FEBRUARY 2019 ....What's Cooking?

Bugster2 wrote:I guess I could try turkey dogs.

26 this morning and all standing water was frozen. Patio seat cushions are crunchy too.
Katie is going out of town for a few days, so Joe and I can eat what we want. I wish she would take her dogs with her. They wine constantly and won't shut up until they are let out of her room. I told Joe he would have to have them with him in the garage.

Dogs are nice............to pet and play with, in somebody else's house.
We had dogs as kids, but they were let out to run and do the doo doo, and came back home. If they didn't.... Oh Well!

You can get flu-like symptoms from a flu shot. Tina is wrong.

Definitely possible to have flu like symptoms after a shot.  I still get the shot, though.

P.S. I have two chicken thighs and a potato in the oven, baking for a yummy dinner. Broccoli to go with it will be just plain steamed.

We went to one of the country clubs with a bunch of Toledo friends tonight. I had a filet Oscar with crabmeat, hollandaise and asparagus, with sides of green beans and roasted potatoes. It was nice they offered the filet in a 3 oz. or a 6 oz. The 3 oz was cooked a perfect medium rare and just enough. It was noted by a few at the table that the beans were a bit too al dente to enjoy. I didn't mind they weren't cooked much but it would have been better if they had been served warmer...unless they would have dressed them with a nice basaltic vinegarette. That would have been good to say they were a warm salad.....my appetizer/cocktail/dessert was an espresso martini - excellent and not something I normally order.

I almost passed out. My sister said that 5 of them went out to dinner in Park City and the tab came to $900. I am so out of touch with restaurant prices. I think anything more than $5 for a burger is expensive.

Bugster2 wrote:I almost passed out. My sister said that 5 of them went out to dinner in Park City and the tab came to $900. I am so out of touch with restaurant prices. I think anything more than $5 for a burger is expensive.

I'm with you Debbie. Remember the 25 cent burgers ? Whoe. That was in the 60's. Today, even $19.00 is the bill for 2 burgers, a small fries and coffee at Mcdonalds. That irritates me!

I remember the $.25 burger too. I was making $.90/hour

I had a small piece of sliced ham in the freezer and a couple smoked beef brats ~ pulled them out to top a casserole of scalloped potatoes. I've got broccoli to steam in the microwave.

Sounds like a plan to me~easy peasey!

Called one of our neighbors to let him know what was on the menu for tonight so now there will be 3!

It's always a good feeling to share a meal, especially with someone who doesn't cook for themselves. Our neighbor has been a widower for about two years and never cooked anything so he either gets invited for a meal or goes out. He was happy to join us and didn't object to taking a container home to warm up tomorrow.......one of the other neighbors went over to show him how to use his microwave.

Ah, yes, Jimmy ~ Comfort Food to soothe the soul!

Her cabbage rolls always look so perfect.....right off a page in a cookbook. Tell her, "Nice job!" from me.

bethk wrote:Ah, yes, Jimmy ~ Comfort Food to soothe the soul!

Her cabbage rolls always look so perfect.....right off a page in a cookbook.  Tell her, "Nice job!" from me.

Thank you; I will tell her.

This noon was Ladies' Luncheon so leftovers for supper sounded easy to me.

I'm making cheesy beef pie. I found an old recipe from when we first got married. It was Steve's favorite thing. Somehow, though, I don't think it'll cut it now since our tastes have changed a lot over the years. I'll probably have to season it a whole lot and cut down on some of the cheese. We'll see.

JanaAZ wrote:I'm making cheesy beef pie.  I found an old recipe from when we first got married.  It was Steve's favorite thing.  Somehow, though, I don't think it'll cut it now since our tastes have changed a lot over the years.  I'll probably have to season it a whole lot and cut down on some of the cheese.  We'll see.

When Dane & I were first married (50 years ago) a friend made a dish of hamburger, cream of mushroom soup and noodles ~ we LOVED it.

I just KNOW it's nothing I could make and eat today. I'd like to say it's because they changed the formula for cream of mushroom soup but I can't eat ANY cream soups anymore. I still do something similar, but it's with real mushrooms and a homemade cream sauce.

But I hope you and Steve enjoy your meal from 'Memory Lane'!

I didn't know what I wanted for supper......seems like a 'theme' lately.

I ended up pulling a chicken breast out of the freezer this morning and decided to make chicken cutlets. When I checked for vegetables I saw I still had half a cabbage in the drawer so I made deconstructed Haluski......steamed cabbage and some buttered egg noodles with parsley.

I am pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed the cheesy beef pie. I’d post a photo but you know I can’t....

Beth, it isn’t you and I don’t think they changed the formula of cream of... soups. It’s that you cook real food and don’t eat chemical-laden crap any more. I cringe when I see recipes using cream of mushroom soup. I want to eat real food.

I'd like to know why no one seems to be able to make ANY canned soup taste good.

NormM wrote:I'd like to know why no one seems to be able to make ANY canned soup taste good.

I say, "Because they reduced sodium and fats to keep in line with the health conscious people. Plus, they cut down on adding product to save cost in production; and that is my opinion!"