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

[Aimeedyan]

Robin - love the snow pic of your daughter! What a ham!

Shovan - I hope that haircut was worth the time! That is nuts! Also, congrats to your daughter!


Well, we ended up stopping at Outback instead of Ruby Tuesdays since traffic was so bad. You certainly didn't hear complaining out of me since it was on an expense acct!

I had the blue cheese encrusted filet, loaded baked potato, and salad with blue cheese. I LOVE my blue cheese! Yum Yum.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Today we are going to my stepfather's family for their Christmas. The live in Blue Ride, GA, so it's a pretty, but curvy, drive. We are eating lupper there, plus there is leftover Glynis roast if we are hungry when we get home.

WFD at your house?

And now for an update on:

The Romance of the Smitten Kittens

As I mentioned yesterday, the SKs joined us for dinner last night. I made an awesome dinner of Glynis roast (that's what we call it, hee hee!), carrots, and potatoes. Thankfully, my roast turned out to be MEGA-tender!! Woo hoo! Everyone loved the dinner.

After I cleaned up, we adjourned to the living room. Would you believe that from about 7-midnight the 4 of us just sat and yakked? Our plan was to restart season 1 of Heroes and get Robin caught up, but we didn't. Yes, all is well with the four of us and I'm so glad. I think we are really starting to comfortably become 2 couples hanging out. They sure are loosening up around us, no pun intended. Instead of sneaking smooches when they think we aren't looking, they just do it in front of us. Yes, "get a room," is appropriate, but meh, you just deal with it. It's awesome to see both of them so happy. They really deserve it.

Robin is on call every other weekend (she is a gas scheduler). She had to bring in her laptop and do a few minutes of work. We all went in our office while she did what she had to do. We laughed and joked and had a good time. Kevin and I had a little too much fun playing with the cameras on our cell phones. I will post our pictures later

Since she is on call she needs to be able to access her laptop, so Kevin is going over to her house today to watch movies. Robin has something up her sleeve for the day. She was about to tell me when Kevin walked in the room. She stopped and said, "I'll e-mail you, muahwahahahah!!" Don't you know that little info is driving me nuts!

Anyway, Robin is now coming over on Friday nights with Kevin. I think I'm going to start calling us the Fearsome Foursome.

And there is your update on The Romance of the Smitten Kittens.


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[HERSEY]

Good morning. It's lightly snowing here I hope we are on the light side of this snow. Downstate and into Indiana and Michigan should get the heavier amounts.

This afternoon is my early Christmas with my family. I hope to find out my Aunt and Uncle are not going to drive out east. I worry about them driving out in this weather. Snow is one thing but lake effect snow is awful. We drove to Detroit one year in that stuff you couldn't see past the hood of your car.

I better get in the shower and wash my hair so it dries by tonight. Yes my hair takes that long, it is too thick.

My little box of Zatarains jambalaya turned out pretty good. Alex and his friend really liked it. I just used chicken and smoked sausage not too spicey since Alex never had that kind of spice before.

Do you southern ladies have a good recipe for more authentic Jambalaya?

 

[liamsaunt]

Robin that is a really cute photo!

OK, I finally have pictures for you guys! I am not posting the astroburger though. Just looking at it again made me want to hurl, so I deleted it!

The last meal I made before Disney. It's mutter paner and naan, though as you can see I had no peas, so I guess it's just paneer and naan. Nothing green, a perfect setup for what I would be eating at Disney!:

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Here is the cajun turkey, parmesean orzo, and winter squash from Monday:

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Short ribs with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach from Wednesday:

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The shepard's pie from Raglan Road (remember, my Dad thought it was not good):

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Caili eating a Napoleon from Patiserrie Boulangerie (yes, we are in Morroco. I brought in food from other countries! Gasp!):

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An assortment of panini from one night before we left. There are three kinds...scrambled eggs, chilis, and sriacha on baguette, a simple proscuitto-fresh mozzarella-salad greens one, and the wrap has smoked turkey, cheese, and bacon. The sauce in the middle is for dipping that sandwich into--it's raspberry chipotle with some sour cream.

Schwarma plate from Morroco--half eaten, I was STARVING. This was excellent, by the way:

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Cheese fondue from last night...YUM! Excuse the messy kitchen please...

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Gratineed eggs with sweet basil bacon, toasted baguette, and mache salad (I forget which night this was!!):

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Parmesean potato pancakes from Thursday:

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Brussel sprouts with roasted pecans and balsamic vinegar from Thursday:

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Chicken apple sausage in a cider-apple onion compote, with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach. I had this the night I made DH the short ribs (Wednesday):

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Leftover sausage with the potato cakes, sprouts and Mom's famous eggplant sticks (Thursday):

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Leftover short ribs with the same sides (Thursday):

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OK, I think that brings me up to date!

