So...whats for dinner?

I bought a Wagner Ware #8 skillet lid, a really old cast iron pot and a surveyor's transit..all for $10 at Goodwill while looking for a dinner plate to replace one I broke.

I have a #8 skillet and a lid will come in handy. I haven't decided what to do with the pot and I actually have use for the transit (working on shortwave and AM radio antennas).

I'm having to work late (3am) so my dinner will be a candy bar.

Leftover brown rice and chicken sausage gumbo with a tossed salad with avocado and blue cheese. 

specialk sorry about your friend. You've had a rough year.

Lacey it's good that the restaurant was wonderful. So much fun to finds a good one. 

Nancy, of course you do. And like eric, I thought of the corn stick pan. Ladyfingers are a sponge cake, right? That's what I'm thinking of. 

Eric, I love looking  at goodwill stores. You can always find things. Around here we have a St Vincent store too. Same kind of things. 

Luv, we have Tuesday Mornings around here also Big Lots. It's fun to poke around but I spend too much too! 

I've had farro. Bought it at Costco. You can use it like rice or even as a hot breakfast cereal. That's how they served it at sample day at Costco. 

 I made meat loaf and baked potato with carrots a couple days ago. Finished it up today. My favorite Tea shop is re branding itself as a Bistro so more people know it serves sandwiches and soups. All home made. Like polish dill pickle soup or butternut squash or Caribbean black bean. Just lovely- here's the soup and half sandwich lunch. Yum. 

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SpecialK, we've been in that weather period here in south Louisiana, but yesterday I closed the doors and windows and turned on the a/c.  The humidity had risen again. 

I have an acorn squash and a butternut that I haven't gotten around to cooking.  I just can't think of making soup with either one!  I roast them and add butter and a little brown sugar.  They taste somewhat like baked sweet potatoes.  Which reminds me, I have some of them on hand to cook, too!

Off to play golf in a 3-day match play tournament at our club.  Not sure what dinner will be. 

I agree, Carole....there is absolutely no "chew factor" in tiramisu, which doesn't make it my favorite dessert either. But I liked making it. Also, if you let it sit for more than a day and a half, you have tiramisu "soup". Didn't last that long....   Good luck with your golf tournament!

Special, enjoy your delightful weather!

I hear we are set to have some actual cold temps later this week. Today is gorgeous...too bad it is not trick or treat night tonight.  Friday will be really chilly, so I suspect the kiddies will be wearing quite a few layers under (or over) their costumes! And we will finally need to turn on our heat!

Red, I most certainly do -- a couple of times a year at least. Vivianos and and Digregorios are my favorites. Vivianos is usually where I get ladyfingers. I'm guessing the bakery is Missouri baking company. They have the best cannoli. Also, if you like fig bars, be sure to try the cuccidatti there. Outstanding! The Hill is also where I get my knives sharpened. LOVE the area, it's a fun outing. You are a girl after my own heart to drive two and a half hours to go food shopping lol!

                                         Corn stick                            Ladyfinger

Ladyfingers are indeed spongecake. One of the local grocery chains in St. Louis used to sell them fresh in their bakery but I haven't seen them in years. The ones in the Italian groceries are packaged and very dry. Which is actually not a bad thing since they're usually soaked in something and the dry ones hold up better than the fresh ones (at least in my experience.) 

I don't know what dinner is. Probably something involving ham and a potato. I have to get one more meal out of the ham before it's bean soup eligible. That's the problem with even a small ham and two people and why I usually only buy one if we're feeding others in addition to ourselves. What was I thinking.

Carole, was DH's endo appt. today?  I sincerely hope all is well.

Leftovers

Redheaded and Nance, I am SO jealous that you go to the Hill and eat at restaurants and shop at Italian markets. 

Nance, dh still does not know the results of his liver biopsy. 

Dinner tonight is grilled lamb chops, baked sweet potatoes and cole slaw. 

