So...whats for dinner?
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All day crawfish feast today 😃
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Oooh, Ilona--I love crawfish!
Made this for brunch today:
Eggs Benedict: perfectly poached eggs, prosciutto instead of Canadian bacon, Bay's whole grain English muffin and Christian Poitier hollandaise with a sprinkle of cayenne.
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Wow Illimae, bountiful crawfish! Fun!
Nance, your dinners might be uncomplicated, but sound nicely substantial for the rigors you and DH are undertaking! In your spirit, I tossed several empty Amazon boxes into the recycle bin this weekend! And started to open a couple of boxes from my last office that are piled high in the garage. The first one contains many favorite children’s books,.... which will not be leaving this house. So, no space gain there.....:§
We went to two open houses this weekend to actually see what was being offered for less than a mil here. DS2 and wife are looking in this area. Yikes! Just some serious fixer-uppers, but with good locations. Those tours are what actually spurred me to start a very mini de-clutter! Staying in a house for decades definitely makes the prospect of leaving it a challenge, on many levels. So your work is impressive, Nance! I have heard that during that process, many people get to the point of just pitching randomly! A dumpster will definitely speed up your process.
Last night I made my favorite cod dish....in Rao’s puttanesca sauce along with sauteed onions and mushooms, over orzo with a side garden salad. I’ll enjoy some of the cod leftovers tonight since DH will consider dinner to be the heavy apps he will have at a conference he’s attending.
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Last night was simple pan-seared wild sockeye and steamed asparagus with the hollandaise left over from brunch. This morning, I had an egg and a DIY “sausage sandwich:" leftover turkey-veggie hash between halves of a slice of sourdough toast. Burger tonight—will opt for a veg instead of their insanely good fries.
The bariatrician's nurse messaged me back: the earliest available appt. is June 10! So not going to continue my culinary debauchery after I return from Israel, as the body doesn't recognize pre-diet no-nos as “one last fling." Gonna ease back into low-carb, or maybe do WW till June. The doc offers three diet plans, based on lifestyle, goals and any medical conditions.
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Dinner last night was red beans and rice with cornbread and romaine salad. I cooked the beans with ham. The rice was brown rice. The corn bread was the recipe on the bag of yellow cornmeal. It was a delicious heavy meal.
Stepping on the scales this morning was definitely unpleasant. My weight is at an all time high. I will be exercising all these pounds at the gym this morning.
Nance, your meals always sound good. Good luck with selling your house. It would be great if you could transition to two smaller homes, one for winter and one for summer.
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Nance - where are you planning on moving?
Carole: I love the 'two' home idea - but at this point in my life they would have to come w/o two yards to care for. Your summer arrangements always sound great.
I have a meeting at 6pm so will be eating mid afternoon. Since it's almost that now, I'd best get figuring out what the meal will be.
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Minus, the plan is to buy something smaller about 50 miles south of here in the county just west of St. Louis county - sort of the suburb of the suburb if you will. Between city and country living. The plan is to be snowbirds and winter somewhere warmer. Might not even be the same place every year.. The big thing is to have less maintenance and definitely less winter. That's the plan anyway.
Mini meatloaves tonight and mashed potatoes with corn or green beans.
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DH had a woodworkers guild meeting last night. He warmed up a bowl of red beans and rice for his dinner. I had forgotten about his meeting and started making a turkey meat loaf when I got home at 4 pm. It's made and ready to be cooked for tonight's dinner.
My dinner was crackers and cheese. Perfectly satisfying. Reminds me of the years when dh was away from home half of the time, working an offshore schedule.
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Carole - hooray for tonight's dinner all ready to pop in the oven.
I'm taking my ex DH for a belated B-day lunch today. He wants a steak so we'll meet at Perry's. My downfall will be the delicious bread. Hmmm or maybe the fried asparagus. We've been divorced for 25 years now, but we never saw any point in being enemies. We usually talk every couple of weeks & have lunch every couple of month. Sometimes his wife comes; sometimes not. I think all three of us prefer not.
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Tonight we're having homemade chili con carne that I pulled from the freezer. I'll make corn bread to go with it.
This past weekend I had a friend over for New Orleans style red beans and rice. (Beans had been cooked in Instant Pot for the chili and divided).
I also used the IP to make chile verde. Stews and soups are appealing with the ceaseless rain we're having. Also good to send to work with my husband, who is currently at a location where there a few options nearby.
Someone up thread was talking about gas prices at $2.49/gallon? Here it's at least $3.49. I wish we were like Europe where public transport is cheap and functional, but gas prices are high and people drive tiny cars. Not happening any time soon, I know....
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Tonight's dinner was shrimp paella, easy and colorful! Also, enough for another dinner.
