To honor the first Spring barbecue of the season....
We're having...

Barbecued ribs (with Weez's great sauce recipe)
Jillie's famous (in my own mind) potato salad
Mushrooms marinated in beef broth w/sauteed onions
Avocado & Tomato salad

Pina Coladas in the blender.....

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Big 'ol fresh mushrooms, quartered...Can of Campbell's beef broth...

Saute thinly-sliced onions in 1 TBS butter...add mushrooms & beef broth + 1/2 can O' water...simmer 20 min...Ooooh....
Here comes the potato salad recipe.....

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JILLIE'S POTATO SALAD

6 medium potatoes, BAKED for 1 hour, peeled, cut into 1/2" cubes

3/4 C diced Celery
1/4 C minced onion
2 hardboiled eggs, minced
2 small gherkins, diced
2 TBS Dill pickle, diced
3/4 C Best Foods/Hellman's Mayonaise (or more, depending on yer preference)
3 TBS Prepared mustard

Marinade (THIS is the BIGGIE ....and my "secret")

1/4 C white vinegar
1/4 C salad (or cooking) oil
1 tsp Summer Savory
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp parsley
dash pepper
dash salt
Shake up in a jar/tupperware until well-mixed

After potatoes are peeled and still warm, pour marinade over potatoes and toss...cover and refrigerate to chill while you're chopping the other stuff.

When potatoes are cooled, add all other ingredients; chopped veggies, Mayo & Mustard & eggs...toss until well-mixed....Chill for at least an hour before serving...Garnish with sliced hard-boiled eggs and sprinkle with paprika.... HOOOO ha....

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You guys are making me salivate!!!
Yummmmmmmmmm, Yummmmmmm, Yummmmmmmmmmmm!!!

My husband and I are going to try a restaurant that has been here for ages but we haven't gone into yet. You see... it is very well known for its burgers BUT... it was also very very well known for its smoking environment, so I never wanted to go in there. Of all the stupid things they did a few years ago, they put in a non-smoking room as was the law then, but you had to walk through the bar and smoking room to get to it - NO THANKS!!!

So, now with the no smoking in any restaurant in NY we can finally try the food there! Yea!!!
And... our daughter is over at friends', so it'll be just us.

Those recipes sound really goooooood - gonna have to try them when we are all scheduled to eat here at the same time! Gotta love teenagers, and a husband who is obsessed with his yoga classes after work!

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Lynne's knitting journal
"I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???"

Okay, Peppermint....Done!

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You got it, Laura!

Lynne, did you and your hub get to the restaurant you've been wanting to try???? How was it???

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quote:

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what a MESS!!! But DELICIOUS!!!

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A messy burger ALWAYS tastes better than a tidy one!!!! Glad you got to go. That place sounds wonderful....what a find!!

Dinner came out pretty goood...and, ribs and 'tater salad are always better the next day....

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My phone never rang Jillie,
What happened??
I didn't know what time dinner was????

Does that place deliver too???

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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I was reading this post this afternoon and started getting SO hungry!
Then, I got to the post of "Jillie's Potato Salad". You know, it takes a long time to make this! So, I got started!!!!!
Oh, MAN!!! It was so good! Well worth the time!

It's 11 pm right now. Think I'll go have some more!

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

Last night:

Ladystress's Chicken fingers & ranch dressing fer dippin'
Baked 'taters with the works
Steamed asparagus

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What' times the salmon ready Jennifer?
Sounds good!!!

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

I'll gas up the jet!!!

And I love CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP!!
One of my most favorites!!
Haven't worked up the nerve to make any yet!!!

I know this almost sounds terrible, but I love the cream of broccoli soup from McDonald's served only in the winter time here!!

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

Hey Weezie... can you swing that jet a bit southward on your way west? I'd love to join ya!

Wish some of you would come here and cook for us!
If I say PRETTY PLEASE?!?

My mother and I did a needlepoint wallhanging for her kitchen when I was a teen - it said:
SCREW HOMECOOKING!

I am not kidding - she has a great sense of humor, but hated to cook! When we lived with my parents when our son was 2-4 years old he would ask her what the picture said and she told him
"Grandma doesn't like to cook!"
I'll never forget that!

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Lynne's knitting journal
"I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???"

oops...double-post....help, hostesses...

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A thought that just entered my mind...

