What's For Dinner?-May 2012

[Kchurchill5]

Morning All!

Hot, humid, and dry. But a light breeze, so I don't mind. I have been running the AC during the night and off during the day.

Feeling a bit better today. My g/f was right ... a 3 day bug. Although, I admit; it wasn't too bad. I could still function

Well, tonight I think I am going to cook a bit more than just leftovers or freezer stash.

I have some great plum pierogies from the local Polish Market. So steamed and then tossed with butter and onions; roasted beets and a tomato mozzarella salad since I'm over flowing with tomatoes.

I think tomatoes will be on my menu for the next month every night.

[Ninner]

I have some news received this morning. Dd will be home on business in 5 days. The Boy will not be in town. Plus she will be here for my birthday. Win Win!

Now I must get serious about cleaning her apartment also the menu as her friends will be arriving. Just waiting for her itinerary then I can start.

This does not change the fact that she will also return on business at the end of June.

[Kchurchill5]

Glad to hear DD will be home. Sounds like you will have fun; especially being their on your birthday.

Get to work!!!

[Ninner]

Thank you Church. Looking forward to it. There will be many women but not one man in the house. Even the animal will be female, lol.

I really wish you could all be here.

[Kchurchill5]

Sounds fantastic!!

[HeatherFeather]

I really have to make a trip to Sarasota and grab some of those plum pierogies. OMG they sounds so good!!

I realized as I checked this thread that I still have to put my meal in my crock pot for tonight! Ahhhh! I was supposed to start it at 1 - it is already past that!

[Kchurchill5]

I come up that way quite a bit. We should just meet and I will bring you some. They are very good. I get up to St Pete Clearwater often and it isn't that much further to meet in between where I am and you are. They are good.

I don't make them often because I like to finish them in butter and onions with sour cream which isn't exactly healthy; but I do enjoy them about 4-6x a year. if that.

I do have another recipe where they are baked in just a little broth, then served with grated cheese which isn't bad, but I love the butter and sour cream. I suppose they are just as bad as a baked spud with butter and sc too.

I just like that I get to have them now and then.

[HeatherFeather]

Ok... crockpot cooking. Testing out my brand new digital crockpot. I am making a variation of popular chicken recipe I have seen all over blogs and have been meaning to try. It is chicken cooked in a sauce with wine, Good Seasons, mushrooms, herb cheese, butter, and golden mushroom soup (quite a different taste from cream of but still a canned soup).

I hope it tastes good and I hope my new crock doesn't dry out the chicken. I decided the first test recipes should be using boneless chicken breasts, since that is where I have the worst results in my other crockpot. I put them in frozen to help keep them from overcooking.

When it is ready, I will serve it with fresh snap peas (just steamed) and whole wheat pasta.

[HeatherFeather]

I come up that way quite a bit. We should just meet and I will bring you some. They are very good. I get up to St Pete Clearwater often and it isn't that much further to meet in between where I am and you are. They are good.

I don't make them often because I like to finish them in butter and onions with sour cream which isn't exactly healthy; but I do enjoy them about 4-6x a year. if that.

I do have another recipe where they are baked in just a little broth, then served with grated cheese which isn't bad, but I love the butter and sour cream. I suppose they are just as bad as a baked spud with butter and sc too.

I just like that I get to have them now and then.

That would be cool if we can work that out sometime I have been meaning to head down to Sarasota for a while though too - just to see the area. My mom has been telling me to go see it for a while - she loves Sarasota.

[Felix4067]

Apparently, I'm not eating. Today was grocery day, and she did in fact go shopping. I don't know what the &*%$ she bought, but I saw the empty bags. Nothing I put on the list is in the house, however.

No, that's not true. She bought fresh bread. The cheapest, nastiest, store-brand WHITE bread 79 cents can buy. Which I have always hated and she knows it.

Perhaps I'll see what's in the vending machine when I get to work.