So...whats for dinner?
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Tonight was a Pablo topped stuffed (artichoke heart/onion/mozzarella) chicken breast, spinach, baked squash & zucchini and a 1/2 Roma mini pizza. Next time I’ll leave the artichoke hearts out, not really my thing.
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Beaverntx, I hope you’re back to having water running full strength soon! Dinner tonight was chicken cutlets dredged in bread crumbs, ground pecans and Parmesan. It’s browned on the stove top and finished in the oven. I made mashed sweet potatoes with maple syrup and brown butter in my Instant Pot and also had baby spinach tossed with vinaigrette. For those following along at home, that’s TWO vegetables- I’m working hard to improve my diet.
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"Pablo" topped? Bet you typed "Panko" and Auto-Incorrect decided to change it. (Auto-Correct is my worst enema).
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ChiSandy, yes, that too with Auto-incorrect!
Our water is back to full strength now, so showers all around and the dishwasher is running. Dinner was clean up leftovers: choice of meat (beef tenderloin, ham, or turkey), oven roasted potatoes and a large green salad with tomatoes and dessert possibilities included banana pudding, pumpkin or mincemeat pie. We're almost ready to start fresh. Our three remaining houseguests will be leaving this week and DH and I will once again adjust to peace and quiet, after a month of company!
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Jessiecat is strange. If we put out dry and canned cat food, he'll eat the dry food firs and then, if he is still hungry, he'll then eat the canned stuff. Because of several missing teeth and his age (the vet thinks around 19 years old), the vet suggested we try to switch him to canned food. We've been doing this for awhile and the dogs are continually hoping we will do the same for them.
So, tonight, as usual, I put the cat's food dish on the floor in one corner of the kitchen and the dogs' food dishes on the floor in the other corner of the kitchen. Gypsy, the yellow lab, vacuumed up her food like normall, but Frankie (medium sized black dog) sat down in front of the cat food dish and tried every cute trick he knew, all in the hope that SOMETHING would allow him permission for him to eat the cat food.
Dinner for us humans was turkey tetrazzini, a salad and a microwave warmed doughnut that Sharon made in the air fryer.last evening in the air fryer. Tomorrow we'll finish off the rest of the pumpkin soup.
Beav...I love company...but I love it just as much when the house returns to normal. :-) It's good the water is back to normal. For me, I can backpack for a week to 10 days and not worry about showering, but at home.....I am no longer the little boy that hated "bath time".0 -
Bob had a haircut down at 900 N. Michigan, so we had early lunch (11:30!) at Gibson's Steakhouse--its adjacent sister restaurant, Hugo's Frog Bar, now opens at 3pm. Just as well--been eating seafood in various forms most of the week. Hadn't had beef in a week and a half, nor any mammal meat (pork chop) since New Year's Eve (and the leftovers the next day). Had an Angus prime ribeye sandwich--packed half of it along with the accompanying fruit (instead of spuds). Ditched the bread and ate the other half (with broiled tomato and baby arugula).
Stopped off at Donut Vault in the new food hall at 900 N., because it was there (and because its other branch downtown closes when it runs out--usually before noon). Had wondered what all the fuss was about. Well, have now tried all the artisanal doughnut shops in Chicago and Donut Vault wins hands down. Its yeast-raised glazed donuts (chocolate, vanilla, chestnut) are gargantuan, as is their take on a jelly donut (marmalade!). Also got a pistachio-glazed old-fashioned buttermilk cake one. Once home, I had 1/4 of the chocolate one. (Yeah, it's that big). Yesterday I stopped at Stan's in Lakeview (any time I can find a free parking spot, it's a sign), but they were picked nearly clean. Got a maple bar and a Biscoff "pocket" (sort of a cronut with a dab of Biscoff caramel/toffee inside)--yesterday had half the maple bar and half the Biscoff this morning before leaving the house.
