AUGUST 2016 ... WHAT'S COOKING FOR DINNER ?

Imelda HL wrote:Hi All, it has been a while I did not post here.. but I tried to visit this site everyday, sometimes I got some ideas what to cook, I made some taco, bought some hot dogs and Sauerkraut, and I'm going to make Beth's crunchy potato (would you tell me how you made them again, Beth, it's hard to find the post now    )

I made some stuffed bellpeppers when my parent in-laws came visiting.. I bought 4 colorful bell pepper, each color for each, they were all on sale, 79 cents to 99 cents/each, I stuffed them with some leftover Mexican rice, Jimmy Dean sausage, some finely chopped kale, onion and all the usual stuffs, and I sauteed some Zucaroddles ( zucchini, carrot noodles ), and I toasted some corn cake I made the day before

bethk wrote:Somehow, Jimmy, make that leftover mac salad disappear....and NOT by ingesting it!  That's past prime, to be sure!  Offer to make a small amount of fresh or suggest some corn on the cob....just not that old salad.

I don't think I'm going to cook tonight.  I've spent all day steam cleaning the carpet ~ I must be a glutton for punishment.  I had borrowed a carpet cleaner from one of the neighbors last spring when they were headed back to Cape Cod and in my mind I was going to 'direct' and Mr. Amazing was going to be the one doing the actual labor.  Well, they're going to be back soon and I really wanted to get this off-white berber carpeting cleaned.  It's SO filthy with 'travel avenues' showing from the front door to the back.

I got the bedrooms done around the beds and the walk-in closet, the 8' X 10' 'great room' at the back of the house where my computer is housed by the patio doors and the right side of the living room/dining room combo.  I've got all the fans on high to help encourage the evaporation and drying.  Tomorrow I have to shove everything back in place and move all the rest to the cleaned side of the room to finish up.  

I knew if I didn't do the majority of it today I would never finish.  But since I'm just left with about a quarter of the entire job I'll get it done.  But I'm done for today.  I've already taken my 4 Advil and I ate some yogurt w/fruit and the leftover chicken from the other night.  I knew I was in serious need of some protein before I collapsed and had to call for help....."HELP! I've fallen and I can't get up!"   LOL

So for supper I'm thinking of going out to pick up a burger and bringing it home to have with my Bloody Mary(s)....it's not decided yet if it will be one or two!  Depends upon how my back feels at 6:00.

bethk wrote:Somehow, Jimmy, make that leftover mac salad disappear....and NOT by ingesting it!  That's past prime, to be sure!  Offer to make a small amount of fresh or suggest some corn on the cob....just not that old salad.

I don't think I'm going to cook tonight.  I've spent all day steam cleaning the carpet ~ I must be a glutton for punishment.  I had borrowed a carpet cleaner from one of the neighbors last spring when they were headed back to Cape Cod and in my mind I was going to 'direct' and Mr. Amazing was going to be the one doing the actual labor.  Well, they're going to be back soon and I really wanted to get this off-white berber carpeting cleaned.  It's SO filthy with 'travel avenues' showing from the front door to the back.

I got the bedrooms done around the beds and the walk-in closet, the 8' X 10' 'great room' at the back of the house where my computer is housed by the patio doors and the right side of the living room/dining room combo.  I've got all the fans on high to help encourage the evaporation and drying.  Tomorrow I have to shove everything back in place and move all the rest to the cleaned side of the room to finish up.  

Beth, turn the Cooling on. That will absorb the moisture and dry it out quicker, and the water will be drained by the A/C coil.

bethk wrote:
I don't know why I cannot clean out cabinets when he's around ~ Oh, yes, I DO know.....He always has a suggestion of a 'better way' to do what I'm doing.  When I'm crawling around on my hands and knees with half my body stuck in a cabinet the last thing I want to hear is HIS better idea.  I just want to get it done and move on.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Tina made an awesome beef stew. Fresh Italian bread to sop up the gravy, and Ohhhh!
Then she made a great Lemon Chiffon Pie.
I got to cut the slices, but I got a little sloppy doing so! It got a little tricky juggling the jello!!  

Bugster2 wrote:Half a head? You eat beef heads?

Niagara Visitor wrote:

bethk wrote:
I don't know why I cannot clean out cabinets when he's around ~ Oh, yes, I DO know.....He always has a suggestion of a 'better way' to do what I'm doing.  When I'm crawling around on my hands and knees with half my body stuck in a cabinet the last thing I want to hear is HIS better idea.  I just want to get it done and move on.

