So, whats for dinner tonight?

Paul. you certainly eat well. Who does the cooking in your house?

WE SHARE,ON THE WEEKENDS IT'S ME MOSTLY.SINCE I BUY A GOOD SHARE OF THE FOOD,DAD AND BRO WILL HELP OUT DURING THE WEEK.OMG A FAMILY OF FOODIES. :lol: :lol:

what could be better than a family of foodies?????

Flaming Chicken Hot Legs! I have this silly T Shirt that says that! It has a picture of a Chicken running across some flames. On the bottom it says "So hot you'll be begging for more. Regular or extra crispy."
I don't think there is an actual business with that name. I have a bunch of tees that say stuff like Blue Moon Drive In. Made up businesses. Tonight I am going to try to create Flaming Chicken Hot Legs! Yes you are right, I lost it a long time ago!

I will be having a big ole bowl of "Cap. Crunch" for dinner tonight. My daughter will not be home, so....
Kids get mad at me for eating cereal, but I don't mind. When it is just me or they don't want to eat, hey it is quick, easy to make and easy clean up! LOL Needless to say, I eat a LOT of cereal.

I will be out tonight. so I am not sure what I will be having.

Dang, tonight is Ash Wednesday, so we will be eating tuna fish tonight. :( Friday will be clam strips!!

Having shrimp fried rice and sweet n sour shrimp....like you Fins, its ash wed. I better stock up on fish for fridays.

I hate Lent! I don't mind Friday nights, because I have loads of terrific seafood recipes..It's just the Friday afternoon lunch thing..

I am with you there Fins. They make some sort of fish on Fridays during lent for lunch in the cafeteria and it is yucky...Not to mention, my department is located next to it and we get the smell wafting through here. We had shrimp alfrado. Friday we will have salmon.

WHATS WRONG WITH FISH?ON FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE ORANGE ROUGHE,WITH CALAMARIE.TODAY WE WILL HAVE MEATLOAF.WITH BUTTERED CARROTS,MASHED POTATOES.

I made an awesome homemade tuna noodle casserole last night...........leftovers tonight.

Paul, I am not against fish...I just like freesh fish, not the fozed breaded square stuff...and I hate the smell. Calalmarie is one of my all time favorites. I have never been able to master cooking it. It usually comes out as vhewy as a rubber band :lol: . Besides, where I live you can not get it at any store. My dad used to make tuna casserole every friday and we would eat it firday and saturday nights for the two years my mom went to school. I can not even think about it. I am suprised my sister and I never grew gills. :lol: Hubby and Son love it and tuna fish but I just can not bring myself to eat it. Big time burn out. :lol:

OH,OF COURSE NOT,BUT EXCEPT FOR SARDINES AND ANCHOVIES.I LOVE FISH. :D :D

With you there!

The trick to Calamari is that is has to be fried at an very hot temperature for a very short time. I have a stove top commercial fryer that goes on the burner and has a basket the sits above a deep aluminum pot on an arm. I heat the oil to around 370 degrees drop in the basket and remve as soon as the first sign of gold appears. It takes around 30 seconds. If you are lucky enough to get it fresh not previously frozen that is better. When I lived in NJ at the shore I would go to the Point Pleasant Co-op. One time the woman actually went into the hold on the fishing trauler and got it for me. How is that for fresh! It is really easy to clean!

..and to further Frog's cooking style, bread it lightly in corn starch, not flour. It comes out crisper when using a flash-fry technique.

I will have to try that! Whae I was in Ca. I ordered it and it was one big flat thing that looked like a square veal cutlet! It was tender like you would not believe.

Follow up. Corn starch is what give the chicken in Chinese recipes the velvety tenderness.

yea out here we have calamari "steaks" which have been tenderized and then of course the classic rings/tentacles.

I like the steak/cutlet style fried with lemon and butter.

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Frog, I have had my friend who is a chef work with me and I finally gave up. Cooking in my mind is as much and art as playing an instrument or painting or drawing...Not everyone has the gift. I will do all the dishes and clean the entire kitchen...that is my specialty. I am a great helper. I like the "steaks" lightly breaded with a balsamic rduction..that is how my friend makes it.

