What's For Dinner?

[trailmix 77]

Ooo. That spinach loaf sounds yummy, Carla. I have a recipe for something like that but it's a breakfast loaf with eggs. One of Jamie Oliver's. In fact, it's fabulous.

Well, I have changed my mind once again and we are now having stuffed manicotti casserole. (With a meat sauce and mozzarella topping.) And garlic bread. I really should go to the store to pick up some romaine and make a caesar salad too. Except I don't feel like going to the store.

Because it's too hot to go outside!

We were going to have fish - don't really like fish but I bought some frozen and breaded, or so I thought, until I opened up the package and they are just fillets (not breaded), guess the picture on the front is a recipe 'suggestion'. Whatever!

So instead we had sausages and....corn. Corn on the cob for me, corn off the cob for Mike and cornbread as well.

It was all very good, double corn items a bit.... different - but oh well it was what we had and it was good

Edited May 21, 2008 by trailmix

[Cassie 8]

Just got a text from the dear hubby suggesting a nice supper out -- yay!

[Autumnchik 6]

Enjoy the supper out Cassie

We are having roast chicken, creamed spinach and potato salad (all prepared already from the grocery store).

Edited May 21, 2008 by autumnchik

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Enjoy the supper out Cassie

We are having roast chicken, creamed spinach and potato salad (all prepared already from the grocery store).

Hey! We're having the same dinner! Same cook, too:-) - at least for the roast chicken and potato salad:-). Our spinach isn't creamed, just steamed - and I did add some steamed and seasoned zucchini and a romaine, radish and tomato salad (lettuce from the garden). Have some cantaloupe for dessert, too.

[Autumnchik 6]

Oooh, your meal sounds even better ( I love zucchini).

It is my mother's birthday today and I bought a Friendly's ice cream log for dessert.

[Marilyn. 340]

we are having chili burgers today.. i really wish I had some lettuce and tomato though

I was going to make some oven baked potatoes but I really don't feel like it

[Carlawarla 1]

Picked up a new box of Quaker Barley yesterday and it had a recipe on the back for Chicken Barley Chili that looked good. I'm going to make that today.

[T.O_2_FL 0]

Slow cooker chicken for dinner tonight...going to start it at noon today...

Adobo Slow Cooker Chicken

INGREDIENTS

1 small sweet onion, sliced

8 cloves garlic, crushed

3/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup vinegar

1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces

DIRECTIONS

Place chicken in a slow cooker. In a small bowl mix the onion, garlic, soy sauce, and vinegar, and pour over the chicken. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

[trailmix 77]

Didn't go to the store yesterday, so haven't tried Carla's recipe yet.

Last night we ordered Domino's pizza - it was ok.

Tonight, i'm not sure, about to go look in the freezer, I think it will be stew

[Cassie 8]

Going to a cook-out to celebrate a friend's graduation.

[KarenCee 3]

*sigh* I am searching but can't seem to find that link for the cookbook maker thingie someone mentioned. I'm searching back through this thread but so far no luck. Even did a search for the whole VJ site. Meh, if someone can link it for me I'd sure appreciate it. I need to do something with the tons of recipes I have online...don't want to sit and type the whole bloody lot of them either. Believe me, there are literally tons of recipes on several sites. I should cull from them but dang it, it's hard to choose ones to delete. I'm a recipe pack rat.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Ok, we were really spoiled last night:-). Richard and his wife Anna invited us over for a real Ukrainian meal. Anna is from Kiev and she and Rirchard married 3 years ago. They live just a few miles away from us.

Anna cooked all day and we enjoyed her results last night. I don't have the proper names of everything so I will describe them. We started with little appetizers of black bread and butter upon which we then spread a garlicky and onion chopped ham mixture-really tasty. That was followed with what is called a vinegrette - a salad made of finely chopped beats, onions, cucumber, corn, carrots, and potatoes with a type of sweet dill sauce holding it all together - also yum! Then we had homemade borscht with sour cream - also excellent, and the main course was cabbage rolls filled with a beef mixture and simmered in a sour cream sauce. Dessert was a cake made with soft cheese (farmer's cheese as 'milk cheese' is not available here), eggs, sugar, a bit of flour and lots of raisins - like a thick, custardly cream cheese cake. The whole meal was excellent and we were both stuffed - and smiling!

We toasted the evening in Ukrainian cognac and a Ukrainian vodka made with lemon, honey and peppers added as flavouring - and yes, it had a bite! Anna and Richard brought the alcohol back on a visit to the Ukraine and literally flew through Heathrow the day before they imposed the ban on bringing liquids through security. They marvel at how lucky they were because they brought back lots of Ukrainian bottles - one day later and they would have lost it all!

So, no idea what we are having tonight, but Anna and Richard are having left overs :-) - maybe we should go back and offer to help them finish some of them off, you think?

Edited May 25, 2008 by Kathryn41

[Marilyn. 340]

*sigh* I am searching but can't seem to find that link for the cookbook maker thingie someone mentioned. I'm searching back through this thread but so far no luck. Even did a search for the whole VJ site. Meh, if someone can link it for me I'd sure appreciate it. I need to do something with the tons of recipes I have online...don't want to sit and type the whole bloody lot of them either. Believe me, there are literally tons of recipes on several sites. I should cull from them but dang it, it's hard to choose ones to delete. I'm a recipe pack rat.

this site??...

http://yourrecipebook.co.uk/

I am a recipe pack-rat too .... I have a tonne of recipes I want to try but I probably will never try them all

Edited May 25, 2008 by MarilynP

[Krikit 1,163]

Wow. Your Ukrainian dinner sounds awesome, Kathryn. I'm sad I don't know who those members are, though. lol

Marilyn, your Cheez Whiz is on its way! I mailed it on Thursday. Not sure how long it will take to get to you.... the long weekend will probably mess with that. Just wanted to give you a heads up because I started thinking "Oh no.... the box isn't going to fit into her mail slot." Hopefully they have an office they can leave it at?

We got an early start on our day out yesterday. Did lots of shopping and then went for a mani-pedi. The salon is in the same plaza as the Fresh Market so picked up a steak for BBQing for Memorial Day tomorrow. As well as some other stuff, of course. The annual Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival is on this weekend. We didn't go/aren't going, but I think I'll pick up some corn later.

On the way home yesterday we stopped by Mike's BBQ and picked up some chicken and collards. They were yum. We set ourselves up to watch a movie on TV when the first of 3 storms rolled in our power went out so we watched the storm instead. The power came back on just long enough for me to make custard for the pie we purchased from Fresh Market before the next storm rolled in and the power went out again. Tonight we are having steak and mushroom pie with broccoli and cauliflower and cheese sauce.

Edited May 25, 2008 by Krikit

[Marilyn. 340]

thanks Krikit!! :dance: I can hardly wait... yeah either they will leave it by our door or leave a note thing in the mail box to pick it up at the post office...