What's for dinner?

[loquere]

Originally Posted by sereneone4u

Leftover chicken shawarma, Jerusalem salad, hummus and pita bread.

That sounds great! I'm gonna google images.

[loquere]

Originally Posted by Tio_Narratore

Back to some earlier posts...

I was in Costa Rica a few years ago and ate at a restaurant where the dish "gallo pintado" was translated as "painted cock."

But for tonight, I'm making Swedish meatballs and broad noodles with lingonberries on the side.

Swedish meatballs are really good. Lingonberries, I have no clue what those are.

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

Tonight it what we called soy chicken, mac & cheese, corn on the cob and crescent rolls.
Soy chicken is chicken marinated and cooked in a marinade of soy sauce, apple cider vinegar and brown sugar. I add a dash of sriracha too.

[loquere]

I had a burrito bowl and nacho chips.

It was huge, chicken beef and guacamole.

[loquere]

Originally Posted by CoffeeWithMonkeys

Tonight it what we called soy chicken, mac & cheese, corn on the cob and crescent rolls.
Soy chicken is chicken marinated and cooked in a marinade of soy sauce, apple cider vinegar and brown sugar. I add a dash of sriracha too.

Is the Mac and cheese made like a casserole?

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

Originally Posted by loquere

Is the Mac and cheese made like a casserole?

Nope completely cheated and it's Annie's boxed mac and cheese.
I LOVE homemade baked mac and cheese, tons of sharp cheddar, butter and heavy cream, but most of my kids prefer this boxed crap over the real stuff :/

[loquere]

Originally Posted by CoffeeWithMonkeys

Nope completely cheated and it's Annie's boxed mac and cheese.
I LOVE homemade baked mac and cheese, tons of sharp cheddar, butter and heavy cream, but most of my kids prefer this boxed crap over the real stuff :/

Most of your kids? How many kids do you have?

[sereneone4u]

Originally Posted by loquere

That sounds great! I'm gonna google images.

I will take some pictures. 🙂

[loquere]

Originally Posted by sereneone4u

I will take some pictures. 🙂

Thank you.

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

Originally Posted by loquere

Most of your kids? How many kids do you have?

Well...
me and my now ex husband had 8. My oldest is 28, married and lives in California, my youngest were twins and one of them passed away when she was 3. I still have 5 at home, one lives with her dad.
BUT I always have a random kid or two here. I had legal guardianship of one of my kid's friends when her dad overdosed on Christmas 2015 and we couldn't find her mom. She was only about 6 months of turning 18 so I was her legal guardian for those months, but she still calls me mom and I do what I can for her.
And her boyfriend is the same except I've never had any sort of legal custody of him. His dad is an alcoholic and his mom moved away, got married and started a new family, so he's my son now too.
And there are so many other kids. I can't go anywhere in my town without hearing Hi mom. Makes me happy. I don't have much, but what I do have they know they are welcome to share.

I usually make dinner expecting to have someone show up looking to eat. I can't turn kids away.

[MagicaPractica]

Salad, burger with cheese and roasted red pepper relish. and oven fries. I didn't know about pics so none tonight.

[loquere]

Originally Posted by CoffeeWithMonkeys

Well...
me and my now ex husband had 8. My oldest is 28, married and lives in California, my youngest were twins and one of them passed away when she was 3. I still have 5 at home, one lives with her dad.
BUT I always have a random kid or two here. I had legal guardianship of one of my kid's friends when her dad overdosed on Christmas 2015 and we couldn't find her mom. She was only about 6 months of turning 18 so I was her legal guardian for those months, but she still calls me mom and I do what I can for her.
And her boyfriend is the same except I've never had any sort of legal custody of him. His dad is an alcoholic and his mom moved away, got married and started a new family, so he's my son now too.
And there are so many other kids. I can't go anywhere in my town without hearing Hi mom. Makes me happy. I don't have much, but what I do have they know they are welcome to share.

I usually make dinner expecting to have someone show up looking to eat. I can't turn kids away.

You sound like a really nice person, it's takes a really kind soul to open up there home and heart like you have.

..... Do you put bread crumbs in the Mac casserole you make from scratch?

[loquere]

Originally Posted by ChloeTzang

Curried chicken with green peas and pasta with steamed chinese vegetables. Slow cooking the chicken now and it smells divine!

This looks great! THank you!

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

Originally Posted by loquere

You sound like a really nice person, it's takes a really kind soul to open up there home and heart like you have.

..... Do you put bread crumbs in the Mac casserole you make from scratch?

Thanks! I try. I hate to see these kids basically thrown away by what is supposed to be their parents. And they are all really great kids when you get to know them.

