So...whats for dinner?
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The food pics are awesome. Minus, a while back you asked the difference between pork steak and chop. The pork steak is from the shoulder and is less lean, therefore (to me) more flavorful. Its kind of a Midwestern thing usually. We grill them often in the summer.
Homemade pizza last night and short ribs tonight. I think. My beloved instant pot is leaking steam when it shouldn't. According to tech support, I probably need a new one. It does still come up to pressure, so I'm going to try the short ribs anyway. If it doesn't work they will be tomorrow night's dinner and tonight will be a mystery. I feel like my right arm is being amputated without my pressure cooker.
Good thinking on the stove Eric. The first time I visited the Phoenix area many years ago, I was surprised to find the friend I was visiting had her washer and dryer as well as a stove on her covered veranda. She just shrugged and told me "It never rains here." Good thinking.
Hey Bedo - nice to hear from you. Wondering where you were.
Rain rain and more rain here too and more on the way. The lack of sun is getting to me as is the cold temps. Where oh where is our spring?
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Hi all! I have been procrastinating like very heavily during the last two weeks until people started to contact me asking what has happen. By people I mean our ladies from triple positives thread, out FB support group and my manager))) I do not know what has happened but first, and still actually, I got this wound in my armpit during the end of the rads, that later became three wounds, that turned to be so painful in the beginning I did not have so much pain since my surgery in July( It got better eventually, the pain, I still have the wounds but they are not infected for what I am very grateful, but it still looks like I will need bondage under my arm even when we are going to be in Paris next week. Yesterday I changed my bandage on my own, it looks better but last week when nurse let me take a look at my armpitI asked her what was the reason why she chose this job, I mean, it looked like volcano eraption, sorry, TMI, I know and it sounds gross but it is what it is(
I have also been extremely tired, only was able to drag myself out of bed to exercise, not daily though, to cook)) always)) and to work probably twice a week, otherwise me and our cat spent two lazy weeks in bed, when has I ever had or will have a chance to do that?)))) I have been so tired that even when I slept the whole night, woke up, had my breakfest, went back to bed to watch The Americans and after Downton Abbey, I still had to dwell there with my eyes shut unable to open them to neither watch the movie nor fall asleep. Today I felt the same and I dragged myself out of bed, it was 10C and sunny outside, so I went for 10 km power walk and run half of the distance, because I just wanted to get home to my bed!!😂 My cat has been by my side almost all the time, here comes the pics.
Forgot the pics, now edited)
It has not been much about the dinners but what can I say, I prioritize cooking and there was a lot of it. Tonight was orange chicken with oven-baked potatoes, bearnaise sauce and salad.
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Lacey, the pictures are perfect, the one with your grandchildren taken by your DIL is so beautiful❤️ it could as well come from a magazine. What a beautiful home too, delightful design, just pass my compliments to them)
Eric, you are quite a collector, aren't you?))) Two oven for two people)) in Arizona?))) I laughed at ChiSandy's comment on cosher and remembered that Carrie from Sex and the City stores her sweaters in her only one oven))
illimae, this chocolate delight looks amazing, I can only imagine how it tasted. I myself bought some locally produced organic coffee latte ice cream and are half of liter in a week, guilty as charged, so much for dieting. I also bough another one called Chocolate bomb but the youngest DD helped me to finish this one.
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Cherry - don't beat yourself up girl. The fatigue from rads was debilitating & it took me months to get back enough energy to even to read a book w/o my eyes closing. Treat yourself gently - or rather - you be the princess for now & let everyone else take care of stuff.
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Whoever wrote about the lamb leg, gratain and the Yorkshire pudding, Down it was you, wasn't it? I am watching Downton Abbey btw)) I want you to adopt me, really, I never tried English pudding, I mean even though I been to London and GB many times this is a sort of food your are getting if you are invited home to people or you watch Jamie Oliver)) This dinner sounded amazing.
Carole, I know everybody says that eggplant takes so much oil, my mom is the first one on this list and therefore all her eggplant dishes are ouzing oil, snd hers is not olive but sumflower. But I myself slice the eggplant, rub it with salt and let it be for 15 min half of an hour and then I dry the slices with the paper and put them in the non-stick pan with a little oil, they will absorb it but I do not add more until they start to get soft because they will since the cells in the eggplant get cooked, break and start releasing liquid, that is when I add a little more oil. Just give it some time and it had to be teflon pan. If you for example put the eggplants halves into the oven they will still cook without any oil needed. I never bread them either, I like them fried in the pan with a little mayo and some chopped garlic, yam.