I'm not going to Stan's again--its boxes and waxed paper bags have that odd petroleum distillate scent (sort of like newsprint mixed with lemon oil or bug spray) that Whole Foods' self-serve bakery bags do, which is why I don't buy self-serve individual pastries at WF any more. I did stop into Vanille Patisserie a block from Stan's and bought a bizarre chocolate cupcake (garnished with a macaron) and a dark chocolate ganache-covered mousse "dome." Gonna let Bob have his choice of the goodies, so he can drown his sorrows over the Bears' last-second loss. (Cody Parkey is the new Steve Bartman...look it up).
Dinner tonight was reheated leftover linguine with mussels. Killed off the rest of Friday night's fish & chips last night, using the air-fry function of the Breville toaster oven. I think I'm gonna ditch the regular air fryer, which I've used just once before getting the Breville. Wanna make room for the Instant Pot (whose manual I've yet to read). Once I've used off all takeout leftovers I will try to actually cook something in it.
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Have been MIA due to a bizarre set of circumstances - so have not been cooking much. Since I have had this tooth extraction and bone graft in hopeful prep for an implant in 2019 I can't take Femara or Prolia, so I need to do all I can to help myself so I have re-started the Virgin Diet and gone back to the gym and walking. As part of this I also started a multi-part skin care regimen with a high-end set of products - all I will say is that it is the brand that gives you skin like a Geisha - NOT SO MUCH!!! By the morning of Jan. 3 I had a little rash on my right cheek so I stopped using the products. By the 4th my whole face was covered in a rash. I finally went to urgent care on Sat and had to get a steroid shot as my eyes were swelling shut and I had a blistered rash, and am now on a dose-pack for the rest of the week. Not the look I was going for! Anyway - steroids seem to be doing their job now, after a bit of a backslide overnight on Sat when my whole face was swollen with pockets of edema. Eeesh... I am getting a lot done around the house with the steroid mania - gotta play the "glad game" if I can! Lol!
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SpecialK - wow, so sorry you had that extreme reaction. Hope the steroids continue to work and you can get back to walking soon.
My dermatologist recommends that I use as little as possible on my skin since it is extremely 'sensitive'. I took her seriously. I use only soap & water, CeraVe and if I'm going to be in the pool or on the beach, a sun block. Other than that - for very special occasions I only use eye shadow & mascara and maybe a little powdered blusher. It is sooooo refreshing not to be tied to make up every day. Dealing with chemo treatments started this trend and I never went back.
I too am almost through using up the leftovers. I think tonight will be a baked potato & a salad. Thank heavens Yoga starts again today after the holidays. And Silver Sneakers tomorrow & Thursday. I was turning into a slug.
Yes, welcome Maddie.
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Special, yikes! So sorry to hear about your skin disaster, but glad to hear that the steroid is doing its work to clear things up. I am always nervous about trying new skin products expecting what you experienced due to my many allergies. I guess some of us will never reach porcelain doll status! LOL. Thanks for the fashion advice for LA temps!
The mention of Ansel Adams in connection with Barry Goldwater was interesting to see. Tomorrow I'm scheduled to join DH to hear an art historian's lecture about the art/technology collaboration between Edwin Land (Polaroid founder) and Ansel Adams. Then, weather permitting we will trek from Cambridge into Boston to see the AA exhibit at the MFA. It's supposed to be snowing....hope not.
Wasn't interested in making a regular dinner yesterday, so cooked up a pot of kale soup, and we had that for dinner with some fresh baked French bread from Volantes and sweet potato hummus (Wegman product that is delicious). Tonight we are going to a lecture at our local PBS, so will probably have more soup in between gym and that. I promise this will be my last pic post of my fave kale soup.
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minus - I am now scared enough of skin stuff to go back to a very basic regimen - either Cerave or Cetaphil for me! I am going to have to be vey careful in Hawaii because my skin will still be sensitive. I am taking barrier sunscreen because my son - who has sensitive skin like I do - developed allergy to regular sunscreen a couple of years ago. He discovered this while at a bachelor party beach weekend and for a minute was afraid the allergy was to beer, but no, just sunscreen, lol!
lacey - thanks! Yes, porcelain doll status - not happening! Your soup looks beautiful! I have some chicken sausage and kale and am thinking soup might be on the agenda for dinner after seeing your pic!
