What's For DINNER Tonight?

[Riverrose28]

Ryan I'm glad your dog is ok, I had something similar happen here a couple of yearsw ago with my female bullie. She came in with her nose swollen withing the next half hour she started getting hives all over and her face was swelling so bad she couldn't catch her breath. I was hysterical, hubby had to drive us to the emergency vet, it was a Sunday, and by the time we got there she had to be carried in. I had shoved a benedryl down her throat as soon as I saw the hives but it didn't work as well as the shots the vet gave her. She was there 3 hours, and 300 dollars later we brought her home. Well worth the money she is still here.

Last night I roasted a chicken stuffed with sage stuffing, packed around with potatoes and green beans. Picked green tomatoes so fried them up and topped with ranch dressing and made gravy. Yummy, so we are having chicken alofredo tonight with the left over roasted chicken. I made buscuits and country gravy for breakfast yesterday. The weather is getting cooler and I so love comfort food.

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

Ryan, yes the cheese biscuits are very quick to make. Mix 2 cups of flour, 4 tsp. baking powder, 2 tbsp sugar (I like mine a bit sweeter so I use heaping spoonfuls) 3/4 tsp of salt (I leave out the salt because I think there is plenty in the margarine) 1cup of grated sharp cheddar (I often use a mix of cheeses and increase this to 2 cups because we like them cheesy) together. Then add 1/4 to 1/3 cup of hard margarine (or butter if you prefer), mix until crumb like texture then 3/4 cup cold milk. Mix just enough to combine wet and dry ingredients and then roll out on lightly floured board to about 1 inch and cut into biscuits. I skip the rolling part and just form the biscuits by hand. Takes less than 10 minutes and they are in the oven. 425 for about 15 min. or until nicely browned. This basic biscuit can be altered by dropping the cheese and adding other ingredients such as chopped cranberries or I like to add ham or bacon to the cheese biscuits.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Ryan I'm glad your dog is ok, I had something similar happen here a couple of yearsw ago with my female bullie. She came in with her nose swollen withing the next half hour she started getting hives all over and her face was swelling so bad she couldn't catch her breath. I was hysterical, hubby had to drive us to the emergency vet, it was a Sunday, and by the time we got there she had to be carried in. I had shoved a benedryl down her throat as soon as I saw the hives but it didn't work as well as the shots the vet gave her. She was there 3 hours, and 300 dollars later we brought her home. Well worth the money she is still here.

Last night I roasted a chicken stuffed with sage stuffing, packed around with potatoes and green beans. Picked green tomatoes so fried them up and topped with ranch dressing and made gravy. Yummy, so we are having chicken alofredo tonight with the left over roasted chicken. I made buscuits and country gravy for breakfast yesterday. The weather is getting cooler and I so love comfort food.

Yes every time I make that trip to the vet or have the vet out for one of the horses i always think why didnt I study harder..??..... I took her back for a check up last night as I noticed she has a cyst under her jaw. She is on antibiotics for ten days to see if it will reduce it at all, if not and it has grown I will have the vet investigate further under anesthetic. She is a boxer, who are well known for finding trouble

I had some chicken curry in the freezer so I cooked some noodles to have with it for dinner last night and it was really nice. The weather is starting to warm up a little here, so im thinking i will get a few things on the way home to make a salad and have something on the BBQ with it, maybe some fish or steak.

The cheese biscuits sound great cant wait to try them with the many soups ill make next winter, but for now im sure they will go well on a ploughmans platter or an antipasto plate.

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

OK, I have to ask....what is a ploughman's (plowman's?) platter?

I had meant to comment on your dog and yours as well Riverrose, I hope all is well on that front. Our dogs are part of our family (sometimes a naughty part in our household lol) and it tears at a person's heart when they are hurting.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

OK, I have to ask....what is a ploughman's (plowman's?) platter?

I had meant to comment on your dog and yours as well Riverrose, I hope all is well on that front. Our dogs are part of our family (sometimes a naughty part in our household lol) and it tears at a person's heart when they are hurting.

Ok so a ploughmans platter (excuse spelling ) is a plate with cold meats, crackers, dips, pickled onions, marinated olives, crusty bread, grisini sticks,cheeses, grapes. Its usually shared between two and goes terribly well with a bottle of red wine or white if you prefer.

Thanks for your thoughts she is doing well and totally agree a big part of the family

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

No, no, no.... I wasn't correcting your spelling lol, I was wondering if that was an alternate spelling or perhaps I was pronouncing it wrong or misunderstanding the word (I usually assume we have gotten lazy about spelling a word and that yours would be the one that was correct)

So basically its another name for an antipasto plate - I'd like the white wine please. Could really go for a glass or two right now actually (or maybe something a bit stiffer) My husband just lost his job - no warning just told him at 11:45 and he was out of the building by 12:00 noon. Bit stunned right now and a drink might relax things some lol.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Oh no, Ill have a glass of wine for you both tonight. sorry to hear this .... Fingers crossed he finds work soon ...

