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Post by quettalee on Apr 17, 2015 11:14:20 GMT -6
Last night...
Grilled open-faced ciabatta rolls with the "s" word (lol), roasted red peppers, mushrooms (for me), prosciutto (for Ana), sun-dried tomato pesto and provolone!
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Post by stepper on Apr 17, 2015 18:57:34 GMT -6
This from the Halloween Queen and fan of white swooping things in the dark misty mornings? I'm gonna haunt you good! And none of the evil "S" with the chicken?? How could you even swallow? NOoooo! I thought you were a friend! (and I go running for another thread)
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Post by stepper on Apr 18, 2015 21:05:55 GMT -6
Having rolled the previous post high enough that I can't see it/them...
French Toast. I have no idea what made her think of it but it was Steppets' idea and it tasted really good too!
Thank goodness there's no 'greenery' involved!
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Post by Phalon on Apr 19, 2015 7:35:59 GMT -6
Nah. I'll just wear a garland of spinach leaves, and throw holy spinach water at you.
Just curious...do you eat any green leafy things? I know you don't do any kind of greens, or even herbs, but what about lettuce (aside from iceberg which has the nutritional content and taste of nothing)? Cabbage?
Sounds really good, Q, either way.
Ordered out Chinese last night, because neither of us felt like cooking.
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Post by stepper on Apr 19, 2015 10:09:27 GMT -6
LOL! You're in trouble 'cause that stuff isn't holy.
I eat things from green leafy things. Apples, peaches....
Does celery count? It's not fair that you discount lettuce BTW. Um, yes, I eat cabbage - raw and unadorned of course. If it's cooked or flavored in anyway it's been ruined.
I like Chinesse - including egg rolls - especially sweet 'n sour pork and chicken fried rice.
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Post by stepper on Apr 19, 2015 10:24:58 GMT -6
PS: Oh ye of little faith! Iceberg Lettuce is perfectly fine - especially when accompanied by Classic Catalina!
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Post by Phalon on Apr 21, 2015 5:59:40 GMT -6
You are either teasing me, or are completely hopeless....
You are teasing me....because, of course the bulk of egg roll filling is cooked and flavored cabbage.
I take that back - you aren't teasing me; you are completely hopeless.
Last night, homemade baked macaroni & cheese with ham, and a side of roasted asparagus! From the garden! First of the season; hoping there's a lot more to come.
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Post by stepper on Apr 22, 2015 19:37:05 GMT -6
Yes.
Clearly you've never had the pleasure of dining on Chinese when I'm around. Ever hear of sweet-n-sour sauce? Egg rolls are offended if they are not allowed to swim in that stuff. The rice seems to like it too! And the Shanghai has especially good sweet-n-sour. If that sh!t was alcoholic there'd be a world of drunks around here - especially at lunch time. {I don't know what they do differently but it really is better than any of the other fifteen Chinese diners around here.}
How? What's wrong with Catalina? That's my favorite by far.
And just to say this, last night's dinner would have been fine with me - as long as you weren't offended by the fact that the side was on a side plate - waaay off to the side - not near the actual food.
And that asparadisgusting - no problem - you can mow that junk right down with even a cheap, earth friendly, electric whimpy weedwhacker.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 26, 2015 7:52:15 GMT -6
Nothing. Too sweet for my taste, though; I guess it just reminds me of a "kid's" dressing - something you put on a child's salad to get them to eat it. And I thought you didn't like cooked tomatoes....isn't Catalina mostly just ketchup, sugar, and vinegar?
I agree that asparagus can be disgusting - in fact, it's one of the grossest vegetables out there if it's not cooked right. I didn't like it until we moved here; Michigan is a huge producer of asparagus with much of the crop coming from this area - it even grows wild (I've got my "secret" stash along the highway, and have to get out there soon!). The reason I didn't like it was because growing up, I only had Mom's asparagus - and she cooked every green vegetable until there wasn't any green left, only grey. And whoever decided asparagus could be canned should be serving a prison sentence for cruel and unusual punishment to a vegetable and those who eat it. Canned asparagus is like canned peas - the end result doesn't even remotely look or taste like the vegetable it supposed to be. Frozen asparagus isn't much better.
Asparagus has to be firm, even crunchy when cooked, and it needs to be still stiff - floppy spears means it's overcooked. Raw is great too; it doesn't matter who does the picking - Hubs, BP, or me - probably only half of it makes it into the house; the other half is eaten before it even gets to the kitchen door.
Luckily, Hubs saved what we had, and picked more before the freeze hit a couple of nights ago. We had it with baked chicken, and home-fries - one of the vegetables Mom did do extremely well; she called them fried potatoes, and her 'recipe' is the best ever.
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Post by stepper on Apr 26, 2015 20:42:21 GMT -6
Gee, thanks. I only came across it a few years ago. Bought it by accident - it was so good it became my favorite. No - it's sugar (notice that it's the first ingredient listed?) tomato puree (watered down tomato paste), vinegar, soybean oil, more water, salt, modified food starch, phosphoric acid, dried onions, xanthan and calcium disodium (preservatives). We Agree! Luckily?? Lucky is winning the lottery, not having to eat asparadisgusting. The chicken and home fries sounded good.
