Here's what I do with the chicken and dumplings after the dumplings are gone and all that is left is the thick broth and chicken.....I freeze that, and later in the week I cook some potatos,carrots, celery, and frozen peas, defrost the broth and chicken, add it to the cooked veggies, and make a double crust chicken pot pie. There is NO better pot pie filling than left over chicken and dumplings! 400*oven, 25-30 min or until crust is almost brown.MaryKay.. I LOVE chicken & dumplings!!I made them all the time when my kiddies were growing up, and now my daughter makes them... and the grandkiddies love them too. My current hubby (#2) doesn't like dumplings, so I never bother anymore... but maybe he would eat the chicken 'stuff' on mashed potatoes instead... and then I could have ALL the dumplings!
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Okay Mingo,
I am looking for a dinner invitation- LOL
Mmmm Heather! You are making my mouth water! Wonderful idea! I usually end up making homemade chicken stew after ANY leftovers we might have- (and I still end up having to add more meat) 5 kids w/ 4 of them being boys... enough said! LOL
I think this week I will do Chicken N Dumplings (Oh yeah! We didn't discuss... dropped or rolled??) I love rolled- dropped is okay except I always get them so thick! (cuz I'm a greedy dumplin eater) LOL I like them big- but... dropped ends up being too big and then not getting done enough in the inside... But, I love rolled and cut dumplins!
Gotta make a lot though so I can do up a nice pot pie afterwards!
Mmm-
Oh Yeah! well, today was the party and we had cake & ice cream! I didn't do a BBQ or anything this time- just tired from the last couple days- PLUS- when he was taking his invitations to school he was told if he didn't bring for all students he couldn't give them out- (some new rule at school)-
I was shocked and called- "I don't know about others but w/ the economy I can't afford to have a party w/ 30 kids! Whether they all show or not that is still a helluva lot more than I can handle right now- Yadda, yadda" Then we came to a compromise, D- can give them out during recess... DUH! I didn't expect him to take up class time handing an invitation to his friend anyway... So, fine but now a very short notice for some of his friends parents... He still had a blast today, I had 8 kids here besides my own 5...
Dinner: Me & hubby some leftover pot roast I had last week-
Kids... Pizza and hot dogs w/ chili- they can choose... LOL
Not what we always do but it is nice when my kids are easy to please...
It is usually me that can't stand dinners like that- (I like home made food and can't take too much fast food on my system)
Tomorrow, I have a plan...
I am looking for a dinner invitation- LOL
Mmmm Heather! You are making my mouth water! Wonderful idea! I usually end up making homemade chicken stew after ANY leftovers we might have- (and I still end up having to add more meat) 5 kids w/ 4 of them being boys... enough said! LOL
I think this week I will do Chicken N Dumplings (Oh yeah! We didn't discuss... dropped or rolled??) I love rolled- dropped is okay except I always get them so thick! (cuz I'm a greedy dumplin eater) LOL I like them big- but... dropped ends up being too big and then not getting done enough in the inside... But, I love rolled and cut dumplins!
Gotta make a lot though so I can do up a nice pot pie afterwards!
Mmm-
Oh Yeah! well, today was the party and we had cake & ice cream! I didn't do a BBQ or anything this time- just tired from the last couple days- PLUS- when he was taking his invitations to school he was told if he didn't bring for all students he couldn't give them out- (some new rule at school)-
I was shocked and called- "I don't know about others but w/ the economy I can't afford to have a party w/ 30 kids! Whether they all show or not that is still a helluva lot more than I can handle right now- Yadda, yadda" Then we came to a compromise, D- can give them out during recess... DUH! I didn't expect him to take up class time handing an invitation to his friend anyway... So, fine but now a very short notice for some of his friends parents... He still had a blast today, I had 8 kids here besides my own 5...
Dinner: Me & hubby some leftover pot roast I had last week-
Kids... Pizza and hot dogs w/ chili- they can choose... LOL
Not what we always do but it is nice when my kids are easy to please...
It is usually me that can't stand dinners like that- (I like home made food and can't take too much fast food on my system)
Tomorrow, I have a plan...
Dropped or rolled! Funny girl! I take pillsbury biscuits roll them in a bit of flour and pinch off bits and throw them in. I also boil two eggs with the chicken, then add the chopped eggs in the chicken and dumplings.
My mom like my chicken and dumplings but was appalled that i didn't make my dumplings from scratch and roll and cut them like she did when I was a kid.
