Struck the mother load last night!! Live in a Condo and the lady downstairs is a great neighbor! Walks my dog if I'm away for too long, etc etc! She knows my wife is away, and last night due the icey roads, her company cancelled! So knock knock on my door, there she is standing with a plate of food for me!! Meatloaf and potatoes! yummy!!

One of my furbabies is sick so weve been so busy with her the last 3 days that last night we just ordered Chinese..(my husband is sooo gonna miss "Canadian Chinese")..I have a couple favorite places in Las Vegas that Ive taken him too but it just doesnt taste the same to him...He loves my homemade Egg Foo Young and Chow Mein so I guess when he gets a craving, I will have to make it myself..LOL

today starting a pot of spaghetti sauce..will cook it all night tonight and most of tomorrow and use it for tomorrows dinner..

tonight..leftover Chinese!

forgot to say that Im also making up a batch of "Cracker Candy" to take to work... have been off since Sunday to be home with (and go back and forth to the vet) with my furbaby..so taking some goodies tomorrow to work to say thanks for being so understanding and concerned while Ive been off

Im sure you all know what Cracker Candy is, if not heres the recipe...its always a hit and no one ever guesses its made of saltine crackers..


Cracker Candy

saltine crackers (38 to 44) depends on size of cookie sheet

2 sticks of butter (1 cup)

1/2 cup of sugar

1 12oz bag chocolate chips

preheat oven to 350...lay tin foil on cookie sheet...place crackers on cookie sheet ,enough to cover the entire sheet...boil sugar and butter together for 3 minutes...pour over crackers....put in oven for 10 minutes....pour bag of chocolate chips on crackers...as it melts spread chips over crackers...add nuts if desired...refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours, break into pieces.

I've never heard of cracker candy.

Nice score on the motherlode Flames!

Our pizza and salad last night was really good. Tonight, hmm, not sure what to make. I'm thinking Veggie Burgers and home fries.

I have made that "Cracker Candy" before but the recipe I have calls it.. Skor Bars...

I totally miss CDN "Chinese" food.. it doesn't even LOOK the same to me..

I ordered spareribs the other night and they had a yuky red sauce on them.. I like me ribs with a chocolate brown colored sauce.. I'm a visual eater, so it was pretty hard for me to eat what didn't LOOK like spareribs to me.

ok, I am made teriyaki chicken drumsticks and I am going to steam some rice soon... I might do some corn too....

We are having chili tonite.. I'll regret that decision when hubby comes to bed tonite I'm sure..

left over roast chicken, potatoes and carrots with a tossed salad - pretty tame but good food for a cold and windy night.

We had left over chicken, artichoke hearts with olive oil, garlic and black pepper, and egg noodles with powdered cheddar cheese and butter (I live somewhat close to the Cabot cheese factory and just took my dad there the other day for a tour. While I was there, I picked up this great powdered cheese ... looks like parmesan but it is cheddar. It is especially yummy on popcorn!)

I concocted something out of leftovers, and its quite good. *pats herself on the back*

I had leftover rotisserie chicken (mainly the breast) and rice. I took the meat off the bones and chopped it in cubes, chopped up some parsley and added the rice. I then mixed in a can of cream of chicken soup and popped it in the oven on 375 for 15 minutes or so....just long enough for the ingredients to mingle and get hot. I made a salad and that's dinner!

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We had leftovers from last night -- I was sneaky yesterday and put a jar of mild salsa in with the spaghetti sauce to get some more veggies/nutrition in the meal -- my hubby is notorious for not eating veggies. he loved the dish and is still raving about it tonight. I win!

Yay for leftovers and sneaking in extra vegetation! We had leftovers too. .... with spring roll appetizers. For freezer food, I was very impressed with them. Tonight I am making Carla's Zucchini Sausage Squares. Very unromantic, I know. Hmmm. Now I feel bad. Maybe I should make something special instead.

You could shape the zucchini squares in to heart shapes - if you are going to you better get started now !

Not sure what to make for dinner tonight, hmmm, no, can't decide.

I remember one year I made a cake for valentine's day, used a box mix, made pink icing - the cake completely fell apart, crumbled, so i made kind of a crumbled cake and pink icing - thing. If I remember correctly we did eat it

OMG, could you imagine?


I would have added sherry or Grand Marnier, fruit and custard, and called it trifle.

have been cooking spaghetti sauce since yesterday so tonight will be Pork Parmesan (same as chicken parm but dont have any chicken breasts) with spaghetti, Bruschetta, salad, and I have some bananas that are turning so think I will make some mini banana bread loaves (love my mini loaf pan) with walnuts and macadamia nuts in them.. not so much a romantic meal but all of my husbands favorite things..

Okay. I think I'm going to make lamb chops with a mint gremolata on a bed of grains with roasted carrots and green beans. And chocolate dipped strawberries for dessert. And mojitos for an apéritif. Yikes. I guess I'd better get started.

Wow, you are impressive ... I need to make sure hubby NEVER reads this thread and expects cooking like this!!! LOL

Tonight, we are staying in, we will go out on the weekend to celebrate combo V Day and anniversary. I'm making steak, baked potatoes, salad and maybe green beans.

