<p>Only two of us here for dinner tonight so we’re having a yummy chicken salad recipe I have and serving it on top of romaine. Served with some naan flatbread and roasted red pepper spread, and our usual fresh fruit salad for dessert. Now if only my dinner companion would get home! I’m hungry! :)</p>
<p>my daughter-in-law is a very, very picky eater. And according to her, this is the best food in the world:</p>
<p>Stir Fry:</p>
<p>chop:</p>
<p>spring onions
banana pepper
chicken, beef, pork or shrimp
celery
cabbage
carrots
broccoli
snow peas
bean sprouts (these don’t need to be chopped)</p>
<p>In a wok, fry the onions and pepper. Add the meat until it’s cooked. Then add the vegetables one by one in the order given. Add cooked egg noodles, or flat chinese noodles.</p>
<p>When just about ready to serve, add soy sauce with a little bit of water and a teaspoon of cornstart mixed in.</p>
<p>When I have two daughters-in-law someday in the future, I can only hope one will think that something I make is the “best food in the world.” Good for you!</p>
<p>Mathson’s favorite food is chicken vindaloo, but chickpeas and spinach? No way!</p>
<p>Man oh man, I wish I had some gooood family cooking right now. For the first time in a long time I decided to stay in for my birthday and cooked dinner with my mom (went home over labor day which was also my 20th). My favorite quick dinner:</p>
<p>-Grilled chicken breast (skin on, bone in to keep it juicy, but I usually take the skin off) basted with my favorite BBQ sauce (Open Pit for this year)
-Roasted sweet corn (you haven’t had good corn until you’ve had it from the midwest–it’s phenomenal) with butter and sea salt
-Broiled asparagus (line on baking sheet, add olive oil, salt, and pepper, broil until it is bright and sizzles)
-Peaches (free stone right now from a local market–perfect)
-my great-grandma’s secret recipe dense chocolate cake
-Lemonade
-Outside, on the backporch, with the entire family.</p>
<p>A surprisingly fond memory for me :)</p>
<p>Happy birthday!!!</p>
<p>I can’t believe how many people don’t like chickpeas! D2 eats them as a snack out of the can, and the whole family adores hummus. Plus, another of our emergency pasta meals is bowtie pasta with chickpeas: heat olive oil, saute some minced garlic, add a can of drained and rinsed chickpeas, salt, pepper, some red pepper flakes if your kids like spicy. Meanwhile, boil salted pasta water, boil the pasta. Put maybe a cup of the pasta water in the chickpeans, then add the drained pasta. heat, add some more olive oil and some chopped parsley. </p>
<p>Not in the dinner for busy school nights theme, but here’s a fantastic and not unhealthy appetizer with toasted garbanzos and pistachios:
[Spicy</a> Toasted Garbanzo Beans and Pistachios Recipe at Epicurious.com](<a href=“http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/SPICY-TOASTED-GARBANZO-BEANS-AND-PISTACHIOS-107685]Spicy”>http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/SPICY-TOASTED-GARBANZO-BEANS-AND-PISTACHIOS-107685)</p>
<p>I need to figure out what to do with the 4 lbs of stew meat D and H brought yesterday at Costco.</p>
<p>mom60, I’ve just put your peach crisp into the oven. Anything that looks this yummy on its way into the oven has got to be fabulous. And so easy. Thanks! Not sure if your screen name connotes that you’ve got 60 offspring; if so, the 4 lb of meat should be gone in a flash :)</p>
<p>Hope you like the crisp
Thank God I don’t have 60 children.
I am making stew this evening to eat tomorrow night. I used half the stew meat. I froze the rest and will probably use it in the crock pot next week with a green tomatillo salsa to make meat for burritos.
Tonight leftover mac and cheese and a salad.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, Kristin!</p>
<p>Mom60 There is a beef strogonoff (sp) in the crock pot receipe in the new Cook’s Country magazine that calls for 4lbs of stew meat. I’m at the office or I would type it out for you…I’ll try and remember to do it when I get home. Or just make beef stew. I do that in crock pot all the time in the winter. I do brown the meat first in a fry pan, then dump it on top of the potatoes/celery/onions/carrots in the crock pot. Add season packet and 3 cups of water. Great meal, ready to go when we walk in the door.</p>
<p>This is a great crockpot dinner. Really delicious. </p>
<p>6 Frozen Chicken Breasts
1 12 oz. bottle bbq sauce
1/2 cup Italian dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 T. worcestershire sauce</p>
<p>Put chicken in the crockpot. Mix other ingredients and pour over chicken. Cook 6-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high. Great with mashed potatoes, rice or egg noodles.</p>
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<p>Really good banana muffin recipes (maybe Banana Muffins II) on all recipes.com (no spaces of course).</p>
<p>I swear by that website when I’ve run out of ideas. Read the reviews below the recipes - lots of good ideas for substitutions and what other cooks have done to alter a recipe!</p>
<p>Thanks, maysixx… I’ll check it out.</p>
<p>allrecipes is great - so is cookinglight.com. It has reviews, too.</p>
<p>Another vote for allrecipes.com - the first place I stop now when I need a recipe…I check there more often than my cookbooks!</p>
<p>Sift and fold? That’s two steps too many. I’m looking for stir and bake. Seriously, I’m going to try the muffin recipe. Thanks again.</p>
<p>Quick crock pot: 4 chicken breasts, one chopped onion, with one jar of good quality of jarrred spaghetti sauce poured over it. Cook on low for 8 hours and serve over hot pasta and with a salad.</p>
<p>I promise, I’m usually a better cook than this but some days that’s all there’s time for!</p>
<p>This one is for breakfast: In a small, 2 person crockpot (mine is a Rival I gto for $8 at Target) at night just before you go to bed: coat the inside with butter flavor Pam, fill crock to 3/4 full with regular (not quick cook) oatmeal, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1t ground cinnamoin and fill to within 1 inch of top with water. Plug in and cook all night and when the kids get up in the morning they can add dried fruit or nuts, butter and cream.</p>