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special - CeraVe makes a couple of sun screen & sun block products. I don't see them on the shelves in Houston, but I found them in Hawaii w/no problem (at ABC) and was able to track some down in CA.
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Lacey - your soup looks delicious - except I don't like kale. Could I substitute spinach? Oh, don't stop posting pictures. All the home-made meals are inspiring. Hope you get to see the AA exhibit. Please do report.
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SpecialK, yikes! I'm always leery of "natural" skincare & makeup products, especially those based on fruit & vegetable extracts. I once tried Yves Rocher products and broke out (though my rash was nowhere near as bad as yours). Those fruit, veggie and other plant extracts can be allergens--best to try them on your wrist or the crook of your elbow first. Look for sunscreens that use minerals (zinc & titanium oxides) rather than avobenzone & oxybenzone. The latter may be endocrine disruptors as well as allergens. The mineral oxides in today's sunscreens are micro-encapsulated so you don't have to walk around wearing clown white.
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ACK Special! How awful! Hope that calms down soon. I developed psoriasis on my eyelids this year and now have to go fragrance free on everything that goes on my face. Certainly doesn't make makeup easy. At least I probably only wear it once a week. Oddly enough the best skin I've ever had was during chemo.
Roasted chicken tonight on a bed of Yukon gold potatoes and shallots, drizzled with lemon and some rosemary. Also some golden beets in the sous vide. Not much color in this meal!
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minus and chisandy - I got some Blue Lizard sunscreen, only has titanium dioxide and zinc, recommended by my derm. I had asked about sunscreen for my son when he had the allergic reaction and that was the brand they recommended. Happened to see it in CVS before any of this skin stuff even happened!
auntie - thanks! Whole thing was pretty shocking! I feel for you on the psoriasis on the eyelids - same allergic son has eczema on his in the winter only. Miserable when your eyes itch. You had a "beige dinner" as my family calls them - sometimes it just works out that way and everything on the plate is the same color, lol!
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Back in 1981 when I started performing in a rock band, I wore quite a bit of eye make-up, for maximum visibility. I also wore soft contact lenses. (You can see where this is heading). Everything was okay until summer allergy season kicked into high gear--and one evening, while I was onstage my eyes began tearing uncontrollably. Then, to my horror, one of my lenses slipped almost behind my eyeball. We finished our number, I excused myself, and extracted my lenses...never to wear them again. But the mixture of those salty tears and my iridescent eye shadow made my eyes swell and my eyelids itch so badly I had to see a dermatologist. We quickly determined that the mica in frosted eye shadow was the culprit and from then on I wore only matte shadows until the past few years; today's glitter shadows are less irritating (but I wear them only for festive occasions and remove them when I get home).
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Our yellow lab, Gypsy, is wearing the "party collar" (Elizabethan collar) . She had a wart removed from her inner eyelid and the vet doesn't want her scratching at it.
I sent a picture of Gypsy to DD and asked if she was going to be wearing such a thing after midnight....at midnight, she will be 21.
I got a DAAAAAADDDDD??!!!???
Bragging a bit...she go a letter from the university...one for making the dean's list. And, because of all the college credit classes she took in high school and the summer classes taken since, she's now considered a senior.
Dinner tonight is the remainder of the leftover turkey tetrazzini (autocorrect tried to change it to tetracycline).
I'm not sure how much the E-collar is going to help because Jessiecat is trying to lick the surgical site.
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Good autocorrect catch Eric, I need to work on that, lol.
Tonight was a veggie (spinach, Brussels sprouts, red onion, squash) pizza on whole grain naan. DH really liked it, I thought it was just ok. I’ll make it again with some tweaks.
