That sounds very yummy! I have never heard of Butternut Squash Pie. I am going to look up a recipe, as you have made me curious. Nothing but eggs and veggie sausage here so far.

If you have a favorite pumpkin pie recipe, just use the butternut squash instead of the pumpkin. That is what I do.

Sue

Popcorn for Alabama vs Texas A & M game this afternoon :o)

I'm trying a new ciabatta recipe, have crusty bread prepping, and going to make sauce with 6-in-1 for a spaghetti dinner tonight.

Not a thing! I am in the house and we just tested the new ovens and the microwave to make sure everything works and it does. I would love to put a roast or brisket in the new oven but all my big pots are in the storage. I do have my gumbo pot however and it sure is gumbo weather right now! I might have to try out new stove. We are working on putting together the boxed furniture and cleaning up the furniture in the house which was extremely dusty from drywall dust.

Great news, Raven! Enjoy!

I'm going old-school tonight with chilimac!

Nuthin - I'm 15 miles from home, and the door's locked.

Had a nice (abbreviated) breakfast, though ... if hurried, as I was taking some of my beans to the food pantry at church.

Got a bonus, too ... gal who plays flute in the suburban church was marrying the son of the minister in the village church that I attend (whose surname is "Penny" ... and we don't use them in Canada, any more ... but he's still a going concern).

(Though uninvited, I sat in - there were empty seats. She was one happy lady - while they held hands, facing one another, while saying their vows, holding hands, she rubbed his hand with her thumb throughout each declaration).

o j

This conversation amongst everyone has inspired me. I just cooked some kale, sautéed mushrooms, and now have salmon thawing. I also am making some yummy tea.

Yesterday I made split pea/ham soup, and stuffed peppers. Today I made a stir fry and chicken/egg salad. I like to cook leftovers on purpose.

Too hot to cook today...cereal for breakfast and salad for dinner.

Dinner will be Homemade chicken noodle soup that I thawed from the freezer, and crusty Italian rolls, I have two apple pies in the oven baking from apples my neighbor kindly gave me, so there will be dessert today. My little grandsons have apples in the crockpot with a dash of sugar and cinnamon as they are making applesauce. Once the applesauce is done and the crock washed later I will start a crock of steel cut oats for breakfast. Were in Pennsylvania and the weather suddenly changed to 50F windy, and drizzling rain. I love comfort foods in this weather.

Gadgets, stuffed peppers sound delish, I may make them this week.

I will be making split pea soup and crescent rolls. It is rainy and cool, so soup it is.

My second youngest grandson - almost 7 years old- is with me for a few days. Supper will be steak for me and my husband- Little boy (not a steak fan) wants the leftover macaroni and sausage which was his special request dinner last night- with corn on the cob and broccoli, oreos for dessert. Later, we will make some popcorn for our movie night. Tomorrow morning we will bake some banana bread or muffins together. I am looking froward to the aroma. Cold and blustery but gorgeous here too- We bundled up for the soccer game this morning. Little boy scored two goals for his team.

Taco soup for our Country Club carryin dinner tonite. I am expecting lots of yummy fall desserts to be there!

We just finished dinner and hubby is doing the dishes while I'm sitting here talking to you.

I love buying a nice roast and cutting it into quarters or sections and tying the pieces. Then I make Osso Bucco. We love the flavours and the simmering. I'd never buy the true Ossco Bucco.......veal with bone and marrow.

Mmmm.....I think recipes are called for! We had quinoa, kale, black bean patties with sweet corn on the side and sliced avocado.

Oh jasdip I will take a plate of that , love rice and gravy . And the apple dessert would top it off . We just had some fish and shrimp from long john silver because we are exhausted from working in the house all day . Now watching OU and Texas Tech . There's a huge Buddhist arena park whatever down the road from us and tonight is a big celebration or something and it's so loud we can hear the music in the rv with the windows closed . I can't imagine how loud it is there because it's a ways from us.

I baked a Raw Apple Cake today and made Nuts 'N' Bolts. delivered some to our friends so we don't eat it all!

Jinnylea, welcome to the table. Bring some forks for that yummy looking cake!

Thank you for the welcome, KathyG. :)

I bet that raw apple cake was delicious! Do you mind if I ask, what kind of dish is Nuts 'N' Bolts?? That sure sounds like an interesting name.. Whatever it is, I bet your friends sure appreciated it!

Yes, Jinnylea, your cake looks delicious! I would love to have the recipe, if you're able to share it.

Beef (browned) bone broth, simmered all day with garlic, carrots, onion, and celery which have been turned to mush.

Tastes delicious, truly, when you consider the clear liquid type of stuff I've had for two days.

Jinny....Nuts and Bolts is just another name for the Chex Mix type of snack. The recipes often call for a Chex cereal, pretzels, nuts, and whatever else looks good. I'm going to invent one with candy corn as an ingredient, for the neighbors.

Thank you everyone... :)

Caramel Apple Cake at King Arthur Flour

http://search.kingarthurflour.com/baking/Caramel-Apple-Cake

Here is the link above to the original recipe for the Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake. .

I have to say the original recipe for this cake is wonderful just as is, but...

I made a few changes this time..I subbed maple syrup in place of the corn syrup for the caramel. I made extra caramel by boiling down some condensed milk...I poured half of the caramel sauce in the bundt pan, then layered the sliced apples, then poured the condensed milk caramel sauce over the apples..For the batter, I used equal parts real butter and oil. And equal parts brown sugar and white sugar..I did not use any nuts in my batter due to allergies.. I used a bundt pan and greased it really well ... This is a really moist cake..

Rhizo, now I know.. lol.. thanks. Your beef bone broth sounds yummy. Not to mention good for you..

