Thought I would start a fun thread on food, delicious sumptuous food. Even if the prophetic news slows down ... this thread should, hopefully, stay alive ... unless ... ahem ... you’re all fasting. B-) If your main meal is not dinner please feel free to share what you made for breakfast or lunch. If you plan on going out to eat ... name the restaurant or fast food place and what you think you plan on ordering ... oh ... and don’t forget dessert. :yes: Ok ... today I’m making a small pot of chili ... very mild mild chili so my puppy dog can have some. :whistle: Will also bake a potato and add the butter, chives, chili, shredded lettuce and cheddar cheese. :yahoo: Drinking a tall glass of ice tea to wash it all down. Then later for dessert - 2 scopes of pistachio ice cream on a sugar cone. Oh I forgot to include the Bruschetta topping also contains sweet Vidalia onions. Here is my small stash of Cracker Jacks - I just purchased 15 boxes for $5.00 ... you need 3 boxes just to fill a small cereal bowl ... the box size is not the same like in the good old days and the prizes ... are just boring stickers. :negative: Well ... I’m all set now when I listen to Jan Markel’s prophecy conference for tomorrow! Nah ... no boxes of chocolate but I do have a bowl full of York Peppermint Patties. :whistle: Cool! TR Lunch - Small Garden Salad with Olive Garden Italian Dressing. Sirloin burger with Mozzarella melted cheese on top. No roll because dessert will be 2 sumptuously delicious freshly made Apple Cider Donuts from a local garden center. Got there before the tourists could form a line. Yippee! Drinking ice cold glass of Apple Cider :whistle: Skipped breakfast ... lunch will be ... Not bad for a $2.00 frozen meal. Its edible and tasty B-) Dessert ... Eggo waffles/vanilla ice cream sandwich :whistle: And drinking a tall cold glass of sweet Apple Cider Love apple cider. The entree looked good as well. I bought link sausages, frozen waffles and fried some tater tots for both dinner and breakfast. Did I mention the chocolate milk? Looking forward to when the local stores start stocking up on egg nog! Love milk, chocolate milk and egg nog! TR Sounds like a yummy meal :good: .... minus the link sausages. :negative: The rest of my family loves sausage but I just can’t eat them. I prefer meatballs. My mom deserves a medal when she made lasagna or stuff shells for the family. She made sure one side of the lasagna dish was free of sausage and only had meatballs, ricotta and mozzarella cheese and that was reserved for me. Then when she made stuffed shells ... she made 3 separate dishes ... one dish was shells with ricotta, shells stuffed with meatballs and the other shells stuffed with the sausage meat so everyone was happy. Boy you’re not kidding about loving milk! Do you drink the chocolate milk cold or hot? I reckon the hot version will be more in line with hot cocoa. That is one staple drink I have an awful lot during the cold winter months ... of course I enhance it with a few marshmallows, whip cream and if I have maraschino cherries ... 2 or 3 go on top. :yes: I’m not familiar with the egg nog drink ... if we are still here in December I’m going to have to get a small carton and try it. B-) Chicken Parmesan, Garlic Bread, Garden Salad with Italian dressing. Black Cherry soda and for Dessert Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream. Egg nog is a seasonal drink for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. I would try it if you have never had it! Hot apple cider with cinnamon, wonderful. Mostly I like cold chocolate milk. TR Oh ok so its available from Thanksgiving time thru Christmas. Can you heat up the egg nog drink in the microwave or should it be served cold? Aha ... thanks for the great idea instead of hot tea ... I’m going to heat up a cup full of Apple Cider right now in the microwave and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar! Its been raining most of today and I’m cold. I just made it ... its sooo good that way!! :thankyou I think it best cold. With the cream in there, I don't know what heat will do to it! After you have the hot cider and egg nog, you can thank me later when we get Home! TR Also, some have been known to put a touch of brandy in their egg nog! Oops, my secret's out! They also make a pumpkin flavored egg nog as well, that would be without the brandy! TR LOL I can picture you adding a shot of brandy to spice up the taste. Eek .. pumpkin and me are like this :negative: So if I do try the Egg-Nog it will have to be a non fancy-schmancy drink ... gotta keep it as simple as can be ... unless there is a chocolate flavor Egg-Nog? :yes: Chocolate can always be added to anything! I've only tried the brandy twice in my life. They also make a vanilla spiced egg nog, not so good. Nutmeg is also added during the holidays. TR Ever have an egg cream?! I love cream soda. But I hear east coast egg cremes are to die for. TR Nope never heard of egg cream, but I’ve seen Cream Soda at the stores. :negative: I tried that flavor soda many years ago when I was a Brownie. Unfortunately after a few sips ... I had a strong reaction ... horrific stomachache and I felt like dying so I quickly found the nearest bathroom to barf :negative: Sooo .... kind of wondering now if egg-nog is not the best drink for me to try after-all? :calvin P.S. I’m allergic to penicillin and that contains eggs. Yet I can eat fried eggs, hard boiled eggs and eggs in cakes, brownies, etc. Its Friday and I’m in a better mood today ... :yes: Dinner tonight will be steaks, garlic mash potatoes, garden Italian salad and garlic toast. My dog will be having the same minus the salad dressing ... he prefers plain lettuce and carrots. Dessert - I’m baking a 2 layer German Chocolate Cake. :whistle: I can’t find my recipes Due to the “Bomb cyclone, winds up to 88 mph” that hit Boston and NY ... it swung over to southern Vermont and knocked our power out for 18 hrs ... sooo I had to toss 3 weeks ($70 worth) of perishable