So...whats for dinner?
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Wow......it's great to see the all folks we've been missing!!!!!!
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I made a delicious Rosa sauce for dunch. I smushed a pound of Campari tomatoes that needed to be eaten, added garlic & onions and simmered to reduce. Then added heavy cream. I was going to add shrimp, but couldn't get motivated to find them in the garage freezer, so I added mushrooms instead. Quite tasty over penne pasta.
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Tonight was the last of the leftover wild rice with broccoli and a seared tuna steak.
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Sorry I haven’t posted for awhile (except in the Drinking thread), but I’ve been unable to post photos on BCO lately due to iOS saving them as HEIC files and not giving me a way to convert them to JPEG. (If you try to post an HEIC photo here, you get a white box with “true” in the lower left corner). So once I’m home with my actual computer (and over this rotten cold I caught in a crowded market in Jerusalem), I will try to describe as many dinners & post as many pix as I can. (Stopped photographing food & drink since the file format problem began).
I’d do it now in my Tel Aviv hotel room, but I feel lousy and have to check out in half an hour. Most of the day to kill, as my flight back to JFK isn’t till midnight. Will take a free city tour offered by the hotel (and the diamond center). Then a very light supper and crash in the lobby before I retrieve my bags and head to the airport.
Feel better, April—hope your injuries are healing. And Special, glad to see you can go through with the implant
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Chicken enchiladas and overcooked yellow rice last night. I almost always make (perfect) brown rice in the pressure cooker but it seems I haven't figured out the correct formula for other colors.
It finally feels and looks like spring here. 75° and buds popping out on trees and bushes. The bird song is loud. Wonderful.
In spite of the warm weather we're having ham and beans tonight mainly because I want cornbread.
Hey Bedo! Great to hear from you too!
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thought Id check in today, as DH is up at the farm and its quiet. LOL. This was a busy weekend though. On Friday, DH went bike riding fir the first time since he broke his neck. I held my breath the whole time.
Yesterday, DH went fishing on Lake Michigan with a friend. Mind you, it was 45 degrees on land. On the lake he wore,: boots with wool socks, lined pants, down coat, wool sweater , avitor cap and gloves. He said he was "chilled" id have been frozen stiff. However, it led to supper last night after he came home with 2 lovely filets of lake trout. Cooked it much less than normal as it was hours fresh, and he couldnt stop raving. Served it simply with butter, and a squeeze of lemon accompanied by a baked (nuked) potato and peas. Took about 15 minutes to pull it together. LOL. It was good! He also caught a 38 in muskie, but had to toss it back, no license for it yet! LOL.
Then today we went to our DD2 church as the 4k class was singing. So cute. Went to a chinese buffet nearby for lunch.
Then, he went up to the farm. Found out that someone had gotten in, so had to deal with all that. Changing locks on both houses, and trying to get keys to everyone before Turkey hunting in 10 days. Since everyone got the same week for hunting, theres going to be 8 people for turkey hunting, almost as many as deer hunting. LOL. I would have gone up with him this week, but Im still covering the arthritis water exercise class on Monday mornings for my friend who had hip surgery. Ive been doing it for 3 months now. She is doing better and soon I wont be commited to every week, and can go back to enjoying them instead of leading them, although i enjoy it. But covering Monday beats covering both Thursday and Monday, as I did for 3 weeks when the other leader went to visit DGkids in Tennessee.
Supper tonight was leftover rice from Friday, leftover peas from yesterday and onions. I snitched the steak strips that were meant for lunch tomorrow as well . LOL.
Went shopping yesterday, and noticed all the Kosher for passover food is out. All the ads on FB too. Between that and Easter things, its interesting reading. Of course, last week, it was Solstice. LOL
Much love to all.
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Moon, you sound busy and happy. It seems that dh's retirement is a good happening for you.
Sandy, sorry about the cold. Not welcome at any time but especially not during travel.
Last night's dinner was thin chicken breast fillets, sauteed cabbage and romaine salad with many additions. A quick dinner preparation.
Tonight will be a meal at Crabby Shack, which has $8 a dozen raw oysters on Monday.
We're back into Rainy Season. The outdoors is a giant greenhouse.
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Ah, Nance, I was hoping I could help with the yellow rice recipe but my Instant Pot guide to rice cooking only talks about brown, basmati, and jasmine. Hope you find the answer. I love cooking a batch of rice in the IP, makes enough for all when there are 7 of us at table or wonderful leftovers when there is just we two.
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Sounds like a lot of food and travel adventures happening with several of our posters! Enjoy!
Minus, your rosa sauce sounds delish!
I finally finished my little baking marathon.... Let it be known, I will never rise to the level of caterer! Makes me admire you and your catering abilities even more, Special! Thanks again for your helpful ideas!
