Something not too good. I have a meeting that begins with a salad or sandwich in another room. The bread is always stale, and the salad so-so. I think the light dinner is prepared hours before the meeting, and thus the results.

Sorry I can't start a thread the correct way.

I ask my cousin if she ever ate Rao's pasta sauce YES she loves it and couldn't believe I never tried it. She showed up here yesterday with 4-24 ounce jars of Rao tomato basil so were having spaghetti tonight. I browned some hamburger meat to add to the sauce which is simmering now as I wait for the pasta water to boil. It really smells good. I would never pay 7$ a jar for sauce myself so I hope its not too too good. Lol. We will have a cucumber and tomatp sslad with it and some crusty italian rolls with butter. Any of you tried the Rao?

What's on your dinner plate today?

Swiss steak & jasmine rice with home grown green beans slow cooked all day w/new potatoes.

Rao is the only brand I buy. If we have to have spaghetti less, which we don't, I will never go back to another brand.

That spaghetti sounds very good. I had scrambled eggs and toasted homemade bread.

Jason's Deli for tuna salad. Love their tuna.

What a nice cousin! Rao's is my favorite. It's more expensive than the others but if you consider that pasta is very cheap, the overall cost per person for a meal is still very low.

It's funny how sometimes we can think nothing of going to an Italian restaurant and spending $40+ but balk at a $7 jar that will supply sauce for 4-6 people! I do this all the time with groceries and I always laugh when I catch myself.

Happy birthday and anniversary, Raven!

Reheating some homemade "spaghetti" that I stashed in the freezer for days like today. I have a horrid crick in my neck that goes down my shoulder,and shoots pain down to my butt everytime i breathe. I put it in quotations because it's not spaghetti in the normal sense. I use either shell or some other short pasta,and I use my grandma's lasagne sauce. (Ground beef,Italian sausage,bell pepper,onion,lots of fresh garlic,lots of fresh herbs,lots of dried oregano,crushed tomatoes and cream of mushroom soup. Then I mix the noodles in, and layer it with mozzarella cheese and bake it. And that's what "spaghetti" is at my house. I make a huge batch of it,and freeze it in portions for later. That's what I'm eating.

Happy b-day and anniversary, Raven!

We are having king crab legs and a Japanese cucumber/daikon/carrot salad. Not sure what else yet; there are a couple of artichokes in the fridge. I might make those.

I guess I am so set on Rao, because of the ingredients. They are all natural and it is cheaper than my homemade.

Ingredients:Italian whole peeled tomatoes, olive oil, onions,basil, salt, garlic, black pepper, dried oregano

You can find it on sale,

Happy Birthday and Anniversary Rvven!

Happy birthday Raven. And happy anniversary!.

I had a cheese and cream cheese sandwich with tomato and onions. I will have to make something for DH who is out riding his dirtbike. I think fish and pasta with a salsa sauce.

Happy Birthday and Anniversary, Raven!

We're having teriyaki chicken with a broccoli stir fry, my favorite meal.

Spent the afternoon having tests in prep for surgery, so tonight was a good time to try the Lean Pockets we got at the grocery store last week. Not impressed with the Philly Cheese Stake variety. Added some fresh radishes, celery, cauliflower and red pepper strips to crunch on. Then we had a dish of Coffee frozen yogurt with a small sugar cookie.

We had T-bone steaks (nothing else). We bought a quarter of a cow in February, so these cost us a whopping $3.35/pound. lol

I've been sick for three weeks now so I'm not cooking at all, and not eating much. You would think I'dve lost a lot of weight by now but I haven't ........6 lbs. But then again, I sit all day, getting up only to go potty.

Happy Birthday, Raven!!

I shouldn't even admit this, we had a weird dinner. Very, very busy day that ended with a friend helping try to save a vintage cherry tree...we had to remove about 1/3 of the tree, fingers are crossed we've maybe extended its life even if just a few years.

By the time that was cleaned up, we finally ate....fresh shrimp salads, friend #2 dropped off shrimp. Our tree pruning friend came back with three pork spareribs and gave me those. I had some chicken stew leftover from last night and reheated that for something hot - it's getting foggy, little bit of chill in the air now.

Georgysmom, what's going on with your health? Three weeks is a long time to be ill. I hope that you recover soon.

Happy Birthday Raven.

Amy take care. Did you pull a muscle? I hope you feel better tomorrow.

Georgysmom PK gives you good advice. Get well soon.

Everyone's meals sound good.

Georgysmom hope you feel better very quickly so sorry to hear that you've been fighting this for 3 weeks!

Last night had baked chicken tenders, peas, and mashed potatoes. Tonight think it will be a hamburger patty and whatever else I can come up with. Maybe roasted brussels sprouts and cherry tomatoes.

My hubby is on his way to get us a pizza for our supper tonight. We love pizza.

Belated Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary Raven and Mr. Raven. I hope you received my cards in time.

lightly battered white fish, salad, fried mushrooms and yummy red skin potato's. We are taking my mother out for dinner LOL She is 86 today and still does great.

I made a huge pan of lasagna that we will have to eat through the weekend. I don't have any room in my fridge freezer or I would freeze half of it. haha I might have to give some of it away.

