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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1200 on: October 02, 2013, 10:59:49 PM »
Never heard of it........
Mashed potatoes and roasted cabbage.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1201 on: October 03, 2013, 08:51:58 AM »
I had planned on fried chicken, mashed potatoes and cream gravy last night, until I went to get the chicken out of the fridge, and found out someone put the chicken in the freezer the night before when "helping" put the groceries away.  :banghead:

So instead ended up with 4 cheese and grilled chicken stuffed giant raviolis that I had bought at Sam's the day before. Those were also frozen (  :thatsright: ) but could be easily cooked, since it was 7pm at this point.

I wanted a sauce for them... and just started grabbing stuff from various places. It was really good, but definitely not low cal. Measurements are approximate... 

In a deep saucepan:
1 stick of butter
2 small cans of mushrooms - drained and sliced up a bit more
1/3c finely chopped onion
1 tsp chopped garlic

Cooked for about 5 minutes on medium.
Turn heat down a bit, and add:
1/4c parsley
2 c shredded mozzarella
1 c whipping cream
1 c milk - a bit at a time
salt & pepper to taste

Whisk until smooth, and taste test for salt and pepper.

I thought I had really screwed up cause at first it the consistency was soooo thick and stringy. I added milk, but instead of waiting, I added more, and probably should have waited as the sauce turned out a bit thinner than it maybe should have been. Though it did thicken up when I poured it over the drained pasta. I cooked 3 packs of the pasta. It comes in a double pack, and I had one left over in freezer and just went ahead and cooked it too. Leftover pasta always gets eaten up around here.

Served it with romaine with dried cranberries and candied pecans and strawberry vinegrette dressing and Texas toast garlic bread with the pasta.

Tonight? Gonna be leftover pasta, and if I have time, today in between reports, I'm going to make an apple cake recipe I found of Paula Deen's.

I still want fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy.  :(  Next week.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1202 on: October 03, 2013, 09:00:34 AM »
I had planned on fried chicken, mashed potatoes and cream gravy last night...   :banghead:
I ran out of rice and ended using a package of mashed potato flakes ("Loaded Potato" flavor) that I purchased some time around 2007.  Those were some of the driest mashed potatoes I've ever had.  :rofl:
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1203 on: October 03, 2013, 09:05:29 AM »
I ran out of rice and ended using a package of mashed potato flakes ("Loaded Potato" flavor) that I purchased some time around 2007.  I followed the instructions on the package.  Lord, those were some of the driest mashed potatoes I've ever had.  :rofl:

I've been buying the frozen ones that go in the microwave, then mash them up adding butter and sour cream.
They are good! I've bought both Ore-Ido and Kroger brand, and really can't tell the difference.

I got tired of buying potatoes, and throwing them out because I didn't use them all. Not only that I HATE to peel potatoes.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1204 on: October 03, 2013, 09:08:00 AM »
I just used water.  I knew I should have used cream or something else.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1205 on: October 03, 2013, 11:15:27 AM »
Mashed potatoes and roasted cabbage.

It's an Irish dish. 
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1206 on: October 03, 2013, 11:49:18 AM »
I just used water.  I knew I should have used cream or something else.

I can't remember the last time I used instant potato flakes. Probably when my kids were toddlers.

I do use Betty Crocker Scalloped and AuGratin potatoes. But I use 1/3 the amount of water, split the rest of the liquid between milk and sour cream, add, parsley, onion & garlic powder, extra butter and cheddar cheese. And totally change the directions for cooking. They are incredible!!
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1207 on: October 03, 2013, 02:04:17 PM »
I can't remember the last time I used instant potato flakes. Probably when my kids were toddlers.

I do use Betty Crocker Scalloped and AuGratin potatoes. But I use 1/3 the amount of water, split the rest of the liquid between milk and sour cream, add, parsley, onion & garlic powder, extra butter and cheddar cheese. And totally change the directions for cooking. They are incredible!!


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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1208 on: October 06, 2013, 12:37:56 PM »
Bacon and Beef Meatloaf
Country-Style Mashed Potatoes
Mushroom Gravy
Crusty Sourdough Bread

BACON AND BEEF MEATLOAF


1 lb lean ground beef
1 lb ground bacon (ask your grocer to grind bacon)
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1 egg
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup hickory barbecue sauce (use your favorite)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Grease a cast iron skillet.

3. In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.

4. Press into skillet.

5. Roast for one hour. Remove from oven.

6. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1209 on: October 06, 2013, 12:52:25 PM »
I can't remember the last time I used instant potato flakes. Probably when my kids were toddlers.

I do use Betty Crocker Scalloped and AuGratin potatoes. But I use 1/3 the amount of water, split the rest of the liquid between milk and sour cream, add, parsley, onion & garlic powder, extra butter and cheddar cheese. And totally change the directions for cooking. They are incredible!!