That was me...I did not realize I was not logged in. :oops:

I wish people would send stuff to me!! I am having....this is good...RAISIN BRAN tonight!!!! LOL Daughter came home sick, so not cooking againg tonight, but thought I would mix things up tonight and have something different than Captn' Crunch! LOL :lol:

I think that we should have a receipe thread...don't you guys...I am cooking challenged and need all the help I can get. :oops:

lol 2nband, I had cinn. life tonight. Didn't want to cook and the milk needed to be used before we left for the LONG weekend. I am glad to know that I am not the only one that eats cereal for supper :)

The other day I had nachos for breakfast :)

Sass. I am just happy that you could eat at all. More poweer to you. I love you

I love you too!

For anyone that doesn't know, I was very, very sick and almost died. I couldn't eat anything for 2 months without getting sick. It got to the point where I couldn't even keep water down. So now I am really enjoying food again! I haven't gotten sick after eating for one week today!

Today breakfast is orange juice and cheez its!

Sassy, You had your dairy, fruits and vegetabels and grains. Sounds healthy to me! I can not tell you how many times I have used left over fajita stuff and salsa with eggs for breakfast. The nachos would finish if off nicely. We eat lots of cereal as snacks rather than chips and cookies.

You go girl !!!!!!!!!

So glad you are back and doing well Sassy! Missed you :D

Thanks volley! I missed you too! :rose:

My dinner tonight is going to very special. Every Feb. the Ritz Carlton Hotel here in NYC has an all you can eat Chocolate Buffet and endless Chanpagne. No food , just Chocolate and champagne. But I mean great chocolate from great pastry chefs.

The Chocolate Bar
Friday & Saturday Nights February 1st thru March 1st and Valentine's Day February 14th

Award-winning Pastry Chef Laurent Richard presents a sumptuous gourmet buffet of the most unforgettable decadent chocolate desserts complimented by a bottomless glass of Champagne. Indulge in this sinful selection while experiencing the most breathtaking views in Manhattan. The romantic water views are enhanced by Chef Richard????????s New York themed chocolate sculptures, but the true delights come from a taste of the many dessert selections that are sure to dazzle.
Per person charge is $75.00 (excludes tax and gratuity).


Rise bar on the 14th Floor of The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park (Overlooking the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor)
Two West Street
New York, New York 10004

I will have some for all of you.

Kash - :cry: I am so very jealous. I am sure it will be incredible and with endless champagne. (Great big sigh). And thank you for thinking of us and offering to have some for all of us. I know it will be hard and I am so proud of you for forcing yourself to eat ALL that choclate and drink champagne on our behalf as well as yours. :wink: Have fun tonight!!!

*sigh* please have some for me!!! :D

I just got home from the Olive Garden. I had salad, breadsticks, and fettucine alfredo. It was good but I am so stuffed that I am miserable! :(

I just got home from the Olive Garden. I had salad, breadsticks, and fettucine alfredo. It was good but I am so stuffed that I am miserable! :(

I love their salad!!!

I LOVE CHOCOLATE!!!
KASH YOU ARE SO LUCK. PLEASE GIVE ME CHOCOLATE!!!
CAKES,BONBON,ICE CREAMS AND MOUSSES OF CHOCOLATE ARE MY PASSION.
I EAT FRUIT AND SALADS EVERY DAY BUT IS THE CHOCOLATE THAT DO NOT LEAVE ME LOSE WEIGHT.
I WANT CHOCOLATE!!!

Last night we did Manwich and tater tots! All that was missing was the school lunch cafeteria tray to carry it on!! :lol:

Last night we did the beef bourginon that we were suposed to do last week. Very labor intensive and not what I needed to feed a cold! The same thing tonite leftover. I am going to pass!

talapia and sweet potato

NOTHIN WRONG WITH STEW.I AM HAVING MEATBALLS AND GRAVY.LOTS OF MUSHROOMS IN THE GRAVY. 8) 8)

I would agree Frog....dont need that rich food in your stomach when you are sick.

Gonna have cheese ravioli tonight w/my husbands homemade tomatoe sauce & garlic bread. yum yum!!

Sounds like some good stuff for dinner tonight! Meatballs, tilapia, ravioli...

I am doing orange chicken/shrimp stir fry with jasmine rice.

I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET,EITHER FAJITAS OR CHICKEN KIEV.

I made absolutely fabulous homemade pizza tonight..I make the crust myself, it takes waaay too much time, but worth it.

Homemade crust is totally worth it!!! Then you enjoy the fruits of your labor! :D