So...whats for dinner?
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Be careful about the romaine! Unless you know for sure it wasn't from Arizona, I'd pick a different salad green.
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This time of year, the bulk of romaine lettuce sold in the USA comes from Arizona....
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eric - hope your eye is improving - and no permanent damage, and yes get some all-occasion goggles! I think the young man DD is dating likes the fact that she is independent and confident - he is wise beyond his years. She has struggled in the past with men who were intimidated by her, but he doesn't seem to be. I decided many years ago that, for me, respect is the cornerstone in a long happy marriage. When you lose that it is tough sledding. So far, they seem to respect each other personally and professionally, so that is a great sign.
lacey - yes, stylish and contemporary - I am going with that thought, lol! I am three years older than my DH, which my parents thought was great since women tend to outlive men they thought the age difference gave us more potential years together! I also think as you get a little older small age differences matter less, although I just learned from DD that she said "your 23 is showing" after she tripped over the shoes her beau left in the way in a dark room, ha! I will cut her some slack though it was after a long work day and a flight home that landed after midnight.
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Big salad here too (iceberg & green leaf) with green cabbage, radishes, red onion, cucumber, grilled chicken and some crunchy chow mein noodles.
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In some cities there are urban farms & greenhouses that sell their lettuces & herbs to various specialty grocers. There's a big one on Chicago's South Side called "Grown Here," which sells its stuff (mostly basil but sometimes green leaf lettuces) at WF.
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I bought a head of iceberg this week for $0.79. Should be safe.
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Iceberg? Bleh. All the nutrition of Kleenex & water. IMHO, good only for lining the insides of steamer baskets when preparing dim sum or shredding for tacos. (Or for big sloppy thousand-island or blue-cheese-and-bacon wedge salads, which sort of defeats the purpose of a salad). If I can't have romaine, I prefer green & red leaf, Boston, Bibb (especially hydroponic) or butter lettuce. Green leaf works equally well on sandwiches and as a stand-in for romaine in Caesar salad.
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I prefer field greens mixed with arugula, or bibb but everyso often I get a hankering for iceberg. Comfort food as I was raised on it, I don't think my mother looked on either side of the icebergs at the grocery store lol.
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Exactly - comfort good. My son once asked why we only had iceberg when he was growing up. Well - that was all that was in the stores. I was raised in CA, but in a city. Even there, that is what was in our stores - iceberg. Occasionally there was butter lettuce for special occasions, but it was too expensive to eat often. Unless you had your own garden, you ate what was in the grocery stores. The world has changed.
Yes, now I usually buy red or green leaf lettuce - but to get my weekly quota of greens for $0.79 is a real help to my budget. I remember when a head of lettuce was $0.15. Unfortunately some of us single retired persons don't have the money to eat out all the time and buy tasty gourmet 'take out' prepared foods at the drop of a hat and indulge in fancy wines. I still plan my meals & shop for a week. And that's on a day when I don't have to clean the house or do the wash because there's only me to do it. When I worked full time I did have a lady clean my house every other week. Otherwise & in between it's always been just me to do it all.
So no - I don't think iceberg is "kleenex & water". I'm actually looking forward to a lettuce wedge with blue cheese.
Lunch today was 2 deviled eggs. Dinner tonight was macaroni & butter since I had a meeting that wasn't over until 10pm Tomorrow I will be making a variation of cod. Haven't decided whether to use the open bottle of Raos in the fridge & make Lacey's special or do a lemon/pepper/butter sauce.
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When I was growing up, iceberg was synonymous with lettuce. Now I rarely buy iceberg although I still like it in a "chopped" salad with mayo for dressing. My go lettuce is romaine in a package with three hearts. It holds up well in the refrigerator.
Tonight's dinner will be a pork tenderloin with salad and sweet potato fries cooked in the air fryer.
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Like others, iceberg was THE lettuce when I was growing up. It was synonymous with "salad". Today it's not my favorite but it is DH's so I always seem to have a head around. Besides, I think it has a place in the lettuce world and I like the sweet taste as a counter point to some of its more bitter cousins. (I'd have grabbed that .79 cent head too Minus.) I'm missing romaine though.
Last night was grilled huli huli chicken made with some gigantic chicken parts. I swear, the bone in breast looked like a turkey breast. I had to halve the half and I've never seen a chicken wing as big as those. Mutants.
Dinner tonight may be pork burgers with a German potato salad. Haven't had that for a while.
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Love pork burgers and German potato salad. Great meal, Nance. I had never had a pork burger until recent years. Burger meant ground beef. I know a MN couple who always make pork burgers.
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I find iceberg devoid of taste, but it is a useful dressing delivery device. Only the greenest outer leaves have any nutritional value other than temporarily filling you up. A glass of water does the latter far more cheaply.
And yes, it's what I grew up with...till they opened a greengrocer stand in my neighborhood. Sometimes when Dominic the produce guy came around with his mule-drawn wagon, he had romaine and escarole. My mom did an amazing job on very little money--she could squeeze a dollar till George Washington pooped.
