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cheesesteak, fry

2006-03-13T19:45:00.000-08:00

steak fries, seasoned, baked, broiled
philly cheesesteak on white rolls
red bell pepper
onion, shriveled, browned
green olives (me)
cheese
popsicles

ham, potato mountain

2006-03-12T21:42:00.000-08:00

dinner at my mom's house:

some kind of ham delicious. sweet? sugary? strangely un-pig-like
piles of smashed potatoes
peas
salad
cheesecake wonder with berries

later, come evening, we weren't hungry. ernie got a haircut and, late at night we ate popcorn and cheese, pistachios.

dreams

2006-03-11T17:10:00.000-08:00

having eaten a late lunch of chicken and chips (?) we were only hungry for something sweet come suppertime.

the dream is open!

fiesta ranchero

2006-03-10T21:04:00.000-08:00

the place is always crowded and smoky, one giant room for the smokers and non-smokers alike, a giant ashtray, smoky, loud. the food is worth it, though.

texas fajitas
chicken and white american quesedilla
cherry pepsi (disappointing after our rounds of grenadine)
chips, salsa

the waiter, we've had before. he doesn't speak much english but that doesn't slow him down. he works out with weights and uses something shiny in his hair.

sad to be all alone in the world

2006-03-01T06:02:00.000-08:00

chinese: cashew chicken, rice, egg roll, hot tofu soup with crunchy noodles.

grenadined coke. i'm trying to quit but i can't.

bread, no grease

2006-02-27T21:25:00.000-08:00

a week of nothing noteworthy and we're almost through with this wretched month of february.

some sort of beef sauteed with red bell pepper, mushroomy deliciousness, salt, pepper, garlic salt, cheddar cheese. served on a roll. sort of philly cheeseteak-ish. ernie says it needed fewer veggies, much to my sadness.

i was remembering the terrific veggie melt sold with much grease at the bju snack shop (terrible name -- we called it "the lightening bolt" for awhile . . .). too many vegetables would mean greasy bread for supper so . . .

mange le vomir

2006-02-26T21:29:00.000-08:00

henry puked his quesedilla. thankfully he refused to eat the beans and rice, i don't know that i could have cleaned that up. horrible enough, the cheese chunkage.

ice cream would have been a good dinner instead.

ice cream sandwiches

2006-02-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

the children ate green goblin pasta (pesto pasta) too early, when we weren't yet hungry. then they went to bed. later, ernie and i ate blue bunny neopolitan ice cream sandwiches. plural. it's a sick world we live in. but the blue bunny neopolitan ice cream sandwiches are the best.

week of pizza

2006-02-17T14:57:00.000-08:00

recently ernie experienced pizza deja vu. this means that he ate pizza for several meals in a row; as leftovers, as a guest, as a guy at work, as a guy at home.

we like to eat geppetto's pizza. when we were southern dwellers we ate wedgy's pizza. our favorite pizza maker had a long skinny ponytail that stuck through the exit of his ball cap. his red wedgy's ball cap. he had humongous glasses that were a peachy colored plastic. he was greasy, as was his hair, as was his pizza. he was skinny with skin that slung over the bones of his elbows and cheekbones. he was a real piece of work. he was old and worked at the wedgy's that took only five turns in the car once we left our drive before we sat in their drive. a wedgy cost under eight dollars a pizza. we ate them frequently. far too frequently. if we still lived on woodfern circle i'm sure i'd be blogging "wedgy's, again." at least once a week.

a geppetto's pizza is more pricey, something under thirteen dollars a pizza. it's totally better pizza and there are moments in the day we can just taste a geppetto's pizza with green olives. when we can taste it at odd moments in the day it's a surefire guarantee that we're going to order.

tonight ernie walked into pick the thing up and the girl said, "hello, mr. greene." even the greased ponytail (we jokingly refer to him as "gracen" because he's skinny, like gracen, and has a long blonde ponytail, like gracen, and is as blind as fanny crosby without his glasses, also like gracen. there the similarities come to a screeching halt, of course, but it's fun to tease gracen so, all the same.) never called either of us by name.

