What's For Dinner?

[Autumnchik 6]

We had hot dogs and kielbasa cooked on the grill and a big salad.

[Krikit 1,163]

My husband had to work late again last night, so I made homemade chicken soup and fresh biscuits. Tonight I think we are having steak with roasted beets and mushrooms and onions. I think.

[Carlawarla 1]

I hate reading this in the morning. I'm not a big breakfast person as soon as I get up...UNLESS I'm reading this thread, and then I get hungry!!!

Last night we had baked haddock, cheesy baked cauliflower, and spanish rice. Gene is going out with coworkers today for a large lunch I can only assume...so I'll just have leftovers of the above for supper.

[Krikit 1,163]

Mmmm. That sounds yummy. I'm never hungry in the mornings, either, Carla. I just had a cranberry blueberry bran muffin, though. I baked it this morning. I made the batter yesterday and just keep it in the fridge and throw some into the oven when I feel like a fresh muffin. It keeps for a month.

[trailmix 77]

Mmmm. That sounds yummy. I'm never hungry in the mornings, either, Carla. I just had a cranberry blueberry bran muffin, though. I baked it this morning. I made the batter yesterday and just keep it in the fridge and throw some into the oven when I feel like a fresh muffin. It keeps for a month.

Wow, that sounds like a good idea

I started eating breakfast when I decided to count calories. You know that old thing about how everyone should eat breakfast blah blah blah.

Well I can say it made absolutely no difference (I did lose weight but that is connected to the calories not the breakfast!)

Then again, when I say breakfast we are talking like 11 o'clock - I refuse to force feed myself at 9 or whenever.

[JillA 2]

I found this recipe online, going to try it out tonight with some quesedillas:

"Homeade Potato Chips"

* 2 medium Yukon Gold or Idaho potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/8-inch slices on a mandoline or other handheld slicer

* 3 tablespoons olive, canola, or peanut oil

* Salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Slice the potatoes into a bowl and immediately toss them with the oil. Season lightly with salt and arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in the oven until golden brown — about 12-15 minutes. Season again lightly with salt and pepper when they come out of the oven. Transfer to a rack to cool for maximum crispness.

Weighing your options

If you want to be a little more daring, don't limit yourself to salt and pepper — you can season with ancho chile powder, ground cumin, minced herbs, toasted sesame seeds, ground nori (toasted black seaweed sheets used to roll sushi) — really anything you like. Just be sure to season immediately after the chips come out of the oven, while there is still some residual oil for the spices to adhere to.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/vie...to-Chips-234557

[trailmix 77]

I found this recipe online, going to try it out tonight with some quesedillas:

"Homeade Potato Chips"

* 2 medium Yukon Gold or Idaho potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/8-inch slices on a mandoline or other handheld slicer

* 3 tablespoons olive, canola, or peanut oil

* Salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Slice the potatoes into a bowl and immediately toss them with the oil. Season lightly with salt and arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in the oven until golden brown — about 12-15 minutes. Season again lightly with salt and pepper when they come out of the oven. Transfer to a rack to cool for maximum crispness.

Weighing your options

If you want to be a little more daring, don't limit yourself to salt and pepper — you can season with ancho chile powder, ground cumin, minced herbs, toasted sesame seeds, ground nori (toasted black seaweed sheets used to roll sushi) — really anything you like. Just be sure to season immediately after the chips come out of the oven, while there is still some residual oil for the spices to adhere to.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/vie...to-Chips-234557

Nice, homemade potato chips!! delicious!!

[Marilyn. 340]

we are having lasagna that I bought from this grocery store around the corner called Fresh & Easy.. we have had it before and it is good.. serving it with garlic bread...

[TheATeam 0]

I made stew in the slowcooker all day. It was yummy. It had beef, beans, turnips, sweet potato, carrots, corn, and kidney beans. It was SO good! I forgot how much I missed using my crockpot. I'll have to use it more often.

[Marilyn. 340]

yeha I love my crock pot.. Ijust have to get me a new one .. the one side on the top of my insert broke off... it still works but sometimes the steam comes out and makes a big puddle on the ocunter...

[trailmix 77]

I have become a BBQ person.

