A bit of America in The Netherlands....

KathiM
KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
edited February 2011 in Breast Cancer #1
We invited some of our dear dutch friends over for an 'American' meal...

Well, at least for my family, in the spring...

It was chicken taquitos with guac (appetizer), roast lamb, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, and persimmon cookies with ice cream...mmmmm!

....And I did it all myself!!! I'm soooo proud!

What would YOUR dinner be?

Dutch knuffels, Kathi

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  • missrenee
    missrenee Member Posts: 2,136 Member
    #2
    Not necessarily nutritionally sound but--
    here goes:

    Bar-b-qued pork ribs
    Baked beans
    Pasta salad
    Corn on the cob
    Deep dish apple pie

    (Only about 2,000 calories!!!)

    Hugs, Renee
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #3
    Hot dogs and a can of baked
    Hot dogs and a can of baked beans. I'm not known as a good cook. But I'm a wizard with a microwave (that just means I know how to push it's buttons).
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #4
    Marcia527 said:

    Hot dogs and a can of baked
    Hot dogs and a can of baked beans. I'm not known as a good cook. But I'm a wizard with a microwave (that just means I know how to push it's buttons).

    Hmmm
    We'll have to ask my husband since I don't cook. I do mow the lawn, though:)

    xoxo
    Victoria
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #5
    aisling8 said:

    Hmmm
    We'll have to ask my husband since I don't cook. I do mow the lawn, though:)

    xoxo
    Victoria

    let me think ..
    I would have to start out with ..

    green beans with sliced almonds
    country fried chicken .. grandma's recipe
    mashed potatoes with homemade gravy
    corn or corn on the cob

    a small green wedge salad with bleu cheese dressing

    apple or cheery pie, warmed up with vanilla ice cream

    lemonade or ice tea

    Vicki Sam
  • Bella Luna
    Bella Luna Member Posts: 1,578 Member
    #6
    VickiSam said:

    let me think ..
    I would have to start out with ..

    green beans with sliced almonds
    country fried chicken .. grandma's recipe
    mashed potatoes with homemade gravy
    corn or corn on the cob

    a small green wedge salad with bleu cheese dressing

    apple or cheery pie, warmed up with vanilla ice cream

    lemonade or ice tea

    Vicki Sam

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #7
    Bella Luna said:

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL

    Kathi .. I forgot to ask ...
    what is the typical dinner time (hour), over there?


    Vicki Sam
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #8
    Bella Luna said:

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL

    Sounds good!

    Sounds good!
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #9
    VickiSam said:

    Kathi .. I forgot to ask ...
    what is the typical dinner time (hour), over there?


    Vicki Sam

    It changes from season to season....
    In the winter, it's completely dark by 4pm. So, dinner usually starts about 6:30 or so...guests are usually invited for 'borrel' (drinks and munchies) about 4:30-5:00.

    In summer, the sun is still blazing at 6, so dinner is pushed back to a cooler 7:30 or 8:00. Afterward, it's still light until 10pm..so plenty of time to go for a walk or a bike ride to work off dinner...

    The Dutch are usually very prompt. There is not as much 'fashionably late' as in So Cal.

    For we "hybrids" (lol), at home, when no guests are coming, we usually eat between 7:30 and 8pm...but we do that in America, also...

    Now, when we went to Spain, well, restaurants didn't even open really much before 9pm. Normal dinner is at about 10pm. It has to do with the nap they take in the afternoon, I think...lol!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #10
    missrenee said:

    Not necessarily nutritionally sound but--
    here goes:

    Bar-b-qued pork ribs
    Baked beans
    Pasta salad
    Corn on the cob
    Deep dish apple pie

    (Only about 2,000 calories!!!)

    Hugs, Renee

    mmmm...LOVE Bar-b-Q....and ribs are my FAV!
    ...I'm coming to YOUR place!!!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #11
    Marcia527 said:

    Hot dogs and a can of baked
    Hot dogs and a can of baked beans. I'm not known as a good cook. But I'm a wizard with a microwave (that just means I know how to push it's buttons).

    Marcia, I would KILL right now for a 'dodger dog'....
    I ask for a hotdog here....and I get a sausage-looking thing....delicious, but NOT an 'American dog'!!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #12
    aisling8 said:

    Hmmm
    We'll have to ask my husband since I don't cook. I do mow the lawn, though:)

    xoxo
    Victoria

    Victoria, I don't get to cook often, either....
    my beau is the cook, I am the baker.....and the souchef! and the dishwasher!

    If you look very closely at what I made, it cooked in the oven. All of it....lol!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #13
    VickiSam said:

    let me think ..
    I would have to start out with ..

    green beans with sliced almonds
    country fried chicken .. grandma's recipe
    mashed potatoes with homemade gravy
    corn or corn on the cob

    a small green wedge salad with bleu cheese dressing

    apple or cheery pie, warmed up with vanilla ice cream

    lemonade or ice tea

    Vicki Sam

    Vicki, I thought about apple pie, too...
    But the Dutch have a specialty called 'Apeltaart'...and it is very close to our apple pie...VERY yummy, but I thought persimmon was a bit more distinct!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #14
    Bella Luna said:

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL

    Bella Luna, they DID enjoy it!!!!
    ....and, since it's usually my beau at the stove, our friends were pleasantly surprised at how well I did!!!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #15
    Kylez said:

    Sounds good!

    Sounds good!

    It was, Kylez...or so our friends thought....
    ...and the challenge was to find things that went into the meal...

    Green Bean casserole needs condensed mushroom soup...no Campbell's cans here...lol

    My dessert (the cookie part) called for baking soda. Nope! Finally found it in a pharmacy...bicarbonate of soda...WHEW!

    Dutch knuffels, Kathi
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #16
    Bella Luna said:

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL

    Kathi .. I forgot to ask ...
    double posts
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #17
    Bella Luna said:

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL

    Kathi .. I forgot to ask ...
    triple post ...


    Vicki Sam
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #18
    Bella Luna said:

    Yum!!! You are making me Hungry!
    Call me when it's ready. KathiM... your American Style Dinner sounds so delish! I am sure your guests really ate to their hearts content.

    Cheers!
    BL

    Kathi .. I forgot to ask ...
    ...sorry about all the posts .. don't know what happened! Yikes

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