your perfect meal
 

If you could have anything you want for dinner tonight what would it be?

What are you actually having?

A HUGE Lobster tail broiled and seasoned perfectly w/ drawn butter, a small perfectly aged filet mignon cooked medium rare, ceaser salad w/ fresh cracked pepper and scrumptious croutons, a baked potatoe loaded of course w/ extra cheddar cheese and sour cream. (don't forget the chives), a bottle of a fine Merlot, no make that two bottles, and crusty french sourdough bread w/ fresh real butter and a heck of alot of it!!


What am I actually having? Jenny Craig frozen crap on a plate meal.

hmmm would love some chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and cornbread with a cold coke.. yummmy

A whole dish of fresh strawberries with melted chocolate :D NOT having that now tho, i am not allowing myself chocs for a few weeks :(

Crab legs with melted butter, a baked potato on the side with butter and sour cream, and a salad with all the goodies in it with homemade ranch dressing!! YUMMY!!!

I think that we're having something with hamburger. I just haven't figured out what just yet!!!

Home fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn on the cob, homemade rolls or bread, , broccoli and chocolate cake for desert. That was my birthday meal when I was little.

Tonight the boys had scouts so we had frozen pizza.

That's always been one of my favorite meals!! My Mom used to fix it for my birthday too!!! I almost put that down instead of the crab legs!

Sheryl, I think I'll just join you, okay. Your menu is just what I'd want, minus the filet mignon and wine, but the rest is a definite :thumbup: :thumbup: !! Perfect!!!

What I just had, pan seared wild caught halibut with steamed mixed vegatables, salad with a little blue cheese dressing & whole wheat thin spagetti noodles with olive oil, romano cheese and a bit of garlic salt. We eat very little red meat.

Sheryl and Marilyn , I will join the both of you , minus the filet mignon and make it a bottle of Pinot Grigot...:happy026:

I was in a mood for homemade vegatable soup. and I cheated and had some italian bread with a little butter on it.

My perfect meal is delmonico steak cooked medium well on a grill. I want a baked sweet potato with lots of butter and cinamon. Asparagus with cheese. Last, home made cheesecake.

We actually had pancakes and sausage.

Jennifer

This would be my perfect meal as well, but I want my ceaser salad homemade and my potato twice baked. YUMMY!!!!!! I would finish it off with homemade chocolate molten cake...the kind with the center that oozing chocolate and makes the cake all moist.

We actually had a very good dinner last night. Hubby did ribs which were PERFECT and we had mashed potatoes.

Joining late but - I would like to have steamed shrimp and steak (medium rare) with fresh salad and ranch dressing. Or, homemade mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, oven fried chicken, salad, and rolls. No dessert - we are not big dessert eaters.

Last night, I fed the boys pancakes - hubby was at work. Tonight, I'm gonna try to figure out how to get my burger to taste like shrimp and steak :D

LOL suzi... if you figure out how to get your burger to tase like shrimp and steak you will be able to eat shrimp and steak every night instead!

LOL!!!!!! :D Please do tell us if you figure that one out. That's hilarious. :)

I've been working soooo hard today and I asked my hubby if we can go to our favorite Mexican place. I'm just going to have to think of Jenny Craig tomorrow, not tonight. I really need my Carne Asada tacos w/ a spritz of lime and salt, chips with cheese dip, salsa, and a big ol jumbo margarita! Oh Yum I can barely stand it. (I'm waiting for him to finish up working so we can go!!)

I'm sorry, but not every night can be a "diet night". One has GOT to splurge sometimes or they will go insane. :eek: Atleast I know I will that's for sure. :p

No offense, Sheryl, but his cracks me up!!!!! :sidesplit: Only in Arkansas. One of our daughters spent a year at Harding Univ. in Searcy. There was a very nice Mexican Restaurant in town that appeared to be very authentic with Mexicans working there. Being from South Texas, we ask for chili con queso with our chips, and they looked at us like we were crazy. They did not know what we meant. Finally after describing what we wanted, they said, "Oh, cheese dip".

CHEESE DIP???????? :eek: Chili con queso is not CHEESE DIP!! Just a warning, if you are in Texas, ask for chili con queso or they will probably laugh you out of the restaurant.

