AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 05/07

Breaded chicken cutlets with veggies and lentils.

Ham, scalloped potatoes and roasted asparagus.

I have no idea. We had to go buy a dishwasher this am, because ours died yesterday. For some reason it zapped my energy. So, I'm gonna lobby for pizza.

I ended up finishing off the Mexican food last night, but I did get my chicken carcass into the crockpot. So tonight will be chicken soup of some sort.

I also need to put together some kind of frittata tonight that I can bake in the AM to take for brunch tomorrow at DS and his girlfriend's house. I remembered at the last minute that she doesn't eat pork, so I had to run to the store for turkey sausage crumbles. At least they were on sale.

leannec, I would love to be going to the ballet tonight and drinking wine!

Chicken and Dumplings!

We went to a graduation party today where they had a great taco bar. I won't be too hungry this evening, so it will be a fend for yourself evening if/when DH wants to eat this evening.

Today I made:
Korean Roast Chicken Thighs
Balsamic Chicken Thighs
Crock Pot Thai Chicken Thighs

Yea, I cook on Saturdays and then freeze it into mini meals.

All 3 of these recipes from Food.com were quite good. The Balsamic Chicken taste most excellent with scallop potatoes and a creamy salad dressing on greens. That Balsamic vinegar needs cream/fat on the tongue to taste perfect. This goes really well with rice also.

The Thai Chicken - I used the ingredients she listed, but didn't follow her recipe. I was hesitant about mixing peanut butter with a jarred salsa... but it was quite good. I would have never thought to mix those two ingredients together.

DH, DS and I are going out for dinner for Mother's Day. We're going to a new restaurant in town that has an English chef and specializes in sort of "elevated" English pub food, English beers and gin drinks. 

I am going to my first band event of the year - the awards ceremony.

So today, my son informs me that I "could" have been coming to all of his band competitions, etc., for months. How on earth did I miss this? What kind of terrible band mom am I? I will know better for next year.

At first, he told me that the food at the awards ceremony was not that great. Then he said that it was decent. So I guess we'll see. Ds' dad is coming as well. DS2 is happy because he will be "alone." I will feed him some type of fast food before I go.

Lisa

We just left a college graduation party for a niece who received her second degree (in nursing). It was in southern Maine and the menu included lobster rolls, clam chowder, pulled pork, and bbq chicken legs along with salads. It was delicious! I have popcorn on my mind and may have some later if I'm hungry.

Pan seared ribeye, sautéed green beans, roasted new potatoes and Caesar salad.

Tonight is our Mother's Day celebration meal due to schedules. I have all four of my sons under my roof for Mother's Day for the first time in five years. Plus my mama and my husband. Tonight is surf and turf -- ribeyes and crab legs! Plus mac & cheese, baked potatoes, and collard greens. A weird menu I know, but I tried to accommodate everyone's favorites. Desserts are cheesecake, chocolate crunch pie, and salted caramel oreo icebox dessert. We are toasting with Ginja from Portugal served in dark chocolate cups -- courtesy of the Navy boy who just returned from deployment. I am one happy mama tonight!

Tomorrow, we will do a fancy brunch because two have to be on the road early. So up early for Mimosas while we cook brunch together! Did I say I'm happy to have them all here?!? Lol.

That's great that you can all be together! Enjoy dinner and brunch!

We went out for Vietnamese: salt and pepper squid, honey chicken (ok that's more "Aussie Chinese" than Vietnamese, but whatever!), soft shell crab, fried rice. Delicious but I ate too much.