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What's Cooking in June 2017

Winifred — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:35:26 GMT

I actually remembered to start the new monthly thread early in the a.m. Is that progress or what:

For dinner last night was great food from Farmer Boy's but they forgot the avocado on my California BLT. Boo Hoo. Called them to remind their "cook" avocado is the big thing on that particular sandwich. They offered me 50 percent off on my next visit but I told them just to make sure they prepared the sandwich correctly. LOL.

Another overcast, damp and chilly morning. Little girl is still asleep - same with Davey. I would love to still be in bed but I woke up and that usually does it for me. Am still sleepy however.

Want to see a lot of people coming here and telling us what is on their dinner table. I always enjoy reading what others eat and often get some good ideas. Still am missing Soushi like crazy. Do wish we could get her back here - she was such a big supporter of the What's Cooking from the get go. Come on Bev, we miss you. Do understand your loss and you need to know that also - when I think of you I also think of your dear hubby.

Have a great day one and all.

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cancun08 — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:01:14 GMT

Good morning! I am new to this forum & looking forward to some interesting stuff.

I bought a turkey breast tenderloin and I am going to cut it in half and I will be sprinkling one of the halves with a bourbon brown sugar rub, the other half will be rubbed with a hickory smoke blend. Going to cook them in my air fryer. Want to see which one that I like best because they both sound good to me!

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flbettyboop — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:20:07 GMT

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Winifred — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:33:18 GMT

CanCun, I need to look up the air fryer. As old as I am I have never heard of them. See, you can learn a lot of things here. By the way, this thread is super old and was started by a lady named Shirley - just went blank on her name here on the boards. Will think of it like boom, probably. I do not believe she posts at all on these boards - so sad as thru the years we have lost some great posters. Hope to see you coming back.

Good Morning flbettyboop. Like your picture.

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twinny70 — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:48:20 GMT

@cancun08 wrote:
Good morning! I am new to this forum & looking forward to some interesting stuff.
I bought a turkey breast tenderloin and I am going to cut it in half and I will be sprinkling one of the halves with a bourbon brown sugar rub, the other half will be rubbed with a hickory smoke blend. Going to cook them in my air fryer. Want to see which one that I like best because they both sound good to me!

What time is dinner? I haven't had either of them, but would be willing to sample. Of course you may live on either coast & I am in S. WI.

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mousiegirl — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:45:51 GMT

@cancun08 wrote:
Good morning! I am new to this forum & looking forward to some interesting stuff.
I bought a turkey breast tenderloin and I am going to cut it in half and I will be sprinkling one of the halves with a bourbon brown sugar rub, the other half will be rubbed with a hickory smoke blend. Going to cook them in my air fryer. Want to see which one that I like best because they both sound good to me!

@cancun08 Welcome! Please let us know how the air fryer cooked the turkey.

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mousiegirl — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:03:43 GMT

June already, unbelievable! Yay for me as for the first time, I remembered that today is a new month, instead of it taking me over a week to realize it, looking at the previous month's thread thinking no one was posting, lol.

On Sunday, I grilled skirt steak and served it with green beans with extra virgin olive oil and garlic, and potato salad that I made the day before.

Monday, I grilled chicken breasts for DH with white sharp cheddar melted on top to be placed on a bun with avocado and sweet onion on top and all of the condiments that he uses. I grilled chicken thighs, boneless and skinless, and basted with butter and Worcestershire sauce, so yummy. I ate those with the green beans.

Last night, I used the leftover skirt steak, chopped and added to sauteed onions for tacos, cheese on the grilled tortilla, then refried beans, then meat and onions, then avocado. Usually, I just eat the beans on a grilled tortilla, and always add spice to the beans. I used to make a vat of the beans and freeze in batches, and must do that again as they are fantastic, such wonderful flavor, a recipe given to me by a friend of DD's in grammar school. Whenever our little group would get together, she would bring her beans and red rice, DD loved the rice, I loved the beans, and I would bring a huge pesto pasta or Chinese chicken salad.

