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I just had to start a thread about how good our house smells.
We're having the missionaries to dinner tonight, and this chicken is in the crockpot (although I reduced the sugar and used 2 breast halves and four thighs instead of a whole chicken 'cause we have an abundance of breast pieces and thighs in the freezer, and no skins for us because I hate them and take them off the chicken before I freeze it.) I'm roasting a sugar pie pumpkin my dad gave me from the farmers' market for a creamy pumpkin soup. I'll toast the seeds for a garnish on top. We're having broccoli, and I've chopped up some onions to make my famous onion and rosemary rice to go with the broccoli and chicken.
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We eat at church on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Some weeks it's great, some weeks not so much. Wednesdays tend to be more "kid friendly" meals like hamburgers or spaghetti since there are gobs of kids in the Wednesday night programs.
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Kinda ashamed to admit it, but tonight will be McDonald's, possibly with a Starbuck's chaser for me. *cower*
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Already had it...sometimes we do our big meal of the day at the mid-day meal (although it was about 2 pm by the time we got to it today). Had lots of errands to run, and the grocery store was last on the list, so I brought home a barbequed chicken and Hawaiian rolls and macaroni and cheese. Already had cherry tomatoes at home. It was a good meal. If we have anything at all tonight, it'll be something along the lines of sandwiches and chips.
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I'm going to a women's meeting at my church tonight, and there will be a light supper served... Usually it's soup or salad and a dessert. My daughters will likely eat sandwiches or something...
I haven't cooked a real meal in over a week. I'm such a bad mom.
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Too tired to make a dinner after a 12 hour shift. However, I am seemingly not too tired to go to the bar tonight. Just got to get a nap before going.
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Ah, so you're going to be drinking your supper.
I just realized that it's probably a good idea to take down the bras that were hanging over the shower to dry down before the missionaries come over and want to wash their hands. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I just realized that it's probably a good idea to take down the bras that were hanging over the shower to dry down before the missionaries come over and want to wash their hands.
Hehe. I guess that might be a tad .
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And your bras would be all damp from where they dried their hands on them.
Macaroni Cheese for us. But I add nice veggies and salsa to the recipe. Then we dump more hot sauce on top.
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Somehow whenever we have unexpected company my mom and i both have bras hanging from the spiral stairway you see right when you walk in the door. Teenage boys usually don't mind this, but none of mine are Mormon.
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I just had Pad Thai with my brother at a local Thai restaurant. And I have leftovers. Yum! It was especially nice because I haven't seen my brother in 3 weeks and I missed him.
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Either spaghetti or mac'n'cheese. Haven't decided yet, but need to if defrosting beef is necessary.
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I made Steaks with twice baked potatoes and broccoli with that cheese sauce stuff. Now I just have to wait for "Mommy" to make a cheesecake and my dinner is complete.
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Hey kq, would you mind sharing your pumpkin soup recipe? My brother had one that my husband loved, but he lost it. So I made up a recipe, and everyone else liked it, but my husband wanted the old stuff, so maybe he'd like yours? You can post it, or email it to me at my username at hotmail. Thanks, babe!
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Okay, let's see. You could sub soy milk (or even coconut milk) for milk and oil for butter and veggie stock for chicken broth to make this vegan, too. I garnished with roasted pumpkin seeds. Makes four servings (or five if one serving is for a very small person. )
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Ginger and Curry
Preheat oven to about 400 deg. F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray lightly with cooking spray. Cut one smallish sugar pie pumpkin (about 2 lbs.) in half. Remove seeds. Place cut-side down on baking sheet and roast in oven until it "gives" when poked lightly (probably about 40 minutes.) Meanwhile, sauté about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of diced onion in a generous amount of butter until soft. Let cool. When pumpkin is done, remove from oven and cool (flip over to cool faster.) Remove any burnt edges with a spoon and discard. (If desired, now would be a good time to roast the seeds for a garnish.) Put onions in their butter in blender or food processor. Scoop pumpkin flesh out of skin and add to the blender. Discard skins. Add 2 1/2 to 3 cups chicken broth, a cup or so at a time, while pureeing onions and pumpkin. Basically, add enough chicken stock that it's a "pourable" consistency, but not thin. Kind of the consistency of cake batter. (You could also use veggie stock if you wanted.) Pour back into sauce pan, scraping out blender to get as much as possible. Add about 1/2 Tbsp. curry powder and 1 Tbsp. ginger powder (or a little bit of ginger juice or grated fresh ginger; don't put in so much as to overwhelm the pumpkin flavor.) When ready to serve, add about 1/2 to 1 cup skim or lowfat milk (to reach desired soup consistency) and heat through. Do not boil.
