The Best Italian Salad Along With Our Greek Salmon

So, it’s that time again when Bev and Pat head off to Sint Maarten ( Caribbean Island) for a couple of weeks at Pat's timeshare and Cindy and I are dog sitting and eating fish and first up was Greek Salmon using our go-to recipe. And while thinking about what to have with it, the same day up pops the recipe for Best Italian Salad Recipe (Restaurant-Style) from the “Ask Chef Dennis” blog.  I did the salmon and Cindy made the salad and followed the recipe as written but used Great Northern Beans and omitted the pepperoncini.  

Delicious, Creamy, Cheesy, Crab and Shrimp Casserole

I got this recipe for Crab and Shrimp Casserole on Facebook some time ago and I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to make it which finally came about.  It was just printed on Facebook without a link to another site. 

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.