Tonight I am making linguini with cod and tomatoes, a salad and some crusty bread.





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[TigerKat]

My little box of Zatarains jambalaya turned out pretty good. Alex and his friend really liked it. I just used chicken and smoked sausage not too spicey since Alex never had that kind of spice before.

Do you southern ladies have a good recipe for more authentic Jambalaya?

There's a ton of variations out there. I have tried this one before and it's very good:

http://neworleanscuisine.blogspot.com/2005/05/shrimp-and-chicken-jambalaya-recipe.html

Becky - Awesome pics!!!!! Glad to have your porn back!!

WFD tonight - Omaha steaks, stuffed sole and au gratin potatoes!

 

[Aimeedyan]

Becky - great pics!

Tonight we will probably eat out, though we were going to grill hamburgers at home. I offered to pick up a relative at the airport and his flight comes in at 630 and he'll probably be hungry so we're going to bank on eating with him instead.

 

[lucas]

There's a ton of variations out there. I have tried this one before and it's very good:

http://neworleanscuisine.blogspot.com/2005/05/shrimp-and-chicken-jambalaya-recipe.html

TigerKat, that recipe sounds fantastic. I'm gonna make it either today or in the next couple of days.

The website looks great, too. I've got to go back and check out some of the other recipes. Thanks for posting the link.

 

[HERSEY]

There's a ton of variations out there. I have tried this one before and it's very good:

http://neworleanscuisine.blogspot.com/2005/05/shrimp-and-chicken-jambalaya-recipe.html

Becky - Awesome pics!!!!! Glad to have your porn back!!

WFD tonight - Omaha steaks, stuffed sole and au gratin potatoes!

Thanks for the link. I think that will be our New year day menu item. I have to think of a menu so I can do the black eye peas like my MIL did.

I cheated on the dessert for today's get together I started not to feel well last night so I didn't finish my baking like I wanted. I went to the bakery for some cannoli and cookies. I did make the key lime cheesecake and rice krispies treats oh and the cathedral windows (melted chocolate with mini colored marshmallows). It made a nice looking tray if I say so myself.

I feel much better I think just ate too much junk food at work. I'll be glad when the holidays are past me.

 

[TigerKat]

TigerKat, that recipe sounds fantastic. I'm gonna make it either today or in the next couple of days.

The website looks great, too. I've got to go back and check out some of the other recipes. Thanks for posting the link.

I hope you like it!! Do you remember the Back-a-town chicken recipe? I know you tried it. I posted it on the stop-smoking forum I'm on and they're all going crazy over it!!

Thanks for the link. I think that will be our New year day menu item. I have to think of a menu so I can do the black eye peas like my MIL did.

Every New Years Day it's the same thing here - Pork roast with cabbage and black-eyes.


Steph - Thanks for the lovely card!!!!!!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

My stepsister is in from Albuquerque this week. My stepsister and BIL are also spending the weekend with my parents (they live in Knoxville, about 1 1/2 hours from here). We are getting together with them today to eat and exchange gifts. Going against traditional holiday foods, we are grilling hamburgers and hot dogs

WFD at your house?

 

[HERSEY]

Good morning!

Kathy I was thinking about a pork roast too. The black eyed peas and greens would go better. I don't have much time anymore to make greens. How do you do your peas?

Lindsay Grilling sounds really good I would have to shovel my way to the grill only to scrape it off. Darned snow.

We had a great time with my family last night. My cousin who had a severe stroke 3 years didn't look good. He doesn't even try to communicate anymore. My aunt and uncle will try either tomorrow or tuesday for their drive to Ny. I hope the weather clears out east to make their drive safe.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Hi All,

Sorry I have been MIA...we went to my sisters yesterday for my nephews bday and today BigMama and Clark-Kent are coming over to help with the bathroom. I think we will just to some sort of take out.

Will check back when I have a few more minutes.\


Have a great day!

 

[TigerKat]

Good morning!

Kathy I was thinking about a pork roast too. The black eyed peas and greens would go better. I don't have much time anymore to make greens. How do you do your peas?

I cook the peas the same way I do my red and white beans, which is posted here. But I'll bet that site I posted yesterday has a good recipe, gotta check it out!

Glad to hear you had a good time yesterday. Sorry about your cousin, I'll keep him in my prayers.

I'm getting ready to get started in the kitchen. I'm making a big pot of Lauren's spaghetti sauce with sausages and meatballs. I made my meatballs yesterday(the raw mixture) and put them in my frig in the garage. The whole garage smells like garlic this morning!

 

[liamandcaili]

We're having a big winter storm here today -- not at all pretty like the other day -- so the kids and I are staying home, making some Christmas cookies and watching the Pats. I'll make pizza for dinner.

