The What's for Dinner Thread- June 2012 (recipe index in OP)

[PrincessInOz]

I think I'll pass on the dinner this next month. I just realized that there is only weekend in May that I will be home, and that's the weekend.

First weekend we are on the road trip, second weekend we are still on the roadtrip.

Third weekend we fly up to the Bay Area Saturday for a tour of Pixar Studios, spend the night at my parents house and fly back Sunday afternoon.

So we have one weekend at home, the fourth weekend.

Then Wednesday we fly out to WDW for the next week or so! I didn't realize that I had booked myself so tightly!

Big month!

Okay. There's always June.

 

[kimmar067]

....there was no roasted chicken in the cards for me this past weekend...I had a petite filet mignon with mashed potatoes and mixed veggies at The Crow's Nest...we went out to dinner...

 

[dgbg100106]

Morning everyone... Well I did not make the roasted Chicken dinner, I did not do much of anything this weekend, except sit around and pout about my car and my aching body!!

I ended up not having any meat Saturday or Sunday.

I had a few things on Friday, crab deviled eggs, pork potstickers, and a half of a slider. It was good but it was not amazing...

So I stuck with the veggies all weekend. Maybe I will slowly develop a taste for it.. I did reintroduce sugar into my diet this weekend. Dark Chocolate M&M's never tasted so good!

Still no caffeine from drinks... Still sticking with herbal teas.

So I think you are all caught up with me.

Tonight is black bean burgers, roasted carrots sticks, and avocado and tomato slices.

 

[kimmar067]

Morning everyone... Well I did not make the roasted Chicken dinner, I did not do much of anything this weekend, except sit around and pout about my car and my aching body!!

I ended up not having any meat Saturday or Sunday.

I had a few things on Friday, crab deviled eggs, pork potstickers, and a half of a slider. It was good but it was not amazing...

So I stuck with the veggies all weekend. Maybe I will slowly develop a taste for it.. I did reintroduce sugar into my diet this weekend. Dark Chocolate M&M's never tasted so good!

Still no caffeine from drinks... Still sticking with herbal teas.

So I think you are all caught up with me.

Tonight is black bean burgers, roasted carrots sticks, and avocado and tomato slices.

...pretty uneventful weekend, from a food perspective...

 

[EJ4Disney]

Happy Monday all,

Brandi ~ OMGoodness, I am so glad you are ok Lady. How scary!! Cars can be replaced - you can't. Hope the person that hit you had good insurance.

Wow - your dinners all looked so good. I fixed my roasted chicken on Saturday night. I mixed some fresh parsley, and thyme in 4 tablespoons of butter and place 1/2 of it between the skin of the breast. Then rubbed the rest over the chicken. In the cavity I placed a whole orange halved and a lemon halved with a few sprigs of rosemary. Placed it in my dutch oven and cooked for 1 hour at 350. Oh mercy goodness girls it was delish!! Plus my house smelled heavenly.

I am totally up for a baked Ziti for next month. I would have to say that the 31st or June 1 will work best for me as we are busy busy busy for Memorial Day weekend. Where Doug doesn't do tomato based pasta very well, I will be doing one without tomatoes. Should be really good thou and a nice alternative. Oh I love this idea of a monthly dinner fix.

Our quiet weekend didn't last long. Friday night Stephanie and Marty called and asked if we could watch Lilly as they had been invited out on Saturday to a 50th birthday party. We said sure, so headed to Kearney Saturday morning and just decided to bring her back home and keep her over night. Oh the fun we had. We had bought the littles (Liam & Lilly) a motorized John Deer tractor with a cart on the back. It was all charged up so when we got home she took it for a ride. OMGoodness - she was so cute once she got the hang of it. Liam is absolutely obsessed with tractors so he was in 7th heaven. Fun fun weekend. We also worked out in our tree break and got 90% of the dead trees out. That was a BIG job but with many hands it only took 5 hours or so.

WFDT ~ Bacon Cheeseburgers with a pasta salad.

Make it a great day!!

 

[kimmar067]

WFDT ~ Bacon Cheeseburgers with a pasta salad.

Make it a great day!!

.......well, well, well, someone else who doesn't adhere to the 'Meatless Monday' premise...

 

[EJ4Disney]

.......well, well, well, someone else who doesn't adhere to the 'Meatless Monday' premise...

Heck no, remember I live in Nebraska on a cattle farm. HELLO!!!

