Dinner Monday, 10-8-2018 ~ National Kick Butt Day

[Cooking Goddess]

National Kick Butt Day is designed for self-motivation. In my little world, it will be remembered as the day that the Houston Astros baseball team kicked the butts of the Cleveland Indians right out of the playoffs.


I considered an all-liquid dinner of Bourbon, vodka, and rum. After careful consideration and thinking about the health of our livers, I settled on end pork chops stovetop-simmered in onions, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

What's your plan?

[salt and pepper]

Pork chops here also.Baked low and slow w/ sauerkraut & tomatoes. Then chip mint cheesecake. GO Yankees....

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[blissful]

S&P I do love seeing your pictures in lots of your posts.


I made an inspired minestrone soup because it is the end of the garden and there are vegetables everywhere around my kitchen and some still in the garden.


I made macaroni and ground beef for the guys, they'll put the soup over the mac and beef. I'll eat the soup itself. I love this time of year.

[LPBeier]

What I would like - to go to the pho restaurant in our neighbourhood and have either pho or tempura.

What we will probably do - eat leftovers from our Thanksgiving dinner last night with TB's family.

The good thing about that - we can watch The Voice Blind Auditions while we eat.

[tenspeed]

Mussels with chorizo and tomatoes, dutch oven bread, green salad.

After my experience with baguettes, I tried freezing a loaf of bread. I usually make a half-size loaf of DO bread in a 3 qt. CI DO. I picked up the small ones (I have two) at Kohls on Black Friday for $15 or less. After thawing, I reheat the bread for 5 minutes or so at 300 F to firm up the crust. I'm happy to report that the bread thaws and reheats wonderfully, and the crust is actually a bit crunchier. From now on I'll make two at a time, with one for the freezer.

[GA Home Cook]

Just go to the Residence Inn in Columbus Ohio. Meetings all day tomorrow and back to the ATL. not much eating and zero cooking. But some good wine. My Braves are getting their butt kicked by LA

[Andy M.]

Got an inspiration to try a new recipe for shrimp. Read over a bunch of online recipes and used them as the inspiration to create one of my own based on ingredients I have on hand. We ended up with a pretty tasty Cajun shrimp in cream sauce with farfalle. The easy test was that I liked it. The acid test is that SO really liked it so it's a keeper.

[medtran49]

Chef salad.

Lovely looking cheesecake Joey.

[Cooking Goddess]

Joey, if you give me some cheesecake, I'll root for your Yankees. *shudder* Never mind, I just cannot do that.

Himself doesn't like previously frozen pork chops. I couldn't pass up the sale this past spring, though - 79 cents a pound! He loved dinner, proving that onions>freezer flavor.

[Cheryl J]

Looks delicious, CG...and I could go for a slice of Joey's mint cheesecake.

I had some refried beans, salsa, and other goodies to use up, so I built a tostada for this afternoon's dinner. Still stuffed, but I might have room for strawberry ice cream topped with some blueberries a little later.