Hey Grandpa, What's For Supper?

[Backyard Buddies]

Yum! Fried rice . . . I forget to make that and it's not really all that hard. Thanks for the reminder.

Humph. I think Texasreb lost ALL of our invitations!

Tutter - Yes, cold borscht is a yummy thing. I'll have to remember that during the summer. I usually plant some beets in my garden, tho I didn't this year.

Actually, any borscht is a yummy thing! There's a restaurant near me that is strictly Russian food and we go there from time to time to enjoy the borscht and other goodies they sell. Your step-grandma's dad would have loved it!

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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What else do you have lying around? One of the things I enjoy doing from time to time is doing a Google search with the ingredients I have to see what pops up.

 

[2dream]

Tonight was a lazy night. Ground Turkey with Prego Spaghetti sauce (added onions, garlic and mushrooms) and made cheesy garlic bisquits (straight from the bag just add milk.).

Took about 15 minutes. We were all tired and it was easy.

While that was cooking I put a roast in the crock pot and set it in the fridge. I will plug that up in the morning for tomorrow night.

 

[texasreb]

The balsamic glazed salmon was really, really good. I'd never made it before. The whole meal turned out really nice. We had a few friends over and they brought a nice bottle of chardonnay.

I found the recipe on allrecipes.com, if anyone else wants to try it.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Balsamic-Glazed-Salmon-Fillets/Detail.aspx

It was really easy, but the glaze is a reduction sauce and it is STRONG smelling while it is simmering. I followed the recipe exactly except that I grilled it rather than baking it.

I think it would also work with other types of fish.

....and y'all are invited next time!!

 

[cknmom]

We had breakfast for dinner last night. Waffels, bacon, eggs, and milk to drink.

Tutter- we had rain but no thunder. We got about a 1/4 ". Today is the first sunny day since the middle of last week!

Don't know what's for dinner tonite. DH just brought home some groceries laast night. I will have to figure something out. I have not been feeling up to much of anything. I did four hrs of straight weeding on Sun. and over-stressed my back. I can still barely sit, stand or even walk!
Hopefully one more day of stretching and rice bag therapy will put me right again. I am soo backed up on chores! I even hurt too much to sit at the computer for more than a few mins.

Monica

 

[Redfeathers]

I bought a large bag of pinto beans with no ideas on what to do with them, but I soaked a pound over night and I'm going to throw them in the crock pot with chicken broth, spicy bratwurst chopped up, stewed tomatoes, chopped onion and some seasonings like garlic, cumin, salt and pepper. I think I'll serve them with corn bread and hope for the best. Very cheap dinner, it will feed everyone for under 5.00 and I'm betting there will be leftovers for hubbys lunch tomorrow.

 

[lizardz]

Redfeathers, that sounds great. I'm doing my weekly menus and was trying to figure out something for Sunday's dinner and I do believe that will hit the spot just right! And, yes, I'm one of those people who plans my menu out about a week in advance - otherwise I go shopping and come home with lots of groceries, but nothing for supper! Also, it makes it so I only need to go shopping once a week! Thank you all for all the wonderful ideas/recipes you've shared - I've used many of them. There are days I read this thread and my mouth just waters everything sounds so good. Wish we all lived close enough that we could visit each other for dinner every now and then - of course, then I'd need to be buying tent fabric for my clothes

Have a wonderful day everyone - I'm off to finish my menus and grocery list and then shopping!
Liz

 

[Tutter]

Tonight is always baked potato night, but I don't really want that, so I've decided to do something similar and make 2ce baked potatoes, with a green salad. I will put all sorts of things in it, such as sour cream, sharp white cheddar, and chives from the garden.

One thing I always do is make 2ce as many as we'll eat. Then a 1/2 makes a great lunch, reheated, or even a side dish for another meal, if we like. I use large bakers, and fill full, so they are quite filling.

Lanissa, I don't know what all you like, but I have some ideas for your ground meat:

Cook with onion and olive oil, have with pasta just like that, with some parmesan.

Cook with onion, pepper etc., or not, add tomato sauce and have spaghetti, or other pasta, with it.

Do you like meatloaf?

Do you have Ramen soup? Cook meat with onions and Ramen flavor pack. Add some extra water and break some Ramen noodles up in the pan. Cook until noodles are done, but there's no liquid left. If you have frozen peas, they can be added near the end.

Cook meat with onions, or not, and add gravy. Have over pasta, rice or potatoes.

Cook meat and onions, and mushrooms if you've got them. Add sour cream and serve over pasta or rice.

Cook with onion, spice with chile powder, add crushed tomatoes if you have them, add beans and serve with corn bread.

How about making taco meat?

A hamburger? If you don't want the kind on a bun, or don't have them, you can serve the patty on the plate, and have parmesan noodles, or some such, on the side. Or, put the patty on bread, maybe with cheese and/or grilled onions, and cook the sandwich in a pan until brown.

Here's one I like. Cook meat with some tomato sauce, Italian spice etc. Basically almost like spaghetti sauce, only really, really thick. Cook out excess liquid. Put on bread....French is best, top with shredded mozzerella and put in the oven. We call them "bread pizzas." Regular white bread might get soggy, but you can play with it.

Make meatballs and add pizza/spaghetti sauce. Serve on rolls for meatball sandwiches.

Those are just some starting points, not counting casseroles or soups. I just mentioned a few ingredients, but many of those could have celery, garlic, various spices and vegetables added, depending what you like, and have in the house.

Thanks for the recipe, Texasreb!

Lizardz, I make menus, too!

 

[DaveMN]

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sauerkraut casserole/hotdish?

being i live in minnesota i always have a couple of cans of cream of something soup and a can/jar of sauerkraut on hand.
kraut, cream of mushroom/celery soup, ground beef and some lasagna noodles are the ingredients minus spices.


with it being cool and damp today i will probably make something spicy for supper tonight. Most likely it will be Red Rat Curry with coconut milk.

 

[ninjapoodles]

This is a HUGE favorite in my family, and you probably have everything you need right on hand. In this case, I made it into a Shepherd's Pie, but there are lots of things you can do with this "mince stew." I've made it with ground beef and ground venison. YUM.

"New Zealand" Shepherd's Pie

"Husband's Delight" (I KNOW, it comes from a 1943 cookbook) Casserole is also a sure winner, but you'd need to have sour cream and cream cheese on hand.