internet?

A million years ago, when I was hanging out with the dinosaurs... and living in Beatrice, Nebraska...I had a friend that had this cookbook put out by Land O Lakes... the people that make butter. It had absolutely one of the yummiest chicken pot pie recipes. Unfortunately, in the three moves since Beatrice - I have somehow lost the recipe....

and we are having chilly rainy weather here in KC, so it is perfect for chicken pot pie! So I went to the internet to see if I could find the recipe.... alas, could not. But found another that I tried.

It was pretty good. I still like the other better and would like to find that recipe. But this one was pretty easy and had cheese in it so my family liked that.

I know I cited three cookbooks I was going to be using and this week I must confess, I have fallen away from all three. I mainly used the internet. Please forgive me...

The following evening - I made one of those "tried and true" recipes... one that I don't have written down anywhere but was all gone before I could even take a picture! This is super easy and always gets compliments.... it's bbq in a crockpot. I get (at Aldi's) a package of the country style no bone ribs and put them in a pamed crock pot. Sprinkle a little seasoned salt, maybe some celery salt and then smother with bbq sauce (our favorite is the original KC Masterpiece). Let them cook on low all day... shred up before you serve (may want to add more sauce)... serve on hamburger buns... YUM YUM YUM! Easy and tasty! Everyone in the family eats these! Including picky Pman!

Finally, last night we had dover sole, roasted fingerling potatoes and peas. I tried a sole recipe that I found on the internet... it was okay. It was easy which was nice... but wasn't fabulous. If anyone has a good fish recipe for sole... I would love to have it... (recipe at end ) While I was out with my mother, we stopped by Whole Food so I could get the fish... we had been to see the Andy Warhol exhibit at Union Station (pretty good! $12 to get in.... maybe a little pricy - it wasn't a huge exhibit but had a good sampling of his work!) and the Wyeth exhibit at Kemper Museum. (I am not a huge Wyeth fan... but it was free and I love lunch at the Kemper!) Back to my dinner.... Whole Foods had the packages of fingerling potatoes on sale for $1.99 (regularly $4.99 - huge bargain!) so I bought two. Now, I have never cooked with fingerling potatoes before but was anxious to try. Once again, I got on the internet and found several recipes for roasting the potatoes in the oven. Most were pretty similar... just used different herbs but I will include the recipe that I used because we really enjoyed the potatoes! I thought they were a very nice change to your basic baked potato.

Andrew Wyeth Andy Warhol

This evening I think I may make my Klebasa soup...

Time for recipes....

Chicken Pot Pie

Package of frozen mixed veggies

2 cups cooked cubed chicken

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/4 cup milk

1 tsp thyme

pepper

packaged pie crust

Mix together all items except pie crust. Put pie crust in pan put mixture in and top with pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees. 30-40 minutes.

Note: Typical Melissa, I made my pie in the morning.... I like to have dinner taken care of as early as possible. So I did not use a bottom crust (it would get tooo mushy sitting in the fridge all day.) I just put a top crust on.

Dover Sole

Dover Sole fillets

Olive Oil

Salt and pepper

Lemon Juice

White Wine

Parmesan Cheese

Paprika

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a little olive oil in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Lay out your fish fillets. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.

Bake 5 min.

Pull out - drizzle a little white wine and lemon juice on top. Top with parmesan cheese and sprinkle paprika on top.

Bake until flaky but not overdone (about 5 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillets.)

Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

Lightly oil 9x13 pan with olive oil. Cut fingerlings into 1/2 inch slices. In bowl, with the fingerlings add some olive oil, salt (kosher is nice), pepper, thyme, oregano and chives. Mix until coated, lay in the pan so only one layer. Bake at 425 degrees about 20-30 minutes or until potatoes are done.