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Post by Phalon on May 25, 2015 5:55:22 GMT -6
Hubs roasted a turkey Friday; we polished it off yesterday with one of the best uses for leftovers ever invented - turkey sandwiches.
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Post by stepper on May 25, 2015 13:27:23 GMT -6
Both of those sound wonderful.
And I'm jealous that someone got a couple of roasted turkey legs.
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Post by Phalon on May 27, 2015 18:23:35 GMT -6
Can you believe Hubs threw away the last turkey leg?! Said no one but him would eat it because turkey legs are sinewy, and he was tired of turkey. It's true, he usually eats the legs, but dang, I would have cut it up to put in a salad for lunch the following day if I knew he was just going to pitch it!
Tonight...turkey again. Only this time it was ground turkey, and I made sliders. I never used to care for ground turkey for burgers or meat loaf; it tends to be dry and somewhat tasteless because there's very little fat in it. I found by experimenting though, if I douse it with plenty of herbs and seasonings, (if you get a chance to try Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute, do so! It's my favorite go-to seasoning mix and it doesn't contain salt), a good-sized blop of A1 Steak Sauce, an egg, and Italian fine bread crumbs, mix it all together, it makes great, flavorful burgers, or in this case sliders. Had them with cheddar cheese on Hawaiian rolls, with fresh spinach leaves, sauteed onions and red peppers, and just a dash of ranch dressing. Both Hubs and BP raved, and I have to admit, they were pretty damned good. Side of broccoli slaw - that I bought at the deli.
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Post by quettalee on May 29, 2015 12:38:21 GMT -6
Wow! All of the above sounds fantastico to me! With one arm in a sling most of the day (going on four weeks now) because my surgeon had a family emergency and my original appointment got pushed back from May 21st to June 3rd and pretty much just a path through the moving boxes in my home, little cooking have I been doing. Waaaaay too much eating out and fast food (yuck!). Especially since Ana is soooo picky when it comes to eating out...no Chinese (or any Asian pretty much), Mexican, fish of most any kind, or basically anything that isn't primarily pasta, bread and cheese...or Subway!
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Post by stepper on May 29, 2015 16:56:41 GMT -6
You know, someone keeps telling me that I have a too limited repertoire. Hopefully that person will read this and give me a break. I eat lots of stuff! Ham, chops, bacon, eggs, chicken, turkey, steak, burgers, cheeseburgers, bacon cheeseburgers, Philly Cheese steak sandwiches with cheese and mushrooms, and potatoes and friend potatoes, and hot dogs, and turkey sandwiches, and peaches and apples and pears and toast and pancakes and dumplings and even more stuff! I'm EASY!!
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Post by Mini Mia on May 29, 2015 21:27:53 GMT -6
I had a 'chopped steak' . . . aka hamburger patty, onions, and potatoes with toast. Cooked the patty, onions & potatoes in a small crock pot for two hours.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 16, 2015 6:18:15 GMT -6
Yesterday for lunch I made a nice salad: fresh greens from the garden - mostly spinach (sorry to make you cringe, Stepper - with all the rain and humidity we've had recently, the spinach is starting to bolt, so I've got to use it fast), strawberries (also from the garden), almond silvers, dried cranberries, feta cheese, and ranch dressing. So good, I made another to take to work for lunch again today.
For dinner, we had Chicken Parmesan...topped with fresh basil a friend gave me from her garden. Although you don't like herbs, Step - growing (or buying) fresh basil is worth it just for the smell. OMG, I could roll in the stuff it smells so good. I'm sure there's gotta be some kind of basil aroma therapy benefits...aside from making a person hungry.
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Post by stepper on Jun 28, 2015 20:05:09 GMT -6
Not exactly stuck - popsicles. It's hot and humid so I've been having popsicles.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 28, 2015 21:05:09 GMT -6
I wonder if kale could be made into popsicles?
Right now for me, it's leftover birthday cake.
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Post by stepper on Jun 29, 2015 21:25:32 GMT -6
Oh KALE NO!! Stick to the birthday cake. Was it an ice cream cake???
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Post by Phalon on Jul 1, 2015 4:46:35 GMT -6
I am sure that somewhere, somebody has made kalesicles. So sure, in fact, that I drilled...and yes, they are out there.
It wasn't ice cream cake, Stepper. At her request it was marble with vanilla-cream icing, served with coffee ice cream. A good request, I think....though I would have gone with chocolate icing!
Last night - chicken and rice, and a side you-guessed-it kale salad with apples, dried cranberries, and almond slivers.
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Post by stepper on Jul 2, 2015 21:20:36 GMT -6
Coffee ice cream?? You know, that's not a flavor "I" would have added to ice cream unless...no, I wouldn't have done it. You hit on an old favorite - I love chicken over rice. Just keep the other stuff on your side of the table.
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Post by Phalon on Jul 6, 2015 6:18:21 GMT -6
How do you fix it? Creamy rice or no? Vegetables added? Chicken and rice isn't a dish I'd consider particularly 'OMG, yay! We're having chicken and rice!' It's more like 'what the hell am I going to fix for dinner. I've got chicken; I've got rice. Let's have that.'
