Yuck yuck, I fixed Italian beans with sausage! Sounds so good, so easy, but it wasn't!

Went to Sunday School, and lady had a sausage casserole before class. Maybe I ate too much and just wasn't hungry!

Anyway, the garbage disposal had the majority of my lunch.

A local drive-in ice cream/eatery was having Customer Appreciation Day today outside under a big tent. $1 Hot Dogs, other sandwiches available for a small price, plus a free small ice cream cone. Mom and I stopped on the way back from shopping and I got a coney, she a regular dog. Both of us got a twist soft serve cone.

A couple hours later,I was still hungry so I reheated some chili I made Friday. Tasted great. There's a nip in the air this evening, brrr. Frost advisory for tonight.

I had lima (butter) beans, plus a chicken spread sandwich made with the homemade bread I'd made yesterday. All tasted very good.

Someday I hope to get to taste grits made by someone who knows how. I've never even heard of them here in my part of Ohio.

Shirley

Jan & I are having a meal that may seem quite unusual today, but it was considered holiday banquet fare back in the early 1800's.

Salad course:
Cucumbers, tomatoes & onions sliced and marinated in cider vinegar & olive oil,,(salt & pepper to taste when served)

Meat course
A smoked ham steak about 6-8" in diameter & 1/2" to 3/4" thick smothered in a raisin sauce. (home made raisins)

Vegetables:
Parsnips, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1/4" thick slices and saute'd to a light brown in butter.

Beets, peeled and boiled, then add milk and butter and mashed like mashed potatoes (They did not eat many potatoes in early America)

Desert:
Home made apple fritters

All served with home made brown bread, sweet cider, & coffee.

Oh,,,I forgot,,,fresh homemade grape jam or fresh honeycomb(Honey staight from the hive, Bee's wax and all) to put on your bread and for those who don't like coffee, we have fresh picked peppermint to make tea.

"My breasts" Patti! LOL What you and Harry had for dinner yesterday.

It was a nice sunny day today, but cools off quick when the sun goes away. So chicken breasts, potatoes, carrots and onions in the oven.

It's been a real busy week for me starting with last Sunday. I had 26 for Wine and Cheese. On Monday I had to go to the driving range and practice because I had a golf lesson Friday and no time to practice over the weekend (busy getting ready for wine and cheese). After practice, my friend and I ran around looking for stuff for her new condo and Monday night I was baking. Tuesday was golf, Tuesday night Mexican train, Wednesday morning I had book club here which is why I was baking Monday night. After book club I had a meeting here for a golf tournament and Wednesday night was another Mexican train. Thursday, golf, Friday golf and Friday afternoon a friend came over to set up my new computer so I invited her to stay for dinner. I figured since I was cooking, I might as well invite another friend, her sister from out of town and her daughter. Today I rested most of the day watching golf. The body just needs to recoup. For dinner, I grabbed a dish of frozen lasagna from the freezer. I just have to make a salad. Thank God for the freezer!

Just me for supper again, so I fixed pancakes.

Sue

Roasted half breast of honey brined turkey, fried sweet potato sticks, green beans and broccoli. Warm apple pie w/vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Nothing exciting here. Marie Calendar chicken pot pie, pot stickers and a salad. Looking forward to the pot stickers since we haven't had them in quite a while.

Everyone else's dinners sound delicious. Glenda, what happened was it a new recipe you tried? Sorry it didn't turn out.

Way too much....stuffed pepper half, baked squash, potato patties, grape salad. Now I'm too full; I never eat that much ordinarily.

Lazypup, your meal sounds divine! I must admit that the idea of pink, mashed beets seems strange.....but as much as I love beets, I'd probably love it.

I fixed homemade minestrone, taking advantage of the last of the garden veggies. I use three different high protein legumes in my minestrone, so no meat.

I got a takeout fom Golden Corral lots of fried fish (dont carewhat kind) sweet potato casserole, seafood salad and other goodies and plenty left for lunch tomorrow YUM

shirly check at any of the stores..i found "instant" grits at wal mart, but i cook and eat mine like cream of wheat...basic directions is to boil for a certain lenth of time...

We love beets! Do you make them just like mashed potatoes?
Eileen

Yesterday was a 20.5 lb turkey and all the trimmings. Still full.