What's for dinner?

Growing up I hated St. Patrick's Day dinner because my mom would take corned beef, cabbage and potatoes and put it in a big pot and boil it. That was dinner and it was disgusting. The only saving grace were the cupcakes for dessert.

Homemade meat ravioli and sauce from the freezer.

cw,

If we don’t freeze food, then there are lots of leftovers. Sometimes, I look for recipes that I can make smaller amounts.

Your leftover ideas sound good. I like chili over pasta with cheddar cheese sprinkled on top. I also like chili and cheese in a baked potato. Chili is good in an omelette too. Let’s not forget about eating it on a hot dog!

Leftover chili over rice. Tomorrow it may be chili and grilled cheese, I've got a lot of chili....

Patty melt was good until I had served it for 3 days.

Dh did not step up to cooperate with a Costco trip, so we were out of so much.
Trying to save on grocery-Costco charges about $3.00 extra per item now.
Aussie Bites are good, but in-store is $13.99, Instacart is $16.99, if I got that correct, because everything is so changeable right now.

Very disappointed in Instacart. Bamta and Mamtu wrote sorry for my experience, and how they can 'relate' to how it feels to not receive the right items. Really? Ai can 'relate?

Do I need to write back, or even thank ai? Wouldn't want to hurt it's feelings.
🤬

Chicken , veggie, rice , stir fry .
I love corned beef . DH not so much .

Need. I do use the crockpot liners for a party for certain recipes that tend to stick to the pot if you have it simmering to keep warm for a while after it’s done cooking . Saves cleanup time especially on a holiday, or football party.

Edit: *Once*

Will eat a piece of Chantilly cake 🎂 for y’all.

We are celebrating my youngest daughter’s birthday today. It’s a little late because she was out of town for her actual birthday.

Whole Foods has a wonderful Chantilly cake! I like that they make mini cakes. It’s just big enough for the four of us.

I am not cooking because my daughter wants Chinese food from one of her favorite restaurants.

Macormics makes a good, au jis powered. If you mix that with water pour it in top of a really cheap peace of beef, and 2 table spoons of butter top. It's really good meat after that. Lol

Never used them , maybe if you where having a party, but yeah they always seemed like a waist

Anxiety,

Do you buy the bags to go inside the crockpot? I never use them. I just wash out my crockpot after cooking. Those bags seem like it’s just something else to spend money on.

I usually put any cheaper cut of beef in the crockpot. Always comes out best for me

Yes I do it every year in the crock pot. With potatoes, carrots cabbage.
It always comes out pretty good.

Anxiety,

Have you cooked corned beef in a crockpot before? I like to do pulled pork in the crockpot or a chuck roast.

My daughter raves about Mississippi pot roast done in a crockpot. I haven’t tried her recipe yet. Her friend cooks it and gave her the recipe for it.

cw and Geaton.

I love corned beef and pastrami too!

Geaton, your dinner sounds amazing!

I haven’t ever cooked corned beef. I have ordered it from restaurants and enjoy it.

I love cabbage. I love potatoes no matter how they are cooked.

I’m not really a whiskey person. The Irish love it. I don’t drink much but when I do have a cocktail I prefer gin.

I've been cooking my corn beef on low in the crockpot for about 4 hours, it is now , half the size it was 😯

I love love love corned beef (and pastrami) but my hubs hates the smell of it (and the cabbage) boiling. Last year I baked the corned beef and other than it being slightly saltier, it was nearly perfect: moist and tender. I'll be doing that again this year, roasting the potatoes and carrots, and sauteeing the cabbage in butter and olive oil with a splash of cider vinegar at the end. That, plus sour dough bread (sorry, I never liked Irish soda bread)... yum!

I have a friend from Boston who'd make an unbelievable Irish lamb stew with whipped potatoes... to die for.

I used to buy a corned beef roast for St Patrick's day but I won't pay the ridiculous prices so my planned meal is colcannon. Nephew 3 told me they went out for shamrock shakes but with snowflakes in the air the last thing I want is a milkshake.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️! What is your favorite Irish dish?

Mine is a delicious beef stew! My dad’s family is part Irish. Mom made wonderful beef stew for us to enjoy.

We recently hosted a small bday party for one of kid #2’s friends. So today we’re eating leftover cheesies, grapes, nachos, pigs in blankets, chopped veg, pretzels and homemade veg soup. Sadly, no leftover cake.

Pan fried salmon, baby potatoes, and asparagus.

Oonce my mother dropped her long wallet and never even realized it until I picked it up for her.

Once I dropped money out of my pocket in front of a store and a stranger turned it into the lost and found.

Same thing happened on vacation in crowded Williamsburg. I went to the lost and found. My husband thought I was crazy.

Both times I got all of my money back. Lots of cash that I shouldn’t have put in my pocket.

I said a prayer to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost objects. My husband thought I was nuts! LOL The best one was when I found my husband’s wedding ring on the beach in the sand!

I have found tons of lost things. My daughters joke around and say that I should start a website saying that I will pray to St. Anthony and charge a fee! Hahaha 😝

My grandfather always had a ton of change in his recliner! LOL. 😆

Mom reupholstered it once and found tons of change that had fallen out of his pockets into the chair.

cwillie,

It’s true . It’s more rare to find money now .

For a few years after we switched to one and two dollar coins cleaning the couch was quite profitable but now that we've gone mostly cashless it's rare to find lost money of any kind.

Well , since cleaning the cars today and only finding 52 cents , it’s leftovers!!

Nobody ever loses $20 bills in my car . 🤔🤔🥲

Hubby's on duty tonight 😊 he making chicken scampi, an olive garden recipe. With red lobster , cheese rolls.

TN, indeed your sons are a wonderful blessing!

We’re having salmon and vegetables for dinner this evening. Salmon is one of my favorite meals! I also made a big pot of vegetable soup to enjoy for lunch during the week. I make soup quite often.

You are indeed blessed TNtechie. And a blessing!