Because DH is recovering from surgery, we are doing comfort food this week. DD, DSIL and DGS live next door, or, rather "through the door" and we have dinner together most nights.

Last night was a taco pie, honey ginger carrots and fresh corn on the cob with apple crisp for dessert. Up tonight is poppy seed chicken over egg noodles, green beans and broccoli, with leftover crisp.

Tonight we had rosemary chicken (grilled) baked potatoes and grilled corn on the cob. No dessert but I have an all butter pie crust in the frig ready to roll out for a apple pie (AnnT's recipe). I'll be making it soon as the nights yet young.

Fried jumbo shrimp, fresh off of our boat.

Taco salads tonight.

Happy birthday & anniversary Raven!!!

Never heard of Rao...I'll look for it...

Left over home made pizza.....

Tonight I made fried pork chop sandwiches and fries.

We had grilled chicken apple sausage, stuffed mushrooms and green beans. Good stuff! I hadn't eaten all day, anything would have been delicious!

Happy birthday and anniversary, Raven. If you are still making those glass totems, I found some really neat little glass light shades that I put aside for you. They are round but have a point on them. Would make really cute finials for one of your projects.

We just got back from a 10 day vacation. Back to home cooking! Tonight we had baked chicken parts, rice, spinach sautéed in the cast iron skillet, salad with home-made dressing. I felt like a recipe I saved from allrecipes.com that has evaporated milk, vinegar, salt, and a dash of Equal.

Thanks everyone! Linda yes got the very cute cards! Thanks

Marilyn I am just getting back into it. I hate I lost that beautiful glass orb you had given me.

Tonight we had big Chef salads we purchased and ate at home.

Last night did end up having hamburger patty, potato salad, grape tomatoes, and roasted brussels sprouts. I sprayed baking pan with vegetable oil, put sprouts in pan and sprinkles liberally with garlic salt and a few red pepper flakes; after they roasted for a while, took them out of the oven and drizzled honey over them, then back in the oven. They were so good - the honey balanced the bitterness in the sprouts. We thoroughly enjoyed them and will prepare this way again.

Haven't started thinking about tonight.

Edited to add the red pepper flakes I sprinkled the sprouts with.

Mama what did you think of the Rao sauce? I haven't tried it.

Supper was a bowl of cheesy broccoli soup and an egg salad sandwich.

I had fresh shrimp and crab salad 2 days in a row. Was going to fix spaghetti and meatballs last night but got called out on a late afternoon client visit and couldn't be bothered with that much cooking when I got home :-) Besides, the seafood would not have been nearly as 'fresh' if saved for another day!

If sufficiently motivated, I'll fix the spaghetti and meatballs tonight. Depends on what I do for lunch..........

Dolly the Rao was very good. It sure beats the other jared sauces I've tried like Ragu, Prago, Newman, Classico. I browned hamburger for in it but it would be good without. My kids all loved it and they do not like the other jarred sauces...they didn't believe it came from a jar and had to take turns looking in the trash at the empty jars. LOL. It taste less acidic likely from better tomatoes and no preservitive taste. Too bad its so pricey. I'll probably put 2 jars in the pantry for a day I have to prepare something quick. On the other hand if I planned it for dinner but didn't add meat It would still be a low cost meal considering the size of my family. Anyway yes it was delicious.

I didn't make my pie last night but have it in the oven now. About 10 more minutes to go. Wow so far this all butter crust looks fabulous.

Raven, they look like this.

Oh those are cool! They would make great toppers.

Tonight I made homemade cheeseburgers and homemade potato chips. Yummy

I love home made potato chips. We had shrimp again. Jody brought home a chicken....wanting me to fry it, but I was out of oil (thank goodness), so I will fix it tomorrow and make chicken and dumplings....which is one of my favorite meals.

Marilyn I was laughing picturing Jody with a chicken slung over his shoulder rushing in to his lady love.

I hate to fry. I'd be out of oil also...even if I wasn't. Lol.

I had luscious veggie with shrimp Pizza from my favorite pizza place! DH had spanakopita with a salad and rice and DS had cannelloni stuffed with pork and veal. All very yummy!

Mine is fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, biscuits and for dessert blackberry cobbler with ice cream. Sweet tea also.

I don't mind frying chicken once in awhile. Jody would have me frying chicken every day, if I'd do it. There is no a/c in any room but the bedroom, and it is so hot to stand over a skillet of chicken. Jody has had my truck for a few months now....and I have been home with no transportation. I really don't mind very much because I like being home and it is a good excuse not to have to go anywhere, and I have been cleaning up a storage building that flooded during the flood. I can only stay out there about an hour a day. Jody has asbestosis and trouble breathing, so I really don't want him out there. So, anyway, he has done most of the grocery shopping, which leaves a lot to be desired. He brings home what he wants me to cook. That's why I said he brought home a chicken. It does sound funny though. ;))

I was at work and had leftover steak with horseradish sauce, spinach and potato slices, made from a Home Chef meal and frozen.

After watching the movie Coco with the grandson this afternoon, I had a craving for Mexican food. We went out. ;-)