So...whats for dinner?
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Everyone have election fatigue?!
Tonight was a large steak salad using up the leftover porterhouse (which was delicious!) and a hunk of good blue cheese. Dressing was a simple vinaigrette.
Tomorrow is a Costco run mostly for stock items but it's always a fun day sampling the wares.
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Tuna salad on rye bread. Repeat of yesterday's meal. Served w/sliced cucumbers & onions soaked in tarragon vinegar and then drained & marinated in sour cream & dill.
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So glad to no longer have all the election ads on; but they have been replaced with Medicare ads!
Dinner tonight was "use up what's in the kitchen": browned chicken chunks in garlic oil, added left over brown rice, chopped onion and bell pepper, then frozen peas. After that was heated through stirred in scrambled eggs. Sorta stir fried rice but we seasoned it with Worchestershire sauce. Tasted just fine, especially since we were hungry after moving furniture around all day.
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I am so glad the election stuff is over. The elections in my district were especially
viciouscontentious this year. During the last few weeks, each day I was getting a 1 inch (or more) thick stack of campaign material stuffed into my mailbox. If the campaign literature were to be believed, both sides are, at a minimum, evil incarnate. :-)
Sharon has been, since Monday, the substitute teacher for 6th, 7th and 8th grade science classes and the teacher will be back on Friday. Yesterday was a chilli-cheese macaroni. Today was a pan seared salmon with a lime zest, lime juice, honey, red pepper sauce.When neither of us are working, we don't cook so much......which may be why I'm not posting as much. We wake up around 7am, eat breakfast around 10am, eat lunch around 3pm and then often skip dinner.
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Beaverntx..I too am seeing all the medicare ads. Fortunately I'm not yet the target for those ads.
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I was planning to cook a layered eggplant dish for dinner last night, but, alas, I left the eggplant in the outside refrigerator too long and they were good only for the garbage can. Since the frozen home-cooked sauce was thawing, I cooked linguine. The side was a tossed salad with the favorite components.
The two Power Quick pots arrived in separate boxes. One is unpacked. It is huge. I had to clean out a kitchen cabinet space for it and the accessories. The first step will be to pressure cook some water! Included were four cook books with some interesting recipes. There is a yogurt setting, and I plan to give making yogurt a try.
We had few tv commercials during the election cycle and almost no print materials. Sad to live in a state that isn't in play for my "tribe."
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I was planning to cook a layered eggplant dish for dinner last night, but, alas, I left the eggplant in the outside refrigerator too long and they were good only for the garbage can. Since the frozen home-cooked sauce was thawing, I cooked linguine. The side was a tossed salad with the favorite components.
The two Power Quick pots arrived in separate boxes. One is unpacked. It is huge. I had to clean out a kitchen cabinet space for it and the accessories. The first step will be to pressure cook some water! Included were four cook books with some interesting recipes. There is a yogurt setting, and I plan to give making yogurt a try.
We had few tv commercials during the election cycle and almost no print materials. Sad to live in a state that isn't in play for my "tribe."
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How exciting Carole! I'm requesting a full report on the quick pots. I'm especially curious about the sous vide function. I frequently make yogurt in the pressure cooker. It does a great job and I like that you can make it right in the jars.
Snow is expected today. Snow. It is early November. It's bad enough that the stores and ads have gone from Halloween to Christmas, skipping thanksgiving completely, but now we've gone straight to winter. Summer didn't even say goodbye. I should still be wearing shorts. I must leave this place.
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Been off the threads for a while.
Dinner will be spicy shrimp stirfry with broccolinni, red peppers, garlic, sweet onions and pea pods. I make my own sauce out of light soy, brown sugar, chicken broth and sesame oil. I serve it over rice.
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Been off the threads for a while.
Dinner will be spicy shrimp stirfry with broccolinni, red peppers, garlic, sweet onions and pea pods. I make my own sauce out of light soy, brown sugar, chicken broth and sesame oil. I serve it over rice.
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Been off the threads for a while.
Dinner will be spicy shrimp stirfry with broccolinni, red peppers, garlic, sweet onions and pea pods. I make my own sauce out of light soy, brown sugar, chicken broth and sesame oil. I serve it over rice.
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Been off the threads for a while.
Dinner will be spicy shrimp stirfry with broccolinni, red peppers, garlic, sweet onions and pea pods. I make my own sauce out of light soy, brown sugar, chicken broth and sesame oil. I serve it over rice.
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Val - so great to see you - even if the computer 'gods' decided to replicate your post. I love the sound of the stir fry. Wish I'd been at your house for dinner.
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Tonight is leftover soup- curried butternut squash from a Barefoot Contessa recipe. I’ll just serve it with rolls and a green salad.
