So...whats for dinner?

LOL at the dishwasher stories.  So I'm not the only one who rearranges.  DH's philosophy is that if it fits somewhere in the dishwasher, he has done his part in cleaning the dishes!  It may be hereditary because his mother could get more dishes into her dishwasher than seemed possible.  When I load the dishwasher, the dishes are clean because I rinse them and brush off sticky food residue. 

He does pretty well with unloading the dishwasher.  Occasionally when he "misplaces" something, I realize that his placement might be better than mine.  Otherwise I just change the placement and don't complain.  Unloading the dishwasher is not one of my favorite tasks.

Dinner tonight is a bowl of home-made beef veggie noodle soup that DH cooked today while I was out and about.  It's delicious because I had some of it for a late lunch when I got home.  I'll make a salad and slice up some home-made artisan wheat bread. 

Carole, that fits my DH's philosophy perfectly. I too asked him to leave out the things if he didn't know where they went but so many things ended up on the counter, I think he felt that he hadn't done much lol. Oh well, I can't really complain, he has a lot of other very fine qualities. For instance, after he put dishes away today, he went to his workshop and made me a pasta drying rack. Gotta love him!

Newbies.

Lol on the Mom super powers!



Although I can relate to having older kids with their late night eating... I usually plan my meals for the week and it's frustrating when I go to get an ingredient out that I need, usually something I've already made that was going to be 'reborn' as something else, and it's gone leaving me to scramble last minute...grrrrrrr....



Tonight was stuffed peppers that I had made and frozen when I had lots of peppers from my garden.... Didn't even thaw them... Just put a little sauce in the casserole dish, plunked them in and topped with a little more sauce.... Super easy! Edited to add: I also covered them with foil and baked them... Lol....

Sharon gets frustrated with the "disappearing food items".  I just kind of go with the flow and either deal with it by coming up with something else, or going to the store to replace the missing items...we have a store about 1 minute drive from the house.

I guess our different attitudes about this comes from college.  Sharon lived in a dorm and ate the dorm food.  I had my own place and I followed he "Here's what I have.  What can I make with it?" method. 

Sometimes I couldn't make anything with what I had in the house....M&Ms, cheese puffs, beer and bacon don't offer many possibilities.....when that happened, Mickey would ride her bike the two blocks to her apartment and call on the phone so we could combine resources.  If she was also down to M&Ms, cheese puffs, beer and bacon, then we would *have* to go to the store... Although I do remember that one time, right after we had paid our tuition and bought our books (and budgets were *LEAN*), actaully trying bacon wrapped cheese puffs...it sort of worked! :-)

Eric

I had some lean times in college just like so many. My junior year really started bad.  Ihad enough money for tuition and books and very little for subsistance.  Lived in an apartment with  a roommate and figured we could make it by sharing expenses but she got homesick after two weeks and moved home to commute.  The increased rent ate my food budget. 

I got lucky.  Landlord gardened, had way too much produce and a root cellar.  Kept me well supplied with onions, potatoes and carrots.  After a couple of weeks fried patoes and onions got old.  A guy I knew took pity on me when he heard about my predicament and invited me to dinner, I brought him a bag of my produce.  He too was a poor student but had a very part time job in the meat Dept of the local store.  He kind of adopted me as a little sister and we pooled our resources.  I had dinner at his house almost every day for the rest of the school year.  But for him I probably would have had to move home that year.

After my mom got us the paperback Betty Crocker cookbook and we figured stuff out, the Ramen noodles and Mac & Cheese became less of a staple.



Final exam stew was designed to last the whole exam week and was added to as needed. Since we would be gone a couple of weeks for semester breaks, it was a put everything that might spoil while we were gone into a huge pot and let it simmer the whole week. Also added was stuff, that while it might not spoil, was on hand and seemed like it would help the flavor



Apples, hamburger, bacon, eggs, vegetables of all types, all sorts of pasta, beer....... Folks coming over to study knew they could eat too and they would bring stuff to add so we wouldn't run out of food.



The engineering types kept the stove from burning the place down and the biology majors made sure it didn't turn into a bacteria farm and make us sick...

I have to confess we still have ramen noodles!  I saute sliced carrots with onion and coarsely chopped cabbage.  I cook the ramen noodles but when they are done I drain off the water and then sprinkle the spice packet in and toss the noodles.  I pour the noodles into the pan with the vegetables and add a little soy sauce and hot sauce.  We usually have potstickers and a dipping sauce of soy sauce with honey and chopped scallions mixed in.  If my DH is carbo-loading (distance runner) I will also have some fried rice!  It is a naughty meal but so yummy!

A lot of spices were added along the way...maybe that's why it tasted OK...sort of like the Tobasco sauce in the MREs. :-)



Eric

Oven-fried catfish fillets (not actually fried, of course, but breaded and crispy) and fresh green beans with fingerling potatoes.  Dh will mix up a tartar sauce. 

I've never had ramen noodles.  Am I deprived?   I lived in dorms in college and ate in the cafeteria, but my roommate's parents had a small supermarket.  She brought food for snacks and introduced me to drinking hot tea.  Sadly she died young of a brain aneurysm (sp?). 

Oh my goodness, the weatherman is actually promising the return of sunshine by Thursday.  It has been rainy and gloomy for days and days.

Carrie, I think I caught what you have and chicken soup sounds good to me, but I don't have the energy to fix it. But I have ramen noodles, which I love! Unfortunately, DH doesn't share my enthusiasm.



I think I can manage a fritatta for dinner but that's about my limit. If DH wants a salad, he'll have to make it. I feel like my face is filled with lead :-(



Carole, your catfish sounds delish too. DH doesn't share my enthusiasm for that either.

Need to learn to make a frittata.  I just love eggs in any form.  

Debbie,



$500 to change your tickets is crazy! While I know that feeling of just wanting to get home I can think of worst places to be stuck...lol! Sounds like you have been really busy thus far maybe change things up a bit for the next few days and just relax... Wake up whenever and go to bed whenever with a whole bunch of nothing in between! There's something very healing about taking a day or two and doing absolutely nothing...lol



Deborye,



Love your new avatar photo! You look so pretty and is that a fascinator I see on your head?



Belinda, I am an egg person too and can't think of a way that I don't like them except raw... or also soft-boiled... Aside from those two, I'm good to go!



Tazzy, Love chili and the crockpot saved me when I was working... So nice to come home to a meal already made!



Tonight was Chicken Cacciatore and it came out mighty good if I do say so myself..lol!

Kay iknow I'm feeling perry ssceecrery is that even a word? Hehe oh Lord love me some drinking lol in not sure I'd my words or the correct captions is so I will leave it for now heheh!



Lacey- tumor in the Klein salads oh for Christ sake meant kale salad it sure sounds fogs can't wait ringer to get home on my computer crimy



sakes!

Ok yea I'm drinking no surprise but I still wouldn't say those darn things lol



Seaside- if you think about it it will cost us a hell a lot more than 500 to stay those xrra days and I will make sure they so lol



Tazzy- funny but maybe not, want nice he didn't tell you . Men... I told dh I need xrra stuff like female stuff to stay here he says why? I said so you want me to pee my pants ( yes I use pads) all the female things I need I have run out of since we are staying longer also my inhalers and Nicolette gum , oh well he just has to pay for them, not gonna worry. Laurie what was it you said about liquid courage lool

Made a chicken pot pie, but as we cannot eat wheat anymore I made the crust using rice flour, butter and just a smidge of tapioca flour.  It turned out really well.