Happy Halloween! Our Daily Dinner

wynnebaer 13 years ago said:

Good Morning Pat......Love pot pie and can't remember the last time I made one...I sometimes get into a rut and feel like I make the same thing over and over....On the list to make soon.

Les has been told he doesn't have to work until the water wagon is fixed so it's off to the Sports Bar in town to watch the game and supper...

Happy Birthday, Donna!!!!!

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Glad you will get to see the game and have dinner but sorry Les is not working. Would be fine if he was getting paid. Have fun...Go Pats!!
Happy Birthday Donna.

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Birthday Donna! I believe you said yesterday that you were brining a Roast Chicken for this evening. Are you having anyone over to help you celebrate? Wishing you a really lovely day.
Pot Pie sounds Fantastic Pat. I've never tried to make that before. Enjoy your Football Game. Go Pats!
And Ditto for you Corinne. Your evening sounds like fun.
I have so much on my plate for today. Woke up to a skiff of snow on the ground. I have some tulip and daffodil bulbs to plant so must get them in the ground today before it freezes solid. Have some Lily bulbs to pull up and store in the basement too. Birdbaths to bring it, etc.etc.
For dinner this evening I am going to try:
Easy Pad Thai
I've been trying different Pad Thai recipes but haven't found 'The One' yet. Also going to make my:
Chicken Satays With Peanut Sauce
Would also like to carve a pumpkin. I saw a pic of one in a magazine I'd like to replicate. You take a 1" drill bit and drill holes all over it and then light it up. No face or anything but it looked kind of magical anyway.
Lori, did you get many kids at your house trick or treating last night?
Must go rustle up some breakfast. Thinking Poached Eggs on Toast with Fried Tomatoes on the side.

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

Pat...I can't get the link to your Pot Pie recipe to work.

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pointsevenout 13 years ago said:

Good morning. I'm trusting everyone survived devils night with only minor scratches.
Making Potato Stuffing so I can get a pic posted if the camera will download the photo.

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Don't have a link or recipe for the pot pie. The link is for the crescent rolls.I am cutting up leftover pot roast,adding frozen mixed veggies and gravy and a mashed potato topping. I bake at 350' till hot and bubbly. Easy Peasey

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pointsevenout 13 years ago said:

Pot pie link: Chicken Potpie.
It's chicken but you can make it beef.

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otterpond 13 years ago said:

Its chicken roasting time today. I also have a boniato that I want to devised into a potato salad. Boniato's are white, sweet potatoes so that will make for a different potatoe salad but I have hard boiled eggs, sweet red pepper, celery I ought to be able to cobble something edible from that.

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mbelisle 13 years ago said:

Happy Halloween everyone!
I have never heard of a boniato but it sounds interesting. Does it taste and cook like a yam or more like a potato?
Potpie sound wonderful - I am a sucker for anything like that with crust or biscuits on top but my family aren't really into it. My favourite is steak and kidney pie but between the "kidney" part and the "pie" part I only get it when I go out - wouldn't dare try to make it here.
The ice and snow are still all over the place here, and more ice than ever with freezing rain on Friday night to put a glaze on everything. We went for lunch at a sushi restaurant yesterday and it was really nice - until we spent just about as long again getting the car unstuck from the snow and ice. Kind of a mood killer :). I doubt we will get too many trick or treaters here tonight. Laura is going to a town about 20 miles west to trick or treat with her friends from school. We'll drive her out about 4:30 and get her around 9:30 so I hope she has the sense to dress warmly (at 14 she is immune to listening to my advice)
Tonight I am going to try a recipe I saw for Mummified Pork Tenderloin - it is wrapped in phyllo and has a dijon mustard sauce. I will post it if it turns out.
Have a great day everyone!
Michelle

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sparow64 13 years ago said:

Good Morning Everyone!
Happy Birthday Donna!!!! Have a wonderful day. Have a vodka and cranberry with lime for me. I may even join you!
Wynne, have a fun night out! Will be good for you two.
Dinner sounds good, Pat.
And your breakfast sounds yummy, Janet! We only had a handful of trick or treaters. They take them in car loads to the bigger neighborhoods!
LOVE pot pie.
Laura I think your potato salad will be great. Love me some chicken, too.
Gonna have to look at potato stuffing!
Homemade BBQ sandwiches, slaw and chips. Better get that boston butt in the oven! I slept late.
Have a wonderful day!!! HI to everyone not here yet.
HI TINA!!!!!!!!

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sparow64 13 years ago said:

Hey Michelle! Was here at the same time as you, earlier. lol on the 14 yr old being immune to your advice...she will be that way until she's about 25 or so...lol
Wynne did you repost the KFC slaw? Bryan will want that kind. I always have to make two bowls. lol
Bryan And Loris Pulled Pork Bbq

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pointsevenout 13 years ago said:

If you like snow you gotta like Canada. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr...................

