What’s for Dinner Tonight?

[TippyThomas]

Leftover salad today. Added mesclun to the chicken pesto to fluff it up a bit. A cup of cream of broccoli soup lowered the amt of freezer goods and still perks my appetite.

Have garbanzo and Great Northern beans to finish soaking and simmer for the freezer. Planned to make soups with them (I could live off of soup exclusively, lol) but plans have changed for the good.
In the next week or so I’m off to France and possibly UK courtesy of youngest son. He’s in charge of booking everything and my only responsibility is to have my bags packed ASAP. I know I’ll be in Normandy because his cousins own a home there via their dad and that’s where they spend August vacations generally. Only disappointment is DGD will already have started school in Paris. Other than that I’m an extremely happy woman.

Have a wonderful time!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

We are on our way to pick up a new car, so we stopped at Shake Shack. They just opened it nearby.

 

[gmi3804]

Do you use chicken thighs?

I too like to add some red pepper flakes to almost everything. Sometimes, I go a little overboard and my wife is usually the first one to notice

I do. They can stand up to a long cook and not dry out.

 

[mickey916]

I made teriyaki salmon with oven roasted zucchini, summer squash, and peppers. For dessert we have flour-less zucchini brownies from the Skinnytaste website. They came out really good!

 

[Suger Mag]

beanie weenies.... plus some mac n cheese

 

[hardcorestitch]

DH says you've convinced him to try the fried chicken for lunch the next time we're up North.

On another note, I mentioned to him that you said Bojangles is different in the North, than they are in the South. What's different about them?


I agree. Everything she cooks sounds delicious.


I'm curious. Why do they close, after Labor Day, then reopen for Columbus Day? Also, when do they close down completely for the winter & when do they reopen? It seems we're never up there the right time of year.

Those Bojangles up north have NO bone in fried chicken, NO beans, and NO pork bbq. It’s basically a Raising Canes. You gotta go south for a REAL Bojangles.

 

[WorldWacky]

Tonight we had red, chicken chili and my oldest dd(23) made both a Coconut cream pie and chocolate birthday cake for me. Both were delicious! She sure has come a loooong way with baking. When she was young, probably around 11 or 12, she made me something for a birthday or Mother’s Day and confused the cup of sugar for salt!

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Those Bojangles up north have NO bone in fried chicken, NO beans, and NO pork bbq. It’s basically a Raising Canes. You gotta go south for a REAL Bojangles.

We're also in the South. For some reason, I thought you lived up North. It's good to know what the differences are. FWIW, Raising Cane's is my preferred fast food, chicken restaurant. Yes, that includes Chick-Fil-A.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

When we were in Cherokee, NC for a month a few years ago, we ate at Brio Italian Grille most nights. I was totally addicted to the lobster bisque. Why am I telling you this? Well, its because there's one within walking distance of our current hotel. I was so excited to go back & have that soup. Unfortunately, as is often the case, things change. It was still good, but it wasn't the crack in a bowl that the original was.

We also shared the shrimp & scallops risotto, which we enjoyed.

Sadly, we won't be returning three nights in a row as I anticipated, but we'll definitely give the Cherokee Brio another try some time.

 

[NYCgrrl]

but it wasn't the crack in a bowl

I thought I was alone equating crack with food
Thanks for the morning giggle

 

[Meriweather]

We had a major storm last night.....started as dust.....you couldn't see anything through it (dust storms are not unusual here, but this was a very severe one). Then the thunderstorm came and it poured and poured and flooded parts of our backyard. I do love rain but this was intense and the wind that came with it was bad. One lightning sounded like it hit something very close.
Airport had to close for a couple of hours, people lost power for a longer time than usual (They have to get power back ASAP because of how hot it is). Trees down everywhere (luckily we only have one big one and it is fine). At least 7 sirens driving on the main road in about a 15 minute time.....not sure what was going on with that.

So this morning it seems like it should be cold out. but it isn't. Cooler than usual though. High 90s. But overcast and more rain due.

Dinner will be Meatloaf, gnocchi, bok choy and bagged salad for dinner tonight.