May, 2016 ~ Spring Dinners We Sprung!!!

bethk wrote:I actually got a supper suggestion out of Mr. Amazing today!  I just could not come up with anything that sounded good to me, so, if I couldn't get excited about anything I figured he might as well be happy (for a change).  

I've been trying to empty old items out of the freezer, bit by bit.  I had intended to have some hash browns (OreIda frozen).  But I got them going in the CI skillet and all of a sudden I could smell BLACK.....BURNING......yuck!  I walked the pan outside (smoke was starting to form) and let it cool down on a metal rack.  I guess the shredded potatoes were a bit freezer burned and dried out.  Oh well, we didn't need any additional carbs anyway!  At least the bag is out of the freezer!

I did manage to salvage a small container of creamed corn from (OMG, can it be that long???) LAST AUGUST.  Actually, it held up well.  

Niagara Visitor wrote:Fisherman son is going 'up north' to uncle's place to do two things.............. Check out if the fish are biting, and to help uncle with some yardwork.  (Uncle is 83 and needs to sell his place.)  So, I made potato salad to go along with hopefully the fish he'll catch.  Then I realized that I had bought two heads of cauliflower............. what to do with that?  I chopped one head up relatively finely, added some red pepper chunks, some radishes, lots of fresh parsley, and a can of corn.  Made a dressing using some EVOO, a really great fig infused balsamic reduction, salt/pepper and some herbes de provence.  It is really good, and will probably be made more often.  The cauliflower is a nice change as a salad.

Bugster2 wrote:I am making scrambled eggs because I don't know what to cook. Joe's doctor put him on a low sodium diet and I don't know what to feed him. Then he has to reduce his intake of meats, poultry and fish and some other things that can produce kidney stones. I am going to go to the store and see if I can find low sodium foods like tomato sauce. I don't know what to do about mayo. Never seen a low sodium brand.

Bugster2 wrote:Thanks Jimmy but I am not sure either one of us could drink that without gagging.

bethk wrote:Aw, Poor Jimmy......starving away............POOF!

Why haven't you snuck a handful of the cabbage filling and browned it up in a skillet?  A bit of tomato sauce and it's the perfect supper.  If you get caught, you could always say you are 'testing' it for seasoning.......

LOL.... Tina has the 9.5 Qt. huge oval Le Cruesomthing pot filled with Halupki. ( stuffed cabbages )
I just took one out from the side, and it flipped off the fork, and plopped on the floor! ... OMG...I scooped it and threw it on a paper plate. The meat filling blew out of the cabbage leaf, but you know what? I ate it. It fell where we dont stand or walk, and Rosa was here yesterday and scrubbed the floor.
It happened because I didn't want to dirty the big serving spoon to grab it out!
So, kissed it up to God, and enjoyed every delicious morsel of it.

Bugster2 wrote:You are very fortunate Jimmy. We have 5 Persian cats that shed like the devil. No matter how much I clean there is always fur, everywhere. If I had dropped that roll and picked it up it would be like eating a fur ball. Liberally coated with long cat hair. Sounds nice doesn't? When it was just our two cats things weren't so bad but with the addition of Katie's three, it is bad. They sleep on the table and the butcher block and leave fur. I have fur dust bunnies. Mornings I find "fur-ensics" on the stove in the form of cat paw prints and fur. What is worse is that I have to clean it. Neither Katie nor Joe ever clean the fur. I have taken a "what the hell" attitude and let them eat it.

NormM wrote:One of our cats is OK on the dinner table because she is able to contribute to the conversation.

Bugster2 wrote:Refresh my pea brain: who is Maynard?