Tonight was Wine and Cheese. Lots of nibblesâ¦.that's dinner for me.

I did fix the pork chops cheryl_ok wrote about last night. I made mashed potatoes and used the 'gravy' from the chops. Also made a salad to go with it all.

Cheryl, thanks also for the tip about browning first, that they don't fall apart. I make pork chops (w/o browning), topped with stovetop stuffing and they always fall apart in the crockpot.

Shirley

DH will have a grilled chicken breast, I will have a Morning Star BBQ rib (fake meat;) I really love them;) I will stir fry some fresh string beans/red potatoes and shallots together, in an organic Tuscan herb olive oil YUMMY! Then cut up some Bosc pears to add to our plates.

Pork Loin with Bacon and Brown Sugar..in the oven
Twice Baked Broccoli Cheese Potatoes ...potatoes baking in the oven
Honey Wheat Rolls...waiting for room in the oven..
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars...in the oven

I have a third rack..but didn't think about it...

That was a very good meal!

To full now..have to wait awhile to try dessert!

I made chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, corn, summer squash and onions and a lemon bar for dessert. Well received.

I marinated two pork tenderloins for 24 hours, then roasted them in the oven. We had oven roasted baby potatoes and fried green beans with onions and bacon. Now I want DQ for dessert, but nobody has the energy to go drive there to get me a sundae. :(

I made a big pot of split pea soup, made with celery, carrots, onions, a meaty hambone. One of our favorites.

I set out to make shepherd's pie and lamb was so outrageous; I made it with pork. Beef is cottage pie, so what does that make a pork version? It was good, but if there had been sage in it, it'd have been "sausage" and potato pie!

:)

Here is a link that might be useful: fairly traditional recipe (it's my go-to)

I roasted a small turkey yesterday and we wanted to have baked sweet potatoes.

I've never baked sweet potatoes, I usually boil them along with white and mash them together.

So I pricked the sweet potatoes, stuck them in the oven and later when I checked there was caramel pooled and stuck to my (thankfully) aluminum oven liner on the bottom of the stove.

I cleaned it up then set the potatoes in a baking dish in the oven. When we were ready to eat there was caramel around the potatoes, but there was still lots of meat left in the potatoes and they were delicious.

I can only assume that they don't need to be pricked before baking!