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Kinda hungry--what's for dinner?

13 years ago

Had donuts for breakfast, nothing cooking for later. What's everyone else having?

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Georgysmom
13 years ago
Probably another salad or maybe cottage cheese and fruit...trying to lose some weight. So far I'm doing pretty good.
nodakgal
13 years ago
The DGS's are here and want taco's and corn on the cob. So that will be our meal! Whatever their little heart desires is fine with me.
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roseluver
13 years ago
Green salad with grilled chicken for me!
maryanntx
13 years ago
We are having grilled steak, pinto beans, baked potatoes and chips and cheese dip to snack on while we watch the Dallas Cowboy football game.
lkgrace345
13 years ago
Chicken and cornbread dressing, fresh white zipper peas, okra, and pasta simmered with some roasted tomatoes and garlic.
jannie
13 years ago
Wraps with mayo,spinach, tomato, cold cuts and cheese, macaroni salad, and some Harvard Beets heated up.
Terri_PacNW
13 years ago
Picked up some Red Hook Brats for dinner and a walla walla and green pepper....

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glenda_al
13 years ago
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gadgets
13 years ago
Tilapia, baked potato, and fresh green beans.

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13 years ago
We had a big family dinner today here at one. We had rib eye steaks, oven fried chicken, green beans, corn, peas, baked beans, cheese potatoes, coleslaw, potato salad, cucumber salad, Grands biscuits, cantaloupe, grapes, sugar cream pie, peanut butter cookies, fudge cake and a special strawberry layer cake. Plus three flavors of ice cream. To drink we had lemonade, iced tea, water and all kinds of pop. No supper here.

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13 years ago
Made that pesto I posted on Friday, so having a bit of it on a bacon and tomato sandwich. Went to the farmers market and got some great fresh tomatoes and basil. Yummy!
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13 years ago
Found cantaloupe for .50cents a melon...been snacking.
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13 years ago
Spinach Salad with Homemade Beef Stroganoff and I'm about to dive in.
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13 years ago
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13 years ago
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13 years ago
Roast chicken, mashed taters, and corn, YUMMO!
pplantlady
13 years ago
I have some tri-tip marinating and when grilled, I'm going to slice it and put it on a salad. Romaine and radicchio lettuce, celery, red onion, vine ripened tomatoes, avocado and cucumber. Dressing of choice......I've been craving this for a week. A steak salad Yummmmm.
teresava
13 years ago
Father in law picked up crabs and shrimp at the seafood market! I don't pick crabs, so I feasted on the steamed spiced shrimp YUM!

Does everyone here know what Old Bay is?
nicole__
13 years ago
teresava.....no? Old Bay?
Nita__AZ
13 years ago
Yes I do and have been using it when I remember it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Old Bay Seasoning
teresava
13 years ago
I thought everyone knew what Old Bay seasoning was , but MIL said outside of DC Metro area (VA/MD/DC) it's not really known. Bay as in Chesapeake Bay.

Awesome spice blend we use on seafood: crabs, shrimp etc. In the stores you can even find potato chips and side dishes with it too.
lilliepad
13 years ago
TACOS!!! DS has been wanting them ever since he came home from the hospital.DD and DGS are leaving in the morning to go back to OK so I figured I'd make them tonight while everyone is still here.Also made Thunder and Lightning to go with them.I lucked out.Future DDIL is frying them for me so I'm sitting here smelling them and getting very hungry!
hayjud_mn
13 years ago
For dinner tonight we had FISH (cod loins) RED POTATOES fried, GREEN BEANS, fresh CORN, (actually it was fresh last night when I browned it on the grill) little grape TOMATOES, CUCUMBER slices. WOW! I seldon end up with such a colorful plate!
patti43
13 years ago
Tonight we had hash made from a roast we had a few days ago with Italian bread to sop up the gravy.

Lilliepad, what's Thunder and Lightning?

Teresava, I thought everybody knew about Old Bay. We use it to boil shrimp or crabs and it's even good added to a pasta salad.
lilliepad
13 years ago
patti43-It's a salsa I make.Have made it for years and my family loves it as a condiment on the tacos or just for chips and dippin'.
Thunder and Lightning
1 large can diced tomatoes with juice
1 medium yellow onion
1 small Jalepeno pepper
1 or 2 cloves of garlic or 1 tsp. garlic powder
salt to taste
1 tsp black pepper
2 or 3 Tbsp.lemon juice or white vinegar.I usually use vinegar.
Peel and dice the onion in large chunks.Seed the pepper,remove the white membranes and cut into pieces.I usually start with just half a small pepper then add more according to the anmount of heat I want.Some Jalepenos are hotter than others so you have to be careful.I use jarred peppers if I don't have a fresh one.
Put all ingredients in a food processor or blender and pulse until everything is chopped to the consistency you desire.This will keep a couple of weeks in a tightly closed container or jar in the fridge.It never lasts that long around here.
By the way,the tacos were good!

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