What’s for Dinner Tonight?

[mickey916]

@LoveDaisy I make those peanut butter cup cookies and raspberry thumbprints too. I usually bake 10 or so different cookies. Once I start baking I'll post photos and recipes too. This year we missed the Festival of the Holidays so I'm going to make a couple of the cookie stroll cookies so we don't miss out completely! My brother's family is coming early to celebrate next week so I think I'll make the cookie stroll cookies for that gathering.

Tonight we're having Hasselback chicken with leftover cauliflower and butternut squash.

Oh, and Jif pb is the only way to go!

 

[Meriweather]

I have some shopping to do this morning and then hoping I have enough time to bake 2 kinds, I will get to at least one.
Don't feel sorry for me

I'm just getting old and have bad legs.


Tonight is Swiss Chicken, green salad and some kind of vegetable.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Marry me chicken

 

[mickey916]

Marry me chicken

Hubby must be home...haha!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Hubby must be home...haha!

Yes!!

 

[bigpinkdaisy]

Today was the last day of finals for our college boy(and it was doozy with 3 of them - one which turned to online because of impending weather conditions) - and he requested Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas. So those and homemade potato wedges.

 

[Minnesota!]

Going easy tonight - a sweet potato with goat cheese on top and a salad of field greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, and some homemade vinaigrette.

 

[soccerdad72]

Christmas party tonight at one of our friends' parents house. No idea what they're serving. We're bringing a dessert dip - a hot cocoa dip. Our neighbors made this last weekend for our progressive party and it was a massive hit.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Broccoli cheddar soup.

 

[Suger Mag]

Feeling eggy.....

made a quiche (green peppers, onion, Swiss cheese and bacon) and also a caramel flan for later

 

[mickey916]

Christmas party tonight at one of our friends' parents house. No idea what they're serving. We're bringing a dessert dip - a hot cocoa dip. Our neighbors made this last weekend for our progressive party and it was a massive hit.

oooh what is in this mysterious hot cocoa dip that you mention and what do you dip in it?

 

[fla4fun]

A bowl of cereal and fruit. I had a big lunch and wasn’t very hungry.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Sadly, nothing much accomplished on the kitchen end of life today. Was able to grind and measure spices for baking so that was useful. Informed last week that electricity would be cut off for the south side of the building and today was the day. Interestingly, the cellphones worked ( guess they learned from the last blackout) but that was about it within the apt. Was supposed to be back on by early afternoon but still no power as I write. A neighbor on the north side is heating up some soup but honestly I was in such a hurry to give it to her didn’t notice what kind; I’ll know soon enough.

 

[Marthasor]

I'm all in on slow cooker soups lately - tonight was revamped pasta e ceci but I added cut up boneless chicken thighs, zucchini, carrots and spinach - so maybe it really wasn't pasta e ceci anymore! More like veggie soup with chicken, chic peas and pasta. Really good and lots of leftovers!

 

[WDW_fan_in_TX]

DW wasn't feeling good, so she went to Walmart to get meds. Bought a few odds and ends. She had a ham and cheese sandwich and Pringles. I had leftover soft taco, leftover carrots and berries for dessert.

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Real beginner here. So for the holiday cookies, you're full-on baking then and then cooling and freezing? I want to give cookies as one of my gifts and have been struggling with timing.

 

[LoveDaisy]

Real beginner here. So for the holiday cookies, you're full-on baking then and then cooling and freezing? I want to give cookies as one of my gifts and have been struggling with timing.

Hi! I bake about 8-10 kinds and make about 1000 cookies over the holidays. I bring platters to all the holiday events I attend and give cookie boxes to friends and family.

I make them, cool, and freeze. I have a second freezer that I use for my cookie madness. I put a layer of parchment paper between my cookie layers. Most cookies hold up really well (my friend does a Christmas in July party and anything left I pull out for her party and people cheer when they arrive lol) I have found frosted cookies don’t hold up well. For those I frost after thawing.

If you are a Costco member I get my bulk holiday baking supplies there and find they are reasonably priced. I get 4 pounds of butter for $9.99, a 25 pound bag of King Arthur flour (my preferred brand) for $18.99, 20 whole vanilla beans for $11.99, and vanilla paste (huge jar of my favorite brand) for $19.99.

Happy to answer any questions.

 

[RangerPooh]

I made salmon for DH and the boys and chicken nuggets for me (I don’t do seafood), with green beans.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

We're back on the road for a few nights. DH ordered chicken fried chicken livers. I ordered a side salad & we shared seared scallops w/ risotto & sauteed spinach. I ate a bite of his livers. They were the star of the meal.

 

[soccerdad72]

oooh what is in this mysterious hot cocoa dip that you mention and what do you dip in it?

It’s no bake cheesecake filling, marshmallow fluff and hot cocoa mix plus a little vanilla, all mixed up and spread into a dish. We served it with a variety of things, like strawberries, Nilla wafers and graham crackers.