March, 2014 ~ What's cooking in the kitchen?

Imelda HL wrote:gorgeous stew Barbara.. reminds me of my beef stew.. love it ( we finally finished eating it yesterday )

Beth.. your meal looks so good.. all the fresh ingredients.. I  have never made Tzatziki sauce, I'd like to try it some time soon

I did not cook since last weekend, we finished all the leftovers, so today I made some Lobster and shrimp rolls.. I had a 5 oz lobster tail in my freezer, I know it'd not be enough for the 2 of us, so I added some big shrimps.. and  made bunch of veggies for the salad.. the rolls were so good, with all the crunchy veggies and shrimps, the tangy and spicy sauce.. I could not taste the difference between shrimps and lobster meat in those rolls, so next time if I'm going to make more rolls, I'll go with shrimps only   

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Dooofus Jimmy here made a meal that we cannot eat till midnight tonight.

I made halupkies and potato dumplings. Only to find out today is a No Meat for us Catholics.

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Dooofus Jimmy here made a meal that we cannot eat till midnight tonight.

I made halupkies and potato dumplings. Only to find out today is a No Meat for us Catholics.

What?  Does a Nun stop by, knock at the door and then rap you across the knuckles after inspecting the kitchen?  I can just imagine the look on your face if you opened the door and saw a Nun standing there with "the look".

Hahahahaha ~ just kidding.  You know I'm not makin' fun of the church.  But, I really can see your eyes open to the size of saucers and the sweat breakin' out on your forehead.

Haaaaa... I love kidding. OK now hear this.....
This house has a Built In NUN... Superior Mother Christine (Tina).

#1.... Mother Tina will look in the garbage finding remnants of any meat that was eaten on Ash Wednesday or Friday's..
#2.... It's easy for me to forget now that I am almost 70.

#3.... My Mom used to clean the rectory where the Jesuit Priest lived. She was like 13, and she was cleaning near the pantry, and the curtain to the kitchen was shut. She silently peeked through the curtain, and there was the priest on Friday, eating chicken.
mom went home, and told her sister (acting oldest sister as the mother / real mom died when mom was 4) about what she had witnessed. She was given a beating with a board, and when the father came home, he beat her too! She was punished for two weeks for lying about what she had seen.

#4.... Every time I fast on eating meat, I think of my mom and the meat eating holy man.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Tina is on her way back home. Can't wait! The house was so quiet today! Need some life here!   Believe me, Tina provides that! God Bless her!

Barbara101 wrote:another cold day here.   42 ` the high.Still not going out lol.I do not own a coat or gloves.I thought to make chili but I only have 2 cans of beans.No cheeses to make something pasta.well I do have cheddar maybe some Mac & Cheese.Oh I could make meatloaf..  

Barbara101 wrote:

Found something to cook lol stove top.Filet was bland so I made some Blu cheese sauce.Then put it on the salad & potato.   

Bugster2 wrote:We rarely turn on the heat or air too. I am a cheapskate when it comes to electricity. I almost passed out this summer when I got a bill for $195. I only turned on the air conditioning for a few hours for about 4 afternoons. The temp has to climb above 85 in the house before I turn on the air and the temp has to drop below 58 before the heat comes on. Usually we only turn it on early in the AM to take the chill off the house. If we have a long cold spell which really isn't cold compared to the rest of the country, we pull out a space heater and put it in the den and close the doors. Makes a nice toasty room. I couldn't stand living in the cold either. I need a window opened all of the time for fresh air. Can't take heat like Arizona. It just wipes me out physically.

this sounds familiar    what I do in my house too... though sometimes Dirk was the one who needed to turn on the heater or AC, he can't stand too the cold or the heat.. he needs heater when the temp in the house is in low 60, as for summer time, well, it starts April, we have to turn on our swamp cooler ( window cooler ) during the day and till late at night before we go to bed ( we can't stand the noise ), it saves a lot money, but not as comfortable as our central AC, the cold air is only in the bedroom and office.. we still have to pay $150 to $200/month for electricity bill

This winter the lowest we paid for the electricity bill was $65, then $85 ( because of my cooking, we use electric stove), and for the coldest months ( Dec/Jan ) we paid $133 and $95, because Dirk had to turn on a small portable heater for his green house.. so far we did not turn on our heater , just bundled up   

This month will be the last comfy month, I'm so not looking forward for summer in AZ