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Well, I finally figured out why I wasn't seeing any responses in the other thread. I thought something happened or that something was up with my email....

As for supper last night, I made a simple dish of cooking hamburgers in the oven, then adding cooked rice over them, with some slices of cheese on top. The grease from the burgers flavors the rice nicely. It was served with french style green beans and there was bread if anyone wanted some. A filling, simple meal.

This morning is some strong black coffee and I'm getting ready to do some more cleaning and organizing in the house (house work never seems to be completely done). If this sunshine holds out, I hope to get into the garden and maybe get some lettuce and radishes planted. For tonight, supper just might be cooked on the grill. The grill keeps calling to me, singing it's song. With all of the rain we've been having it's been sitting there lonely, calling to me, lol. :teehee:

 

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Last night for supper was beef tips and rice with some corn on the side. Dessert was a frosted Lemonade from Chick-fil-a. The frosted lemonade is lemonade and ice dream blended together. It almost tastes like a creamsicle. :icecream:

 

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Tonight for supper was something to fill a craving - BLT's. I made them with Turkey bacon to be healthier. I also made mac n cheese to go with them for the kids (me I just had a large BLT loaded with bacon, tomato, and Romaine lettuce).

 

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For Thursday evenings supper, I made fish sandwiches and served them with mixed fruit. For dessert an apple crisp was made using a jar of the apples canned last fall. That was also served with vanilla bean ice cream.

 

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This morning I'm enjoying some strong black coffee. I'm still mulling around some ideas for what to cook today. I have it narrowed down to a few choices for supper. Now to decide, lol.

Yesterday saw some thick BLT's and some tater salad for lunch. Supper was cheese tortellini with a nice pasta sauce and garlic bread.
Here are some pics of the BLT's from lunch (yes I was quite full after eating both of them ).

 

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HandyDandyAcres - is the Maid Rite in Greenville part of the Maid Rite franchise, or a different company? http://www.maid-rite.com/

Thanks for the comments on the BLT - I've been having cravings for them lately. The stores locally have been starting to sell US grown tomatoes, so I've been using those. Not as good as home grown, but I'm not complaining.

 

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Sniper69, this is its own independent deal. They are famous for the chewing gum covering the exterior and have even been on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives. It's a little hole in the wall place but man are they good!

HandyDandyAcres - thanks. I'll have to travel that way and give them a try sometime.

 

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Tonight for supper was Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes with chives added, asparagus, Parker house style rolls, and some lignonberries.

For dessert there is Cookies and Cream frozen yogurt.

 

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Lunch today was a pan seared, lemon pepper seasoned chicken breast with some steamed broccoli.
Supper tonight was country fried steaks with sawmill gravy, mashed potatoes with chives added, green beans, and buttermilk biscuits. A tall glass of sweet tea washed it all down.

For dessert there is a NY style cheese cake in the icebox (fridge).:bouncy:

 

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Snipe you're killin' me!! While ALL of your meals from yesterday sounded delightful, that NY style cheesecake? YUMMMM.... What did you have for toppings?

Gosh I'm sorry for everyone that's suffering killing frosts on your fruit trees. That's a real bummer :-( We've had very chilly temps here all week too, but fortunately our fruit trees haven't broke dormancy yet.

We're going to the AYCE Friday night fish fry for supper.

Mickey - I did a terrible thing and served the cheesecake plain. :happy2:

So far the blossoms on my apple and pear trees have seemed to survive here, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

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pixiedoodle - I like greek yogurt - but I've also found not all brands are created equal. So there are some brands I try to steer clear of.
As for yogurt (nongreek) if you get the chance to try Noosa brand or Liberte - both are wonderful yogurts.

 

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Last night was a quick supper of hot dogs (park's finest hickory smoked hot dogs on top cut(New England style) hot dog buns, with some home canned relish for a topping) and tater tots.

This morning for breakfast was blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. Lunch was a thick BLT sandwich. I haven't decided what to make for supper yet.

 

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Tonight for supper was home made Maid-Rite sandwiches and a wilted lettuce and bacon salad. For dessert is Derby Pie. :dance:

 

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It looks delicious Snipe, but what is a Maid-Rite sandwich?

We had cheesy rice, green beans and pork cutlets seasoned w/Emeril's Bayou Blast. I was a little skeered to try it, but dh said it wasn't hot so I took a chance. It's a wee bit saltier than I would want, but quite good tasting.