I have pretty much always had a BBQ - however I was never the BBQer - I was the receipient of the BBQed stuff. I didn't like standing around the BBQ and lighting it scared me

Now! I sooooo prefer bbqing meat, I do not want to fry the meat anymore, I want to bbq itttttttttttttt. so i do

Last night we had steak (bbqed of course), garlic bread, salad and beets. (I even did the initial toasting of the bread for garlic bread on the bbq)

Here is the weird thing. While i'm cooking the meat i'm looking at it thinking, you know, this doesn't look like steak - it also did not taste like steak, it tasted like pork to me.

I don't even know what kind it was.

[Krikit 1,163]

I have become a BBQ person.

I have pretty much always had a BBQ - however I was never the BBQer - I was the receipient of the BBQed stuff. I didn't like standing around the BBQ and lighting it scared me

Now! I sooooo prefer bbqing meat, I do not want to fry the meat anymore, I want to bbq itttttttttttttt. so i do

Last night we had steak (bbqed of course), garlic bread, salad and beets. (I even did the initial toasting of the bread for garlic bread on the bbq)

Here is the weird thing. While i'm cooking the meat i'm looking at it thinking, you know, this doesn't look like steak - it also did not taste like steak, it tasted like pork to me.

I don't even know what kind it was.

We were supposed to have steak and beets last night too! Instead my husband took me to a local pub he's been wanting to try. I had the french onion soup. Bad choice. It was horrible.... and nothing like french onion soup. How can you screw up french onion soup? The funny thing is I said to him "I'm going to order the french onion soup, but something tells me I'm going to regret it." lol. Anyhoo.... all was not lost. Hubby ordered the fish and chips and they were fabulous! FINALLY. Real fish and chips. Flipping pain in the neck it's been trying to find somewhere that knows how to make them. We'll be back.

Tonight we are having steak with roasted beets and mushrooms and onions. lol

[trailmix 77]

We were supposed to have steak and beets last night too! Instead my husband took me to a local pub he's been wanting to try. I had the french onion soup. Bad choice. It was horrible.... and nothing like french onion soup. How can you screw up french onion soup? The funny thing is I said to him "I'm going to order the french onion soup, but something tells me I'm going to regret it." lol. Anyhoo.... all was not lost. Hubby ordered the fish and chips and they were fabulous! FINALLY. Real fish and chips. Flipping pain in the neck it's been trying to find somewhere that knows how to make them. We'll be back.

Tonight we are having steak with roasted beets and mushrooms and onions. lol

Are you bbqing that steak??

We actually had canned beets because we had zero fresh vegetables in the house (Mike stopped by Albertson's last night though and now we do yay!)

I'm not sure what's for dinner tonight. I have a pork tenderloin that is defrosted, but since we had ham on Tuesday, steak that tasted like pork on Wednesday - that would be pork 3 nights in a row. Maybe that stuff last night was opossum or something

[Emancipation 2]

We were supposed to have steak and beets last night too! Instead my husband took me to a local pub he's been wanting to try. I had the french onion soup. Bad choice. It was horrible.... and nothing like french onion soup. How can you screw up french onion soup? The funny thing is I said to him "I'm going to order the french onion soup, but something tells me I'm going to regret it." lol. Anyhoo.... all was not lost. Hubby ordered the fish and chips and they were fabulous! FINALLY. Real fish and chips. Flipping pain in the neck it's been trying to find somewhere that knows how to make them. We'll be back.

THIS is miraculous... man.. what is it about the US that they can't seem to make a decent fish & chips? *sigh.. what I wouldn't give for a good fish & chips right about now

[trailmix 77]

We were supposed to have steak and beets last night too! Instead my husband took me to a local pub he's been wanting to try. I had the french onion soup. Bad choice. It was horrible.... and nothing like french onion soup. How can you screw up french onion soup? The funny thing is I said to him "I'm going to order the french onion soup, but something tells me I'm going to regret it." lol. Anyhoo.... all was not lost. Hubby ordered the fish and chips and they were fabulous! FINALLY. Real fish and chips. Flipping pain in the neck it's been trying to find somewhere that knows how to make them. We'll be back.

THIS is miraculous... man.. what is it about the US that they can't seem to make a decent fish & chips? *sigh.. what I wouldn't give for a good fish & chips right about now

Is it the batter? Maybe it's the flour!