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:wah:Odie...I don't have the energy, but find cooking really relaxing. I'm also hungry, but need to eat some tasty food.



I'm going to make some "chicken comfort" later on or tomorrow.





I don't like to come home during the week and start cooking. So, I'll cook up a storm, put them into individual containers, freeze and use during the week. I also make extra sauce for quick meals.



I also hooked up my breadmaker and will begin making my own bread, and also dough for homemade pizza.



:-6 I look forward to grilling during the summer and breadmaker and panini maker for the winter.



I also pulled out my pasta maker and will try to properly learn how to make my own pasta next weekend. I used it a few times and the pasta didn't turn out the way I expected it to, but it was absolutely delicious.....WOW, your mouth just smiles when you taste the fresh, homemade pasta with the arriabiata sauce:-4

Kathy Ellen;1252889 wrote: :wah:Odie...I don't have the energy, but find cooking really relaxing. I'm also hungry, but need to eat some tasty food.



I'm going to make some "chicken comfort" later on or tomorrow.





I don't like to come home during the week and start cooking. So, I'll cook up a storm, put them into individual containers, freeze and use during the week. I also make extra sauce for quick meals.



I also hooked up my breadmaker and will begin making my own bread, and also dough for homemade pizza.



:-6 I look forward to grilling during the summer and breadmaker and panini maker for the winter.



I also pulled out my pasta maker and will try to properly learn how to make my own pasta next weekend. I used it a few times and the pasta didn't turn out the way I expected it to, but it was absolutely delicious.....WOW, your mouth just smiles when you taste the fresh, homemade pasta with the arriabiata sauce:-4




it does sound like your starving.:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I know what is like to have real food again after working all week.

bread maker...........mmmmmmmmm

I'm always starving when I come home because I eat very little during the day:wah:

Ah--------------Tri Tip Beef------fresh corn and string beans----mixed salad with balsamic vinegar dressing---------------Merlot wine.

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Kathy Ellen;1252899 wrote: I'm always starving when I come home because I eat very little during the day:wah:


I never ate much at work either, and that's bad, as I used to come home and just eat and eat!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1252927 wrote: I never ate much at work either, and that's bad, as I used to come home and just eat and eat!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


I'm always afraid of getting tummy pains, so I wait until I come home to eat

Kathy Ellen;1252929 wrote: I'm always afraid of getting tummy pains, so I wait until I come home to eat


omg...same here.

-banana in the morning

-one sandwich for lunch with milk

-maybe a quick snack around 3pm.

that's all I had between 6 am and 8pm.

hated those 10 hour shifts.

Odie;1252932 wrote: omg...same here.



-banana in the morning



-one sandwich for lunch with milk



-maybe a quick snack around 3pm.



that's all I had between 6 am and 8pm.



hated those 10 hour shifts.




Odie,



I love my job, but it is so stressful...dealing with 21 kidlets, parents, requirements...yada, yada...



I don't want to get sick during the day..so I kinda eat at the end of the day....which I know is not gooooooodddd:p

Kathy Ellen;1252937 wrote: Odie,



I love my job, but it is so stressful...dealing with 21 kidlets, parents, requirements...yada, yada...



I don't want to get sick during the day..so I kinda eat at the end of the day....which I know is not gooooooodddd:p


you should eat something on your lunch hour, you need your strength.:-5:-5

last night....fresh rainbow trout baked in lemon juice and broccoli.

Odie;1256015 wrote: last night....fresh rainbow trout baked in lemon juice and broccoli.


Odie, that sounds absolutely delicious ! :p Can I join you ? I'll have a few bites of your baked trout and you can have a few bites of my vegetable and meat stir fries.

Today it will probably involve salami, cheese on crackers washed down by cold Coors beer. Lots of it. It's raining out and i'm in a beer drinking mood. Wish I could make it to my old bar hang out. No point in it though. Bar has new owners. My old barmaid's that looked after me are gone. My old drinking/huntin/fishin/ carousin pals are gone/married/dead. Damn, I'm working myself into a blue funk. Gotta tune in on Obama on TV. That idiot's antics always gives me a laugh.

nok;1256202 wrote: Odie, that sounds absolutely delicious ! :p Can I join you ? I'll have a few bites of your baked trout and you can have a few bites of my vegetable and meat stir fries.


come on over!:-4

It was good that it was finally on sale, my gosh, fresh fresh is expensive!

oh Nok, I love stirfrys, lets do this tonight.:guitarist

Flank steak & left over veggie soup

leftover trout, salad and sweet potato.......mmmmmm!