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Tonight was a grilled tuna steak, brown & wild rice and broccoli. I haven’t had tuna in forever, it was so good!
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I was going to grill a ribeye steak (it's still frozen), but Bob just called to say he's bringing home the other half of his large filet mignon. So I'll just make the veggies (probably broccolini and either rainbow carrots or roast fingerling potatoes). Breakfast was avocado toast (high-fiber/low carb/whole grain) and a fried egg. For a late lunch I had a honey tangerine and some ultra-low-carb white sourdough toast. (The latter, even after toasting on the darkest setting, tasted like the salted butter on which I spread it).
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Illi - that looks delicious.
I did the Cod with Lemon Butter. Sauteed onions, mushrooms & garlic in a bit of olive Oil & butter. Added cod fillet. After browning both sides, I added lemon, more butter & some chicken stock and sort of poached. Served with boiled new potatoes - because they needed to be used and because that was my Dad's favorite accompaniment with fish. Well it was my Dad's favorite side dish any time - or just new potatoes alone. It was fun to think of him and the cod was really good. Just enough lemon.
Tomorrow I'll combine the leftover Rao's with meatballs and spoon over zucchini noodles.
Exciting new plans. I'm going to SF next week for a couple of days to see the Pacific Ocean. Well yes, my DS lives there but after 2 years the ocean is much more important than anything else. So Magari and I have made plans to have cocktails one afternoon. I'm really looking forward to meeting her. I had such fun meeting Lacey & Susan in Boston and Eric in Phoenix.
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Decided to do the roast fingerlings (with olive oil & rosemary), sauteed rainbow carrots (with butter, mint & pineapple juice) and haricots verts (garlic, olive oil, Meyer lemon). Keeping 'em covered & warm. Waiting for Bob to get home with the filet...
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LOL@ ChiSandy’s George Washington comment!!! Your mother must be related to my mother! Although I’m Canadian, so my mom made queen Elizabeth scream in terror
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Steelhead trout tonight using a mustard, lemon juice and dill sauce.
Sharon is busy helping her mom do some phone-email troubleshooting...I think they need to find the "any key". :-)
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Tonight is Balsamic Pork Chops with roasted Red Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts.
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Linguine cacio e pepe. (Dang, I miss Rome)!
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Last night's dinner was grilled loin lamb chops, the last package of lamb chops in the freezer. They were very good. Sides were boiled small red potatoes and a salad. My salad was compari tomatoes, avocado and blue cheese with scant dressing of white balsamic and EVOO. A tiny bit of butter, s&p on my two small potatoes.
Tonight will be chicken, either chicken breast or thighs. Depends on what I pull out of the freezer. I have fresh yellow squash for a veggie side.
Illimae, you do very nice food photography.
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Carole, thanks, meals are a visual delight for me in addition to their nutritional value. I love it when I’ve made something that really looks good enough to eat. I enjoy everyone else’s pics too and often think “oh, I want that!”
Tonight will be Hard Shelled Tacos, nothing special but still yummy, I doubt I’ll post a pic, we’ve all seen tacos.
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illimae, I 2nd Carole’s comment about the food photos. Last pic started Brussels sprouts cravings. Think I will have to make some roasted sprouts! So yummy
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Bob came home early, so I will be making a grass-fed ribeye (not sure if on the stove or in the grill, but either way in cast iron), grilled knob onions, sauteed haricots verts and maybe rainbow carrots.
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Sandy, you're making me want rainbow carrots! They sound so pretty. Where do you buy them?
Three boneless skinless chicken thighs are marinating in some fake buttermilk made with the buttermilk powder and water. I'll bread them in seasoned breadcrumbs and air fry them. Side will be steamed yellow squash. Also a romaine salad with really pretty romaine from a huge pack of hearts from Sam's Club. Grown in CA, according to the package.
I like Brussel sprouts but dh doesn't. I still cook them occasionally.
What a beautiful spring we're having here in south Louisiana. Most years we jump straight into summer heat but this year is different.
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There isn't enough of the trout left for a 2nd meal, so I'm looking to see what I can do without going to the store. The bright sun still causes my one eye to water A LOT and me to sneeze.
It's rapidly getting better though and compared to BC, the eye is a mere annoyance....
I agree with the others Illimae.... The phood photos are very good. :-)
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LOL@ phood. Reminds me of:
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I've seen that cartoon before. I love it....except here it would be the cat hiding behind the washer. :-) The yellow lab is "very food motivated".
I have enough stuff to do "vege burgers". DD convinced Sharon to cut out most red meat, dairy and similar stuff. 'm going along with it in the hopes it will lower my slightly high cholesterol levels (210 total) Sharon has lost about 5 pounds in 9 weeks and I've lost 10 pounds....which can't hurt either of us. :-)
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Made the naughty meatloaf last night with garlic and sour cream mashed red potatoes and steamed green beans for DD and DH. Tonight was a meatloaf sammy for DH with some sweet chili Beanitos chips. For some reason I have not been hungry at dinner time for the last couple of nights
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