We ended up with stew
What can you do
But eat your stew
With the little potatoes toooo!

(hey I just got up)

We went to Wendy's last night...it was good. Not sure about tonight though. We really need to go food shopping as my creativity is being stretched mighty thin these days! What I thought about doing was creating a menu and shopping for what we need to cook each meal. *sigh* Trying to find ways of cutting expenses is also a creative process too!

Happy day before your anniversary krikit!! If I am reading that correctly this is your second anniversary?

Nota bad idea at all - when it was just me and my daughter, we kind of flew by the seatof our pants. I planned ahead, but not always for a specific meal. It actually got pretty boring - basically I made the same 10 things with like frozen pizza and KD thrown in every so often

My mum has always been the one to sit down down each Weds night to look at the grocery flyers and plans a week's worth of meals based on what's on special. She's a great cook and has a variety of yummy things. She makes her list and even posts the dinner list so that if you want to know what's coming up she points you to it! I guess at some point she got sick of us asking

my mom has a system set up... like she will have ground beef on Mondays, Soup on Sundays, chicken on Thursdays etc... and then she picks from her collection of tried and true recipes...

ok, I took out some chicken drumsticks for din-din tonight... I am thinking of making ugly naked chicken but then I would have to make rice so we could put the sauce over the rice but I was thinking of doing something with potatoes... so maybe I will do something else with the chicken..

Pizza for dinner tonight, Pizza Hut, stuff your crust for free! So that is what we are having, have never had the stuffed crust before - but I'm going for the cheese this time. Since I had the pizza with no cheese that one time and this one will have extra cheese - it balances out....right?

I think we are just going to have appys tonight .... have to go to the store and pick up some ingredients for appetizers I am making for Super Bowl tomorrow .... tonight, I think I might try a couple other recipes just to see if I should add them to my recipe list.

For tomorrow:

7 Layer dip and tortilla chips
salami and roast beef roll-ups (for the salami, I mix cream cheese with chopped pepperocini peppers. For the roast beef, cream cheese with horseradish, then I stuff the meats with the filling, roll up and cut into bite size pieces.) ... I LOVE these and it SUCKS I can't eat them now, but am making them for hubby.

Tonight, I think we will have veggies and dip (maybe a dill dip), clam dip (with veggies for me and of course chips for the guys) and a hot Mexican cheese dip with ground beef. Notice a theme here ... I am trying out lots of dip recipes

ok this is what I am going to make.. never made it before but it got a bunch of good reviews... oh and I think I am going to make some potato wedgies to go with them...

Marinated chicken drumsticks

1/4 cup ketchup
2-3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup oil
12 chicken drumsticks (or thighs, or legs...)


1. Mix first four ingredients.
2. Marinate chicken overnight, (or at least several hours).
3. Broil over medium coals for 45-60 minutes, or bake for 1 hour@ 350

Slow cooker meal tonight!! Super easy roast!! throw in some carrots, 3 potatoes cubes, few celery stalks chopped up,, onion all diced up, 1 or 2 pkgs of dry onion soup mix 1 or so cups of water, sal/pepper to taste and 8-10 hrs in slow cooker!! too easy!!

We had Five Guys Burgers & Fries but OHHHH so yummy!

wow, 5 guys!! crazy!!!

Actually, really enjoy their burgers and fries, yummy

Love Five guys too...we ended up at Arby's during shopping this aft....mmmmm Beef 'n' Cheddar with horsey sauce and bbq sauce...sloppy

I'm SOOOO glad we don't have 5 guys anywhere close to us (40 min away).. it's right across from the Olive Garden too.. a VERY hard choice indeedy!!

im making spinach lasagne with lots of ricotta, shaved Parmesan and mozzarella and will probably open a bottle of Sauv. Blanc (although we're both ill and its not the best idea)

Flames, flames, flames.

It should read:

Going to make a slow cooked dinner tonight, I'll be prepping all the garden vegetables this morning to make sure they are ready to go in, once that is done i'll pick out some spices to add.

