What's for dinner?

Thx Jeanne. That was the direction I was going in. I will see what the local shops have. I don't need one of the huge ones - a medium size is fine. The kitchen aid was fine - until it broke - not noisy and did the job.

Emjo, I've had my cuisenart for a decade or so, and have liked it very well. I did manage to break a piece (the bowl, I think -- can't remember now) trying to chop up chocolate chunks and I just bought a replacement and kept going. I think Cuisenart is The brand for food processors. I bought one of their toasters though and that was an expensive joke. I wouldn't have any stand mixer but a KitchenAid. Each company seems to have their own expertise and it doesn't necessarily transfer to other items they make.

I did - I bought a food processor! ;-)

ive saw precious little in my time emjo that couldnt be tenderized or pulverized by simply running over them with your truck once or twice. you have to improvise when your physical strength diminishes..

My food processor bit the dust, so am wondering what brands people like. I had always done the chopping/slicing by hand, but my shoulder doesn't like it, so I caved and got a cheap food processor a year ago to see if I would like it. It was a Kitchen Aid, and the handle-lock broke. I suppose I could find a replacement part, but would rather go for one that will last for years. Any suggestions? I find I use it quite a bit, and shredded a knuckle last time I made latkes using the old fashioned grater.

suckway needs to get their s**t together. theyve pulled too much animal fat from their bread, and imo their cheese has never seen a cow.
meanwhile back on planet bunker the renter hor gave me a quart of greek yogurt. it tasted like soured mop water till i hit it with my sweetened rice, added a little xtra sugar and dam, the rice came to life..

Sounds good, Alison! And there are many healthy frozen meals, with built-in portion control! I always read labels and I'm sometimes astounded by the number of grams of carbs in a serving! OK for most people but beyond my diabetic goals. What is amazing is that if I made that dish myself it would be far lower in carbs. What the heck to they put in it?! Anyway, there are some good meals in the freezer case, for sure.

Captain, Subway sandwiches were one meal that Coy would eat twice a day all week if I served them. He always had chicken or turkey in whatever specialty sandwich they were promoting. A few times a year would be enough for me, but I saw to it he got one fairly frequently.

I just got a call from my daughter/boarder that she would be late for dinner. All of the cook's assistants at the ALF where she works called in sick, so she is staying late to help out. When she gets here we'll have porterhouse steak, asparagus, and baked potato with sour cream and bacon. I need a special treat and something easy after taking care of Mom all weekend.

gosh i hate to admit to resorting to subway but 6 bucks buys edna and i both a filling meal.
watch the sodium in those prepared meals alison. it can be astoundingly high sometimes.
lol, more army vernacular ; chipped beef gravy over bread ? s**t on a shingle..

White navy beans, sliced yellow carrots, and spinach mixed in light garlic sauce. Yes, another of my frozen packaged lunches, but sounds so much better if I just say the ingredients! ;-)

irwin was fun, i was kidding. he was a particularily high strung cat tho. no wonder he sometimes agitated his subjects. imo , animals need time to think..

poor steve erwin was a spastic kind of guy, and his death was such a terrible thing to have happened. I don't believe he deserved to die, especially leaving his family behind. His poor wife was shattered to pieces regardless of weather steve was wreckless or annoying. Yikes CAPT. Had to comment on this, even though it's off subject.

tonight we are having barbequed chicken sandwiches. Just put the chicken in the crock pot with the sauce to cook all day. Hope it's good, it's the first time I've did it this way.

Tortilla crusted tilapia

Capn .. some days you make me think I could bat for the other team.
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Nah .. lol .. (but I do like your attitude).

hehehe .. yeah .. just did that with the cereal/breakfast dry goods. Birds have TONS of old granola to chow down now. Oh .. and the buggy (ewwwwww, gross) cream of wheat.

Will you be eating pork for several days, Sky, or are there a few eaters in your household? I love veggies roasted in pan drippings.

Oh dang. Now I'm hungry for hummus and pesto on crackers. Good thing we are out of crackers. :D (I cleaned out a cupboard and fed all my out-of-date stale crackers to the crows and squirrels. Need to restock for people use.)

One of my favorite salad meals is a huge leafy salad (with as many veggie type things that we might have in the crisper) smothering a baked potato with a generous portion of my favorite catalina dressing.

