What's For Dinner?

[~Nini~ 2]

I'm cookin' up some chicken breast spiced with merken (a Chilean spice blend) and panfrying mushrooms and brussel sprouts with garlic, sea salt and olive oil. It's the first time I'm trying this out, but I'm thinking it's going to be deee-lish

[Weerawan and Ken 0]

Tonight it was sausage and pepperoni pizza.....Yummy........

[Marilyn. 340]

we had some yummy sandwiches and pasta salad from the awesome deli down the street... the deli has been there since the 1950's...

sometime on the weekend we are going to go out for a nice dinner for our anniversary... maybe TGI Fridays or something.... or maybe a Italian restaurant...

Edited March 7, 2008 by MarilynP

[Krikit 1,165]

Tonight it was sausage and pepperoni pizza.....Yummy........

Yay! Another Floridian VJ'er!

[LadyJane 1]

Two muffins from Tim's and a cafe mocha. (not so much on the nutritional side, but very tasty) Ahhh, it's good to visit my hubby in Canada!

[L_n_O 3]

Beef-Noodle Skillet

INGREDIENTS

* 1 pound lean ground beef

* 1 small onion, chopped

* 1 teaspoon minced garlic

* 1 (10 ounce) box frozen corn kernels

* 1 cup mild picante sauce

* 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce

* 1 cup water

* 2 cups medium egg noodles

* 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Break the ground beef into chunks in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring to crumble the beef, until no longer pink.

2. Drain off the grease and stir in garlic, corn, picante sauce, tomato sauce and water. Add the noodles and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat until noodles are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle cheese over the top. Allow cheese to melt for a minute before serving.

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Cajun Style Baked Sweet Potato

INGREDIENTS

* 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika

* 1 teaspoon brown sugar

* 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

* 1/4 teaspoon onion powder

* 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

* 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary

* 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

* 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

* 2 large sweet potatoes

* 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. In a small bowl, stir together paprika, brown sugar, black pepper, onion powder, thyme, rosemary, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.

3. Slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise. Brush each half with olive oil. Rub the seasoning mix over the cut surface of each half. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet, or in a shallow pan.

4. Bake in preheated oven until tender, or about 1 hour.

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Together they make:

Edited March 7, 2008 by liz_legend 'n Ol

[warlord 73]

Lady at work gave me a recipe for Sweedish Meatballs, but don't have the stuff for that yet. So instead I have chicken dethawing so will be having I guess Mustard Chicken and Brocolli. Pretty plain and simple to make. Fry Extra virgin olive oil, dump in chicken with mustard powder and mustard seads and mustard ####### from the grocery store, fry and then serve...

Any particular kind of mustard #######?

Yes overpowering Djion mustard which was so strong it felt like we didn't have chicken or brocolli, but instead just took heaping spoonfull of this mustard and jammed it into our mouths.

Just hasn't been a great experimental cooking 2 weeks. I should just stick with what I know ha ha...

[Krikit 1,165]

Together they make:

Oh, Lord, Liz. That looks revolting. But I laughed so much that you took a picture.

[Krikit 1,165]

Yes overpowering Djion mustard which was so strong it felt like we didn't have chicken or brocolli, but instead just took heaping spoonfull of this mustard and jammed it into our mouths.

Just hasn't been a great experimental cooking 2 weeks. I should just stick with what I know ha ha...

*scratches dijon chicken from the menu*

Don't stick with what you know, Warlord! It's all these failures that teach you how to be a good cook. I made some amazingly bad meals when I was learning. They're really good for a laugh.

[trailmix 77]

Yay for posting pictures of dinner

That looks good to meeeeee. I'm hungry! So, Husband goes grocery shopping on Tuesday night. I asked him to get some garlic bread, or bread for me to make garlic bread. Well the bread didn't show up and I meant to ask him about it then forgot. Yesterday morning he goes to the garage and brings up a loaf of french bread - he had left it in the trunk.

Soooo I try some later in the day, seems just dandy to me and does not taste like garage lol

I cut the bread in half, garlic/butter, wrap it up in tin foil - and throw one in the freezer in tin foil/glad wrap.

Then I am laying in bed last night thinking, hmmm we didn't have garlic bread, wonder where that got to. Anyway we have lots o garlic bread in the freezer now. Oh and the roast was great - with potatoes and asparagus.

Edited March 7, 2008 by trailmix

[Krikit 1,165]

Soooo I try some later in the day, seems just dandy to me and does not taste like garage lol

I cut the bread in half, garlic/butter, wrap it up in tin foil - and throw one in the freezer in tin foil/glad wrap.

Then I am laying in bed last night thinking, hmmm we didn't have garlic bread, wonder where that got to. Anyway we have lots o garlic bread in the freezer now. Oh and the roast was great - with potatoes and asparagus.

I haven't done that at all.

[MissStacey 1]

The chicken fricassee was good!! And so easy. Being done in the crock pot, the chicken was so tender.

This is the recipe as my mother in law gave it: I couldn't find the picsweet seasoning so I improvised and bought a package of some chicken crock pot seasoning. The recipe also calls for Pioneer brand package gravy- if you can't find that then McKormicks or any other brand of package gravy would be fine.

4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 package brown gravy mix

1 can Campbell's creamy chicken mushroom soup

1 package picsweet seasoning (any flavor)

3 tbsp (or more if you like really dark gravy) kitchen bouquet

Tony Chachere's seasoning to taste (or any other seasoning you like if you don't have this.

Mix gravy with 2 cups hot water. Add soup, kitchen bouquet and other seasonings and mix. Add chicken and mix into crock pot and cook all day.

I served it with rice and veggies.

[Carlawarla 1]

I had so much fun reading all the postings here...a couple of things I want to say...

Marilyn...happy belated wedding anniversary!

warload....you are an absolute hoot! (hoot = hilarious)

pics of meals is a good thing...thanks for sharing!

I"m going to make Marilyn's Ugly Naked Chicken Thighs tonight. I made note the other day they sounded good, and that when I served them, I would do so naked. No one commented! ( I know...no pics of dinner tonight! )

Oh yes...edited to add...Miss Stacey...what the heck is picsweet?? And...Tony Chachere's seasonings? Let me know what it has on the jar...what ingredients if you can! Thanks!

Edited March 7, 2008 by Carlawarla

[kimmbo 0]

love Tony's...

http://www.tonychachere.com/

[Marilyn. 340]

no idea what dinner is giong to be tonight...

and thanks for the congrats, carlawarla...

I hope you enjoy the naked chicken... I would suggest not cooking it naked though ...lol

the sauce is good over rice and for dunking the chicken in while you eat....

it is a runny sauce but my hubby liked it like that...

Edited March 7, 2008 by MarilynP