What's For Dinner?

[marstec]

^Back pain sucks! Hope you feel better soon, Natalka. My husband needed several rounds of physiotherapy, including acupuncture, before his went away.

[dawn_sweety]

Anybody know a good way to do frozen veggies? I bought a big bag of mixed veg at Costco recently, includes cauliflower, carrots, broccoli and peppers. I can easily cook fresh veg in the microwave, no water added, works fine. These frozen ones come out squishy, almost like they're full of absorbed water. Tonight I tried microwaving a bit to defrost, then put in the oven with a spritz of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, that was a bit better. But still far from perfect. Anyone have a tried and true method? I <3 the big bags of fresh broccoli from Costco, but they go bad before my family of three can eat it all.

I usually saute them with butter or coconut oil and garlic, I find the frozen ones need to be cooked with a higher heat then fresh to help reduce the water from them but a few extra mins and they're perfect hope that helps

[KelJo]

Its just me tonight but DH bbq'd some chicken before he left for work--if you want to try an easy, flavourful recipe try this one:

take some chicken thighs (bone-in) remove the skin, score an X in the meat, put in a big bowl , sprinkle with S & P and garlic powder, coat with ketchup, mix all together, then sprinkle with chopped green onion, marinate overnight or for several hours and then bqq as normal--it tastes amazing (hard to believe) I went to a pot luck bbq several years ago and a lady made this and I had to ask for the recipe and couldn't believe how simple it was. I have tried experimenting with different sauces, bbq sauces, etc but ketchup works best..lol..

[janetta]

Sorry janetta, didn't see your request until now. Yes, I make these from scratch. I actually don't go to restaurants too often, unless I know I can't make it myself.

I don't really follow a particular recipe but I can give you some general guidelines:

Thanks for spending the time to write the recipe out! I'll definitely have to make this, with or without left over BBQ pork. lol
Maybe even vegan too, sans the shiitake mushrooms as the bf hates them. Boo.
The toughest part is keeping the noodles dry! Some restraunts can't even do that! :D Yours looks really tasty.

[roseofblack25]

I ended up doing ground chicken with stir fry veggies and taco seasoning in a pita with cheese, lettuce, and salsa...So sort of a cross between a taco and a fajita LOL!

[harbie]

I have a massive headache so it's gonna be hashbrown waffles and scrambled eggs tonight

[gracesmommy]

dh requested cheese stuffed tortalini so i made that with a rosee sauce. it was really quite good if i do say so myself. stuffed chicken breast, caesar salad and homemade biscuits to go with it.

[sweetmomma]

BBQ'd burgers with potato salad.

[muggos0101]

[Natalka]

Well, yesterday, I stupidly couldn't resist the lure of making a full roast chicken dinner -and am paying for it now, so I won't be doing that again. I thought I was taking things slowly, but it was hell on this ole hurt back later in the evening and overnight.

So, supper today is whatever... frankly, I don't care. I'm not making it, so it's whatever can be done from the freezer, or what son/husband can put together.

[SassyAshley]

Last night was hot dogs with baby cucumbers & carrot stick with a few kettle cooked potato chips. Not what I had planned, last night was supposed to be tortellini in Florentine (sp??) sauce with salad and garlic buns, but mom ended up covering someone at work last minute so dinner became something quick and easy.

[KelJo]

I took out ground chicken and was planning on grilling burgers but looks like rain, so instead I might just make my Chicken Parm Pizza

[gracesmommy]

sweet and sour meatballs, white rice and some broccoli. have a PTA meeting tonight so it needs to be kind of easy.

[lizzie bargain]

Thai chicken, rice and slad

[saddlebag]

Tacos