Saturday Sunshine On My Shoulders Our Daily Dinner

Saturday Sunshine on my Shoulders

sparow64 14 years ago

Good Morning!

Hope everyone has a fantastic day. It's a bee-yoo-tiful day in East TN! Sunny, blue skies, and we have the windows up in the house! Not supposed to be too hot today!

Lots of little errands and chores to do today. Then we are going to Marty and Robins house to grill burgers, their daughter and her new hubby are back from honeymoon and in town, so, we'll get to wee wedding pix and honeymoon pix. Think I'll take Guesstures (charades type game). It's been requeted for me to bring Robin's Favorite Spinach Dip (posted - and yes, named after her, she loves it so much I make it every time they come over). Probably take a jug of Ruby Relaxers. (posting both to group)

Hope everyone has a fantastic day!!

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

No cooking here. Going to son's to celebrate grandson Ryan's 7th birthday. Should be a fun day!

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

I was supposed to be up several hours ago tying up the grape vines. But here I am, unmotivated. Maybe I need to pop a B-12 pill for some energy.

Have a Cherry Clafoutis and some pancakes scheduled for today too.

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notyourmomma 14 years ago said:

I'm so discombobulated today. Woke up early and started to get ready for work...Thought it was Tuesday. ARGH! (wrong twice in a single week......shh, don't tell anyone....went back to bed when I realized the day and snoozed a little longer)

Just got his RoyalTVness out of bed with a cup of coffee and a threat. He promised to work in the backyard. If you disable the remote control, he will do chores. Remember that hint....he won't get up and change a channel manually, but he will go pull weeds when the remote won't work~~ahhh, the inner convolutions of Fred's mind is mysterious and perplexing.

I heard a certain someone is making biscuits and they sound so wonderful....I wonder if I could get a batch together for us.....(I ate my work breakfast 4 1/2 hours ago) Biscuits and sawmill gravy could be lunch for me and breakfast for the late rising gang. Have the urge for slowcooker apple butter. Apple butter is a great secret ingredient in barbecue sauce by the way....adds a nice mouth feel to a storebought sauce, with a splash of good ole Bourbon and a bit of mustard powder. Apple butter is good stirred into store bought pork and beans too.

Have some chicken breasts bone in and skin on defrosting. Going to brine them a bit in salty apple juice with garlic and orange & lime peel. Will grill if I have gas in the tank, otherwise, I'll pat them dry and rub them with a "bodacious dry rub" and roast them in a hot oven. Grilled garlic potatoes (thanks for posting that recipe to the group) again, if the grill works, otherwise......oven roasted potatoes. Skinny green beans, stirfried with toasted almonds.

Charlie Brown is getting his shots today after we track down the SPCA Van....it is hop-skipping across the county doing low-cost vet care. CB's paws are huge I swear he gets taller as we watch. His webbed feet are so funny. I have to remind the kid to wash between his toes. He loves his bath time......avocado dog shampoo for him........honestly. He tried dragging the newspaper in the plastic bag to the door today. It was so cute. We are working on fetch. Ollie can bring it to you but he won't release...maybe CB can teach an old dog a new trick, eh?

Have a great day......need to feed the troops.

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Tina,dinner sounds great! Just apple juice,garlic,orange and lime peel?

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notyourmomma 14 years ago said:

The brine is 3 cups apple juice, 1/2 cup salt/1/4 cup sugar (brown or white) stirred until the sugar and salt is dissolved, with a hand full of crushed black peppercorns, 3 or 4 crushed garlic cloves and long strips of orange peel and lime peel. I let it sit in the brine 4 to 6 hours. Pat dry. Rub with a dry rub for me (no rub on Fred's chicken) and then grill or roast. The brine makes the chicken stay moist and the apple juice and citrus rind just helps flavor the bland breast meat. The hardest part is to remember to start with defrosted chicken and to keep the chicken submerged in the brine. I get my biggest food storage container (actually use my plastic cake carrier upside down) and dump all in it and then weight down the chicken parts with a big dinner plate on top with the a heavy meat mallet perched on top to try and keep it under the brine. It is a Rube Goldberg/McGuyver solution if you have ever seen one. LOL

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Thanks Tina. The cake carrier is a good idea! Going to try soon!

