What's For DINNER Tonight?

[Ryan Johnson]

Weather is horrid here at the moment, rain, rain and more rain. Cant think of anything else that would be better to do than some cooking over the weekend.

definitely going to try and make some bread and seeing the weather is what it is , some pumpkin soup I thinks in order. I know I have some Chicken thigh fillets in the freezer so think they will be used for some kind of slow cooker.

Performancemini hope you are feeling better

 

[Riverrose28]

Pumpkin soup sounds like a really good bad weather dinner, pleas share your recipe. We have pumpkin planted so should have lots come fall.

 

[dixie_belle]

Last night we had tacos, rice and beans. Sometimes I sure do miss living in Texas.

 

[Performancemini]

Not bad last night or today so far. Last night we had stew meat cut small cooked in all day in the crockpot. Very tender! (I ate VERY lightly of it) with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.

Tonight's a sirloin steak (light again as it seems beef is starting to be a small problem at times) rice and veg.

My grandniece is here working on learning new classes for showing our minis. We had smoked uncured turkey hot dogs for lunch. She has a scoop of choc. chip cookie dough ice cream too. It's grocery weekend, so there wasn't a lot to offer. We had peanut butter toast with our breakfasts.

 

[Jill]

My husband, Harvey / H, is back in the hospital the past few days for IV antibiotics. He had to have an outpatient surgery about 10 days prior to reattach a tendon to his big toe, but it he got an infection. All related to his work injury 2mos ago when his foot was cut and basically shattered by a coworker's machete. Urgh, it just is hard to win for losing lately, but he may come home tomorrow ((hoping), and if so, I will cook us something nice...

Since it's just me, I haven't been cooking much, but have been eating yummy, easy comfort food (too-big sandwiches and wraps, pizza, frozen stuffers stuff (looooove that!), snacks, sweets, etc.)! I'm working harder with the chores tho so hopefully I'm not packing on the pounds while spoiling myself with all these not so good for me meals

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Jill I hope he makes a full recovery and is home with you soon. Great comfort food and I think we all agree that we partake in the same at times.

Weather isn't very nice here at the moment but im hoping that seeing as tho its horrible here that its now improving for you all in the other parts of the world.

I made a massive batch of curried sausages on the weekend and big pot of the lamb shank soup that I made the week before.

Riverrose My Pumpkin soup recipe is as follows.

Pumpkin Soup

Biggest soup pot/ bolier/ slow cooker you have.

Cut as much pumpkin up as you have.

You can use any type of Pumpkin you have.

Pumpkin (as much as you like/have)

2 potatoes- peeled and cut up and added to pumpkin. more potatoes the thicker it will turn out.

1 litre chicken stock

1 litre of water

2x teaspoons of ginger

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

Cream/ Sour Cream to serve

Combine onion , pumpkin and potato to the pot and cover with both stock and water.

Cook until soft

Remove the liquid and set aside.

Using a hand blender stick/ masher, mash until all mashed.

Add the Ginger and cinnamon and stir thru.

Add some of the remaining stock/water until you have the consistency you are happy with.

Stir in the cream / sour cream at the last minute before serving

You can add celery , sweet potato or any other vegies to this as it is quite a versatile recipe.

If you like it a touch sweeter add a tablespoon of honey.

Sprinkle with some fresh spring onions (shallots I think you call them)

Hope you like it

 

[Riverrose28]

Thank you Ryan, I'll make this in the fall, sounds yummy.

Jill hope hubby feels better soon.

 

[Performancemini]

H wanted Lino's Pizza special last night. Son and his fiance and kids came over earlier for Father's Day. Brought him candy. (I think the kid's chose it). This morning H found a tick on himself (again) OOOOOOHHH, I HATE those things! Going to wash the sheets today! He was cutting and stacking wood yesterday. Maybe that's where it came from.

Grocery day! Then I will decide what's for supper.

 

[Jill]

H is home as of late yesterday afternoon -- YAY!

I went back to a current faithful favourite, chicken stir fry with lots of bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms with a bottled teriyaki sauce. That's what he was in the mood for, and I like chopping up the veggies. Had it with salads and steamed rice.

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

Jill, that looks delish! I made a roast chicken, new potatoes and green beans (canned) last night . Tonight it will be left over chicken and Caesar salad.

 

[chandab]

Tacos. Beef of course, since I have plenty of beef.

 

[Jill]

We've got leftover stir fry tonight. That corn starch on the chicken is the secret! I already cut up stir fry veggies for tomorrow, too, so we will have that again fresh. We'll still have left over raw chicken breast, so maybe that chicken stuffing casserole will be up next. I'm sure H hopes so! He loves it, but so do I

 

[chandab]

Making chicken pot pie for supper, the easy Bisquick one.

 

[Jill]

We're having leftover stir fry this evening, because I made too much yesterday. it's not as good left over but still pretty good. With salads and steamed rice. AND Blue Bunny no sugar added ice cream

Maybe will make that stuffing chicken casserole tomorrow, but what really is sounding good to me are tacos like Chanda had. I have some hamburger in the freezer, and lots of soft tortilla wraps.

 

[Performancemini]

We had mac and cheese with a turkey hot dog cut up in it and peas last night, along with salads. Not sure about tonight. Needs to be easy as I have to pick my grandniece up late to spend the night. She will spend tomorrow here to practice showing the minis. I plan to make a loaf of the lemon yogurt bread for tonight if I ever get up off my "duff" and do it. Also thought I would make my grandniece and I some chicken and macaroni salad for lunch tomorrow. It's already 2:00, so had better get husslin'.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Had a really late lunch yesterday so actually didn't have dinner. Ive got some Fresh salmon for dinner tonight and Im going to make a PPR salad to go with it.

(Pear, Parmasen & Rocket (Arugula) salad. Tastes so good and so easy to make. Throw all the ingredients in a bowl and for the dressing all it is is 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a good squeeze of lemon juice. I guarantee this goes with just about everything , and once you have had it , will become a regular on your weekly menu.

 

[Jill]

Chicken stuffing casserole (maybe with some broccoli, onion and mushrooms in it, too, to sort of stretch the carbs), peas & carrots, and tossed salads

 

[Performancemini]

OMG! Ryan's making me drool again! I am going to have to try that salad. It sounds so good.

We are having day after day rain. Cancelled picking my grandniece up last night. We had Thunderstorms with super heavy sheets of rain. You literally did need to part the rain like a curtain to look through it! She should have been here today though. No rain yet. It rains mostly evenings, late night and early morning.

I made a frozen pizza last night and we had the lemon yogurt bread. I made myself an egg salad sandwich for lunch today with some baby gerkins. For tonight I am thawing some leftover Rigatoni and meat sauce. I am going to make salads too. I might go make a Nestle chocolate chip recipe too. But,ish, I have ants! The teeny tiny little ones. I bought some of the Raid ant traps. The ones they carry back to the colony to kill it off. Hope they work fast! I hate bugs, insects, etc. (I know most have a job in the life circle, but I can't help it----and bees and wasps, etc. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!).

 

[dixie_belle]

Tonight we had left overs but last night we had friends over and I made homemade lasagna and banana pudding for dessert. I could barely move after dinner.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Made a Big pot of Pumpkin soup on Saturday so had that for Dinner Sat, Sunday and will have the remainder tonight. Got some chicken thigh fillets out of the freezer to make a chicken curry with. I have 2 small containers of the homemade curry paste I made late last year left so ill use them for the base of the curry. Ill make some Coconut rice to go with it and some Roti bread to soak up the sauce with .