foods. Yum, you sure know how to dress up a steak! Sorry I don't care for German chocolate. Not sure what's for dinner tonight, probably just a BBQ chicken sandwich. Sucking down some chocolate milk right now. Ran into some cinnamon flavored egg nog, yum yum. Had steak a couple of nights ago, killer. Had waffles and sausage for dinner last night. Though I view eating a chore, it's nice to eat what brings us pleasure. TR Mmm ... your BBQ chicken sandwich sounds delicious! The cold chocolate milk I would have doctored it up just a teeny bit by warming it up in the microwave for 2 minutes and then adding a few marshmallows and whip cream with sprinkling a few chocolate jimmies and cherries on top ... :yes: Now doesn’t that sound better? Hee hee The waffles sound good too. I forgot to buy some frozen ones yesterday to make ice cream sandwiches. I’ve always enjoyed eating ... especially amongst family and friends - having great conversations and eating good food and desserts makes me happy. Soon very soon we will all be at the Kings feast ... its going to be so much fun! B-) Sharing a meal with someone certainly is entertaining! And given we have to eat, there is no added expense. I like hot apple cider with cinnamon. I settled for a bowl of chili and crackers. Breaking bread/eating seems to be relaxing also, as it is a low stress activity, and opens communication. TR Ditto ... hot apple cider is sooo good especially with a little cinnamon sugar added ... yum! I had to throw out my gallon of apple cider on Friday morning ... hopefully tomorrow I will be able to pick up another batch at the store. I miss it. I had to settle with hot tea tonight. Oh the bowl of chili sounds soooo good. Is it homemade or did you go to Denny’s or some place else to order it? Is it spicy hot chili or mild? Do you also enhance it with sour cream and cheddar cheese on top? We just had dinner ... steaks, mash potatoes, glazed carrots, garlic bread. Earlier I made chocolate pudding and placed in a graham cracker crust pie shell. But I forgot to buy a can of whip cream and I’m too lazy to go out. Oh well ... I hope its still good. The chili was basic, simple and mild, only onions added. Also had some frozen shrimp scampi a couple of nights ago. Tonight was a bowl spaghetti. Had a quesadilla for lunch at Taco Bell, and a Ham sandwich for dinner. Been eating light lately. I still go through a quart of chocolate milk every two days. Ymm I drink lot's of fluids to fill me up so I don't over eat. Wanna keep my girlish figure! TR Same here ... I like mild chili. :good: I chop in a few ingredients carrots, peppers ... I will have to include onions next time. Besides the chili and garlic powder I also add cinnamon ... it gives it a sweeter taste. 😉 And then when I place a serving on a plate or in the bowl I add melted cheddar cheese and sour cream. Oh and a few tortilla chips. Yum! LOL yeah drinking that much chocolate milk is guaranteed to curb your appetite! Your spaghetti dinner, trip to Taco Bell and ham sandwich all sound sooo good! :good: My daughter blessed me with great steak last week as well. Even though I am particular in my likes and dislikes of certain foods, I still view eating as a repetitive chore. Just like putting gas into my car, or watering of flowers, or paying of bills or taxes, they seem to be unavoidable. TR That was very sweet of your daughter to make you that delicious steak meal. I grew up around Italian family gatherings and, of course, it was centered around great fellowship and laughter with delicious food and desserts. I expect heaven to have ice cream parlors, bakery shops, candy shops, popcorn vendor, hot pretzel vendor, fruit drink slurpees/icees/Orange Julius drinks, smoothies, apple cider, regular milk, chocolate milk and ... hot cocoa. Of course with our glorified bodies there wont be a need to eat if we don’t want to. But for those who love to snack ... it will be a dream come true and not have to worry about calories. B-) My daughter attempts to feed me a couple of times a week. Surely in Heaven, food and eating won't be a chore but a delight, especially the dessert menu! Eating doubles as an opportunity to cease our hectic pace of life, set aside our concerns and simply enjoy our family and friends. I wonder if we will enjoy everything edible in glory, or if we will still distinguish and maintain favorites?! Imagine what new favorite foods we will encounter! Certainly, there will be no health issues of any sort in Heaven as well. Now that's glorious. TR Good question. Our taste buds will be enhanced so I can’t imagine suddenly liking the foods and hot drinks we absolutely can not tolerate down here. I’m leaning towards we will still have our favorite preferences. B-) Made chicken in the crock pot with a can of cream chicken soup and just added the potatoes, onions and later french style string beans. I’m all out of carrots. My dog and I have been eating this chicken stew for the past 2 days. Also made a no bake cheese cake in a graham cracker pie shell and had the last slice at lunch. Can't wait to see what you come up with next, Sis! TR Ha ... I just finished hauling 4 radio flyer wagon loads of stones to finish landscaping my flower bed before the ground freezes. The walk to the stone pile is 3 acres ... so I am tired. I skipped breakfast and lunch so my dinner is going to be Spaghetti with Rao’s brand tomato sauce. If you can boil water and open up a glass jar of tomato sauce ... you have one easy peasy delicious meal. B-) Dessert - cherry jello with whip cream.
... still unpacking ... so I’m trusting this Betty Crocker super moist cake box will be just as sumptuously delicious as my own home-made recipe is. Will also be using her brand of coconut and pecan frosting.
Yesterday I bought steaks. We just finished eating steaks, garlic mash potatoes, garlic bread, very small glass of root beer, 2 tiny fun size boxes of Jr. Mints. :whistle: Later around 4:00 pm I will make a serving of apple crisp.
