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

[LBAK]

Chicken corn chowder and biscuits tonight. Pumkin chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

 

[lucas]

Dh and I eat at home during the week but we eat out on Saturdays & Sundays. We might go to Chili's or our favorite local Mexican restaurant.

 

[Nancyg56]

I'm trying a new recipe I found in the local newspaper last week - Crock-pot lemon roasted chicken . Hope it turns out good. I'll fix confetti risotto to go with it.



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Oh this sounds so good. Please let us know how it turns out and please post the recipe.

 

[MerryPoppins]

I'm missing you guys. I haven't been checking in much. Makes me feel too guilty. With my daughter and dog both being in the school musical, we've been eating out or having stuff like cold cuts or nachos. I don't even want to admit what we've been eating lately. Tonight is the final performance. I think I'll throw a meatloaf in the oven this afternoon. I'm ready for some real home cooking. And after today I'll be back on track because the play is closing tonight.

 

[Nancyg56]

Chocolate Almond Pie

This is from the Paula Deen newsletter- made it yesterday- OMG!
It tastes like a Mars bar to me.....Love it! A local restaurant makes this and sells it for $4.00 a slice. The total ingredients cost me about $6.00.

I made this yesterday for our dessert and it was so good! It is a little sweet, but I would bet it is because I monkeyed around woth the recipe in order to use up all of the marshmallows . I made my own crust ising brown sugar and that was really good too.

I had pizza yesterday. DH and DGD prefer pizza take in, but I made my own crust and used leftover sauce. The rest of us liked it, but I now have ammo when I want to go out for dinner and DH wants to stay home.....Nancy's homemade pizza with turkey meatballs. We'll be in a restaurant fast !

 

[TigerKat]

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Oh this sounds so good. Please let us know how it turns out and please post the recipe.[/QUOTE]


Will do!!

I'm doing Thanksgiving dinner next weekend since we'll be at WDW for the holiday. I'd like to try a new stuffing recipe, but it's gotta be fairly quick and easy. Anyone with a recipe? No cornbread recipes, DH and DS don't care for it. Thanks for any help!!

 

[Glynis]

Well, I think I'm going to grill some burgers--depending on the weather!

Glynis--I made those Pumpkin Ginger scones (stones as DD called them) and they are delish!!! And the other great part, cooking them made my house smell like the holidays! DH walked in from work and asked where the cookies I baked were---he was a little disappointed to find out no cookies, just scones--too bad for him, Yippee for me!! Actually, I'm having one right now with my morning coffee!! Thanks for sharing the recipe

Yay! I'm glad you liked them! My family did, too! It's always nice when a new recipe actually works! Gotta love that holiday smell, right?

 

[Glynis]

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Oh this sounds so good. Please let us know how it turns out and please post the recipe.

Will do!!

I'm doing Thanksgiving dinner next weekend since we'll be at WDW for the holiday. I'd like to try a new stuffing recipe, but it's gotta be fairly quick and easy. Anyone with a recipe? No cornbread recipes, DH and DS don't care for it. Thanks for any help!![/QUOTE]

My favorite is Rachael Ray's Apple and Onion Stuffin' Muffins. I've posted the recipe on the holiday recipe thread, but I'd be happy to post it here as well! It's so yummy! I like to make the muffins to help me control portions, but I've also just made it in a casserole. I don't stuff the turkey, as my family hates that, but I bet you could do it that way, too.

 

[Glynis]

Tonight will be easy for us: Creamy Tomato Fettucine with Grilled Chicken. I'll either pick up some garlic bread, or make some quick bread sticks to go with it. A nice green salad will round out the dinner.

 

[TigerKat]

Glynis - Thanks, I totally forgot about that thread, checking out all the recipes now!!

