We are having Porketta (also spelled as porquetta or porchetta) cooked like a pot roast with potatoes and veggies. I'm doing onions, carrots, and cabbage for sure... maybe a couple of others. I'd never heard of Porketta before moving to the Michigan UP so here's a link to Wikipedia's description of what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porchetta - I don't think that's totally on target, at least not for the way that they make it here. It's basically a nice boneless pork roast that has been rolled in seasoning which forms a thick crust around the meat. Then it's roasted or done like a pot roast. It is really tasty! Ours is seasoned at the grocery store but if you're really interested you can do some Google searches. There are some recpies out there for making your own.

Today I've cooked: combo of wild rice/barley; cubed steak in gravy; pot of soup; and a pot of great northern beans. I'll choose something from that to have for my evening meal. I live alone but cook like I have a family. Then eat leftovers and/or freeze for future meals. Sometimes I get recipe ideas from what people post on these types of threads, so keep them coming.

Shirley

Had a side order of fried catfish strips, and while waiting crackers and butter.

Cereal tonite.

I just put a meatloaf and potatoes in the oven, will add biscuits when it's almost time to serve. I've been thinking about meatloaf for a couple of days, so figured it was time to give in.

Hash made from the leftover prime rib we had out this weekend. The portions were huge! We had hash last night so tonight's a repeat. Three meals out of 2 PR dinners. Going to try the roasted asparagus that was discussed earlier. Dessert can be peanut butter cookies since I made 6 dozen today. (Thought I'd never get finished!)

OOOOO, Yummy, all of the above sounds soooooo good! I think I am going to have chicken stir fry with lotsa water chestnuts! I am sooooooo going to try that porketta real soon! TFS, and I will be back to read all of the different ideas posted

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I usually don't cook when Jammer is gone. I just make myself a sandwich or something easy. I did get ingredients for hamburger, macaroni, stuff. I might cook that tonight for a change.

I started it just a bit ago. A pork loin marinated in bbq seasoning (I bought it that way). Sliced potatoes seasoned and baked, at the end I'll top with chopped green onion, crumbled bacon and cheese. Also a vegie (something from the freezer) and fresh grapes. I'm sure I will be pursuaded to bake some of the cookie dough or brownie batter we just picked up from a fundraiser.

In our effort to keep light on dinner, yesterday I made a salad with all the fixins in the largest bowl tupperware ever made. This thing is huge~
It should keep us in dinner for the rest of the week, with a bit of sourdough or french bread slices to compliment.
Nice not having to think something up for dinner in the evenings.
I do have lunch for DH ready every afternoon when he comes in from work. That is his big meal of the day.

We will see how this set up goes!

Trin

I did the Mongolian Beef again, only this time I used chicken and added sliced onions, celery and mushrooms. It was delish!

Last night I actually got to come home after 8 hours of work. Usually it turns into a 12 because we're short. Didn't feel like making dinner so I swung by and picked up Alex and we went to a new-to-us restaurant. He had fried shrimp basket and I ordered a grilled cheese and fries, not supposed to eat bread or potatoes on my diet, but am allowed one day off. It was so good! I tasted a few of Alex's shrimp too, and they were excellent and piping hot right out of the deep fryer.

Not sure what I'm having tonight. Not much probably. I no longer have an appetite at all, thanks to the meds I'm on.