So...whats for dinner?

Yeah Gina! So glad I t went well. Gee. I feel cheated. You had a lx and get a weeks worth of dinners? I had a BMX and exactly 1 dinner was made for me. AND I HAVE 7 sibs! LOL ok so only 6 live in the state. That brother gets a pass. Although I did get the weeks worth of frozen dinners my daughter had sent. Those were good. LOL.  No really I am glad you don't have to cook. It wonderful to be taken care of like that! LOL 

Last night I just had a Flatiron steak cooked in my caster on pan. Mashed Potatos. That's it. But it was done rare. Yum. 

Much love. 

They're not as pretty, but boy do they taste good.

Nance, I don't know why, but your picture had me giggling. The way you do when you know you shouldn't and can't stop. I don't even know why! It may be possible I'm losing my mind.

They really do  look good.

Gina I hope you exhale with relief.  The waiting is the hardest part.

Here is a recipe. They put salmon in everything here. I keep wanting to rush over and say "stop! don't touch that salmon! Don't cover it with cream cheese!  It's too precious! " But there is a lot here and it's in at least 4-5 dishes at every pot luck

Here's a nice one from everything salmon. a store that tourists buy a lot of fish from in the summer

Classic Smoked Salmon Appetizer Back to Top  
8 oz. Alaska smoked salmon  
Herbed cream cheese*  
12 slices cocktail-size rye or pumpernickel bread**  
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion  
3 Tbsp. capers  
Lemon slices  
Fresh dill sprigs  

Arrange smoked salmon, small bowl of Herbed Cream Cheese and bread on     medium  
-sized serving platter. Garnish with red onion, capers, lemon slices and dill.   
Makes 6 servings.
    * Herbed cream cheese    Beat together until smooth 8 ounces softened cream cheese,
2 tablespoons milk, 1     teaspoon each lemon juice and dill weed, and 4-5 drops bottled
hot pepper sauce.  
** Six split mini-sized bagels can be substituted

I hope everyone has a nice three day weekend, especially those who work.

Nance, I don't know why, but your picture had me giggling. The way you do when you know you shouldn't and can't stop. I don't even know why! It may be possible I'm losing my mind.

They really do  look good.

Gina I hope you exhale with relief.  The waiting is the hardest part.

Here is a recipe. They put salmon in everything here. I keep wanting to rush over and say "stop! don't touch that salmon! Don't cover it with cream cheese!  It's too precious! " But there is a lot here and it's in at least 4-5 dishes at every pot luck

Here's a nice one from everything salmon. a store that tourists buy a lot of fish from in the summer

Classic Smoked Salmon Appetizer Back to Top  
8 oz. Alaska smoked salmon  
Herbed cream cheese*  
12 slices cocktail-size rye or pumpernickel bread**  
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion  
3 Tbsp. capers  
Lemon slices  
Fresh dill sprigs  

Arrange smoked salmon, small bowl of Herbed Cream Cheese and bread on     medium  
-sized serving platter. Garnish with red onion, capers, lemon slices and dill.   
Makes 6 servings.
    * Herbed cream cheese    Beat together until smooth 8 ounces softened cream cheese,
2 tablespoons milk, 1     teaspoon each lemon juice and dill weed, and 4-5 drops bottled
hot pepper sauce.  
** Six split mini-sized bagels can be substituted

I hope everyone has a nice three day weekend, especially those who work.

Bedo that sounds pretty good. We like to smoke some of the salmon we catch here.its a hot smoke not like lox. Looks cooked but tastes smoked. And I bet I know what you were thinking about the bread sticks, naughty! LOL

Joyce glad to see you again. And I hope you have a great time with Michelle's DH.

Nancy I made a brick in my new mixer. Sigh. I knew it wasn't right..should never have baked it. LOL.  I tried a second rise it was still not good. Then I looked at the comments on the King Arthur website. It wasn't me! LOL.  Something was messed up but I thought I'd forgotten how it should feel. Nope I was right. So tossed it. Went to my old recipe. It's yummy! What do you think? It's the pumpkin bread I used to make in my Bread maker. It could have used a bit more of a rise though cause I used some whole wheat flour. But it tastes great. Will be good for ham and cheese sandwiches. 

Much love to all. 

I agree it is def food porn, I am glad I wasn't the only one.. Great minds... Ha ha! I do want to say wishful thinking though! hehe!

Joyce- ((((hugs)))))

Moon- I think your bread looks yummy!

Don't post much but read often... had me lmao with the picture - ha ha ha!!

I have been attempting to cut out as many carbs as I can (darn tamoxifen) but have one cheat day (which is today).    Not sure what doing for dinner yet.... either tuna casserole or a pasta of some description.

Hugs everyone xx

So good to see your post Tazzy....:)

Last night DH and I attended a comedy night fundraiser put on by a local town group. The comedians were a riot and we laughed a lot! The food was pretty basic, chicken salad roll ups, (which I never eat due to my weird celery allergy), barbecued chicken tenders, some chinese eggrolls and fried rice. It was a mix of many of the food vendor donations.....the chocolaty desserts were better, so I departed from my healthy eating effort and had two! 