 

[TigerKat]

Nancy - the crock-pot lemon roasted chicken just came out and to be honest it's fall off the bone tender, but I had to put it under the broiler to crisp up the skin and I will tweak it next time for more lemon flavor by putting sliced lemons inside the chicken! Here it is:

Lemon Roasted crock-pot Chicken:

1 whole chicken
1/2 c. chopped onion, I also put slivers of garlic under the skin
2 Tbsp softened butter
juice of 1 lemon
1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp paprika(or if you can get Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic seasoning, use it instead of the seasonings above) - salt, thyme and paprika.

Rinse chicken well and pat dry. Place the chopped onion and parsley in the cavity. Rub the chicken with the softened butter, place in crock-pot. Squeeze the juice of the lemon over the chicken and sprinkle with seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for five hours.

I used the drippings, which does have a lemon flavor, to make a very nice gravy!

 

[OceanAnnie]

Lindsay, here's that blueberry cobbler recipe. I got it from Recipezaar. Super easy. You can use the fruit of your choice. I just finished a nice warm bowl of it with vanilla ice cream. It was soooo good!

Easy Yummy Cobbler

2 - (21 oz) cans of pie filling
2 eggs
2 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
1 cup butter, melted
cinnamon to taste

(This could almost be called the recipe of 2s!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread the pie filling in the bottom of a 9" x 13" pan. Combine eggs, sugar and flour.
Mixture will be crumbly. Spread the mixture evenly over pie filling. Pour the melted butter on top of crumble mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon to taste. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Topping should be golded brown.

I only used one can of blueberries and that was 15 oz (I think--it was small), just what I had on hand. But I kept to the recipe other than that. Mine was more cakey (which we like). It still had plenty of fruit for us. It was super!

 

[buckylarue]

Tonight was crusted chicken breasts (crust made of crushed corn flakes, 6 pepper blend, grilling seasoning mix and ranch dressing powdered mix), diced yukon gold potatoes in a parmesan-garlic-herb blend, and sweet corn.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Today I am making baked spaghetti. The recipe is on page 1 somewhere. It's really good. It isn't your average (or my average, actually) "make up some regular spaghetti, put it in a casserole dish and cover it with cheese, then bake" kind of recipe. It's VERY different, but so yummy! I picked up a foccacia to go with it.

WFD at your house?

ETA:OceanAnnie, I can't wait to try your cobbler!

 

[nucpharm29]

I think tonight will be spaghetti with meatsauce--maybe some garlic toast to go a long with it!

 

[LBAK]

Tonight's dinner is roasted chicken, stuffing, cream cheese mashed potatoes and mixed veggies.

 

[Mom21]

My Il's are coming over. I am having a deli type lunch with meat and cheese tray and rolls. Added in some macaroni salad, potato salad, slaw and a fruit salad. That way my MIL can eat as light as she wants (FIL doesn't eat lunch) and my family can eat normal. For dinner we are having: steak, Emerils prawns, baked potatos with sour cream and butter,broccoli, salad (they always begin their meal with a salad), bread with a tomato and basil dipping oil, olives. I am holding off on dessert since she will most likely bring something. If she doesn't I will make a Key Lime Pie and maybe an Oreo pie for my hubby and dd. Whew I am tired already. Cleaned for 2 days (and really my house is clean but I stress too much).

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

I think tonight will be sandwiches and clean-out-the-fridge-get-rid-of-leftovers night. I came home from the Halloween party we went to with some chili and meatballs (the hostess had LOTS of things left) so maybe some one will want that.

 

[TigerKat]

Tonight will be a grilled london broil (which has been marinating for days), roasted potatoes and DS's favorite mexican salad. YUM!!

 

[Glynis]

Well, we didn't have the tomato fettucine last night. DH took the older 2 kids deer hunting. The twins and I ended up just having some toast and milk for dinner. Guess we'll have the fettucine tonight. I'll make a dessert of some kind. Probably Halloween cupcakes for the kids. Just something easy. Tonight is our night to carve pumpkins, roast pumpkin seeds and watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." Should be a fun night.