I have a big zucchini spice cake in the oven and I will make some cream cheese frosting for it. I plan to take it to Amber's birthday meal at Pizza Shack. She will also have a store bought cake.

Sue

Yep, mine is a variation of Chex Mix.

Nuts 'n' Bolts

1 box Rice Chex 12 oz.

1 box Corn Chex 12 oz.

1 lb. blanched peanuts or Cocktail peanuts

2 sticks real butter

2-1/2 tsp. garlic salt

3 TBL Worcestershire (Lea & Perin)

Pour cereal and nuts into large pan. Melt oleo, mix in garlic salt and Worcestshire, pour over dry ingredients, stir. Bake at 250° FOR 15 minutes, then stir gently, replace in oven for another 15 minutes, remove from oven and stir.

Up to this point it is GLUTEN FREE!

Then I take one bag of Snyder's Cheddar Cheese pretzels and add to the mix!

It is no longer GF, but I've all ready removed some of the mix for my GF people, one neighbor and my DDIL.

Oh my goodness everything here sounds and looks SO good.

I'm going to try fried cabbage tonight for the first time. I remember it from childhood but have never prepared it. I assume you just cut or shred it fairly fine and saute it in olive oil like stir fry, only until more done and browned?

Last night was Swiss steak, buttered noodles, green beans, and Italian herb cheese bread. We really liked that bread! (Bread maker mix)

Tonight, I am making my umpteenth thousandth attempt at buttermilk fried chicken. I am 55 years old and cannot, for the life of me, fry a chicken that gets to proper temperature on the inside, without burning the skin! Will serve with mashed potatoes and gravy and some corn.

I have been in the new kitchen all day long and loving it. I put a beautiful stuffed tasso roast in my enamel cast iron roaster along with some onion and red potatoes it is in my fabulous new oven and omg it is smelling so good. I have a package of my stewed okra and onions and tomatoes to heat and I will make rice for the roast gravy. This is going to be such a treat! Mr Raven came in from working in the other side of the house and said it was smelling so good he had to come tell me that he was afraid the way things had been going he might not live long enough to eat my roast and other goodies lol. I said I know what you mean!

Schoolhouse we love sauteed cabbage, carrots and onions. Shred or slice the cabbage very thinly as well as the onions. I usually just grate the carrots on the large holes of the box grater.

Tonight's dinner was the leftover roast turned into roast beef sandwiches on a hoagie. The potatoes were turned into homefries. I had a butternut squash, so I cubed and partially cooked it in the microwave. I then sauteed it with garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper and some ground coriander. It was fantastic, and we'll eat squash more often made this way.

Jasdip, I ended up frying some bacon and onions together, setting aside, then cooking the shredded cabbage in the bacon drippings until soft, then added the bacon and onions. While shopping for the bacon at the grocery earlier, I picked up a small container of hot mashed potatoes from their steam table (they offer cooked food for take-out on Sundays). So I put msh.pot on the plate next to the cabbage. Mmm. I have leftovers for tomorrow.

Carrots are a good idea, I'll try that next time.

We ate on the fly, because it was the state championship for marching band. Done until next year! Hot dogs and whatever else we could find. With one great exception. A very very dear friend of mine made the best gumbo ever. Today, it's steak and chicken on the grill, and whatever else happens to be handy. Or should I say easiest?

Sunday - it was in the 40s this morning, and tonight and tomorrow will be cool, too. At least cool for central Florida. I am making pizza. The heat from the oven will warm the house for several hours.

White Chicken Chili and cornbread. Lots of cilantro and cheese on my chili.

on Friday I made a turkey supper and a pepper jelly cream cheese dip and two pumpkin rolls for Saturday. Saturday morning I made a turkey noodle hot dish and finished the pumpkin rolls. One was for a luncheon thing that we had for noon along with the hot dish and dip. I also made some pumpkin muffins. These and the other roll were for a bake sale they had along with the Fireman's supper Saturday night. After that I didn't do much today and we are having leftovers tonight.

Thank you so much for that recipe, Jinnylea. I will definitely be making it! For dinner today, we had sweet potato peanut stew. One of my favorites. DH ate white rice with his, I had mine plain.

Today I seasoned and coated a chuck roast in flour, browned it in a cast iron dutch oven, baked it in the oven with a few cups of beef broth, red skinned potatoes, carrots and whole green beans. One pot meal. LOL.

The results of my first time cooking in the new oven in the new house . My stuffed tasso roast with onions and potatoes , rice and roast gravy , stewed okra onions and tomatoes from the freezer . OMG I can't even tell you how good it was . I need a nap . We can't eat like we used to so we have leftovers .

Ms. Raven,

When will you officially be out of the RV and into the house?

I don't know yet we have started putting some furniture in and unpacking some boxes , taking it easy. Still have some minor work being done . Can't be soon enough !

Oh, my! I am still full from dinner, but just by reading and seeing what everyone was cooking, makes me hungry all over again!

Thank you for the recipe Kathy G.. It sounds really good. I will be trying it out in the near future. :)

Today was my youngest adult sons birthday, so I made a Hersheys Chocolate Cake with fudge frosting, and made a, from scratch, Chicken Carbonara with a Creamy Mushroom and Parmigiana Sauce. Have plenty of leftovers for lunch tomorrow. .

I'm coming to live with you, Jinnylea! LOL!

Tonight I'm baking for the freezer. Cookies, muffins and small cake layers and cupcakes. I've also been making some meals for the freezer. We plan to demo the kitchen soon so it will be microwave and toaster oven for us for a while once the range is disconnected.

The funny thing is I am not cooking meals for us currently. So busy with plan aheads and packing stuff away that we've been doing a lot of take out.