coconuts with straws

2006-02-16T14:56:00.000-08:00

ernie says we should buy coconuts and serve them to our survivor fan club on thursday nights.

wednesday night king

2006-02-15T14:54:00.000-08:00

we've quit the church dinners on wednesday night. it's just not worth it -- terrible. things like meatloaf and sloppy joes should not be made in mass quantities, stock pots, and should not be handed out by waxed paper covered hands and served with corn chips and iceburg lettuce.

so we've been going to the king and eating fries and whoppers. there. i said it.

steak, sans mushroom?

2006-02-14T18:01:00.000-08:00

the boys at early and went to bed early as usual. when ernie was finished teaching i baked potatoes and made salad while ernie made steaks. oh man was it good. the best part was, perhaps, the indulgent pom. i could drink that stuff forever.

valentine steak. yum.

the weird thing is that i can't determine whether or not we had mushrooms with the steaks. i told ernie that there were mushrooms, peppers, and onions in the fridge and he cooked the onions, the peppers, but i found the giant box of mushrooms today. ::scratching chin:: i thought we ate them but we didn't. unless we ate some kind of old mushroominess. yikes.

onion, fried.

2006-02-12T15:16:00.000-08:00

if one were to inspect these white bodies of ours one would quickly realize that we've certainly eaten since the last deep, fruity postal laughter. we've eaten lima beans and shreds of pork peeled from a newly shorn and murdered boar while visiting the farm in north carolina. we've eaten pies and turkey and bushels of mashed potato delight with christmas family. we've eaten too much noodle, sandwich, pizza, cheese, pringle and other quick-for-the-lazy-or-overwhelmed (hopefully we're more of the latter, sigh) american family.

what better way to celebrate the 2006 laughing blog other than with the frying of onion and quesedilla, i ask you?

bbq, brc

2005-11-14T18:48:00.000-08:00

of course, i'd planned black beans and saffron rice. but the coldness, the raininess, made grandmama's invite more than i could handle.

bbq chicken (famous dave sauce . . . yum . . . )
brc (broccoli, rice, cheese)
green salad
water

strawberry cheesecake ice cream

spinach rigatonis

2005-11-13T18:00:00.000-08:00

spinach rigatoni, stuffed with ricotta (prepared)
sprinkled with parmesan
water
jam on bread

burgers, well cooked

2005-11-12T20:39:00.000-08:00

ernie cooks and i look on.

banana (eaten by me while he cooked)
burgers on rye
ketchup
pickle spears
tostitos gold (best chips ever!)
salsa ("if this is medium, i'd hate to taste the mild!")
coca cola with cherry grenadine

happy birthday, gracen!

breakfast for supper

2005-11-11T19:23:00.000-08:00

o'briened potatoes, thawed, inside a 13x9 pan
cheesy cheese (3 c.) sprinked atop potatoes
one dozen eggs, beaten, poured on top of others
baked 45 minutes, broiled 3 minutes

egglicious
buttery toast (some strawberry jammed)
orange juice
water

i'm a survivor

2005-11-10T21:21:00.000-08:00

pizza
coca cola

creatures of habit, we.

church dinner

2005-11-09T20:20:00.000-08:00

sloppy joes
hot dogs
chips
salad
autumnally decorated cookies
water

we were early this week!

lasagna

2005-11-08T18:09:00.000-08:00

the house is clean and dinner is in the oven!

cheese lasagna, assembled in the afternoon so that the clean up was complete!
spring green salad
green peas, steamed
water
root beer (?)

later, chocolate.

leftover

2005-11-07T20:07:00.000-08:00

leftovers from sunday lunch. deliciousness.

henry eats bread and butter. (?)

ernie rehearses and eats burger king.

turkey, stuffed

2005-11-06T18:06:00.000-08:00

no supper tonight. we ate too much sunday dinner at noon (ish) with the family.