I use the scalloped/au gratin packaged ones too.  Sometimes I'll even add an extra sliced and par boiled potato or two to extend the amount and then doctor it up. 

I found that potato flakes make a great thickener.  Takes very little too.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1210 on: October 07, 2013, 05:34:54 AM »
I grilled some fresh ground round beef patties on the grill, with grilled onions and Swiss Cheese. Toasted the bun and added some Boejte's stone ground mustard. That was Saturday.

Sunday after work I stopped at a local Mexican restaurant and had a great carne asada dinner.

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1211 on: October 07, 2013, 08:05:41 PM »
Perfect grilling weather... steak and rice. 
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1212 on: October 07, 2013, 09:12:17 PM »
Perfect grilling weather... steak and rice. 

Salmon here.  And mashed potatoes and asparagus. 
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1213 on: October 07, 2013, 09:14:39 PM »
Salmon here.  And mashed potatoes and asparagus. 
I'm a big fan of Zatarain's.  It's cheap and tasty. 

You'd think rice from Mexico would be cheap, but the Goya rice keeps getting more expensive.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1214 on: October 07, 2013, 09:16:22 PM »
I'm a big fan of Zatarain's.  It's cheap and tasty. 

You'd think rice from Mexico would be cheap, but the Goya rice keeps getting more expensive.

Because it's imported!   :rofl:

I like Tony Chachere's better than Zatarain's but both are tasty.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1215 on: October 08, 2013, 04:04:23 AM »
Salmon here.  And mashed potatoes and asparagus. 

I grilled chicken thighs and Parmesan crusted zucchini.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1216 on: October 08, 2013, 02:53:21 PM »
Salmon here.  And mashed potatoes and asparagus. 

I love asparagus. When I was a kid our family had it in the garden, major pain.

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1217 on: October 08, 2013, 08:56:58 PM »
I love asparagus. When I was a kid our family had it in the garden, major pain.

Really?  I am thinking of planting some this year.  I have a bed, that lays between a sidewalk and the garage, so it's contained.  Why a pain?
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1218 on: October 10, 2013, 12:26:17 PM »
I love asparagus. When I was a kid our family had it in the garden, major pain.


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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1219 on: October 10, 2013, 06:46:57 PM »
Yesterday I had a meeting for work in the next town over. After being the only man in a room of 35 women I was hungry. None of them offered to cook for me.  O-)

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1220 on: October 10, 2013, 07:03:43 PM »
Really?  I am thinking of planting some this year.  I have a bed, that lays between a sidewalk and the garage, so it's contained.  Why a pain?

We hauled loads and loads of manure down a hill to our garden with wheelbarrows to make the asparagus rows and to enrich the very black Illinois soil. You have no harvest the first season.  For some reason asparagus attracts fire weeds that burn like heck when you try to pull the weeds and deal with them. We had a large patch. It was a lot of work and required a lot of attention. We were able to freeze several freezer bags of the crop most years, it was a spring crop and the picking season is short. There were times we would have a late snow and that complicated things. When my parents had health issues and I was having to take care of other things, like my younger sister, the weeds would get out of control. A small area might be ok. Our patch was about 20' x 25'. Asparagus also grew wild around where I lived at the time. But usually the only time you found it, it was too late to pick.

I found sweet corn was much more rewarding. I would sow about 1/5 of an acre and sell it door to door to the neighbors when I was a kid. $1 a dozen.   

Later in life I had a friend that grew asparagus and sold it freshly picked for $2 a pound, that was much easier.  :-)

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1221 on: October 10, 2013, 08:20:28 PM »
Fettucini Alfredo with turkey sausage.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1222 on: October 10, 2013, 09:57:25 PM »
We hauled loads and loads of manure down a hill to our garden with wheelbarrows to make the asparagus rows and to enrich the very black Illinois soil. You have no harvest the first season.  For some reason asparagus attracts fire weeds that burn like heck when you try to pull the weeds and deal with them. We had a large patch. It was a lot of work and required a lot of attention. We were able to freeze several freezer bags of the crop most years, it was a spring crop and the picking season is short. There were times we would have a late snow and that complicated things. When my parents had health issues and I was having to take care of other things, like my younger sister, the weeds would get out of control. A small area might be ok. Our patch was about 20' x 25'. Asparagus also grew wild around where I lived at the time. But usually the only time you found it, it was too late to pick.

I found sweet corn was much more rewarding. I would sow about 1/5 of an acre and sell it door to door to the neighbors when I was a kid. $1 a dozen.   

Later in life I had a friend that grew asparagus and sold it freshly picked for $2 a pound, that was much easier.  :-)

We live in town, so not much room for anything, corn especially....we gave that up after the second year.  We are going to try it in a border, between the garage and sidewalk, about 2x25. 
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1223 on: October 11, 2013, 12:24:39 AM »
Had ribs and chicken from the grill this evening

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #1224 on: October 11, 2013, 02:12:39 AM »