TGIFriday, 5/20/2011, Whats on the menu today?

[lilbopeep]

chicken or tacos.

Any plans?

 

[Mama]

I've got a whole chicken. I think I'm gonna roast it. Maybe some sweet potato dumplins and creamed spinach to go with it.

 

[JoeV]

Me and DW both had a very busy week, so I think tonight we'll support a local eatery for dinner. The rain stopped (FINALLY), so we're attacking the fields that used to be a lawn, in the hopes of regaining control over them.

 

[luvs]

i suppose i'll thaw some chix. i'm so sleepy, yet. reese's pieces & can after can of caffeine-free diet coke sounding better & better by the minute.

 

[Carolina Cooking]

chicken or tacos.

Any plans?

this is funny. I picked up 10 whole fryers at Food Lion . And fix'ins for taco's. And nachos.

 

[lilbopeep]

this is funny. I picked up 10 whole fryers at Food Lion . And fix'ins for taco's. And nachos.

I think chicken is the winner!

 

[Nancy-MD]

Ten whole fryers! Holy cow! Or holy chicken! LOL

I was thinking about tacos tonight too.

 

[Carolina Cooking]

Ten whole fryers! Holy cow! Or holy chicken! LOL

I was thinking about tacos tonight too.

lol x10 lol

I always buy them@.89 lb.Thats pretty much the only time in go in Food Lion.

I have a small freezer too. I will say it is full of flour . 2 turkeys & 10 chickens lol. well I do some bagged vegs & I buy fruit in bags too.

 

[QSis]

I have to finish up the last of my meatballs so I bought a sub roll to have that with it tonight.

Lee

 

[lilbopeep]

I have to finish up the last of my meatballs so I bought a sub roll to have that with it tonight.

Lee

Meatball parm!!

 

[Nancy-MD]

lol x10 lol

I always buy them@.89 lb.Thats pretty much the only time in go in Food Lion.

I have a small freezer too. I will say it is full of flour . 2 turkeys & 10 chickens lol. well I do some bagged vegs & I buy fruit in bags too.

Well at least when you cook a whole chicken there's lots of different meals you can make with the leftover meat. Cook one, eat a million times! LOL
You got a great deal on that sale!

 

[CaliforniaCook]

My version of spanokopita burgers with ground beef, egg, diced red onion, bread cumbs, Italian seasoning (wish I had Greek), sun-dried tomatoes, Feta cheese & spinach on onion rolls. Lemon/oregano roasted/baked fries on the side. Lotsa fruit in the house - kiwi, strawberries, assorted cut up melon & lemon pound cake for dessert

 

[mhend]

DH is taking our son and a buddy of his bowling tonight and my little girl is gonna spend the night with her grandparents. So I have the night to myself. I'm going to grill some ribeyes and make some twice baked potatoes. YUM!

 

[Kimchee]

Tonight is FEND FOR YOURSELF NIGHT!
We have odds and ends of leftovers, and wife has a stress stomachache,
so probably won't be hungry...... until I have scarfed all the leftovers, LOL!
She can eat Campbells Chicken Noodle soup, ha!

 

[lilbopeep]

Change of plans. We tried a new pizza place. The Works pizza - pepperoni, sausage, bacon, peppers, onions and mushroom on a thin crust. It was ok but not over the top.

 

[Mama]

I've got a whole chicken. I think I'm gonna roast it. Maybe some sweet potato dumplins and creamed spinach to go with it.

Here's dinner. I made some of JoeV's honey wheat bread. I think my pans may be too big. They just don't look like JoeV's. They smell really good. It's going to be hard not to cut into one.

 

[Nancy-MD]

That looks wonderful, Mama. Your bread turned out beautiful.


I didn't cook after all, we got burgers from Hardees.

 

[cookingirl]

Hey Mama!!
Sweet potatoe dumplings??!!! I have never heard of them.. up here, Boston...
Sounds good! are they very sweet?

 

[Mama]

Thanks y'all and Yes ma'am, they are sweet. They could be a dessert. Really easy to make. You get those frozen yam patties in the freezer section, cut them in half, wrap them in a crescent roll. In a saucepan, heat together 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, 6 Tbsp. butter and 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch until the butter is melted and the sugar dissolved. Add 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla. Pour over the crescent rolls. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. They're really good with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top too.

 

[Carolina Cooking]

Mama
great plate of food.

I don't know how you didn't get into that bread lol

I am making his rye tomorrow. Its going to be 95` so I am in for the day. Might as well get in trouble



Nan
Hardee 's is the only fast food I will eat .Biscuits are good. Chicken is good. Burgers are good.

 

[Mama]

Thanks Carolina. I may need to stick with bread machine recipes. I just cut into one of the loaves and it was dense and chewy. Not light and cottony like I was hoping. For some reason my bread always turns out dense

 

[cookingirl]

Mama, I have never seen sweet tater patties up here.. When I make sweet potatoes, I jsut wrap in foil and bake, but yours look really good..
Wonder if I could jsut mash my baked taters with some s&p and butter, maybe a little brown sugar and wrap in the cresent roll.. and maybe serve with a drizzle of real maple syrup and vanilla ice cream???

 

[Carolina Cooking]

Thanks Carolina. I may need to stick with bread machine recipes. I just cut into one of the loaves and it was dense and chewy. Not light and cottony like I was hoping. For some reason my bread always turns out dense

I made white whole wheat one time. it went to the birds
I do plan on giving it another try soon. I have 3 or 4 recipes for it.

I have to use my BM.It does all the work for me.

 

[Mama]

Mama, I have never seen sweet tater patties up here.. When I make sweet potatoes, I jsut wrap in foil and bake, but yours look really good..
Wonder if I could jsut mash my baked taters with some s&p and butter, maybe a little brown sugar and wrap in the cresent roll.. and maybe serve with a drizzle of real maple syrup and vanilla ice cream???

This is what they look like. If you can't find them, you could probably just slice a yam into 1/2 to 3/4 inch slices and par bake them. Slice them in half and wrap. They don't need any seasoning. All of the seasoning is on the outside of the dumpling.

 

[mhend]

Looks delicious Mama. I want those dumplings!

I grilled ribeyes and made some twice-baked potatoes:

 

[Mama]

Thanks Mary...there's a couple left if you hurry...you really went went all out on your dinner

 

[mhend]

Thanks Mama. I have the evening to myself, so I didn't have to worry about what everybody else wanted. LOL!

 

[Nancy-MD]

I made white whole wheat one time. it went to the birds
I do plan on giving it another try soon. I have 3 or 4 recipes for it.

I have to use my BM.It does all the work for me.

I have tried using the white whole wheat flour and I just can't like it. The last thing I made was spritz cookies using wwwflour and Splenda. The entire batch of cookies went into the trash. Awful.

Ain't nothin' like the real thing.

Looks delicious Mama. I want those dumplings!

I grilled ribeyes and made some twice-baked potatoes:

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You are speaking my language with that meal. Awesome!

 

[mhend]

Thanks Nancy!

 

[cookingirl]

mhend--yum!