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wynnebaer 13 years ago said:

I didn't Lori....but I'll PM it to you right now...

I have to say that I remember all those cold, dreary, rainy, snowy nights I took mine trick or treating and don't miss it at all!!!!!

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otterpond 13 years ago said:

Boniatos cook like a potato and are actually sweeter than a yam.
http://www.produceoasis.com/Items_folder/Vegetables/Boniato.html

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

That potato stuffing recipe sounds really nice Points and thanks for the Pot Pie post as it too sounds great. I've bookmarked both of them.
I google imaged Boniato potatoes and indeed they look more like a sweet potato on the outside but the flesh is still white. Very cool. I'd never heard of them before either. Roast Chicken sounds divine Laura.
Your Mummified Pork Tenderloin sounds wonderful Michelle (and Halloweeny too!). Hope you post the recipe as it sounds excellent.
Your BBQ sounds awesome Lori. Does Hil have to go back tonight or does she go tomorrow morning?
Time to clean up the kitchen and head outside.

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wynnebaer 13 years ago said:

Les' brother and his wife stopped by last night before going to Halloween party.....took a pic of them for my avatar...LOL!!!!!

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

P,the pot pie post is very nice. The idea of mine is to use leftover beef,mashed,veggies and gravy and must say it is yummy. Have been doing it this way for years. As I said,easy peasey!Doesn't take an hour to get ready. It is done and waiting. Now on to a plum cake with some pear thrown in. Have one or two to use!

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sparow64 13 years ago said:

Pat, I love plums. I gotta try that plum cake...never had one, and I remember bookmarking it when you first posted. Wish I could come by for some of your pot pie and a piece of cake...I'd bring us a bottle of something good. lolol When you have time, you should post that recipe for your pot pie!
Maybe when one of us wins the lottery we can host a big ODD get together! : )
Hil doesn't have class til 4 on Mondays, so she's leaving tomorrow. It's 11:49 here, and she's still in bed sound asleep. She's worn out...and was looking forward to sleeping in her own bed. I don't guess any college kid gets enough sleep. She was looking forward to pot roast for breakfast and bbq for supper. lol
Michelle that Mummified Pork Tenderloin does sound great! That's right down our alley! Would love to see that for next time I fix one.
Janet, don't work too hard today!!
Thanks Wynne! And Bryan thanks you too! And the BIL and SIL look great!

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Would love to have you join us Lori and you wouldn't have to bring a bottle,we have plenty of goodies in that area! I love it,pot roast for breakfast,good stuff and so is the bbq!

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NCcook22 13 years ago said:

Happy Spooky Day to all. It's home made spaghetti sauce with Italian sausage for me today with Fluff Honey Bars made with marshmallow fluff, honey, flour, egg, sugar, vanilla and love from "The Marshmallow Fluff Cookbook", not kidding about the book. Weird combo for dinner but it's the South: home of sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows.

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

NC,dinner sounds wonderful. So nice to see you today! Are the bars posted?

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

What a riot! I just finished 'carving' my Pumpkin. Took Hubby's 1" Auger drill bit and drilled about 30 holes out of it. It was like a scene out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!!! LOLOLOL! Picture Pumpkin Coleslaw EVERYWHERE within a ten foot radius of the workbench! A lot of fun actually. Looks pretty cool. I'll post a pic later this week.
Your Pot Pie sounds yummy Pat and I appreciate the idea for the next time I have leftover Pot Roast. Great idea!
Corinne, your inlaws looks awesome all dressed up. Very fun! Are you and Les dressing up to go to the Sports Bar this evening?
Count me in on the ODD get-together Lori. That'd be so funny and fun. That's nice that Hil is sleeping in and getting rested up. That's my kind of breakfast too...left-over pot roast...bring it on.
Welcome NCcook. Your dinner sounds nice and your dessert too. Checked out your recipe page and really like your:
Honey Lime Roast Chicken
Missed that somehow so bookmarked it today. Thanks!

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

By the way Points, I'd never heard of Oct.30th referred to as "Devil's Night" but when I googled it it's the same idea as we call "Gate Night".

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wynnebaer 13 years ago said:

No, Janet, not dressing up.....Scary enough looking ala natural!!!!!....LOL Can't wait to see the pumpkin....Didn't do any this year.

The night before Halloween was called cabbage night when I was a kid. OMG.......I'm old!!!!!!!!!!