The shower did seem like an “unshower" at the new “industrial style environment" brewery....clearly a party for all the young families who are DS2 and DDIL's friends and co-workers. We knew most of these young folks growing up and it was a fun “baby parade" for us oldies! There were dogs at the place, too. Hilarious! Fortunately, our party was in a separate section so no pooch vs toddler issues to contend with. DH and I are so out of the “new" social convention loop...our heads were spinning!
I must now get back into my regular schedule and clear out my “baking stuff laden" kitchen and dining room, since a friend is coming to visit tomorrow. Then we need to clear out DS2's former bedroom (of mainly my storage!) since he's coming over on Saturday to set up a crib and make the space baby friendly. Guess we will really know what it's like to finally have a “local" grandchild.
Here is a pic of the dessert table. The only item I never got to baking was one of my favorites, Mexican chocolate cookies. But amazingly everything else got done. I had to squeeze it all onto the one small table they provided.
Cutting up pieces of licorice worked well for the caterpillar “hairs", feet, etc. Monica, this could be a cute project for a birthday party for your grands. The kids all loved it.
I have absolutely no clue what we will do for dinner tonight. Hope something without freezer burn lurks in the freezer
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Wow Lacey. You did a magnificent job. I thought there was some time yet before the baby is due? What's the rush with getting the room cleaned out? Anyway it's not like they're likely to leave the little one overnight with you for the first month or so.
Moon - so glad to hear all your news. DH has had an amazing recovery.
Brunch was a pumpernickel bagel. Only one more left in the freezer. Dunch was open faced grilled cheese - Haravti on sourdough - and a bowl of Brussels sprouts, along with an ice cold, tasty Portillo Savignon Blanc from Australia. I took out a frozen dish of Laurie's Mexican Chicken for tomorrow.
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Just got done with maintenance chemo and treating myself to Hughie’s shaking beef!
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Stir fry veggies with chicken, not exciting!
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Nothing exciting here either. Leftover ham and beans and a new batch of cornbread as DH and I both were dissatisfied with last night's effort. I made cornbread sticks in an antique mold that was my dad's. Too shallow and produced an inferior product so tonight it was back to my cast iron skillet. Old reliable. DH has a "man cold", which as you all know, is ten times worse than the ones you and I get (I bet Eric doesn't get them.) So he was happy enough for the "soupiness". I did promise him sloppy Jim's (aka sloppy Joe's) tomorrow night because he's sick.
Lacey the spread is adorable, especially the caterpillar. Great job!
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I do get them
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lacey - your book and dessert table is so perfect! The caterpillar is fantastic!!! Yay for you!!!
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Eric - but are you as much of a PITA as some other men when they are sick? I agree with Nance, I can't imagine you becoming totally disabled & grumpy & out-of-hand.
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lacey so darn cute! What a lot of work.
Love to all!
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Well done, Lacey. What was the non-dessert food at the non-shower?
Dinner at Crabby Shack was most enjoyable. DH and I had a dozen raw oysters. I made my own sauce with ketchup, mayo, horseradish and hot sauce.
We shared a thin fried catfish meat with fries.
Nice to make selections instead of make decisions and prepare the meal!
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That looks like quite the "spread" Lacey. I, too, love the caterpillar.
I slow down a lot with a bad cold, but I'm not, I hope, too grumpy, cranky or giving the "I'm gonna die"
Dinner last night was a (made by Sharon) vege stir fry and rice noodles. I loved the sesame and ginger flavors. .
I've been kind of busy getting the back yard cleaned up and am also doing prep work to paint the house...
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Carole, forgot to say I hope Monty's stent placement went well. Was this new or replacement?
Monica - wow, your dh's recovery is amazing! So happy for you!
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Thanks, Nance. DH's stent placement was a new one and so far it seems to have well.
Dinner last night was stir-fried pork, orange bell pepper and broccoli with soba noodles and the sweet/spicy sauce that I have made a number of times. The meal was good but everything was a bit too cooked. The soba noodles were a different brand and the other ingredients sat a bit too long waiting for the noodles to join them.
I'm having lunch with a couple of friends today at Ceasar's Italian Restaurant where I had a wonderful meal some weeks back.
Dinner will probably feature shrimp.
Joyce, I am working on using up the contents of my freezers, too.
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Fantastic spread (especially the Very Hungry Caterpillar cake), Pat!