Magari and Chi, you mentioning Sardinian food made me think of Sicily and pasta alla norma. I have five middle size eggplants in my fridge and I will do it this week even though if it means I have to freeze it because we are leaving at the end of next week. I also did zucchini pasta sauce this Friday, something very Soviet, but so good, DD1 and BF liked it even though we need to feed him proteins for the most.
SpecialK, I have literally pictured myself eating a meal and watching a sunset, I will make it happen in rhe nearest future, I am so going to indulge myself))
Speaking of which, or not maybe, but we are getting a puppie, a Welsh Corgi Pembroke. Preliminary this little fellow on the picture below, but we are entitled to pick any of five male puppies of a litter of nine! But I always pictured him to be red, just like the Queen's)) And hus name will be... wait for it))) ... Mr. Darcy))) The kennel owner is thrilled))
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Cherry, I have been missing you and feared that you weren't feeling well. I have heard that rads can cause extreme fatigue. Please take care of yourself.
Our outing to the Fairgrounds yesterday for the Louisiana Derby was nice. I found myself missing our friend Tom. He and his wife Sylvia were race track companions. Tom would study the racing form and actually had good reasons for his bets. He succumbed to Parkinson's Disease a few years after his retirement.
Our companions yesterday were keeping the bartender busy, drinking mint julips. I finally gave in to temptation and had one. The taste was delicious but the drink was small for $7 with only one shot of a good bourbon, Woodford. I could easily have drunk four of them poured into a decent-sized glass. It's difficult to sip an alcoholic drink that tastes so good.
DH and I shared a corned beef sandwich on poboy bread. It was good but not as good as I remembered. The price was higher but not outrageous by concessions at an event standard.
Nance, thanks for explaining the difference between pork steaks and pork chops. I first ate pork steaks at the home of a BIL who grew up in St. Louis, where pork steaks are much liked. He cooked his slowly on the grill and the result was delicious.
Tonight will be pasta with tomato sauce. I'm thawing 8 oz of ground turkey and equal amt. of ground pork that I will make into Italian sausage. The meat will go into the sauce. The side will be salad.
Lacey, I'll let you know about the eggplant cooked in the air fryer. I'm on the lookout for nice eggplants. So far, the air fryer is a thumbs up. I'm wondering if an Instant Pot might not be a useful cooking appliance for the summer in MN. In good weather I could set it up out on the deck. I already have a slow cooker and an outdoors gas grill.
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Ah cherry, nothing cuter than a puppy and corgis are especially cute!
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cherry - I met a cat named Mr Darcy on my trip who lives two doors down from my friend! Seems like a good name for that adorable pup! Dining while watching the sunset is definitely to be done! Here is a photo taken from my seat, that is my beloved Pacific Ocean:
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Minus, I was not so much tired during chemo! I mean, it was cumulative, but still the next days after the infusion I fel like so full of it but tired, only towards the end, but this is something out of my understanding, I am like Churchill, why to stand when you can sit and why to sit when you can lay down? I know I probably could just pull myself together and still sit UP on the balcony and probably go out and just walk but laying down with this furry ball of purring delight was just so cosy and so convinient, tomorrow I have salary increase talk with my manager, I might as well show him how we spent past two weeks)
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ohhhh, puppy!!!
Tonight DH is cooking a pork loin in the rotisserie while I roast red potatoes and Brussels sprouts.
For dessert, I am recreating the chocolate delight using substitutes for the sugary ingredients (for the diabetics dinning tonight), the recipe is already giving me problems as I’ve burnt the crust (not too bad) with 5 minutes of cook time remaining. Wish me luck, I’ll post pics later.
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auntinance, I would have taken a dog from the shelter but we do not have as many shelters here, people do not abandon their dogs or cats for that matter as easily here and there are no stray animals in Sweden, except for those in the woods) Besides, it is harder toqualify for taking an animal from the shelter than just to buy omen from a kennel. Compared to what’s I and used to see in Ukraine when I visit my parents the situation here is absolutely different. And I really do like Corgis. Last year I took my mom to England. Mind a visa aquiring procedure in Warszawa and missing the plane because DH drove us to the wrong airport))) when we at least were there we went to Windsor. When I was buying a Corgi toy the old gentleman who worked there, explained to me that Corgi comes from Welsh, naturally, and means cor gii - miniger dog, and that all Her Majesty’s dogs came from the first pup named Susanne or Susie. He was so old, this gentleman, that I believed him))) He wrote it on the post-it, I still have it somewhere
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SpecialK, this sunset is by far the most beautiful thing I saw today. Honestly. And my 10 km power walk route goes approx 3 km along the shore since I live on an island but today I was running and did not look around, it was uphill and so hard, so what can I say, right now I would rather look at your sunse)) It is breathtaking, and that, as PoseyGirl says, this is all I have to say about that))
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Lovely sunset, Special! Where on the coast were you dining? Ate at a restaurant in Malibu a few years ago with a similar lovely Pacific sunset view.