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lilliancooks 14 years ago said:

We love Guesstures! Its always good fun with family and friends! Have fun!

Happy 7th Birthday Ryan! Have fun Pleclare!

I'm making 5thsisters's 'Easy Shrimp in Creamy Basil Sauce'...I'm making it with chicken instead of shrimp. My 18 year old won't eat shrimp.

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Sounds like fun Lori - and the food and drink too!

Have a good time Pat with the grandson, et al!

LOL Points, B-12 with a caffeine chaser!

Tina, your dinner sounds incredible! Wish I had a plan. Maybe I'll get adventurous and try that marinade too.

Lillian, anything in creamy basil sauce would be good!

Absolutely beautiful day here - on a roll lately. Don't know what's on the menu for tonight, but I DO know it will include "the whiner's" garlic bread! LOL Ahhh, just enjoying my last cup of coffee in my solitude...... (Brad ran to the co-op to get fertilizer) I know I have to do some kind of baking today too, he's out of chocolate coconut bars. ;O

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wynnebaer 14 years ago said:

Had a foot injury a couple months ago and for some reason, I woke up this morning with it twice it's size and can barely walk on it...So supper is the furthest from my mind right now.....Thank goodness for Stouffers frozen cream chipped beef....ALways in the freezer for lunches but I think that's what's for supper tonight.

Got a bunch of new cookbooks so just kicking back today and reading.....Have a great weekend all!!!!

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otterpond 14 years ago said:

Just in from a marathon session cleaning up another piece of garden. If the thunder and lightening hadn't chased me in I'd be out there still. Oh well..

Have some chicken quarters thawed and think just a simple broiled chicken with bbq sauce. That always works when I'm feeling lazy.

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

I have some grapevines that need tending if you are still feeling energetic. I finally did a half row. Another half row is waiting. It is so easy to reinjure a foot. You use it practically all your waking moments unless you have a special disposition to spend the beast of the time on your back.

The caffeine chaser would have to be in pill form. I just don't care for coffee.

We have pretty cotton ball clouds swimming slowly toward the horizon. Just the perfect day for working in the yard. It's a shame I'm indoors again.

I'll get busy on that Cherry Clafoutis in an hour or so. The eggs have to come to room temperature and I have to procure some heavy cream.

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wynnebaer 14 years ago said:

Points, I'm realizing that now....How the gums doing?
I ran across a cherry cream cheese coffee cake and thought of you while reading it.....I'll post it.....Sounds so good and since I have some cherries in the fridge myself, may end up making it soon

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

Coffee cake might still be to stout for my gums. I had trouble eating a tomato! But enjoy the cake. I'm about ready to pop out to the store for some heavy cream, something not normally living in the fridge, for the clafoutis. Don't know if I can eat the clafoutis either but the cherries have to be used. They are already pitted.

Better check my Rum stock. What is the conversion factor from regular swilling rum to rum extract? Just in case I can't find the rum bottle back in the dark corner of the pantry. .............................I know.................. It's a fragmented sentence!................Please don't mark it up with a bunch of red check marks.

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notyourmomma 14 years ago said:

I don't know how to convert extract to actual hooch. We are in the middle of a massive lightning storm, gas or no gas, I'm not taking a chance on my life cooking on the grill. The house may be heating up, but it smells wonderful. Garlic potatoes and
citrusy chicken. YUM, another 20 minutes or so and we can eat.

Charlie Brown has the hiccups. He is so funny and he loves a belly rub. Told him he better enjoy it while he can, when he gets too big to cradle, it will be over, Rover.

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mrtnzangel8 14 years ago said:

Oh jeez, Points, I certainly hope no one is grading our grammar or sentence structure! Mine, for one, sucks! I am pretty good at spelling, though. ;-P

I want a puppy!

So tired today. A friend came over and helped me clean out my overgrown garden. That woman is a machine! She also brought some patty pan squash (?) I think that's what she called them. Gonna throw one of those on the grill with some ribeyes...

Went to the store for the big shop. Saved over $70 in grocery and store coupons! Yes!

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

Back from the store. Don't fret, I have the dark rum to do the job. Even bought things for a tzatzaki sauce, if I remembered well from rote.

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lilliancooks 14 years ago said:

Points...double the amount of liquor to extract...that should do the trick! Is there such a thing as too much rum in a recipe? Not in my book! LOL! And rub some on your gums...that might make them feel better!

Yes, NYM...by the size of his paws he's probably going to be VERY big! Enjoy him! :)

WOW! Ang! $70 savings! Thats amazing! Good job! I usually only save about $15 not including my daughters emlpoyee discount...which is only about $5.

JJM...Yes ! Oh boy, was it good!

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Spent all day out in the yard - Brad gave Lincoln a bath (himself too LOL) Planted some more flowers in pots, cut off dead roses, etc. - even baked some toll house bars for the whiner!

Sorry to hear about your foot, Wynne, take care.

Points, let us know how that Clafo.... works out.

Tina, that dinner of yours sounds to die for, how was it?

Ang, Squash and rib-eyes... mmmmmmmm - great savings too!

Lillian, after taking a second and third look at 5thsister's creamy basil recipe, I decided that's what we're having tonight, but with chicken also. Got 3 huge tomatoes left to get rid of and also my basil plant needs pruning! Perfect.

I hear Brad out snipping something, he better not be pruning up one of my trees too much like he has a tendency to do!

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justjakesmom 14 years ago said:

Oh! and Otter, marathon gardening is what did me in last week! Be careful not to overdo it! Too late, right?

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notyourmomma 14 years ago said:

Dinner was too much for the two of us. I almost had to take a nap after supper. Just went back with my second wind and tackled the last of the kitchen chores. Dishwasher is running and leftovers safely tucked away.

The brined bird on the bone was so much better than usual. I don't know if it is because of the brining or being left on the bone, it is just more flavorful. Fred liked his roasted plain and I liked the bodacious rub of Wynne's on mine. I have three breasts chilling and they will make great chicken salad tomorrow. Leftover potatoes will make a hash of some sort and the green beans will reappear in a vinegar dressing over some butter lettuce. Or they could morph with a can of tuna into a nicoise...ummm , I think I have the olives to do that.

Wynne...hope the foot is better. Otter, take two aspirin and call us in the morning if you can't move from all the yard work. Pat, hope you had a great time at the party. Lillian, I like you suggestion on the rum and Points poor gums. Good job on the discounts Ang...wish I could do that well. JJM.....don't get back in the garden too soon, okay? NO relapses.

Oh yeah, mom used to deep fry her patti pan squash and serve it with a horseradish sour cream sauce. Kind of like the zuchini sticks you see as bar food. She would slice the patti pans lengthwise and fry away. Good stuff.

How did the clafouti turn out?

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pointsevenout 14 years ago said:

Just did a write up in the IMI group. It could be tweaked a little to make it come out a little more fluffy but I don't have a problem with it the way it is written.

Gave my little Guinea Pig a very small sample since she was complaining about being full. I don't think she had swallowed the first taste before exclaiming "Hey, this is good".

I'm going back in for a second helping but I had better leave some for tomorrow for her.

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pleclare 14 years ago said:

Hey all! Dinners sound great. We had burgers,dogs,knockwurst,cheeses,bacon and pasta salad. Birthday cake for dessert! Great day and beautiful weather.

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