Cold is resolving. The lower leg & ankle edema (from 16 hrs. of flying) is too, albeit slowly enough that Bob insisted I see my primary about it this a.m, rather than keep my mani-pedi appt. Because I was in the same shoes & socks from Sun. morning in Israel till I got home Mon. aft., I developed two ginormous blisters over my L bunion & toe calluses. My primary's P.A. noted that I seemed to be on the mend, so to keep taking Lasix for a week and ratchet sodium intake down to 3000mg. (Those Israeli hotel breakfasts were loaded with salt: smoked fish, cheeses, taramosalata, pickles, etc.). Did keep the nail appt. afterward, but the nail tech refused to do my regular spa pedicure lest the blisters pop--so she just trimmed my toenails and did a polish change. Will have to let the blister bandages fall off on their own sweet time.
Dinner Mon. night was Bob's leftover penne marinara (which I spiked with a little pecorino Romano and fresh basil); last night was freezer-foraging (a panino made with prosciutto, provolone & veggies; then later the last two Buffalo wings in the freezer). Today I stopped in to the Middle East Bakery on the way home for fresh pita, falafel, hummus, babaghanoush, eggplant caponata, tabouli salad and a couple of hand pies (one meat, the other broccoli & cheese for Bob, who's doing Lent, should he feel peckish when he gets home late tonight). I had 3 falafel, a pita, and an assortment of the cold spreads for lunch; will have the meat hand pie for dinner.
Sorry I was unable to post photos after arriving in Israel (the iPad & phone auto-updated to iOS 12.2 and wouldn't let me convert HEIC file format pix to JPEGs the way I can on a computer). Will try now.
My last night in Tel Aviv (just before heading to the airport) was at Nomi, the hotel's cutting-edge kosher molecular gastronomy restaurant (closed from Fri. night to Sun. morning). Here's a pic of the dish I had, a large appetizer called "Steak & Eggs:" huge free range veal filet mignon atop a brioche round sprinkled with smoked goose crumbles, surrounded by arugula foam, topped with a perfectly poached (runny-yolk) egg whose white was actually ethereally frothy. Can't figure out how: liquid nitrogen would be too cold; and even sous-vide would have broken down the froth. Asked the waiter, who replied the chef could tell me but then he'd have to kill me. The dish was preceded by a breadbasket featuring a spelt-sourdough baguette and two spreads: babaghanoush and Romesco:
Fading fast--still jet-lagged--but will elaborate later on all the other good stuff I had in Amsterdam, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, including a market visit in both Israeli cities.
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Wow, Sandy, that is the coolest “Steak and Eggs” I have ever laid my eyes upon!
Thanks everyone for your appreciation of the book ‘n dessert table. I would have preferred to have more space to arrange the books behind each individual dessert item, but perfection aside, I was glad it all worked out,...and am still putting baking things away four days later!
Carole, you are right about the thin and fit thirty-somethings at the party, but they all managed to have some dessert, and with my encouragement, took some home. Interestingly, many of the kids were eager to scarf down watermelon over baked goods...a good sign for their future food habits and health. BTW, Carole, the food served was a barbecue style buffet, with pulled pork, chicken, mac and cheese, salad, corn bread, and things I can’t remember because I passed right over them. ;/
Last night’s dinner was a thrown together last minute effort including an Alessi chicken soup, an Indian eggplant dish from a shelf stable bag that I’d bought for just this type of throw together meal. I put that over farro. I made a cuke, red pepper, marinated artichoke and red onion salad for some fresh ingredients!
Today I made it to the grocery store for the first time in a while...and didn’t have to rush to the baking aisle....Yay! I got some salmon fillets for dinner and also picked up a tasty sounding frozen Sicilian pizza thinking we would be prepared for another “throw rogether meal” in the future. Unfortunately, the pizza didn’t fit into the narrow freezer shelf. DH decided we should have it tonight. So I sauteed a lot of portabello mushrooms, vidalia onions and red peppers for a topping and we had that pizza with a salad. Tomorrow the salmon will get my attention for dinner with asparagus and salad as sides.
Yesterday, a friend came for coffee and brought her just baked WW two-ingredient bagels topped with Trader Joe’s “Everything Topping” for bagels (?). They were delicious! Apparently they are only two or three WW points, made with self-rising flour and fat-free plain Greek yogurt.
Carole, did I miss reading about your DH having a stent procedure? Am glad to hear that he is doing well.
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When I arrived at Ceasar's Ristorante at noon yesterday, there was a notice on the door saying they weren't open for lunch until future notice, but I could see my two friends through the glass door. Ceasar and his wife were there and offered to serve the three of us lunch. So we had the dining room to ourselves! The couple are having problems with keeping employees. There are so many restaurants on the Northshore now that restaurant workers are in demand.
I had veal piccata with a side of linguine. Very lemony and good but not as good as the salmon I had at the last lunch at Ceasar's.
Dinner was a shrimp salad with a romaine salad, on a dinner plate. Quite good.
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Wow Sandy, good eats indeed!
The stent my dad had on his leg made a world of difference for him. Hope your DH does as well Carole.