If I hadn't just had roasted red (bell) pepper hummus and sun-dried tomato pesto with cheesy crackers, I'd be hungry now for that. MMMhmmm.

Roasted Pork Roast with carrots,potatoes and onions,in 6 qt roaster with vegatable stock broth

Last few days - soup, or soup - chicken or hamburger - both home made. Meal in a bowl. .

Saturday's dinner had to be Taco Squares, and it was, along with avocado slices on a lettuce bed, with sour cream and salsa.

We try to do a salad meal once a week. Sunday we had mixed greens with steak strips, two kinds of cheese, hard cooked egg wedges, radishes, pomegranate seeds, red grapes, parsley, green onions, carrot slices, and celery. (I forgot to add the walnuts I'd intended.) On salad nights we each eat out of a medium serving bowl!

" whats for dinner?
leather.hahaha. im such a b**ch that i expect nothing but a hard way to go in return..

hahaha. steve irwin was too wound up for his animal subjects. if you want to get a female human out of her leather pants you dont do it with high pressure aussie flim flam. you hopefully do it with intellectual dialogue and honest compliments. i dont know who bob ross is either but he sounds pretty effiminate.. we skeptical men sabatogue ourselves. its preferable to a woman telling us that were disfunctual.. duh, were aware of that.

Back on topic ... if I ever wondered if my boarders checked the weekly menu, I found out tonight. Daughter Barb came home from visiting her other mother and sniffed, "That doesn't smell like taco squares." Son Pat came home from work, walked into the kitchen, and said, "Hey, I thought we were having taco squares tonight."

So I flipped a couple of days. No crime, right? This is my weekend to host my mom and I couldn't leave her to shop for the ingredient I discovered I was missing for taco squares. Instead I made potato pancakes with maple syrup, applesauce, and crisp bacon. She loves that. Lemon bars for dessert.

I don't know if there is a difference between latkes and potato pancakes. Most recipes look the same to me, but the latkes I get from my favorite deli seem thicker than my pancakes.

Taco squares tomorrow ...

Lmao, you might have to send an English translation to that phrase in a private message. We agree to disagree. I saw him as someone who loved animals… much as Bob Ross loved to paint his "happy little trees." I enjoyed their enthusiasm for what they loved.

And we are WAY off topic now. ;-)

steve was allright but he was a control freak. sometimes the wildlife wasnt as enthusiastic as he was. sometimes if id had a hypodermic phallus in my snout idda stuck him in his esophogus too. seriously, watch some reruns, the guy was an egotistic who didnt respect his seagoing subjects. i sure hope this doesnt offend allison. that chick trips mt s**t . im trying to be civil with everything ive got..
sorry, i thought you girls were better judges of that than us guys..

Steve Irwin was an awesome dude, who shared his great enthusiasm for the animal world with millions of people. I think its very fitting he died doing what he loved. We all should be so lucky.

What's for dinner? My Green Giant rice pilaf steamer bag just finished its rounds in the microwave. Yum yum!

m,heh.. id cram 65 celery stalks in a monkey and remind him of the food chain as i was eating him. the animal with the most complex brain usually perseveres, except in the case of the aussie guy,steve -- whatever. he tangled with a manta ray with a little more resolve than he himself had,. what was that annoying d**kholes name? steve irwin. the ray shut up his meth dialogue,thats good enough for me. the cat talked too much , an irritant...

Oh Cap..We use lots of cayenne pepper regularly...tonight I used lots of black pepper. Love the hot spicy with everything we eat.

Jeanne~I have a Kitchen aide blender. I bought 2 last year for my daughter and daughter-in-law for Christmas from Amazon. I used the dreamfield penne pasta (1/2 a box) cooked al dente like you suggested. I have had mine for about 12 years, but...I did not really use it until about 5 years ago. I have made pumpkin soup, gravies, different sauces with veggies. I am using it more and more since my kids moved out...a great kitchen tool.

Cap~Dog, Haha!! Hubby might go for that...Chinese is great, I have been using Bragg Low Sodium Soy Sauce from Trader Joes...hubby loves it (I can do without soy sauce). Dog is a possiblity...just not monkey!!