Went to Cellars last night to watch the Loyola game. Bob had shrimp linguine in saffron cream sauce; I had fish & chips, well-done fries, awesome housemade tartar sauce & slaw. We both had half our dinners packed to go even before we were served. Gordy ate the leftover pasta, four mini-croissants, and 3 donuts, so I guess his appetite is back. (Tamiflu is a miracle drug). We're going out to Il Porcellino tonight (have a $25 off coupon, and there's enough stuff on the menu Bob can eat w/o "breaking Lent"). He went out to brunch this a.m. so he could have a Bloody Mary. I had a voice lesson, so I made myself a rolled French herb-gruyere omelet and toasted a mini-croissant.
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cherry - There were just enough clouds to make the sunset interesting. You may be able to tell from the pic that I was in the right corner of the restaurant, but the whole center section has retracting windows so it is like sitting out on the rocks. It was a bit chilly so they did not open them this last time, but I have eaten there when they did, with a glass of crisp white wine, and a great meal then as well. I miss it already...
chisandy - Cardiff, and what I love about this restaurant is how close you are to the water, in addition to the great meal! I grew up in suburban L.A. and my high school beach was Malibu, what I love about the west coast is the rocky cliffs at the beach - the beach here in FL is so flat!
Tonight is reverse sear sirloins, steamed broccoli with lemon olive oil and lemon pepper, and chipotle bacon mashed potatoes.
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The accidentally burnt pecan crust resulted in a coffee like taste but it was still tasty.
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Special - i would have guessed further north. But YES - beloved Pacific. Rocks, crags, caves, crashing pounding waves.... Galveston & Florida are just really ponds.
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minus - southern California has a lot of rocky coastline, many areas with actual cliffs - it is kind of surprising!
DH is out exercising and it is kind of warm out so I am thinking main dish salad tonight - possibly a kale and berry salad with chicken. Not sure yet.
I have a hearing aid for the sudden hearing loss that happened back at the beginning of Nov - still trying to determine how I feel about it, I am doing a 30-day trial, so trying out a variety of environments to see how I feel. As I sit here typing, the keyboard clacking is super LOUD, lol! My husband, also with hearing loss, talks really LOUD! Also, I hate our new TV in the family room - a room with a rug over tile flooring with a whole wall of windows - the surround sound bounces and sounds like I am in a LOUD tin can. Our dog also hates that TV. I tried a noisy restaurant today with a friend - I could actually hear the server - yay! Then I went to Nordstrom Rack and was not bothered by the ambient noise. So, so far, the hearing aid at home is the issue, lol!
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We get sunrises over Lake Michigan in Chicago, but only man-made scenery. Indiana Dunes and especially Warren Dunes, MI gets sunsets and at least some interesting terrain in the foreground--to get rocks & sunsets you have to go all the way up to the eastern U.P. and face just the right way at Seul Choix Bay. Not much in the way of rocks up on the Superior side. When I lived in Seattle, I used to go out to Alki Beach & Golden Gardens to take photos of sunsets over Puget Sound with the Olympic Mts. in the background. (Will have to dig up some slides and digitize them). We used to love to drive down the Oregon coast to the Bay Area, Monterey Peninsula & Big Sur, as well as north to Vancouver (really great sunset views from Chuckanut Drive near Bellingham, w. of I-5, as well as the San Juans and the Inn at Semi-Ah-Moo in Blaine, just s. of the border).
Tonight was "Surf & Turf" leftovers. Saturday night's fish & chips and slaw, plus last night's Barolo-braised short ribs from Il Porcellino, plus the rest of the broccolini in the crisper.
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All this talk of sunsets (and the beautiful photo) makes my mind go back to my favorite sunset memories. Picture this: Pensacola, FL, driving home to the beach and a little cold from waterskiing in Bayou Texar after working a shift at Sacred Heart Hospital ...driving across the 3 mile long bay bridge, sugar white sand, with a startlingly orange/pink sky with a perfect sprinkling of clouds, reflecting on the glasslike pink water... sublime. Then, there were the nights in Boundary Waters, MN during that August of canoeing/camping ...with rich purples and dense clouds and the loons singing their unique song... unforgettable. Makes me feel mushy inside just thinking about it.