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Wynne,your in-laws look great.
I was just thinking about my m-i-ls stuffed beef roll. It was always so delicious but I had lost the recipe. Found it a while back and think I will try this week
Winnies Stuffed Beef Roll

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Just added pic of the plum cake with pears.
Moms Plum Cake Pflumenkuchen

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sparow64 13 years ago said:

LOL Janet...sounds like a good time! I can't wait to see the pix.
Wynne...you are too funny!
NCCOOK, that chicken looks awesome! I have a honey/lime/garlic marinade posted that I use on grilled chicken, that I haven't thought of in ages...and now you are bringing a whole new concept by roasting the chicken in honey lime! MMMMMMM Definately gonna try that one!
Pat! You KNOW my olive addiction...lol I still gotta figure out how I'm gonna get Bryan to crossover to the dark side...(lol...the olive side)...Cake looks wonderful! And that's not the same post with plums that I was thinking about...did you have a plum tart or something? Pie...? hmmm...now I gotta go look! : )
The night before Halloween was called the night before Halloween when I was little...lol...what a boring life... : )

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pointsevenout 13 years ago said:

Pleclare do you use cake flour for the shortbread crust to keep it from developing too much gluten?
I have a quart of pears that should fit your recipe nicely.

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

I used just regular flour P. Guess you could use cake flour. Put a little almond extract in crust this time.

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pointsevenout 13 years ago said:

Same question about your plum cake.

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

It's the saame crust. Just added pears to the plum cake recipe!

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mbelisle 13 years ago said:

Just in the middle of making a pumpkin cake roll and thought I'd look in. We never had a name for the night before Halloween, it was no big deal but when I was in 10th grade our cable company switched from getting the Fargo, Bismark and Minot network feeds to getting Detroit feeds. It was 1979 and the very first day we had it was October 30th. The uproar here was incredible because our introduction to Detroit news was Devil's Night and at that time it was a huge thing. There were even petitions to go back to North Dakota stations! (now I feel old....)

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otterpond 13 years ago said:

I was going to post my boniato potato salad and my version of chipoltle aioli but it can't eat my recipe. I'm so sad. I've tried several browsers. Seems to be something wrong on the server.

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

My yard work is going well. Stopped to take a break for lunch and am about to head out again. Have pulled all the dead flowers from my planters and window box and pulled up some Canna Lily bulbs. Next is to plant some tulips and daffodils for next spring and to clear the interlock paths from the leaves. Have already hauled two big garbage can fulls to the back yard to dump in a wet spot. The sun came out for a bit which was nice. Hubby is cleaning the eavestroughs out and put fencing around our two new maple trees so the deer won't eat them this winter. My chicken broth has been simmering away on the stove all day so the house smells good. Kimmer....you never reported back how the Chicken Stock turned out in the Crock Pot!
Oh Michelle...a Pumpkin Cake Roll. Now that sounds yummy! Cream cheese icing too right? ummmmm....can taste it now.
Don't worry Laura. Just try post your recipe in a couple of hours or worst case tomorrow. It'll come back eventually.

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mrtnzangel8 13 years ago said:

Lots going on here today. Jess and friends are all in the bathroom for 2 hours now working with liquid latex and making lots of lovely bullet holes and such on their bodies. Waiting for Cic to come back from slumber party and Kar is walking around in her costume waiting not so patiently for the time to pass. Still don't have my pumpkin even started on the carving. Guess I better go get to it.

Pork chops for dinner.

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otterpond 13 years ago said:

I made Roast Chicken For Rosemarie for dinner and had the Boniato Potato Salad. First time I made boniato as a salad and it really worked well. Its nice to have a little different potato salad. I also posted the Chipoltle Aioli which I used in the Boniato Salad.

I really do think of my sister every time I make Roast Chicken For Rosemarie. I hope she is well.

Had trouble posting the recipes because the edits on the picture resizing hadn't saved so the photos were too big. All mysteries solved :)

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

My work is done for the day. It was a productive one. Am all cleaned up with a glass of wine ready to spend some quality time in the kitchen making dinner.
Sounds like lots of fun at your house Ang.
Laura, that Roast Chicken recipe sounds superb. I totally bookmarked it. I'll take a look for Boniato Potatoes in my grocery store but I'm sincerely doubting I'll have any success.
Just lit my Jack 'O Lantern on the mantle piece. It looks really cute.

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optimistic1_2 13 years ago said:

Happy Halloween
god I miss when my kids were young and I took them out.... Still carved a pumpkin for outside though and made some pretty nice goody bags(just moved here this year so hopein word will spread for next year) Hubby works sundays and just go home, so haven pulled pork sandwiches, and salads for supper.......scary movie night marathon coming up...... popcorn ......after the pumpkin comes in....
tc all

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Hey Optimistic,nice to see you! Dinner sounds good and so do the movies!!
Glad you got a lot done Janet. I will post my pot pie and a pic tomorrow.

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DetroitTokyo 13 years ago said:

Good evening everyone! Happy Halloween!

Happy birthday, Donna!!

