aKathy's What's for Dinner? 11/22

Leftovers from last nights Spaghetti Cheese Casserole. I made extra because DS is home, too!

Oh Geez, I don't know   

Dd#1 had her choice last night so it should be dd#2's choice tonight ... that usually means grilled burgers ... I'll make some baked home fries and some sort of salad as well ... 

The plan could change though   

Oh, I don't know. I've got to try and figure out how to make stuffing from GF bread, and make a pie. We've still got leftovers, so I'll rustle something up from the fridge. Food holidays wear me out!

I'm glad you all have your boys back home with you. cadoodlebug, there's no fog down this way at all. Very bright and sunny out there. Tell him to get on the road already.

I will probably have a frozen pizza I picked up the other day. I need to do some cooking for tomorrow (taking it to my brother's house) and that's enough cooking for this gal.

DS is home! He said there was fog almost the whole way on I-5 but it wasn't so thick you couldn't see the car in front of you. So happy he's home!

Pot roast and vegetables. I have some little I have some little potatoes I can roast in with it as well. I don't really want to make this for dinner as I don't like using the oven. I don't cook with it often and it makes me nervous. I hope it turns out ok.

The planned mac and cheese dinner never happened last night, so maybe that's a good idea for this evening.

I decorated for Christmas this morning. We don't do nearly as much as we used to. I have my snowman collection up, lights around the fireplace, and several wreathes indoors and out. I have a small table top tree, but it's out in the barn. DH says he'll get it, that was four hours ago and he's still watching basketball. Oh well. I can't begrudge the man his time. He works very hard and doesn't get much time off.

Overall, I'm pretty relaxed. We do a big family/friends meal tomorrow, but I only have to bring sides and it's a very relaxed and low key event.

Happy to read that so many of you are getting settled in with family.

I did! And thank you very much for posting it. I plan to make it for us tonight. My dad just got home from grocery shopping now. (Vegetables...)

scrapmaven .....Although you'll enjoy being with your wonderful family, watching a large group of people eating sounds VERY difficult....even moreso on a holiday that mostly centers around FOOD......      ((( hugs ))))   On a lighter note,  I'm happy you're enjoying your 2 sons!  

scrappert .....Jax is SO cute!!!     Hope he doesn't pee on your tree !  I wonder if our guy ever did that as a puppy, and we didn't know...yup, he probably did!  LOL!    


We're having leftover carne guisada.....like many dishes, it's even BETTER on the second night with all the flavors more melded.  

My dad likes wine and he has a lot of wine to use up in his lifetime. (I mean a lot). I suggested he put some wine into the beef stock around the pot roast. He likes the idea, he likes it when I cook with wine as he likes the taste, and is now arguing when to put it in. Um how about now? He asked me "when do you want to put it in?" and my response was "whenever you bring up a bottle from downstairs). I don't know the "good wine" from the "everyday wine". I am not that cultured I guess. To me it's either red or white and if it tastes good that's a bonus. (I frustrate him with my lack of interest in alcohol.)

For our dining pleasure this evening we had baked peppers with really good stuff inside. And the wonderful part was it was cooked by my daughter........

Happy Wednesday Everybody,

Hi, well we ate the pot roast and I used 3 different recipes to make it. I would give it a solid 8.5 out of 10 for it. Have I had better pot roast? No. Have I had better food? Yes. Was it excellent? Yes, and very, I might add. I thought it was so good and it was really filling. My son and Dad both liked it, too. DS didn't talk that much at dinner because he is going through a major life change right now (job change) and that is stressing him out. My dad thought it was excellent. I don't know that my mother ever made it better than that. (Sorry, Mom. I love you!) I will definitely make that again. It was so easy and there is no downside to this meal. There is a little bit of meat and potato leftover for DS to take for lunch tomorrow. (Dad is back on the diet he told me at dinner... he also told me that he didn't care that much about his weight but wants to starve himself. Ok. I will watch him for a few days and then encourage him to eat better. He doesn't need to lose weight and just because DS is skinny doesn't mean that Dad needs to be as well.)

I had planned on doing soup and grilled cheese but had a craving for breakfast. So I made a casserole that had biscuits, ground sausage, cheese, eggs, and gravy. I could eat breakfast food all day long.