What Are You Cooking for Dinner Tonight?

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around what participants are planning to cook for dinner, with various personal experiences and recipes shared. Participants express their dinner choices, some seeking inspiration from others, while others share humorous anecdotes related to their meals.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, mentions making a tomato, basil, and halloumi salad, with chicken breast thawed but undecided on preparation.
  • Another participant shares their experience of trying a new recipe for chicken drumsticks with honey, teriyaki, and hoisin sauce, accompanied by macaroni salad and vegetables.
  • Several users express curiosity about halloumi cheese, with one participant humorously questioning its name and another providing a description of the cheese and its uses.
  • One participant shares a light-hearted account of having breakfast for dinner, specifically scrambled eggs and toast, and mentions their family's preference for breakfast foods.
  • Another participant notes they are unsure what to cook and may pick something up from the store, mentioning their husband's growing enjoyment of fish due to trying new recipes.
  • One participant describes their plan to have BBQ ribs with beans and potato salad, sharing a recent successful dish they made for work.
  • Another participant shares a recipe for Whitefish Baked Scampi Style, detailing the ingredients and preparation method.
  • One participant provides a recipe for Crab Stuffed Flounder, including a detailed list of ingredients and cooking instructions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges, as participants share a variety of personal dinner plans and recipes without a unified agreement on any specific dish.

Contextual Notes

Participants share a mix of casual dinner plans and recipes, reflecting their individual cooking experiences and preferences. The discussion includes light-hearted exchanges and humor related to meal choices.

Who May Find This Useful

Readers within the consultant community looking for dinner inspiration or interested in sharing personal cooking experiences may find this thread engaging.

Kitchen Diva said:
Janet have you tried the cake mix cookies?
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the one from our cookie pamplet? If those are the ones then those are fabulous! My family loves it when I make the chocolate cake mix ones!:thumbup: :love:
 
Cleaning girls came today so Kitchen is clean - we are having Pizza - I don't want the kitchen to get messed again till the morning - tommorrow, I am making grilled skirt steak with the greek rub (Becky's recipe) garlic green beans and roasted potatoes..
 
Nope, but since you aren't adding extra flour, they should be fine...Try this one:CAKE MIX COOKIES 1 package of cake mix (any flavor)
1 large egg
1/4 cup of oil
1/4 cup of water
1 cup of chopped nuts, raisins, oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chips, M&M'S® etc. (anything you like in cookies)Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cake mix, egg, oil, and water. Beat until well blended. Stir in remaining ingredient (s).Drop by teaspoon about 1 inch apart onto greased cooke sheet.Bake for 15 minutes or until done. Makes about 4 dozen.
 
Cleaning girls???:eek: :eek: ............if only!!! I wish I had cleaning girls, but the joke around here is that I'd have to clean up so they could clean! Especially in my kitchen! I have so much dang PC products that everyone freaks!
I am by no means a slob but I have so much stuff and so little storage in my house that everything looks so dang cluttered. I'm not kidding, I have one cabinet in my kitchen for all my stones and cookware, and I have one linen area that I put everything. Otherwise I have NO other areas to store, I own so many freakin rubber made totes! ughhh!:grumpy:
 
MissChef said:
Cleaning girls???:eek: :eek: ............if only!!! I wish I had cleaning girls, but the joke around here is that I'd have to clean up so they could clean! Especially in my kitchen! I have so much dang PC products that everyone freaks!
I am by no means a slob but I have so much stuff and so little storage in my house that everything looks so dang cluttered. I'm not kidding, I have one cabinet in my kitchen for all my stones and cookware, and I have one linen area that I put everything. Otherwise I have NO other areas to store, I own so many freakin rubber made totes! ughhh!:grumpy:
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Same here and I REALLY hate it! I don't have them labeled so it's hard to find stuff. I REALLY, REALLY need to clean house and get rid of junk...slowly but surely...
 
MissChef said:
Cleaning girls???:eek: :eek: ............if only!!! I wish I had cleaning girls, but the joke around here is that I'd have to clean up so they could clean! Especially in my kitchen! I have so much dang PC products that everyone freaks!
I am by no means a slob but I have so much stuff and so little storage in my house that everything looks so dang cluttered. I'm not kidding, I have one cabinet in my kitchen for all my stones and cookware, and I have one linen area that I put everything. Otherwise I have NO other areas to store, I own so many freakin rubber made totes! ughhh!:grumpy:
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LOL - I do clean up before they come - drives my DH crazy!!! We have a huge house and I can not get the whole house clean in one day - so I have them come once a week and then the rest of the time I clean levels. So the house is pretty clean all the time - except the kitchen (and MINE IS HUGE!!!) - never seems to stay clean!!
 
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I am the "cleaning girl" around here, and I would like to add that I don't get paid enough :)

I really couldn't stand somebody coming into my home and touching my stuff, even just to clean. When I was younger my sister and I worked for a cleaning company and we saw to many bad things that other workers would do. Theft was one and just general snooping was another. Not that I have anything to hide though!!
 
janetupnorth said:
Same here and I REALLY hate it! I don't have them labeled so it's hard to find stuff. I REALLY, REALLY need to clean house and get rid of junk...slowly but surely...
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Sounds like we have that seriously in common! I did start in my office/room last week and I cleared out 3 large (30 gallon) trash bags, full of trash or things that I finally just parted with! My hubby is so darn silly happy with me! I have a little bit more to go and then I need to do something with my kitchen!:rolleyes: Oh that is just frightening to me! I am overtaking my hubby's storage spots in the garage, with all my PC stuff and duplicates! I told him he needs to make me a new kitchen just to fit my PC items!
 
