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Whats cooking this april?

Pooky1 — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 11:23:11 GMT

Good morning everyone. I just noticed that I started this new month in last months feed. So happy April and weather should be getting better. So my April message is in march.sorry for any confusion. I was looking for April and I'm like where is it.have a great weekend everyone.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:51:02 GMT

🌷Happy April, Foodies! 🌷

Whew, what a night it was in my general vicinity - tons of rain, wind, tornado warnings. We are fine and grateful that our family is too. One of our kids and family are about 30 miles north of us. They are still without power for over 12 hrs. The utility company's doing their best to get everyone back in service but it's a big job. Not too far away from them there is a neighborhood that had a lot of damage - trees snapped in half, garage doors blown inside the garages, roofs lifted.

DH and I are heading out this afternoon to attend a concert tonight. We'll be eating out beforehand..

Re: Whats cooking this april?

RedTop — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:20:06 GMT

I'm in the kitchen making a big batch of pickled beets and eggs for us, and to share with my mom.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Carmie — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:13:09 GMT

I made a large batch of rice pudding today. Making stuffed peppers with homemade Italian bread for tonight's dinner.

Our weather is beautiful and sunny today. I love spring.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Pooky1 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:06:44 GMT

Good evening everyone. Carmine I'm sure your stuffed peppers.are very good. We grocery shopped today and store brand coffee 35 once can used to be 5.99. Today it was 9.49. I was shocked at how high it has gotten. After shopping my mil cooked pasta with broccoli rabe,French fries, steak, it was all very good. After lunch I made a double batch of strawberry brownies. We ordere ordered Chinese food. Enough for 2 meals. Hope you all have a great rest of the weekend.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 07:47:48 GMT

I'm trying another new recipe today so 🤞

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Small Tossev Salad
Oven Roasted Asparagus

Chia Pudding w/Fresh Blackberries

Pecan Pie Bar Cookie

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Sweetbay magnolia — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:25:23 GMT

Though I really love to cook, I've recently discoverd the joys of prepared food. Sometimes it's nice to let someone else do all the work!

By this, I mean some of my local Wegmans offerings. Their rotisserie chicken has doubled in price but the rosemary seasoned one is quite tasty.

They also have some quite good frozen pasta concoctions. Of course, you may argue they are salty and high in carbs but sometimes, living life in the moment and that moment is joyful, well, that's an offset that carries through to the next joyful moment.

That said, I made a delicious marinara and meatball cassarole the other night. The sauce I had cooked for hours in the slow cooker and then frozen so it had tons of flavor by the time I made the cassarole.

I am planning a quiche for Easter. I enjoy it with Jarlsberg cheese and ground sausage. Some spinach. I just got a jar of mace and will try that in place of my ususal nutmeg. It's supposed to be more peppery and I like that. A touch of marjoram is nice with egg dishes, too.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

AuntG — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:27:39 GMT

Between appointments and church services, we have a busy week in store (well, busy from a retiree's point of view). Not sure of what order we'll have these in, but here are the Easter week menus:

Tenderloin sandwich & broccoli (restaurant leftovers)
Pork roast, mashed potatoes and carrots
Salmon, potato wedges, coleslaw
Mexican (dine out using a gift card from Christmas)
Creamy chicken (a recipe from the March thread) with peas
Easter - ham, scalloped potatoes, veggies, salad, carrot cake

Re: Whats cooking this april?

RedTop — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:50:16 GMT

Chili and cornbread for us today. Rice pudding for dessert.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 20:42:49 GMT

We ended up with a change of plans and ordered pizza. I made a salad to go with it. Since I already had the chicken thawed, I'll use it today.

Chicken Breasts w/Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Tossed Side Salad

Oven Roasted Asparagus

Chia Pudding w/Fresh Strawberries

Re: Whats cooking this april?

house_cat — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:10:16 GMT

Tonight we're having batter dipped tilapia, rice and peas. Thunderstorms predicted here and that's fine with me. After three days of running around after a toddler, I don't plan to go ANYWHERE!

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Pooky1 — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 20:39:09 GMT

Good afternoon everyone. Nice sunny day today .for the first time this year I went outside and trimmed the grapevine and and cleaned up all flowers from last years dead growth and the dog loved going out for a while. I came in and cooked dinner. mushrooms ground sausage with pasta and a cream sauce. Quick meal like 45 minutes. Have a great night everyone.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

house_cat — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:16:32 GMT

Beautiful warm day here today. We'll be having BLTs and frozen steak fries. DH prefers when I make my own "oven fries", but guess what... I didn't ask his opinion this time!

Re: Whats cooking this april?

JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:45:31 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
We ended up with a change of plans and ordered pizza. I made a salad to go with it. Since I already had the chicken thawed, I'll use it today.

Chicken Breasts w/Homemade Alfredo Sauce
Tossed Side Salad
Oven Roasted Asparagus
Chia Pudding w/Fresh Strawberries

Leftover chicken today, freshly made salad and asparagus. Repeats on the chia pudding and strawberries.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Danky2 — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 20:35:40 GMT

@house_cat wrote:
Beautiful warm day here today. We'll be having BLTs and frozen steak fries. DH prefers when I make my own "oven fries", but guess what... I didn't ask his opinion this time!

@house_cat ----I got to ALDI this morning and, finally , got some lettuce for BLT. Also got some spring mix for salad. I won't have fries but will join you in the sandwich.....or 2

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:10:01 GMT

I got some fresh haddock filets so tonight is shallow fried haddock, french fries or salad, haven't decided.yet.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:22:33 GMT

Today we had:

Bacon Egg & Cheese Chaffle Sandwiches

Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts

Chia Puddimg w/Fresh Blueberriea

Re: Whats cooking this april?

RedTop — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 22:26:46 GMT

Leftovers; chili or pork BBQ.

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Hoovermom — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 22:34:41 GMT

I am actually cooking tonight...spanish rice and chicken and a tossed salad. Where's @kate2357?

Re: Whats cooking this april?

Danky2 — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:55:39 GMT

I went all out and roasted a,whole duckling......had with orange/apple sauce, sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts . Tomorrow pizza .