I do when I'm cooking for a holiday or just sometimes to make it special. But usually just on top. Sometimes though we're lucky to get something actually cooked and everyone fed! Just depends on the day.
I worked in food service, catering, for over ten years, some days I love to cook, some days I don't even want to be in the kitchen!

[loquere]

Originally Posted by CoffeeWithMonkeys

Thanks! I try. I hate to see these kids basically thrown away by what is supposed to be their parents. And they are all really great kids when you get to know them.

I do when I'm cooking for a holiday or just sometimes to make it special. But usually just on top. Sometimes though we're lucky to get something actually cooked and everyone fed! Just depends on the day.
I worked in food service, catering, for over ten years, some days I love to cook, some days I don't even want to be in the kitchen!

I agree, cooking can be burdensome at times, especially after a long stressful day at work.

There is this great frozen chicken pot pie I'm mildly addicted to.

[ChloeTzang]

Originally Posted by loquere

This looks great! THank you!

It was, and really easy. I usually buy bulk packs of chicken and just divide them up, put in freezer bags and freeze for whenever. I always have a couple of freezer bags of chicken breasts I diced before I froze them so I can just toss them in when I'm short of time. Don't even bother defrosting them, the small pieces defrost fast enough when they're cooking

Pull them out, roll them in a bit of cornflour or whatever and sear along with some diced onions, throw in water, curry powder to taste (I like kind of medium hot, my partner likes this volcanic lava type heat so I take mine out first and then spice his up and then he takes it from there.... yikes!) and whatever else you want to add. Peas looks good but honestly, I throw in anything lying around that I feel like.

And of course there's ALWAYS steamed rice - got that from my Mom. No meal is complete without steamed rice if you have any chinese genes at all. You can have potatotos and all that other stuff, that's okay, but you gotta gotta gotta have steamed rice! And chinese steamed rice is so easy to make.

[MagicaPractica]

Dinner was a burger, fried cauliflower and a large glass of red wine, out with friends.

[SamScribble]

Supper will be (a wee way to go yet) a tian of tuna (tuna, tiny cubes of potato, garden peas, capers. etc, in a light mayo) with cos lettuce, heritage tomatoes, and slices of capsicum on the side. Damn, I'm hungry now.

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

Originally Posted by loquere

I agree, cooking can be burdensome at times, especially after a long stressful day at work.

There is this great frozen chicken pot pie I'm mildly addicted to.

I don't work anymore, on disability now and that's why we decided to start volunteering at the church a couple blocks away, but I did hate cooking when I did work especially because I worked in food service so I would cook all day at work, then come home and have to cook!

My sleeping schedule is all messed up so I was snoozing at dinner time tonight. My 16 year old son went and got the stuff to make chili cheese dogs and them made them for everyone!

[MagicaPractica]

Okay, Sunday dinner tonight was chicken marinated in Italian dressing for a couple days then grilled on low for forty minutes, with potatoes - sliced thin and drizzled with garlic butter and layered with sharp cheddar cheese then covered and baked on the grill along with the chicken, and steamed broccoli. For dessert, Bailey's chocolate cheesecake, steamed in ramekins in a water bath in the oven. No crust.

[loquere]

Barbeque pork ribs and potatoe salad.

[loquere]

Originally Posted by MagicaPractica

Okay, Sunday dinner tonight was chicken marinated in Italian dressing for a couple days then grilled on low for forty minutes, with potatoes - sliced thin and drizzled with garlic butter and layered with sharp cheddar cheese then covered and baked on the grill along with the chicken, and steamed broccoli. For dessert, Bailey's chocolate cheesecake, steamed in ramekins in a water bath in the oven. No crust.

Jesus MP. What the fuck? Please don't write porn on this thread. No seriously that meal is hot! Recipes please.

.....What's sharp cheddar?

[ChloeTzang]

Originally Posted by loquere

Jesus MP. What the fuck? Please don't write porn on this thread. No seriously that meal is hot! Recipes please.

.....What's sharp cheddar?

No kidding. Next time you decide to do that just pm me and we'll come on down with the wine. Lol

[loquere]

Originally Posted by ChloeTzang

No kidding. Next time you decide to do that just pm me and we'll come on down with the wine. Lol

You mean MP right?

[MagicaPractica]

Originally Posted by loquere

Jesus MP. What the fuck? Please don't write porn on this thread. No seriously that meal is hot! Recipes please.

.....What's sharp cheddar?

That WAS the recipe, except for the cheesecake. I kinda wing it a lot. I'll post the recipe for that soon. I thought the Bailey's was too strong, it's better with Kahlua.

What's sharp cheddar? Seriously? Um, basically aged. The longer it's aged the stronger the bite.