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

[bzzelady]

I had that strawbery pretzel jello years ago and it was delicious...I would also be interested in the recipe if you are into sharing it!

 

[castleview]

I would love to hear about your crock pot chicken and dumplings... that is one of my favorite comfort foods!

Hi,

I can't take credit for this myself. Stacy posted this on page 14 of the thread...and I think she got it from another Stacy on the Budget Board. I'm giving it a try tonight. Hopefully, it will be great since we had a huge drop in temperature in NE! Here it is:

2 chicken breast--boneless/skinless (I just wanted to add that I've been using 2 lbs. chicken thighs instead...the breasts were too dry for me)
1 can cream chicken soup
2 T margarine
2 cans biscuits
1 soup can of water

Put the chicken breasts in a crockpot, top w/ soup, margarine, and water. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Then, shred the chicken w/ 2 forks and stir. 45 minutes before serving (turn to "high" if cooking on "low"), add cut up biscuits.

 

[TXTink]

Thank you castleview! I must have miss that one, gosh there are so many! I am loving this thread!!

It sure sounds yummy! Thanks for re-posting it for me!

 

[Zandy595]

DH still hasn't gotten the propane tanks filled. I wanted to make grilled BBQ pork chops tonight. Well, we're having the pork chops, but I threw them in the crockpot with a little BBQ sauce on top. I've never done them like this, hope they turn out okay. DS has been requesting tater tots, so we'll have those with some kind of green vegetable and a salad.

 

[Glynis]

what is the recipe for the stuffed pepper soup? Can you share? It sounds delish!

Sure. Here it is. I got it out of an old Quick Cooking Magazine

Stuffed Pepper Soup

1 pouch (8.8 oz.) ready to serve long grain and wild rice mix
1 pound ground beef
2 C. frozen chopped green peppers, thawed (I just chopped some from my garden)
1 C. chopped onion
1 jar chunky tomato pasta sauce
1 can Italian diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can beef broth

Prepare rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook the beef, green peppers and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the pasta sauce, tomatoes, broth and prepared rice; heat through.

I served it with breadsticks. It was really yummy and very easy!

 

[Glynis]

Sigh, left over shredded beef, twiced baked potatos, and strawberry pretzal jell-o again. This is day 5 of leftover. Sigh.

Is there a light at the end of the tunnel, yet? Or are you going to be eating leftovers for longer?

 

[OceanAnnie]

Whoo Hoo!

We're having pork chops and gravy in the crockpot with mashed potatoes and peas. Maybe chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Hi,

I can't take credit for this myself. Stacy posted this on page 14 of the thread...and I think she got it from another Stacy on the Budget Board. I'm giving it a try tonight. Hopefully, it will be great since we had a huge drop in temperature in NE! Here it is:

2 chicken breast--boneless/skinless (I just wanted to add that I've been using 2 lbs. chicken thighs instead...the breasts were too dry for me)
1 can cream chicken soup
2 T margarine
2 cans biscuits
1 soup can of water

Put the chicken breasts in a crockpot, top w/ soup, margarine, and water. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Then, shred the chicken w/ 2 forks and stir. 45 minutes before serving (turn to "high" if cooking on "low"), add cut up biscuits.

How many biscuits in each can?

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

I am officially ONE MONTH away from my WDW trip!!! Can I get a woo hoo?!

Tonight I am making meatloaf and smashed potatoes. I am trying something different with the meatloaf tonight. Lately I have seen/read people sauteeing some onion, pepper, and garlic instead of adding them raw to the meatloaf. So I am going to give it a try. Any tips?

WFD at your house?

Lindsay - how long will you be in WDW for? We might be there at the same time. I'll be there Nov. 7 - 11.

And: woo hoo

Today I "experimented" - It's kind of a modern version of bigos (Polish stew) in the crockpot. It smells good but I am not sure. It's definitely different from real bigos, but that's where my idea for this debacle came from. If it's edible, I'll post a recipe.

I might get some rye bread too, since I'm going out. I don't need the extra carbs, but every Polish meal has rye bread. It's for the "poprawini" (My spelling is probably horribly wrong but the w is pronounces like a v since Polish doesn't have a letter v."

Poprawini is probably something all of you do on holidays, or on days where you make a really yummy meal, you just don't know it! It means when you have already eaten dinner, but a few hours later on that night (sometimes at 8 or 10, or 11, or even 3 am) you pull out all the leftovers and start eating again. Do you have leftover ham at midnight on Easter? Do you have a turkey sandwich at 1 am on Thanksgiving? You got it - only the Polish actually have a word for it, lol! Anyway, Polish meals always serve bread but people rarely eat any with the meal - usually it's eaten at the poprawini.

