Yep, needed comfort food, today. So I IHopped. 2x2x2 senior deal: 2 sausage links, two pancakes, two eggs, sunny side up

Everybodies meal sounds and looks delicious.

I made a quick soup last night Creamy Chicken and Orzo.

Fried chicken. I rarely make it at home but really have been craving it.

I made some split pea soup the other day, gadgets. Do you add chopped celery, onions, and carrots to yours, too?

Jasdip, those veggies look roasted! Yum, I know that they're so flavorful.

I've got a chicken on the ol' "set it and forget it" Showtime for tonight. I'm going to mash some sweet potatoes and steam a head of fresh broccoli. We're having cocktails right now ;-)

Leftover Chinese stir-fry veg and rice take-out purchased for last night's supper, and some boneless bbq wings - and an egg roll. For dessert, two peppermint ice cream sandwiches. Yeah, I took some Gas-X .

rhizo: I only add the celery and carrots.

jasdip: That picture is surely worth a thousand words.

Blackened pork chops and oven roasted potatoes, sliced vine ripe tomatoes.

The last of the Christmas prime rib is being made into carne asada for tacos tonight. Our meal will be rounded out with homemade refried beans and an avocado/tomato salad.

Those veggie look really good, Jasdip!

Leftover beef tenderloin, leftover ham, leftover spinach and artichoke casserole, leftover potatoes, leftover cranberry gelatin mold, leftover corn custard. Every man for himself. Help yourself. Very quiet here. Grandkids, son DIL gone DD, SIL home, just one son left. Even Georgy is crashing tonight. :-)))

Crockpot veg beef soup, had a nice beef shank so I put it in the crockpot with a few vegetables

We finished up the scalloped potatoes and ham tonight.

I also made a pan of zucchini, carrots, cabbage and celery cooked with some stewed tomatoes.

I baked a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread this morning after the repairman came and fixed the gas/air ratio problem the oven experienced Christmas Day (didn't ruin that meal but I had to get creative). Hub has been requesting breakfast for dinner fairly frequently these days so I wanted to make something a bit special for him. Tomorrow I'll use the rib eye bones I saved and make a nice soup since it's gotten quite chilly down here deep in the heart o'Texas.

Lunch was chicken Ramen noodles. I used to eat tons of Ramen when I worked and had to bring my lunch....that was a flash from my past. DH is good to put up with me, not fixing something more elaborate when he's home. :0) And....Ramen costs $25 cents now! WHAT!? I paid .10cents the last time I ate it. lol

Soup is our favorite winter meal. Yesterday I tried a new recipe-Smoked Brisket Chili. It was delicious! We had a big piece of smoked brisket left from the day after Christmas, so I cut it into cubes and added a bottle of stout beer, about half a cup of strong coffee, the usual chili powders & cumin, as well as sautéed red peppers onions & garlic. Add a quart of home canned stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce and a few kidney beans--mmmmmmm good! I'm sure this will be one of our standby winter soup recipes.

I had turkey and candied sweet potatoes.

Sue

jasdip, how do you do the pork chops? broil? grill?

Annie, the pork chops were thick, so I browned them in the skillet then stuck them in the oven for a few minutes to cook through.

I love to make soup for my lunches. I have a Christmas ham to work through, and don't want to make split pea soup. So I am thinking some potato and ham soup sounds good. DS gave me a jar of canned chestnuts for Christmas and the recipe for chestnut soup that they love. I will make a pot of that soon.

I roasted two plump 7# chickens on Friday which we had for dinner. After dinner I picked the birds of the meat and boiled the carcass, strained and put in frig. Yesterday I made chicken noodle soup, crusty rolls with butter and a small plate of grapes and orange slices.

Today...Its gonna be burgers on the grill and I will roast some veggies with olive oil,S&P. Amiee made a lemon pound cake for dessert tonight.

Tomorrow I plan on making chili. I'll make my 18 quart soup pot full and freeze in dinner size amounts in plastic ice cream buckets. We all enjoy chili.

Jody didn't want anything last night but 2 pieces of toast. I didn't eat either. This morning, early, I went to the store and bought ingredients for a couple of different kinds of soup. Making Italian sausage and potato soup this afternoon. It is a gray, cold day....perfect for soup.

Tonight is going to be a clean out the fridge dinner. We are going to grill the ribs that were part of the prime rib and with that there is enough mashed potatoes and gravy for one (hubby), steamed white rice for one (me), peas and salad.

