So...whats for dinner?
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Magari - hope all goes well at the surgeon's appointment. Please do let us know. And I'm sure you know - just take it easy.
Lacey - ohhhhhh SEES. An excellent reason for paying for the plane fare to California.
Hard to believe summer is half over. And Lacey talking about warmer clothes & Carole sitting around in a sweat shirt. Hopefully Eric is enjoying cooler weather in Oregon. It actually was cooler here yesterday. Only 95.
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Magari, I also hope everything goes well with your appt today, and that lunch at the new restaurant is as good as the hype! Do keep us posted....on both!
Minus, I obviously took a page from the “not a good diet week” book yesterday, once we arrived on the island. Our hostess/friend who is usually a devout WW point follower, must just wait for our arrival to toss that regimen away! She knows we enjoy food. So as soon as we arrived yesterday, she shuttled us off to our favorite fish store where we picked up lobster rolls (the kind with melted butter, not mayo) and DH also ordered clam chowder for lunch. Since we had raced out of our house really early to get to the Cape to catch the ferry, I never even had coffee or any food, so I would have to say this was my first lobster roll breakfast! Not sure how I feel about that...but it was delish.
For dinner, we went to this lovely small restaurant, the Little Cottage Cafe, where I just had an assorted greens salad with pecans and goat cheese and a bowl of clam chowder, despite the many other wonderful looking offerings. The salad could have had a tangy-er dressing but the chowder was great! DH had their delicious lamb burger which had eggplant and lettuce/tomato and a white cheese sauce of some kind that looked messy, but he reports was delicious. Our friend had a watermelon and arugula salad and chowder also.
After the play we saw, DH could not let the evening end without heading to “Back Door Donuts” in Oak Bluffs, where we dutifully stood in the parking lot line for 20 minutes to order our sinful carb treats! Remember, my DH is the “bone on bone” hip sufferer (awaiting replacement surgery) who can barely walk fifty paces, or stand for long! He really pushed his limits for these donuts! LOL
So this is how we grossly ended our “grande bouffe” day...
The apple fritters were amazing...and still warm and the other favorite is the bacon maple donut. Supporting cast there were buttercrunch, raspberry filled, and cider cinnamon. Not sure I can look at these again today. Tonight we will dine at an Inn with a highly recommended prix fix menu. Our friend selected the spot as it holds memories of happy days with her husband.
Just in case we haven't reached the point of exploding by tomorrow, we are zooming back on the ferry, driving home, doing the quick change act, then driving into Boston to have dinner at Babbo (whose founder shall remain nameless) with DS2, DDIL2 and her parents, who are here to visit their new grandchild. I will be happy to fast after this week.....and to SLOW DOWN.
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En route to my orthodontist yesterday, I saw to my chagrin that Do-Rite Donuts has opened across Addison St. from Wrigley Field. Due to its inconvenient (Loop & W. Loop aka Restaurant Row) locations and inconvenient hours (only the W. Loop store is open past 3pm, and by late evening it runs out of the best ones), it was the most elusive quarry on my Donut Quest. Now that they are ultra no-nos for me (two bites can set my diet back by a couple of days)....
About said orthodontist: aligner "tray" #7 is now my temporary retainer! I can take it out more often to eat or drink, and leave it out longer (like for home-whitening my teeth), I needn't worry about staining it or damaging it from hot-ish beverages--just suck hard on it and rinse several times with ice water. Had some more "equilibration" done to even out my two upper central incisors, and some polishing. My retainers (Vivera, set of 4) should be ready in a couple of weeks. They're thicker harder plastic and stain-and-heat-proof--the supply of 4 should last 3 years.
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Was near Redding, CA last night and now about 100 miles north of San Francisco on the aPacific Coast Hwy. The internet is nearly non existent, so I don't know if this will post
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Ah... Eureka, Mendocino, the Russian River Valley, Bodega Bay, Muir Woods (going south of course) I am so jealous. Hope you're eating some Dungness Crab for me.
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And drinking some wine...
Edited to add - or a beer!
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White chicken chili from one of Holly Clegg's cookbooks ("Cooking for Arthritis " I think) was on the menu tonight. I put it in the crockpot to be even easier. Pretty tasty over store bought mini-cornbread loaves!
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Last night's dinner was a pork steak and fresh corn cut off the cob and sautéed in butter.
Tonight will be dinner with the couples golf group at a Mexican restaurant.