Today, I made a big pot of kale soup, which has a very balsamic flavor to it, since when I went to add a splash of balsamic vinegar to it, I accidentally poured way too much in. Oy! Thus the distinctive flavor! As usual, DH was totally fine with it. I also made a crabmeat, broccoli, mushroom quiche tonight since that whole milk I had leftover from the kids' visit was burning a hole in my culinary psyche. Turned out well....but quiche is yet another departure from my current eating habits. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.

Monica, lovely loaves!

Boy we certainly are a desperate group....ooogling the breadsticks!  LOL

Wouldn't have thought of grilled cheese on the pumpkin bread, hmmmm, probably very yummy, and the loaf looks perfect to me.

Did a lasagna last night, mainly for the DH, I could live without it.  Had a big side salad, so that was my dinner.

Today I am feeling like a simple baked chicken, bone in, all the parts. Rice and vege on the side.

BBQd some Tbones found in freezer. OK but tough. Glad I did not pay full price for them. Have leftovers for my lunch. Also did some chicken thighs/legs with a coconut/mango sauce from Central Market. I have to put them back on again in oven as I don't think they got done enough. Should have left the sauce till a bit later in cooking, that and they were straight out of refrig. Maybe should have warmed them up just a bit. So tonight is leftover night - chicken, deli chicken, steak and I'll make something to go with them. Oh and the leftover shrimp that DH has decided he does not like. Did I mention he was raised in CA and was/is spoiled for fish? I will eat just about any kind. I even got him nice Cross/Blackwell cocktail sauce for them.

Humm - maybe I can freeze the shrimps and make them back into something? Any suggestions? Prob. have 1-1.5 cups whole and pretty big ones - Lacey the quiche caught my eye but don't think DH will eat it. Not sure why - loves eggs, crust, - think it's a texture thing.

Nancy - mmm - leftover meatloaf. Think I have some of that too. Can you say I need to clean out the freezer which is once again full to the top? What goes in a Provencal chicken stew?

Nancy,

Thanks for the link to the chicken recipe.  Was going to ask for it but Luv beat me to it...lol!  Sounds really good and is going on my list to try soon maybe even this week.  There's some really great prices on chicken this week!

Gosh I didn't read the recipe. Sounds like a good use for that whole chicken languishing deep in bottom of freezer. Hmm.

I made a coleslaw/ramen noodle dish trying to use up some dry roasted peanuts we have. They are pretty bad to eat out of hand but OK in dish. I put the olive oil in a bowl and was shocked it was sooo green. Prob. tells you the stuff I was buying was not so hot. Of course I could always feed the peanuts to the goats that is if they don't eat my fingers off in the process. I have a Playskool sandbox minus the lid I dump things in for them. Also a fav. napping place. Might have to do it that way - that's how they get the wilted salad mixes. Silly goats would not eat it for a long time.

I have to go to Ft. Worth on Wed. for mammo - 2 year check. I changed appt to 8:15 am - DH thinks I'm crazy. But I'm having a no shopping attack. I see TJs coming - I did not go in there over Christmas holidays - spent enough at Central Mkt. to cover it instead lol. So Wed. may be a long day or maybe not depending on how checkbook holds out.

Nancy - Italian groceries are very uncommon in Texas at least FW. I know of a middle Eastern one very tiny but more or a lunch hangout than grocery. Even on the west side of FW not a good Oriental grocery which I would dearly love. Midcities area much more common.

It's been awhile since I posted.  I check here a couple of times a day with my phone--it's easy to read, but difficult to type, so I just read.

Tonight, dinner is going to be something very simple...Sharon is fighting a cold so I'll probably do a "hot and cold" thing and let her choose whatever feels the best to her throat.  Some BBQ chicken and, since we have lots of grapes, apples, bananas, pears, apricots and such, a nice cold fruit salad.  We have just enough sourdough bread left for the meal, so we should be in good shape.  I *might* even bake some potatoes on the grill while the chicken is cooking.  There is no point wasting the 70F degree weather!

I hope everyone is busy enjoying themselves.

Eric

Oh Eric, you reminded me of my brother in LA who loves to call during our hardy winter weather patterns to let me know he is driving around in his convertible with the top down.  LOL  Hope Sharon feels better soon.

We are piling up with snow now...  DH and I took a walk up town to do errands just as the snow was starting. Super cold, invigorating walk! Am loving those errand walks....as long as we are bundled up!

Made chicken piccata (with lots of mushrooms added) tonight served over brown rice pasta and with a cuke and tomato salad. I was supposed to go to observe a school meeting related to my volunteer "job" tonight, but since the roads were a mess I opted out and enjoyed our leisurely dinner. Lots of shoveling tomorrow.....

Wow the weather has been just crazy!! Just.so.cold here in the NE.  High today of 7!  Yikes! By contrast you are having a heat wave in AK from what I saw on the weather channel, Bedo!

The good news for us shivering our butts off.... Last time we had this bitter cold during the winter season, we had almost no mosquitos and gnats the following summer!  So lets get through this and hope for the benefits this summer!

Stay warm because Baby, It's Cold Outside!