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We had leftovers--the BBQ bean tacos and chicken enchiladas--out on the back porch.
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Tonight was lobster-shrimp ravioli (a freebie from Peapod that I had to use up pronto). I made the sherry-cream sauce recipe on the back of the package (sweated a chopped shallot in butter, added sherry and cooked off the alcohol, then the cream, tomato paste & seasonings. I added a twist—soaked a saffron thread in hot water and whisked it into the sauce. Forgot to add truffle oil, but it wasn't in the recipe anyway. No pic, alas—running around like a headless chicken packing and arranging for my trip (I leave for Amsterdam Friday a.m., and return from Jerusalem & Tel Aviv Monday evening 4/8). Packing the meds is always the biggest PITA, and this was no exception, especially trying to figure out how to bring my CBD edibles which I need for sleep. (Several people—including the doc who certified my MMJ application—suggest just bringing it along with “normal” gummies & chocolates for snacking. Not gonna try bringing any THC, however). Amazingly, you can buy pot in Amsterdam but you can't buy CBD; and in Israel—where the endocannabinoid system was discovered and now exports CBD to your local stores (yup, Walgreen's & CVS are rolling out CBD topicals in the pain relief aisle)—you need a doctor's prescription, as it's considered medical marijuana!
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We had the turkey meatloaf last night. The side was really good. Yellow squash steamed in a skillet until fork tender. Then I emptied the remaining water, added butter and lightly browned on high heat. Sweet and tasty. May become a popular preparation.
Tonight will be recycled turkey meatloaf. I will warm the slices with some tomato sauce spread on top and a sprinkling of cheese, either Asiago or Romano. The side may be cabbage. DH recently commented that he likes cabbage and we seldom eat it.
I played golf yesterday for the first time since February when I played once. The day was perfect, low humidity, high in the low 70's. Despite regular trips to the gym I woke up with a creaky body this morning. I'm hopeful that the frequent rain will become less frequent so that I can play regularly again. Any kind of physical activity is good.
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Hi all! Have been reading along but not posting - no meals worth discussing since return from Pittsburgh. DD has been in NOLA for work meetings but she will be home tonight. Plan on making sliced Aidell's chicken sausage, sautéed with asparagus, celery, green pepper, on top of cauliflower fried rice so we can eat together - that way she can get back on the keto wagon and we can all eat the same thing. She has been well behaved but was just eating salad for the most part while she was gone - not enough protein or fat. I am about to go into the kitchen and make a bunch of little fritattas in a silicone muffin pan - egg, ham, spinach, and cheese. Will bake them and then she can just pull a couple out for breakfast and I can send them with DH for breakfast at work tomorrow. Two birds with one stone (frittata, lol!)
carole - you might consider cabbage rolls if you don't already make them. They are old school, but I love them. You could basically take your meatloaf recipe and roll it into blanched cabbage leaves. I pour a tomato based sauce over the top, cover the pan, and bake them.
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Carole - I like the squash idea. Yellow squash just isn't exciting, even with onion &/or garlic added. I'm going to try your saute.
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Great idea on the cabbage rolls SK. I have leftover meatloaf too which I might use in an unstuffed version.
We love yellow squash. I often make it as a sort of souffle or sauteed with onions, garlic, green pepper and a tomato. DH would eat it that way every night if I fixed it.
Long day at retina doc followed buy shopping. I have a follow too with the cataract doc for eval. Cataracts have progressed but because of the macular degeneration, they want to be conservative. In the meantime, my eyes are dilated making shopping quite the challenge. We picked yup a Deweys pizza (capicolla and green peppers, half red sauce and half garlic sauce) so no cooking since my eyes will be dilated until well past 8 pm. They used to give me something to undilate my eyes, but for some reason have discontinued that practice.
I hope this post is intelligible. I have no idea
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Nance, the story I get from my ophthalmologist is that today's dilating drops work faster and don't last as long so no constricting drops. Once I did have an overdose of constricting drops and, as much as I dislike the blurry vision with the dialation, over constriction was worse!
Enjoy your pizza tonight and cabbage and meatloaf later! I'm thinking turkey burgers, fries, and sauteed cabbage with horseradish for us tonight.
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Our seafood CSA delivered rockfish today. I'm going to make a quick chowder and we'll have salad a baguette with it.
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Magari - yum for the Rockfish.
My dinner was a big pile of cold boiled shrimp.
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Instead of dinner, I spent the evening fixing a wiring problem (causing dim brake lights) on my 1957 Jeep FC-170 so I can drive it to a car show tomorrow. The link points to the picture of my Jeep that appeared in a magazine article. Sharon got me a leg lamp (the Major Award in the play/movie Christmas Story) because of that article. :-)
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Ah, the leg lamp! Even more iconic than the Krazy Kat pendulum clock!