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Last night was leftovers: chicken with vegs and dinner rolls (from my ladies' night out meal Tues) for DH and potato salad, corn on the cob and honeydew melon for me. Not real exciting but the refrigerator is looking less crowded!
Eric, enjoying your travelogues. What a wonderful trip, thanks for sharing.
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Cooking a pot of Anasazi beans w/onions, celery & some leftover ham. They are so much sweeter than any other bean I've tasted. Will likely eat them with a couple of flour tortillas. I'm sure they probably have as many or more calories as bread but when I just warm them in the microwave, they feel so much thinner.
Going to baby-sit my 3 year old grand-niece tomorrow afternoon so my nephew & his wife can go see The Farewell. I sure wish they'd figure out some regular baby sitters so I could take them both.
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Tonight's star - fresh peach pie
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Tonight's star - fresh peach pie
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Nance, and what a star! Looks yummy. A favorite memory is my mother's warm peach pie.
We are having fish and chips with roasted vegs (cauliflower, carrots, red bell pepper), a one oven dinner and thank goodness for air conditioning!
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Oh, Nance! Envying your DH right now...YUM! 😉
Our dinner at The Outermost Inn the last night on MV was totally delightful, if bank account breaking. This inn is very big on good service, and the setting is just so lovely that it is worth the expense...once in a blue moon! We enjoyed a glass of wine on the back lawn that sits over a huge meadow where there is a distant osprey nest, and lots of beautiful birds, deer and other local wildlife that make intermittent appearances. Beyond the trees the ocean peeps through. The dining room looks over the same setting, so our enjoyment of that scene and a magnificent sunset continued through dinner. The food was just wonderful...and not huge portions which we appreciated! I had the scallop app, and the filet mignon entree. Both were absolutely delicious! I chose Panna Cotta for dessert, which was a bit less wonderful than the other courses. But all in all, it was a true dining experience which we all loved!
So yesterday we ferried from MV and drove home before heading into Boston to meet DDS2 and crew for dinner. Every restaurant in the waaaaaay overdeveloped Seaport district is teaming with young professionals, so we shared space at Babbo with many of them. DDS2 suggested we order some pizza for an app to share, then individual entrees. We had a four cheese pizza as well as a fig and arugula one. I tried that...and was disappointed since it had way too much fig spread all over the pizza. For my entree I had salmon over a flavorful array of green peas, onions, and beans. It was pretty tasty, and I took half home. DH had a bolognese with linguini which he liked.
Tonight, since today I totally avoided going to the food store to fill our mostly empty fridge, we had a “mature" romaine lettuce salad and another version of my little ears pasta salad. Every time I make this pasta salad, I enjoy adding new ingredients. We both enjoyed it.
DH is dying to head to the Red Sox/Yankee fourth game of the series, tomorrow, since we are actually home for a change, so we are going to eat “dinner" there. Of course since the Sox won three games in this series so far we may well be watching a losing effort...unless the pin stripe guys are just tired. I'm hoping I can find something healthful to eat at the ballpark.
Pix from Thursday dinner at Outermost Inn. This place is owned and run by James Taylor's brother and wife, which makes it a popular spot on the Vineyard...for special occasions, I would say.
The filet pic looks pretty awful, but it was amazingly perfect!
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Pies, scallops and steak, oh my. Looks great!
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That filet looks huge and delicious. DH would love it as it's his favorite steak.
Although I'm not a huge fan of cooked peaches (love them fresh), the pie was tasty. DH, however loved it. I would much prefer blackberry if I could find some around here. Dinner was actually a blast from the past - mostaccioli with a meat sauce.
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Pie......mmmm......
Yesterday was a win-some, lose-some food day. Our friends came in from Colorado Springs, and we made our way down to the Loop via CTA Red Line train to catch a Grant Park Symphony concert in Millennium Park. We ate a late lunch (for us, early dinner for them) across Michigan Ave at the Gage gastropub. The four of us shared two portions of mussels in white wine broth with fennel and Fresno chiles (much milder when cooked). It took all the discipline I could muster not to eat any of those artisanal bread "croutons." Bob & I had a kale-arugula salad, and our friends had coconut curry with sea scallops over jasmine rice. That was the upside.