I was the winner in match play on day one of the golf tournament.  Tomorrow I get to play one of the other winners.  My opponent had to give me 8 strokes and she also didn't play well.  She's a very good friend, and I felt bad because she played so poorly. 

Congratulations Carole! And good luck tomorrow!

Leftover brussells sprouts soup tonight with breadsticks and red pepper hummus. I have the easiest meals when DH has meetings. 

Am busy filling up bags for the Vietnam Vets charity that picks up donations from your porch. This is just one way I am clearing out closets.....what a slow process!

Also trying to organize my kindergarten social skills materials since I will be working (as volunteer one day a week) with a K teacher in two class sessions. She sounds very excited to have me come in to work with her and the kids....and I have a feeling will want me to help her with some of the more challenging students. I am so excited to start feeling useful again and to enjoy the energy of the little kids. Kindergarteners are so wonderful in their authenticity. 

We usually get a Freshcetta(sp?) or a store brand but where we were Red Baron's were on sale so we got one. Good pizza, just used to a thicker crust.

Has anyone ever made Madeleine cookies?  I was at a flea market and found the pan for them for 3.00 and so I purchased it.  I think they are a cake like cookie from France.  I've found a recipe but it reads like you need more than one pan, and I am wondering if something would happen to the batter if I have to cool d own the pan from the first batch before I pour the second?    Now that it is getting colder, I might be in the kitchen a bit more than I am during the spring/summer/fall.  I think I am the queen of purchasing baking items that you will never use.  I think I have slowly acquired every Nordic ware Bundt pan made by never missing a church rummage sale.  After buying my first couple of them new, and knowing how much they sell for, I can't pass by one that is under $5.00 .  And I don't really bake a lot of Bundt cakes.... I also need to take a picture of the strange looking "Angel Food" pan I bought that is 7 inches tall and 6 1/2 inches wide at the bottom.   --says "made in Italy" Williams Sonoma, San Franscisco CA, but I can't find it on Williams-Sonoma website.    

Miss the roo but any critter will do!

Redheaded1 - I've never made any but a quick google said they could possibly be made in mini muffin tins. You may have inspired me. Somewhere (oh where oh where) buried in my storage closet are 2 pans still in the original plastic wrap from has to be at least 20 years ago, probably more. They might be fun to make/take to Bible Study or Prayer Meeting. I saw recipe for Earl Grey flavored ones. I think I still have some double bergamot Earl Grey (teabags). But like you I would prob. make a few in mini muffin tins too.

I bought some fab Harney & Sons chocolate/mint tea at Target. Had seen it on Amazon.

Tonight is pork cutlets/gravy/mashed potatoes. I bought 5# of potatoes that are quickly turning green/soft. Can you freeze already made mashed potatoes? I think what is left is more than DH and I can eat tonight/tomorrow night.

Mommyof2 - I've been buying a crust called MamaMary's. I don't much like the Boboli for some reason and that's all my local grocery has. This time I bought house brand Albertsons fire roasted while I was there. They had a much better selection.

Ft. Worth actually has a Williams Sonoma but no Crate & Barrel. I forget about it being there. But it is across from where the new Fresh Market is very slowly going in. I need to go the the kitchen supply store but will have to hold securely onto my pocketbook.

Monica - I love Sir Spotsalot. Beautiful.

Moon, I love the spots on your cat!  I've never seen one of those cats.  I would put the tomatoes in the soup.  I think...

Luv, my efforts at freezing potatoes were not successful.  The potatoes develop a cotton-like quality. 

Hope Susan is eating delicious food in Portland.

Dinner tonight will be chicken cutlets breaded with panko and browned in olive oil and butter.  Leftover sweet potatoes and either a tossed salad or coleslaw.  The latter is easier. 

I always make my pizza crust because it's so easy, using a recipe from Mary Ann Esposito.  Pizza sounds good.  Maybe tomorrow night's dinner!