If we don't go out for dinner for NYE, we are going to make a ham hock, kielbasa and split mung bean soup tomorrow night.

It's cold and very dreary today so I think I will make my shrimp chowder tonight. With a nice crusty loaf of French bread.

It has been partly sunny off & on here today, for which I am so grateful! Got out for a walk.

I am having leftover Christmas ham and roasted vegetables today. I carved out the bone, put the rest of the meat into the freezer, but tomorrow will use the bone to make "Thanksgiving Soup" -- something that my DD's kindergarten teacher had them make in class, and then sent home the recipe; it has become one of my favorites. It is a mixed bean soup with onion, tomato, chili powder, and a squeeze of lemon.

Cold, damp, and dreary, so it's soup time. Turkey bone broth, left over turkey, the remnants of celery, onion and carrots, last splash of mashed potatoes, and I added freshly boiled potatoes and peas. Thought I got off pretty cheap with just water (broth),potatoes and peas to pay for. Leftover Christmas Eve soup? Tasty nonetheless. Happy New Year!

Husband and I are still sick, so copious amounts of home-made chicken soup and hot tea and citrus fruit.

Kadefol, hope you are both better soon.

Yesterday was a late lunch, with a bowl of popcorn later.

Tonight was left over ham and Anasazi beans with cornbread. I had made the ham and beans in the Instant Pot a few days ago, bone and all. I added a carton of chicken broth and water, and a diced onion. To salty, but good. So today I peeled a potato and simmered it for a while, and since DH didn't want it soupy, I ladled off most of the liquid.

kadefol...get well soon!

I'm making soup for dinner tonight...brown rice and lentil. Yum! We need some vegetarian after all the food we've been eating since before the holidays! This one's a real colon sweeper!

This post made me want some split pea soup. It's on the stove now!

I'm making a ham (half - bone in) for dinner tonight so split pea soup is on the near horizon!! It is by far my favorite soup and so easy to make but I like it best with a ham bone involved :-)

As for vegetarian, I had a big tossed salad for dinner the last two nights.....I was feeling the need for some fresh, raw veggies!! And had some lettuce mix that needed to be used up.

just ended a very cold and dreary day (w/rain) in AZ. too cold to stand in the kitchen to do dishes or cook. Tomorrow I'm gonna put on a pot of spaghetti soup. I was thinking I couldn't do it w/out some ground beef, then remembered that the last time I made it with it, I didn't like the taste of it. So I'm gonna go ahead and make it without meat. I'm switching to grass fed beef and will need to try it with that (when I buy some more).

We have several more days here of this really cold weather, then it'll warm up. but that doesn't mean it's over for the winter, we'll get it again in the next 2 months. I'm going to freeze soup for when that hits us again.

I've never heard of spaghetti soup...all I can imagine is how difficult it is to harness all that spaghetti with a soup spoon.

:)

Well yesterday it poured rain off & on, although it was warm (50F!) the dampness made it feel chilly. Then in the evening strong winds came in and knocked out power to half the neighborhood. It was a good thing I had started the soup in the morning and it was perfect!

"how difficult it is to harness all that spaghetti with a soup spoon. "

while it isn't as difficult as it sounds, it isn't easy either. Maybe I think it isn't as difficult because I was raised on it?

However, in more recent times, because the pot I cook it in is much smaller these days, I now break it in 2. And sometimes when I dip out a bowl of it, I also cut it into smaller pieces with the side of my spoon. I recently made it with mini penne, but it just wasn't the same.

Raee, we had the rain all day, here. We drove down to Amish country and went to Heini's Cheese Chalet and of course came home with a bag with several different types! Then stopped to visit a friend on the way home. Supper was out at a little local place.

Today DH has Polish kielbasa and sauerkraut in the oven. I've got shredded cabbage cooking down and some left over ham laying on top of it to heat. There is left over cheesy potatoes to heat up for me, and I'll make some instant mashed potatoes for him to put his sauerkraut on top of.

Signature Select brand has a mini spaghetti. It makes a great noodle in soup! It's spoon length sizes of angel hair width noodles.

If you have a Safeway/Albertson store, you shoukd be able to find it. Our Haggen store is also carrying that brand.

I think the next homemade soup here will knock off Zuppa Toscano.

However, I just had some chicken Marchuan ramen. My tummy is a bit upset and this is my go to for calming it.

Nicole, I buy it at walmart in a 12 pack for just under $2. It lasts me a while. :)

i do not like Top Ramen brand.

My boys prefer to go to the store that has a very large Asian section and get "real" ramen.