Monday Madness! Our Daily Dinner

Monday madness!

knoxcop 14 years ago

Yep--it's Monday. Which means I have a huge order to deliver today at 1:00---so the in-cabin guests can arrive with all their prepped foods ready after 3:00.

I am SO exhausted, y'all. Cody's first day back to school today, this order--been cooking since 6:00 a.m. yesterday--a full day's shopping/gathering supplies before that. Gah.

Oh well--by 3:00 p.m., I'll be back home and then it's time for the COUCH! LOL

Dinner tonight is something heatable from whatever I've been making, LOL.

Happy Monday, y'all! :-)
--Kn0x--

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laurieg 14 years ago said:

good luck knox!
tonight I am making rigatoni with sweet sausage tomato sauce from the Soprano's cookbook. A friend gave it to me and hubby picked that out. looks similar to other dishes I make just fewer ingredients.
gonna clean this house and do laundry then its poolside.

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Wow Judy! I don't blame you for being exhausted. You deserve a break!

It's so hot and humid here. Burgers and salads tonight!

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

My lips are sooooooo salty. Been drinking koolaid all night long and still tasting the salt. Stumbled upon some Minestrone Soup, so I think I'll try that to get more liquid inside of me. And maybe, if I'm not to tired after some more grass cutting, I'll try to make a peach upside-down cake.

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Does anyone know where Sparow is??

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laurieg 14 years ago said:

Shes around.

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Good! Haven't seen her onsite in a few days.

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laurieg 14 years ago said:

she PMed me a little while ago, so I know she is around

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Thanks Laurie!

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lilliancooks 14 years ago said:

WOW! Knox! You deserve a break!

Hot and humid here too Pleclare! We're going out again for the day, so its Chinese food tonight!

Laurie...did you ever try the Spicy Ala Vodka from the Sporano's cookbook? Its really good!

Peach Upside-Down Cake sounds yummy Points!

Have a great Monday everyone!

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wynnebaer 14 years ago said:

Judy, sounds like you've been busy...LOL...You go, girl!!

It's really hot and humid here today....I HATE HEAT!!!!....Gonna throw some T bones on the grill for supper..then maybe some potato planks and do some microwave veggies...Try to keep the house cool.

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

WOW, Knox, that's a LOT of cooking/preparing! I bet you are exhausted! Your kids' start school early back there. They don't start here till after Labor Day usually.

Laurie, sounds like a good plan, dinner and poolside that is, the laundry and cleaning not so much...

Burgers and salad sounds good to me, Pat. Sorry for the heat/humidity. It's staying pretty cool here. But that can change.....

Enjoy the Chinese food, Lillian.

Wynne, T-bones sound good too. What are potato planks?

My ribs were perfect last night (if I say so myself! LOL) Their son (11 yrs old) gave them the approval, seems how that's his favorite thing. Her daughter is sweet and both kids are very well mannered. Nice to see these days. We played bocce ball - boys against girls - they won of course, but no one cared, just had fun. I'm glad I didn't make the pasta salad as well as the potato salad, come to find out, her son and husband don't eat it. Son just had ribs only, no beans either... Daughter eats like a bird.... no beans leftover thank goodness, just 4 ribs left, and a small amount of potato salad, which I just might finish up for lunch. I ended up making a no bake pie that I threw together at the last minute - I was determined not to use the oven, so this is what I did: Took some vanilla wafers and crushed them to bits, added some melted butter and pressed into the bottom of pie pan. Melted some choc chips in microwave, added block of cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and some vanilla and poured into crust, chilled, kids loved it, so did the men - friend and I didn't have any. Ended up dancing in the kitchen (just her and I) A little too many martinis..... But I feel okay now.

I think I might do burgers as well Pat.

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Oh Points I didn't see you there. Sorry... Did I miss something? Why are your lips salty? Minestrone sounds good to me. And the peach upside-down cake. Glad you're back to "normal" LOL

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sparow64 14 years ago said:

Hey Gang! Sorry to be MIA. Was in bed ALL day Sat with the migraine from hell. Sunday was my son's bday, so came in long enough to check a recipe and answer pms.

Your dinner last night sounds great Donna, and you should post that pie! Great idea.

Tonight I'm doing Smoky Mountain Chicken My Way, (posted), playing with a new potato salad idea floating around in my head, and baked beans.

And now it's back to throwing out, packing, making calls to have signs re-quoted, extra shred box pick-up, etc...ahh, the joys of moving! lol

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Hey Lori, So sorry your weekend was not fun (to say the least) Thanks on the dinner, but on that pie, I just had a piece for late breakfast and maybe it's just me, but Gack! it was too sweet and the consistency of wall paper paste. I'm glad they liked it cuz Brad will be eating the last 2 pieces! or I'll throw it out! Hahaha Maybe they DIDN'T like it and were just being kind .....LOL I think I might have put too many choc chips in or the sweetened cond. milk was too sweet! Then again, it could be my slight hangover ..............

That Smoky Mt. Chicken is a good one. Take it easy, don't want you to get another migraine!

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wynnebaer 14 years ago said:

Just know we love you, Lori....

JJM....I sent the potato recipe to you!!

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Glad you are better Lori,nice to see you!

That pie sounds good Donna!

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mrtnzangel8 14 years ago said:

Trying to check in real quick before these storms start up. Getting dark out as I type.

I was thinking of trying my hand at creating a soup/stew from the swiss steak leftovers. Wish me luck!

I'll be back when the weather calms down....

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wynnebaer 14 years ago said:

Stay safe, Ang!!!!

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Thanks Pat, I'll send it to you - LOL

Ang, stew from swiss steak sounds doable.... Hope your power stays on.

Decided I'll save the burgers for when it heats up tomorrow or Wednesday. Gonna probably do my old stand-by: Chile de Arbol Chicken, maybe with the leftover potato salad. Gonna run to the store though, out of the de Arbol salsa - It's a bloody miracle I haven't self-exploded with all the chiles/spiciness I eat!

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mrtnzangel8 14 years ago said:

It wasn't that big of a deal. Just got real dark and rained a bunch, minimal thunder. I hope anyone in the path of Hurricane Bill is buckling down and staying safe.

Thanks you guys. :)

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

Just now back from the store with fixings for some soup and a cake. But I get to rest a little first. I'm still beat from mowing this morning.

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Points, you never told us why your mouth was so salty this morning......?

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

It's a big mystery. But it sure made me thirsty and hungry.

Having some minestrone this evening. It is wonderful. Posted in the IMI group. The cake will wait for another day, but soon.

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

FINE! Be that way!.......

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

Seriously! I haven't a clue. Every little nap I took woke up in a large drool puddle on my pillow. It's not so bad tonight after a shower and a shave and a huge bowl of minestrone. My mug is relatively salt free.

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

LOL, Points!

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