She aslo couldn't figure out why I put chopped eggs in the sauce, I said because you did!...She said she never did, but liked it.
My mom like my chicken and dumplings but was appalled that i didn't make my dumplings from scratch and roll and cut them like she did when I was a kid.
She aslo couldn't figure out why I put chopped eggs in the sauce, I said because you did!...She said she never did, but liked it.
We usually like it the way Mama used to make, and my mama did the drop method for dumplings, the rolled method is called noodles in our house.
Luv2CUSmile, A good pan make all the difference with getting them cooked and fluffy. My next door neighbor moved recently, and got rid of almost everything. I got an old set of her pots and pans, ever since then my dumplings are perfect everytime! I want alot of dumplings and so I make it in one big soup pot and one medium pot. I cook the chicken and onions first, pull the chicken out, add a bit more chicken stock, I double the recipe for bisquits from the bisquick box, and drop them in, cook 10 min with lid off, then 10 minutes with lid on. I hand pull chicken while thats cooking and salt and pepper it, when the dumplings are done I add the chicken back to the pan, and walaa!
Dinner tonight, kids are having frozen pizza, hubby and I are having morning star veggie burgers and leftover pesto pasta!
Luv2CUSmile, A good pan make all the difference with getting them cooked and fluffy. My next door neighbor moved recently, and got rid of almost everything. I got an old set of her pots and pans, ever since then my dumplings are perfect everytime! I want alot of dumplings and so I make it in one big soup pot and one medium pot. I cook the chicken and onions first, pull the chicken out, add a bit more chicken stock, I double the recipe for bisquits from the bisquick box, and drop them in, cook 10 min with lid off, then 10 minutes with lid on. I hand pull chicken while thats cooking and salt and pepper it, when the dumplings are done I add the chicken back to the pan, and walaa!
Dinner tonight, kids are having frozen pizza, hubby and I are having morning star veggie burgers and leftover pesto pasta!
I had to smile when I saw this thread - it seems there is a thread like this in every forum I belong to!
Some good ole down home cookin' on this thread! lol
Tonight I had chicken breasts that I thought I was going to throw on some rotisserie seasoning & bake, but at the last minute, I decided to make up a marsala & mushroom sauce instead. I shook on some salt & pepper and sauteed the chicken in olive oil. Added marsala wine, mushrooms, red pepper flakes, a little soy sauce & brown sugar, reduced it for a while and thickened it with melted butter. It turned out better than I had hoped! My son, who wants to be a chef, was quite impressed, lol! Served with some broccoli cheddar rice and steamed broccoli. That will definitely be on the menu again - if I can remember it. Of course, I didn't measure anything, so now I hope I can do it again!
Who pre-plans their meals for the week? That's what I try to do.
We used to order delivery a lot more when we lived in Milwaukee, you could get just about anything you wanted, but the small town we just moved to doesn't have much more than a couple pizza delivery places. So, I'll be cooking even more now!
Some good ole down home cookin' on this thread! lol
Tonight I had chicken breasts that I thought I was going to throw on some rotisserie seasoning & bake, but at the last minute, I decided to make up a marsala & mushroom sauce instead. I shook on some salt & pepper and sauteed the chicken in olive oil. Added marsala wine, mushrooms, red pepper flakes, a little soy sauce & brown sugar, reduced it for a while and thickened it with melted butter. It turned out better than I had hoped! My son, who wants to be a chef, was quite impressed, lol! Served with some broccoli cheddar rice and steamed broccoli. That will definitely be on the menu again - if I can remember it. Of course, I didn't measure anything, so now I hope I can do it again!
Who pre-plans their meals for the week? That's what I try to do.
We used to order delivery a lot more when we lived in Milwaukee, you could get just about anything you wanted, but the small town we just moved to doesn't have much more than a couple pizza delivery places. So, I'll be cooking even more now!
We had a lazy day, I made us French Toast and bacon. Funny, we were just talking about Chicken and Dumplings. I have a cooking blog, here is my recipe for them. Here is my bacon
I am headed over to the store fr some wine soon and will probably pick up some super thin sliced deli pepperoni to go with some cheese and crackers for us to nosh a bit later
I am headed over to the store fr some wine soon and will probably pick up some super thin sliced deli pepperoni to go with some cheese and crackers for us to nosh a bit later
picked up a mushroom burger (no swiss cheese it taste funny so I always pass) so grab it on the way home from shopping lol got the food stock in lots of decent sales will be cooking up some lassanga (sp) to freeze in single portions.. always get the basic's that everything goes with...seems to work the best especially when you run out of an item you still have something else that goes with it... Had some nice looking cabbage so grabed some onions, carrots, and potatos to go with it...
got the food stock in lots of decent sales will be cooking up some lassanga (sp) to freeze in single portions.. always get the basic's that everything goes with...seems to work the best especially when you run out of an item you still have something else that goes with it... Had some nice looking cabbage so grabed some onions, carrots, and potatos to go with it...