Need to get together the wet ingredients after that. After i've browned the roast etc etc etc.

It does sound too easy, you need to work on that

Oh and the pizza hut pizza last night was just awful. We ordered 2 medium, first was hawaiian, I did eat a piece after scraping off most of the topping and the second was the stuffed crust pepperoni, which wasn't quite as bad.

Oh, ya, I did brown the roast first!! carrots were the smal ones in the pkg, so just emptied into slow cooker,lol Was a tense 5 minute prep job I tell ya!!

I dislike Pizza hut, too greasy!! Prefer Dominos, and now Dominos has pizza tracker!! U can track ur pizza being made! Even states the names of people doing the job,lol They say its accurate within a few minutes!

Yes, the pepperoni one was really greasy, I was thinking I haven't seen a pizza like this except on television shows, they always seem to have greasy pizza.

Anyhoo, I prefer dominos too! That's funny about the pizza tracker.

The pizza tracker isnt available everywhere yet, suppose to be fully operational by end of June,lol

I saw that Pizza Tracker option on the news....hopefully you can find something better to do while they're making yer pizza friend

Eating now "pastel de papas" (argentine version of shepard's pie)
yum yum yum

Saludos,
Caro

stirfried chicken with vegetables and rice in a teriyaki peanut sauce - quick and easy

we had bbq'd chicken and steak meat and rice and beans at brother-in-laws house........

The Five Guys "by" us (45 mins away) was crap. I was so disappointed because I'd heard a lot about them. OH!!! And to top it all off!!!.... there was a woman who sat down at the table next to us, whipped out her tit in front of her extended family and every patron in the place, and proceeded to breastfeed her child without any modicum of propriety. UnbeLIEVable.

Anywho.... we had spaghetti last night. Tonight I think we'll have salmon and asparagus. And maybe some rice. I'm not sure yet. It'll either be rice or roasted peppers. Hmmm. Maybe rice. lol

Ok, good idea, we are going to have spaghetti with garlic bread for dinner.

When I make spaghetti I just use a jar of sauce - will probably add some peppers and onions - but no meat. It's the 'vegetarian' meal. I used to put ground beef in it, but I don't anymore.

We had caesar salad too. But the low cal version.... a bit of olive oil, fresh lemon, and shaved parmesan. Yum.

Last night, we watched the Superbowl and ate munchies .... veggies and dip, wings, 7 layer dip and chips, cheese dip, salad and brownies. It was sooo yummy ... but tonight I think I need to have just chicken and steamed veggies or something to balance out all the fat grams!!!

last night we had a huge plate of nachos, with red peppers, onions and jalapenos and 3 kinds of cheeses... soo good, but definetly a meal for special occasions only.. tonight Im making steak sandwiches...Tyler Florence recipe

The Ultimate Steak Sandwich
Tyler Florence

Gruyere bechamel:
1/2 stick unsalted butter
3 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups whole milk
2 cups grated Gruyere
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
Arugula mayonnaise:
1 bunch baby arugula
1/2 lemon, juiced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup mayonnaise

Steak sandwich:
2 soft hoagie rolls
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 pound rib-eye, finely sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 recipe Fennel Slaw, recipe follows


Make the bechamel cheese sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and stir constantly to incorporate - you do not want any color. Gradually pour in the milk as you stir, and whisk out any lumps. As the mixture thickens up continue to stir until it reaches a boil - this ensures the flour is cooked completely. Dump in the cheese and stir for another minute until the cheese is completely melted. Stir in the horseradish and season with salt and pepper, then set aside to keep warm.
Make arugula mayonnaise: Put arugula in a food processor with the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Top with mayonnaise and process until well combined. Give it a taste and adjust seasoning if required.

Prepare the steak: Take the finely sliced steak and shingle it out into 2 portions on a clean cutting board lined with parchment. Put the shingled meat between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and pound out using either a saute pan or a meat mallet. After first pounding, remove the plastic wrap, fold in the edges, replace plastic and pound the meat some more. Store wrapped in plastic in the refrigerator. Now the meat is ready when you want to cook it.

