Welcome back :-) Did you see the recipe post on Friday for the Chili Dogs? Talk about a total success - I love those meals! With that said, have you ever noticed that kitchen appliances seem to die quietly while they sit in teh cupboard so when you go to use them, they don't work? I had planned Daddy Fries (homemade fries cut just like dad made them). I heated up my deep fryer to 350 degrees, cut the potatoes, dropped the first batch in and they were dark brown in 30 seconds. Ummmm . . apparently 350 degrees just got a million degrees hotter. In an effort to save the rest, I turned it down to 250 degrees but the potatoes just soaked up the grease and were dark brown on the outside . . with lots of grease on the inside. Needless to say, the Fry Daddy is now in the garbage and I'm going to be adding that to my wish list. I would say Christmas List but I know I want one before that point so I need to do a little research and shop around. One last thing - on Thursday of last week we ended up with a cool rainy day - you have no idea how thrilled I was to make pork chops and scallopped potatoes . . .something that cooks in the oven for 1 1/2 hours and it did not make my house hot!! I think this summer I've probably cooked dinner in my oven a total of 8 times so I am so anxious for fall to start making some of those true family favorites from meatloaf to lasagna to soups!
This is the plan for this week. Honestly, I've had some new recipes burning a hole in my . . . .recipe book . . .but who has wanted to cook in the scorcher summer we've had? I've decide to try a lot of them this coming week so we'll see how that goes ;-)
Saturday: BBQ Chicken Pizza with Chips
Sunday: Crock Pot Chicken Legs, Southwestern Dip/w chips and a simple fruit salad. (Again, trying to keep Sunday prep work, clean-up to a minimum). That will be our main meal and for a lighter "Lunch" in the evening we'll have Monte Cristo Sandwiches and left overs salads from lunch.
Monday: Meatball Stroganoff in the crockpot with noodles and salad. (Now I'll be honest, I have a stroganoff recipe that we love but I thought this might be fun with meatballs - it will have to be a home run for me to keep it!)
Tuesday: Mama's Supper Club Tilapia Parmesan, Squashed Potatoes, Broccoli and rolls.
Wednesday: Darryl has a concert so I'm just planning to use up some Frozen pizza dough and make that for dinner
Thursday: Stuffed green peppers in the crock pot, green beans, savory rice and corn bread
Friday: Man Pleasing Chicken, Bob Evans Mashed potoates, corn and biscuits. (I've actually made this before and my husband loved it)
That's all - If any of the new recipes are hits, you will see them posted in the upcoming weeks on Friday!
