Salmon with wild rice

This combination is interesting, colorful, and satisfying

Broiled 🍋 lemon pepper salmon

Wild rice cranberry casserole

We serve the salmon on the bed of wild rice

Baked sweet potatoes

Roasted asparagus 

Apple crisp with whipped cream

Sweet & Spicy BBQ Pork

Menu Idea:

Mexican Rice (easy version: Replace half the water with salsa when cooking.)

Avocado

Olives

Cheddar

Cilantro

Shredded lettuce

Sour Cream

BBQ Pork

to fill a warmed tortilla

3 pounds pork (I usually use stew meat or a combo of chicken/pork if that's what's in the freezer)
1 can Rotel (diced tomatoes and green chilies)
1 cup Coke
1 cup brown sugar
1 T chili powder
1/4 t garlic powder
1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 t dried oregano
1/2 t paprika
1 1/2 t ground cumin
1/2 t salt

Put the thawed meat in the crockpot with about 4 cups water. Cook on high for around 5 hours. Drain off the liquid and shred the meat. Add the rest of the ingredients, continue to cook on high for about 4 more hours. Finish shredding meat right before serving.

I first tried a recipe similar to this after experiencing Cafe Rio's Sweet Pork, and this is my favorite version yet -- and this is the meal Blair requests more than anything else I make. I like how easy it is, and how versatile the leftovers are -- we eat them in quesadillas, on sandwiches, and over salad. 

Christmas Eve Dinner, in Idaho

Garlic Sautéed Green Beans

Scalloped Potatoes with Gruyere

Berry Terrine and Whipped Cream

Cornish Hens with Rosemary and Lemon

Caramel Corn and Apple Cider

Pre-Thanksgiving 2013, in Idaho

In honor of Elizabeth's visit, we had an early Thanksgiving meal...

Greens with Goat Cheese, Pomegranate, 

Pears, Craisins, and Candied Almonds

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Roasted Carrots

Cauliflower Gratin

Baked Potatoes or Yams

Gravy

Stovetop Stuffing

Buns by Jane

Turkey

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Molasses Cookies

Caramel Apple Pie

Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream

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Cranberry Sprite

Coffee

Tea

New Years Day Dinner 2013

Herb Rubbed Sirloin Tip Roast
Baked Potatoes-with sour cream
Asparagus - tender crispy with butter
Cooked Honey Buttered Carrots-coarsely chopped -
Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Blueberry Cheesecake Dessert

Sparkling Grape Juice/Tea/Ice water

Sunday Dinner-Pork roast

Since we agree that the biggest meal of the day should be called the dinner, the noon meal on Sunday is our biggest Sunday meal-thus our Sunday dinner. Sunday supper is waffles or pancakes......

Roast Pork-
Rice and Gravy

Hot vegetable - Broccoli/Cauliflower
      sprinkled with cheese
Spinach/leaf lettuce salad with
      carrot and celery slices
Home made rolls
Fudge Ice cream dessert



Directions: Fresh pork roast, season with salt and pepper and add about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of water to the bottom of the pan, bake covered in a 325 degree oven from about 9:30 until 12:00 (2 and1/2 hours). There is usually very little fat, so we make a flour based gravy with the drippings in the pan. 

Story:  We are looking for a Sunday dinner that is easy and quick and the dinner preparation can either be done the day before, or early in the morning before leaving for meeting.
This meal is a good 'winter meal', it's almost always good, and fairly inexpensive to make.
We start with a Fresh pork loin sirloin end roast. This is about $2.29 a pound and easily feeds 4-6 people. We plan on left overs for stir fry or pork sandwiches the next day.

This Sunday we

served Fudge Ice cream dessert

New Years Menu 2012

Cornish Game Hens (buy one for everyone-today, we needed 6)
Overnight mashed potatoes (yummm.....)
Cooked corn-frozen from cob
Gravy
Fresh vegetables (carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower)
Mandarin orange salad
Freshly baked biscuits

Cherry tarts with real whipped cream
(Tarts-crust for one pie rolled out, and cut into circles to fit individual tart pans) gently place dough in tart pan and use fork to put several small holes in dough to prevent dough from bubbling up when baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Christmas Eve Dinner Menu-2011

Pear/lime salad served on a lettuce leaf
Crusty French Bread/butter

Knefla Soup-Oyster crackers
Sliced cheese and sausage
Cherry Salad
Olives, pickles, apple slices
Carrot and celery sticks

Christmas cookies/bars
Plachinda
Hot cider/tea

Christmas 2011 Menu

Almond Mandarin Lettuce Salad
Sparkling Duck
Dinner Rolls

Baked Ham
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
Baked Asparagus
Raspberry Rice Salad
Lefse

Caramel Apple Pie
Ice Cream
Coffee/Tea