So, we have leftover Fajita wraps. And more of the wonderful deli pepperoni...so I took the wraps and brushed them with olive oil and will crisp them up in the over. Add my amazing pizza sauce, bit of mozzarella and pepperoni. Bam! Dinner. Today was my trek out to one of our fave shopping spots, always closeouts. One thing I picked up NEEDS mentioning. I found some chili lemon pistachios...omg these are amazing!!
RKayne,
2 moreof my loves...
French Toast u had the other day... And Fajita anything... LOL
We went ahead and had homemade calzone-
the kids wanted pizza.... AGAIN! LOL I couldn't do it and really almost couldn't manage the calzone except I made everyone's w/ their own filling they requested... I know, I know- a Monday and I am doing made to order...
& this is after my daughter and I rode the craft highway today... LOL after she got out of school, we headed straight to Fayetteville to hit the craft stores...
We didn't make them all so I could get back and cook and she could do homework...so>>> will be probably going again sometime this week.
2 moreof my loves...
French Toast u had the other day... And Fajita anything... LOL
We went ahead and had homemade calzone-
the kids wanted pizza.... AGAIN! LOL I couldn't do it and really almost couldn't manage the calzone except I made everyone's w/ their own filling they requested... I know, I know- a Monday and I am doing made to order...
& this is after my daughter and I rode the craft highway today... LOL after she got out of school, we headed straight to Fayetteville to hit the craft stores...
We didn't make them all so I could get back and cook and she could do homework...so>>> will be probably going again sometime this week.
With the snow, I made chili
We also have this ritual at dinner, got the idea from a movie and changed it to fit us, we have the question of the day! Course there are rules to the question of the day, it cant be something negative, should not be something asked before, and you have to explain why you answered the way you did. We dont allow heavy serious talk at dinner, like no politics lol I want dinner to be relaxing and enjoyable, which is how the "question of the day" came about. Its really quite interesting and you can learn things about your family this way hehe!
When we get close to holidays its generally aimed towards them like "what was your favorite xmas and why?" everyday ones we have had "if you could be a super hero what would your powers be and why?" "what animal would you be and why?" We take turns making up questions so everyone is involved.
We also have this ritual at dinner, got the idea from a movie and changed it to fit us, we have the question of the day! Course there are rules to the question of the day, it cant be something negative, should not be something asked before, and you have to explain why you answered the way you did. We dont allow heavy serious talk at dinner, like no politics lol I want dinner to be relaxing and enjoyable, which is how the "question of the day" came about. Its really quite interesting and you can learn things about your family this way hehe!
When we get close to holidays its generally aimed towards them like "what was your favorite xmas and why?" everyday ones we have had "if you could be a super hero what would your powers be and why?" "what animal would you be and why?" We take turns making up questions so everyone is involved.
I've only dropped into to this thread...now I know why I've avoided it. It makes me HUNGRY!!! I don't cook much, especially since it's just me. But reading about chicken and dumplings...mmmm...can't wait for it to cool off here in Florida. I just can't eat "cold weather food" when it's hot outside.
My mom always made rolled dumplings. So did my sister. Then she discovered the frozen ones (Mrs. Reames, I think) and quit making them since she thought the frozen ones were almost as good. Mom had 4 recipes using the dumplings: chicken & dumplings, bean soup, potato soup (but she cut the dough as noodles), and the BEST EVER dessert, cherry dumplings! A little milk or ice cream on the cherry dumplings and you're in 7th Heaven.
My mom always made rolled dumplings. So did my sister. Then she discovered the frozen ones (Mrs. Reames, I think) and quit making them since she thought the frozen ones were almost as good. Mom had 4 recipes using the dumplings: chicken & dumplings, bean soup, potato soup (but she cut the dough as noodles), and the BEST EVER dessert, cherry dumplings! A little milk or ice cream on the cherry dumplings and you're in 7th Heaven.
