So...whats for dinner?
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Magari & Eric - thanks.
Eric - I worked in the yard digging out weeds for 2-1/2 hours, but it was only 97 degrees. I guess that makes me a wimp, but I still didn't want anything to eat all day except a salad tonight.
Suzie - welcome. You must live somewhere that it's not so bloomin' hot.
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Minus, I think a Houston 97 degrees is FAR WORSE than a Phoenix 105 degrees. :-) I think the relative humidity today (here) was well below 10%, so it's quite dry. That makes it comfortable, but very bad if a wildland fire starts.
Magari, I too tend to like the more tart and spicy recipes, so one of the first modifications to a recipe is to reduce sugar and increase the "sour stuff". As for spicy, I usually substitute the stronger peppers than the recipe calls for..
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Dinner menu is in the decision stage. I'm thinking we'll have a grilled ribeye with typical sides: baked potato and tossed salad.
Last night's skillet dish of cabbage and leftover pork tenderloin was ho hum. The skillet didn't get hot enough for a stir fry. More of a saute. The reduced sodium soy sauce was thin. I'll have to buy some regular. The pork tenderloin was good. I was careful just to warm it, not cook it.
DH plays golf with a men's group at Headwaters Golf Club this afternoon. Hope he has a good time. I played with the women's group on Tuesday and plan to play every week. We play together only out of necessity! He likes a bit of competition and I like the female golf personality better than the male.
It's delightfully cool here this morning, in the 60's. I will be going for an exercise walk.
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It’s hot, ugh. I think It’ll be an easy grilled cheese sandwich and leftover beef/barley soup for me.
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The ribeye went back into the freezer before it thawed. We decided to go somewhere for a good burger after dh's golf game.
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Leftover salmon & cuke salad last night--plus I stripped a corn cobbette and made elotes. Tonight, a wedge of lamb curry pie I picked up on the way home from The MRI From Hell. And passionfruit meringue for dessert. Tomorrow night, the skybox BBQ buffet--Bob & I are going to the annual Christ Hospital outing to Comiskey...I mean Sox...Park...I mean The Cell (US Cellular Field)...I mean The "G-Spot"... (Guaranteed Rate Field).
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I had the Peanut Noodles leftover tonight. I added chicken broth and they were quite good. Served with mixed sauteed zucchini & yellow squash. Also got a recipe from my DIL adapted from the Moosewood Cookbook.l She says they make it often & my son likes it (wonders never cease). Of course she adds tofu.
Joyce - didn't a group of you from the East Coast make the trek to Moosewood for lunch when Michelle was still alive?
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Sharon asked that I make the vege burgers again. They are good and now that I've made them a few times, quick to make.
Here's the link in case I didn't include it before..
https://iowagirleats.com/2012/06/18/chipotle-black-bean-burgers/
I add more pepper and adabo sauce than mentioned, and then add a bit more of the bread crumbs to make up for the extra liquid. Since dividing the mixture into just four patties makes them so big that they fall apart, I make five or six patties.
I also "did it the slow way" cook some white tepary beans. The taste reminds me of "ice cream meets pine nuts". I'm going to look for some recipes that use these beans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus_acutifolius gives way more information that most would like to know....basically they are a good bean that does well in the drought, heat and very alkaline desert soil.
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We ended up going to nearby Clancy's restaurant last night with three of our campground neighbors. DH was through playing golf by 4:30, too early for dinner. At Clancy's I had the two-piece dark meat broasted chicken dinner. Substituted baked potato for fries and salad instead of coleslaw. There were joking references to When Harry Met Sally since I created my own dinner! The smallish drumstick and thigh were delicious. Crispy skin and so tender that I easily pulled the meat off the bone. The baked potato was small and I ate half of it with butter, skipping the sour cream. The house salad was mostly iceburg lettuce. But even iceburg is edible with blue cheese dressing. The dressing portion was small, one of those little plastic cups. I did the dip-the-fork-in-the-dressing trick.
