So...whats for dinner?
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thought you all would get a laugh out of this. 83 degrees yesterday morning. 40 degrees this morning and actual sleet coming down around 11am with my patio thermometer reading 43. I was so darn cold when I was trying to clip off some dead plants before our trash pick up that I gave up.
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Minus, I just heard about the sleet, sorry! DH and I got out just in time, today was a beach day 🤐 (again, sorry!)
Dinner was fried chicken with rolls and fried corn bites, except when we got back to the hotel, we discovered they neglected to include the sides. Bummer but oh well, the chicken was good.
Tomorrow we got out in search of manatees.
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Minus, no laughs from here in South central Texas where it did not get out of the 30s with wind chill in the 20s today -- my hands have been cold all day so I don't know how you even tried to trim your plants. No sleet where we are but it has been in the area.
Dinner last night was homemade potato soup (the way my mother made it) and tonight some of the enchilada casserole with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
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My meal today was mostly left overs. Half an avocado with left over ranch dressing from one of my favorite restaurants. 1/3 of a cucumber - sticks dipped in the remaining dressing or just munched. I cooked pound of Asparagus and ate half. I broke the stalks in half & added to a covered frying pan, simmering 10 minutes with EVVO, Meyer lemon juice, garlic salt, onion powder, dash or two of red pepper and a couple Tblsp of water. Delicious. Oh - I forgot - three club crackers swiped several times in a cube of soft butter.
My pre-dinner drink was 1/2 a reasonably tall glass of Gentleman Jim bourbon with a good sized glug or De Kauyper Butterscotch Schnaps & a swipe of water. It's cold here and that sounded warming. With dinner I had a glass of Australian Malbec from the Mendoza region - bottled & sold by Costco. Kirkland brand is often quite good for very reasonable prices. Should I edit & mention I will sleep well??
Tomorrow I'm going to a wine tasting class with a neighbor. The theme is Wine & Chocolate. Be still my heart!!!
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We got down to 8 above last night--didn't even get into the 20s today, going down to 5 above tonight (the burbs are forecast to hit 3 below).
Leftover pizza for brunch (with an egg on top); dinner will be more leftover pizza, baked clams, spinach and maybe a little pasta to soak up the lemon & garlic. (Or part of a baguette).
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We stopped at Ft Walton Beach Medical Center so I could show Sharon where I spent a couple weeks and then we drove along the coast to look at the damage caused by Hurricane Michael. They are rebuilding and also still removing debris. I'd guess about 25% of the debris has been removed.
Right now we are about 15 miles south of Tallahassee, FL...which seems like it's currently north of the Arctic Circle... :-)
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So many people on the move! Eric, if you took I-12 to bypass New Orleans, you came within 5 miles of my house.
It's cold and dreary here today, but I was happy to get rid of the hot and muggy.
Yesterday I met three women who were once golf friends for lunch in a new upscale restaurant. I was the youngest at 75. It was a bitter sweet occasion as we caught up on life happenings. I had a grilled sandwich with lump crab meat on brioche. It was wonderful. The side was a salad with crisp salad greens and blue cheese dressing.
I wasn't hungry for dinner but I cooked salmon fillets and scallops. The side was small baked potatoes.
I'm thinking tonight will be chili with corn and black beans.
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Waiving hi from Boca Raton. Spending the day with DH’s 2nd mother (mom of his girlfriend when he was a teenager) who was a big influence on him. I thank both mom’s for making him the best guy I know.
No idea about dinner yet.
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eric - are you coming through Tampa?
illimae - that’s sweet about your visit with your DH’s “second mom” and I’m sure she thinks the same about your DH! Later this month we are going over to the Food Network’s South Beach Food and Wine Fest in Miami and will visit my late MIL’s bff, a similar influence on my DH. Her late DH was the doc thatdelivered my DH and all his sibs.
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Yes. We are going through Tampa. We're about 45 minutes north and are hoping to get to the SS American Victory (same type of ship Sharon sailed) for a tour.
I PMed you with my phone number.
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LOL Eric - sounds like you guys are on the BCO tour -- you've been able to at least wave to so many of us! What a great trip!
Ham and beans tonight and of course, my favorite part of ham and beans -- cornbread. Then there's today's project:
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...meeting with Special in a few minutes!!!!!!!
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auntienance, wow, that is gorgeous!
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Nance - lemon meringue? Yum yum.
Oh Eric, you're getting to meet Special. How great. I have such wonderful memories of each one of you that I've met ... SO FAR. Not nearly through.