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Tonight is grilled ham, turkey, cheese and mushroom sandwiches, with a bowl of chicken and wild rice soup. Posts: 753 | Registered: Mar 2001
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We had honey baked curried chicken tenders with broccoli and basmati rice. I double the amount of curry the recipe calls for, and this time added a dollop of orange marmalade to the sauce. It was heavenly.
Tonight, I will shread the chicken leftovers in my food processor and mix it with mayo and more curry to make curried chicken spread. I'm going to a bridal shower, and am going to take curried chicken finger sandwiches. I can hardly wait...curried chicken finger sandwiches are my absolute favorite.
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Mmmm. For me, that can only be topped by two kinds of sandwich: curried tuna-apple salad, and my absolute favorite, bacon, avocado, and mayo on sourdough or a good sweet whole-grain.
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We had breakfast burritos for dinner last night. I think tonight we will have grilled sadwiches.
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Tonight, we will be having Macaroni and Cheese, along with my kind of spaghetti (shelled noodles mixed with canned tomatoes sliced). Mmm!
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we're having spaghetti tonight. My aunt Robin has taken Emily to her gymnastics class because I still can't drive, and my oldest daughter did the cooking so I could rest. Wes and my Mom are both working, so Natalie had to step up and do the cooking and spaghetti is one of the only things she knows how to fix.
She's such a good kid, though. Posts: 14428 | Registered: Aug 2001
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Brown rice cooked in vegetable broth, assorted vegetables (the remainders of several different bags of frozen veggie mixes), and tofu cut in strips and sauteed with sesame oil and garlic, then coated with peanut sauce.
Much better than last night! (Especially since I slept through my alarm, so it was for nothing anyway. )
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We had "whatever's around soup". I browned some ground beef, added onions and celery I'd chopped earlier in the week, some garlic, then threw in some baby carrots sliced in thirds, a can of tomatoes, one of garbanzos, the rest of the box of chicken stock I used for yesterday's pumpkin soup, some potatoes, and lots of rosemary (my favorite herb), a bit of salt and Italian seasoning, and some fresh-ground pepper. Then I brought it to a boil, cooked about 20 minutes, added some frozen peas, and cooked another 5 or so.
It's freaking good, especially with some sourdough with margarine (yes, I know, I like margarine better than butter, except for cooking. I'm a horrible person.) And there are plenty of leftovers, which is nice, because there weren't many others in the fridge and tomorrow is leftover night.
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I want to eat at ctm's house. Stuffed peppers are my favorite food of all time, and lamb is my favorite meat to eat. Yumm..... ctm - send me your recipe for that.
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Shabbos dinner tonight, and my vegetarian brother in law is with us, so no meat this Shabbos.
But I do have lovely thick lentil soup. Two kinds of home-baked bread. Poached Salmon. Sesame-Ginger Cole Slaw. Stuffed Grape Leaves (stuffed with rice). Spinach Noodle Kugel. Broccoli Kugel. Roasted Winter Squash.
I think there is plenty of food, if anyone wants to come over and join us!
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I bought some stuff to try the garam masala recipe I saw on the hatrack recipe site, but I don't have any curry seasonings. Will it totally suck? Posts: 4089 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Beef. That's what's for dinner *starts to make sure someone else didn't say that already, then realizes he doesn't care*
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