I would make a vat of the salad then add the lettuce at serving time so it would keep longer. It is quite a project. Frying separately the chicken breasts until crispy, wonton strips, bean threads, chopping almonds and mincing green onions, making a dressing, chopping cilantro, and shreading lettuce. I would have paper towels lining a large part of the counter to drain everything, and need I say that the bean threads had a mind of their own, jumping all over, what a messy cleanup, but so worth it.

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cancun08 — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:13:53 GMT

@twinny70 wrote:
@cancun08 wrote:
Good morning! I am new to this forum & looking forward to some interesting stuff.
I bought a turkey breast tenderloin and I am going to cut it in half and I will be sprinkling one of the halves with a bourbon brown sugar rub, the other half will be rubbed with a hickory smoke blend. Going to cook them in my air fryer. Want to see which one that I like best because they both sound good to me!

What time is dinner? I haven't had either of them, but would be willing to sample. Of course you may live on either coast & I am in S. WI.

@twinny70

Lol! I live in upstate NY..... c'mon over!

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Pooky1 — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:08:33 GMT

good morning everyone and happy june. tonight for dinner maria prepped home made beef egg rolls and wontons. i just need to fry them when were ready to eat. hope everyone has a great month.

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Winifred — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 04:25:18 GMT

I had pork chops, green beans and mashed potatoes. Very good and simple to fix. Say a prayer the little one will crash shortly. She has been getting later and later with her bedtimes - cannot figure out why but I do NOT like it. LOL. She did not have a nap until about 5 this afternoon which is way too late - messes up everything. But I woke her up at 7, bathed her and fed her - a tad late but better than nothing. She rolled for a good hour or so and hopefully will go to sleep - hope it stays this way as it has actually been quiet for about 5 minutes now. Shhhh!!!

Hope all had a great day.

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Winifred — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 13:26:06 GMT

Although I did not post yesterday just want to let all know I did eat. Have both little ones here after Ricky spending some time with good friends. He got a bit wound up yesterday and his grandmother - not me as I am his great great - just adds to the problems. Goodness but she yells and yells. Wish I could get her to zip it for a spell. Since all the kiddies were here and I was tired I took the easy way out - fast food McDonalds which to me is the worlds worse food but kids sure like it. I did not get anything for myself which is normal for that place but did have a Bologna sandwich and an avocado. Suited me just fine.

Hope one and all have a good today - yesterday was literally blistering hot here. Way too early for August weather. Just terrible and sleeping was fitful for sure.

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mousiegirl — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 00:43:13 GMT

@Winifred I just made the batter fried eggplant, yummy. There is quite a bit left over, so another meal for me. I ate it by itself, but I know you said you make sandwiches, and I think I will buy a baguette in a few days and try it that way. I used garlic powder, salt, and cracked pepper, I make a batch of this and use it on many foods, as seasoning in the batter.

I used to make eggplant this way, but havn't in a long time. Slice eggplant on the thin side, but not too thin, or it could be thin, really doesn't matter, but it should not be thick, spread mayo on both sides, and dip both sides in a mix of bread crumbs, I would use panko now, and fresh parm, and bake it until it is crispy.

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Winifred — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 01:46:38 GMT

So glad you enjoyed that eggplant Mousiegirl. I LOVE it!!! Always have. Am sure I must have commented that Mother always called me at work when she was fixing some - and bless her she always fixed enough for me to take home for sandwiches. Actually when my folks - and I - ate eggplant it usually was a stand alone food - nothing else. Oh my, is it time for me to fix some more?

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mousiegirl — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 16:50:43 GMT

@Winifred wrote:
So glad you enjoyed that eggplant Mousiegirl. I LOVE it!!! Always have. Am sure I must have commented that Mother always called me at work when she was fixing some - and bless her she always fixed enough for me to take home for sandwiches. Actually when my folks - and I - ate eggplant it usually was a stand alone food - nothing else. Oh my, is it time for me to fix some more?

@Winifred I always send DH to the produce market on his way home from work on Saturdays, and sometimes he brings Acme bread home, never know what kind will be left by the time he gets there, I didn't request it, and he brought a baguette home, so I had a snack of eggplant on it with a little mayo, and on the cruncy bread it was great, but now I am eggplanted, is this a word, out, lol.

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Winifred — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 04:34:15 GMT

Sounds good Mousiegirl!!!!! Wish you lived closer - we would drive those eggplants crazy and everyone else also. LOL.

