What's For Dinner?

[Marilyn. 340]

tonight I am making chicken again. what a surprise... lol

i am doing a variation on that mustard chicken thing.. but this one you coat the chicken in ranch dressing and you mix some Parmesan cheese into the bread crumbs...

[KarenCee 3]

Here are some pics from the dinner we had with Joe and Kathryn a few weeks ago (OMG, it's been almost a month!). We had a great time...it was so nice getting together with them, as always. We needed this time...lots has been going on for us. Anywho, I'm attempting to post a few pictures. The first one, of course, is of the four of us. The second and third are of me, Joel and Kathryn, then Joe (Kathryn's husband), Kathryn, and my husband Joel.

Now...we really do want to plan something...seriously. We have several nice parks here, the one my husband works at particularly is nice. There is lodging, cabins, camping areas, etc. There's a restaurant with conference rooms and there are several picnic shelters. This park is about 1.5 to 2 hrs from Atlanta...but well worth the drive. IF anyone is interested, please PM me...I know we might not be able to pull it off in a matter of weeks, but it would be something to plan for later on. I will be glad to find out particulars and such...but I need to know who would be serious enough to actually come out this way. IF anyone else can think of a more centrally located place to meet up, we are all for that as well. The only reason I mentioned Unicoi State Park is because of the availability of accomodations (type and cost) as well as different types of meeting areas.

http://www.gastateparks.org/info/unicoi/ This is the park I am speaking of. You can find prices for the different types of accomodations available.

http://www.bluewillowinn.com ... if anyone is interested in seeing where we dined. There are pictures and recipes.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Thanks for posting the photos, Karen! Yes, we had a great time and great food! It was wonderful to meet up with you and Joel once again

Well, Joe and I would definitely be up to get together at Unico State Park for an Atlanta group get-to-gether of Canadian VJers. There is no need to keep it just for the Canadians either - unless we want to try and correlate something with Canada Day celebrations - which would be a cool idea:-) . I wouldn't mind opening it up for other VJers in the area as well. Why not put this post into a separate thread of its own and start it on either the Canadian forum or even the off-topic forum so more people will get to see it?

Oh, and about dinner tonight . . . we are going out to eat again (VBG)! Joe's former boss and his wife are back in town so Joe and I and another of his former employees are getting together with them for dinner at a local Chinese/Japanese restaurant called Chin Chin Osaki. It is one of our favourites:-). A good time will be had by all, I am sure! We may all end up back at our place too, afterwards, for some slow-moving games of dominoes - we keep getting lost in the conversation during the games so that it takes quite some time to get to a winner:-) - but we have loads of fun.

Edited May 10, 2008 by Kathryn41

[KarenCee 3]

Oh for sure...anyone from VJ would be most welcome...and if someone else wishes to post it in the other OT then go ahead. I don't post there anymore. I didn't mean to exclude anyone else who would like to join in so yeah, let's make this an across the board get together!!!

[trailmix 77]

Well we had this packaged stir fry for dinner last night, in fact we had a packaged dinner for lunch yesterday, the healthy request chicken and a steak one as well.

Enough with the pre-packaged food in general I would say. The lunch was horrible (Husband actually threw his in the garbage) and dinner was so-so. It's just that you see these things in the supermarket that you haven't seen or tried before so you think, hey we will give that a go.

So tonight I am making a roast, potatoes and either spinach or asparagus, and gravy.

Edited May 10, 2008 by trailmix

[T.O_2_FL 0]

Hmmm I think dinner tonight will be what my Grandpa use to make me....I don't even know what it's called! It's almost a hash I guess?

Ground beef

cubed potatoes

frozen mixed veggies

spices, garlic, salt pepper to taste

[Marilyn. 340]

probably going to have chicken again tonight .. I have more chicken then any other meat in my freezer thats why..

[trailmix 77]

Oh I meant to say thanks for posting the pictures Karen - nice group you guys are

[Marilyn. 340]

ok no chicken in sight today....... pheew

made a simple sgetti sauce using jarred sauce..... I added some onion, celery, green bell pepper and some sausage to the sauce... I will serve this over angel hair pasta.. my hubby's favourite pasta....

[Krikit 1,163]

Oh, nice pictures Karen and Kathryn! Looks like a really nice place to eat, too!

I'm up for a get-together for sure. I'll even try and drag Trailmix and T.O._2_FL along! Who else lives down here? I'll grab them too.

Can everybody say "Road Trip"?!!!!! Sure. I knew you could.

[T.O_2_FL 0]

Florida get together? he he he

[Marilyn. 340]

any Canadians in the LA area??? ...lol

[trailmix 77]

Oh, nice pictures Karen and Kathryn! Looks like a really nice place to eat, too!

I'm up for a get-together for sure. I'll even try and drag Trailmix and T.O._2_FL along! Who else lives down here? I'll grab them too.

Can everybody say "Road Trip"?!!!!! Sure. I knew you could.

I can say Road Trip, but i'm not the person you want to take on a road trip (ask my Husband). It's supposed to be all about singing old songs and grabbing slurpees at the 7-11 and meeting people at road stops along the way as you laugh at silly jokes.

I know that, i'm just saying that isn't what travelling with me is like

Anyhoo, just had stirfry, it was soooo good, not sure why, didn't add any sauce and just salt and pepper, but oh so tasty!

[Marilyn. 340]

that is how I do a lot of stir-frys.. usually a little garlic powder, salt and pepper and some soy sauce... yum...

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Had some left over Taiwanese chicken from dinner last night so stir fried some additional broccoli, cauliflower, yellow squash and peppers in a garlic ginger sauce, then added the chicken and rice and made a whole new dish! Yum! Left over chocolate cake for dessert, too!