May: What's for dinner?

I guess it is my turn to start the thread. DH and roomie are at the beach so I have no idea if they are going to want to eat. I have some TJ's French onion soup that I can feed them.


Do you ever wish that some of your odd shaped cookware had lids? I do. All of the time. I have a rectangle griddle that I wish had a lid. I am going to make one. I will buy another 9 X 13 pan and a heatproof handle from the hardware store. Something cheap. That is all I need. I will have DH screw the handle on the bottom of the pan. Now I have my lid. It will come in handy when I am trying to heat some burger buns.

Re: Lids. Yes, I have pans that I wish came with lids. When I don't have anything that fits I usually just put a dinner plate over it....most of the time it's a skillet of some sort and I just want a lid for a short period of time.

I pulled a boneless chicken breast out of the freezer without a clue what I was going to make. I saw the leftover rice and decided to go the teryiaki skewer route with the side of rice and a vegetable. I remember when I was really a youngster I read about an interview Marilyn Monroe gave. She mentioned she loved peas and carrots....not that she liked the taste but she liked how pretty they were on her plate. For some reason that really connected with me and peas & carrots are one of my favorites!

Beth I make that for my girls. Chicken,brown rice,peas/carrots.

   

roasted chicken for fajitas

Barbara101 wrote: Beth I make that for my girls. Chicken,brown rice,peas/carrots.

So I should tell Dane I fed him dog food????

LOL

Oh no lol. I got so fed up with recalls and the price of dog food I have been making it . Chicken is the cheapest a 4lb makes a couple weeks food for them.

Well, I mean, let's face it.....his name is Dane ~ same as the large dog, a Great Dane.....

And as he always reminds me, he's not a good Dane, he's a GREAT Dane!

Hahahahahaha

ah, right......

He amazes me practically every day.

lol

Tonight was hot dogs and macaroni salad.....

Oh gosh I want hot dogs..mac salad..store in the morning lol


leftovers for me again. I made quesadillas from the chicken and onions and peppers .. Threw in some cheese.

I cooked some spare ribs in my smoker.

Oh great. Now I want ribs Lol

NormM wrote:I cooked some spare ribs in my smoker.

Boy, a plate full of those 'burnt ends' would sure make ME smile! Great job, Norm!

Just how did you do those ribs???? It is hit or miss when I do them . Have done them on my weber small gasser. Then on the weber charcoal. Mess mess to clean up. I did them once I think on my smoker. That was less mess however I sauced then inside and put in oven.. Then I had mess lol maybe no way around that except buy them already done.

Barbara, I put a dry rub on them, then wrapped them and refrigerated overnight.  Then I put them in my smoker, bone side down, for 4 hours @ 230º with charcoal and apple wood. Then I painted them on top with BBQ sauce, wrapped them in foil and continued smoking for another hour.  The hottest the smoker ever got was 250 and that was just for about 15 minutes.

With the burnt ends, wrapped them in foil after three hours, an hour later, took them inside and let cool off a little, cut them into 1-inch cubes, sauced them, made an open pan with the foil and smoked them for another 45 minutes.

It would be nice, Norm, if you'd give us a few days notice so we had time to drive to your door for dinner......

Wouldn't THAT be a surprise???

Yah that. Lol

I have left overs that can be frozen. I have more uncooked ribs in the freezer. Give me a few days notice and I can have some waiting for you when you get here!