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My neighborhood is hosting our annual thank you dinner for everyone who volunteers during the year. Twenty-five people will gather at the Olive Garden tonight. We picked that restaurant some years ago after Steak & Ale closed because: 1) it's close and we have a good percentage of older people who are nervous about driving at night; 2) they give us a private room; and 3) the menu is such that everyone can find something to eat no matter their dietary restrictions. We will treat each volunteer to any meal under $20.00 and if they want cocktails or dessert they will need to pay their own. I'm going to pig out on bread sticks. And of course be responsible for paying the bill since I'm the treasurer.
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Last night was Cellars' Atlas Wine Dinner to benefit Care For Real (our neighborhood food pantry/charity). Started with a spiced cider spritzer. Then crab-corn chowder paired with a Sonoma Chardonnay; sweet potato gnocchi in a Gorgonzola cream with walnuts, paired with a Rogue River valley Pinot Noir; turkey saltimbocca with a Sierra-foothils Syrah-dominant red blend; honey-mustard-marinated pork T-bone with roast potatoes and asparagus (by this time I had to start packing half my food as leftovers) and a nice full red Sierra-foothills Zin; and finally pumpkin mousse cheesecake with a sparkling WA blanc des blancs (from cans, no less). The only wine that didn't float my boat was the Chard. Have had better Pinot Noir, though it was lovely. But the two fuller reds were the stars.
This morning was a small slice of portabella pizza reheated in a covered skillet. It also happens to be both National Donut Day and National Cappuccino Day, so I had a chocolate-iced creme-filled Krispy Kreme and an almond milk cappuccino for a late aft. snack.
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Welcome back, Val. Green Harbor, I have never tasted butternut squash soup even though I know it's popular. I like the winter squashes but do not think of them as soup makings.
Sandy, as usual I gained three pounds reading about your meal at Cellars!
Last night I finally cooked some beautiful halibut that I brought home frozen from MN. A couple at the resort spent two months in Alaska and went halibut fishing. They kindly gave us the halilbut fillet. I went to Google for a recipe idea and immediately hit upon Heavenly Halibut. The recipe was simple and the result delicious.
Broil the halibut for 8 minutes or until flaking. Then spread the sauce on top and broil for two minutes longer. The sauce consisted of grated parm (I used romano), soft butter, mayo, s & p, dash of hot sauce, fresh lemon juice, green onions (omitted since I didn't have any). The sauce melted so there was extra to spoon on top.
I usually lament that fish preparations in good restaurants are so much better than my home-cooked fish, but this was just as good as a restaurant fish entre. And, of course, halibut is such a good fish. I wish I could eat it more often.
The side was smothered okra made with frozen okra, never as good as fresh, and a can of Rotel tomatoes with chilis, s & p, garlic powder and onion powder. I was too lazy to peel some fresh garlic.
Unfortunately, dh wasn't feeling his best and didn't enjoy the meal as much as I did. There was leftover okra to freeze for a future gumbo.
Nance, do you have a good recipe book for your multi-purpose electric pot?
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Carole, I use a lot of Serious Eats recipes, Kenji has some very good ones for the pressure cooker. I also use Laura Pazzaglia https://www.hippressurecooking.com/pressure-cooker-recipes/ She also has a cookbook out that I haven't checked out. So far my favorite book is the Great Big Pressure Cooker Book by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. I use that one for reference a lot. Hip pressure cooking is aimed at the Instant pot so may require some adjustment for yours..
If you use Pinterest at all, you can check out my board Cooking Under Pressure (just search for Nancy Yonker). I've collected some pretty good ones there.
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I've found that the more restaurant or takeout meals I eat, the less likely I am to gain weight--packing at least half my portions to take home and using the leftovers creatively is an automatic form of portion control!
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Haven’t posted for a while. I had scans Monday (good news, no progression, stable and some shrinking) and a dear friend brought over a wonderful meal - a curry with chicken, spinach, potatoes and a nice salad. It was enough for three nights! Our two grandkids are spending tonight and we will make burgers on the grill, French fries from Trader Joe’s and broccoli. We are getting ready for a van trip and I will do some cooking ahead but wasn’t feeling up to making a lot of meals so yesterday DH and I went to Trader Joe’s and got a variety of frozen meals. Rare for me to do that so Iam hoping they will be O.K. Will also get some salad kits those are good for traveling. What are some of your favorite frozen meals?
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I like Michelina's frozen eggplant parm. For awhile, TJ's carried unbreaded eggplant parm "stacks" but I haven't found them in a couple of years.
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Yay, Katy, on good scans! Sorry I can't recommend frozen meals. I never buy them.
Tonight I had planned dinner to be red beans and sausage (out of the freezer, home-cooked) with brown rice and a salad. DH hasn't been feeling well all day and may not eat anything. If that's the case, I will probably just have a bowl of red beans and rice and skip the salad.
Nance, I have never gotten the hang of Pininterest. Maybe I'll try again.
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I'm going to have my leftover pork chop, plus Israeli chopped salad (does it cancel out the treyf?) or red cabbage salad. WIll freeze the leftover shwarma & rice.
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Tonight DH made Pork Ribs, Cannellini beans and Brussels sprouts.
