Category: good eats

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Late night dinner for two

Last night was a great night. Once I got the kids fed their dinner (pizza), bathed and down to bed, I started cooking dinner a Deux. My man had to work really late and I knew that I wouldn’t sleep until he got in, so I figured we could have a nice relaxing dinner on the patio for just the two of us. I made Grilled chicken Asiago with cheese tortellini, a tossed salad and Italian seasoned bread. A nice bottle of chilled white wine and some candles and I was set.

We really enjoyed the time alone and he was very impressed with our dinner. It was actually easier to make then you would think, but we won’t tell him that. I tell you, it was long over due for some quality alone time. If you haven’t done it yourselves lately, take a page from my blog and go for it! You won’t be disappointed.

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Hamburger stew

I have a great recipe that is easy peasy to make. I thought I would share it with you guys.

You will need;

  • 1 lb of ground beef
  • 1 large bottle of V8
  • 5 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into bite size pieces)
  • 1 can of green beans
  • 1 can of corn
  • natures seasoning
  • Tony Chechares Creole seasoning
  • garlic
  • half an onion (chopped)

Brown the ground beef in a large pot and drain. Add all of the other ingredients (including juice from cans of veggies). Cook on meduim heat for at least an hour, until the potatoes have softened and the stew has thickened up some. It doesn’t get really thick, but it is amazing.

 

Top with parmesean cheese and serve. Tastes great!

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This is where I wish I was

I wish I was sitting by the water somewhere in warm weather with a cocktail in my hand. I think that the endless cold weather and constant problems from the past few months have finally caught up with me. I am ready for summer and BBQ’s and relaxation. *sigh*

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This child is a hot mess

I love him unbelievably, ad he keeps my in stitches of laughter constantly. He does some of the silliest stuff. Last night as I was cooking dinner, he came and asked me what was for dinner.
Me; food.
Child; What kind of food?
Me; The kind you eat.
Child; What kind of food you eat?
Me; Liver and onions.
Child; Yay! Yummy to my tummy!, and then he skips away.

Never in a million years would I ever have thought that I would hear such words out of a child’s mouth. Ya gotta love em!

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The Ladies are Telling Me About Hcg

I joined a group of ladies that are all taking hcg. It is a weight loss group that helps each other with whatever comes up with the program. Some of the stuff you have to do can be difficult. You get used to not eating a lot and then when you move to the next phase, you have to load. Loading is when you eat a lot for a couple of days and then hit the diet again. Loading is probably the most difficult part. They tell me that basically I will have to stuff my face for about two days and eat every thing, before I can move on. Wish me luck!

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Spaghetti for dinner

I think we will have spaghetti for dinner. The kids always love it and it doesn’t take a lot of prep time since I am not making it from scratch today. I will add a tossed salad and some garlic bread on the side and that will do. My eldest child loves to make salads, so I will let him. He really makes a great salad and adds all kinds of stuff. Sometimes, I have to stop him from putting too much. I am teaching him, what ingredients go well in a side salad, based on what you are eating as the main course.

With spaghetti, I like a spinach or ceasar salad for the most part. Sometimes, arugula salad is good with it as well. For tonight, I believe I have the makings for a spinach salad with sprouts, bacon bits, boiled egg, shredded cheese and croutons. I know that there is a lovely raspberry vinaigrette  dressing in there to go on it as well. Knowing my son, he will find a couple of other things to throw in it too. That is the beauty of teaching the kids not just to cook but to create. Now I am really hungry just thinking about it.

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Baking a cake for the kids

I decided to bake a cake for the kids. They love Red Velvet cake and a few weeks ago I bought the stuff to make it, but hadn’t done it yet. So tomorrow when I go to do the Christmas shopping, I am going to buy a couple more cake pans to get that done. Today they are eating the Ginger Bread house we made on Sunday. They are so funny about it, picking apart the house meticulously the way they put it together. Here’s a picture of a similar one to theirs.

Ginger bread house
Ginger Bread House
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Sunday

Well today doesn’t seem to be like our traditional Sunday. Usually, we have a big Sunday breakfast to start our day off, but no one wanted a big breakfast today. The kids just wanted pop tarts and cereal, but should not have surprised me. We just bought new cereal an pop tarts yesterday. They always have to try the new stuff as soon as they possibly can.

I think it is going to a lazy Sunday. I don’t really feel like doing much. I was going to do laundry, but I am not sure I really need to yet. I just don’t like for it to build up though. Oh well. I’m off now. Later Gators!

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So making this

From Food network
Eggplant Ricotta Bites

I found this on the Food Network recipes and I am making it tonight. I though I would share it with you guys so you could give it a try too. Now I have to go shopping.

Ingredients
1 medium eggplant
Kosher salt
All-purpose flour, for dredging
2 large eggs
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons extra- virgin olive oil, plus more as needed
2 large plum tomatoes, diced
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
1 cup ricotta cheese
Shredded fresh basil, for topping
Directions
Thinly slice the eggplant into rounds and season with salt. Pour some flour into a shallow dish. Beat the eggs in another dish. In a third dish, mix the breadcrumbs and Parmesan. Dredge the eggplant in the flour, then dip in the eggs and coat with the breadcrumb mixture.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, cook the eggplant until golden, about 2 minutes per side, adding more oil between batches, if necessary. Drain on paper towels and season with salt.

Toss the tomatoes with the remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil and the vinegar in a bowl. Spoon some ricotta onto each eggplant slice. Top with the tomato mixture and basil.

SERVES 6

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Easy dinner tonight

I think I will make an easy dinner tonight. We are going to have steak sandwiches and french fries. The kids love them, especially the fries and I don’t have a lot of clean up. I have a lot of work to still get done, so easy is the word of the night. I might even allow my eldest son to help make the Steakums steaks while I do the fries. He just loves to cook and always offers to help. His specialty is pancakes though. He makes them almost every weekend for Saturday breakfast. I am slowly teaching him little by little, but I am an over protective mom and get afraid he will burn himself. I have to learn to curb that a little bit. Ah well, gotta get back to work. Talk to ya’ll later.