What's for dinner tonight?

[Mountain trapper]

We drove up to visit our kids and grand kids yesterday. For dinner tonight we made fried rice with chicken, egg, bell peppers, shrimp and bacon.
These trips are always too short but the drive is long, 8 hours each way. We bought the G kids bicycles today and we're pretty well wore out now. We'll be leaving early in the morning.

 

[DrHenley]

Red beans and rice with venison sausage.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Red beans and rice with venison sausage.

Real homemade red beans?

Wheres mine?

 

[Brent S]

Real homemade red beans?

Wheres mine?

Why bother, Popeyes is impossible to beat! I’ve tried several times.....

 

[Proud Prepper]

Why bother, Popeyes is impossible to beat! I’ve tried several times.....

I can easily beat Popeyes, there the best fast food red beans, but not even close to mine. You would be driving here to visit

 

[Brent S]

I can easily beat Popeyes, there the best fast food red beans, but not even close to mine. You would be driving here to visit

Red beans and rice from Popeyes is one of the few fast food items that I can say I really love. I tried a few of the internet copies of restaurant recipes and nothing came close.

 

[Dani]

Why bother, Popeyes is impossible to beat! I’ve tried several times.....

I like to make a rue for mine. . . Popeye's is pretty good for a quick meal but I prefer my own.

 

[DrHenley]

Real homemade red beans?

Wheres mine?

In the fridge. Come on over! But hurry up, it goes fast.

Yes, real homemade red beans and rice. I had some more tonight.

 

[KateMTx]

Red beans and rice with venison sausage.

Red beans and rice is one of my favorites. I got some really good sausage the other day and I need to make some.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Today was cold rainy and snowy, so for dinner I made a pot of what I call my (soon to be) famous cry baby chili. Plus a couple slices of sourdough garlic cheese toast sprinkled with a hot 5 pepper season blend.

 

[Proud Prepper]

I was in such bliss last night, I forgot to post. Enough words, I'll skip to the visuals.

 

[Brent S]

I brought home a 12 piece from Popeyes and two large sides of red beans and rice. I paired it with some of my home grown greens and mashed potatoes and gravy. By the way, the red beans and collards go perfectly together!

 

[Mountain trapper]

Tonight I made tacos from left over grilled steak.

 

[Brent S]

I just saw a Taco Bell commercial for some kind of new nacho taco. That sounds like something I want to try!

 

[DrHenley]

Speaking of spicy concoctions...
(similar to red beans and rice but with pinto beans and venison sausage)

 

[Mountain trapper]

Shrimp tacos.

 

[Brent S]

Speaking of spicy concoctions...
(similar to red beans and rice but with pinto beans and venison sausage)

That looks really good! I made homemade tacos last night. Seasoned Chicken and beef, freshly picked lettuce, freshly shredded sharp cheddar, tomatoes and avocado. Sided with a baked corn on the Cobb and some fresh beet slices. Kind of an eclectic mix but I went to bed content with the world.

 

[DrHenley]

That looks really good! I made homemade tacos last night. Seasoned Chicken and beef, freshly picked lettuce, freshly shredded sharp cheddar, tomatoes and avocado...

That sounds good too!

The way I make "red beans and rice" really sticks to your ribs. I used to make it quite often when the kids were still home because it was always a hit with them. Now I rarely make it anymore because my wife doesn't like beans. Chinese use sweet bean paste in pastries and she thinks unsweetened beans taste weird, LOL. (I think sweet bean paste tastes weird, so THERE) I forgot to mention that when making the roux, I used peanut oil that I had used previously for country frying venison, which gave it a hint of country fried venison.

Yes Rellgar, I saved you some.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I have a pot of my special hot pepper chili heating up on the wood stove. I thought by now I'd be done using the wood stove for heat.

 

[Proud Prepper]

I cooked ginger and soy chicken with roasted red peppers over jasmin rice.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Tonight I grilled a thick NY steak for me and the dog, along with lemon and pepper seasoned red bell peppers and sourdough garlic cheese toast.
And for desert I'm having rainbow sherbet. The wife just had to remind me that this is "pride" month so the rainbow sherbet fit right in. Had to look up what "pride" month was.

 

[Brent S]

I got food poisoning Friday night so needless to say didn’t eat anything all day Saturday. This morning I was able to hold down a few pieces of cold honeydew. Hell of a way to diet...

 

[DrHenley]

Sorry to hear that Brent. Not fun. I got it twice at deer camp in January. Bad lettuce, but I didn't know it was the lettuce the first time, and it wasn't very bad, just some nausea and flu-like symptoms. The second time had a big salad, and that time it really knocked me for a loop. I was nauseated for weeks afterwards. My doctor told me to take a probiotic. That cleared up the nausea.

 

[Brent S]

Sorry to hear that Brent. Not fun. I got it twice at deer camp in January. Bad lettuce, but I didn't know it was the lettuce the first time, and it wasn't very bad, just some nausea and flu-like symptoms. The second time had a big salad, and that time it really knocked me for a loop. I was nauseated for weeks afterwards. My doctor told me to take a probiotic. That cleared up the nausea.

I still feel pretty raw at the moment, but held down some light food yesterday. Sometime today I am going to chunk everything in the fridge that I touched on Friday. I hate wasting it but the thought of going through this twice is, well, nauseating....

 

[Brent S]

One thought on getting food poisoning, is during an emergency we all need to consider safety more than ever. Being incapacitated during tough times isn’t something I want to try. Drinking unclean water is likely the easiest thing to mitigate but consider how safe your food is too.

 

[DrHenley]

In a grid down situation without proper refrigeration, food poisoning will be much much more common.

I just wonder how many people in my neighborhood will get some sort of food poisoning from the power being out for 8 hours the other day.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Basil an garlic chicken, Monterey Jack cheese over an Israeli lemon butter couscous. I have a picky child who doesn't want it mixed together....
The site has not been allowing photo uploads. Dont know why.

 

[Brent S]

A rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, minus the skin as my stomach is still kind of raw... that and a chunk of bread from an Italian loaf. Very plain, but pretty good, and I’m keeping it down, which is a big plus.

 

[DrHenley]

Glad to hear. Now get some probiotics to restore your beneficial gut bacteria.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Salad out of a bag with fake crab. Too tired for anything else.