HomeLooks good Jimmy. I had them yesterday.
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What is for Dinner this JULY.
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52 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:57 pm
UNCLE JIMMY
Barbara101 wrote:Looks good Jimmy. I had them yesterday.
yeah! I know Barb.... I wanted them yesterday too, but with ribs first, it was too much.
Uncle gabe being diabetic...Tina has to watch his carbs etc.
He loves those sweet potato tater tots. We don't give him white potatoes except a small fries from McDonalds. Every once in a while.
I have no appetite due to this dang throat hurting. I rested today, and it feels a little better. I spray with that chloraseptic throat spray every 1/2 hour.
53 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:28 pm
NormM
Everytime I ask the kids for suggestions for dinner, they can't come up with anything so yesterday I said would you rather have chili, meatloaf or lasagne and they chose lasagne. Cassie made a spinach salad with raisins and walnuts and some tender crisp carrots.
54 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:42 pm
UNCLE JIMMY
NormM wrote:Everytime I ask the kids for suggestions for dinner, they can't come up with anything so yesterday I said would you rather have chili, meatloaf or lasagne and they chose lasagne. Cassie made a spinach salad with raisins and walnuts and some tender crisp carrots.
That is some big lasagna alright! .... Lotta stuff inside...wow!
55 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:54 am
Niagara Visitor
Looks great! Years ago, when I was in one of my "I'm tired of making decisions as to what to make for dinner" I came up with this plan. I checked my freezer, pantry, fridge for available stuff to make specific meals. Wrote down things like lasagne, meatloaf, roast beef, fish, etc., each of about 10 on a piece of paper. Folded them, put them into a bowl, and in the morning or the evening after dinner, I had hubby pick one. That's what became the next dinner.
I even had a "go out for dinner" in there! It worked great.
I even had a "go out for dinner" in there! It worked great.
56 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:17 am
NormM
Sounds like a great system Niagara.
57 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:31 am
UNCLE JIMMY
That is the first question brought up at waking time in the AM.
Today it didn't happen; because I am sick (cold) and Tina left for church already whilst I was just getting up.
That Idea Lore, is a great one.
What we will do, if we are undecided, is one of us will volunteer to do a "Survey" in the freezers and cupboards. hahahaha
We did talk about eggplant Parm ....but that may fizzle out when Tina gets back.
OOOops!!... I see Italian sausage on the counter thawing.... Looks like Tina already has a plan?
Today it didn't happen; because I am sick (cold) and Tina left for church already whilst I was just getting up.
That Idea Lore, is a great one.
What we will do, if we are undecided, is one of us will volunteer to do a "Survey" in the freezers and cupboards. hahahaha
We did talk about eggplant Parm ....but that may fizzle out when Tina gets back.
OOOops!!... I see Italian sausage on the counter thawing.... Looks like Tina already has a plan?
58 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:36 am
Barbara101
shucks.No Ita. sausage.. 
I wanted to make Minestrone today.I am not going out for it either. Would not be the same without it.
I wanted to make Minestrone today.I am not going out for it either. Would not be the same without it.59 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:47 am
UNCLE JIMMY
Barbara101 wrote:shucks.No Ita. sausage..
Barb...I wouldnt run out to the store either, but if I had a couple pork chops...I would grind them, and add black pepper / salt / little garlic powder / and fennel seeds....and make sausage meatballs myself.
60 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:55 pm
NormM
Neither Charlie nor Cassie like Eckridge Italian Sausage. I'd like to find one that they do like because it is hard to make lasagne without it. Maybe it is the fennel seeds they don't like. Cassie says she does not like pork but she likes ham and bacon. And carnitas and bratwurst. When they move out I can start making meatballs, meatloaf, lasagna with sausage again... and chili and taco with chorizo. And stuffing with celery.
61 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:26 pm
Barbara101
Gosh I buy whatever is on sale lol. When I go to Costco I buy theirs.I see no difference .Then again I am not a real Italian 
I bought some in a roll Jimmy Dean or the like. It was a greasy mess.Will not do that again.
I bought some in a roll Jimmy Dean or the like. It was a greasy mess.Will not do that again.62 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:27 pm
NormM
Jimmy Dean regular sausage was so full of fillers a couple times it fried down to nothing. That has not happened lately though.
63 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:28 pm
Bugster2
Johnsonville has a decent Italian sausage. Nothing like the kind I buy from a local deli-restaurant but it is ok in a lasagna.
Tonight it will be grilled cheese, if that. My DH and roomie went to the beach and prolly won't be back till after 5PM. Roomie will go straight to bed so all I will have to cook for is my DH.
I just got a call from my BIL. He wanted to know if an all-wheel-drive car is safer than a rear wheel drive car. He is getting his 23 year old daughter a new car. An Infinity Q50. At 23 I was grateful to have a beat-up VW.
Tonight it will be grilled cheese, if that. My DH and roomie went to the beach and prolly won't be back till after 5PM. Roomie will go straight to bed so all I will have to cook for is my DH.