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Dinner tonight-- still working on leftovers. DH had dinner out, I finished up my salmon with brown rice and vegs from last night and DGD had her choice...
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Tonight was a new dish for me, Vietnamese shaking beef served with brown rice instead of salad. Good but not spicy enough for my taste. I'll add some heat next time I make it.
Tomorrow I think I'll make Navajo tacos.
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Auntienance, I LOVE shaking beef!!!
Minus, have you been back to Hughie’s?
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Illimae - yes I went once again with my ex-DH & ordered shaking beef again. I plan to go back more. Tomorrow going out with a neighbor who wants to try Union Kitchen.
Tonight was a pork loin roast. I never got any sides made so I just ate 4 slices of meat in a hurry. The phone kept ringing off the wall at the same time I was trying to prepare an agenda for tonight's Civic Club meeting - along with a calendar for the entire year and the financial recap of 2018 and prep the 2019 budget. And then the darn meeting lasted past 9:30pm. Whew. I'm having a 10pm gin & tonic.
Eric - you should definitely brag on your DD. Amazing accomplishments.
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Trader Joe's Chicken Cheese Tamales...I'm still too tired to cook.
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eric - didn't your DD just leave for college about 5 mins ago? She's doing a great job and youand Sharon have to be very proud!
Dinner last night was artisanal garlic sausage sliced and cooked along with caramelized onion, glazed with Stubbs BBQ sauce - because it has a low sugar content, then served over brown rice with steamed broccoli seasoned with lemon olive oil and lemon pepper and little bit of grated romano cheese.
Dinner tonight will be kale salad with chicken, blackberries, strawberries, avocado, and almonds - dressed in a strawberry vinaigrette. Might also have some soup - not sure yet.
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DH made red beans and rice. It was good but unfortunately, a bit too spicy for me (my ears are sweating). He’s gonna be eating a lot of leftovers.
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Minus, I'm guessing a lot of folks sub spinach for kale In soups. I have to say, tho, (pushy kale lady here!) I bet the kale would be way less objectionable in soup due to the softening factor....especially after it's been in the fridge a couple of days. Soup with beans rather than any kind of pasta keeps so much better for "jump ups" dinners. Love that expression for leftovers.
Eric, how proud you and Sharon must be of DD! Will she be eager to graduate that early, and leave the "college campus experience", or will she continue graduate studies there? She sounds like a very self-directed gal. Congratulations!
Special, I hope your skin has gotten back to normal. I always hated that when I had a serious hives reaction on my face, it took days for the swelling to go down. Since my experiences with psoriasis (my Tamoxifen days), I have only used Cetaphil products.
I am a total slug today after having three busy days (for me!). Monday after catching up on post holiday correspondence, we worked out at the gym, ran home to eat, then went to this very unusual program at WGBH...a review of the history (60s/70s) of experimental productions for public TV. The videos were frenzied film overlays and looked like watching them on drugs might have been the mode then! Very artsy...."The medium is the medium", rather than "the message". It was interesting to hear directly from the artistic producers of these "experiments". They are obviously all our age or older, with many stories about the process. I also enjoyed seeing how some of the new, young wannabe producers there interfaced in such respectful ways with these creative “relics” of the business.
Then bright and early on Tuesday, we headed to HBS to a discussion about the collaboration between Edwin Land and Ansel Adams, as AA tried to help Polaroid perfect the instant camera image quality...apparently one of his many gigs to put food on his family's table, back in the day. It was really interesting, especially to learn how they (one an artist/musician, another a businessman) were both engineers at heart, quite driven to accomplish this goal. In fact, Land's singular focus resulted in an inability to move Poloroid products forward into the digital era leading to the company's demise.
