Not as good as yours. We are having salad that I get from a salad place. They chop the salad really fine, which DH really likes.

I have a Mexican and DH has a Caesar..

Yours does sound good on this cold day. Mine is a chicken breast and the last two little sweet potatoes that were dug just before Thanksgiving. I am going to miss them. LOL The grocery store sweet potatoes aren't as fresh as these. I had to wash the dirt off before putting them in the oven. This picture is the sweet potatoes from Tuesday with the meatloaf I made then.

Something with chicken. Not sure what we will end up with.

Hamburger Heaven's great chili! Just right for a cold damp day.

My husband just went out to grill some steaks.

Murraysmom: I had to do double and triple look until I finished reading your post...I was thinking that was chicken breast like I've never seen before. LOL!! I LOVE meatloaf...now I'm going to want some.

Quiche with diced ham, spinach, onions and mushroom. Delicious.

Homemade biscuits with garlic butter. Perfect.

Nothing special. I went to a tiny local place and got SO a pizza,and dropped it back off at home on my way to work. I got some hot wings and a salad bar. I will pull the meat of the wings and put it on top of the salad I made.

ETA: Rhizo,you are a gem. I struggle to allow my 13 yo nephew to be my "assistant" while I cook big meals at my sister's house,and he is an absolute delight. Smart,sweet,and helpful. I still struggle,because i HATE people in the kitchen while im cooking(I do think I hide it well,from him anyway).To let two small girls free reign to create in your kitchen...well,as I said, you're a gem.

Don't feel bad, 1step....I thought the same thing about the chicken. Thought maybe it was crusted with pecans or something1 LOL

I spent the last two days making chicken soup. First made the stock yesterday and let it sit out overnight so I could skim the fat off. Today I did all the chopping of the carrots, celery, onion, etc. and finished up the soup. We had a bowl of that for dinner and I will package up the rest for the freezer. Love these cold nights so I can make soups but will have to put future efforts on hold until January. I'm running out of freezer space what with Christmas cookies and possible dinners for when the kids come.

We have the first dungeness crab of the season. We weren't expecting it and meant DH spent the afternoon in the driveway cooking (friend dropped off several, to be shared) instead of us going for our Christmas tree, but we can get the tree tomorrow. We've had crab cocktails. We'll have a crab salad and split a small steak in a while.

I baked a small ham loaf, had mac/cheese and some buttered carrot coins as sides.

Rhizo, your Friday nite sounds like such fun!!!! The elder sprite is 10 already!!!! WOW

Chicken and dressing.

Simple fish on Friday meal. Catfish, boiled red potatoes and salad. Will make garlic smashed potatoes with the leftover potatoes in a day or two. Too lazy to do it today.

Tonight was an Asian style fried rice dish with pork, asparagus, onion, carrots and peas. I used brown rice and the seasonings were garlic, ginger and soy sauce.

Jasdip, I know!!!!! It's crazy how fast time goes by. The older one, the chef, is in a growth spurt and it brings back such memories of my own girlhood. She has a strongly confident personality and won't be led astray by bossy friends.

She and her little sister argue like crazy, but she is her protector and champion. The love between the two is a force to be reckoned with, based on an early childhood of shared trauma and rescue.

Amylou, the oldest sprite expressed an interest in cooking when she was very little. My husband made a step stool for her so that she could watch and participate. She began watching the Food network shows and then discovered the vast variety of YouTube cooking programs.

She rang the doorbell one day two or more years ago and asked, when I opened the door, "Do you have a tart pan?" I didn't then, but do now. I love, love sharing my kitchen with her and she has been a very good student.

I still have some turkey soup in the freezer from after Thanksgiving. Today I'm going to get some Chinese food for lunch.

we went over to a small town Christmas celebration last night and had Sloppy Joes over there.

For lunch today, I will be finishing the last of the turkey soup I made from our Thanksgiving bird. I bet I got 6 quarts of broth before I added noodles, onions, and lots of carrots.

Rhizo, my mother let me start cooking when I was about 5 years old. I would bake cakes....she would tell me how much of this or that and I would measure and mix them up by hand. They had the consistency of stale corn bread but my daddy would eat them and brag on them. I love to cook and just about the only TV I watch are cooking shows.

The Sprite will remember this always, and I would bet she will always love to cook.