Gave Bob the leftover lobster ravioli—can't believe I made a cream sauce from scratch that didn't break! My early dinner (after voting, getting a new battery in my watch, buying the right cable to charge this USB-C iPad off the USB-A port on my suitcase, and buying some CBN sleep capsules & CBD patches at the dispensary) was from “The Sausage Restaurant" next door to the latter. Looks like your average Chi-town hot dog joint till you read the menu: when the legendary Hot Doug's closed, they got the recipes. Mine was duck sausage with foie gras medallions & truffle aioli. (They also have brats, bison, chorizo and andouille).
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Brunch at the Delta Sky Club at O'Hare was spinach-artichoke mac & cheese, tuna pasta salad, kale salad with chickpeas. On the plane, Biscoff cookies (couldn't help myself) on the flight. Sitting in the JFK Terminal 4 Sky Club—which makes the one at O'Hare look like a high school cafeteria—was handed a pink sangria before I could even sit down. “Dunch/Linner" was steak and chicken thigh fajitas on yellow rice, and spicy cucumber-pickled radish salad—accompanied by champagne. Will have a decaf cappuccino with my whole grain raisin roll before heading to the gate. There are even showers and a mini-spa here—which I hope they’ll let me use on arrival after Customs & Immigration and before heading back to Terminal 2 for the flight home; I will have a >4-hour layover after a >12-hour flight from Tel Aviv.
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Safe travels, Sandy. Hope you have a great trip.
Dinner last night was leftover red beans and rice and a big romaine salad. Also slices of buttered French bread heated in the oven. Tasted really good.
Today is the annual Woodworkers Guild barbecue so our main meal will be early afternoon. The barbecue is always hosted by the owner of a camp who cooks the best barbecued chicken I've tasted. There will be lots of pot luck foods. I'm making a combination cauliflower and potato salad. Today is supposed to be warm with a high temperature of 80 degrees.
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I'm always amazed at the things I've picked up on these threads that I never knew. Thanks to Moon and Carole I understood the meaning of "hot dish" in a book I'm reading set in MN. My mom just called it casserole.
We played Chickenfoot yesterday for the first time since Thanksgiving. Thursday was the second anniversary of the death of the lady who always hosted us. Her husband said he missed 'girls giggling' in the house and asked us all to come play - and he played with us. Everyone brings something to eat but no planning. So Spinach & Artichoke dip, mixed vegetable quiche, chopped broccoli salad w/raisins & almonds, chocolate pie and fresh strawberry pie. Needless to say I didn't have any dinner.
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chisandy - have a great trip!
minus - all your chickenfoot food sounds yum! Right up my alley!
Tonight is boneless pork chops, sweet potatoes roasted with a little brown sugar and cinnamon, and green beans with butter and dill.
Edited to add: I ended up making a tarragon and mustard cream sauce that was keto for DD (and us!), it came from a recipe I have made for years that used pork tenderloin sliced and pounded into medallions. You remove the cooked pork from the pan and add tarragon, Dijon, white wine vinegar, stock, and heavy cream, simmer and reduce and nap over the pork - in this case, the boneless chops.
Our kids got a leg lamp for DH - it now resides in one of the "hidden" bars in the Pentagon - those are not an urban legend, they do exist!
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I'm envying your 80 degrees Carole, it's a whopping 35° here and earlier I watched giant hamster flakes coming down covering everything. It's finally stopped and has since melted but it was demoralizing to watch.
More basement cleaning out today. We're running into a problem with what to do with leftover paint. DH is a notorious over buyer of paint so we have many partial cans to dispose of and you can't just throw them in the trash.
Tonight is taco salad with pico de gallo, avocado, green onions, cheese and taco filling from the freezer. I may mix up the pico with the avocado for some guac instead of just slicing the avocado, and add that and sour cream to my salad. DH will have neither of those on his.
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auntie - we have a central disposal location for paint, batteries, things you can't just throw away - do you have that where you are? It is run by the city/county. If the paint is unopened you can also donate (I think) to Habitat for Humanity.
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Special, the county adjacent to mine does offer that service, however mine does not and you have to prove residence.
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Nance - we have a both City & County hazardous recycling - but it also looks like a number of the paint store here will take old cans. Both some of Sherwin Wms and Glidden stores are accepting old paint. Also there are some interesting tips on line for adding kitty litter to water base paint (NOT oil) & letting it dry do you can dispose of the can.
Failing that, maybe you can find a friend with a driver's license in the next county who will go with you. Someone here found out the hard way that you have to take something like a water bill and a driver's license - and they have to match your face.
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