Ultimate Chicken And Dumplings And Screwy Weather

 When I saw the recipe for Ultimate Chicken And Dumplings on the “Serious Eats” blog, I knew I wanted to make it.  But after making the best chicken noodle soup we’ve ever had, I decided to use it for the broth then just substitute the dumplings for the noodles.  I won’t reprint the broth or baked chicken recipe here but it can be found by clicking on the above link.  The one difference is that I removed the veggies from the broth.  For the dumplings, I doubled the ingredient amounts.  Sorry about the less than great pics.

Tennessee Onions With Crappie In Mustard Cream Sauce

Back in early December I made Sablefish with Mustard Cream Sauce for our seafood-a-thon while Bev was in Florida and we thought it was so good that I wanted Bev to try it.  But this post is really about the Tennessee Onions so you can read about the fish by clicking on this link and substituting crappie for sablefish and doubling the sauce amount.

First Watch With Cindy and The Predator Hawk

Just as with friend, Kathy, I gave Cindy free lunches for her Christmas present and for her first one she chose First Watch in Maryville .  First watch is a 600+ restaurant chain headquartered in Bradenton, FL and Cindy has been there many times and since I had been wanting to try it, I was pleased with her choice.

Some Odds And Ends – Two Meals And The RV Sold

Bev had picked up a stuffed beef roast on a whim the other day and we decided to have it for our Friday card group. 

I’ve cooked these in the past and the cheese always ran out so I first browned it in a skillet.

The Greenback Diner For Lunch With Kathy

For the second meal as part of Kathy’s Christmas present, we decided to go to the local Greenback Diner where we had not been in many years.  After we retired, we ate two to three times per week at the locally famous Greenback Drug Store which at one time was a drugstore with a pharmacist and they served meals as well.  It was where the local farmers gathered early every morning for coffee and solving the world's problems and they occasionally brought their instruments and played a little music and politicians would come by stumping for votes.  After the original owners sold, it changed hands several times, the food quality and service went down hill and we gradually quit going.  Even though it’s only a 10 minute drive, we haven’t been in more than 10 years so when Kathy suggested it, we decided to give it a try.

Soup-A-Thon For A Very Cold Week And Snow

I rarely eat soup in warm weather but with highs in the 30’s (cold for here) predicted for 10 days, we decided to have a soup-a-thon beginning with chili on Friday before the predicted winter storm.  We used our normal Anson Peckham’s Chili Con Carne recipe and once again we thought it was delicious.  This is Bev's topped with cheese and onion.

A Couple Of Very Good Meals From Leftover Chili And Meatballs And A Little Snow

We had some sauce and several meatballs left from our recent meal and in thinking about something other than the same meal, I decided to make a casserole dish by cooking additional spaghetti.