So, whats for dinner tonight?

Yes, I use about 1/2 can because it is so sweet (and freeze the leftover pie filling), slice some real apples and throw them in with a little water and cook it all day while I am gone. Works well with porkchops and the small boneless hams. I usually make stuffing to go with it and my boys really like it.

Thanks Mom! Don't worry! I have spent my life over a stove and have developed all kind of instincts. My wife doesn't understand how I can make up recipes in my head and then never remember how to do it a second time. One time a woman I was in CAD school with gave me a recipe for Cuban black beans from her Cuban Grandmother. She had to translate it from Spanish. It is labor intensive but comes out perfect every single time. It is written by hand and I treasure it!

So Roxy- it doesn't make the pork too sweet? I love pork tenderloin, and usually put it in the crok pot with bbq sauce until it falls apart. I need to fix a bunch of new stuff quickly, before my new tryglycerdie diet comes in the mail from the Doctor :lol:

Ever hear of Shnitz and Knepp? It is smoked pork cooked with dried apples. Its an Amish thing!

New one on me Frog. Bossy, the water helps and it is sweet but we like it. My uncle is a Chef who went to Johsnon and Wales and he made it for us when we were visiting... I should add the healthier version is to use applesauce. You may want to try that if you think the pie filling will be too sweet for you. Or use less pie filling and applesauce to make up the difference.

I love love love real cuban black beans and rice.

Thanks Roxy- am going to try that!! Once a year, several of our friends go to another town nearby and eat at the Amish house. You go down in their basment and they have their kitcken ther and cook all sorts of wonderful stuff, plus have a little shelf by the register where you can but their seasoning and noodles- yum-I can hear the tryglycerides screaming now.. :lol: Karen

LEt me know if you liked it. There was an awsome Amish restaurant when we would go to our timeshare in Sarasota, FL. They would sell their desserts and to this day I can taste their peanutbutter pie and key lime pie if I just think about it.

You guys are killing me as i sit here with a bowl of soup

Key Lime pie-yum!!

Guess I will have oatmeal to satisfy my Doctor- :lol:

me too...I had a plain salad for lunch, this after a bowl of cereal for breakfast....ahhh diets!!!

I have done unsweetened applesauce in the crock pot with pork roasts and we love it...

I never could figure out how the Amish got to Sarasota in the winter. That restaurant is still there if you were talking about the real big one with the gift shop.

My wife makes an awesome Key Lime Pie. It is a lot of work to squeeze those litte things. We do that part together. I had leftover chicken parm for lunch with thin spaghetti. I am ready for a nap.

I have to admit...I have never had pork with apples (or applesauce). After hearing about all of these delicious dishes, I must try it!

OK..I am totally hungry here. I had salad for lunch. And thank you Frog for rubbing in the chicken parm. :D The restaurant is Yoders. I think it is still there although I have not been to that area in awhile. And I am so desperate I will eat the frozen key lime pies UGH!!! Not quite the same. I like the cinnamon and brown sugar oatmeal Bozzy, but I do not think that is what your doctor had in mind :cry:

I am thinking of making Shake N Bake Chicken or something. Anyone have any good suggestions?? I told the boy that I was going to fix an awesome supper!! Perhaps some rice or kind of potato and french bread.

So does the boy consider shake n bake an awesome dinner? lol Actually, I like shake n bake a LOT! Unfortunately hubby doesn't. :( We had a recipe thread in the pub a while back and i got some really good recipes that were quick to make! Let me find it for ya and i'll link ya to it!
Ang

Here ya go: v=http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/sassnlucy/share-recipes.html
I've tried most all of these recipes and i've liked them all and all were very easy to make!
Bon Appetite,
Ang

Keep in mind that I'm no Chef, but I think if you match good stuff with Shake N Bake then it's awesome.. I don't know really....lol

I know lucy i really DO LOVE shake n bake. Wish we had it more! check out the link i gave ya, all those recipes are really easy and really good! Now let me think of what u cud serve with ur shake n bake.... i'll get back to ya soon as i think of something good!
:D
ANg

Ang, you are the greatest!!

