Homemade Tuscan bean soup!

Leftover meatloaf, Parmesan zucchini fries and a spinach/avocado salad

Glad you're feeling better!

When I was just in Louisiana I went to my favorite meat market and smoke house, I got one of their boneless chicken stuffed with shrimp. I am sticking it in the oven along with some baby red potatoes for roasted oven potatoes. I have some of their smoked sausage I will slice up in bite size pieces and add to the potatoes.
I have a basket full of the best oranges from my sisters big navel orange tree, they are dessert, super sweet.

Glad to hear you are feeling better!

So glad you're feeling better, Shirley. I took a package of Mexican soup out of the freezer today so that's what we're having along with a crusty roll also from the freezer. I was doing laundry, straightening my dresser drawers, wrapping presents and making the sponge cakes for my English trifle so the freezer really comes in handy!

Had to look up "jojos", that's a new term for me.

Lima beans cooked down to a thick stew, drenched in butter and topped with green onions from my garden.

Left over chop-suey from the past weekend. For lunch, it was left over spaghetti from the past weekend!!

Lots of soups tonight; it's been chilly and rainy all day here so I'm going to make lentil soup. Robert is chopping onions, carrots , and celery at this very moment!

I'll toss those in the pot with chicken broth, garlic, thyme from the garden, quinoa, lentils, chopped tomatoes, and some chopped fresh spinach at the end. What am I missing?

I remember having to look up 'jojos' at one time, too, lol.

Raven! Chicken stuffed with shrimp? I'm trying to imagine it, but my brain just won't go there. ;-)

Spaghetti & salad here, and I also had to search for the meaning of "jojos"!

Here's a picture so you don't have to imagine it you can see it lol.
They come with all types of stuffings, dirty rice, jambalaya, cornbread dressing, shrimp. Stuffing, crab stuffings etc.
All of them are delish.

With legumes, I like a smoky flavor too, if even just a small tad of - sausage, ham, hocks, or even a few drops of liquid smoke. Maybe that isn't what you'd envisioned for what you're doing.

I had the same reaction to shrimp-stuffed chicken, it didn't sound appealing. I'm not sure how the cold, wet shrimp in the inner cavity would put up with the same length of cooking time as the chicken. Or how to get the interior of the chicken done with a moisture ball inside.

This is so no one else will have to look up jo jo s.

Shirley/Ohio

Here is a link that might be useful: Jo Jo s

I'm SO glad you're feeling better Shirley!!!!

I made Pasta Puttanesca last nite and cooked some shrimp to add to it.
I had a leftover bowl of that, and hubby had cereal.

It's shrimp with rice dressing which is all fully cooked. Nothing cold or wet or anything like that any where. The chicken is fully deboned so only meat, and rice dressing with bits of cooked shrimp in the rice. Similar to the turduckens where a deboned chicken is stuffed into a deboned duck which is stuffed into a deboned turkey, and of course some type of dressing is inside.
I don't really care for duck so I don't eat those much. But the stuffed chickens are absolutely delicious. They also come with crawfish dressing too.
Pictures of various ones sliced at link

Here is a link that might be useful: Stuffed chickens

Just like the turkey with dressing stuffed inside, nothing strange about it.

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I made a chicken enchilada rice dish that was new to us. It was super easy and very tasty. I'll be making it again soon for guests.

Glenda: I looked up a picture of your soup ... looked tasty.

FlamingO: I really like leftover meatloaf... very hearty sides too.

Raven: What more could you ask for than shrimp stuffed chicken. I like the sides/dessert too. Thanks for posting pictures and more explanation. Makes me want it even more.

Georgysmom: Isn't it great to be able to have a homemade meal just by opening the freezer? My freezer isn't large, but is one of my most valuable appliances.

Deeby: Great minds ... limas have always been in the top 3 of my favorite beans with green beans right up there beside them.

Phyllis: Leftovers are great. Time saving, money saving, and usually quick/easy.

Rhizo: I'd really love a big bowl of your soup.

Party: I think I'm going to have to make some spaghetti or lasagna next month.

Jasdip: I'm glad I'm better too. Thanks. I think tonight I'd choose your meal instead of his. lol

Alice: Would you care to share this new to you recipe? Easy and tasty would be good selling points.

Shirley

found a bag of stew in the freezer...added some rolls (no potatoes in this batch) for starch and enjoyed...

tomorrow is pizza nite...at home...almost ready for the family Christmas...

OK, thanks for the explanation. Those combinations don't ring the bell for me but they obviously do for you. Often the foods any of us likes most are those we grew up with, and that's different from one person to the next. Enjoy it.

Shirley, I'm glad you're feeling better! And everyone's meals sound so good! I know I am loving having some time off to cook and enjoy. The recipe I made is linked below, and the blog has lots of yummy looking recipes I want to try.

Here is a link that might be useful: One Pot Chicken & Sausage Enchilada Rice Dish

I'd give it a try, Raven. I've put oyster dressing inside a turkey, after all. I love chicken and I love shrimp.....why not?

We decided to go meatless with our soup, Snidely. A few dashes of Tobasco, a grating of parmesan was all I added this time. But I agree, some smoked pork of one kind or another is usually added to any kind of legume soup, but they are sooo good without it, too.

Alice, Thanks for sharing the recipe link. That looks yummy.

I made Sausage in Cream Sauce with mini bow ties and a simple Ceasar.
Kamren's favorite salad. Chopped romaine, lots of fresh Parm, lots of black pepper tossed with a generous amount of Ceasar dressing. He loves to eat the leftovers the next day too.