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Leftovers! Yummy!

Merme

Carol to answer your question from the previous menu thread, spaghetti squash is easy to prepare.

I cut mine in half lengthwise. This does require some strength and perseverance! Or, you can ask Rod to do it OR have them do it at the grocery store.

Once it is cut in half lengthwise so it looks like two long canoes, you need to get the seeds and loose fiber out. I use a spoon which I turn so the bowl is faced down and then simply scrape. It works great!

Then place them both cut side down in a baking dish. Add about a cup or so of water, maybe more depending on your baking dish. Cover with foil snuggly.

Bake for about an hour at 350 to 375.

The squash will steam under the foil.

Remove from oven.

The squash will be hot and soft, so be careful here. I use a dish towel folded so I can pick up one of the squash pieces well enough to turn it over or to stand it on end.

Then using a fork, you can scrape out the steamed meat and it falls out of the squash in long strands like spaghetti. I have also used one of those pronged spaghetti serving spoons to pull the squash out of the shell. It will let you scrape it all the way down to the shell so nothing gets wasted.

Some people serve it with spaghetti sauce on top, but we prefer melted butter, salt & pepper.

Easy and Delicious!


Merme

Maxi made us his Gigantic Cheeseburgers tonight! Mine was so big I simply could not bite it and so I ate it with a fork. That is, I ate as much of it as I could using a fork.... it was far too big for a single meal. My kid likes his burgers THICK, I suppose!



Merme

Noodles, meatballs, and diced tomatoes all mixed together and a little sprinkle cheese on top!

tonight we are having boneless pork chops, mashed potatoes, corn & cresant rolls.

Tonight we are having baked chicken breasts, potatoes, and some vegetable or other.



Merme

I do not know what we are actually having for dinner tonight. Probably the loaded potatoes in the crockpot right now and the meatballs in the oven. I also have stuffed baked potatoes in the oven and stuffed peppers. Those are going to be packaged for the freezer and different days. I love cooking days. My house smells nice.

We had leftovers tonight. I love leftover nights.

the problem wil be tomorrow night, as I a taking my MIL shopping tomorrow.

if it is one thing I hate, it is being gone all day & coming home & working.

I think I will stop at the deli on the wasy home for Rod. I can eat soup.

Tonight we had rice, black-eyed peas, hamburger and diced tomatoes. It was yummy!

Easy dinner of mac 'n cheese w/ browned ground beef mixed in it.



Merme

Shrimp kabobs * grilled outside* and garden salad with grilled garlic Cheese bread, YUMMM

Cooked up a Pot of Chili and Jalapeno Corn bread Muffins Mmmmmmmm-m

Your dinners are making me hungry, Diane!


I am making Shepherds Pie tonight.



Merme

tonight we are going to have a chicken stir fry, and flaky biscuits.

Carol Jean! I was thinking about chicken stir fry this afternoon!


But tonight we are having home made fish chowder. Yummy!



Merme

Leftovers!

Chicken, macaroni salad, green beans.

last night we had leftovers from lunch out.
tonight we will have hamburgers with a homemade seasoning, mashed potatoes, & some veggie or another.

Yummy..

Glazed pork chops, mashed potatoes/gravy and carrots/turnips here tonight....

I made a crock pot of meatballs and sauce. Now I'm just thinking about what to go with.



Merme

the veggie was brussel sprouts in a butter sauce.

Red Beans & Rice, Cornbread, and Greens! I guess I was feeling a little homesick...

Steak, scalloped potatoes and broccoli.

Hamburger casserole

Changed my mind, it's meat pie....

we had boneless pork chops, noodles & salad.

Haddock, potatoes and mixed veggies here.

Oven fries,Haddock and coleslaw
here

Sounds delish, Barb!


Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and green beans here.

We had oven-baked chicken, oven fries, & california medley here for supper.

Yesterday I had a donair from a pizza place...it was delicious and such a nice treat.

Today its roast chicken with all the trimmings.

I had to look up donair. They look pretty good. Like a meatloaf taco on pita? And an east coast Canadian specialty.

It's a spicy shaved meat on a pita bread with a sweet garlic cream sauce~yummy

I want to pull a turkey carcus out of my frfeezer & make T Carcus soup--it is so yummy--BUT I am betting that Rod will veto the idea, he does not like soup much---Me, I could live on it.....

I'm making chinese food here today...chicken rice, garlic meatballs and egg rolls.

Chili cheese dogs and Frito tonight

soup, cresant rolls, & apple danish coffee cake

Well, I'd say leftover chinese food but I ate it last night

Today will be something with ground beef....maybe mexican food.

I made Chicken Caccitore the other night.

Once again we had Turkey soup. Tonight we had Fresh French bread to go with it.