I'm going to have roasted chicken, mashed spuds with gravy, green salad, brocolli, carrots, and asparagus...but don't know how to serve asparagus...I've never even tasted them:o Could I grill them?

hoppy;1256218 wrote: Today it will probably involve salami, cheese on crackers washed down by cold Coors beer. Lots of it. It's raining out and i'm in a beer drinking mood. Wish I could make it to my old bar hang out. No point in it though. Bar has new owners. My old barmaid's that looked after me are gone. My old drinking/huntin/fishin/ carousin pals are gone/married/dead. Damn, I'm working myself into a blue funk. Gotta tune in on Obama on TV. That idiot's antics always gives me a laugh.


salami, cheese, crackers and beer sounds good!

you need to find a new place to call your own now.

don't forget FOX news!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Fresh asparagus is easy, Kathy.

Snap off the ends manually. Then rinse and grill very lightly with a dash of oil, pan fry quickly in butter or steam. I usually do one of the last two. In the pan, sizzle the butter, put the asparagus in and the lid on and turn off the heat immediately. To steam, stand them up on their stems in a small saucepan of boiling water, turn stove off and leave for a minute or two only. If you want them cold in a salad, rinse quickly after steaming in cold water, or they'll continue cooking. I LOVE ASPARAGUS.

The green ones are good here right now, and I've seen some white variety too. Sometimes we get purple as well.

Bon appetit!!!

Thank you Pam...think I'll try grilling them soon.:-6

AussiePam;1256411 wrote: Fresh asparagus is easy, Kathy.

Snap off the ends manually. Then rinse and grill very lightly with a dash of oil, pan fry quickly in butter or steam. I usually do one of the last two. In the pan, sizzle the butter, put the asparagus in and the lid on and turn off the heat immediately. To steam, stand them up on their stems in a small saucepan of boiling water, turn stove off and leave for a minute or two only. If you want them cold in a salad, rinse quickly after steaming in cold water, or they'll continue cooking. I LOVE ASPARAGUS.

The green ones are good here right now, and I've seen some white variety too. Sometimes we get purple as well.

Bon appetit!!!


Or try with a bit of minced garlic drizzled over with olive oil & then grill...delish:-4

Garlic goes well with most things, Ducky!! Grin.

Hi Kathy!!! Sometimes I put a thin slice of good swiss style cheese over the asparagus just to melt quickly... Nice flavour there too.

But good fresh asparagus stands very well just on its own.

AussiePam;1256426 wrote: Garlic goes well with most things, Ducky!! Grin.

Hi Kathy!!! Sometimes I put a thin slice of good swiss style cheese over the asparagus just to melt quickly... Nice flavour there too.

But good fresh asparagus stands very well just on its own.


I love it steamed myself with lots of butter:-4 and garlic...darn outta garlic...use it alot in my cooking

We had broiled asparagus last night for dinner...yum delish. Now I'm outta of asparagus...must get hubs debit card & do my weekly shopping:sneaky:...tonight is easy dinner...fries, caesar salad & sloppy joes

I had a delicious fat ham steak with honey sauce, a fried buttered toast and a salad with black pepper cream. I washed it down with a big glass of iced fruit punch.

It'll have to be a coin toss I guess. Number one son keeps bringing home ducks he shot in the swamp south of town and son number two shot a fat corn fed midwest deer with his bow and arrow last Saturday. So, it'll be either duck or venison. Yummy.

hoppy;1257160 wrote: It'll have to be a coin toss I guess. Number one son keeps bringing home ducks he shot in the swamp south of town and son number two shot a fat corn fed midwest deer with his bow and arrow last Saturday. So, it'll be either duck or venison. Yummy.


decisions, decisions!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Mmm, Pam I jsut bought two bundles of asparagus and loads of garlic. Also made homemade veggie soup yesterday..abs delish with pumpernickel bread.:-4 Tonight is Friday so it's probs pizza night & might make boneless hot wings, cheesesteaks...also carving pumpkins tonight.

I had a minced pork salad with onions and red chilli peppers served over warm rice.

Since 3 fam members went to the world series...me, Cecelia & Quin had the luxury of Gaetano's pizza...I've already frozen 7 pcs...lunch all week...it is the best gourmet pizza in town:-4

fresh trout, salad, low-cal dressing, 2 Melba toast.

-cutting out all greasy, oily foods, fats, carbs, butter, red meat, cheese and calories.:-5

no more Big Mac's for me.:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



I have so much energy now, and I am so much happier as I am doing my body good on cleansing it all of impurities.

and walking 2km a day.

25lbs lighter now.....

going out tonight to JJ Mugs

fresh skinless grilled chicken strips on a Caesar salad.



yummmmy!:D

Odie;1258602 wrote: going out tonight to JJ Mugs



fresh skinless grilled chicken strips on a Caesar salad.





yummmmy!:D


What's JJ Mugs Odie?



I love your choice. That's what I'd have.

Kathy Ellen;1258603 wrote: What's JJ Mugs Odie?



I love your choice. That's what I'd have.


It's a really nice restaurant, tons of atmosphere and cozy table settings.

My kitchen is a mess, but I just made a delicious pot of sausage, peppers and onions with arriabiata sauce. I added tons of spices, hot peppers and sauce, and lots of herbs.



