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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:47 PM
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Tonight's meal: Beef vegetable soup and homemade biscuits.
The soup is simmering now with a variety of seasonings, chunks of Yukon Gold potatoes, zucchini, carrots, and peas. I also took the last of the leftover Shepherd's Pie and dumped it into the soup pot. The meat, gravy, and vegetables will add flavor, and the mashed potatoes will dissolve and thicken the soup.

I baked biscuits this morning for a biscuits, sausage and gravy breakfast; there are several left that will go nicely with the soup.

I'm drinking a Pyramid Snow Cap right now.

It's chilly out, but the sky is a brilliant blue.

You?
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:48 PM
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1. Fajita beef soup
rolls and chocolate cake.

Lelapin and ZombieNixon drove up for dinner. :)
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:50 PM
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2. Mmmm...that sounds good! Do you put tortilla strips on top?
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:18 PM
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7. I should
but didn't have any. Harry & David sells the mix. But it's basically dried beans, fajita seasonings, peppers, onions and ground beef.

:)
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:50 PM
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3. sounds kinda good
:9
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:20 PM
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18. It was.
:)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:52 PM
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4. Pulled pork sammiches with homemade french fries (skin on)
And some sort of vegetable.

Courtesy of my husband, who decided to cook today.

:woohoo:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:20 PM
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19. Oh, yum! That sounds delicious.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:52 PM
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5. Homemade bbq chicken, smashed taters, stir fried green beans. A cookie and a bottle of:
Jeremiahs Red from a local vineyard: http://www.stableridgevineyards.com/tasting-room.htm
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:21 PM
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20. Okay, I already ate supper, but now I'm hungry again!
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 06:53 PM
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6. I made a big sunday lunch.... just picking at stuff in the fridge for supper
we had grilled pork loin, rice pilaf, corn, and sauteed brussel sprouts w/ mushrooms
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:21 PM
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21. I love pork loin. That's probably what I'd be picking at!
:hi:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:20 PM
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8. You had me at biscuits, sausage and gravy.
:9

My dinner? Just a turkey sandwich, some chips and cookies.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:22 PM
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22. "Just" a turkey sandwich, chips, and cookies?
Sounds perfect to me.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:21 PM
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9. mine
chicken pot pie, marie callendar

:9
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:22 PM
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23. Not bad a-tall.
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:22 PM
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10. I made spaghetti tonight...
Edited on Sun Oct-21-07 07:23 PM by Scooter24
with fresh garlic bread and a small salad. Just didn't feel like doing something elaborate.

:hi:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:20 PM
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17. Elaborate or not, there's an awful lot of comfort in a good spaghetti dinner!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:25 PM
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11. I am having pizza right now.
Meatball and onion. :)
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:23 PM
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24. Delicious! I was in the mood for pizza last night, but we wound up having sandwiches.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:26 PM
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12. I helped cook dinner for 100 people all day yesterday
I think I'll open up a can of soup tonight. I don't even want to think about cooking...:crazy:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:48 PM
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14. Now I'm curious
tell us more about your culinary escapade.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 01:31 AM
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37. Because I'm a lazy typist
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7056582&mesg_id=7057883

Though I do have something to add - if you cut yourself, you not only have to put a bandaid on it, but a little finger condom. Not that I know from firsthand experience or anything. :eyes:


:hug:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:24 PM
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25. I don't blame you!
What did you cook, and who did you cook for?
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 01:28 AM
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36. It was a UU conference
and we cooked in one of the culinary arts kitchens in the best college here that teaches it. It was sooooooo cool. :D

Hmmm...if I can remember it all...we had apricot and brie empanadas, kebabs, and smoked salmon and bruschetta (not together!) on crostini for appetizers; main entrees were grilled salmon in blueberry sauce, curried veggies, rice pilaf, chicken breast stuffed with all sorts of goodies (feta, spinach, sun dried tomatoes...a couple of other things I can't remember) in a peppercorn sauce, maple glazed roast veggies...

It was an enjoyable and enlightening experience. I was definitely not made to be a chef, though. ;)
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:31 PM
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13. Slices or Kalamata olive bread and pilsner beer
Having a light dinner.

Because I had tuna steaks, basmati rice, and arugula salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing for lunch.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:24 PM
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26. Bread and beer, the staples of life.
Your lunch sounds damn good too.
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:54 PM
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15. You are SOOOO speaking my language now
there is nothing on this earth like a good vegetable beef soup...and with biscuits, well shit...
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:25 PM
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27. There's some soup leftover, but if you want biscuits, I'll have to make some fresh.
:hi:
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:55 PM
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35. Oh, I can get a hold of biscuits...but just give me some of that soup
Edited on Sun Oct-21-07 09:57 PM by TK421
:pals: My mom used to make vegetable soup. She used lima beans, crushed tomatoes, turnips, green beans, carrots, and potatoes.

edited to add: she tossed in a rib-eye to stew along with the rest of the soup ( and my siblings and I used to fight over who got the pieces of meat..just so we could dip it in the Guldens Mustard ) :9
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:59 PM
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16. ranch food - beef (pot roast), beans, and tortillas
chopped onions and a little grated cheese, el pato. that's it. (I'm tired because I had to ride on the neighbors' because OMG there were cattle on their property! Not mine and not through my fence (yay! - they usually are) I should open a bottle of something to celebrate that!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:26 PM
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28. Mmmm...filling, comforting, and yummy!
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:27 PM
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29. Yum! We had lasagna and pears with rum raisin sauce
I wish I could make decent homemade biscuits.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:42 PM
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33. That sounds SO good. Have you got a recipe for those pears?
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 06:16 AM
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38. Here ya go
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/231667

I had a boatload of fresh pears on my hand and needed some new recipes. This one came together at the very end. I mean it didn't taste really good until the syrup thickened, so have faith.

Now I need a recipe for the rest of the pears....
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:28 PM
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30. That sounds good
I made grilled chicken and homemade jalapeno poppers.

It was too warm for soup today, but I loves me some homemade soup.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:42 PM
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34. Yours sounds good too. I love jalepeno poppers.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:33 PM
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31. Ours was kinda spread out from 4:00 to 9:30 tonight...
We spent a lazy afternoon catching up on our TV-watching,
while I made food one plateful at a time.

I fried some green tomatos in jabañero butter...
then some paneer...
then some porotta bread...
and finally finished off the last of our cheddar-jalapeño bread
by making some grilled cheese sandwiches.

Sweetie is off to bed; I stuck a small chicken in the oven
for my Midnight Snack.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 09:42 PM
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32. We do that sort of thing quite a bit on the weekends also.
It's fun!
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