After the concert (which was lovely--Dvorak's 7th in Dm), we hung around the park--taking selfies in front of "the Bean" and watching the portrait fountain wall change expressions and then spit out streams of water, delighting the little kids--one of them on a disability scooter--splashing around in it. (Chicago parks are not just iconic but very accessible). I was feeling kind of "twinkly" (dehydrated from sitting out in the early evening sun) so we went to Panera for some soft drinks until it was time to head to the Signature Room atop the Hancock for our dinner reservation. Perfect timing--we were seated right away, Bob & I were quite hungry, and the a la carte menu looked great.
And then we noticed it at the bottom of the page: "Each guest must order at least one full entree." (We'd always gone for Sunday brunch, Thanksgiving dinner, or a private party, so were totally unaware--and OpenTable didn't mention it). Our friends were not hungry enough for that--and even though it was already 10 pm, the waiter would not relent and let us order two entrees, two apps and one dessert. So we were banished upstairs to the 96th floor Signature Lounge--still a great view, but extremely noisy (especially at one table where one millennial patron would shriek every time she laughed). The bar food menu was way overpriced, extremely limited and carby as all get-out, except for a ho-hum hummus plate (the hummus I ate at home the night before was awesome) and a "raw bar for 2," consisting of a pound of crab legs, four oysters, six shrimp and (supposedly) "half a Maine lobster." As to our friends, he doesn't like raw oysters and she only wanted dessert--so we ordered the dessert of her choice (there were only 3, neither of which she liked) and split the raw bar 3 ways--Bob & I had the oysters, and we were able to each have a crab leg and two shrimp. But the "half a Maine lobster?" All we saw was half a tiny tail. Lifted it up and saw one tiny claw. So our friend had the claw and we divided the tail three ways.
The only time we'd previously been to the Lounge was to wait for our brunch table to be ready--it was quiet, there were free croissants & coffee and flavored fruit waters. So now we know to beware of bars popular with drunken millennial tourists at night.
Tonight Bob got home in time for dinner and we had two wine-pairing dinners' worth of wines to pick up, so we drove to Cellars (too hot to walk, no way to get 2 cases of wine home on foot). Bob had a salad and cavatappi Bolognese; I had a Caesar (no croutons) and half a roast chicken (no gravy) and peas. Took half of it home (the entree, that is--I wolfed down the salad).
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Two nights ago we were in Grizley Creek Redwoods State Park near Carlotta, California and got quite a view of the old growth redwood trees and of the license plate on our trailer...it was over 100 miles (California Hwy 36) of narrow and incredibly twisty road. :-)
Last night and the night before was in the town of Caspar, California, right on the beach. Dinner was Vege burgers, along with locally grown corn, black berries and peaches (farmers' market).
We got up this morning and visited the last working manual Morse code maritime radio shore station (http://www.radiomarine.org) in Pt Reyes and Bolinas, CA (near San Francisco). We were there for about 6 hours. The Pacific Coast Highway is also quite twisty and narrow.
Saturday, near a large metropolitan area during hot weather, there were no available campground spaces, so we are in a hotel in Morgan Hill, California....the first hotel since we started the trip. Dinner tonight was a soda and bag of potato chips.
Oh, we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and we got to pull the trailer through downtown San Francisco with a full suite of road construction projects.
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Nance, the filet was actually not large at all....just right for me after our two previous day eating fest. This is how it was presented on their menu: Espresso rubbed filet mignon over white chocolate parsnip puree, mushroom, lacinato kale, rosemary beef jus. It was really one of the best steak meals I've ever had, which was nice since I rarely eat red meat.
Eric, your trip has been so enjoyable to follow! Tho expecting to have my eyes glaze over at the mention of the Morse code station, I dutifully clicked on the radiomarine link.
Coincidentally enough, the mention of the heavy lead 1950's RCA transmitters piqued my interest since those dinosaurian products were likely developed in my father's communication division at RCA. He was originally an electrical engineer, turned business exec, spending most of his career on development and marketing of communication devices (especially marine to shore) at RCA. I always experience a heart smile when I see or hear of old RCA products. Admittedly, my eyes did glaze over as they scanned the technical portion of the Radio Maritime Historical Society news. But I enjoyed the Who We Are passage. Am guessing yu and Sharon might be sporting new MRHS tee shirts or coffee mugs? 😉 Thanks for sharing the info about a place most people aren't aware exists, as well as a very unique historical society.
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Tonight will be fish tacos. I made a picco de gallo, trying to replicate my neighbor's. The fish will be thawed crappie fillets, a gift from Greg, another neighbor. I will warm the whole wheat tortillas and slice up an avocado. Oh, and make a cole slaw of angel hair cabbage, olive oil and fresh lime juice.
