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What's for dinner, 1/10/09........

17 years ago

Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup with warm biscuits. What's cooking at your house?

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susan_on
17 years ago
Going out tonight!
bigack
17 years ago
Homemade veggie soup here too! It's a miserable rainy day, good day for soup.
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Some kind of enchiladas at a Mex Rest. in Flagstaff - including guacamole, etc. Good. Couldn't eat it all, brought some home ... and daughter said that she guessed, that being the case, that I wouldn't have room for deep fried ice cream (we all love ice cream). We didn't have the ice cream. As the enchilada had meat in it, I finished it before I went to bed. Now I'm here chewing the fat with you folks - but not having anything to do with carry-over from the dinner, though. Free milk here ... which I'm enjoying whole-heartedly. Moo - o - o! Have a great day today, folks. ole joyful
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Spicy Chicken Patties 1 cup bread crumbs... 1 pound chicken (skinless boneless breasts) processed 1/4 cup chopped chives (I used dry) 3 Tablespoons Mayonnaise 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning (next time I'll use a bit more) 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs Make into patties, cook in oil it said 7 mins on each side or until done Sauce 2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise 2 teaspoons horseradish 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1/8 teaspoon salt (I doubled. Next time will use more horseradish and I used a little bit of prepared mustard) serve sause over meat. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did... patti
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It's amazing how other quilters can peek into the dark recesses of our secret sewing rooms and flush us out. LOL. I've changed horses mid-stream on those little morsels. I sometimes (if I'm working on a big project, and all the little triangles match, go ahead and stitch them into smaller blocks) and pin them together. You can always find something down the line to use a lot of those on, even if it's just an impromptu border. If I have a bunch of mis-matched triangles, then they go into a basket I keep for paper-piecing and I'm often able to find just the right piece for a small section of block instead of cutting up a large piece and ruining it for something else. But, I love crazy quilts, and the only one I made, I gave to my g'daughter and one of these days, I'll be making one to keep and these would be perfect for little areas. If they're truly tiny, I use them to start off a seam so the needle bites the material neatly and I don't have it bunch up down into the bobbin chase. Not much of any fabric leaves my sewing room in a rubbish can. I have an whole other criteria for strips of fabric, and have made braided rugs, chair seats, quilts with them. Old sheets and otherwise faded fabrics I can't use for my scrappies, end up being foundation pieces for log cabins or crazy quilts, or if they're really bad, ties for tomato plants in my garden. LOL.
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casey_nfld
17 years ago
I'm making a recipe that was posted here a few days ago, chicken with honey and mustard. I hope it's good! I will have a spinach salad and garlic mashed potatoes with it.
Marilyn Sue
17 years ago
Meatloaf with carrots, mashed potaotes, gravy, green beans, and homemade yeast rolls. I have been rolling and cutting out noodles most of the morning, I am ready to rest awhile! Banana bread for part of the dessert.
gadgets
17 years ago
A roast with vegetables, and a pumpkin muffin.

Shirley
twodirtyknees
17 years ago
Spaghetti with homemade meat sauce, tossed salad, garlic bread...desert questionable..southern sweet tea
ruthieg__tx
17 years ago
Leftover pasta...
sandy_in_ia
17 years ago
I have pork chops, mushroom soup and onions in the crockpot right now...later this afternoon I will add a box of stuffing to it, and make some brussel sprouts. I also have a loaf of Blueberry Oatmeal bread in the oven now.
trinitytx
17 years ago
We have DGD her this weekend, so I just slipped a pan of homemade mac and cheese in the oven. Her and I made chocolate pudding for dessert. It's in the fridge now.
Hubby has a pizza from papa murphys left from yesterday he's chomping at the bit to make.
We will have tons of food here today!
Cold and windy here in Fort Worth, so now I am staying inside.
DGD and I went and took the pup for her rabies shot this morning, and then I went grocery shopping and ran errands, so we have been busy. Glad to sit and chill for the remainder of the day.....ahhhhh

Trin
monica_pa Grieves
17 years ago
Roasting a 1/2 turkey breast..with bread stuffing, and Caesar salad.
luckygardnr
17 years ago
BBQ'd steak, baked potato, and baby spinach sauteed with mushrooms, onions and grape tomatoes. Geez, I'm starting to drool........! LOL!
margad
17 years ago
Salmon with dill sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, string beans, biscuits and fruit.
glenda_al
17 years ago
Roast beef au ju on a croissant
maryanntx
17 years ago
tamales, chips and dip
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
17 years ago
Mary Ann, tamales sound good. I have no idea what I'm having for Dinner. But, I do know I'm not cooking. LOL!

I have some Wolf Brand Chilli, I might just have Frito Pie. LOL! Chilli, onions and Cheese over Fritos.
User
17 years ago
Salmon patties with oven baked french fries (fresh potatoes, tossed in olive oil and spices then baked). And carrots.
Kathsgrdn
17 years ago
Leftover Mexican food from lunch out: chips and salsa, shrimp, zucchini, summer squash, onions over rice with a cheese sauce over everything. I could only eat less than half after eating all those chips. I brought chips and salsa home too and flan.

Don't know what Alex is going to eat. Lauren just left with her girl scout troup to Lexington. They're going skating and will probably eat snack foods out.
patti43
17 years ago
Everybody's dinner sounds so good. Yesterday I made a corned beef casserole from our leftover corned beef/cabbage dinner earlier this week. It was delicious so we're having it again tonight. We biscuits.
trishaw
17 years ago
My son was in the mood for breakfast so he made us eggs, fried potato with onion and sausage- yummy!

Trish in SC
mollylexipatches
17 years ago
Homemade biscuits & gravy. The really, really good kind. Bacon grease to make the gravy in...just like Granny used to make, and we're stuffed.

~Cindy Jo
Terri_PacNW
17 years ago
flat iron steak, roasted potatoes and broc/cauliflower medley with cheese sauce...spinach salad maybe too for the grow'd ups..LOL
Thanks to the cooking forum..coming up with what to go with the steak.
deemarie5500
17 years ago
Boneless chicken breasts slow baked with a mixture of cream of mushroom soup, low fat sour cream, and onion soup mix; homemade mashed potatoes, and fresh green beans. No dessert for me, I'm on Day 6 of no sugar(after an awful holiday of overeating junk!)
drewsmaga
17 years ago
I tried a new recipe tonight and it's a WINNER! Arrange 4-6 chicken breasts in a baking dish. Mix 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup dijon mustard & 1/4 cup white wine and pour over chicken. Cover dish with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 X 40 mins., then uncover and bake 10 mins. more. Served with pasta and broccoli tonight. YUM! (Next time I'll add some mushrooms to the chicken for unneeded oomph -- we just like mushrooms.) Pat

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