PamperedDor said:
LOL - I do clean up before they come - drives my DH crazy!!! We have a huge house and I can not get the whole house clean in one day - so I have them come once a week and then the rest of the time I clean levels. So the house is pretty clean all the time - except the kitchen (and MINE IS HUGE!!!) - never seems to stay clean!!
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oh wahhhhh!!! :cry: You poor baby! LOLOLOL!!!!! J/K! My best friend has a 4 level home and a huge kitchen and she complains of that a lot too.... and if my house was that large I would hire someone too!
What I would do for a HUGE kitchen! I'd be in heaven!!! I'd be so dang fat!LOL! I'd never leave it, I'd be baking and cooking all the time!:D :rolleyes: ;)
 
MissChef said:
the one from our cookie pamplet? If those are the ones then those are fabulous! My family loves it when I make the chocolate cake mix ones!:thumbup: :love:
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I don't have a cookie pamplet. Now I want one! :) I think that's the recipe, but I only have a white cake mix and an Angel Foodcake cake mix on hand.
 
Kitchen Diva said:
I don't have a cookie pamplet. Now I want one! :) I think that's the recipe, but I only have a white cake mix and an Angel Foodcake cake mix on hand.
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Ooh...that would be good with craisins...
 
Kitchen Diva said:
I don't have a cookie pamplet. Now I want one! :) I think that's the recipe, but I only have a white cake mix and an Angel Foodcake cake mix on hand.
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Do you have the old Celebrate cookbook? They are called the All Occasion cookies. There is a section devoted just for these cookies in there!
You can do a lot with white cake mix.... add cinnamon, or cinnamon plus, you can add a flavoring, just get creative! The pamplet I was talking about was from years ago, when we had the theme shows called "Cookie Shows":)
 
janetupnorth said:
Ooh...that would be good with craisins...
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see.... like Janet said.... add stuff to make your own special flavors!
Yummmmmm..... craisins!!!:) :chef:
 
rennea said:
I am the "cleaning girl" around here, and I would like to add that I don't get paid enough :)

I really couldn't stand somebody coming into my home and touching my stuff, even just to clean. When I was younger my sister and I worked for a cleaning company and we saw to many bad things that other workers would do. Theft was one and just general snooping was another. Not that I have anything to hide though!!
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I had a brief stint with Merry Maids ( I was allergic to their cleaning products so had to quit after about 3 weeks) We neve snooped or stole. At least not the group of ladies I was with.

I guess I'd just stick all my valuables somewhere safe and if they want to look in my underwear drawer, well more power to them, and feel free to organize it! LOL
 
I'll give the white cake mix a try with some cut up maraschino cherries. I'll just pat them dry and cut them up and maybe add some pecans...
 
Kitchen Diva said:
I had a brief stint with Merry Maids ( I was allergic to their cleaning products so had to quit after about 3 weeks) We neve snooped or stole. At least not the group of ladies I was with.

I guess I'd just stick all my valuables somewhere safe and if they want to look in my underwear drawer, well more power to them, and feel free to organize it! LOL
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My girls are extremely trust worthy - I got them 5 years ago from a friend who swears by them - they never snope or take anything - they actually will find coins or earrings and put them in a spot in my kitchen every week - they are so reliable, they haven't missed a week in 5 years, I know I am lucky to have them. (in more ways then one!) Lets just say they keep the sanity in my house because I freak when its messy (yup - a little touch of OCD) so having my entire home clean for just one day helps me get thru the week!:blushing:
 
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PamperedDor said:
My girls are extremely trust worthy - I got them 5 years ago from a friend who swears by them - they never snope or take anything - they actually will find coins or earrings and put them in a spot in my kitchen every week - they are so reliable, they haven't missed a week in 5 years, I know I am lucky to have them. (in more ways then one!) Lets just say they keep the sanity in my house because I freak when its messy (yup - a little touch of OCD) so having my entire home clean for just one day helps me get thru the week!:blushing:
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Your lucky!! My Auntie has her own house cleaning biz and her clients love her to bits. She's a one woman show, she even leaves nice little homemade gifts for her "houses" as she calls them about once a month.
 
I hope that all of you enjoy whatever you made for supper tonight! I'm having some home made Southwest Chicken Tortilla soup. SPICY!
 
i bailed on cooking dinner - picked up DS and headed right for the driving range, then chez Wendy's. Driving range was a blast - DS hit quite a few drives over 100 yards (he's 11)
 
I had a cleaning lady in Japan. I LOVED her!! It was back when I was rocking with PC.....that time will come again! LOL!!!
 
I make these, sort of. I use 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick), melted instead of the oil. I also add 1/4 cup of brown sugar and add one more egg. I usually use yellow cake mix and add chocolate chips. Then I bake them in the bar pan.
 

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