I am exhausted! Our party was great and lasted into the morning hours.. last guests left @ 5AM. We finally got to sleep around 6AM, so I'm pretty out of it today but so worth it! The Vampire Cookies didn't exactly work out for me in terms of the "blood dripping" effect and they looked more like pig snouts (didn't get to snap a photo) but they were pretty tasty! Hah! I spent so much time & effort on that project and I could've made any yummy cookies & my guests would have been pleased. I wore a masquerade mask and vampire fangs with a lacy black dress & my beau was my "victim" with bite marks on his neck. Fun!

For dinner this evening (probably will be on the late side) we're having Lori's Im Talkin Quick N Easy Juicy Crispy N Tasty Ovenfried Chicken - the horseradish version and baked mac & cheese and possibly a salad if I can get it together.

Pat, your dinner sounds yummy!

Wynne, sorry to hear about the events with Les's job and glad he is safe! sucks about the no work thing but hopefully you'll get to spend some QT together & enjoy.

Janet, sounds like you had quite the busy day!

Laura, your potato salad sounds interesting and looks good!

Michelle, your dinner sounds cool - looking forward to hearing how it turns out. I don't envy your weather. It's cool here but not ready for snow & ice yet..

Lori your BBQ always sounds so enticing -mmm! And I like that idea of lottery ODD extravaganza! can you image if we had a potluck?! :-)

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DetroitTokyo 13 years ago said:

I think I caught up on all the reading. Wishing you all well!

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

About to go ahead with the Pad Thai. Hubby tells me the Pats won so Yey for Corinne and Pat! Go team!
Optimistic....nice to see you. It's been awhile. Pulled Pork Sandwiches sound wonderful. I'm off to find something spooky to watch on TV too.
There you are Dahlia. Was wondering how the party went and it sounds like it was a resounding success. If the Vampire cookies weren't the big hit, then what was? Your costumes sound really fun. And your dinner sounds awesome. I have bookmarked that recipe myself and can't wait to try it.

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DetroitTokyo 13 years ago said:

Optimistic, it is good to hear from you.

Janet, I served chips & salsa (store bought) which is always a hit, spinach dip which I put in my Little Dipper mini crock pot - people loved it even though I thought I went too heavy on the garlic (I couldn't eat any as I was a vampire and that would have been it for me, haha), served various candies, port wine cheddar and crackers, and ham & cheese pastry puffs (also store bought) that were delicious. The cookies actually were a hit in terms of taste but didn't get the visual effect I wanted to. Gave me an idea though... I think I'm cooking obsessed!

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mbelisle 13 years ago said:

Well, the pumpkin cake roll (yes, with cream cheese icing) was excellent and has completely disappeared. Unfortunately so have most of the kids so I guess we will do the pork tomorrow. Tonight is order-in pizza which is fine too.

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sparow64 13 years ago said:

Dahlia, your party sounds great!! So does the food...easy and store bought are not bad ideas when you're having a party! A couple of homemade things, and you aren't stressing yourself out too much over the food!
Hey Optimistic, and Michelle.
Janet sounds like a very productive day, enjoy the wine!
Sitting around here not doing much, Bryan at work and Hil and Justin gone to the movies. Added a couple of pics to the BBQ recipe above and the Simply Perfect POt Roast from yesterday. (Better late than never, huh...lol).
Dahlia can't wait to hear how you like the chicken...it's cooling off here...I may get that soup this week!!! I'm so excited...

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laurieg 13 years ago said:

Happy halloween! Worked today at Macy's it was dead. got up early and went to my mom's first and checked up on her. She is doing good, we took a little walk around her building.
took the girls trick or treating. The Pats were on tonight and Frank taped the game but all the houses kept telling him the score or had the tv blaring. He was getting so upset. He wanted to go back home early to watch the game but he couldn't because he didn't know the way . Hee hee!

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mrtnzangel8 13 years ago said:

I am so tired. Been on my feet most of the day and up and down handing out candy for the last couple of hours. T or T'rs have died off considerably and we have a ton of candy left. Teens are back to reapply makeup for their trip downtown to the square. I guess there is some kind of zombie walk going on. I've already been informed she is skipping school in the morning...ooooh k. We all remember being 15 and knowing it all already, right?

The pork chops with the red beans and rice were really yummy tonight. Need to figure out what sounds good for tomorrow.

I forgot to tell Donna Happy Birthday!

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otterpond 13 years ago said:

Me too! Happy Birthday Donna. I hope it was a terrific day.

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

We had all of a dozen kids! Lots of candy left. Don't know if that's good or bad!

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DetroitTokyo 13 years ago said:

I live in a condo and we don't have many kids here so no trick or treaters.. gave leftover candy from last night to my beau's parents to hand out from their house. Pretty late dinner here.. sitting down to eat in a few minutes.

Lori, thanks for saying so. I felt a little guilty for short cuts but so glad I went that route :-) was able to enjoy my own party that way.

Have a great night all!

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