Thursday, August 28, 2014

easy and delicious

Well here I am blogging on my phone again -

Believe me this is not a true food blog but thought I would share this weeks menu-since it has been pretty well received

Monday-- okay this isn't gonna sound good but it is really tasty-
Frozen breaded chicken patties on potato buns- mayo Swiss cheese and bacon-super easy and I used the fully cooked microwaveable bacon --sometimes we also top with bread/ butter pickles and onion and tomato -served with fries and mixed veggies

Tuesday-this was Dillon's real bday so Robyn wanted to do a kinda mock thanksgiving dinner
We had rotisserie chicken- which btw I find it much easier to pull it all off the bone rather than carve it-with chicken we had instant mashed potatoes - instant stuffing- Robyn wanted to have chicken stuffing-which was good but I always prefer the pork flavor-much more flavorful and blends with any meat--also mixed veggies-we were going to have green beans-a really nice brand but our can opener broke! Crescent rolls and frozen Reese's pie topped the special dinner off
I told Robyn after-that next time it would be so easy to add cranberry sauce and candied yams - but although this dinner was scrumptious and simple- if you have it too often -it would diminish thanksgiving
And hey it did get me to thinking- several chickens no turkey- we shall see-

Wednesday-penne pasta with creamy tomato sauce and Parmesan and mozzarella cheese-served with garlic bread veggies and would you believe baked beans- gotta get more protein

For some odd reason we didn't take pictures of the other meals

Tonight Thursday -I am making a tuna casserole
Tuna- cream of mushroom celery and chicken soup ---rice and cheddar cheese-we will be having those green beans---new can opener---and biscuits


All of these dinners ran around $16 a piece for four people-with leftovers for Robyn and my lunch next day

Happy Labor Day weekend--- can you imagine I am saying that---it flew by and kinda missed me-- don't plan to let that happen again!


18 comments:

  1. Yummy!! I love rotisserie chicken. And yes it is much easier to pull off of the bone for sure.

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  2. Yeah that us the way to go and plus no leftover carcass in the freg :)

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  3. We abandoned the turkey years ago. My brother in law was the last to cave, and only when informed if he found a one pound turkey, he could cook and eat it. Everyone else turkied out years ago.

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  4. Haha now when the time comes I am not sure I can go through with it- plus I do love my turkey roadster pan and the fact that frank always cooks the turkey Joanne ;)

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  5. I don't usually like peanut butter in desserts but this is one of Dillion's favs and we had already done the cake thing:)

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  6. For some reason, poultry doesn't set right with me. The smell and the taste--both make me gag. I heading to shank ham department.

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  7. My dad will not touch chicken-I think it stems from having chickens as a kid- I love chicken and turkey!!!! Ham is good too :)

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  8. I love chicken Lynn. You've sent me to Amazon to look at rotisseries now.
    I've been having bacon on wholemeal bread topped with mature Rowan Glen Cheddar this week, scrumptious !
    A while back I realized I'd dropped off eating enough fibre. Now I have baked beans at least four times a week.
    Keep composing great dishes, ever thought of going on a TV cooking show ?

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  9. Haha I don't think my kind of cooking would make it to tv --- but thanks :)

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  10. Hi, Lynn!! Nice to see what you're eatin"! My fav for summer is plain old cucumber, tomato, cheese and mayo on any kind of bread. Bacon is a very okay addition.
    Sometimes we grab a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store along with a prepared mashed potato dish, too. It really makes a great, quick Sunday dinner when you don't want to steam up the house more in summer! I'll have just a small piece of that pie. I'm trying to cut down on my carbs!

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  11. Oh yeah Donna nothing beats a sandwich as far as I'm concerned- now I want a tomato one :)

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  12. My husband loves pasta like that. The pie looks extra yummy to me!

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    1. We love pasta dishes too- can't take credit for the pie :)

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  13. Birthdays are a great time for mock Thanksgiving meals. Happy belated to Dillon!

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  14. I know! I recall making frank a bday dinner with a 20 lb turkey- thanks suze

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  15. I have offered to hire you as my cook, right? ;)

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