My spelling is terrible and I wouldn't be offended even if you were

 

[Ryan Johnson]

I actually made the effort and stopped at woolworths on the way home last night. Usually I am hanging to see the kids so i rush home.

I picked up some Chicken kievs and had that with a salad and some cous cous. (Then some IceCream)

Not sure what dinner tonight will be. Im about to ring the Vet again for my dog. She is developing a lump under her chin. I took her in again on Mon Night to make sure she was fully over the Sting/Bite and to have him look at this lump that I had noticed. He seems to think its a systic lump of some kind and had put her on 10 days of Antibiotics to see if the lump will reduce. She has only been on them for 2-3 days now but if anything its getting bigger not smaller.

If the lump was on her leg i think I would be content to let the antibiotics take its course BUT seeing as it is under her chin, close to her throat Im not prepared to take any risks at all by waiting.

 

[Jill]

I was tired and lazy tonight so made another quick dinner, cheese burgers in soft tortilla wraps and salads. It hit the spot!

 

[chandab]

chicken something for dinner. Gonna throw some skinless, boneless breasts in the oven while I do chores and pick sides when I come in, although thinking rice.

 

[Jill]

Chicken stir fry, with green beans, onions and mushrooms over steamed rice and either teriyaki sauce or homemade lemon stir fry sauce. I have both so whatever Harvey would prefer. Since learning how to do it, and seeing how easy it is, I don't ever see us getting carryout Chinese again! When it comes to chicken, the secret is cornstarch. Super easy, customisable, and ready when you want to eat it! I'm sure it's healthier, and I know it tastes better, than what we can get locally for carry out... and I'm way too lazy to go out for dinner on a weeknight! I would feel self conscious doing that in my PJs

 

[chandab]

OMG! I ate too much. Had left over chicken breasts, so made chicken and dumplings for supper tonight; they are so filling, but so good.

 

[Riverrose28]

We had stir fry last night too. I made one cup of instant rice then in a sauce pan I put a little olive oil, one chopped onion, one chopped green pepper, one chopped sweet red papper, a dash of salt and pepper, cooked till tender, added the rice and some soy sauce, yum. It was a side dish for my crusted cod, also had busquick buscuits. Tonight we are havinf open faced turkey sandwiches and mashed potatoes. The turkey breast was on sale yesterday. I'm looking forward to dinner.

 

[Jill]

Another tired evening, so picked up KFC for dinner. Haven't had that in ages but now it's T - 5 minutes!

 

[Jill]

Tonight, I'm making something with pork chops and a yet to be determined from scratch sweet potato dish. Yep, I will be looking at recipes this morning

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

Meatloaf with green beans and corn last night. Tonight it will be left overs and tomorrow I am doing a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. On Friday I did turkey dinner and all the fixings for 120 people (yikes - can we say stress lol) so tomorrows for 6 should be a breeze now . I am really not a huge fan of turkey but I love the stuffing and the rest of the meal, I'd love to make a ham one year but my husband likes his turkey dinner so turkey it is.

 

[Jill]

OMG ^^^

You deserve an award! I've never cooked for even 1/10th that number of people and stress big time if anyone other than H, our friend, Priscilla, and I are eating the food!!! Much respect for the accomplishment of making a nice meal for such a huge group!

 

[Ryan Johnson]

OMG 120 People. You do deserve an award !!!

Saturday night we had chicken Fillets stuffed with apricots and a pistachio stuffing, Steamed some vegies and really enjoyable.

Last Night I made a Larb Gai Salad. I Love ordering it from the Thai shop and thought I would give it ago. Lets just say, I think Ill stick to ordering it.

Tonight I have no Idea, will be something easy

 

[Performancemini]

FINALLY seems to be getting my insides back in order-so I am advancing from the bland diet to regular foods again. Didn't have to cook last night though! Hubby has another gift card and took us out to Texas Roadhouse for supper. He had steak, but still erring on the cautious side, I ordered their BBQ grilled chicken breast with mashed potatoes (plain) and fresh veggies (which were broccoli and carrots). Had their yummy cherry limeade too.

Tonight I made a steak on the George Foreman grill (that steer is so NOT tasty-will be glad when it's used up!) along with steak fries and a mixed veg. Baked some Snickerdoodle cookies and had jello too.

I'm thinking those Chicken and Dumplings sound good! Maybe for tomorrow night.

 

[Reignmaker Miniatures]

LOL, thanks Jill and Ryan. It wasn't as bad as it sounds really. The worst part was making sure it was all ready to go by noon so the people who left work could eat and go back to their jobs in time. I did have a couple of hands helping to set up and the turkey was cooked a day ahead and sliced for serving. I also precooked the mashed potatoes and then put them in the oven to reheat. That worked way better than I expected it to and I will have to remember it if I am ever talked into doing it again. The stuffing was prepared and ready for the oven (well I did need to add the drippings to give it flavour) so it went in roasters with bacon on it and was a big hit (who doesn't love bacon ) I made tarts rather than pies a day before and that pretty much left gravy as the last minute thing that needed attention. I was pretty tired by the time I finished clean up but the families were very appreciative and that's good for ones ego