What's for dinner tonight?

Yesterday, I got a new crock pot cookbook (it's from Taste of Home). Before I came into work this morning, I filled my crock pot with ingredients for beef fajitas for tonight's dinner; it's in the computer room cooking away. When I get home, I just have to make our salad and life will be good.

What are you having for dinner tonight?

Well LAST night, I made chicken and vegetable pasta in a savory garlic cream sauce with fresh out of the oven, homemade Swedish Rye Bread from an old family recipe. I was so proud of my self. It was the first time I've ever made the chicken stuff and it was the first time I made the bread without the close supervision of my mom. It was my first official homemade (from scratch) meal I've had in my new apartment :-)

Oooh both dinners sound good!
Today I'm using my slow cooker too. I'm going to make pea soup with bits of grilled back bacon in it.

TheMBCat, would you please share your recipe for your chicken with pasta? Please?

And pushylady? Rick would love you forever for your pea soup! That's his most favorite soup on earth!

Still deciding... Dishes DESPERATELY need to be done, but that's Dana's job and I'm holding out. Possibly a bbq. Maybe a cucumber salad as well as I have some I need to use before they go bad.

I have no IDEA what I'm going to have tonight, but last night I had Italian flavor meatballs, no sauce as I hate that, and a cucumber, lettuce, and carrot salad.

I am making a pork roast tonight with potatoes cooked in the oven with onions and seasoning.

Grilled cheese sandwiches

It's just me and the kids tonight since Craig is working, so we usually have sandwiches or something simple.

Originally Posted by Winchester

Yesterday, I got a new crock pot cookbook (it's from Taste of Home). Before I came into work this morning, I filled my crock pot with ingredients for beef fajitas for tonight's dinner; it's in the computer room cooking away. When I get home, I just have to make our salad and life will be good.

What are you having for dinner tonight?

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What cut of beef did you use? Now I am really hungry.

Dave

Well, it's Wednesday, and that's fajita night at Los Lupes! It's only $6.95, beef or chicken or combo.

Good question I have class tonight til 6, then we are supposed to get back to the gym after 1½ weeks off from being sick. Probably either pick up thin sliced chicken breast and cook it with italian dressing, or make burritos (simple ones - lean ground beef, cheddar cheese, tortilla )

Originally Posted by mrblanche

Well, it's Wednesday, and that's fajita night at Los Lupes! It's only $6.95, beef or chicken or combo.

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I wish we had a place here for fajitas that cheap. All the restaurants here, they are about $14-18.

I was just thinking about split pea soup today.... I might make some on Saturday actually. It's been a while!

Dinner tonight will be.... I don't know, but it will be like a late lunch/early dinner, because I don't like to eat right before I have to leave for class which is around 6:20. It will probably be a sandwich or veggie burger. But soup is sounding really good.. Actually I think I'm going to make a small pot of it now! (I didn't eat breakfast yet and it's almost lunchtime, so in an hour or so that soup will be awesome!)

I have some new cookbooks I need to try out too, including a bread machine recipe book. I love cooking new things, but it's just been busy lately with school and BF's work and travel schedules... soon!

Originally Posted by pushylady

Oooh both dinners sound good!
Today I'm using my slow cooker too. I'm going to make pea soup with bits of grilled back bacon in it.

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That's what I made for dinner last night but I use ham hocks instead of bacon. I split pea soup!

Tonight I'm cooking japanese food that I cant really pronounce let alone spell

Well, I have symphony rehearsal tonight, and I wasn't going to cook anything. But I just saw a meatloaf recipe that looked really good, and I'm SURE my son would really appreciate it if I cooked dinner tonight LOL. Plus then I'll have leftovers!

Originally Posted by Dave T

What cut of beef did you use? Now I am really hungry.

Dave

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The recipe called for top sirloin. We are big flank steak fans, though, so I used a nice flank steak. I'm hungry, too! It's been bugging me all day!

Originally Posted by catlover19

I wish we had a place here for fajitas that cheap. All the restaurants here, they are about $14-18.

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Just a hint: Do some looking around. The normal price at Los Lupes is $10.95, I believe.

When we're not too hungry, we can go in, get a plate of fajitas and share it, the drink special (regular margarita), pay a very generous tip (30%), and get out for $15. But the trick is to find a local place. Mondays are often good. This place has an enchilada special Monday nights for $4. They have four or five restaurants in the Metroplex, and it's clearly a family-run business.

A place that's really Mexican can be a good bet, too. Taqueria Arandas comes to mind; I don't know their prices, but they aren't upscale. Edit: I just checked their website, and they're not cheap. But there are a number of little hole-in-the-wall places that are very inexpensive.

And yes, it's easy to pay over $20 for fajitas for two.

We had this thing not sure what it's called but my mom made it up..sort of. last night that has homony, cheese, refried beans, and cornbread on top. Not sure what's on tonight's menu it's barely after lunchtime here in the US.

I think this is a good thread for me to post in (especially considering I've been having some difficulties in eating my meals).

Tonight, I am cooking dinner. I am making a boneless pork chop bake with broccoli and creamy mushroom soup. And, I am also making mashed potatoes. I entered the ingredients I had in the pantry online and found a recipe that would work. I wanted something that was a good, stick-to-your-bones type of meal and this seems to be a good option. Hopefully, it looks and tastes as good as it sounds.

I suppose I'll let you all know how it turned out later. And, it will also be a good way for me to be accountable about eating my dinner tonight. So, here goes nothing!

Originally Posted by mrblanche

Just a hint: Do some looking around. The normal price at Los Lupes is $10.95, I believe.

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The only Mexican place that I know of (just checked the menu online) is $23.99 for a single order of fajitas and $35.99 for fajitas for two.