turkey
stuffing/dressing
smashed potatoes
gravy deliciousness
acorn squash
green beans

cheesecake of the month
strawberries atop

water

nuggets, curls of potato

2005-11-05T19:19:00.000-08:00

henry cooked:

chicken nuggets
curly fries
variety beverages
ketchup (as vegetable)

jarred alfredo

2005-11-04T19:16:00.000-08:00

cheesy noodles
delicious chicken
green beans

chocolate later.

jude is sick and teething and his constant whining about it is pushing me to my limit as a human and as a mother. perhaps this would account for my head first cliff dive into the abyss of culinary failure. it's hard to get up again.

chickie

2005-11-03T19:14:00.000-08:00

bbq chicken
green beans
white cheesed scalloped potatoes
water

grandma again! i'm so embarrassed!

taco bar

2005-11-02T19:13:00.000-08:00

late again to the church supper. we shouldn't have been -- too much dilly-dallying at borders.

cold beef
cold flour tortillas
cheese
salsa

repeat

beefy

2005-11-01T20:32:00.000-08:00

beef strogonoff, thickly noodled, leanly meated, perfectly mushroomed
brilliantly green peas
homemade breadsticks
apple dessert
water

compliments of grandmama, yet again. perhaps she should write the blog?

::sigh::

trick or treat

2005-10-31T21:29:00.000-08:00

sloppy joes
hot dogs
chips
pretzels
carrots
celery
water
sugar!

we took the kids to see a christian illusionist (?) at church where we ate the above foods followed by trick or treating through the rainy puddled parking lot to gather candy.

jude was referred to as "she" repeatedly, regardless of the cockscomb atop his head. ::shrug:: zorro really believed that everyone else thought he was zorro. he gathered candy and waved his sword around. fabulous.

will i ever cook again?

popcorn, coca cola

2005-10-30T19:37:00.000-08:00

having eaten a large sunday meal (so american of us) we ate popcorn for dinner.

popcorn, buttery
coke over ice
water

(jude is sick and went to bed without supper)

soup, sandwich

2005-10-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

grilled cheese on white
campbell's vegetable beef soup, canned, heated
leftover pizza as desired

grandmama to the rescue again. we spent the afternoon buying a car and came home to crunchy cheeziness.

later, henry and ernie eat popcorn at the movies with grandpa.

chili

2005-10-28T07:55:00.000-07:00

apart from cleaning the crusty thing, i *love* the crock pot for its ease and tidiness: the kitchen is a veritable clean palette by the time dinner approaches, but the dinner is prepared and ready for consumption!

leftover weird tube sausage
onion
garlic
chili powder (too much on accident, but delish nonetheless)
curry powder
garlic powder
hominy
black beans
tomato and tomato paste puree
salt

shreds of cheddar

bread and butter
orange juice

popcorn, cherry coke/mountain dew, and weird care-package cookies during "survivor."

asian vinaigrette

2005-10-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

after an hour or two of raking leaves and chasing leaf throwers from the growing pile, we came in and made a twenty minute stir fry.

chicken, garlicked and soy-sauced
rice
noodles
variety of vegetables, brightly colored
egg rolls: cabbage, chicken
water

old standby

2005-10-25T18:15:00.000-07:00

"when you were a baby i fed you beans nearly every night," i tell henry as he scoops up a third spoonful in anticipation of apple dessert. and it's true. he was a bean lover. jude hurls and smears and dumps his bowl on the table. dinner wouldn't be the same if he didn't.

black beans
yellow rice
yellow corn
water
apple dessert, compliments of grandmama, which will be all the more delicious with coffee in tomorrow's a.m.

pork chopping

2005-10-24T06:42:00.000-07:00

ernie rehearses, i teach an endless parade of students, my mother cares for our children and then feeds us dinner.

