What's for Dinner?

[hezzier]

DH left, I am seriously unmotivated to cook...I am not setting a good example for my kids.

Going to the store to buy a beef roast and force myself to cook.

[Janelle205]

Attempting stroganoff, except a Mexican-ish chicken version, served over rice. 

We'll see.

[GoingNuts]

Chicken parm, bakes potato, green beans.

[BensMom]

I made "Sunny Chicken" recipe from the Parade Magazine section of the paper yesterday. It's tumeric chicken and you cook it in a pot with rice. It calls for a whole cut up chicken, which never really seems to turn out right for me. It was ok. I'm not a huge tumeric fan, but don't hate it and figured this would be something different, and it was. The recipe calls for allspice, which I hate, so I left it out. The chicken didn't really have any flavor, but if you cut it up small and just mixed it with the rice, it was ok. Made fresh green beans, so the bright yellow rice and the green beans made a pretty meal. I'm not sure anyone is really going to want the leftover chicken though. I might cut some of it up for chicken salad, or I might kind of shred it for lentils and chicken I'm making later in the week. I've discovered I really like lentils and need to find more ways to make them.

[Janelle205]

Made up stroganoff went well, though I think I need to thicken it just a bit more next time.  DS ate a TON of it. 

BensMom, I made a salad one year for Thanksgiving that had roasted butternut squash and lentils.  I couldn't eat it, but it was pretty popular.  I'll see if I can find the recipe.

[GoingNuts]

Ooooh, I'd love to see that.  I seem to no longer be allergic to lentils, and am really enjoying them again. 

[Macabre]

A relleno. At work. And Diet Coke, because I need to wake up.

[BensMom]

I'm already tired of "summer" cooking. I do much better with chilis, stews, soups, etc. I don't know what to make for dinner this week and it's much better if I plan my whole week's dinners on Sunday. Otherwise "what to have for dinner" occupies way too much space in my brain.

[GoingNuts]

Tonight it's grilled portobellos and salad.

[BensMom]

I try to find more meatless meals, but I'm not a mushroom fan. There are lots of things I'm not a fan of actually. 

[hedgehog]

Tonight I had popcorn with garlic butter and a spiked iced latte. Just because I didn't feel like cooking what I had available, and didn't feel like going anywhere, either the grocery store or o pick up take out.

[BensMom]

Sounds good!

[Janelle205]

I love popcorn with extra seasoning.

Today at camp is spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, salad and rice krispie treats.

Dinner for Janelle is leftover Qdoba and I am so excited about that.  This is the first meal that I haven't made for myself since I left home five weeks ago.

[Macabre]

Pizza—the crust made from flour, baking powder, and Greek yogurt (plus salt and garlic powder). 

[SilverLining]

We have 2 grandkids staying with us. We suggested pizza for their last night (tonight). They decided pizza party...which means eating pizza while watching a movie. They chose Harry Potter 3 because "the girl blows up" and laughed.

I asked what toppings they wanted.....pickles. What the heck?

I decided we'd have watermelon pizza for desert. Went to buy a watermelon and dgs starts crying. Finally get him to talk and he says he wanted real pizza, not watermelon for dinner. Explained the watermelon pizza is for desert. He says "well, that's OK then". Lol

It's the Shepherd's pie all over again.