Tonight we're supposed to eat out AGAIN after playing couples golf at noon. The whole group go out to eat. We have not been to the chosen restaurant.
I remember reports and photos from those lunch outings with Michelle.
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Thanks Joyce for reminding me. I too loved the pictures.
Carole - lol "I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING"!!!
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I had a wonderful dinner last night at Hilltop House, a little restaurant in Hubbard, which is not a town, more of a village or neighborhood. There is a summer theater there.
I loved the menu which was a nicely printed large sheet of paper. I had been told in advance by Kay, a member of our golf foursome, that the walleye at Hilltop was delicious. I chose the pecan crusted baked walleye fillet which was plated on a small amount of a white sauce. Two sides came with the entree. I bypassed much recommended garlic mashed potatoes and sweet potato fries and had mixed fresh veggies that included asparagus, green beans, carrots and yellow squash. The veggies looked beautiful on the plate and were cooked tender crisp. Also chose a garden salad that was mostly lettuce but not iceburg. Blue cheese dressing. Everything was delicious. Large enough portions but no to-go boxes needed.
There were 24 older folks in our couples golf group, so I'm sure getting all those meals out at one time was a challenge for the small restaurant. One couple shared a prime rib dinner and the prime rib looked yummy. I definitely want to go back to Hilltop even though its location requires a bit of driving from our campground. We also got some tips on other restaurants in other villages and towns. We've fallen into the habit of going to restaurants where we've already had good meals.
I'm wearing jeans and a sweatshirt this morning and the heat pump is on in the camper home. Temperature outside in the 50's. It's overcast outside with a forecast for 90 per cent rain. A good relax inside day. We're happy campers with this cool weather. Two families with children here for the weekend probably aren't as happy.
I think Bedo was in that group that went to lunch at the NH restaurant? Maybe someone could repost a picture?
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It was already in the low 90F degree range this morning at 8:30am.
But it's a dry heat...the feeling one gets when opening the door to a hot oven. :-)
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I tracked some of the Pickety Place lunches but I can't get the pictures to come up. Maybe some of you will have better luck.
9/30/12 on page 337
11/3/13 on page 556 - but there's a great picture of Michelle with Special K
1/17/16 on page 855
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Last night was typical ballpark food: Italian beef sandwiches (sort of like French dip but with shaved beef and seasoned au jus, plus sweet peppers--a Chicago specialty); bratwurst, hotdogs, Caesar salad, cole slaw & kettle chips. Dessert was melon slices, cookies (I picked chocolate chip, which Bob ate), and make-your-own sundaes (chocolate or vanilla ice cream, quartered brownies, toppings) in a souvenir mini-helmet.
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Rats. Every time I think "Hey, I'll share on So...what's for dinner?" I realize I've already eaten it all up and neglected to take a photo. However, if you're in the mood for a REALLY healthy dinner, here's what I had - Carrot Fennel Citrus Salad accompanied by leftover Israeli Couscous Salad with Roasted Cauliflower, Pistachios & Dates (I added some garbanzos to the latter for protein). Caution: I'm primarily vegetarian.
The only change I made to the carrot/fennel salad is that I use whole carrots, cut them into reasonable bite sized pieces and blanch or partially cook them because otherwise the big fat raw pieces are just too much munching and crunching. Oh, and I used sugar-free pancake syrup instead of half the sweetener.
http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201806?pg=67#pg67
https://www.thefullhelping.com/israeli-couscous-salad-roasted-cauliflower-pistachios-dates/
Bon Appétit!
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Patsy - Welcome to dinner (or lunch or breakfast). Thanks for the recipes. They both look delicious.
I finally made the Bombay chicken tonight. Used pieces of a grocery story rotissarie chicken. It called for cooked chicken and I had to freeze the chicken I bought last week due to timing. Lot of butter, curry, sauteed onions, flour to thicken, chicken broth, and cut up chicken pieces - with lemon zest added. It was really very good. Served over rice. Next time I'll try the "Indian" rice with the salted cashew pieces and raisins.
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We wanted a change of pace tonight and realized it'd been years since we'd had any Vietnamese food other than an order-in bowl of phô during a bout with a cold, or the faux (vegan??!!!) banh mi sandwiches Whole Foods attempts to make. So we went to our old neighborhood to eat at the revamped Pasteur. It had become upscale-casual (the old atmosphere had been French colonial, with a much bigger menu with French influences), with only non-Asian hipster wait staff. But the food was still very good and about the same price. We each started with a "small" bowl of pho (Bob had chicken, I had the traditional brisket) that was bigger than either of us thought. I think I ate more noodles than in any pasta course I had in Italy. We then shared a green papaya/shrimp salad, Saigon shrimp and wild mushroom crêpe, and stir-fried steak, which was perfectly medium rare. The crepe and the steak came with salad, salad, and more salad. (Thank goodness I like cilantro, daikon & Thai basil). No room for dessert--all of the offerings were heavier than I'd have liked (deep-fried bananas over green tea ice cream, tiramisu, chocolate mousse cake, tapioca, or Vietnamese iced coffee--too much caffeine for 10pm, and I certainly didn't need all that sweetened condensed milk).
When we left, the Cubs-Mets game was in the top of the 11th inning, tied 1-1. Got home in the top of the 12th (listened on the car radio), but once we got home it took a long search on satellite (and as soon as we found it in the top of the 13th, the storm cut off signal 30 sec. later) and cable--till I figured out that the program listed for Ch. 32 was likely pre-empted by the game. Tuned in just in time to see the last out by the Mets.
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Sandy, love the Italian beef sandwiches with sweet and hot peppers at Portillo's in Chicago land. We always try to eat at Portillo's or order from there when we visit family in the Chicago area.
Last night was easy and not too healthy dinner. Hot dogs, Bush Original beans and napa cabbage and fresh pineapple slaw.
Tonight's dinner is undecided. Probably chicken prepared in some manner with a veggie and salad. Vague enough?! LOL.
It's in the 50's this morning and the wind is popping outside.
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75 everywhere this morning but (all together now) "cooler by the lake." And that temp. (or amt. of lake effect snow) is never specified, so we have no idea whether a light jacket will be enough. Bob has a haircut at 12:30, and we have a brunch res. atop the Hancock at 1:30. He's going on ahead of me, as I need more time to dry & style my hair and deal with the effects of my morning meds (actually, the glass of water) and coffee--can't hurry Mother Nature, and I ignore her only at my peril. (GI doc read me the riot act). So when she calls, I listen. I am not very hungry, so I will definitely not be eating my money's worth at the sumptuous buffet. Bob just left, I will Uber it down there in an hour.
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Lunch was California Roll. I had tossed in a frozen package of steamable Brussels Sprouts in the microwave for dessert. Imagine my surprise when I slit the package & poured it into the colander. It was broccoli. Oh yes, the bag clearly said broccoli but in my mind I've been thinking it was sprouts for a week & really looking forward to them. It said broccoli when I took the bag out of the freezer, when I massaged it to break apart the frozen clumps, when I put it in the microwave, when I set it on the cupboard for the 1 minutes rest.. Sigh. Just severe operator error that it was right in front of my eyes that many times & I missed or ignored it.
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Beautiful day with 80 degrees and low humidity today. Cool enough to brave the oven with chicken pot pies made with puff pastry. The chicken breast is now in the sous vide bath.
I took advantage of the nice weather by weeding the garden and dead heading. While I was in the garden, I looked up in time to see a small fawn on my neighbor's front porch. My neighbors came out of their side door about the same time and he scampered off to the woods. I had just noticed that the deer had eaten one of my pepper plants halfway as well as all of the red roses (but not the yellow) so I expect mamma deer has been pointing out all the best places to eat. We also have baby bunnies, but so far their damage has been confined to the back yard where I watch them snack on the water lily leaves that the squirrels have pulled off and discarded. Friday we spotted a red fox carrying something in her mouth back to her den. The bunnies are all accounted for. I hope it was a squirrel.
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Warmed up to the low 70s today, even lakeside--but with a stiff onshore breeze. Went to the Signature Rm. atop the Hancock for brunch. We got the corner table, with great views. Buffet included tomato-basil soup, salads, smoked salmon, seafood bar (king crab legs, shrimp, oysters), omelet station, "Cuban spring rolls" (like a Cuban sandwich inside a spring roll wrapper and deep-fried), mini-pastries, yogurt parfaits, sundae bar, and crème brulée. (I didn't try the omelet station or sundae bar). For our entrees, Bob had steak & eggs, and I had pan-fried barramundi over quinoa and topped with pickled radishes & red peppers. It was considerably cheaper than at Easter--no carving station today. Had we still been hungry after our entrees, we could have ordered second ones. (No taking home leftovers; although in the past, sometimes at the end of the last seating they've relented and even offered whole second entrees to take home, lest the food go to waste after service was done).
Since Bob is treating today as advance Father's Day (he's working next two weekends), he has requested deep-dish pizza for dinner. So we'll order out.
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minus - in an effort to make you feel better I am going to make three operator error eyeglasses related confessions - 1) wearing sunglasses into the house and then wondering why it was so dark, 2) putting a second pair of reading glasses on when I was already wearing a pair, and 3) the classic, looking for the glasses that I am wearing on top of my head. The bad news - I am doing these things with increasing frequency, lol!
auntie - chicken pot pie - be still my heart... I too hope it was a squirrel. Although that makes me sad too, even though squirrels are really just fancy rats...
I made stuffed shells with grated fresh mozz on top and neither DH or I ate them - too full of sliced apple, grapes, and Gouda on crackers that we had at 4pm. I usually make lunch for DH with leftovers from dinner, so at least some was used for that. Moved the last of DD's stuff out of her place yesterday and into the storage unit, and got everything cleaned up - mopped my way out of the door and locked it! DH and DD handled the furniture and I just ordered them around and organized the smaller stuff. I am looking forward to putting the seats back up in my car, and NO driving downtown every day - sometimes twice!
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Warmed up to 110F/43C. Today Sharon made a chilled chickpea-quinoa-cucumber-date salad from the "How to Not to Die" cookbook. I liked it a lot.
Today is day 55 (in a row) of moving more than 5-1/2 miles a day. It's been a combination of some running, some hiking and some walking the dogs.
The dogs are loving it. :-)
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Oh my word Eric. You must be in great shape. Retirement seems to suit you.
Special - do I have to admit that it took me several minutes Saturday to remember the name of 'vice-grips'? I know that as well as my own hand, but I had to phone someone to bring a pair up to the community pool where I was working & the name had wandered. I felt substantially better when the guy I called brought plain old pliers. For heavens sake - he didn't know what they were. I already had pliers AND channel locks that weren't doing the job.
Glad to hear you've got your daughter's clean-out behind you. Maybe you can just enjoy your pool for awhile? And dinner's already made for tomorrow - stuffed shells!!!
Nance - What a nice group of wildlife you have. I hope it was a squirrel too. My pecan tree has been gone three years but now the squirrels are bringing acorns & figs to my yard and still digging in all the potted plants.
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minus - when I struggle to remember what something is called, I tend to uselessly say “you know, the things...argghhh, what are they called? Those things, that you use for you know....” and then everyone looks at me like I’ve lost it. It is totally ridiculous. You are not alone! And yes, dinner is done for tomorrow night - way to play the glad game!! I should get in the pool - my lymphedema arm is not happy due to the DD moving frenzy, plus it is hot and sticky out. I am not ready for summer in Florida. Every year I am not ready and it happens anyway Ugh!
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Special & Minus - I call the word forgetting thing ‘tip-of-the-tongue-itis’.
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egads - exactly!
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I have a friend who wrote a song called "My Rememberer is Broke, But My Forgetter is Getting Better." He was 45 at the time.
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chisandy - that sums it up rather succinctly!
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