What's for dinner?

[Brent S]

Dinner tonight was Roasted turkey that I took out to defrost last week. Hunny's request while I was letting him out the gate for work was cornbread stuffing. . . sure no problem ! I already had a busy day planned with knocking down dead wood from the goat pasture and hauling it off and cleaning out the chicken coop. I made a honey brown sugar injection for the turkey and put it on to cook 3 hrs and 45 minutes. (It was almost 15 lbs) Got some stuffing out of the freezer along with some green bean casserole. Made some mashed potatoes and gravy and then thought since it is almost like a Thanksgiving dinner, I made a sweet potato pie out of my Sweet potato butter that I canned up earlier this year and lard form the piggy. Yep hunny was surprised! It is Thursday after all. . . Since I didn't boil it, tomorrow I will debone it, crack them and throw into a pot of water to make a broth to can up. Then I do have a bunch of soups that I will be making with the meat to prep for winter time!

You sound like the perfect wife!

 

[jimLE]

You sound like the perfect wife!

not to mention,it sounds like turkey-day there every week..LOL

 

[Brent S]

not to mention,it sounds like turkey-day there every week..LOL

I like turkey more than chicken. I usually buy 6 or seven turkeys around thanksgiving when they are on sale and keep them in the freezer. One is about to come out now after this thread! I'm allready drooling thinking about the gravy.... And I'm supposed to be loosing weight right now...

 

[jimLE]

keep telling your self.it's a diet food,every time you take a bite..

 

[Brent S]

keep telling your self.it's a diet food,every time you take a bite..

I'm on the sea food diet. If I see it, I eat it...

 

[Dani]

You sound like the perfect wife!

Hardly!! I could only wish. . . after mainly spent outside trying to get things done before the rain starts this week, I sweated my butt off and my hair was a mess with all the twigs I got caught on pushing down dead fall and loading up in the back of truck. . . not to mention all the crap, yes in literal sense, from cleaning the chicken coop. I was a total mess but hunny seems to love me anyway, Thank Goodness!!

 

[Brent S]

Hardly!! I could only wish. . . after mainly spent outside trying to get things done before the rain starts this week, I sweated my butt off and my hair was a mess with all the twigs I got caught on pushing down dead fall and loading up in the back of truck. . . not to mention all the crap, yes in literal sense, from cleaning the chicken coop. I was a total mess but hunny seems to love me anyway, Thank Goodness!!

They say love is blind....

 

[Dani]

They say love is blind....

Yep it blocks out smells too!!

 

[jimLE]

i guess he likes the chicken crap spice that went with it.? now im wondering if that gave it the extra twang the food needed..

 

[Gazrok]

As an experiment, I made Chicken Carbonara last night. (sans peas, because I loathe them)...

My wife says, "Do you have a recipe?", I'm like, "No, but I know what's in it..."

SAUCE
2 jars of Prego bacon alfredo sauce
1 jar of Prego five cheese alfredo sauce
1 can Cream of mushroom soup
Some butter, and a bag of shredded Italian 5 cheese blend

SAUTEED
Pack of real bacon bits (not the soy ones)
1 Onion (diced)
1 Pack of mushrooms (sliced)
Some butter, olive oil, seasoning salt
Then separately, a pack of chicken breasts (cut bite-sized, in butter and olive oil, salt, pepper)

Once the alfredo sauce was at a low boil, added the sauteed ingredients (including the butter and oil they were sauteed in). Let all that cook on simmer while I then boiled the bow-tie pasta (2 boxes). Once the pasta was ready, it was all good to go.

Came out great! Enough for a family of 4, with 3 leftover servings to boot. All for about $6 per person (not counting the leftovers). You could easily add the traditional peas if you wanted (though I'd recommend only about half a can with the above, as peas are more of an accent with this dish).

The wife and kids said they'd definitely want this again (and soon), which is definitely a seal of approval from these picky ones.

 

[Gazrok]

Forgot to mention, I cooked because the wife was in the field most of the day mowing on the tractor. I only spent half the day out there (rest running errands we needed), so felt it only fair that she rest while I cook for a change...

 

[Dani]

Beef Stew here (probably) cause that is what I am canning today. . . .

 

[jimLE]

beef patties with beef flavored onion soup mix,mixed into it..home made potato chips and ranch style beans..

