What's for Dinner? Thursday January 16th....
I'm fixing Chicken Pot Pie.....scratch dough is done and in the refrigerator.
I made the this about 6 weeks ago and froze the extra gravy and veggies. I'll make additional stock with a pack of chicken thighs and of course add the chicken tonight when I get home from work.
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The biggest treat for my family is the crust mixed with the chicken gravy mix. They would freak out if I didn't add a topper. 
Much better than mine.
The recipe then calls for chopped red onion, jalapeño and cilantro, but DH's tummy is having a rough time, so I skipped all of that.
It was nothing special, but still tasty.
Seems infinitely tweak-able to a zillion variations. 
Yum.
Fascinating.
I have to go on strike from time to time.
Things tend to change pretty rapidly when that happens.
Best of luck
If they want to keep their cell phones....kitchen clean-up is essential. 
well, I have to use other leverage because their dad is the one who bought the phones and pays the bills for them, but basically, it's the same. If they want dinner, they clean up after I'm not a total hard ass though. If I make a big mess, I stick around to help. We have some of our best conversations cleaning up.
in Pasadena, with friends - including Bill Nye (The Science Guy).
I better get a hotel room for the night, because last time we went out, we all got royally snookered on martinis.
Now that's a dinner I would love to attend.
Have a great time and good for you for getting that room.
Have a martini for me.
And no, he only wears the bow tie while on camera or public appearances. ( You all were dying to ask, weren't you? )
And I'm approaching from the west, so the fires shouldn't be a problem.
I'll tell Bill "CBayer says hi", and wait for this facial expression... "Who?"
You mean to say that you don't think Bill will recognize my DU screen name?
I am shattered… utterly.
We went to college during the same years. We both studied science. We were just two states away from each other. I probably met him at a mixer!!
And he, like me, wears funny clothes sometimes.
It's always a plus having smart friends. 
Tell us later about your dining/meal experience.
We all met at Caltech for a presentation on the 10th anniversary of the Opportunity rover (Spirit died in 2010). All the top scientists and engineers gave their spin on what they found, what the did to overcome issues, etc. Bill gave the closing remarks on why exploration is important to humanity - which was quite freaking funny. He definitely was on his mark last night. Incidentally, Bill got NASA to make the camera calibration target on each of the twin rovers into a sundial as well. The Curiosity rover has one too, using a spare my best friend had in his desk, with him shouting "But...but...that's mine!!"
Anyway, after the lecture, we ended up going to Old Town Pasadena to Sushi Roku for some awesome sushi and a few laughs. We all declined to drink heavily since 3 out of four of us had meetings first thing in the morning. Fine by me, since I had an hr drive back home to the high desert.
Backstage at von Karmen Auditorium, we were deciding where to go to dinner. It was done in whispers so as not to attract an entourage, which I totally understand. Bill had a receiving line a mile long after the lecture. Finally, I said after an hour, "Bill...I'm fucking hungry! Let's jam."
He gave me a ride in his Prius (what else would he have for a car?) to the restaurant, and we played catch-up. I haven't seen Bill in almost 2 yrs.
The sushi was sooo good. I even had my first geoduck, which was awesome!! (I'm a clam lover, fer sher). The eel was fantastic, as usual. We had the requisite yellowtail, spice tuna rolls, crab dynamite, octopus, etc etc. Posed for a few group photos, which I hope to get in email soon.
All in all, a very cool night!! I would have gone just for the lecture itself.
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Blending a smoothie for the morning - Muscle milk (lol, it's a protein drink and I'm hardly the poster boy for muscle), bananas, marzipan, cinnamon.
Almost went for the chicken pot pie though. Tomorrow.
this weekend. I froze a extra pork loin which I bought for New Years Day.....they were on sale. I still have sauerkraut too.
The RG took me to a very nice restaurant that has an expansive view of the NYC skyline. A few glasses of wine and also had calamari.
Cher
Sounds enchanting. Have another glass of wine for me.
and camembert-in-phyllo parcels w/cranberry sauce.
Except for the salad they were all new recipes for us (me and the kids) and we were a bit underwhelmed. Everything seemed a bit bland. I'll have to add spices if I make it all again.
And I nearly sliced off a finger matchsticking the apple. 
It's been 10 years since I've cut myself. I was so pissed off!