Tonight will be the red beans and rice my son has been begging for, and tomorrow I'm feeling good about seared pork chops and roasted broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Last week I had the unexpected pleasure of a trip to a local Waffle House with DH for a quick cup of coffee while the kids were at church youth group. I indulged in a piece of chocolate pie - Sara Lee, no less! - and it was so delicious I'm still thinking about it (have I just not had enough desserts lately?). I'm even dreaming about a pecan waffle now that I've been bitten by the Waffle House bug after all these years! Any other Waffle House fans out there? I hadn't thought much about it since my cheap college days, but I may have to visit more often?
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Down, I love waffle house. I even have their phone app. Guilty pleasure!
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Think I am going to take out a couple of the Mediterranean style Chicken Breasts we got at Omaha Steaks recently and pair it with a rice side dish and some veggies.
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Down&Out - thanks for the gorgeous descriptions of two very different sunsets. You have a great way with words.
I got several things prepped & ready for the next few days. Still have some ham hock & beans. Need to do something with yellow squash. One expensive organic Jersey sweet potato must be cooked tonight. Tuna salad is completed to pop into avocado halves (3 for a dollar). Green pepper chopped and going into the freezer. Cauliflower ready to pop some in my mouth raw with radishes & steam some. Asparagus was on sale for $0.88 - so of course I bought some. And I had a coupon for Halos so I will turn some of those into a fruit salad with pineapple, coconut & sour cream - and maybe pecans.
Looks like I'm passing on meat this week unless I meet my ex-DH for a patty melt. We usually only have lunch once a month, but ever since I took him to this hole-in-the-wall cafe, he's finding reasons to come to my part of town every week for another patty melt fix.
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oh minus, where?! I like patty melts
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Very late tonight--gonna sear a couple of whitefish fillets (Bob is working late, and though I'd rather nuke some wings, he's still doing Lent), top them with lemon-dill sauce, saute snap peas, and reheat the remaining brown rice-quinoa mix.
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Steak and soba noodle stir fry with baby bok choy. Used up the last of the sous vide NY strips. Really good.
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Tonight we had turkey and havarti on rolls and tomato basil soup. DH went out for a walk after work so we just finished dinner - good to have a lighter meal this lte
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Illi - it's truly an old fashioned cafe on Hempstead right by 34th. A bunch of people in my Silver Sneakers group who have eaten there for years recommended it and warned me not to get hung up on the way it looks outside or the parking lot. The police & the firefighters eat there. The name is Angies Country Kitchen. Philly Cheese steaks, patty melts, 3 specials every day on the steam table. Breakfast starts at 6:30a & it closes at 2:30pm. A real old time Texas country kitchen & nothing fancy at all. Oh, but they have kolaches.
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Wow minus, I know just where it is but have never stopped. I actually drive past it every going to work, who knew?! Thanks for the tip 😀
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DH likes patty melts. I always enjoy a good hamburger but never with onions, raw or cooked.
The sunset picture reminded me of a view from a restaurant on the Oregon coast, which is rugged and beautiful. The state rv parks all along that coast are wonderful if you can manage to stay in them. They're very popular with Oregon residents.
Dinner tonight will be at Sal & Judy's, an Italian restaurant that has been in business for many years, even after Judy split from Sal and went elsewhere. The menu has good seafood selections. One of my favorites is oysters and spaghetti in garlicky olive oil sauce. I buy the jarred Sal & Judy's marinara available in all our supermarkets in the area. It's good but not quite as good as Rao's. I bought a couple of jars of Rao's recently for $7 a jar, on sale at Winn Dixie. I like to have it on hand as a back up.
Cherry, I cook eggplant slices lightly brushed with olive oil on top of the stove on a smooth grill pan to layer in an eggplant parmesan dish. The fried eggplant dish I want to replicate is a traditional and popular southern dish. The purple eggplant is peeled and sliced in rounds, usually salted and left to sit for a half hour or so. Rinsed and dried. Dipped in beaten egg and milk mixture, breaded with Italian bread crumbs and fried in hot oil until brown and crisp. It's delicious but absorbs a lot of oil. I seldom bother to salt a good fresh eggplant with no dark seeds. The seeds are an indication of shelf age.
Another popular eggplant preparation in southern cookbooks is called eggplant dressing. Peel and dice the eggplant, boil in salted water until tender. Drain well and mix with browned ground beef cooked with onions and garlic and possibly green bell pepper. Add some bread crumbs and maybe some beaten egg. Cook in the oven in a casserole dish.
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I like patty melts especially with good rye. Tonight is plain and simple fare. Grilled burgers, simple salad and onion rings which are currently soaking in buttermilk. Long day visiting dad with the nearly 4 hour round trip drive so no creative cooking thoughts.
Carole, I was gong to ask you how the air dryer did with onion rings but then was reminded about your feelings toward onions lol.
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