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We're going to Five Guys. Could kill for a burger right now.
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We had lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant so dinner was light-- grilled salmon on mixed greens with blueberries and fresh peach with lemon infused oil and blueberry infused balsamic vinegar.
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Had this wonderful Dole Premium salad again - Spinach Miso Crunch. It has baby spinach, baby red chard, carrots, cashews, sliced almonds, wonton strips & Japanese Miso Dressing. I usually get 2 meals out of most salad bags or kits, but this is so delicious I ate the whole thing. The side was 4 Waverley Wafers.
I didn't end up baby-sitting my grand niece. They had problems with their upstairs A/C and a friend who repairs units was coming "off the clock" today to take a look. Maybe next Sunday.
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It was Bob's day off so we went down to the Gold Coast so he could get a haircut from his favorite barber at an old-fashioned British-style barbershop (Merchant Rhoads, formerly Truefitt & Hill). Dragged him into UntuckIt to get a couple of casual shirts that fit him and don't need to be tucked. We then went to Gibson's steakhouse. Had 3 kinds of oysters: NB, WA and (my faves) Fanny Bay from BC. Tossed salad (meh) and I nicked a bit of his "loaded wedge salad" (the bacon & blue cheese are keto-friendly). Had a grass-fed Aussie strip steak & grilled broccolini, half of which we took home (he had a large filet, of which he too had half). Dinner just now was the leftover roast chicken breast & peas from last night's dinner out. I am not a fan of chicken breast, but this one wasn't dry.
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Lacy, sorry about the loss of your brother, and the mess that was supposed to be a comforting memorial. But watching grandies is the best!
Nance, unrealistic expectations of size and price seem to be the norm for househunters now. I know my kids cant even believe when we bought our house in 1982 that interest rate of 13 percent was normal. LOL and Im glad your catarsct surgery went well. Its very strange to not need glasses to see, but put them on to read. The total oposite of more than 50 years of wearing glasses!
Carol, Congrats on 50! Thats amazing. We are behind you 4 years, or will be in October.
Chi, zo happy your teeth problems are working out. Smile!
Eric, mu DH would have been as happy asSharon at EBR. LOL
I hadcooked a lot last week and this werjend, as we had 3 little ones 2 days, and 1 for the weekend. So mac and cheese, rice and chicken, avacados for DGD2. DGD1 decided she doesnt like them anymore. So I had to send 4 home with DGD2, as DH and I do not t like them. LOL
Tonite was a quick stir fry with plain rice to use up what ever I could reach in the fridge, since it was full of many leftovers.
Closing out now with 2 pagez to catch up with, so I dont loose what I have so far. Much love
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Happy BD, Nance!
Lacey we are the some of Older people in our neighbirhood, that our neighborhood worries about. LOL. Most of the neighbors are around 50 and have kids in HS or just started college. 1 other couple, and the neighbor right next to us are all older by 20 years, except for me, but I get a pass due to my cane. LOL. I do turn 65 tbough, this Sept.
I dont think ive said hello to Godisone, Magaro, and Reader45. So Hey! Glad to meet you.
Ok, time to pist this and read last page
Much love
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Leftover steak & broccolini. Even so, couldn't finish it all (said "uncle" after 4 oz.) so that'll be tomorrow night's meal too. (And there's still Bob's leftover filet).
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orange chicken with brown rice and leftover roasted vegetables tonight. DGD2 is here for a couple of nights before a 9 am flight overseas tomorrow and orange chicken is a favorite of hers. She's between a summer job, a visit with her parents and a return to college.
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Hello all! Thanks for the welcome Moonflwr! I enjoy reading cookbooks and this thread is kind of like that. ChiSandy you made me want oysters! Its been awhile since I've had good ones.
Tonight I met up with a dear friend for dinner and had a wonderful shredded chicken pecan salad with peanut sauce and a lime vinaigrette. Yum! I felt so diet-obedient too. Except I came home and had 3 cookies and a bowl of low sodium chips. At least they were low sodium! 🤣
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Lunch was a banana. Supper was sliced Gouda Cheese fingers, wheat thins, and cubes of fresh canteloupe. Served with a large glass of delicious 50/50 French Grenache/Syrah. Because I needed more salt after running around all day in our heat, desert was 1/2 a cup of Spanish Peanuts.
Oh Bedo - where are you when I need you to balance my strange meals. Hope you are doing OK.
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