pork chops with some insanely delicious syrupy glaze
garlicky mashed potatoes, the real thing, no box involved
green beans, the shredded variety

henry dips everything he eats in ranch dressing. gag! but at least he eats this way. ::shrug::

thank you, grandmama, for feeding your sorry daughter and the hungry men with whom she resides!

buffets, mozzarella

2005-10-23T19:33:00.000-07:00

having gorged ourselves with green salads and potatoes at lunch time we are not hungry for supper. henry makes mozzarella sticks wearing "this green thing." he eats those with a jam sandwich while watching mickey and donald and goofy don blue and become three musketeers. jude is sick of teeth and sleeps early in anticipation of an all night nursing.

we plan to eat ice cream but go to bed without due to needy children, cold weather, and an altogether bare refrigerator.

the general

2005-10-22T20:29:00.000-07:00

napless, the boys go to bed full of granola and other snack-foods, turning their kitten noses up at any suggestion of dinner.

so we buy chinese and eat it while sitting under blankets, leaving the dishes on the coffee table till morning.

general tso chicken
various and sundry rices
hot and sour soup
egg roll

neglecting our fortunes i toss them in the trash come morning.

cheese steak

2005-10-21T18:25:00.000-07:00

the enormity of these sandwiches should be embarrassing.

philly cheesesteaks
fries

not a vegetable in sight, unless you count the shrivel of onion and pepper bloodied by the meat of it all.

at least i cooked!

grandma noodles

2005-10-20T21:58:00.000-07:00

chicken and noodles. fat noodles.

sick boys eat little.

does junk food at midnight while watching "survivor" count as an extension of supper?

church dinner

2005-10-19T20:17:00.000-07:00

remind me *not* to r.s.v.p. for the dinner at the church when they're serving meatloaf.

we were late, the stuff was cold.

"blech."

as ernie says, "someone, somewhere, loves meatloaf."

which raises the question, "why didn't meatloaf die out with legs of mutton?"

thin crusted, no olives

2005-10-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

papa john's pizza at my parents' house.

i'm noticing a pattern of italian food. ::scratching head::

cheesy noodles, chocolate

2005-10-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

another day of little and no nappage we appear in the kitchen at dinnertime preferring sleep over food. "we need something quick that they'll eat a lot of," i say to the cans of beans, the boxes of pasta, the jars of cherries crowded together, disorganized, on the pantry shelves.

rainbow rotini, boiled eight minutes in salted water
parmesan cheese, other basil and peppered cheese to grate
frozen peas, microwaved
pepper
ice water in a nalgene bottle to share

the boys eat the entire 16 oz box of noodles. amazing. they snuggle down to sleep drowsy and i leave the kitchen to clean tomorrow morning.

later, i eat peanut m & m's while ernie returns a dvd and swings through the burger king in search of something for us to eat since our children ate all of the dinner.

sigh.

guacomole, cheerios

2005-10-15T21:06:00.000-07:00

a late lunch made for a ridiculous supper of snacks at grandmama's house.

cheerios, honey nut variety (jude and henry only)
guacamole, homemade, with tomatoes
tortilla chips
weird dip with beans from hy-vee
water
coffee

the children are bathed and put to bed. pizza is purchased late in the night and consumed by the parents.

large, pan; mushrooms and green olives
root-beer

calzone

2005-10-14T21:15:00.000-07:00

"what is for dinner," husband asks wife via telephone.
"no plans yet (2 in afternoon)." wife admits to husband.
"let's eat calzones," husband suggests.

due to a long teaching afternoon and no time for whipping up bread dough, ready made pizza crusts are purchased, along with a weird tube of sausage, pepperoni slices, and a mix of spring greens.

calzones with sauce, mozzarella, weird tubed sausage, pepperoni, green olives, mushrooms (parents)
calzone split in half with sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni (it's come to this), (children)
spring greens
tomatoes
sprinkly crunchiness (jude eats in a pile, parents eat on salad)
red pepper dressing
water

stay to supper

2005-10-14T20:52:00.000-07:00

an account of the long lost art of feeding the family. regularly. and something good.