March, 2016 ~ Dinners we made!

I use so many paper plates and yet I have a dishwasher full every day . Plus pots and pans fill the sink . Sigh,,,,

stir fry for tonight ..wonder where that came from?

Jimmy I went cold turkey with the coffee and got the tea making down now..

I have Dunkin Donut creamer real cream . Then I add trivia . Do not like lemon in my tea .

I like flavored fruit tea . I got my tea order the other day I was shocked how great they packaged it !!!!

Have had NO coffee . Seems to have worked on my issue lol

Jimmy I saw a French toast made on a waffle iron lol Then I saw banana bread slice made on a waffle iron ... Must try .

I, too, saw the French toast and quick bread (banana and zucchini) made in a waffle iron. What a great idea. I like my stuff 'crunchy' around the edges. Bet that happens nicely in a non-stick waffle iron. Gotta give it a try one of these days.

No supper being cooked here. I went out for lunch with the neighborhood ladies this noon and had a wonderful cod fish lunch. I'm still stuffed. Dane said he'll make himself a Greek salad. Good for him.

sounds like you're taking good care of Tina, Jimmy. Don't wear yourself out.....maybe Maria can come and cook a bit this weekend. (or will she bring 'scary' stuff that you don't like?)

there is leftover steak in there lol

Golly Gee.....what made you think of a beef stir fry?



Looks good! I love your mushrooms, hard to find around here.

bethk wrote:sounds like you're taking good care of Tina, Jimmy.  Don't wear yourself out.....maybe Maria can come and cook a bit this weekend.  (or will she bring 'scary' stuff that you don't like?)

I'm a good care giver. LOL
Maria is good in that she does the shopping and picks up anything we need on her way home from work. She's working till 8 or 9 most days, and then days off, she's on the farm getting things ready, and taking care of the live stalk.

Plus you were right! We don't want her cooking mystery food!
Only kidding! She's a good cook, but not anything we would eat, and she cooks in such quantity. i.e. we don't eat Indian pudding, or zucchini stuffed with chia seeds!

Made potato pancakes.Leftover steak ..

Gawd, but I wish I could make some brats and potato pancakes.......but a certain Mr. Amazing would kill me for tempting him with the evil white potato. Oh, I could probably get away with making a sweet potato or butternut squash latke, but I want my traditional WHITE POTATO PANCAKE with beer simmered and then grilled brats.

With sour cream and apple sauce......and enough to eat until I fall into a 'food coma'.....

(((sigh)))

Shame you can not eat what you want...Been there done that...

just put some mail out in the box and smelled BBQ ...Guess I will be getting a plate of something

Lucky Duck ~ it must drive you crazy to know you're going to get a 'gift plate' but not know what it will be......

But MY mouth would be waterin' about now!

LOL

bethk wrote:Lucky Duck ~ it must drive you crazy to know you're going to get a 'gift plate' but not know what it will be......

But MY mouth would be waterin' about now!

LOL

That and I have to be dressed now..

OMG ~ ~ I am STUFFED! Too much food but it was so, SO good! I did chicken thighs adapting the 'crispy skin' method I used for the skin-on breasts, only on the grill. I poked holes through the skin of the thighs and s&p liberally. Then left them to sit and come to room temperature and allow the salt to pull out some of the moisture. Patted dry and then placed them skin side down in a PAM sprayed disposable foil pan and on to the cold grill. I lit the grill and let it cook for a good 30 minutes on low to render the fat off the thighs, turning once in the pan. Just before serving I browned and crisped the thighs on the grill grates. No fat clumps in the thighs....just fantastic flavor.

The broccoli rabe was probably MY favorite. You know how I like bitter greens and I don't think any veg is any more bitter than rabe. I caramelized half a large onion slowly and removed from the pan. Then I stirred some sambal chili sauce (VERY spicy) into the reserved caramelized onions, started the rabe in the butter in the pan from the onions and some chili oil, added a tiny bit of chicken stock and put lid on the pan to steam cook the rabe. When it was close to being done I stirred in the sweet onions and spicy chili sauce and let it all finish off together. Man, it was good! (Dane didn't even want a taste ~ he had leftover green beans, leftover Brussels sprouts and some steamed broccoli.

The sweet potato was huge. I cooked it in the microwave earlier for 4 minutes (washed & wrapped in a damp paper towel) and then cut into thick slices. I seasoned with s&p and placed the slices on a sheet of nonstick foil and slipped it all on the grill, turning once as the slices browned.

I don't think any veg is any more bitter than rabe.   lol..

You left out the peas lol...Love them..

That was a lot of work.

Nice dinner..