I had a doc appt. In the city today, so stopped at a local bbq joint and picked yup some smoked baby back ribs for dinner. I'll make some garlicky cole slaw and a couple of ears of early Florida corn to go with them. The temp is 78° wonderful degrees right now and due to drop into the 30s overnight. Geez Louise!
My doc drew blood to see if I have Sjogren's syndrome causing my relentless dry eyes. I'm curious to find out. It would be a relief to actually find a cause.
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We had meatloaf and baked potatoes last night. The meatloaf was delicious but the potatoes weren't cooked quite enough. Should have finished them in the microwave but didn't.
Dreading today. I announced to the world that I was doing yard work.
Big catastrophe this morning. Rudely awakened by loud cursing in the kitchen. The world has come to an end variety of cussing. I had neglected to put the liner in the coffee section of the coffee maker. Coffee grounds everywhere.
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carole - sorry about the coffee-tastrophie, if it makes you feel better a couple of weeks ago I put the filter in but forgot the actual coffee so DH (he is up and out to work at 5:45 and I am still asleep) got some excellent plain hot water instead of coffee. Being a quick thinking individual, he added instant espresso granules and went off on his way!
I have not really cooked this week - DH has been working late, and busy through the day, so has eaten his lunch at 3 or 4 in the afternoon and not wanted dinner. The good news is that he has let me know in advance that I am off the hook for dinner. Due to the oral surgery of last week I have been eating odd things anyway, so it has worked out. Had the post-op yesterday and all looks good. I have to wait 6 months for the crown portion, but I am glad things have progressed with no surprises!
joyce - it is hot early, right? I am hosting a bridal shower two weeks from tomorrow and had hoped to be able to open my sliders to the pool enclosure and lanai, but it may be too hot for that!
chisandy - glad you're home and sorry about your feet! Do you wear compression on your lower legs when you fly? Since I have had endovenous laser ablation bi-lat I wear tights under my leggings and double my aspirin, per the vascular surgeon. Of course, I am also wearing bi-lat lymphedema sleeves and gauntlets and Invisalign trays in my mouth - I am compressed from all sides, lol! Accounts for some crankiness upon landing...
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Yike, Special - as if flying wasn't already no fun!
Oh Carole, how awful and so easily something I would do. I got an early morning "no coffee yet" glare this week for failing to turn on the auto timer. DH had to wait 5 whole minutes for his first cup. Most of the coffee mishaps here are my doing. We use a cuisinart that has a coffee reservoir instead of a pot. More than once I have set up coffee for the next morning and failed to empty the old coffee from the reservoir. The result is an overflowing coffee maker when the new water comes in. What a mess. I feel your pain.
Tonight is probably pizza night. Whether that is homemade, frozen or carry out remains to be seen.
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Saw the doc's P.A. on Wed. a.m., and she reassured me I have neither DVT, kidney malfunction nor heart failure. Still some swelling, but slowly abating, and I am to stay on Lasix BID and sodium restriction till next Wed. She wants me wearing compression stockings from now on for all flights >2-3 hrs., which I'd previously tried but they never fit and really hurt my bunions & helped cause ingrown toenails. So I found some with open toes, as well as donning & doffing aids. But I laid down the law to Bob--on any flight longer than 5 hrs. (especially red-eyes) I must fly business class in order to be able to fully stretch out if not actually sleep. He grudgingly accepts "premium economy" but has been fine with flying "steerage," even trans/intercontinentally--he says he was fine flying coach to Tokyo & from Hong Kong back in '94. (We'll see how well HIS legs do, now that he's pushing 70). He still has the mindset that flyer miles are best used for free flights or conversion to restaurant gift cards, rather than upgrades. It's a remnant of the "that's above our station in life" mentality his parents drummed into him.
Last night I had some tabbouleh salad and a couple of mini-sandwiches (porchetta & roast beef) on rye. Tonight is the temple's "Share-a-Shabbat" early dinner & service, which I normally don't attend but this time is part of our cantor's 25th-anniv. "Legacy Weekend." These affairs are usually buffets of consomme, salad, green beans, spuds, carrots and roast chicken, plus assorted cookies & fruit (and weak decaf) for dessert. The rest of the weekend celebrations are either at the wrong time (a.m. service & Oneg Shabbat, Sun. aft. cabaret) or too expensive (tom'w night cocktail party at $1000/head).
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No coffee disasters this morning.
Last night was a country meal. Pork steak and speckled butter beans. DH and I both like the butter beans.
SpecialK, have to laugh at your flight compression. Sandy, glad to hear that nothing serious caused your swelling. I have flight reservations with Southwest for my July trip back to Louisiana. DH and I are wondering if the Boeing woes will affect the flight. Southwest uses the plane that has been banned from service.
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