 

[Gazrok]

Trying out something we saw on Facebook. Take a chuck roast, roast it with a can of beef consomme, french onion soup...then fork pull it apart, load it up on a hoagie, melt some cheese on it, then use the remaining juice in the roasting pan as aus jus, for some great French Dip sandwiches.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Had to make a trip to home depot, 200 mile round trip, so I stopped at a Mexican restaurant for lunch. Tonight will be a box of leftover Mexican.

 

[Brent S]

Had to make a trip to home depot, 200 mile round trip, so I stopped at a Mexican restaurant for lunch. Tonight will be a box of leftover Mexican.

Wow, 200 miles. I thought the 26mi round trip was bad. I guess that's a good reminder in life. No matter how bad you have it, always remember, somebody always has it worse.

 

[Dani]

Since I am boiling up 20 lbs of chicken today, think I'll be making up a Mexican Chicken Casserole (yeah, it's a TexMex flair version). . . after reading about Artic's meals for yesterday, I am just hungry for MEXICAN!! It's quick and easy to throw together and bakes in 30 minutes.

 

[SheilaT.]

For supper tonight it's smoked Haddock and vegetable rice. Simple comfort food.

 

[Gazrok]

Wow, 200 miles. I thought the 26mi round trip was bad. I guess that's a good reminder in life. No matter how bad you have it, always remember, somebody always has it worse.

Yep. I drive 100 miles each day, 50 each way, for my wife and I to work. Our ranch is in Plant City (between Tampa and Orlando), but we work in St. Petersburg (just across the bridge from Tampa).

 

[jimLE]

i drive over 100 miles each time i got to the town we do most of our business.that be shopping,beauty shop,doc appt's..to what ever..thats for round trip..

 

[Brent S]

Thank god were not all on horseback nowadays. Come to think of it, how did Cowboys get along before preparation H?

 

[Gazrok]

Beats me, after an hour in the saddle, I'm pretty much ready for a break, hehe.....(and I'm sure the horse is too)

 

[Gazrok]

Last night, we made Caprese Portabellos. Took portabello mushrooms, scooped out the caps, brushed the caps with olive oil and butter, then filled with cherry tomatoes (that were drenched in olive oil and parsley, salt and pepper, and minced garlic), and mozzarella cheese, bake it at 400 until the cheese melts.

We took the stems and diced those up (sauteed with some garlic), then added them to some Knorr rice sides (the mushroom rice flavor).

Made a nice little meal, that even my son ate (who swore he wouldn't like it, then ate two of them).

 

[SheilaT.]

The weather forced me to make a big pot of yellow pea and ham soup. I just had a double helping with a chunk of sourdough bread. Ahhhh heaven.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Last night my daughter invited me over for steak and baked potato. This morning for breakfast was an (un)frozen cardboard pizza cooked in the toaster oven.

 

[Brent S]

Last night my daughter invited me over for steak and baked potato. This morning for breakfast was an (un)frozen cardboard pizza cooked in the toaster oven.

Dinner yeah, breakfast nay.... The cardboard adjective just didn't do it for me

 

[Brent S]

Last night, we made Caprese Portabellos. Took portabello mushrooms, scooped out the caps, brushed the caps with olive oil and butter, then filled with cherry tomatoes (that were drenched in olive oil and parsley, salt and pepper, and minced garlic), and mozzarella cheese, bake it at 400 until the cheese melts.

We took the stems and diced those up (sauteed with some garlic), then added them to some Knorr rice sides (the mushroom rice flavor).

Made a nice little meal, that even my son ate (who swore he wouldn't like it, then ate two of them).

That all sounds really good, as a side to a dead animal somewhere! Hmmm, maybe that's why my cholesterol is so hi?

 

[Brent S]

I'm taking the kids out for sushi tonight to celebrate getting the building up and covered with wrap. We have a Mongolian buffet here that has a really good sushi bar. It's hard to beat sushi and fried chicken wings.

 

[jimLE]

i find nothing wrong with frozen cardboard pizza.especially when it's a supreme to begin with.and i simply add what i can to it.like more cheese.and maybe pepperoni..and then there's red pepper..and then there's the why nots..lol

 

[Brent S]

i find nothing wrong with frozen cardboard pizza.especially when it's a supreme to begin with.and i simply add what i can to it.like more cheese.and maybe pepperoni..and then there's red pepper..and then there's the why nots..lol[/QUOTE
I always Doctor them too. Mushrooms, onion, green pepper, olives, cheese, some kind of meat.... If it's not a supreme to begin with, it will be when I'm done. I figure that's a better way to get all your vitamins and minerals than taking a tablet!