I just got a call from my BIL. He wanted to know if an all-wheel-drive car is safer than a rear wheel drive car. He is getting his 23 year old daughter a new car. An Infinity Q50. At 23 I was grateful to have a beat-up VW.
64 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:31 pm
UNCLE JIMMY
NormM wrote:Neither Charlie nor Cassie like Eckridge Italian Sausage. I'd like to find one that they do like because it is hard to make lasagne without it. Maybe it is the fennel seeds they don't like. Cassie says she does not like pork but she likes ham and bacon. And carnitas and bratwurst. When they move out I can start making meatballs, meatloaf, lasagna with sausage again... and chili and taco with chorizo. And stuffing with celery.
My son doesn't like the fennel seeds, but he likes the flavor. I pulverize them in a seed grinder and add it to his sausage.
DD just began to like the fennel seeds, and I or Tina do not like sausage without it.
A lot of Italians use Star Anise in the sausage ground fine. I could do without it.
Also adding powdered bay leaf is one Brooklyn, NY recipe I came upon. Not bad, but have to be careful not too much.
When I make sausage, I do taste tests by frying small amounts and letting it cool first before tasting.
65 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:36 pm
UNCLE JIMMY
Bugster2 wrote:Johnsonville has a decent Italian sausage. Nothing like the kind I buy from a local deli-restaurant but it is ok in a lasagna.
Tonight it will be grilled cheese, if that. My DH and roomie went to the beach and prolly won't be back till after 5PM. Roomie will go straight to bed so all I will have to cook for is my DH.
I just got a call from my BIL. He wanted to know if an all-wheel-drive car is safer than a rear wheel drive car. He is getting his 23 year old daughter a new car. An Infinity Q50. At 23 I was grateful to have a beat-up VW.
All wheel if in snow belt... definetely.
66 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:47 pm
UNCLE JIMMY
Barbara101 wrote:Gosh I buy whatever is on sale lol. When I go to Costco I buy theirs.I see no difference .Then again I am not a real Italian
Oh! You mean from the Jimmy Dean Used To Be Lean "Fat Factory"? hahahahaha
67 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:01 pm
Barbara101
UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Barbara101 wrote:Gosh I buy whatever is on sale lol. When I go to Costco I buy theirs.I see no difference .Then again I am not a real Italian
Oh! You mean from the Jimmy Dean Used To Be Lean "Fat Factory"? hahahahaha
it was so bad the grease was red.
I did not have anything else so I drained & dried it good in paper towels & used it.It was like buying that roll of mystery meat in a roll.It gets worse buying it in Wal Mart
68 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 6:50 pm
bethk
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We went to Dane's little sister's for the Fourth of July for a cookout, met a bunch of her friends who never knew she had a "big" brother. Funny.
Yesterday we had leftovers. Cleaned out the refrigerator of anything that was safe to eat.
Tonight I baked a chicken breast and made a chicken avocado salad with a basalmic vinegarette. Surprisingly, it was filling and neither of us could completely finish. Phew! I'm stuffed.
Yesterday we had leftovers. Cleaned out the refrigerator of anything that was safe to eat.
Tonight I baked a chicken breast and made a chicken avocado salad with a basalmic vinegarette. Surprisingly, it was filling and neither of us could completely finish. Phew! I'm stuffed.
69 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:27 pm
NormM
It's the flavor or fennel that they don't like. They don't care for tarragon either.
I made taco tonight. I made some guacamole but asked Cassie to jazz it up because she makes it taste better than mine.
I made taco tonight. I made some guacamole but asked Cassie to jazz it up because she makes it taste better than mine.
72 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:58 pm
UNCLE JIMMY
Had egg plant parm..////....fried meatballs, and sausage and meatballs in a great tomato sauce. Entenmans doughnuts for dessert.
73 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:27 pm
Niagara Visitor
Sausages or burgers on the grill. We did both, leftover for tomorrow. I bought some potato salad and some quinoa salad at Costco because I was lazy. Potato salad is too liquidy for me, quinoa is o.k. But my home made is better. Both of them. Guess it's back to making it from scratch. Price is good, but not if you end up either throwing it out, or even giving it to the dog.
74 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:01 am
UNCLE JIMMY
Niagara Visitor wrote:Sausages or burgers on the grill. We did both, leftover for tomorrow. I bought some potato salad and some quinoa salad at Costco because I was lazy. Potato salad is too liquidy for me, quinoa is o.k. But my home made is better. Both of them. Guess it's back to making it from scratch. Price is good, but not if you end up either throwing it out, or even giving it to the dog.
Tina very rarely buys macaroni or potato salads from the stores.
She did from this place in town called Piggy's Deli.
Just 1/2 qt. container of each. The potato salad was firm, and not watery.
The macaroni salad was not sweet, and was only lacking salt.
Macaroni is flat tasting if not boiled in salted water.
Other than that, it was ok. Both Tina and I had colds, and were not in the cooking mode. Or should I have said...Mood?
75 Re: What is for Dinner this JULY. Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:58 am
Niagara Visitor
That was a first time for me for getting either one of those from a store. And, it's the last also!
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