What's for dinner tonight?

For Mexican, we go to Casa Sanchez. They have what's called Texas Fajitas that are just outstanding. Two fajitas for $15.25.

Chips and salsa....there's something about their hot salsa that is so good.

But, I admit it. I go for the margaritas. I usually get the Blue Margarita, made with Jose Cuervo Tequila and Blue Curacao. A medium margarita is $10, but I swear I could swim in the glass, it's that big. I love margaritas and this is delicious. My girlfriends all order dacquiris, but I always get a margarita.

I had some chicken eggrolls I found at the grocery store. Was too lazy to make anything with them though.

My on-the-fly pea soup was yummy! I threw in some onion, garlic, mushrooms, celery, broccoli, split peas, lentils, spash of sherry, and a Rapunzel Sea Salt & Herbs bouillon cube and simmered it for about an hour or more. I usually put carrots in, but I realised I have none! I also had some Mrs. T's pierogies with it. MMMMM! Since I had that around 1:30, I think I will have a nectarine soon for 'dinner'.

We're having leftover Spicy Chicken Stew that I made in the crockpot on Friday and then vacuum sealed for tonight.

Boring old rice. I have a cold and can't taste anything anyways

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.
That sounds good!

What are you having for dinner tonight?

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I made spaghetti & meatballs

*burp*

I just finished eating. Made Sesame Pork with noodles - pork seasoned with sesame oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar and green onions. It was very yummy.

Portugese kale soup and garlic and cheese ciabatta bread...yummo!

We had our simple burritos. Though Rob added some shredded lettuce and light sour cream to his. Ate them way too late too but we got started late working out and didn't leave til almost 9!

I'm just getting back to this now, but I said I would come back and post about how dinner went. So, here I am...

The pork chop and broccoli bake with cream of mushroom soup came out wonderfully. I had browned the chops before baking them in the oven and I think that was key. That way, they were seasoned beforehand and, once in the oven with the broccoli and mushroom soup, had time to simmer and slowly cook the rest of the way. In the end, they came out so tender that I didn't need a knife to cut them. The broccoli was good, but I wish I had added some cauliflower to the mix for variety. And, the mashed potatoes were also delicious -- some garlic and a little butter helped them melt in my mouth. All in all, it was a successful meal on all accounts.

Now, if only I could figure out what to make for tomorrow...

Tonight is gonna be something simple with whatever I have around..probably hot dogs and mac and cheese...ehhhh I changed my mind its a toss up between breakfast for dinner (eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast) or chicken and taters. Tomorrow is grocery shopping day. This weekend Im making roast Im literally dying for it. Im also getting stuff for chicken and waffles. Im also going to look up a couple recipes because I have an idea of what I want to buy but not what I want to make. Tacos sounds good one day too.

Tonight is a "fend for yourself" night because I have gymnastics class and hubby will probably do his 30 minute cardio at the gym.

I know I want a turkey sub from Subway

WELL!!! Yesterday was Larry's bday. So I made his favorite home-cooked meal. Carmelized Onion Pot Roast!!!!! With garlic mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus. AND a nice bottle of champagne to wash it all down.

So tonight, the delicious leftovers!!!!!!

Tonight I am making the roast pork I was going to make yesterday. I was going to make it and realized I had packed my roasting pans (we are moving next week) and went to the dollar store and bought disposable ones last night.

Last night we ended up having peameal bacon on a bun and fries.

Tonight will be pizza delivery LOL. Hubby works till 9pm and I have girlfriends coming over at 6:30 so that only gives me an hour to try and make the house look decent

I think tonight is some of my left over Hawaiian meatballs I put in the freezer from last week...and some rice.

Originally Posted by AimerLee

Boring old rice. I have a cold and can't taste anything anyways

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Mmmm! I love plain white rice from time to time. I'll put a little Italian dressing or soy sauce on it for flavor sometimes too.

Originally Posted by Tara & Rob

Tonight is a "fend for yourself" night because I have gymnastics class and hubby will probably do his 30 minute cardio at the gym.

I know I want a turkey sub from Subway

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Man I miss fend for yourself nights!! The kid does't go for it!

I'm going easy tonight and warming up some BBQ pulled chicken I had a coupon for! I already did up sweet potato fries last night to go with our turkey burgers. DH and I will have a salad with it but DD will have some cooked veggies.

Originally Posted by Winchester

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

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(Now that I think about it, I guess this really wasn't 100% from scratch. I had been in a "look what I made" high and wasn't really thinking about what all I used to make the chicken. Its explained below)

I don't really have a recipe for it, I was mainly winging it. It was roughly based on a recipe that I saw on a recipe site once. I ended up not having enough ingredients to make enough of the sauce so I used some of Phillys new garlic cooking cream to make enough to cover everything. I'm sure it would taste wonderful with just the philly in it. I also wanted more veggies than what I had bought so I used some Green Giant Frozen Veggies that were already in garlic butter. This is really similar to what I did. http://www.food.com/recipe/Chicken-W...m-Sauce-213904 I didn't put that much mustard in it.

What I mainly did was take some thawed out skinless boneless chicken breast. Cut them into strips and cook them in a skillet. I added salt and pepper and some butter during this step. Made the sauce and after realizing I didn't have enough stuff to make enough of it, I ran to the store and bought the cooking cream while my boyfriend made sure the chickent didn't burn. I also steamed some fresh broccoli and seasoned them with salt, pepper and butter and cut them into managable peices. I bet you can even do this the night before and add garlic to the salt, pepper and butter and make almost a marinade for the veggies. I then added the frozen veggies. I think if I remember right, I used the antioxident veggie blend that had broccoli, carrots, and red and yellow sweet peppers in a garlic butter sauce.
At this point, I have a pot of boiling water for my noodles. I used Lenguine. Once the water boils just cook the noodles as normally done. Anyways after the chicken cooked all the way through, I added the fresh and frozen veggies. (I just threw the frozen veggies in straight from the freezer. You can but it was a last minute idea for me. Like I said I was winging it.) At this point I had turned the stove down to either low or medium heat and waited till the frozen veggies thawed and heated up. Then I added the sauce and the cooking cream. I noticed that it was a little too thick for me, so I ended up added milk to think it out. Seasoning it more with salt and pepper as needed. Once everything warmed up and I got everything how I felt it should be, I added the noodles (which I had drained.)

That's about it...I think. Like I said I didn't have a recipe to go by and I think next time, if I ever do try to make this again, that I'm just going to stick with using just the philly cooking cream and the frozen veggies. The consistancy of the frozen veggies were a lot better than the fresh plus a lot less prep time. My boyfriend who normally hates veggies in dishes like this loved the frozen ones. Plus, it was just a lot of work to make the sauce from scratch only to not have enough and use the philly anyways.

Do a lot of tasting and just add and take out stuff to your preference. I hope this helps!

Originally Posted by catlover19

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.

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Well, to quote all the Americans in Europe...How much is that in real money?

That would be way at the top of the market here. And lots of places have an enchilada special on Mondays in the $4-$5 range.

I am joining my MIL for Mexican before bowling on league tonight. I might get the crab meat burrito again, that was pretty good last time I had it. FIL is still out of town, so, more margarita for us