Week 20 Creamy Tomato Soup with Mustard Fish and Cucumber Salad

Mustard Fish
Cucumber Salad

Tomato Soup

Fruit Popsicle

David

Today was awesome because we had 3 guests. We had Lynne my sister and her daughter Aimee and also we had Daniel my nephew. It was a great night. Daniel brought the dessert again.

I loved the Soup. It was really good. It had a lot of robust flavor. It was made with tomato's and cream. MMMMMMM. Secondly I liked the fish. I thought it didn't have that overpowering fishy taste. I like that. The mustard sauce was tasty. The cucumber salad was a flop. We made a lot of it and it went to waste this week because nobody liked it.

I did feel like we should have had little mini cheese sandwiches. I grew up having cheese sandwiches with my tomato soup.

Carl

Well beside the stellar guest we had some goods and some BADS! The mustard fish was good flavorful sauce and as my dad said it didn't have a fishy taste. Also the soup was good and the soup was OK it had a strong flavor but I thought it should have been creamier. Lastly the creamy cucumber salad was not good... Cant wait till next week!!!

Week 19 Barefoot Cantessa Ina Garten Lemon Chicken, Butternut Squash Soup and Tomato Mozzarela salad

Carl

THIS WEEK WAS GREAT! It was so delicious oooohhhh! loved all of it the chicken was tangy and grilled good. Dad was very sceptical about cutting the chicken but i did it just fine. Also the tomato and fresh mozzarella salad was great it was sweet and zippy! Lastly we made roasted butternut squash soup. It had a curry taste and we put roasted coconut, and cashews, there were green onions and bananas but we left out the bananas. Kristina Johnson from our church came to and made a amazing blueberry cake!!! SO GOOD! Next week is on Thursday because my mom has apples of gold cant wait!

David
We had a fun night. Kristina Johnson came over from church. She brought a nice blueberry dessert to share. Daniel brought ice cream and we had a feast.
We had lemon chicken. I thought it was just ok. I did like the butternut squash soup. This was interesting. You cut the squash into cubes and cook it with some apples and onions. Then you puree it and mix it with some chicken broth. We then toasted some coconut and cashews to put on the top. See Picture. We also had sliced scallions for the top of the soup. See the picture with all the fixings on the top of the soup. I also like the tomato with fresh mozzarella on top.
The only thing I can't figure out is why she is called the barefoot contessa.

Week 18 Mushroom Soup, Beef Stroganoff and Nancy's Coleslaw

Mushroom Soup

Nancy's Coleslaw

1 cup sugar

1 cup oil

1/3 cup mayo

1 teaspoon celery seed

1 chopped onion

1/2 cup cider viniger

1 medium cabbage shredded



Beef Stroganoff

Noodles

Carl

This week was so great the slaw was good and the stroganoff great to! We had mushroom soup that wasn't on the menu but we needed it on the beef stroggie!! The slaw was so good and it had a slight tang that makes your mouth sing!!! Can't wait till next week Ina Garden!!!!(

David

This meal was fun to make. I watched Carl very closely and he only used a little butter. My body was having problems last week because of all the butter we had. Carl made a great mushroom soup with baby Bella mushrooms. We used some for the stroganoff and some we had as a starter. The Cole slaw was so easy to make. You mix the sugar and chopped onions together and set aside for 30 minutes. Then you mix everything together for your slaw. Wow was it good.

The stroganoff itself was OK. Then we remembered to add the 1 cup of sour cream. It tasted better then. I had mine on rice.

Week 17 Avacodo Chicken, Corn Chowder and Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Avacodo Chicken
Avacado Dressing

Corn Chowder

Apple Caramel Cheesecake

Carl

This week was filled with butter there was about 1/4 stick in each bowl of chowder! Shhhh my dad doesn't know. Oh and yes it was AMAZING! Also we had avocado and chicken with an avocado dressing it was delicious, zippy and creamy. And for dessert we had caramel apple cheesecake. Of course it was great! can't wait till next week more butter!

David

I was so full after this meal. The Avocado Chicken was excellent. The Chowder was terrific as well. Carl doesn't know it but I was supposed to put a cup of Mayo in the Avocado Chicken. I actually did that. But in the dressing I went a little light on the Mayo. I think Mayo has too many fat calories. Linda, Jamie and Dan all seemed to like the dinner. Thanks all for a fun night.

Week 16 Chicken Bog and Crunchy Potatoes

Southern Cooking With Paula Deen.

Carl

The chicken bog was great and the crunchy potatoes to! The chicken had sausage seasoning and vegetables. SO GOOD! the potatoes were boiled and then rolled in corn flakes with ranch seasoning. Both were great! Can't wait next week is cheesecake! YUMMM!

Dave

When I saw Carl put the stick of butter into the Chicken Bog, I knew that we were in for a rich meal. The bog included chicken, sausage, rice, and seasonings. I have had it for lunch as leftovers this week. It is really good. I mix it with some vegetables and it tastes real good.

My favorite thing was the potatoes. We cooked them in boiling water until they were a bit soft. We peeled them, and then rolled them in butter and then cornflakes and powdered ranch dip. Then we put them in the oven for a little more time. Yes, they were crunchy. Very tasty.

Week 15 Stuffed Chicken and Mashed Potatoes

PAULA DEEN

Carl

Well this meal was great the stuffed chicken and mashed potatoes. The chicken was stuffed with cream cheese, feta, herbs, etc. and the potatoes had butter and sour cream to make it creamy and delicious! Can't wait for some more butter next week!

Dave


We have entered into Southern Cooking. I've noticed quite a bit of butter being used for this meal.


This meal was fun because I got to see Carl smashing the chicken breasts with a pan. I was afraid for the granite counter top, so I made him pound them in the basement. He made them flat so that they could be filled and rolled up. They were wrapped in bacon. UMMMM.


The potatoes were awesome. It is hard to make potatoes bad with so much sour cream and butter.

Week 14 Mango Salsa Chicken with Chocolate Souffle

Chocolate Souffle

Mango Chicken



Mango Chicken






Carl

We had mango salsa chicken with snap peas and chocolate souffle. The Mango salsa was from the week before when we had the satays. The chicken was good it was cooked good and had a great flavor. The texture was kinda wierd but was ok. Alsothe chocolate souffle was good. The chocolate came threw nicely, A little strong for me but im not a dark chocolate eater. Can't wait till next week PAULA DEEN!

David

This meal was topped off with an excellent dessert. I'm going to start with that. It was a chocolate souffle. It came out of the oven warm and it was then served with the cardamon whipped topping. Carl made most of it. It turned out really good. The Mango Salsa Chicken was good, but not great. I did love the snap peas though. It was cool how Ming had us prepare them. First, you boil salted water and put them in for 2 minutes. You then dump them into ice water. They maintain a great taste when this happens.

Daniel came over for dinner and we all had a fun time.