February 2024 - Spring is coming, soon!

From Lore:


"Dinner Tonight. Pan fried Cajun catfish, stir fried rice with mushrooms, snap peas and soy sauce."

Thanks.......................... Doing an intense search through my cookbooks this morning. We, our social committee in the building, have planned a tapas party for Sunday. So, I'm looking for something to make that is a bit other than the normal or often made things like a bruscetta, or stuffed mushrooms. found a recipe for what are called potato salad bites. Smallish potatoes, cooked, then cut in half. some of the pulp removed, mashed, then mixed with potato salad type things and then stuffed. They look interesting. Think I'll try them today. I'll try different potatoes to see which hold up the best. Wish me luck!

My first thought is to make something seafoody, but with so many allergies around, a potato salad is a safer choice.

bethk wrote:Lore, I did a chicken salad in a baby romaine leaf for a baby shower.  I didn't over stuff so they were able to be picked up and eaten.

That sounds great also. Less work than the potato things. Thanks.

Our dinner tonight was Banh Mi sandwiches.

I,m not much of a sandwich person, saw them making those on Beat Bobby Flay the other day.

Cookin Lore wrote:Thanks.......................... Doing an intense search through my cookbooks this morning.  We, our social committee in the building, have planned a tapas party for Sunday.  So, I'm looking for something to make that is a bit other than the normal or often made things like a bruscetta, or stuffed mushrooms.  found a recipe for what are called potato salad bites. Smallish potatoes, cooked, then cut in half.  some of the pulp removed, mashed, then mixed with potato salad type things and then stuffed.  They look interesting.  Think I'll try them today.  I'll try different potatoes to see which hold up the best.  Wish me luck!

My first thought is to make something seafoody, but with so many allergies around, a potato salad is a safer choice.

I had a tapas party last year and I think I still have the recipes if you want. No seafood here…I’m deathly allergic

JanaAZ wrote:

Cookin Lore wrote:Thanks.......................... Doing an intense search through my cookbooks this morning.  We, our social committee in the building, have planned a tapas party for Sunday.  So, I'm looking for something to make that is a bit other than the normal or often made things like a bruscetta, or stuffed mushrooms.  found a recipe for what are called potato salad bites. Smallish potatoes, cooked, then cut in half.  some of the pulp removed, mashed, then mixed with potato salad type things and then stuffed.  They look interesting.  Think I'll try them today.  I'll try different potatoes to see which hold up the best.  Wish me luck!

My first thought is to make something seafoody, but with so many allergies around, a potato salad is a safer choice.

I had a tapas party last year and I think I still have the recipes if you want. No seafood here…I’m deathly allergic

Thanks, I have lots of ideas now. I actually made some of the potato salad bites last night. Tuned out great, and they are definitely a contender.

Charlie was paying a couple of teens that he is friends with to do some yard work. I made some milk bread. He came in the kitchen and wanted to order some food for them but then asked if I could make some chicken breasts, Martini style. It was 4:30 and I figured I could if he would watch the bread in the oven. I ran to the store, he got one loaf out of the oven while I was gone and the second one came out as I was walking into the kitchen. A little over an hour later the chicken was done along with some pasta and alfredo sauce and a mixed vegetables from the freezer dept. at the store. Charlie cut up the bread and make garlic bread with the slices. We were done eating sometime after 6 PM but it didn't think to take pictures.

I made the potato salad bites, they went over well, will make them again sometime when I'm going to an appropriate party/get-together. Made them late afternoon yesterday, and they held up really well. Have sent a picture. Thanks ahead already, Beth!

From Lore:

"Potato salad “bites”

bethk wrote:From Lore:

"Potato salad “bites”

Thanks. I forgot to take a second picture after I had put them on a nice platter, cut the bigger ones in half, stuck a little sprig of parsley on each for decoration................ You know how the chefs say "Add a bit of parsley, charge another $2.00! Those plastic containers are old Tupperware for which I have inserts for devilled eggs. They get used a lot in summer.

My friend gave me some lemons from her tree. I made lemon chicken over rice with asparagus with lemon garlic and parm. It doesn’t look like lemon chicken because the paprika took over the color. It was pretty tasty.

THat looks great! I love, love asparagus, rarely buy it in winter. I look forward to when it's available from local farmers. But, once in a while I give in to the high price.

From Lore:

"Dinner Tonight. Same old, same old. Stir fry with shrimp. But rotini today because I didn’t have any of my fav noodles, tagliatelle."

Yesterday and the day before it was so nice and in the 70's so I got a slab of ribs to do today. By the time I got them ready and in the refrigerator yesterday and went outside to get the smoker ready, it had turned very cold and really windy. This morning there was a light coat of snow. Fortunately by noon it had warmed up to the mid to high 30's so smoking it wasn't so bad. It helped that Charlie had given me a temperature gauge that let me watch the temperature in the cooking chamber from my phone inside.

from Lore:


"Dinner Tonight. Early, no lunch, a late breakfast but hungry early.  Just a big salad using leftover Costco rotisserie chicken, and leftover mango salsa also from a few days ago.  I added a good splash of spicy balsamic with habanero agave. I love spicy!"

WOW!! That was fast, Beth! Were you sitting, just waiting for my picture???