I love to cook like this as I can make 6 meals out of this and freeze them to be used during the week when I'm working.



I'm also going to make some hot salsa and chicken comfort tomorrow.

Kathy Ellen;1258608 wrote: My kitchen is a mess, but I just made a delicious pot of sausage, peppers and onions with arriabiata sauce. I added tons of spices, hot peppers and sauce, and lots of herbs.



I love to cook like this as I can make 6 meals out of this and freeze them to be used during the week when I'm working.



I'm also going to make some hot salsa and chicken comfort tomorrow.


what is arriabiaita sauce?

Oh Odie,



It's a hot and spicy tomato sauce that I love. You can make it as hot as you want with more spices.



Hope this link works.....





http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/kitch ... post827807

Kathy Ellen;1258619 wrote: Oh Odie,



It's a hot and spicy tomato sauce that I love. You can make it as hot as you want with more spices.



Hope this link works.....





http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/kitch ... post827807




I just found it there and posted!:yh_rotfl

I was reading 'who's online', you were there, so I clicked on the recipe in that thread.

Odie;1258620 wrote: I just found it there and posted!:yh_rotfl



I was reading 'who's online', you were there, so I clicked on the recipe in that thread.


Good job Matey:p

We had roasted garlic angel hair pasta in red sauce with meatballs & Pepperidge Farm mozzerella bread...melt in your mouth pasta...:-4

Hunk of dead cow (beef) on some baked wheat (bread) with garden grass (lettuce) and love apples (Tomatos).

Lunch today is bread (ancient. Possibly Bronze Age) with Ham one day past the sell-by date (smells ok) pesto (once I'd removed the mould) and dijon mustard (seems ok).

My brother has an interesting fridge...:wah:

We had Chicken Teriyaki with stir fried veggies over a bed of rice.

Mustang;1258813 wrote: We had Chicken Teriyaki with stir fried veggies over a bed of rice.


and you didn't invite Odie?:sneaky::wah:

Made a beef roast in the crock this morning with loads of veggies...bought some pumpernickel bread to go with it for tonight. Smells wonderful.:-4

Clodhopper;1258802 wrote: Lunch today is bread (ancient. Possibly Bronze Age) with Ham one day past the sell-by date (smells ok) pesto (once I'd removed the mould) and dijon mustard (seems ok).

My brother has an interesting fridge...:wah:


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oh gosh, I hope you don't get food poisoning.

Clodhopper;1258802 wrote: Lunch today is bread (ancient. Possibly Bronze Age) with Ham one day past the sell-by date (smells ok) pesto (once I'd removed the mould) and dijon mustard (seems ok).

My brother has an interesting fridge...:wah:


I am so very glad I came in and read this before actually committing to selecting you, Clodders me darlin, to provide me with a cyberfeast worthy of my Melbourne Cup prizewinning smile....

OK you're ruled out.

Nomad is ruled out on accounta the possibility of lutefisk or worse...

Hoppy - hunka dead cow... that somehow lacks romance

Mustang - possible????

Who, o who shall rid me of this meddlesome priest??? No that's the wrong scenario. I think.

Who o who shall be culinarily worthy??????????????

AussiePam;1258926 wrote: I am so very glad I came in and read this before actually committing to selecting you, Clodders me darlin, to provide me with a cyberfeast worthy of my Melbourne Cup prizewinning smile....

OK you're ruled out.

Nomad is ruled out on accounta the possibility of lutefisk or worse...

Hoppy - hunka dead cow... that somehow lacks romance

Mustang - possible????

Who, o who shall rid me of this meddlesome priest??? No that's the wrong scenario. I think.

Who o who shall be culinarily worthy??????????????




(indignantly) You mean my culinary triumph in honour of Shocking - Jump Started Electric Eales, followed by Lottashokkacawfee - isn't good enough?

(with dignity) I shall just have to go and jump off the patio.

(flounce flounce flounce SLAM)

AussiePam regrets that Clodhopper's non-Epicurean offering is probably* not acceptable.

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Blimey - if ya hadn't edited that to add the smiley so I'd see you were joking Snookums, I'd never have known!! You were joking, weren't you? I mean I LOVE the IDEA of fellas killing themselves left right and centre because of my whimsical flightiness, my merciless cruelty, my femme fatality - but the reality can be messy. Especially if they jump off a patio. That could be a fall of several inches. And might end very badly.

But you flounced.. and slammed!!! Look I know you have a very fine role model in this stylish drama queenery (moi!!) but just a wee word in your shell like ear... A goddess doesn't like to be upstaged in her own personal artform. I suggest that an ailing knight-at-arms should perhaps rather cultivate the alone-and-palely-loitering look. Sedge and strictly no birdsong..



*probably because there is some doubt what is involved..

It's the femme fatality. I can't help it.

The patio is as you say, only a few inches high, so I've got to throw myself off it several hundred times to achieve a fatal total height.

You do realise this will seriously interfere with my cooking?

(pale sigh)

THUD