Monday: *steamed artichokes with remoulade sauce*red beans and rice with andouille sausage*angel food cake with fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream Tuesday: *out of town for business; plan to eat at BBQ restaurant Wednesday: *homemade stroganoff (click and scroll down to “Deanna’s Stroganoff for recipe) from freezer*candied carrots*salad Thursday: *chicken fajitas*black beans/corn/diced tomatoes/green chilies*chips and…
Menu Plan Monday…
Monday: stroganoff made with leftover brisket from this weekendsaladhomemade sourdough bread Tuesday: hot dogs (have a few packages in the bottom of the deep freeze)baked beanschips and dip Wednesday: choir rehearsal so everyone’s on their own Thursday: date night at Papa Gjorgjo’s Italian restaurant Friday: homemade broccoli cheese souphomemade whole wheat bread *if you followed…
Stoup…
“Stoup…thicker than a soup, thinner than a stew”, as Rachael Ray says. Tonight I made *stoup* in part because I had several items that I wanted to use up. First I sautéed a thinly sliced onion in a bit of olive oil. When softened I added about a tablespoon of brown sugar to help carmelize…
More using stuff up…
I made chicken enchiladas this afternoon so I could send a pan with my parents who are going to see my brother and his family tomorrow (I actually made two pans so Chris is eating some tonight while David and I go out on our *date night*). It was his birthday yesterday and he loves…
Ham in Cream Sauce…
Ham in Cream Sauce Melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in skillet. Add about a tablespoon of finely diced onion, season with garlic salt, pepper, lemon pepper, and Creole seasoning. Stir over med. heat until onions are softened. Slowly add about 2 cups of half and half, milk and/or cream (at least part of…
A little of this, a little of that…
Last night I went out to dinner with friends but made a pot of soup for Chris before I left (David had a class and wasn’t home for dinner, either). I had some for lunch today and Chris can have some tonight (David is in Enid and won’t be home until late; I have choir…
Another winner…
…in my self-imposed challenge to avoid the grocery store and use up what we have. I had quite a bit of leftover ham at Thanksgiving which I packaged up in small amounts and vacuum-sealed with my Food Saver then froze. For dinner tonight I thawed one of those packages and chopped about half of it…
And what shall we name this dish?…
It’s a common enough game around here. I throw some ingredients in a pot, it turns out rather tasty and then we try to decide what to name it. We also take bets on whether we’ll ever have it again. I started out with the intention of making a simple vegetable soup tonight. I put…
Roast beast…
I’ve got a meeting at 6 p.m. tonight so needed something I could put in the crockpot for everyone to serve themselves when it fits their schedule. I had a roast in the freezer so that is what I decided to cook. I had about 1/2 cup of Merlot which was past its drinking prime…