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Three inches of snow for us with temps in the teen's tonight. I know for you northern folks this is not unusual but it's unusual for us. Our average high for this time of year is 60. This feels harsh.
It was a soup kind of day so I made Senate bean soup and cornbread. The only side was homemade applesauce from our apples. I probably should have made this dinner Tuesday.
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Btw, Carole, you will find your multicooker invaluable for beans. The navy beans cooked to perfection in 12 minutes (actual cook time.) And no soaking required.
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Nice to see lots of folks returning/posting!
This week I had a fun experience, joining a one time visit to a creative writing class at an engineering college in our town. The profs wanted to have a “ story share” between the freshmen creative writing students and the local seniors who wanted to write a short story. It was really a nice experience. I was particularly pleased to see this serious engineering school provide humanities courses to the students. Olin College is a unique small school. It is maybe 20 years old, founded by a bizillionaire engineer who granted the first class free tuition and the charge to help developm the curriculum and overall program...true to their modality of project based learning. It is in a consortium now with Wellesley and campus neighbor, Babson (a business college), so the students have some nice academic and career planning opportunities.
I was paired with two girls who both wrote interesting stories...one was from Madison WI and one from NJ....both wrote “dark” endings. Glad they alerted me before reading! The assignment was to write about an object in your home that had meaning. My story was much lighter, but they enjoyed it and had useful comments. After the class, we had lunch together. BOY, would I like to be in college now! The choices for food seemed creative and never ending. I was so impressed given my paltry choices (mystery meat?) 50 plus years ago. But then my tuition/room/board was a very small fraction of what students pay today. I am not much of a lunch eater, but could not resist some of the interesting vegetarian selections. So, of course I took a pic. I explained to the girls that I was doing this for our thread...and they loved it! So sweet!
That evening I made portobello and chicken parm since I had chicken in the fridge that needed to be used.
Tonight we had leftovers of that, paired with an arugula and baby kale salad with pear, red onion, carrot, and avocado, with a honey mustard dressing.
BTW, I noticed in our local grocery store flyer that Rao’s is featured for $4.99 a jar this week! I may stock up for my white fish putanesca veggie dish over orzo. Wonder if the jarred sauce market is a lot more competitive these days. Rao’s was always close to $10 a jar....which I never sprung for!
Nance, I’m horrified to learn of your snow so esrly! Yikes!! It is currently pouring rain here and I’m thankful it is not snow. Hope you return to more normal regional temps soon. Oh, and I saw some recipes for pear hand pies today....thought of you!!
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Oh I never explained the lunch plate...at 11 oclock a wonderful quinoa pilaf with raisins and nuts, next, sliced roasted zucchini with a curry sauce, then spicy roasted cauliflower, next spinach salad with balsamic dressing, next, hummus, then a bit of interesting pasta, and finally a lentil chili. Vegans would love that cafeteria! There were so many other choices, too, but I was quite sated with the plate I had.
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Hi All....been away awhile but sure have enjoyed reading your posts!
Yay Katy, for your good scans! Last night= Baked pork roast with onions and sweet potatoes, tossed salad and steamed broccoli. Tonight, leftover pork sliced over warmed bun, homemade cabbage slaw and a few chips.
So happy that tomorrow we are to be around 50 degrees....planning on working in our attic for a bit and taking off any holiday decorations we will not be using!!! Then, Dh wants to watch football...ok by me....am going to go through holiday decorations and recipes and get all organized for our family. Am having some cardiac issues...currently wearing a 2 week monitor...tried to get a CTAngiogram on Tuesday ....apparently was very dehydrated....4 sticks later they said let's try again in 2 weeks....had an hydration IV yesterday and will get at least 2 more before we try that again....my doc and my BIL (vascular/gen surgeon) say it may be due to radiation. Dammit.
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21 degrees right now at 1am. Have to be in the Loop by 10 am--too cold to stand out on the CTA station platform, too expensive to park (and too cold to walk from & to the parking garage), so I'll Uber it down there. Rehearsing all day tomorrow & Sunday.
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Lacey, Rao's has gone mainstream. I have been buying it at Walmart's and at my local Winn Dixie, which I'm happy to say hasn't closed like so many other W/Ds. I haven't seen Rao's that cheap but it's often $6.99. I like it so much that I have almost stopped making my own red sauce. I usually add home-made turkey Italian sausage made with ground turkey.
DH must have picked up an intestinal virus this week as he made the rounds of doctors' offices keeping scheduled appointments. He ate a light breakfast yesterday and nothing else except hot chocolate and hot tea during the day while he stayed in his recliner not feeling well. About 3:30 this morning he developed the dreaded D. Now he seems better but the dinner menu is in doubt. Not sure what he will want to eat today and tonight.
Saturday is one of the three days I visit my mother at the nursing home but I dare not visit her today for fear of carrying to her a stomach virus.
It's a pretty day here, sunny but looks a little windy. It was cool enough in the house to turn on some heat this morning.
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