AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 02/19

I'm here!!!

My plan was for inside out egg rolls but dh and dd decided they wanted 'real' egg rolls. They bought wrappers yesterday and they aren't really bad, calorie wise, but I refuse to fry them. I told them they will be baked. But now I'm wondering if the recipe I found (maybe linked here?) is going to be too 'saucy' for filling wrappers. Ugh. I wish they'd just get on board with what I want...LMAO!!!  So we're having some kind of egg roll or filling for dinner. They will have ground pork and shrimp along with the cabbage and carrots. 

And because of my desire to make this recipe and deciding to shred the cabbage and carrots myself dh and I had to go on a huge search (have I mentioned he's the king of organization?) for the slicer/shredder attachment for my Kitchen Aid this morning. He insisted he'd never seen it before. I insisted it was still in the original box. Care to guess who was right and who put it in a storage bin labeled "sewing machine"?  In his defense the sewing machine was in there as well!  I love my husband but oh.my.goodness. he tests my patience sometimes!  Oh, and we still haven't found the vase he bought about 9 months ago to replace all of the other vases that have somehow disappeared!!  

We're having funeral sandwiches, roasted potatoes, and.... I don't know, but you can assume it won't be a salad.

And can I say I'm so grateful for our quiet little corner on the interwebz?

I totally understand. Things might get a bit heated around here during election time, but it's only for a few weeks and as soon as the election is over, everything settles down. And I can't even begin to describe how grateful I am for that. We have an election this coming autumn, and no one will start campaigning until late summer.

I use my instant pot today and cooked a gammon joint and new potatoes, we had that with peas and parsley sauce.

I used to do what I called "slow cooker Sunday" every week, but somehow I fell off the path. Picking it up today -- I have split pea soup going, and I bought a nice loaf of whole grain bread at the grocery store today to go with it. Since dinner is "done," I'm having a glass of wine and reading. It's smelling pretty good in my house right now!!

Tonight I'm doing Italian sausage and sauce. DH's mouth is still too tender for pizza and he's pining for Italian, so pasta it is.







My DH and DD used to do this to me, or at least, they tried. If they wanted something different, then they had to make it. When it comes to choosing what to have, I invite their opinion when I'm making out my weekly menu, but even then I give them a list of what I'm willing to make. DH is grateful to have dinner cooked, so he doesn't mind; DD is usually willing to cook at least 2 meals a week when she's home, sometimes more.

Marcy

I thought the same thing. It sounds so good! Well, except for the peas. Peas, the vegetable, not the message board kind, are evil.

mlana...dh does way more cooking than I do. I did make egg rolls but it was no more work...took about 5 minutes to roll them and toss them in the oven!! And the rave reviews made it well worth my time!!

It's a drizzly day here and it's supposed to rain like the dickens later tonight. I've got a beef stew simmering and the rolls are rising. I'm thinking of making a mixed berry cobbler for dessert.

What a great idea!  I am going to start this next week.  Thanks for the idea.
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DH just kind of pulled stuff from the freezer, so we're having chicken schnitzel, rice, beets, and a green salad. Not too bad for off top of his head.

I made Chicken Marsala over pasta with sauteed asparagus. Publix was sampling this Friday night and I really enjoyed it. I will make it again.