Out for lunch today, after being in for several days.

Lloyds had a rib special: 3 delicious ribs, sauce on the side, butter peas, tossed salad with blue cheese dressing on the side Hit the spot!

DH took a pound of burger out of the freezer while I was in town today. Haven't decided what I am going to make out of it. I feel like a chili, but I will wait and see what DH would like when he comes in.

I went to lunch today to buy lunch for my wonderful neighbor that has been helping in my garden. I am not in the least hungry and doubt I will be. I have some very pretty turnips I think I will chunk up and roast in the oven with some olive oil like the carrots I did last night. Those were hands down the best carrots either of us has ever eaten in our lives. Really they were that good. I have a small cabbage I might also saute some of it with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar. That will be more than enough for me. If he thinks he needs meat we have some spiral sliced ham in the fridge.

Just finished making a pot of italian wedding soup. Marinated veggies and rosemary crackers turned my "snack" into dinner.

It's only 4:30 here and we usually eat around 7:00, so I haven't even decided yet! I've got some big shrimp in the freezer........

I have a beef roast slow cooking in a tomato sauce. I'll add some brown rice and some green beans from last summer's garden.

I'm coming over, Jim!!!

Smell's like a great Italian restaurant here right now. Made some marinara sauce for cheese and spinach ravioli. It was yummy.

Shrimp in a garlic butter sauce served over whole wheat linguini and a mixed greens and veggie salad. Yummy.

Glenda: Glad you got to go out today. What a good lunch you had.
Prairie: You'll have to let us know what you cook. Chili sounds good to me.
Raven: It's nice you got to treat your neighbor today. Sounds like you have your evening meal covered too.
Funkyart: When I worked, an Italian family was trying to start up a catering business. They started choosing one day a week to take sample meals to local businesses to sell at lunch time. My favorite was wedding soup. Yours looks so good.
Jasdip: Everything you had sounds so delicious.
Rhizo: I could make a meal just with the shrimp.
Jim: I'll bet your house really smells good with that roast cooking.
Georgysmom: I'd like to have paid a visit to your restaurant tonight. What would the 'special of the house' have cost me?

gadgets,

Total change of plan. Came in from moving cows to dry bedding just before dark, and we both decided we were not that hungry, so I put the burger in the fridge, and we had toasted BLTs instead. We will cook the burger up tomorrow.

I had Swiss Steak..Whipped Potatoes..Green Beans. Am still stuffed.

For you, Shirley, it's on the house. I would even crack open a nice red wine!

Everything looks and sounds SO good!!! We had some delicious fried fish - some white bass fillets my cousin gave us after her husband went fishing - and baked sweet potatoes.

Funkyart, would you mind sharing your soup recipe?

A friend hosted a somewhat-delayed Mardi Gras party tonight. I brought a large batch of gumbo and rice. One person came up to me and said she really wanted the recipe. Her fiancee loved it, and if she could make it she'd win major points.