Did not fix any dinner. Went to church after driving the little one on a 35 minute trip for babysitting so I could go - Grandma - Shannon - did NOT show up again. After that hauled my computer to be checked and the Tech I set it up with was a no show at work. Grrrr - sounds like my luck. Went and got some $$ out of the drive up - then went to Home Depot to order an outside table and chairs. Mine crashed with a strong wind a couple months ago and since it had a glass top - thar she went. Also with as dry as it is out here the chair legs were rusting off - not safe to sit in them so tossed it all. Finally got around to ordering something else for us to destroy. Then went and ate. Made another trip for some summer tops and a couple of capri's (do they call them that any more) and also a couple outfits for the little girl. Closets in this house are tiny and so I have ship my seasonal clothes out to the shed in back - what a chore and getting more difficult. I opened up the shed and almost had a heart attack. Someone has but upset. No one will own up to it and it will be hard for me to get it straightened up. am sure it was Shannon - I know her well. Cannot even walk in there - a real nightmare..

At any rate, am getting - almost finished - getting my "winter" clothes out and hot weather clothes in - and I am really tired. Am having to de-wrinkle some of the things. Altho I always sort them clean then still wrinkle. Sigh. Have the last bunch getting "ironed" in the dryer. LOL. Then I think I will crash. Start early in the a.m. to try and get the clothes chores finished and do something out in the shed. Davey is NO help again - so what is new.

I did make a couple other trips to pick up some more plastic storage bins - again have nO CLUE where mine all disappeared to. that shed is something else. At this point so is my house. Groan.

Hope one and all are great - and yes, I did eat an avocado and banana for dinner. what can I say. I love them both.

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flbettyboop — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:20:19 GMT

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Winifred — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:41:44 GMT

flbettyboop, well you spoiled it all, thought sure few hoursa go was Friday. I need to either go back to bed or something to figure it out. Will say, however, a LOT hotter today than Friday and so it goes.

Got a lot of the shed straightened out - now that does NOT mean any of you would agree if you saw what it still looks like - but I saw it earlier. Some progress has been made.

Got to get a couple sprinkler heads fixed - am so tired of people "helping me by mowing" and not paying any attention to what they do. Need to call John to get them repaired - there goes $100 - am sooooooooo tired of money flying out the door. Sigh

Hope one and all had a great day - Davey and I had dinner at Bob's Big Boy - very very good and I did not have to cook but eating out sure has gotten expensive. Coast me $32 and we are NOT talking the full dinner menu. He had a BBQ burger with fries and Pepsi and I had - believe it or not - the battered Cod - only eat it about every 5 years. Had ice tea as a go with and of course slaw. Way too pricey!!!!!

Shortly will hit the sack - I am really tired.

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mousiegirl — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:16:35 GMT

Sunday, I grilled Rastelli Market sirloin burgers, bought here, delicious, potato skins filled with a mix of two cheeses, green onions, crumbled bacon on top, then sour cream and chives, and corn and broccoli sauteed with onions

Last night, I made leftover grilled chicken breasts tacos for DH, with beans, cheese, tomatoes and cilantro, and I ate sweet Italian sausages wrapped in a grilled flatbread.

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Winifred — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:13:18 GMT

Another evening of no cooking yesterday. Went to Denny's - not my favorite place but nearby and it worked for me and Davey. Very late for me to eat - near 8 p.m. and they were busy and getting busier. That was a surprise to me as most people out here - I thought - eat much earlier. Times must have changed and it passed me by. LOL

Very very cool this a.m. Actually I am freezing. Suppose to remain this way for a few days - now this is our normal early June weather. All that heat we already had was not our norm. Back to normal I guess. OK with me.

I think I will cook for dinner tonight - I should earn my keep in some way I would think. Hmn. Now what to fix? who knows ?!!!

Have a good day everyone.

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Winifred — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 04:54:30 GMT

I did cook tonight but nothing great. Pasta, hamburger, cheese sauce and some chili seasoning. Actually it was very good and sure was easy. The little girl surprised me - she ate all of hers - was not sure if the chili would bother her as she can get picky. I do believe she really liked it - Kids, they do surprise you.

Hope all had a great day!