok, I have my tender Italian chicken cooking away in the crock pot right now... it smells yummy

you are supposed to cook it on the stove or in the oven but I figured I would give it a whirl in the crock-pot...

i'm thinking about making shepard's pie...but i'm starting with a cold and not sure i'm all about so much cooking...so if i don't do that...it will be a can of chicken rice soup.