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Yep, lemon meringue. I bought a bag of lemons and it seemed necessary :-)
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Lemon meringue looks great! I haven’t tried one yet but I did have a slice of key lime today 😀
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The pie is gorgeous!
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Illimae and Special, how lovely to read about your DHs' second mothers. I always appreciate the many nurturers who impact our lives beyond biologic parents, important influences even when we have caring parents!
Hope your meet up was great fun, Special, Eric and Sharon! Was Sharon in the military?
Nance, such a beautiful lemon meringue pie! I haven't made one for many years, but always enjoyed how gratifying the beauty of the finished product was.
We are back home, after a visit that went as well as it could have gone (and a trip that amazingly went like clockwork in every way!) so I'm back in the kitchen slinging food. But I must mention that for our last meal out, in Calabasas, I had a sous vide skirt steak entree, with basmati rice, cactus, and a sauce I couldn't identify, but was delicious. Now I think I appreciate the value of that cooking process...tho I will not be buying any new machines to create that lovely tender food since I obviously don't open new optional kitchen appliances! Oh, but DH did just open a new Vitamix blender 48 oz container, sent by Vitamix after a recall from which we benefitted. Happy also to have a container that now fits under the kitchen cabinets!
For our first meal back, DH grilled chicken breasts that I'd marinated in a lemon/garlic/white balsamic/rosemary marinade. They were quite tasty. Sides were sweet potato and salad with my horseradish vinaigrette . I am glad to return to my own salads....no slimy out of bag baby lettuces sneak into my salad bowls! Tonight we'll have the grilled chicken leftovers after we return from a choral singing contest taping at the Boston public TV station, where we will be in the audience, NOT in the choral group.
I hope the weather warms up for everyone. Given the unusually cool/cold southern CA weather (including rain and heavy winds) during our trip, we don't have to re-adjust to the winter temps here. So that's strangely good.
Have a good week everyone, especially our sistersstill in active treatment.
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Had a fun dinner with Eric and Sharon! So good to put faces with the names and share some time together!
auntie - your pie is a masterpiece - lemon meringue is a personal fave!
lacey - welcome home!
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Eric and Special - yay for meets!
Tonight is peri peri chicken, roasted on top of potatoes. Probably broccoli will be the green portion of the meal.
The pie was (is) really good and carb laden, which is why it doesn't get made very often.
Welcome back Lacey - ice and sleet here, hope your weather is better than that.
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Illimae - I love the report of the $25.00 SHORT bourbon & coke at the Florida restaurant on another thread. Wow!!! Since that's not even 1/2 a can of $0.25 coke, the bourbon must have been from an old, deep cellar.
Lacey - good to see you home safe but even with the trauma, I know you're glad you went. RE: choral contest - you always have the most interesting things going on. Hope this one is fun.
A neighbor & I went to a wine class & tasting yesterday afternoon - pairing wine & chocolate. There were various kinds of Godiva chocolates and 8 different wines to taste. They were each specifically paired - like milk chocolate with a Moscato, Hazelnut milk chocolate with a cream sherry, dark chocolate with a Zinfandel & a port, and a true Champagne with a dark vanilla chocolate. They had trays of cheeses & crackers, fresh fruits, veggie trays, charcuterie, pulled pork sliders & more. We decided to skip dinner afterwards and came to my house to taste a couple of 'after dinner' potions - Amarula (a lovely cream liquer made from the Marula fruit of the sub-equatorial plains that the Elephants love) and Tuaca (a fine brandy with vanilla & orange originally a renaissance recipe enjoyed by Lorenzo de Medici)
I asked the major difference between Champagne & Prosecco (other than the terroir and the grape) (and of course the price) I thought his answer was magical. Having different a fermentation process (think bubbles), Prosecco explodes in your mouth while Champagne dances over your tongue. I could really feel the sensation of dancing bubbles.
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Sharon and I had an awesome time seeing Special. We got to talking and...suddenly (hours later) the restaurant was empty.
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Eric & Special - Hooray. This is the absolutely best thread on the entire site!!! Special - I promise I'll get to FL soon.
Dinner was a sort combination between clean the fridge & a winter salad. Cauliflower, radishes, celery, cucumber, leftover peas, black olives, shoestring beets (yes, washed before adding), carrots - forgot what else but the bowl was so full I didn't add any lettuces - just spread some HEB Ranch Dressing on top. And I baked 1/2 a loaf of Boudin San Francisco Sourdough bread defrosted from the freezer. Had two large slices with my salad. In addition to 1-1/2 glasses of Kirkland Malbec wine. (well I had to finish the bottle) I'm full as a tick (if that saying might resonate with anyone).
