November, 2016 - Dinner / Supper for the day

NormM wrote:Take 6 glasses of wine from 6 bottles a call it a wine tasting. It's cool.

bethk wrote:

NormM wrote:Take 6 glasses of wine from 6 bottles a call it a wine tasting. It's cool.

Hahahahaha!  Glad we all think alike!  LOL

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It was an absolutely beautiful day today....high in the high 70's and blue, sunny skies.

So I decided it should be a grilled supper.  Pork steak w/Sweet Baby Ray's slathered on for me, s&p seasoned loin chops for Mr. Amazing ~ packet roasted cauliflower with a bit of evoo, s&p and red pepper flakes cooked until tender and just starting to caramalize in a non-stick foil packet, green beans w/sauteed mushrooms and a split sweet potato (pre-cooked in the microwave and finished on the top rack of the grill until tender).  No complaints heard so far.....

bethk wrote:Hahahahahaha......I'll wait for everyone to make a quick exit from the kitchen when it's time for dishes and THEN I'll get the goods!  LOL

Bugster2 wrote:Joe and Katie went to the Sawdust Festival's Winter Fantasy. No cooking. I did try and make Jimmy's Rice Krispie treats but it was a failure. How can you fail with RKT? This is how it happened. I bought a bag of grocery store brand marshmallows instead of Kraft brand. Too late did I discover that all bags of marshmallows are not created equal. The Kraft brand bag was 10 ounces. The grocery store brand was 16 ounces and they tasted like chit. Into the trash the mess went.

bethk wrote:I agree about the Rice Krispie Treats....If the REAL Rice Krispies are too expensive, wait for a sale.  You'll be able to use them before they get stale.  The mini marshmallows are cheap enough on their own.  Saving a few cents isn't worth it when you can't eat the treats.

Now you've learned a valuable lesson.

Lesson #2 ~ the already made, wrapped in celo at the store are NOT the same as homemade ones.  Don't waste your money.  (Don't even wonder how I KNOW this......)

bethk wrote:Tonight I fixed what is now commonly referred to as a 'sheet pan' meal.  I covered a half sheet pan with heavy duty foil.  I pre-cooked a large sweet potato in the microwave for 4 minutes to get it cooked about half way and placed it on the sheet pan.  Then I added three skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs seasoned liberally with s&p and 75% of the sheet pan was covered with chunked up carrots, parsnips & onions, seasoned with a drizzle of evoo and a good sprinkle of s&p.  I put the pan into a 400° oven for about 45 minutes and then for the final 20 minutes or so hiked the temperature up to 500° so everything would get nice and browned.

Supper was a huge hit with Mr. Amazing.  There was plenty and nothing was on his 'do-not-eat' list.  Personally, I thought it was pretty darn good tasting!



The best part was at clean-up all I had to do was fold up the foil and toss it.  The mess was all contained and there are no pans to soak and scrub.

Bugster2 wrote:My husband! Only he would find something like this." />

My mom used to push stuffing between the skin and the breast. Somehow, that bird took longer to cook, and there was no crispy skin on the breast.