I think the family time is the best you can do for kids. Sundays were quiet days after church we would play a board game while my mom made a larger meal. One that would be the bases for the rest of the week for left overs.. So while that was cooking we would play a board game.. My Dad got so much pleasure out of beating us kids.. Will never forget his excitment in monoply of Marvin Gardens !!! (that's mine!!!!!) with 1 hotel on it will cost you lol lol lol.. And just to keep us in the game so he could toture us longer he would make loan shark deals with us if we landed on his hotel properties that lined an entire side of the board.....praying when we came to that side of the board we would roll the dice big enough to escape landing on his properties... lol lol lol... seeing my Dad grin and laugh so big and loud was worth it lol lol.. Kimer think it's wonderful you have found a way to just spend simple time together...
Our Favorite Sunday dinners was when we sat around our coffee table (big one) and had dinner while we watched Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew (the kids were preteen then). We always has a great evening with a big meal and dessert. The kids still remember it.
Normal dinners alway included a what did you learn today question. Sometimes the answers were very funny!
Normal dinners alway included a what did you learn today question. Sometimes the answers were very funny!
MaryKay, that reminded me of Sunday evenings. Mom had fixed the Sunday dinner around noon time. For the evening, she'd fix something light like grilled cheese sandwiches and we'd eat in the LIVING ROOM, watching Disney. I loved Sunday nights, lol.
Oh Patricia! LMAO as I read this- (This is our family!) We are Monopoly collectors- I have about 17 different board games (we only play 4 of them) And just recently we have purchased Monopoly for the Wii- Oh my Goodness! My husband is the loan shark... LMAO- But my older kids have been playing now for ... well, years- They are now as cut throat as he is- LOL I used to play all the time too, now I like to watch more but if I play it is me and hubby against each other and the kids are filler- LOL So, I tend to stay out so they can enjoy!
My husband likes the cheapest 2 props on the board- while everyone else is trying to get the elite, he builds them up and gets em every time! (He does end up usually also w/ all transportations and a few other things he may use as trades for bribery to get another monopoly or two... LMAO
This just not only brings back memories... (Heck! He is playing against the computer right now on the Wii, waiting for the kids) It is exactly what we do- Only not just Sundays... We have family game night- then we have our lazy days, and then when I get to where I want all TV's and computers off... (and they have to play the analog Monopoly... LOL "analog")- Thx for touching on this- It's nice to know we aren't the only ones! LOL
For dinner... Haven't decided yet tonight- Maybe Taco salad... I want something filling but quick and NO Fast Food/ Heat Up/ Or PIZZA...
LOL
My husband likes the cheapest 2 props on the board- while everyone else is trying to get the elite, he builds them up and gets em every time! (He does end up usually also w/ all transportations and a few other things he may use as trades for bribery to get another monopoly or two... LMAO
This just not only brings back memories... (Heck! He is playing against the computer right now on the Wii, waiting for the kids) It is exactly what we do- Only not just Sundays... We have family game night- then we have our lazy days, and then when I get to where I want all TV's and computers off... (and they have to play the analog Monopoly... LOL "analog")- Thx for touching on this- It's nice to know we aren't the only ones! LOL
For dinner... Haven't decided yet tonight- Maybe Taco salad... I want something filling but quick and NO Fast Food/ Heat Up/ Or PIZZA...
LOL
Hey Smile, I grew up in Salisbury West Rowan grad here.
I give up, it is chill and rainy. I am making us Chicken and Dumplings (southern style, fluffy dropped ones!!).
West Rowan grad here.I give up, it is chill and rainy. I am making us Chicken and Dumplings (southern style, fluffy dropped ones!!).
We stayed out a bit too late last night, so I knew that after working a full day today I wasn't going to feel like doing much cooking. We are trying to save up some money and cut out as much fast food as possible, so I am just going with a quick and easy tuna casserole.
aa66, Welcome to the Women's Room!
I got this really good , very "fall" recipe from one of our friends from upstairs:
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Hey I threw together a nummy something tonight, but out of respect for the woman's forum I will send it to you.
Shredded acorn and butternut squash.
Shredded squash, tossed in olive oil and spices, broiled for 20 minutes or so.
Topped with fresh grated parm, served with diced tomato, sour cream and bacon.
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I got this really good , very "fall" recipe from one of our friends from upstairs:
Dredbull
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Hey I threw together a nummy something tonight, but out of respect for the woman's forum I will send it to you.
Shredded acorn and butternut squash.
Shredded squash, tossed in olive oil and spices, broiled for 20 minutes or so.
Topped with fresh grated parm, served with diced tomato, sour cream and bacon.
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