What's For Dinner?

Hope you feel better.

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Originally Posted by KelJo

I have a Christmas cold/flu--darn!! I'm not hugging anyone else all Christmas! LOL...my appetite is gone. I made a big dish of the pork chop recipe above but couldn't even look at it when it was done so just took it to my grandmother's where it was devoured. Today will be just Hot Toddys and Ruffles.

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I am finally back after being away for 10 days and all I want is home cooked food, now to decide what to have.

Good news the storm did not hit here like it hit in Toronto (about an hour away) which makes me so happy I was so afraid we were going to come home to find things spoiled in the fridge but nope, we never lost power. Which means my pre planning before our trip has left us with enough food to last us a few days before we have to shop.

Now what to have for dinner is the question. I am thinking pasta but we will have to see how the day goes since I am still swaying from the cruise and going off about 5 hours of sleep after being up for 23 hours getting home so we will have to see how I feel at dinner time. But it will be home cooked.

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Originally Posted by Natalka

Just put a pork loin roast in the crockpot for supper, will make mashed potatoes to go with it, since there will be a nice gravy; salad, and some sort of hot veggies.

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What do you put in the crock pot with the pork loin and how long do you cook it for.

Gotta finish off the rest of the chicken in the chicken tetrazini that hubby made the other night so im making a chicken salad and chicken noodle soup with chinese noodles. Dessert will be Duncan Hines cake drizzled with maraschino cherry liquid (left over from Christmas baking) and vanilla ice cream.

Ribs & Spanish Rice that will be delicious....but I am not eating them.

I'm sticking to soup. (not feeling so chipper)

Happy New Year!!

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Originally Posted by SnowFlakey

Gotta finish off the rest of the chicken in the chicken tetrazini that hubby made the other night so im making a chicken salad and chicken noodle soup with chinese noodles. Dessert will be Duncan Hines cake drizzled with maraschino cherry liquid (left over from Christmas baking) and vanilla ice cream.

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MMMM yum... now i am going to go to the store and buy some wine and make a batch of turkey tetrazzini... I love that stuff.... wine and parma and turkey or chicken go so well together!!! I picked up some foil containers to have make ahead meals... this is going to be a NICE one thanks.

Feel better soon Keljo and Loocie!

Last night it was tourtiere (meat pie) reheated, boiled potatoes seasoned with bay leaves, and steamed broccoli. I'm still in the Christmas lazy mode.

I was going to cook some chicken and have on salad, but we got lazy. Bought Chinese food (and pizza for DS).

Spaghetti with meatballs and crumbled feta to top it. A glass of red wine to finish.:)

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Originally Posted by SnowFlakey

What do you put in the crock pot with the pork loin and how long do you cook it for.

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I would usually first poke in garlic cloves all over inside the roast, but my garlic was shrively so I couldn't do it.

Did a dry rub over all, of garlic powder, salt, pepper, chili powder, onion powder, pinch of Italian seasoning.
Put roast in slowcooker, covered with a mix of a can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup and 3/4 of a can of water.
Then, usually I would sprinkle on a packet of dry onion soup mix, but didn't have any, so I sprinkled on some onion powder and beef bouillon powder.

Cooked an hour and a half at high, then on slow for another seven hours - but I've done it eight hours on slow before and it's been fine. About every hour, I mix the sauce and spread over the roast.

Removed the roast and shredded it - not to bits, kind of just broke it apart. Put the sauce in a saucepan and made a gravy by adding cornstarch slurry, and it needed a bit of salt. Put the pork back in the crockpot on warm - I had added some of the sauce before I thickened it.

Oh, it was yummers!

Even with giving our son a generous helping of leftovers, there is still enough for us for tonight for supper.
I'll just made some veggies to go with it, and there may not be enough potatoes left, but there's potato salad if needed.

Last night was a bit of a dinner fail, wasn't feeling well so all I ate all day was a bagel so that was dinner at like 2 pm

Tonight was better had Pasta with Meat Sauce, I love pasta, it is my go too meal.

Hamburger without a bun, M & M French fries. Good wholesome meal ;):cheesygrin:

Happy New Years Eve everyone!! It's party time! I have several different party invitations so will try and make an appearance at all hopefully. There will be so much food, being on the east coast the themes are usually fish related, with everything from crab dips, fish cakes and beyond..I know one house is planning on deep frying a whole turkey outside (brrrr) so it will be a smorgasbord of food everywhere.

Happy new year! We're invited out, but not until after supper. I was thinking spaghetti, but while I was out I saw guys selling lobster so I think I will get lobster for DS and I (hubby doesn't like it, so he will get spaghetti).

Ok, so i bought Smokies the other day and for some reason i thought they were like real sausages but they look like pregnant weiners. So i made hot dogs with the smokies and thats exactly what they looked and tasted like. Hot Dogs, like from Costco. I bought the President`s Choice ones.

Anyway, tonight im making Pork Chops in Mushroom soup with mashed potatoes, broccoli, and a salad. Dessert will be vanilla ice cream with crushed pineapple