What's cooking at your house?

[Narablueeyes]

I'm making beignets for my sweet love tonight.  Don't know about dinner but he's definitely getting beignets for dessert.

[Meld256]

Aww, Nara.  Sweets for your sweetest...I know, that's corny but true. 

[Joe S.]

Jan made chicken and (hard) dumplings for supper. It was very good. I have left overs. Hooray!

[Narablueeyes]

Aww, Nara.  Sweets for your sweetest...I know, that's corny but true. 

I'm beyond corny sometimes when it comes to him.  He's the best thing that's ever happened to me.  For me.  He's beyond great.  At least to me.   

[4Kids]

How do you make your cheese and onion monkey bread. Have eaten the regular monkey bread buty not heard of it made with cheese and onion. Irish

There was a recipe on the king arthur website for cheese pull apart bread. I would post the link but i am on my phone. I added an onion souce blend and a bit of sauteed onion. I was the only one who loved it though.

Next week we are having roast beef sandwiches. Those are my favourite, like a roast beef dip.

[Meld256]

Nara,

So glad you have a wonderful guy there. I'm blessed with one of those guys, too. 

Joe,
I was just checking to see if you finally got those dumplings, and I see you did.  Yeah!! And leftovers, too?  That's great!

Chicken and dumplings seem to be Thanksgiving tradition at my MIL's house.  Along with a few other time-consuming dishes like deviled eggs, waldorf salad and fresh cranberry salad.  Think I need to start resting up for it now!

[Joe S.]

We had a pot luck BBQ on Saturday with some friends from college. I sat out in a T shirt because my body was so hot. The out side temp was in the upper 50's. I grilled about 40 pounds of beef so every one had left overs to take home. We had deviled eggs, potatoes, squash, and individual cheese cakes. Pure black cherry juice and Pepsi throwback were the predominant drinks.

My grand kids were here and they watched Cars 2 while having hot dogs instead of steaks or hamburger.

[engy]

Chicken cordon bleu tonight 

[Bonnie]

Bucky,

Sorry not been on for a wee while.  My husband made the bread and butter pudding with a custard that had melted white chocolate.

it was yummy.

[irish]

Sorry, I have been going to give you the recipe for this great cheesecake and forgot. Imagine that!!

This is called CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE:

Makes on 9 inch cheese cake. I use a springform pan and it works great. If you don't have one check out the thrift shops.

CRUST

2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs--I used crushed cocoa pebbles as they are gluten free.
5 Tablespoons melted butter

FILLING

3 packages (8 oz) cream cheese room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
5 large eggs
2 ounces or squares semisweet chocolate-melted

FROSTING

6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted--can use chocolate chips
1/2  cup sour cream

Mix the chocolate crumbs and melted butter till blended--press into springform pan

Preheat oven to 300 degrees

Beat the cream cheese, sugar and eggs at medium speed til smooth and fluffy. Spoon half of cream cheese mixture onto crust.

Stir the melted chocolate into remaining cream cheese mixture till well blended. Drizzle over the batter on the crust making swirls.

Bake cheese cake for 50 minutes and transfer pan to wire rack to cool

Transfer cheesecake to a serving plate, cover with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.

Uncover and carefully remove from pan

Make frosting by mixing together chocolate and sour cream Spread over the cheesecake. Chill brieifly til frosting is set.

The picture I have shows the cheesecake frosted on top and sides plus they piped around the edge with the frosting and it looks so great.

I have added vanilla to the cream cheese mixture to kick it up a notch. I have also sprinkled it with colored sugar like you do with the cut out cookies at Christmas. You can let your imagination run wild. I have wondered how a little rum, almond or coconut flavoring would work.

Just cut very small pieces as this is very, very rich and very good. Our 3 boys snitch little pieces all day at Christmas. By evening the cheesecake is usually pretty much gone. Enjoy Irish

[A66eyroad]

Found what looks like a yummy and easy chicken and dumplin's recipe:  http://permanentposies.com/2011/11/best-chicken-and-dumplings-ever/

[Joe S.]

Too fluffy for me. The hard dumpling recipe was great.

[Scottietottie]

Getting a 'carry out' tonight I think. I have a committee meeting to go to and hubby will be home late so I think we are going to meet up in the pub when my meeting is over and go to the Indian take-away next door to it.

[Narablueeyes]

Good lord Irish, I'm in a diabetic coma just reading the recipe.  It sounds delish!!

[Bucky]

Irish - thanks for the recipe for the cheesecake.  It sounds heavenly!   

Last night I made a roast in the crockpot.  The house smelled soooo good while it was cooking.  It tasted just as good, if I say so myself. 

I always felt bad for my Mother - my Dad never complimented her on her cooking.  Never even a thank you for dinner, etc.  My husband and son are always telling me how good something tastes.  Our son will often tell me, "good job, Mom!".   

Bucky