 

[HERSEY]

laura Stay safe that stuff sounds fierce.

Since the dogs and the plows had me up early I decided to take a little nap. I was woken by my neighbors shoveling my drive. I'm am glad I have such energic neighbors.

I still have to decide what I'm making for dinner since I'm working this afternoon.

 

[OKWMom]

The "dusting" of snow pictures crack me up. We have a bunch of it here in Wisconsin. Here's a picture of my DD taken outside. She made the box from one of her Hanukkah presents into a robot.

She is precious! And wow, is that a lot of snow.

I probably won't check in tomorrow. DD is graduating during the afternoon & we will have a large crowd going out to dinner after!

Congrats! I hope everything went well yesterday.

Your DD is cute in her box. I was also chuckling over the dusting and thinking how the state shut down Those southern Gals need to visit us here for a real sleighride!

I know this southern girl would like the sleighride part, but not the 8 hours stuck on the snowy road part. If I had that much snow, I would be so scared to drive I'd become a hermit in the winter. It sure is pretty though.

Well, we ended up stopping at Outback instead of Ruby Tuesdays since traffic was so bad. You certainly didn't hear complaining out of me since it was on an expense acct!

I had the blue cheese encrusted filet, loaded baked potato, and salad with blue cheese. I LOVE my blue cheese! Yum Yum.

I haven't eaten at Ruby Tuesdays in years, but it certainly sounds like you got a better deal at outback.

We're having a big winter storm here today -- not at all pretty like the other day -- so the kids and I are staying home, making some Christmas cookies and watching the Pats. I'll make pizza for dinner.

Stay warm and safe. It does look like you will be having a white Christmas this year.

laura Since the dogs and the plows had me up early I decided to take a little nap. I was woken by my neighbors shoveling my drive. I'm am glad I have such energic neighbors.

How sweet of them! Stay warm if you can.

I didn't check in yesterday because like I posted earlier, I was helping my sister with my niece's birthday party. Well, I think my sister was doing her best to kill me. I seriously don't know where she gets her energy. We starting setting up at 9:00 for the 1:00 party. After cleaning up, it was close to 4:00 when I got home. I collapsed on the couch for about an hour then made the creole shrimp bake for dinner. I was exhausted, but I told Kenny I would make it if he would peel the shrimp.

Tonight I'm making a baked spaghetti.

 

[TigerKat]

Lauren - I followed your recipe to a "T" and it was fantastic!!!!! It makes a ton and I think Johnny ate 1/4 of it. It reminded me so much of my Mom's, she used to put the meatballs in raw and it does make a big difference. I loved the pork ribs in there. It was just a big pot of yumminess!

 

[Nancyg56]

Hi!

Just checking in. I spent a good portion of the day on my Christmas Cards. I misplaced one of my address books when I moved my desk out and now I am stuck . I called a cousin and she sent me some addresses but I am going to have to wing the rest. I hope that I don't forget anyone. I'll finish tomorrow and pop them in the mail.

Talk to you all in the morning.

 

[Aimeedyan]

We had a wacky food day. After church, we didn't have afternoon activities so I actually got to eat at home so I made us grilled ham and cheese sandwiches with tater tots.

Then we had a party from 4-7 with my kids, where we had hot dogs, smores, nachos, etc. I ate half a hot dog and some nachos but nothing else because I was still full from lunch.

Then we ran to another party, this time with "big people" from 7-9. They had ham, turkey, etc but I still wasn't hungry.

I'm finally home and drinking a pumpkin spice cappucino and wondering if I'm going to get hungry at some point. DH took advantage of all the food

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I went to my parent's house yesterday with the intention of going grocery shopping after we left. I marched right out of my house with no idea WFD this week or a grocery list. I do NOT wing it in the grocery store, I always have a list. So my scatterbrained mind worked w/ what I knew I had here at home. On that note, we are having breakfast for dinner again: scrambled eggs, hash browns, turkey sausage links, and biscuits. It's going to be a very cool day so some comfort food will be yummy

WFD at your house?

And now for a mini-update on:

The Romance of the Smitten Kittens

Tomorrow is Robin's birthday. Yesterday her family took her out to lunch at The Olive Garden and Kevin was invited. I got a really cool picture from Robin this morning of the SKs and her brother and SIL. My, my, my...they are really turning into a handsome couple. The picture was taken in someone's home, so they went with her family somewhere after dinner.

Robin decided she would start coming over with Kevin to our house on Friday nights. Well, we semi-invited her anyway, but whatever. So I will see her again Friday and we are taking her out for her birthday Thursday. After spending alllllllllllllllllllllllll day with her last Tuesday, we have gotten to be really good friends

And there's your semi-update on The Romance of the Smitten Kittens.
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