Beef stew. Hope it's good.

What do you do to your boild cabbage besides boil it? Any butter, S&P?

Why is your apple crisp easy? What's the recipe? I've sliced apples and made a topping of nuts, oats, butter, brown sugar, etc. but I never thought it was easy. (I'm one of those who chimed in on the "I hate to cook" thread.)

tonight I have some big chicken breast fixed with jerk sauce in the oven for Jerk Chicken and I also have a dish of oven roasted potatoes cooking to go with it.

Tonight I need to spend some time in the kitchen. I bought a family pack of chicken legs this week so I'm going to bake a bunch of them tonight and freeze the rest. I don't buy fresh chicken often but the baked chicken I had at the hog trough was great and they were on sale. I want extras cooked so I have some in the frig for snacking. I'll probably put in some sour cream & chive potatoes (or just baked) and have a salad with it if I have the ambition. The last few days I haven't been eating they way I should so I figure tonight I'd better make a decent meal while I do some prep work. Think I'll bake some extra potatoes while the oven is going and have some ready for hash browns or even potato salad.

Country style ribs were on sale too, bought a bunch so they'll be on the menu this weekend and will freeze the rest. Bought a 3# pack of hamburger and was going to make a meatloaf or meatballs but I think I might just cook it up and have ready for various uses like spaghetti, hash brown casserole, hotdish or whatever. Burger is so versatile.

Bought some bananas and I'm waiting for them to ripen, well, also over-ripen to make some banana bread. Bought some caramel apples - couldn't resist. Haven't had one for years and they just sort of appealed to me. Bought a bag of apples and some grapes too. Haven't had apples in a long time and haven't had grapes this good in a long time either (don't know why it's so tough to get GOOD grapes!) so for 99â/# for both of them, I decided to get some. Haven't had apple crisp for a long time and thought apple bread would use some too. Plus they're good healthy snacks. Just need to do some planning so I use them up before they go bad on me.

I know what you mean about apples being so big this year. I was surprised. I wanted to get some Honey Crisp but not for $2.79/#! But they were much bigger than last few years. Haralsons were 99â/# (that's more like it) and haven't had them in a long time. (Still not sure why I bought a whole bag though!) They looked much different bigger and different coloring than what I remember from the past but it doesn't matter, they taste great. Had one last night and it was juicy and tart. First bite or two and I was a bit disappointed but after that, whoa, it just hit the spot. Something about an apple that draws your jaws up tight and closes your eyes that makes you gotta love it. We used to get Haralsons and they were always good, crisp and tart but I never remembered them being this juicy. It was like a tart Honey Crisp. All the apples I saw at the store though were very big. Must be local apples in now.

I guess fall is gonna be a good time of year for eatin!

Went Mexican today! Finally found a decent tamale. And had two crispiy tacos as well.

Just finished off a leftover hamburger...it served it's purpose..but it was much better fresh off the grill day before yesterday. LOL

Not cooking dinner tonight..only 1 boy home at the moment and I'll be dropping him off at the HS to meet up with his brother for the football game..

I'm on a diet so am eating carefully. I had some stir-fried beef with zucchini, onions, orange and green peppers....just a little soy sauce and powdered ginger for flavor. It was quite good. Just finished eating half an apple. If you never had a honey crisp apple, you must try one. They are so, so good. However, I sure would rather have the apple crisp. I, too, think apple crisp is easy to make but sox, if you hate to cook it probably is a pain.

There were 9 of us for supper tonight. I had fixed beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, peas, corn, Hawaiian rolls and creme cake. I didn't know how many of us would be eating earlier but we had plenty and no one went home hungry.

Sue

We are away for the weekend so we ate at Joe's (crabshack)!

socks12345, the hardest part for me making apple crisp is peeling the apples. Otherwise, it's pretty basic and straightforward. Tons of recipes out there but they're all very similar. I use one that I got from Franco Palumbo's show years and years ago but don't have it in front of me. Essentially you need to decide a few things. Do you like sweet or tart apples? Or a mix? Do you like cinnamon or nutmeg? Or both or neither? Do you like oatmeal? Nuts? BTW, you can make a mix of fruit too. Pears, cranberries or most any fruit works well.

Then it's use what you like, don't use what you don't like. Peel and slice apples, some like to cut them small, some like them large, some like them cubed, do what you like. Put some sugar on them. I don't put a lot of sugar on the apples but I prefer brown sugar, some prefer white. I like to put some lemon juice in the apples. It helps for flavor and keeps them from turning brown while you prep things. Topping generally is some flour, butter, sugar (white or brown), some add oatmeal, some add nuts, either are optional. I skip them both. Cut the butter with the flour & sugar until you have good lumps and spread it over the apples. Bake it till brown & bubbly. A big scoop of ice cream tops it nicely.

Like I said, once you get the apples peeled it's not difficult or very time consuming. But "easy" is a relative term! What might be easy to you could be difficult to me and vice versa.

I always add oatmeal to my apple crisp. I don't like it with just brown sugar and butter.....far too sweet.
Sox, just keep your topping mixture in a container in the freezer. As Cynic said, once you have the apples peeled, (it only takes 4-5 apples, they're so big!), then you have the mixture already combined, so just sprinkle it on. I put some in the middle, and on the top :-)

We love cabbage, and just boiled tender-crisp, then olive oil drizzled on and salt and pepper. We're easy to please!

Cynic--Jasdip, thank you. Yes, I make apple crisp as you both described. Never thought of doing it with pears, but I like that idea.

I was shopping in St. Jacob's all day, so when I came home, DH and I just had a fresh salami sandwich.

It's in the making and I'm tired. Eggplant Parmesan with Chicken in Marinade.

A baked Butternut squash and some white rice with brown gravy. It's all I had in the fridge, but sure tasted good tonight.

Hey Susan_On
Should have given you my phone number and we could have gotten together! :D

Last night went to Golden Corral
Tonight I microed a Bob Evans Broccoli rice and cheese sauce and a Michelina's Fettuini Alfredo