Three days of oh-my-gosh-it's-good summer fare. Went to dinner over Crazy Cheryl's Friday; I asked what I could bring and she insisted nothing. I was hoping to bring something-kale; we brought beverages instead. She had grilled brats with peppers, potato salad....and kale and cabbage salad; it was like cole-slaw and very, very good. Seems we are not the only ones with kale coming out of our ears. Oh! And strawberry pie!
Hubs grilled baby-back ribs Saturday; we also had corn-on-the-cob, and the first green beans of the season from our garden.
Left-overs yesterday.....with kale, tomato, and pasta salad.
Left-overs for lunch today - kale, tomato, and pasta salad.
It's a good thing I like kale.
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Post by stepper on Jul 6, 2015 17:49:40 GMT -6
Okay you lucky lady – here’s not one, but two of my favorites. Chicken over Rice: 1 Can of Onion Soup or 1 Package of Dry Onion Soup Mix Mix can with 3/4 can of water - if dry mix add 2 cups water. Spray pan/dish with Pam or your favorite non-stick In the bottom of the pan put one cup of rice, not the 'instant' or '5 minute' versions. Pour in onion soup. (Consider 2 cans of soup for more flavor - that's what I do.) Lay chicken pieces on rice - purchase pieces to fit into the below baking dish. (When I do this, I use all legs and thighs, but I suspect a breast or two would work too.) Mix one can of Cream of Chicken Soup with 1/2 can of milk. Pour the Cream of Chicken mix over the chicken pieces. Bake at 350 for an hour and 15 minutes. You may want to keep an eye on it as it's possible for it cook a little more quickly than that. I use a 9X14 glass baking dish. --------- Beef and Noodles: I use an electric frying pan; pot roast or beef chuck or beef chuck roast or blade pot roast blanks - what ever it's called where you shop. Spray pan with Pam or your preferred non-stick. Set temp to 350 degrees. Brown both sides of the meat, add about 3 cups of water to pan – less if your pan isn’t big enough but you might have to add some later while it’s cooking - then put 1 package of dry onion soup mix on the meat. Turn heat down to simmer - on some pans it will say 'simmer' in which case you want it right in the middle of the two "M"s. Let it cook three to four hours (yes I know, it's a long time - but I get a pretty good chunk of meat and suggest you do the same.) To cook faster raise the temp - you'll have to judge your own cookware. To add more flavor (again, I always do this) add a package of Au-Jus (dry) on the meat when you add the package of dry onion soup mix. You'll find it near the dry Brown Gravy mix in your grocery store. Also, poke several holes in the top of the meat to let the flavoring seep in better. When the meat is cooked, remove, break it into smaller pieces. Put noodles in pan - you'll probably have to keep an eye on them to keep them from sticking. As an alternative, you can cook the noodles separately - just drain them well - then add to the pan and turn up the heat and simmer until the juices are gone. Mix 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup with just less than 1/2 can of milk and pour this over the noodles. Add the broken down meat (what's left of it - I tell you the stuff is very yummy all by itself and is very hard to resist) - mix it up and scarf it up. Sorry, but both will take a little work and/or time. And if I was there and you didn't play with the recipe, you probably didn't make enough. I'm especially fond of both of these - to me, they are right up there with T-Day fixin's. Lovely! I'll take the green beans raw of course. At this rate, by the end of summer you'll be the only one.
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Post by Phalon on Jul 15, 2015 6:14:26 GMT -6
Daylilies.
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Post by stepper on Jul 15, 2015 15:12:30 GMT -6
Cheddar cheese popcorn – although I have caramel too. An impulse purchase for Steppet.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 3, 2015 6:19:19 GMT -6
We gathered 'round while Hubs ceremoniously picked the first ripe tomatoes from the garden yesterday. Big slabs of them on grilled burgers last night. Big slices of them for lunch today....
...in a kale salad.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 3, 2015 19:13:18 GMT -6
Mom had a routine visit with the kidney clinic. We ate at Cracker Barrel. I had Baked Chicken and dressing with mashed taters and buttermilk biscuits. Yum. I love Mondays at CB. I love Thursdays there too. Turkey and dressing.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 4, 2015 6:18:26 GMT -6
Sounds good, Joxie. I can't ever remember eating at Cracker Barrel....we've got a lot of chicken dinners in our future though. I ordered 7 chickens from Crazy Cheryl this spring; she just butchered them last week - they are HUGE. Her cow is slated for a one way trip sometime in the next few weeks; we ordered a quarter of it, and split that with Xena Sis and her Hubs. Don't know how it's all going to fit in our chest freezer!
Tomato and kale salad for lunch again today! There is no better time to eat than summer when everything is fresh!
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Post by stepper on Aug 4, 2015 17:51:58 GMT -6
That sounds pretty good! No longer sounding pretty good. I agree - yum. {Shh.}There's a lot of carbs in that stuff too. Mom used to purchase 1/2 a cow at a time. You pay more for burgers but much less for more expensive cuts. Did she feed it corn for the last six months? And we're all sorry about all that kale you're being forced to konsume.
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