What's for Dinner 14

[bestofour]

we went to Outback and I had salmon.  It was good.

[Dianna]

Aunt Bonnie fixed taco salad for me tonight...

I love taco salad...

[landofoz]

Tonight we're having Ranch Cheeseburgers and chicken/bean/velveeta dip stuff with tortilla chips.  I've got some peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in the oven now, I don't know if they will make it until after dinner though...

[bestofour]

Peanut butter oatmeal chocolate cookies are my favorite.  I don't put chips in them though, just cocoa.

I've got a pot of vegetable soup on the burner.

[landofoz]

Mmmmmm, soup.  I'm in such a soup mood that it is ridiculous! 

[Jessica]

We had enchiladas last night.  I think I will make some soup today.  The weather is going to be cool so soup sounds perfect.  Now I just have to decide what kind. I would love vegetable soup but James would probably complain that it doesn't have meat. I guess I can try though and see if he says anything.

[landofoz]

Tonight we're have the ever-practical hot dogs and will probably bake up some tator tots.  I've got a ketchup craving!

[sunsoaker]

I ate an entire Totinos pizza for lunch. So dinner will be something very light. Not sure what yet (if anything at all, after an entire pizza, I shouldn't be hungry again for a while.. lol)

[Jessica]

In your defense, Barb, Totinos pizza's are small.  I can definitely eat a whole one and still be hungry later.

I have had tomato rotini soup cooking for most of the day.  It smells yummy! I am hungry but am trying to wait for James to get home from hunting before I eat.  I'm not sure that I'm going to make it though. The sun is setting but I imagine it will be an hour before he gets home.  Tristen took one look at the soup and said "yuck" (which I completely expected him to say as this is what he says about most meals that don't come from McDonalds or something kid-friendly such as chicken nuggets or hot dogs).  So, he is eating whole grain blueberry waffles and bacon right now.

[landofoz]

I found some anahiem peppers in the garden and promptly stuffed them with mozzerella and grilled them with the hot dogs.  They were sooo yummy.

Jessica, I'm just dying to know how that soup turned out.  Do you put the rotini in at the end, so it's not smushy when you go to serve it?

[Jessica]

Sarah, I still haven't tried the soup.  Yes, the noodles go in for a bit at the end.  I'm sure they would be a mushy mess if I had then in all day.   I actually have the soup in the crock pot so the noodles go in for the last 30 minutes.  I guess I will add them soon.  Then it shouldn't be done too long before James gets home and maybe I will be able to wait for him.   I will definitely be back to let you know how the soup tastes after we eat.

[Penny]

BBQ'd chicken, salad, veggies and potatoe's, just need to decide on baked or mashed.

[Jessica]

Okay, I know I posted in here last night about my dinner but I guess it vanished into thin air.

The soup was great.  I was wrong about the noodles though....they go in for the last 15 to 20 minutes.  I read the recipe again after I posted that, thankfully before I added them.

I will post the recipe tonight when I get home.

Your dinner sounds good Penny!

[landofoz]

Okay, I know I posted in here last night about my dinner but I guess it vanished into thin air.

The soup was great.  I was wrong about the noodles though....they go in for the last 15 to 20 minutes.  I read the recipe again after I posted that, thankfully before I added them.

I will post the recipe tonight when I get home.

Your dinner sounds good Penny!

I kept checking, Jessica, and finally went to bed without knowing the status of your soup.  It's a wonder I slept at all!!

[Jessica]

I'm sorry Sarah.  I really did come in and post about the soup but I don't know what happened to it.  I was going to post the recipe too but I was too engrossed in Desperate Housewives so I just shut down the computer.

[Dianna]

Jessica the only place that I remember you posting about the soup was in the Spirit Lounge. At least that is what I thought.  Maybe it was reply 85 in this topic?

Aunt Bonnie fixed us Greek salad for supper tonight. Sure was good, too!

[Jessica]

I posted after #85 in this topic last night but when I came back today it wasn't here.  Maybe I forgot to hit submit or something.   It's been known to happen before.

We had country goulash tonight.  It was good.  I am taking leftover soup to work for lunch tomorrow.  Yum!

[Dianna]

I posted after #85 in this topic last night but when I came back today it wasn't here.  Maybe I forgot to hit submit or something.   It's been known to happen before.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that does that...

I sure would like to see the recipe for that in the soup topic, Jessica. Does goulash qualify as a soup? Sounds like it to me...

[Jessica]

No, goulash is not a soup.  I will post the recipe though.

[Tina]

I had split pea soup with hamhocks. I'm stuffed.

[Jessica]

Yummy!  Sounds good Tina.  Split pea soup is on my list to make soon.

[Dianna]

  Please don't laugh at me, but what are split peas? Are they the little bitty green peas (English)? Sounds like a recipe for the soup topic to me...

[Tina]

split peas are dried peas (english) that are in halves. It will be sold in the dried bean section of your store. Directions are on the packages and they are much faster to cook than beans. No soaking. Ham in some form is always good, so is bacon. It can be made thin and soup-like to pretty thick where you can almost eat it with a fork.

[sunsoaker]

Split pea soup was one of my Mom's favorite foods!

[Dianna]

Yummy, Tina. That sounds good. Have you posted the recipe in the soup topic yet? Do you just add what vegetables you like in with them?

I am not a fan of the little bitty green peas....