Heat a large, flat grill-pan over medium heat. Split hoagie rolls in half, drizzle with olive oil and place onto griddle.

Take the meat out of the refrigerator. Peel off 1 side of the plastic wrap and season with salt and pepper. Put this side down in the pan and then quickly peel off the other side of the plastic wrap and season again. Cook slowly in the pan until juicy and tender and just past pink in color. Turn the meat over and then fold with some of the cheese sauce.

To serve, smear each half of the roll with arugula mayonnaise. Top the bottom with the steak and cheese, then lay a scoop of fennel slaw over the top.


Fennel Slaw:
1 large fennel bulb, fronds removed and halved
1/2 lemon, juiced
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 heaping tablespoons sour cream
1 bag coleslaw mix
2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Finely slice fennel using a mandoline, or the grater attachment on your food processor. In a large mixing bowl combine the lemon juice, mayonnaise, and sour cream and stir to combine. Add the finely sliced fennel and coleslaw mix, herbs, and olive oil and fold together. Season with salt and pepper.

it is another one of those days where I have no idea what to make....

plus I am ticked at my hubby and very tempted to let him fend for himself tonight

That sounds yummy. Except for the fennel slaw. (I don't like licorice or coleslaw.) Definitely something I would consider making when I felt like a meaningful sandwich. lol


That's always rough. I recommend making his dinner, anyway, so he can feel just that much more guilty about ticking you off.

the problem is he doesn't know that I am ticked off at him today at least not yet

I wont be making the Fennel salad... roasted potatoes or home fries for my husband, sweet potato fries for me... hubby hates sweet potatoes, I love them, but only if they are roasted with olive oil, salt, and pepper..

Marilyn: my husband knows when hes in trouble when hes asks "whats for dinner" and I say "cereal!"..LOL

Well, I'm guessing he soon will. Hope he likes cereal.

we don't have any milk in the house at the moment so he can't even have that

I made waffle fries and Joel made hamburgers...mmmmmm....with Montreal Steak Seasoning. I've got this tater thingie that I slide taters over in one direction and then the other direction, thereby making "waffle fries". OMG they fry up soooo good.

Yeah yeah I know....fried foods aren't good for ya...but dam if they don't taste sooooo good. I mean, I *did* use canola oil...

Just wanted to say that when I read this recipe it made my mouth water...so I made it the other night. It was yummy delicious! I definitely will make this again.....may even try it w/ turkey sausage.

-P

I am soo hungry but I don't know what to make..... I am in a mood too

can I come over to someone's house for dinner?? pretty please with a cherry on top!!

I can bring some homemade brownies....

We had pasta with alfredo sauce, ceasar salad, some great bread and some wine

Oh good. I love testimonials!


Did you say brownies? You're in!!!

I had wine too! Plus salmon and 4 cheese risotto and steamed carrots and turnip greens. I like having my wine while I cook, though. Maybe that's why I enjoy cooking so much.

I ended up having hotdogs sooo not what I wanted...

I like hotdogs. But the big question is.... what did your husband have and does he know that he was in the "doghouse".

I like hotdogs too but we have had them a lot the last couple of weeks

he had hotdogs too.... he talked his way out of the doghouse

Excellent. Then all is well in the world.

Last night, we had chicken breasts marinated in lemon and lime juice, mustard and spices, then dredged in Panko crumbs and baked. Oh, and mashed sweet potatoes and corn. So tasty

Tonight, it's pancakes in honour of Shrove Tuesday!

Pancakes for everyone! Well.... everyone except Spirit. She seems confused at the thought of pancakes for dinner.

hubby isn't a big pancake fan but he loves French toast... so maybe that is what we will have for dinner tonight...

just need to pick up some milk and some sausages or bacon....

We are having bruschetta chicken ... chicken marinated in a balsamic vinaigrette, broiled (usually grilled but it is too freaking cold outside!), then topped with bruschetta topping and shredded parmesan cheese. Will have a salad and crusty bread with this.