Mickey - a Maid-rite sandwich is one served at Maid-rite restaurants. http://www.maid-rite.com/ they started in Iowa (this is different than the Maid-rite restaurant in Greenville, OH from what I understand from an earlier discussion in this thread ). http://www.maid-rite.com/locations.php

I found two recipes that were relatively similar so went with those. One is at http://debbiesmidwesternkitchen.com/2014/01/15/crock-pot-iowa-maid-rites/ and the other is at http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2014/04/maid-rite-copycat-loose-meat-sandwiches-recipe.html

 

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Sniper that looks kinda of like sloppy joes...except you put the ketchup on top instead of cooking with it...going to have to give that recipe a try...looks scrumptious.

Tonights supper is chicken probably on the grill havent decided yet, might make rice krispie chicken and potato salad. Still up in the air about it...lol

Sort of, many of the restaurants didn't have ketchup for the longest time, they serve them with pickles, mustard, and onion. My wife said it seemed like the texture of a sloppy joe, but that the meat seemed "finer". Maybe it was the cooking in the crock pot and lots of stirring that made it like that.

The leftover meat will more than likely have some taco seasoning added to it and used for supper tonight. Then it can be put into tacos, burritos, or nachos. :clap:

 

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That recipe sounds a lot like how DH starts off with his mystery hot dog sauce that I can absolutely drink gallons of if available as it's so addictive good. DH does use lots of fresh celery in the cooking of the sauce though so maybe it's not entirely the same kind of taste but your recipe sounds so good. I like that you are adding taco stuff to "tweak" it. It also sounds like you have a lot of fun cooking but I'm here to tell you that we tasters are getting the better end of that bargain. :clap:

Cooking is addicting. I enjoy cooking for family and friends, but if I had to do it for a living it would probably get old quick. It also can be interesting when I like one type of dish and most of my family doesn't like it. Then I'll end up making a double type meal. It can be a pain, but the good part of that is leftovers for lunches.

 

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Hoofpick - that sounds (and looks) like a tasty soup.

 

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i did find a mismatched qt of brilliant yellow paint for 2 bucks to paint the tops of my finch feeders so that was a deal. looking for deeper turquoise paint for the old bench I painted yest. too light. didn't find any & wasn't wanting to pay 10 or 12 $$ for a qt of paint when i only need about a pt. i'll keep looking.

pixiedoodle - if all you need is about a pint of paint - go into lowe's and tell them you want to get a sample size, and give them the color you want mixed in. Price is around $3 (I think it was $2.98 when I bought it last week) and size is around 7 ounces. I did that recently to get some paint for one of my kids school projects. The paint guy says people come in and get those for painting doll houses, projects, trying to decide on wall colors, etc. The brand paint is Olympic one, and the "sample" size only comes in satin (not gloss or matte).

 

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Strawberries anyone? 15 gallons...anyone want to help?

If I were closer I would come and help. Strawberries are so delicious. When I get a big batch of strawberries I like to make jam, slice and dehydrate some for snacks, and puree some with a touch of honey for making fruit rollups. The kids love the fruit rollups (I store them wrapped in cling film). Of course thinking of a strawberry rhubarb pie is making me drool too.

 

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It's been a busy week, but I've still had time to cook. So here are a few highlights so far this week.

On Sunday the grill got a workout and some tritip and chicken breasts were made (along with hotdogs). On the side was some homemade potato salad (I keep trying to get close to my stepmoms recipe. I'm close, but not exact, lol).
The tritip:

The chicken:

and the potato salad (sorry the pic isn't better):

For breakfast on Monday there were blueberry muffins made with some fresh blueberries. one of my little ones helped me mix them up.

Monday for supper were some cheese tortellini's covered with sauce and some rolls on the side. Pecan pie with some frozen vanilla yogurt was dessert.

On Tuesday I had a craving for lunch - so some Philly style cheese steak sandwiches were made. I didn't have any hoagie or sub rolls so served it on top cut New England style hotdog buns.

After watching the new Avengers movie with my wife on a Tuesday "date night", we brought home Chick-fil-A for supper.

Wednesday saw the grill getting fired up again and some cheeseburgers and hot dogs were made. These were served with corn on the cob. :sing:

Thursday was a variety for supper (relatively light). There was some chips with queso dip, bean dip, guacamole, also mac and cheese, and some leftover corn cut off the cob. Frozen Vanilla Yogurt was dessert.

This morning was a craving for a big breakfast. There were scrambled eggs for those that wanted them, sausage, fried hash-browned potatoes with cheese on top, and some strong black coffee. I prefer my eggs sunny side up (I'll eat scrambled, just like sunny side up eggs with certain breakfast foods, lol) - so that is how I ate them. Here is a pic of the plate: