So...whats for dinner?
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Yay for replacing the crown, SpecialK.
Last night was brats steamed in beer and browned in the skillet when the beer steamed away. Side was warmed up chili and cauliflower mash. DH likes ketchup with his brat. I mix up a little light mayo and yellow mustard. I'm not a big fan of brats but the store-made brats available in north MN are tasty.
Not sure about tonight's dinner but Illimae's turkey meatloaf caught my attention.
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Specialk, I like a remoulade too but I’ve never actually made crab cakes before. A good friend who is a chef makes some that I love, so I’ll start with the recipe he uses.
Carole, the turkey meatloaf was a home chef recipe, link below FYI 🙂
https://www.homechef.com/meals/smothered-turkey-mini-meatloaf
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illimae - crab cakes are tricky in getting the balance between crab and filler right so you get good crab taste, have enough filler (usually cracker or bread crumbs and an emulsifier like egg) to hold the cake together, and mix the crab in super gently so you get good big pieces in the cake. I'm hoping that because you are trying your friend's recipe that they will turn out great! I have found that sometimes smaller is better with crab cakes from a physics standpoint, almost like a crab meatball that is slightly flattened rather than a crab hamburger patty size - mine tend to fall apart if they are too big because I like less filler and more crab. Good luck and happy eating!
carole - I know, right? I was happy it wasn't more involved - and more costly! My DH would be happy in MN - he is a brat fan! Or maybe just a brat.... Lol!
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Tonight was Penne in a spinach/ricotta sauce with chicken and a Cesar salad.
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We had potstickers and ramen with sautéed vegetables and a soy/hot sauce combo for DD’s birthday dinner. Baked these this afternoon and her dad brought her some red roses and a Happy Birthday balloon!
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Wow. Lots of posts.
I have been BUSY!!!! We had a storm come through here a few nights ago and although nothing was damaged here, my cleanup of small branches from one tree and the pine cones from the other tree expanded into me getting a lot of much needed yard work done.
And now tonight, there is another storm. A "haboob"....a 70 mile wide and 3 mile high wall of dust is blowing into the valley....erasing much of the yard work I've done.
No cooking tonight as I don't want to get half way through the cooking and have the electricity outage. Besides neither of us are that hungry.
Happy birthday to your DD, Special.....Saturday is "test daughter's" birthday..she will be 40....Like Chi, I can't believe that much has time has passed.. :-)
Chi, I'm glad your arm is healing....
light's just flickered.....I'll post more later...
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Hello all. Been a budy time with the DGD1 staying abd running to the Doctor for my DH. Its still wzut and see for him, but 2nd opinion saud the same so 2 weeks til CT scan. If no healing, then operation. My DD2, who is pregant and mother if DGD1, went to NOLA for a conference hence our sitting for DGD. While there her friend went into early labor at 33 weeks. Friend is still there, baby is holding on yet. Every day counts. My DD, though came home on Sunday. Last night she was in great pain and is now diagnosed with a kidney infection. Im going crazy praying. You cant make sh*t like this up! .
Well, ive been cooking a lot, but its all kid friendly, protien, dairy and high carb. Not to mention soft. LOL. So meatballs on noodles. Meatballs with rice. Meatloaf with mashed potatoes. Taco meat on soft bread. Mac and cheese. LOL. Ive been sneaking salads when DH tajes a nap. LOL.
Illimae, i use the ketchup Brown sugar and dry mustard topping for meatloaf. And the meatballs are a homechef recipe as well. In my fridge from my box I got yesterday, are more meatballs. (Sunday Pot roast meatblls) LOL.
Sandy, I missed whay happened to you, but i hope your arm /hand heals fast not to mention your mouth! Also SK, youre dealing with mouth issues too. Hope you all get better. Hope everyone else is doing better than this!
Much love!
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Some of the things we did with DGD1 while she stayed with us. Hence, no pics of food. LOL
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Illimae, I love crab cakes and have access to good lump crabmeat at home in Louisiana. At a price, of course. The last time I made crabcakes they turned out perfect. I remember starting with a mayo (and, I think, egg) sauce in a large bowl and gently mixing the other ingredients. Once the patties are formed, and small is better, as Special K said, you refrigerate them before browning in butter or a mixture of olive oil and butter.
I use very little filler.
Unbeknownst to me, a fish fry was planned last night. I learned this when we took our cocktails over to Mary's large deck for Happy Hour. John, an elderly guy from TX who lives in one of the two condos, is a bass fisherman. He cooked fish on Mary's outdoor stove and brought his own home-made tartar sauce, which contained raw onions so I didn't eat it.
Mary made a coleslaw which also contained raw onions but she saved a "pure" helping for me. LOL! Two other people who don't live at the resort came with a huge pan of "cheesy potatoes," a side dish that needs no explanation here. It's as well known as mashed potatoes. Basically it looks like hash browns loaded with cheese and topped with a crunchy topping identified as corn flakes. I ate a small portion and it was sinfully rich and tasty. Corn flakes are a popular topping on hot dishes, particularly corn flakes browned in butter.
Is it surprising that there are so few WW meetings in this area?
I had already prepared our dinner, eggplant lasagna, but it went into the refrigerator to be heated and eaten this weekend. I made an extra small lasagna and gave it to John.
So the ground turkey I thawed for meatloaf was instead turned into turkey Italian sausage. I sauted all of it and saved half for another use. The remainder I used in a red sauce for the lasagna. The red came from a quart of Rao's marinara. This summer I have been a real consumer of Rao's, which is available at Walmart for $7. I notice that the jars are making their way down to eye level, so I think there must be other consumers.
Tonight will be La Pasta in Dorset with the couples golf group following 12 holes of golf.
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Thanks for the crab cake tip. I know my friend puts avocado chunks in his, they’re really good!
I’ve never heard of putting cornflakes on or in food, is that a regional thing?
Heading out to Whole Foods today for Tuna and Gulf Snapper, been craving both, maybe next week. It’s day 3 of retirement and I’m getting a little bored, so next week I think I’ll hit the gym and begin some late spring cleaning. I think I’ll look into volunteer options too.
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Tonight was a pork chop, seared, then simmered in seasoning and white wine with leftover quinoa, broccoli and a pre-made crab cake from Whole Foods.
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Illimae - HEB's crab cakes are pretty good in a pinch, not to mention Central Market. But there's NOTHING to top Dungeness Crab Cakes from the West coast. I so admire all of you who are cooking most nights.
Met my niece and toddler kids for lunch today. They live out by San Antonio & I hadn't seen them since Christmas. The restaurant was more upscale then I thought they'd pick, but it was good. My sister in law had wonderful kabobs - one chicken & one beef - with basmati rice & seasonal veggies; one niece had a euro wrap; one niece had a huge beef tenderloin sandwich; I had smoked salmon avocado toast - salmon layered over sliced avocados, Persian cucumbers, jalapenos, & red onions - topped with a dill yogurt mix & capers and served with herb roasted new potatoes and a Persian cucumber salad. The two & four year old split a kids place of chicken quesadillas & a bowl of fruit and ate fries from the adult's plates Needless to say I didn't need any dinner tonight.
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My mom never fried chicken--she followed the recipe for "corn-crisped chicken" on the box of Kellogg's Corn Flake Crumbs (we never ate the cereal, but I guess so many people were using it for breading that Kellogg found a way to market broken flakes rather than discard them--and that humans would pay more for them than would pig farmers). Though the recipe called for dipping the chicken in evaporated milk, my mom used Wish-Bone diet Italian dressing instead. It was pretty good.
Still in post-root canal pain, so have been keeping my food soft. Oatmeal for breakfast. Cut a Krispy Kreme into quarters, scooped out the cream filling with an espresso spoon and tore the donut parts into pieces small enough to eat with my L molars. Had a cappuccino, made with the new Nespresso 4 frother I got (settings for cold foam, hot milk, fluffy cappuccino froth and denser latte froth; and it's dishwasher-safe). Lunch was tuna salad and then leftover corned beef hash. Bob got home early but had dinner at the hospital. My dinner was chopped liver (from Romanian Kosher) and Gabila's kasha varnishkes (bowtie pasta with buckwheat groats). Rice pudding for dessert. Many salt water rinses all day. Might have a little espresso ice cream as a bedtime snack, maybe not.
Will make an omelet for breakfast if I don't have the energy to make a Caprese to bring to our block party brunch. I have only two regular-size heirloom tomatoes, about a dozen heirloom cherry tomatoes, mozzarella "pearls" and not much in the way of basil on my plant--not enough to make a full-size platter. Not an early riser, so not inclined to get to WF early and pick up some more fixin's for it. Besides, with Bob working & Gordy living on his own, gonna be tough to also juggle my camp chair and a bottle of Prosecco--not up for all those trips up & back between here & the middle of our double-length block. EdgeFest is also going on this weekend, so starting at 1pm the bands playing on the north stage (2 bl. away) will get kind of noisy. I hate those street fairs where you can't just walk up to a booth and buy stuff, but instead have to buy tickets (you always end up with too few or too many, which you can't use next year). The same agency runs & books all the city's street fairs & festivals, and they have almost no local character (they hired us a couple of years ago to play one...in a suburb of Milwaukee).
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Tonight is Blackened Gulf Red Snapper with sautéed asparagus, squash and garlic toast.
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My goodness Illimae - you have the most wonderful looking meals. Yum. How was the Snapper? I haven't had any yet this season.
I had rotini pasta salad w/red & orange peppers, chopped cucumbers, black & green olives & artichoke hearts in a sort of Italian oil & vinegar. Accompanied by 1/2 of a leftover chicken breast half for my protein.
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Fresh Thyme had porterhouse on sale which I couldn't resist so tonight into the sous vide it went. Went to finish it on the grill but ran out of gas so finished it in a screaming hot cast iron skillet on the stove. Fluffy baked potatoes and sliced tomatoes with a sprinkle of aged balsamic, evoo and fresh basil were sides.
Today I processed three dozen ears of sweet corn for the freezer. A tedious job but oh so welcome in the winter. Wish I could preserve all of summer that way.
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Thanks Minus! The Snapper was great, pricey (but worth it) and DH isn’t a big fan, so I don’t have it very often. Now that I have more free time, I’ve been spoiling myself, however, tomorrow will be pizza for Sunday dinner/tv with friends.
Mmmm.... I LOVE corn!
Where’s Eric?
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That does look good Illimae.
We haven't been eating much. It's been hot, which slows my appetite a lot, and Sharon has been at the end of her rope when it comes to the heat, so she hasn't been eating much either.
I've been reading a lot...and doing lots of yard work....We had a couple of big wind storms blow through here and I've been cleaning up the dirt/trash/leaves/small twigs that blew into the yard, as well as fertilizing the lawn and hedges and fixing the lawn sprinkler heads. We have a block mason coming over to fix a cement block wall that nearly blew over. I also was at test daughter's dad's house yesterday with my chain saw. A tree had fallen around and over his car but had not damaged it. A wrong cut would have let the tree--a thousand pounds or more--fall on the car so we had to go slowly. It took quite a bit of thinking to figure out how to cut the tree up without hurting us or the car.
Chi, I'm glad you're heading back to normal. I'd go nuts if I was all "bound up" like that...and the tooth...grrr..I'm not sure if a toothache or an earache is more bothersome...they are both right up there.
My mom also did the corn flakes trick with the chicken. My grandfather (her dad) and my dad both ate corn flakes, so she had a ready supply for the flakes too small to eat. Her other idea was to mix flour, salt and pepper together and dredge the chicken in that before baking it. I liked it both ways.
Moon, that most certainly has to brighten your day. What a smile! :-)
I love corn. DD and Sharon loved it too but it would take DD forever to get it out of her orthodontia. We can get corn here that is "picked that morning" so it's pretty fresh.
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Just found out that my bone healing might be slowed by the prednisone I had to take for my asthma, and the ibuprofen for my root canal pain (to avoid having to take opioids, which actually don't work as well). I'm off the prednisone, since the cold that caused my asthma flare is gone; I hope I can get back to just Tylenol (better yet, nothing) for the tooth stuff soon. The nasal steroid is what stands between me and either another asthma flare or sinus congestion that exacerbates the tooth pain.
Yet another example of not being able to fix one thing without breaking something else...it ain't just about breast cancer any more.
Made an egg & egg-white omelet for brunch with Swiss, spinach & mushrooms and a cappuccino; supper was an iced cold-foam latte, kasha varnishkes, my homegrown cherry tomatoes, and wild-caught sardines in olive oil. (We won't talk about the half a Krispy Kreme, pain au chocolat and Dove miniature).
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Friday night dinner at LaPasta was just so-so for me. I settled on Chicken Piccata with a risotta side. The sauce on the two round chicken fillets was quite salty and had cooked green onion in addition to the capers. The white rice risotta was mixed with wild rice and was not wonderful or awful. The mixed veggies were overcooked.
Some of the other meals looked delicious, especially the fettucine alfredo with Italian sausage that the man across from me ordered. He is thin and ate about a quarter of it, declaring that he would make at least two more meals from it. The man next to me had a baked entrée with red sauce and cheese. It looked good, too.
My challenge at La Pasta is trying to order something that will taste good and not break the WW points allotment TOO much.
Last night we had my eggplant lasagna made several days ago and it was delicious. Our side was a yummy tossed salad with romaine, tomato from my patio plant, a good cucumber, avocado, Greek olives and gorgonzola crumbles. Dressing was vinegar and bottled Caesar dressing.
Tonight will be pork tenderloin marinated in garlic, olive oil, and fresh rosemary. The side will be Pike's corn on the cob. Pike is a local farmer who sells his sweet corn out of pickup trucks here and there. Everybody swears by the sweetness of his corn. I plan to try a recommendation for microwaving the corn in its shuck, with the big end cut off. Supposedly you grasp the shuck carefully and pull it off. All the silk goes with the shuck. Supposedly.
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Carole, I cook corn that way all the time and it really does work. Just make sure the stalk is completely cut off so the husk and silk can slide free.
Chicken and leek pie for dinner.
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Nance, what about cooking time for the corn?
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Carole, it depends on the size of the ear but it's about 1 1/2 minutes per ear. Longer if you like it softer.
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You can tell if it's not cooked enough, the husks won't come off easily.
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Thanks, Nance.
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Carole - I cook my 'naked' ears wrapped in wax paper in the microwave - 4 minutes for 2 ears.
I think people here would be interested in your avocado egg salad concoction you posted on another thread. Will you share it here?
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It's 10pm and it's 103F/40C. I just got back from running 5.8 miles/9k and Sharon won't let me sit on the sofa...or any of the chairs...or on the bed..... Hmmm...... :-) I guess I did work up a bit of a sweat.
Lupper (lunch and super combined) was courtesy of Subway.
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Minus, I'm happy to share. I mash up 1/4 ripe avocado and then mash up a hard boiled egg into the avocado. No mayo necessary but you could add a little if you wish. Delicious variety of egg salad sandwich with some sliced home-grown tomato, if you're lucky enough to have one on hand. I sprinkle some sumac berry seasoning and Aleppo pepper on the egg salad. I LOVE the sumac berry seasoning and use it a lot.
We share food tips at WW meeting and one woman who hates mayo said she used avocado as a substitute in egg salad. Eggs are zero points in the current WW program.
Last night's microwaved corn on the cob was delicious and the method worked perfectly. Not a single strand of silk! The pork tenderloin was good, too, cooked on the grill to about 145 degrees. DH always gets out a jar of apple sauce to eat with pork and I had a little, too.
Tonight will be dinner out in Bemidji following my WW meeting.
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Salvaging some food that defrosted today (fridge/freezer began slowly dying over the past few days--we didn't notice till 2 days ago, when the icemaker disgorged meltwater out the dispenser--was able to catch most of it in a pot). Whatever we weren't able to transfer to the barebones basement fridge/freezer got cooked tonight and the rest discarded. So I pan-fried a barramundi filet (Old Bay, Italian bread crumbs, lemon juice), sugar snap peas (fresh but tough) and the remaining kasha varnishkas. About to make a batch of seltzer and bring it downstairs (the white wine's down there already).
I ordered a new fridge for Sat. delivery, but keeping my Fri. service call (earliest I could get). Abt's repair tech says there's a chance that the condenser coils could be in severe need of a cleaning, but nobody here is capable of pulling a 36" full-depth fridge away from the wall, disconnecting & capping the waterline, and removing the drip pan & coil cover to clean them. Vacuum cleaner crevice tool couldn't get in there, of course. (We tried). If the service call does the trick, then we'll cancel the order & delivery of the new fridge; if the tech says the cleaning won't cure it, and parts have to be ordered or more labor is necessary, then we'll throw in the towel and they;ll apply half the service call fee to the price of the new one (same price as the one we have, which we bought exactly 7 yrs. ago). The avg. lifespan of a 3-door fridge is 5-8 yrs, and fridges in general 13--including the simplest ones w/o icemakers or dispensers--so Consumer Reports advises that if a major repair is necessary more than halfway through the expected lifespan, it makes more sense to buy a new one. We've already thrown $500 in parts & labor at the one we have.
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Wow...until recently, the newest refrigerator in my home was over 30 years old.
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