April foodies

Have a fruit breakfast Deb? LOL

Pixie, that sounds heavenly....I had some chocolate-choc chip gelato for dessert....that helped, too......

yum!!!

On the friday before Easter,
Pescado, Peche, fishy slimy thing that can see under water w/o goggles, but tastes good when you eat them...

YUM


We had tilapia, ham, potato salad, pasta salad

WC you make it sound so appetizing!!

On a tip from the Chowhound board, I made Moroccan Carrot Soup yesterday. Got an A rating from the entire family. Recipe at
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Moroccan-Carrot-Soup-357911#ixzz1Jvr5JKa1

My stepdaughter & her husband, plus my son & his family will be here for pizza tonight....there will be 16 at my son's for dinner tomorrow, my stepson will be coming down from Maine tomorrow, have no idea if they are staying with me or not.....

Marilyn - Surprise! :(

I went to put the carrot soup recipe in my Master Cook and the computer can't find it! I can back it up but not launch it. Fine kettle of fish, that is (pun intended). I have ALL my recipes in it, too. Running defrag right now with finger crossed that will fix it. Otherwise I will have to buy a newer version and take the recipes forward.

Looks yummy, Don. Might try that one.

Had a huge community time after church tonight all kinds of goodies, the best was this chicken and cranberries, in this brown gravy...it was soooo good. I need to get the recipe.
I helped to decorate and we used budded branches and some lilacs with little birds attached to them in mason jars around the room, then my friend had made little nests out of shredded wheat and chocolate and put in the robin egg candies. I took flat round river rocks and wrote various words on them like "rejoice" and "triumph" and spread them thru out the tables

Turned out great and had a great turn out

That sounds very nice Jen!

The birds would have "lost" their eggs if I had been there! Jen, some woman I know says she bakes her chicken using whole berry cranberry sauce & a pkg of onion soup mix....could that be it? Got up at 6:30 this morning to make the national Lithuanian dish of kugli.....there will be ham, turkey, & keibasa as well up at the farm.....

Marinated my cut up lamb shoulder last night - going to try a lamb tangine for supper tonight. Had to run to the store for cracked bulger wheat to werve with it. I canned dried fruit chutney last night - the recipe is too hot (spicy). Still trying to figure out what is wrong with my recipe program. :(

It sounds delish, Memory....

It WAS! The best part is that I made enough for my lunches all week!

Ahh, good!

Leftovers for the week, and sometimes Wednesday's meal/sandwich might even taste better, if the marinade has had time to work its magic.

I think it's the acid in the marinade breaking down the connective tissue, if "Memory" serves!

Leftover ham & asparagus.

leftover kielbasa and mashed potatoes... anyone who lives nearby can have some... we have waaayyyy to many leftovers!!!

DH is playing handball tonight so I had an egg salad sandwich. I carved the rest of the ham and turkey for sandwiches, soup, and dinners later in the week. I like cooking at lot for leftovers, but it sure is a lot of work at one time.

Ham was the Easter dinner, Deb? I love ham.

Ham and turkey breast, for just 2 of us. Saw the turkey and thought it looked good, so made both. Don't have much cooking to do for the rest of the week. Thinly sliced some ham with a meat slicer for sandwiches. Beats deli ham.

you are not kidding!!!.. good stuff!!!

LOL Deb, I did the same thing. I cooked a 10lb. ham and baked it in the oven while the rotisserie was churning out a 10lb. turkey :)

Wow, you ladies are cooking machines!

Victor, my immediate family (Bri & I, kids & spouse, + children = 16) I have to cook that much!

Don't forget the pets!

LOL, they not getting my ham or turkey!

mine either!!!

Had leftover ham, cole slaw, red cabbage, potato salad, corn

chicken, noodles and corn tonight. DH cooked.

I keep at least THREE different types of mustard in the fridge for different applications: ham, turkey, hot dogs, etc.

Is this excessive?

I like them all, but in different ways.

Oh yeah perfectly normal
we have-
spicy brown, hot mustard, beer mustard and Dijon

I love the fact that mustard doesn't go bad, and it's about zero calories, no matter what food strategy you're using: low calorie, or low carb, or low fat....it fits perfectly with all of them.

Flavor-wise, it's a tremendous bang for the buck.

As a child in the 1960's, it was French's Classic Yellow on hot dogs, hamburgers, and boloney sandwiches.

As a teenager in the 1970's, Gulden's Spicey Brown added new dimension to flavors.

As a semi-sophisticated, semi-yuppie in my 20's, I would pick up a jar of whatever was on display at the deli counter, usually an unrecognizable German artisan micro-producer. Loved 'em all.

Currently in my fridge is "Maille" Dijon Originale, which is in a very similiar jar to Grey Poupon Dijon, but is much stronger, and you will pound the table with you fist for a few seconds if you use too much.

I think our taste buds can take a bit more zest, as we get older...of course, stomach acid is a different story!

I like a whole grain mustard best. Made food for someone at church, but I have leftover pizza for myself....go figure!

Yep, the coursely ground, grainy, rough-and-tumble mustard isn't for kids, but adds a kick to a well-layered deli sandwich for adults!

And leftover pizza is a gift from the heavens !!!

DH calls leftover pizza 'the breakfast of champions'. We have at least 2-3 mustards in the fridge.

We too have at least 3 different mustards.
Used the leftover turkey from Sunday to make Turkey & Dumpling Stew last night.

Yum! Son & family are eating here after Garret tills the veggie garden....BBQ chicken, green beans, potato salad.....

Sounds great Robin!