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eric - that is exactly what happened! I looked around one minute and there were people, then it seemed like a moment later and we were the only ones there, lol!
minus - agree - and I await your FL trip!
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Hi, all! Have been away from this thread for far too long to catch up on all the updates. But I will say that that is a gorgeous lemon meringue pie....
I've been dealing with fairly severe intestinal gas and bloating that is physically uncomfortable over the past few months. I finally got in to see a GI specialist about 3 weeks ago, and he prescribed a low FODMAP diet for 4-6 weeks. I am 3 weeks in and finding it boring, but doable for a limited time frame. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be helping much.
I made spicy carrot ginger soup with harissa last night. The garnish of toasted pumpkin seeds, lemon zest, parsley and olive oil really made it.
We adopted a new dog a couple of weeks ago and are getting her trained and settled in. She's a 14-month old Australian Shepherd mix, and super sweet and smart. We took her to the beach yesterday, which was extra exercise for me!
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Magari - so glad to see you posting. And sorry about the GI issues. I looked up the FOMAP diet. Sounds complicated. Sorry it doesn't seem to be helping so far. Your new dog sounds delightful & will be a handful from what I know about the breed. Again - so glad to see you back. Magari is another one of the 'dinner' posters that I've actually met. We had a lovely lunch in San Francisco.
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Sharon stepped out of the "outhouse" and I pointed out the cheering section. :-) It was trying to rain all day, so I didn't have my phone with me...so this is her snapshot.
I'd guess the 'gator was probably 20 feet away from where she took the picture and since they don't seem to be terribly ambitious, it was safe enough to stand there and watch it for awhile.
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Glad you had the outhouse at hand to retreat if necessary since they can be very fast sometimes.
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Ilona, one of my fave restaurants in Boca was La Vielle Maison downtown on E. Palmetto Park (the owner passed on, and I think the place is now called La Nouvelle Maison). We adored Bistro Provence, but the owners retired. (They had Gordy practice his middle school French whenever we'd go there with my mom). Sapori in the Royal Palm Plaza area is really nice N. Italian. And if you want a kosher-style deli fix, there's also Toojay's in the Polo Club strip mall. A bit further north just over the city line in Delray on Jog Rd. (near the Morikami Gardens) is Henry's, a wonderful American bistro. (The Wagyu burgers are incredible, and all desserts used to come with a side of cotton candy--maybe they still do). And anything in the Boca Raton Resort along the Intracoastal waterway is magnificent...albeit very pricey.
Oh, and I've decided that for me, prosecco is good for spritzers and mimosas. But for drinking straight I prefer bubblies fermented in the bottle--not just Champagne, but also Cremant d'Alsace or Bourogne, good cava, trad. method Italian bubblies (Ferrari, Franciacorta), California branches of the major Champagne houses (Mumm, Chandon, Roederer, Carneros--which is Taittinger), and Argyle from OR and Gruet from NM. There's even some good trad. method sparkler coming out of England! I find the bubbles in prosecco (and Gerrman sekt) too coarse and flabby and the taste too sweet/sour compared to trad. method bruts.
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Last night's dinner was a skillet dish with pork tenderloin cut into bite-sized pieces, leftover brown rice, diced green onion and celery and my trusty home-made spicy/sweet sauce. The result was quite tasty and easy to make. DH made a tossed salad with iceburg, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and blue cheese.
Tuesday night was pasta with Rao's and Italian sausage from the freezer (probably made with ground turkey. The package wasn't labelled in detail.) Side was a tossed salad similar to last night's.
DH has still not recovered from his cold/bronchitis ailments. He has coughing and congestion and head cold symptoms. I am much, much better with some manageable cold symptoms.
We are invited to dinner tonight at the home of friends. It will be the four of us. I believe rib eyes and chocolate covered strawberries are on the menu. So I don't to answer the What's for Dinner question tonight! Yay!
Here at home in Louisiana we miss our diner breakfasts that we enjoy once or twice a week in MN. Yesterday morning we tried the Fat Spoon, a breakfast and lunch restaurant about five minutes from our house. Very un-diner like, new and sterile, but the food we ordered was quite good. No pancakes on the menu! In MN you can choose toast or "cake" with your breakfast.
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