Did anyone see one of the Oprah's last week...she did a chicken recipe. You basically take a whole roasting chicken and cut the back out of it and then put it in a gallon ziplock bag. Put some olive oil in it, salt and pepper, some rosemary that has been pulled apart a little bit, and a red onion cut up. Put it in the frig from 2 hours to 2 days (the longer the more flavor it soaks up). Then you just dump it all into a cassarole dish, cover with foil and bake......voila...dinner. I did that on Monday and it was sooooo good. I cut up some yellow and red peppers with it too. And did some yukon gold potatoes made into mashed potatoes (those make thebest, ya know!!) Its definately a time saver ofa recipe! Oh yeah.....put some lemon juice in that bag too.

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oh yeah...it was great....and sooooo tender!!!

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Chicken breasts baked in the oven, asparagus, mashed yukon gold potatoes (my fav), and salad made of romaine, iceburg, green leaf, and boston lettuces. No dessert unless I feel like making it (which I totally doubt!)

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Man, that fish sounds good! I could eat fish everyday for the rest of my life and not get tired of it! (Especially fresh Walleye!!!)
Yummmmm....

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

We had a simple meal tonight......fish, and mac and cheese, and apple cobbler.....

But, later today will be a feast. Dennys for my free BD meal in the morning(it's a tradion--and why not, it's free?), BBQ in the afternoon, and dinner at the in laws a little after that.....time for the elastic waisted pants maybe......lol

I am so beat from a long weekend in the garden I do not feel like cooking anything at all....time to order pizza. We have a place called bubba's that has the best deep dish dinosaur pizza I have ever eaten. It has a 2 inch thick garlic & butter crust, fresh green peppers, mushrooms, onion & pepperoni with 3 cheeses....YUMMY, I have gained 5 pounds just thinking about it.

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z5b

Stuffed green peppers, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls & chocolate cheese cake for dessert...I am stuffed. The weather finally turned around, rain has stopped, so I need to get out in the garden & work this meal off lol

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z5b

Chrissy that sounds good.....

We had the turkey deli wrap meals from McDonalds tonight.....only because I've had a severe headache all day and didn't want to cook.....They are actually really good....

Jillie,
After eating salad for the millionth time,
I like to start mixin' my salad dressings
as a change!

I mix a little French with Italian (sometimes too with Green Olive juice).
A little each of Ranch, French and Blue Cheese.
Blue cheese and Ranch.

That way it's like you're eating a different
type of salad everytime, and you don't tire them as easily!!

What else they got on the menu at that hospitol??
My mom loves eating at our local one, she says
they have some nice selections there.!!
(she's been not feeling well the last couple of
days either, and went for a doct. appt. and she
had to eat dinner there!)

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

Weezie~ we make our own foil pouches too. Its way easy and sooo much cheaper than going out and buying them already done. Side note...I don't think the bought pouches would be long enough anyways. The salmon that was caught in Alaska is about 2 foot long!!! Anyways, Stephen made some sort of seasoning by mixing up a bunch of stuff and rubbing it on the salmon and then fried it up in a pan. I usually put it in a pouch and put some chopped rosemary leaves on it, some salt and pepper, some lemon juice...or thinly sliced lemon....and sometimes some dill. Thats about it.

So you were talking about salad up above and it hit close to home. Since we started our diet (which is a really nice one, by the way) we eat salad EVERYDAY. It goes with everything that we make for dinner. We're not aloud to have any sugar at all(there is sugar in dressings), so its hard for me to be happy with salad because I like ranch (which has dairy in it and we're not aloud to have dairy right now) and I like Italian, which has sugar in it. I'm going to go out and look for sugar free italian. ANYWAYS, I've gotten a little creative with my salads. Lately its been different lettuces, eggs, 1 slice of turkey lunchmeat, no more than 12 almonds, broccoli, chopped zucchini, sliced asparagus, and a home made dressing that really isn't too bad. Oh....and since we started the diet on Monday, I'm pleased to announce that I've already lost 3 pounds!!! We're only supposed to get on the scale once a week...but I HAD to look to see!!!

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I'm not watching my salt...I actually have LOW sodium! I will try your dressing sometime this week or next week. I just have to get to the store and get apple cider vinegar.

The diet is prety easy and I recommend it to anyone who wants to lose. The South Beach Diet. There is a book out that explains all sorts of stuff....but its pretty easy to live with and your never hungry......unless you make yourself hungry!!! The first two weeks are hard, but if you can get through that, then its cake from there.....literally!!

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