akathys What's for Dinner 5/2

I have news! I am going to Vancouver on Friday for the weekend.

We never eat outside so it doesn’t matter what plates we use because we always have kitchen plates.

Dinner tonight could be anything because my dad is still sick.

sueg. Does white asparagus taste any different than green?

When I lived in my old house, I had outdoor plates. They were fun, bright colors and had ice cream and popsicle images on them. Now I don't have any anymore, however, I have so much fiestaware, there's no way I could possibly justify more plates! I think Jeremy would divorce me. LOL!

scrapmaven, life's too short to waste it on puzzles you don't like!

I'm so glad you are feeling better christine58

I've been working in my office all morning. Nothing fun, just pulling audit documents. The auditors keep telling me they will be done in 2 weeks. We can only hope. I've been under audit for 7 months now and I'm over it.

Tonight I will make steaks, corn and mashed potatoes. And I will finally throw away all the dead flowers. Today is Chloe's birthday. She wanted to go out with her fiance tonight and celebrate, but she wants to come to dinner tomorrow. I promised her I would make her favorite, enchiladas. So that's what's for dinner tomorrow night. My problem is that I need a clean space for people to actually eat. Sigh. Every surface in my house has flowers (most dead now) and plants (I'm killing them slower) and it's getting a bit annoying.

We have 12 monkey pod square *plates* that we use outside. My sister got them in Singapore in the late 70's. They are huge ~ think at least 12"x12". They are perfect for a large crowd in case some people have to set them on their lap to eat.

Dinner tonight will be grilled chicken breasts. Going to try a new recipe which includes brining them.

Happy Monday! Today is overcast, warm and humid. Perfect day to stay home and get things done! This week is much less hectic so I am planning to knock out some of the never-ending to-do list.

Today is laundry, a few phone calls, then sewing time! Pulled out a tunic that I cut out during Covid but never made and will get going on that this afternoon.

As for eating dinner outside, we don't unless it is at a restaurant. It's too hot/humid here, not to mention we live close to a freeway so the road noise and pollution. If we did though, I would have a cute set of melamine dishes just for outdoor dining!

Last night I made fried green tomatoes & hush puppies for DH and some fried okra for myself, pairing it with leftovers from the grill from Sat. night. Tonight will be a salad and the last of the tenderloin tips that I grilled.

Dinner is rechauffe Chicken Ziti Broccoli from saturday, and also roasted rack of pork from last night....

I'll make a salad to go with!!

If we eat outside it is paper plates and plastic silverware ALL THE WAY!!!!!

No she doesn't do either of those things, despite my nudging. She does like to color.

Grilling steak serving green beans and garlic noodles.
We eat outside very little I hate bugs but when we do I just use my regular dinnerware.

Maybe won ton soup tonight since I didn’t make it last week.

We never eat outside at my house. At my sister’s, she has outdoor dishes. At my brother’s, he just uses the good china. He doesn’t care.

Happy birthday to Chloe! jeremysgirl

Hi ladies. Just a quick drop by.

I’m at a charity golf tournament today at a schwanky country club. It’s been storming all morning. It lightened up enough that they are playing. But this evening we have one of those apocalyptic storm systems coming through. So my anxiety is so far up there. I’ll try to come back and read everyone’s updates later.

Dinner tonight if I’m not hiding in a closet is probably Mac and cheese.

Hey all - still testing negative, so go me! Daughter still feeling pretty off - I think the lack of sleep from coughing/stuffed up is bothering her more than anything. She was just coming off end of term finals, so was already sleep deprived. Dinner tonight is pesto chicken. And we use our regular plates for eating out, but have special placemats/napkins.

Another early morning with appointments and errands for me. Now I get to relax and play for the rest of the day. 

We eat outside quite a bit but use our everyday dishes. I keep looking at the pretty sets at HomeGoods and other places, but I know I could never train DH that one set is indoor/one outdoor and he will just pull whatever catches his eye out of the cupboard. So if I need to set the outdoor table for 6, there is a good chance a few outdoor plates would be in the dishwasher even if we haven't eaten outside for a week. It drive me nuts, but he is also known to use a small serving bowl or rubbermaid container as his plate.

If I'm feeding more than 25 then we get paper plates.

We are have a shrimp stir-fry with udon noodles in a peanut sauce for dinner.

bc2ca said: but I know I could never train DH that one set is indoor/one outdoor and he will just pull whatever catches his eye out of the cupboard.

This cracked me up. It wouldn't matter what I bought, Jeremy will be eating his dinner on the lapis blue bowl plate. No exceptions. No way I could train him.