 

[EJ4Disney]

Oh and Kimmar, what's wrong with your Cow on a pole - I see NOTHING wrong with it. Just saying!!

 

[usnuzuloose]

Oh and Kimmar, what's wrong with your Cow on a pole - I see NOTHING wrong with it. Just saying!!

I like some meal with out meat. And she has been pole less for a while...

 

[kimmar067]

Heck no, remember I live in Nebraska on a cattle farm. HELLO!!!

 

[kimmar067]

WFDT? Well, I don't have a name for it, but I can describe it:

I sauteed about 2-1/2 lbs of chicken tenderloins in a skillet with chopped garlic, s & p, and a little bit of olive oil with a very low flame (and covered). Meanwhile, I cut small red potatoes, seasoned with fresh-cracked pepper, in quarters and sauteed them in a separate skillet with a low flame and about 2 oz. water, also covered. I cooked both for about 40 minutes. I added a cup of sun-dried tomatoes to the chicken and sprinkled some finely-grated parmesan cheese on the potatoes. I turned the heat up on the potatoes to brown them. I added a heaping handful of raw spinach leaves to the chicken and stirred it into the chicken/tomato mixture, added the potatoes, and added a cup of small fresh mozzarella balls to the skillet, and sprinkled coarsely-grated parmesan cheese on top. Serve directly from skillet.

 

[franandaj]

I'd call it cheesy chicken and potatoes. Sounds delish!

We're having ham and scalloped potatoes from a box. I think we'll eat the zucchini that I picked today.

 

[kimmar067]

........hmmmmm.....

 

[PrincessInOz]

Tuesday night. *sigh* I really like coming home to dinner; but I would like something different other than baked potato. So, I told DH tonight. He and DS still love it. Boys.

 

[pigletgirl]

Tuesday night. *sigh* I really like coming home to dinner; but I would like something different other than baked potato. So, I told DH tonight. He and DS still love it. Boys.

So typical! Creatures of habit, eh?

Well, we dodged a major bullet with the storm yesterday. It lost quite a bit of steam so we faired well. Just some branches down but no major damage to cars or anything. We are grateful!!

WFDT - Chicken Curry Corn Chowder!

 

[kimmar067]

Tuesday night. *sigh* I really like coming home to dinner; but I would like something different other than baked potato. So, I told DH tonight. He and DS still love it. Boys.

 

[kimmar067]

WFDT - Chicken Curry Corn Chowder!

....I don't know about the 'curry' part, but I LOVE chicken corn chowder!

 

[EJ4Disney]

WFDT - Chicken Curry Corn Chowder!

I would love the recipe if you don't mind. That sounds SO good.

Kimmar ~ I love your skillet dinner. Sounds amazing. I love meals I can make and serve in the same pan.

PIO ~ I so hear ya What is up with men? They never cease to amaze me.
I wanted to tell you how much I have enjoyed your TR. Your pictures are amazing!!

Alison ~ Awwww.........fresh zucchini. I can't wait!!
Are you crossing things off of your list? I bet you and Fran are getting so excited. I have been following along on your PTR and heck I am even excited. Oh the fun you 2 will have.


It is cold, rainy and windy here this morning. As I was getting ready the furnace came on. It is that cold here - only to reach low 40's. I have washed all of my sweaters and winter things and found I needed to bring a few things out again. Oh well, as they say April showers bring May flowers. Yea, that's true if they don't get froze in the mean time. We are really watching the temps!!

WFDT ~ Penne pasta with butternut squash, and a nice green salad. This is a new recipe - if it's good I will post it.

Make it a great day!!

 

[maslex]

WFDT? Chicken Pot Pie

 

[dgbg100106]

Morning all, I decided not to take the muscle relaxers while I am at work, they just make me lose focus, and very lethargic. Something I can't have at the new job!

Anyway, Last night the bean burgers were so good... I really enjoy them.

Tonight, David is have pork chops, sweet potatoes, and Asparagus
I am having roasted Carrots, Lentil Soup and Asparagus.

I have been saving all my root veggie scraps, peels, and ends and stuff like that from the Celery, onions, carrots, and garlic. I freeze them and then every Sunday I have been making Homemade Veggie broth, and then turning that into a soup, with beans or lentils, with Mirepoix. This in turn becomes my work week lunch.

This week it was lentils and I must tell you it turned out great, and David is really enjoying it on his Vegan days! He is up to 2 days a week.