I am sick...so Valentines sucks...My husband took meat out for Meatloaf so i think we're having that and salad and roasted potatoes...still yummy. Hopefully I can stomach it or even taste it

Change in menu: the steak had not thawed in time, so I ran to the grocery store to pick something else up. I was seduced by the lovely lovely (and oh so pricy) lobsters ... and the best part is, the store steams them for you! So we had that and a tossed salad and strawberries with chocolate dip for dessert.

Yum!!!

If you ever get your butt up here to visit Stace, I will fix you the same menu!!!

Was AWESOME. I used coconut rum for the mojitos and they were perfection. (All natural ingredients... no premix stuff. Chose mojitos because it pairs well with the mint and lemon I used to prepare the lamb.) Instead of green beans we had peas, because they go perfectly with lamb. I sprinkled some of the gremolata on the peas and they were perfect also. Candles. Wine. Just about to log off and eat chocolate dipped strawberries now. *sigh* Had a wonderful night.

If you ever get your butt down here- we'll get you good and liquored and boil some crabs or crawfish!! And then go make asses of ourselves on Bourbon Street!! Woo Hoo!!

Give me a few more months to pop this kid out and then I'm there LOL

That sounds really good crickey, i'm glad you had such a nice time

I ended up making twice baked potatoes, steak, salad and beans. Steak is my Husband's favorite - so there you go. We were going to go out for dinner tonight but I think we may wait and just go out to eat tomorrow since we are going to the Mall shopping anyway.

Tonight it will be something easy, not sure what yet, how about some grilled cheese!

Your steak dinner sounds like it was yummy too. Tonight we're having Carla's Sausage Zucchini Bake. I think. Grilled cheese is awesome anytime! I have to laugh, though.... every time I think of grilled cheese I think of my daughter. She loves it too. When we were planning a Christmas family reunion a few years ago (for our relatives from England, Ontario, Alberta, and BC), one of the places we considered was a huge private villa complete with staff, including 24 hour butler service. We ended up here, but that's besides the point. Anyway, my daughter said if we went there she was going to call the butler and order grilled cheese sandwiches at 3 o'clock in the morning.... just because she could. She was joking, of course. At least.... I think she was. lol

we are either going to have hotdogs tonight or scrambled eggs, with sausage and hashbrowns.... I am rooting for the eggs...

Home made chicken noodle soup, salad and crusty bread:-). I love getting the roast chickens from Kroeger - have roast chicken for two nights, some sandwiches for lunch and then make soup with the remainders of the carcass. Yum!

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Yum. Home made soup. Unfortunately, we do not have a Kroeger's... thought it does sound good. I've tried the roasted chicken at the various stores here, but they're substandard so I just make my own.

Tonight we had home-made french fries, onion rings, chicken strips (with home-made dipping sauces), and salad. I had initially intended not to put too much effort into dinner but... oh well. I'm a sucker for good food rather than quick food.

we had the scrambled eggs.. yum!

I had take-out Mongolian Beef with steamed brown rice. Yummy!

That sounds good. I haven't found any good Chinese take-out places here yet. *sigh*

tonight I think I am going to make that cabbage beef thing someone posted in here...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=1541796

Did I miss Carla's Sausage Bake recipe somewheres? I've looked...I guess I could have searched a bit more, but being the lazy girl I am today I just didn't apply myself too much.

it is in here somewhere... I found it earlier and copied it...

I'm on strike today so my husband is going to go to the BBQ guy and bring back chicken and collards.

Tonight there is a bunch of us going for sushi.

Mmmmmm...... Sushiiiiiii *drool*

Sushi is good stuff although I only like sushi that has no fish in it.

Anyhoo, I have peeled potatoes - we decided not to go out - the mall just seemed too - mall-ish yahoo!

Not sure what else we will have, how about Jane's chicken nuggets!? Anyway, that's what I'm thinking now.

boring tuna and broccoli with cheese cassrole . . . but it is one of Joe's favourites:-). Chocolate cookies for dessert, though!

I cannot WAIT until I can eat sushi again!!! MMMMM.

I had a bowl of Raisin Bran for dinner and hubby made himself a sandwich that about turned my stomach ... horseradish cheddar cheese, cold tomato sauce and bread. I honestly couldn't watch him eat it. I think I was nauseated because I am preggie, but I don't know. Reality check anyone? Is that a gross sandwich or is this just another pregnancy symptom? LOL

well, I was going to make that cabbage beef bake thing but we got home really late so I just fried up the ground beef with some onion and green pepper added some spices and served it with corn tortillas, cheese, lettuce and salsa... tacos... they were yummy!!

We are having leftovers from last night's sweet & sour chicken that I did in the crock pot while we were out at the Chocolate Festival yesterday!! It was WONDERFUL to come home to a meal all ready for us to eat!

I haven't a clue what's for dinner. We have to do some serious grocery shopping when Joel gets home from work. AUGH. Sometimes grocery shopping is more of a chore than a pleasure. Maybe it's cos I'm tired today and have no interest in pushing a buggy up and down aisles and aisles....but it's one of those things that's gotta be done.

We do have leftover Italian from last night...went to a local Italian restaurant last night...mmmm!

Oh, good GOD, Autumn. No. It's not you. That is most definitely a gross sandwich.

A chocolate festival?!!!!! Well, isn't THAT a happy day. Who wouldn't have fun at a chocolate festival?


I'll do your shopping, Karen!!!!!!!! I love to grocery shop. It's like going to a chocolate festival.

Tonight we are having salmon and asparagus and carrots and spinach and garlic or parmesan rice.