Sorry so long - teacher mode, I guess. lol.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I will be there from Nov. 5-11. Did you see liamsaunt will be there too??

 

[powellrj]

I don't want to cook this weekend, so I am cooking tonight. I made chili, mac and cheese, onion burgers. The onion burgers are a new recipe. They are like sloppy joes/white castles.

1 lb ground beef
1 can cream of onion soup
1T. flour
1/3 can of water

fry ground beef, drain and add flour, soup and water and simmer for 20 min. It smells wonderful. We will have them tomorrow night so I can see if they taste as good as they smell!

 

[nightowlky]

I kept it simple tonight:

Seasoned baked chicken
Mashed potatoes
Spinach (with a bit of Raspberry Vinaigrette poured over it)

 

[CEDmom]

Tonight I made shrimp fried rice. I made it up as I went along after finding about 6 jumbo shrimp in the freezer. It was a big hit - even with my picky DD although she wanted nothing to do with the shrimp or the egg. DH and DD fought over the last little bit and I had to throw together more for DD to take for lunch. I served it with pineapple chunks.

Shrimp Fried Rice - makes 2 good sized servings

1 bag Uncle Ben's whole grain brown rice (the kind that's ready in 90 sec)
1 cup frozen peas
2 lightly beaten eggs
6 fully cooked jumbo shrimp
Asian stir-fry sauce (I used a soy-ginger one)
vegetable oil

In large pan heat small amount of oil.
Add eggs and cook w/o stirring until set - then flip and finish cooking. Remove from pan.
Add rice w/o heating in microwave. Stir fry for a few minutes until rice is a little golden and crispy.
Stir in frozen peas.
Remove tails from shrimp and stir in.
Add stir-fry sauce and combine.
Serve immediately.

 

[Swimnoid]

Lindsay - how long will you be in WDW for? We might be there at the same time. I'll be there Nov. 7 - 11.

And: woo hoo

Today I "experimented" - It's kind of a modern version of bigos (Polish stew) in the crockpot. It smells good but I am not sure. It's definitely different from real bigos, but that's where my idea for this debacle came from. If it's edible, I'll post a recipe.

I might get some rye bread too, since I'm going out. I don't need the extra carbs, but every Polish meal has rye bread. It's for the "poprawini" (My spelling is probably horribly wrong but the w is pronounces like a v since Polish doesn't have a letter v."

Poprawini is probably something all of you do on holidays, or on days where you make a really yummy meal, you just don't know it! It means when you have already eaten dinner, but a few hours later on that night (sometimes at 8 or 10, or 11, or even 3 am) you pull out all the leftovers and start eating again. Do you have leftover ham at midnight on Easter? Do you have a turkey sandwich at 1 am on Thanksgiving? You got it - only the Polish actually have a word for it, lol! Anyway, Polish meals always serve bread but people rarely eat any with the meal - usually it's eaten at the poprawini.

Sorry so long - teacher mode, I guess. lol.

Sounds wonderful. I'm glad there is a word for it. I have "poprawini" every night!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Had a little snafu last night with the meatloaf. I got my veggies sauteed, all my ingredients together, went to add the meat and discovered it had gone bad. So we had Subway for dinner last night. We were supposed to have leftovers tonight so instead I am going to pick up some take-out from Applebee's on my way home from working out.

WFD at your house?

 

[Dislifer]

Had a little snafu last night with the meatloaf. I got my veggies sauteed, all my ingredients together, went to add the meat and discovered it had gone bad. So we had Subway for dinner last night. We were supposed to have leftovers tonight so instead I am going to pick up some take-out from Applebee's on my way home from working out.

WFD at your house?

Oh No! Were you able to save the sauteed veggies??? My kids would have been happy...Subway one night and Applebees another??? Heaven!

Tonight is Friday, so pizza night for us!

 

[stacy347]

Well, I did not cook what I posted yesterday...time got away from me before work and it was quicker to just throw together a burrito bake so that's what I did. Today we'll have the cubed steaks, baked potatoes and tomato/mozzarella salad (I marinated it last night and we'll just have it as a salad instead of skewers).

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Oh No! Were you able to save the sauteed veggies??? My kids would have been happy...Subway one night and Applebees another??? Heaven!

Sadly, no. Couldn't do anything with them. I was so aggravated. Oh well, Subway is an easy clean-up!!

 

[DisneyFan06]

Nothing special tonight. Maybe just Corn Dogs.

 

[nucpharm29]

Not sure tonight--Friday's are usually pizza nights, but dsis and I are doing the Race for the Cure tomorrow am, so pizza might not be a good choice tonight--maybe some pasta!