It was also interesting to hear all these HBS retired alums approach the topic from each of their own experiences in the business world. We then had lunch at the school. WOW! I am awestruck at the food choices at educational institutions these days. I actually can't really eat a big lunch at noon, so had yogurt while enjoying watching DH and our tablemates eat really interesting salads, sandwiches, and delicious looking entrees. Then we went to the MFA to see an Ansel Adams exhibit. I thought of how much you must enjoy his work, Minus and Eric. The stunning photos of Yosemite, (and some of NM and AZ) and the vignettes of how he hiked with his equipment to "extreme" areas to get the views he wanted. We returned home tired and hungry and I was glad we had leftover kale soup to fill us up. I made grilled cheese/tomato/oregano sandwiches to go with the soup.
Yesterday, After teaching my social skills class, I raced home so we could drive into Boston for an early Cs' game. I discovered last time at The Harp that I could get perfectly steamed broccoli, instead of the usual sauteed veggies, to go with my baked salmon, so that's what I had. DH enjoyed a hamburger and we shared a delicious clam chowder. Happy news here is that the Cs played their best game of the season, and might just finally be getting things together as a team. They have so much talent that it's been a problem of too much of a good thing with only so many playing minutes to dole out. "Sacrifice for the team" might be taking hold. The last Celtics team who won a championship adopted the African "Ubuntu" philosophy...”I am what I am because of what we are.” These guys might be moving more in that direction.
I have no idea what I'll make for dinner tonight....a stop at Trader's for one of their prepared meals might be in order, after shoppingfor some less wintery clothes for our trip west.
Tomorrow, I'll be cookie baking for a reception after our friend's memorial service on Saturday. Making Italian Sprinkle Cookies since they are colorful and tasty....either lemon or anise flavor.
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Haven’t been on for a while - SpecialK, hope you are all better! I wanted to ask if others have some skin problems from meds. I’m not sure if this is due to Ibrance or letrozole but my eyelids are red and sometimes dry and flaky. Doc told me to try Vaseline but I think it made things worse! I also get the occasional hive. On our way to the gym yesterday and got one on my face. They do go away after an hour or two. I use very few cosmetic products and for many years have used very gentle organic products. Any suggestions for eyelids?
And diner last night was yummy leftovers! I was so happy that dinner was already made! My DH and I had made what I call Mexican lasagna - layer tortillas with enchilada sauce, cheese and filling. We used chicken with green chilies. And a side of coleslaw with lime dressing. Makes enough for a couple nights, or more depending on how hungry you are! I’m making a roast with a medley of roasted root veggies. Grandkids are spending the night and they will like that.
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Hi Katy, my derm prescribed Elidel cream for my eyelids. It's horribly expensive but it does work quickly and I usually only have to use it for a couple of days during flareups. Also, try using fragrance free products.
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Katy - that reminds me. It's time to make our founder laurie's Mexican Chicken again.
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Minus, I was thinking I might make Laurie’s salsa chicken next week when our newly widowed friend comes over for dinner.
The eyelid issues certainly can be problematic. When my allergies are in full swing during ragweed season, my itchy eyes are unbearable. My ophthalmologist prescribed tobradex (sp?), which calms them down quickly. It is also expensive, a steroid, and takes care of flare ups after two days of using! She has me using it for a couple of months right now as part of a treatment plan for dry eye which has developed since my cataract surgery a year ago. I’ll be eager to stop using it, (since it’s a steroid) but am also eager to “cure” this dry eye if possible.
Katy, I found that all sorts of skin issues surfaced for me on cancer meds. Always envied the friends who sailed thru taking them with no accompanying issues. I bet there are folks who can address your meds side effect questions on threads about those oral meds.
Last night DH must have been really hungry since he offered to go to the food store to pick up a rotisserie chicken, rather than have the omelet I was deciding to make. So we had that, brussells sprouts, romaine salad and a sweet potato for him. Tonight we’ll have that again, but with butternut squash and salad.
I bakedthe Italian cookies last night and now have to ice and “sprinkle” them. I made some with almond flavoring, and most with anise. They hardly spread on the cookie sheets so they look like tiny balls this time. They come out differently every time I make them....shape variation based on butter or vegetable shortening content, I guess. I am so not a baker!
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