See, it seems that we have the same suppers over and over again. I need to call and ask his mom what he likes. I tried asking Mike what he likes and he said he would just eat what his mom made. *Keep in mind he's 27* lol

So, it's basically a guessing game.

Well sad to tell u it NEVER gets better! ha ha My hubby is almost 47 and still loves his mom's cooking and NEVER will tell me what to cook either! Of course, he's picky too! SO makes things hard to figure out what to cook...
MEN!
:D
Ang

I feel for you both. I live with a professional cook who will not cook at home,will not tell me what to cook and turns his nose up if I cook something he does not want to eat. And shake n bake is great!!

Does Mr. Chef like shake n bake?
:D
Ang

Absolutely not!! But he eats what is put in front of him or he starves :lol:

Yeah, I like the cinnamon and brown sugar,too. But until I get the diet in the mail, I'll pretend it's plain oatmeal!!..KAren

I use the ostrich theory quite often myself. :lol:

Ok everyone say a little prayer..I am baking my very first birthday cake...let's hope it comes out ok or I will never live it down. :lol:

How did the cake turn out? I made the chinese chicken salad and it was great!

I made four....for a two layer cake. usually I order from this bakery but it closed. My husband's birthday is tomorrow and my sons is next Wednesday. I need all the practice I can get. I'm trying to convince my son an icecream cake would be a good idea. I am so not good at this baking thing. I broke one, stuck on to the pan and I have not had the heart to try to take the other two out of the pans.

Frosting will fix that. DOn't feel bad. I remember one year my mom spent all day making this 5 layer birthday cake and I went to bring it out and dumped it all over the floor. Now that is not fixable.

Oh Rox!! I hate to day this, but how about the bakery dept at the grocery store tomorrow??? :(

Just remember...you made it with love!

volley, the avatar. It's food. Just in case you didn't notice. LOL! :lol: Where did the inspirational one go? There's a cake. My sense of "freedom" seeing your avatar is gone. Now I can only think of food. :wink:

Freedom will be back...and so will Rocky Balboa. Tonight, we have cake!! :D

Volley, thank you. I assume the avatar is in my honor. Well...atleast between the four cakes, I have two layers :lol: and if he does not like it he will wear it. The only reason I did not do a grocery store cake is he does not like frosting so I am going to use whipped cream.

How could some one not like frosting?
The gooyer(is that a word?) the better. Ok whipped cream is delish also. can we all come for cake?

Of course...do you have to ask

My favorite frosting of all time is whipped cream frosting....cream cheese frosting is a close second as long as it isnt too sweet.

Here i go again***frosting frosting and more frosting. Is it any wonder i have 50 pounds to lose!!!!

Rox-The cake is to commemerate your baking efforts AND was also a request from Pyb for a black forest cake ( or a lasagna avatar).

And who doesnt like cake??

I love cake. Whipped cream frosting is the best. I don't like the store bought frosting much myself. I like the whipped cream frosting that my mom makes from scratch.

YUUUUMMMM-whipped cream frosting!! You all have to quit this food talk! I have to lower my tryglycerides by 520 points, and this isn't helping :lol: Karen

Bossy-What kind of diet will help with that? Is it mostly veggies?

Eating rocks and sticks :lol: I have been on a really strick diet for this before- my points went up by 50!! I have the inherited type, so all they can do is medication, diet and exercise- to keep in under control,, The problem is, I went off my meds, they were too high and my trys sky rocketed into another dimension..KAren

Karen , doesn't t ahve to do with fat or sugar in the blood

Don't think it has to do with sugar-fats , yes. If not under control, can cause all sorts of heart problems. My Doctor has me taking fish oil caps 3 times a day, along with my meds..Karen

Is it Omacor??
Be careful also cuz that can affect ur liver enzymes.
Ang

UGGHHH!! I hate fish oil caps. Thankfully I can't take them because I am allergic to fish, But my son takes them and god they smell. Well I guess in your honor I will have stone soup for dinner tonight.

Well, I couldnt find a fish oil cap avatar...I tried!

I am making pasta again for dinner.....I cannot get enough carbs!! :P

Well, I couldnt find a fish oil cap avatar...I tried!

I am making pasta again for dinner.....I cannot get enough carbs!! :P