My hubby "suggested" how I could organise our freezer much better when I had a half a head of beef to put away.  I looked at him sweetly, closed the freezer and said.................. "You go right ahead, and you're going to be doing the cooking from now on!"  He backed off.

Niagara Visitor wrote:

Bugster2 wrote:Half a head? You eat beef heads?

YUP! Ha Ha.............. Don't know about the US of A, but in Canada we call the cattle so many heads of cattle, so a half, I'd call a half, or a side of beef. Guess side would be more accurate.  And no, we didn't eat the head.

Crybaby wrote:

Niagara Visitor wrote:

bethk wrote:
I don't know why I cannot clean out cabinets when he's around ~ Oh, yes, I DO know.....He always has a suggestion of a 'better way' to do what I'm doing.  When I'm crawling around on my hands and knees with half my body stuck in a cabinet the last thing I want to hear is HIS better idea.  I just want to get it done and move on.

My hubby "suggested" how I could organise our freezer much better when I had a half a head of beef to put away.  I looked at him sweetly, closed the freezer and said.................. "You go right ahead, and you're going to be doing the cooking from now on!"  He backed off.

It must be a male thing -- I don't think they can help themselves!  I'm laughing, as it sounds just like something Brian would do.  Usually, I don't have to say anything -- just glare at him, usually sweating with a piece of my hair hanging down in my face.  He gets the drift pretty fast.  I, too, have been known to jump right up and tell him go ahead and take over -- you'll never see him move so fast, in the OPPOSITE direction.  Even more fun is to wait until HE decides to do something and then start using his SAME words back at him:  "You know, it seems to me..." or "I wonder if it wouldn't be better..." or my personal favorite, "You know what I would do?"  Me:  "No, and I don't want to hear it either!"  Sometimes I actually have to TELL HIM that I'm using HIS words!!  

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Tina made an awesome beef stew. Fresh Italian bread to sop up the gravy, and Ohhhh!
Then she made a great Lemon Chiffon Pie.
I got to cut the slices, but I got a little sloppy doing so! It got a little tricky juggling the jello!!  

Looks like you got a HANDle on the situation, Jimmy.    LOL

Yuck, what a mess!  How in the world did you manage to just get it on the counter and not all over the floor?

Bugster2 wrote:I was thinking about making pasta. Do you think it is worth the effort?

Bugster2 wrote:I was thinking about making pasta. Do you think it is worth the effort?

Bugster2 wrote:

Niagara Visitor wrote:

Bugster2 wrote:Half a head? You eat beef heads?

YUP! Ha Ha.............. Don't know about the US of A, but in Canada we call the cattle so many heads of cattle, so a half, I'd call a half, or a side of beef. Guess side would be more accurate.  And no, we didn't eat the head.

I sort of figured that is what you meant. Then I thought of the "I Love Lucy" show where she bought a side, no, two sides of beef. That is an enormous amount to have to freeze. I have a friend in Montana who owns a farm. Every year they pick out a cow to be grass-fed and then sent to be killed and prepped by a local butcher. She never sees the cow nor does she want to because then she couldn't have it killed. I should ask her how many freezers it takes to hold all of that meat.

Imelda HL wrote:

I made some stuffed bellpeppers when my parent in-laws came visiting.. I bought 4 colorful bell pepper, each color for each, they were all on sale, 79 cents to 99 cents/each, I stuffed them with some leftover Mexican rice, Jimmy Dean sausage, some finely chopped kale, onion and all the usual stuffs, and I sauteed some Zucaroddles ( zucchini, carrot noodles ), and I toasted some corn cake I made the day before

bethk wrote:I love making 'composed' salads.....it's all about getting to 'play' with your food even before you eat!  It always reminds me of when there were composed salads on restaurant menus.  Now, you're lucky if the lettuce is fresh let alone having some added veg added.

But I wanted a big dinner size salad tonight....with my favorite Green Goddess dressing.  I usually like a homemade salad dressing but there is something about the old 7 Seas Green Goddess that I just love.



And after I added some dressing I just HAD to sprinkle on my 'crunchies' (LaChoy Rice Noodles out of the can!)

Bugster2 wrote:Gosh! Green Goddess dressing. I forgot about that one. I think I am going to have to buy a bottle.