Although with so many northerners migrating down, they are now asking if you want sweet or unsweet tea. This was also unheard of down here. If you wanted tea, it was never supplied with sugar. The sugar and sweetener were and still are on the table. If you ask for sweet tea 5 years ago, the server would probably have ask you what was wrong? Your arm broke???

This began happening around the time that Texas Roadhouse came to town. You know, that fine INDIANA based restaurant chain!!?? Sorry, Janet, but there ain't nuthin' Texas about the way they serve their food. I knew something was wrong when they asked if I wanted sweet or unsweet tea!!!

Times they are a changing!!!

Ya don't have to apologize to me Marilyn, LOL...I've never been to Texas Roadhouse. I didn't even know it was an Indiana based chain. (I need to get out more...LOL) There is one is Lafayette, a city near us.

When I visited a friend in Texas (quite a few years ago) she took me to a Mexican restaurant and let me tell you it was the best eat'n I ever had. Sooo good and sooo hot. I was impressed with a place in Dallas that was called the Beer Barn. Ya didn't even have to get out of your car, just drive through the barn and order your beer. That was great.

Now Marilyn, why would I take offense to that? LOL, such a silly lady you are! :D

Trust me, restaurants can call their Mexican food anything they want to, I will find it. LOL. Growing up in Southern CA I am no stranger to authentic Mexican food. Plus my first husband was Mexican and his Mother taught me the ways to cook authentic tamales, refried beans (gross), and tacos. (Why do you think I have such a weight problem? LOL) :p

Then moving here to AR my hubby and I go into Mexican food places that most Americans wouldn't dream of setting foot into, LOL. But, him and I both love our spicy foods.

When we went to Mexico they don't even really consider "cheese dips" or "chili con queso" a food item. It's more of an American thing. I was pretty surprised to find this out. They do more like a queso (cheese) that is thick and gooey then you grab it wtih flour tortillas and add some peppers and eat away. But the entire "dip" thing they laugh at and are foregin to.

Seems restaurants change authentic Mexican quisene (sp) to satisfy most americans. They have found that most Americans wouldn't really like the "authentic" stuff. Go figure??

Our neighbors down the road, I believe the hubby is from Venezuela (sp) and his wife is from Mexico. They often bring up their homemade tamales to us and we scarf them down. I truly appreciate them because I know what a pain in the rear they are to make. They make a couple different kind and one type they do I can actually barely eat because they are too HOT. I like spicy food but even I have my limits, hahahaha :D

And the sweet tea thing cracks me up. I found all that out my moving to AR. (south) Honestly I do prefer my tea sweetened but don't hardly get it because the calories and tea wires me like a drug. :eek: But it surely tastes good!

I'm not a fan of unsweetened tea at all, yuck. :confused:

I'd want beef tenderloin stir-fry over rice with raspberry pie for desert and a strawberry margarita.
YUMMMM

We know exactly the type places you are referring to. We frequent them from time to time as well. However, there are about as many Americans in them as Mexicans around here. American's, we refer to them as Anglo's, are a minority in this part of the world. Many of my "Mexican" friends have been Americans as many generations as I have.

Also, being in sales and taking guys out to lunch all the time, I have to take them where they want to go, and some of the places are not where I would choose. It's difficult to stay on a diet when you eat at a place where everything runs together and is covered with cheese.

They actually have some of the "authentic" stuff on the menu around here, but very, very few of the Anglo's touch the stuff. How can you eat bar-b-qued cow intestine, or brains :eek: . How gross is that?? But when you are truly poor, you eat anything you can, and learn to like and consider it a delicacy.

Oh well, enough about differences in Mexican food, bottom line, most of it is incredibly good, and no matter how healthy we try to eat, or what you call it, it will always be part of our diet. YUM!!!

Well ladies, first of all, sorry it took me so long to get back with you on the burger - shrimp thing. I've been experimenting and......yep, the burger STILL tastes like burger!!!!!! I guess if I want shrimp and steak, I gotta BUY shrimp and steak - burger ain't gonna do it for me.

Happy Friday all!

lol Here even shrimp doesn't taste like shrimp :( . I can't wait to go see hubby's family in New England so I can get real seafood :cool: