The Official What's For Dinner thread:Thursday 1-24-08? Recipe finder in OP. Enjoy! Part 3

[Glynis]

Hey guys, I just heard from Gretchen, Kenny's Dad passed away this morning. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Thanks for passing the news along. I will definitely keep them in my prayers.

 

[THE HAT]

Kathy--I have had Gretchen on my mind all day...now I know why........Thank you for passing the information off to us..................

Gretchen--You, Kenny, and the babes are in my heart, my thoughts, and my prayers.........I send you all big hugs..........if there is anything I can do please let me know.......

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Our thought and prayers go out to Gretchen and her family

Tonight it's leftover cheesy chicken pasta and ciabatta bread.

WFD at your house?

ETA: After 5 days of barely being able to function because of no coffee, I managed to find a substitute. My husband picked up a 6-pack of 8 oz. Diet Dr. Peppers. While they aren't my favorite, and I try to limit my consumption of carbonated drinks, I was able to function yesterday!! I felt like myself again!

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[Nancyg56]

Kathy- thank you for passing the sad news to us. My heart breaks.

Gretchen- I am so sorry for your loss. Your family is in my heart and in my prayers

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Gretchen, You, Kenny and the rest of the family are in my thoughts and prayers...my sincere condolences.

Aimee, So sorry about your friends Dad.

Kathy, thank you for the update. We are all so lucky to have a friend like you.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Dinner tonight will be quick. We are going to WW...

I am making sausage, shells and peas and probably a salad.

Have a great day!

 

[nucpharm29]

Gretchen--thoughts and prayers going out to you and your family

Not sure WFD tonight. I didn't make it to the grocery store last night when we got back into town, so all that's in the freezer is a Bertolli's frozen meal. It will do in a pinch.

 

[MA pigletfan]

Boring weekend here, Rick visited for a day and is back in Detroit. BUT....we leave for DL Friday morning. I started packing last night.

YAY! how exciting..I have never been to DL! We are tentatively thinking 2009 though, since we already have the idea of 10 days at WDW for October 2008 dancing in our heads

I just finished Book 6 of the Harry Potter series and I keep seeing your Rick every time Hagrid comes into the stories . Donny is going to bring Book 7 to me this week...now I know why he barricaded himself in his house for the weekend when it came out!

Well you are one book up on me..i FINALLY read 5 a few weeks ago..but of course now i am taking a class and no time for reading..sigh..i miss those mini-wizards! lol

Dinner tonight is the citrus garlic roast chicken on this thread! Yumm!!!!! I was going to do it for dinner last night, but we ended up celebrating DH's stepdad's birthday. It was fun, but my mouth was set for roast chicken. So, no fiddling around! Today is chicken day!!!! I'll probably bake some potatoes and steam some broccoli to go with it. Nothing fancy, but since the weather has turned downright cold here, this comfort meal will taste really good!

Boy that sounds GOOD! I might have to steal your idea..Greg is working OT at the station today/tonight..but i bet he would be thrilled to come home at 8:30 to the smells of a nice home cooked chicken dinner....lets see if i win girlfriend of the year tonight ...hahah.

 

[liamsaunt]

Gretchen, I'm sorry to hear about Kenny's Dad. My condolences to you and your family.

Last night I made paninis because we got home late and of course had to eat in front of the TV for Monday Night Football since the Patriots were playing. They were pretty good.

I'm kind of tired from staying up to watch the game, so am planning on comfort food tonight--chicken roasted with garlic, shallots, rosemary, and thyme, a roasted winter squash with maple syrup and butter, and roasted potatoes, that I will do in the same pan as the chicken so they get nice and crusty.

 

[TigerKat]

Kathy, thank you for the update. We are all so lucky to have a friend like you.

Aw, you're so sweet, but I am the lucky one to be blessed with such great friends.

Gretchen - My thoughts and prayers will continue to be with you, Kenny and the kids. I know I'm far away, but I am here for you if you need anything.

Do y'all get e-mails from Allrecipes? I get a daily newsletter type of e-mail which features a recipe. Got one recently that sounds like a very simple "Alice Springs" chicken dish minus the mushrooms. It's called EASY Honey Mustard Mozzarella Chicken, which I'm going to try tonight. Sides will be pasta and sauteed spinach.

 

[Nancyg56]

I think I will make the Frenches onion chicken. I have a package thawing now, so we'll see what I want as the day goes on.

 

[TigerKat]

I think I will make the Frenches onion chicken. I have a package thawing now, so we'll see what I want as the day goes on.

How are you feeling Nancy?

 

[shovan]

Hi Y'all,

Gretchen, So sorry to hear about your family's loss. Y'all are in my prayers.

We had a great weekend in Houston! Great Tex-Mex food, shopping at the Galleria & the Astros won the game & opened up Minute Maid stadium for a fireworks show after. It was fun!

I felt good enough yesterday to start cleaning closets to get ready for the remodel. That hopefully will start soon. But that's why I didn't check in yesterday & I have tons more to do on that.

Dinner last night had to be easy & low-fat from all the pigging out we did over the weekend. So we had pan seared tilapia, broccoli and a salad. Even that can't make up for all of the eating we did!

Tonight will probably be more of the same type deal with chicken.

Hope everyone is well ( I didn't get to read back) & have a great day!

Sheryl

 

[Glynis]

YAY! how exciting..I have never been to DL! We are tentatively thinking 2009 though, since we already have the idea of 10 days at WDW for October 2008 dancing in our heads


Boy that sounds GOOD! I might have to steal your idea..Greg is working OT at the station today/tonight..but i bet he would be thrilled to come home at 8:30 to the smells of a nice home cooked chicken dinner....lets see if i win girlfriend of the year tonight ...hahah.

When you are ready to do DL, just let me know! Since we live so close, relatively speaking, that's where we do most of our family trips! I've got all kinds of tips and tricks to make it easy!

The chicken was incredible! My family literally stripped the chicken clean! Not one smidge was left!!! Instead of baked potatoes, I mashed some, and that went over really well, too! Yum!

The funniest part, though, was Leslie's face as I brought the chicken to the table. She squealed with joy and yelled, "We're eating piggy tonight!!!" Nothing we said could convince her that it was chicken. She just KNEW that cooked piggy looked like that! Well, whatever it takes to get her to eat her dinner.

 

[TigerKat]

We had a great weekend in Houston! Great Tex-Mex food, shopping at the Galleria & the Astros won the game & opened up Minute Maid stadium for a fireworks show after. It was fun!

Welcome back, sounds like y'all had a great time!

 

[TigerKat]

If anyone is interested Omaha steaks has a sale going which ends tomorrow:

http://www.omahasteaks.com/servlet/...100783&DSP=255&AID=9500&ITMSUF=AHG&SRC=RW6515

 

[Nancyg56]

Kathy- I am feeling better, but I cannot put too much pressure on my knee. The ligament that is torn is the one that keeps your leg from going to far forward, but the knee cap keeps your leg from doing that as well. My knee is inflamed because my leg ( or something in there?????) keeps pushing too far and my knee cap is pushing back. Between that and that meniscus thing I just have to be careful until the PE starts on Friday.

I am trying to get winter clothes out and fall clothes separated from summer clothes, as well as sending Kady's clothes to the Princess down the street. I cannot just sit all day so this seems to be a good compromise.

 

[TigerKat]

Kathy- I am feeling better, but I cannot put too much pressure on my knee. The ligament that is torn is the one that keeps your leg from going to far forward, but the knee cap keeps your leg from doing that as well. My knee is inflamed because my leg ( or something in there?????) keeps pushing too far and my knee cap is pushing back. Between that and that meniscus thing I just have to be careful until the PE starts on Friday.

Has the anti-inflammatory helped at all? Please don't do too much!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

When you are ready to do DL, just let me know! Since we live so close, relatively speaking, that's where we do most of our family trips! I've got all kinds of tips and tricks to make it easy!

The funniest part, though, was Leslie's face as I brought the chicken to the table. She squealed with joy and yelled, "We're eating piggy tonight!!!" Nothing we said could convince her that it was chicken. She just KNEW that cooked piggy looked like that! Well, whatever it takes to get her to eat her dinner.

I started reading thru the tips you sent last night...those are better then the guidebook we got! I'll be packing them in my bag! And please tell Leslie- I always wanted to know where "when pigs fly" came from. I didn't know they had feathers too!

Gretchen- I'm thinking of all of you. But I think I know who the "rock" is there and you get an extra little squeeze from me.

Kathy- I think we need to get Marisa in on this monitoring Nancy thing... I think she's too far away to take us seriously. But, I'm thinking we can go over to the disabilities board and copy down some of the wheelchair and ECV rental numbers and PM them to Marisa.... Maybe if SHE threatened Nancy with them- or better yet! gave them to Buddy to threaten with......yeah, that's the ticket..... and then we can mail sandwich fixins' to Buddy so he won't be punished by the Nana-tized food. Oh my, I laughed myself to tears with that one.

And Nancy- Your daily reminder..... Take it easy and stay off that leg! (Once again....sternest face I can muster- then a na-na boo-boo tongue sticking out face)

 

[TigerKat]

Kathy- I think we need to get Marisa in on this monitoring Nancy thing... I think she's too far away to take us seriously. But, I'm thinking we can go over to the disabilities board and copy down some of the wheelchair and ECV rental numbers and PM them to Marisa.... Maybe if SHE threatened Nancy with them- or better yet! gave them to Buddy to threaten with......yeah, that's the ticket..... and then we can mail sandwich fixins' to Buddy so he won't be punished by the Nana-tized food. Oh my, I laughed myself to tears with that one.

You are tooooo funny!!!!!!