Category: dinners

Blueberry waffles and sausage. Meg ate two whole waffles (dipped in syrup, of course!)! She still left me with enough to have for breakfast a couple of times, though!

We’re getting back into the swing of things now, so more dinner posts to follow (hopefully, on a more regular basis!).

Curry-squash soup and pork potstickers. I love that soup so much I had it for lunch three days last week. Andy wishes it were more hearty. We’ll probably have it a few more times this winter 🙂

We’ll be in Hannibal this weekend for my 10 year high school reunion and Folklife Festival, so probably no meals to post, so this one from last weekend will have to tide you over.

Pork steaks, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and fried green pepper. The last real meal prepared in our Swisher house kitchen!

For your amusement, I decided to take pictures of my attempt at frying some eggs last night. We’ve got something of a surplus from our chicken, so it was time to get rid of some of them. I’ve made scrambled eggs a few times now, and that isn’t a problem. A fried egg, on the other hand, is apparently more difficult.

The picture above is just to show you how nice these eggs look.  It’s unfortunate we aren’t going to have a chicken anymore in a few weeks!

While it’s unfortunate we won’t have the chicken, it is fortunate that we’ll have Brooke back, as apparently, I can’t fry an egg to save my life.  I probably had the range on too hot or something.  This is four eggs.  The stuck a bit.  Didn’t end up as pretty as the first picture.  Meg liked the toast, with butter and grape jelly…though much of it ended up on her shirt.

I think I’ll stick with scrambled eggs from now on.  These still tasted good, though!

Broccoli-cheddar soup and homemade bread!

Roasted chicken (the precooked kind…they were on sale!), baked sweet potato fries, green pepper rings. The peppers were a last minute inspiration, but I think they turned out well. Kind of tasted like fried okra.

Andy eats peanut butter and jelly sandwiches nearly every day and gets made fun of all the time (mostly by me). I think I would eat this every day if the ingredients were this good!

Fried egg sandwiches (eggs from our chicken who has been chowing down in the compost pile a lot recently, making her egg yolks even more yellow) with fresh, homegrown tomatoes, turkey bacon, and cheddar cheese. Also, chocolate-banana “smoothies.”

I have several dinners to post that Andy’s bugging me about getting up, so here you go!!

Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, home grown green beans. Perfect!!!

I forgot about this one from a couple of weekends ago, but since we weren’t home last weekend this can tide you over!

Sort of fajitas with grilled steak, peppers and onions, tomatoes, and avocado on whole wheat tortillas. My mom came to help us with the picking and processing of our garden’s bounty that day, so it was a nice dinner to send her home with!

I was pretty proud of myself, actually making a reasonable attempt at “making dinner,” rather than relying on stores frozen by Brooke to keep me alive in her absence.  Here, I made scrambled eggs using a few of our home-grown variety, and added in some sliced steak left from Saturday’s meal (thanks again, Diana!).  Also, a few slices of toast and half a tomato, also direct from the garden.  Not too bad, methinks!  Healthier than cereal and Hot Pockets, at least.  🙂

Meg had a hot dog, a banana and some graham crackers.  She still isn’t very interested in eggs.  Crazy person…