So...whats for dinner?
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Tonight is herbed roast pork, au gratin potatoes, and a salad with avocado, since I have ripe ones!
I have been cooking and freezing things for DH as I will be visiting my BFF in Cali for a week, yay! I am spending my birthday with her (carole’s departur day, lol!) and we are going to see Hamilton in San Francisco and have a special dinner. Since DD will be gone for work, which makes him take on pet duty too, I want to make it easy for him. The freezer is stacked with prepped stuff - mostly protein and pasta items.
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Whole roast chicken on the grill with buttered noodles and broccoli as sides tonight. Since it's a giant chicken, I'm sure there will be plenty for leftovers or repurposed for other supper dishes.
Carole, I'll be looking for you to wave as you pass my house on your way home.
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I started to make this mushroom pasta dish from Bon Appetit
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/creamy-pasta-with-crispy-mushrooms?mbid=synd_yahoo_rss
but somehow ended up adding leftover rotisserie chicken & then brandy because I had no pasta water, and then serving it over 1/2 a baked potato. Used to be I would only follow a recipe exactly. I'm grateful to Lacey & Nance & Special & Carole and others on this thread for teaching me to be more adventurous and dare to make changes. When I make the dish with pasta, I will be adding green peas. And I will probably add some red pepper flakes.
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I had been adjusting recipes to suit what was available in the pantry and freezer, and then when Sharon decided to try veganism, I kind of took a step back and followed recipes very closely. Now we are both back to "a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and and lot of ....." for the vegan recipes.
My MIL and her three sisters are getting together in Ohio and she didn't feel she could get fly (and cart luggage) by herself, so Sharon and I are "escorting" her there. They're all in their late 70s and 80s, so everyone wanted to get together "before it's too late".About three weeks after the travel plans were set, the youngest sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, so now everyone is even more determined to get to Ohio. The diagnosis is only a few days old, so she is in the anxiously waiting time.
The day we get back from Ohio, we will be loading up our backpacks into the car and going to the Grand Canyon. I've got a 3-4 day engineering project in the Grand Canyon. Since it's best to have more than one person going along, Sharon gets to go along too, so we will have a 3-4 day "walk-work" backpack across the Grand Canyon. I feel like Brer Rabbit.
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Too early for full dinner before temple last night, too late to cook or eat anything heavy after returning from services, so I held over the grass-fed ribeye to grill tonight, along with asparagus and half a small garnet yam.
Today & tomorrow will be the last warm (albeit sticky) days of the year; chilly rain on & off through next Sat. Hoping the electrician can get 2 dry days in a row to run the new supply line & conduit from the house to the garage. So far, it hasn't shorted out in the rain, despite the trench being open. He couldn't work today & tomorrow because it's Rosh Hashonah. Bob is ticked off, because he works on the High Holy Days; but he isn't Jewish and no Catholic holidays forbid working; and as a doctor even if he were Jewish, the "mitzvah" to protect or save a life takes precedence over all other commandments. Electricians & repairmen don't get that religious "free pass."
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Tonight's the first night I've done any cooking since DH and I returned from a trip last week with runny noses and a cough (pcp today ascertained it is not bronchitis, thank goodness). Fixed yet another version of my layered enchilada casserole using what was on hand-- rotisserie chicken, bell peppers, onion, refried and black beans, tex-mex enchilada sauce, corn tortillas and shredded Mexican cheese. No pics yet as it still in the oven!
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Tonight was Crispy Parmesan Chicken with Couscous and roasted carrots.
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Tonight was baked Rockfish from the Chesapeake bay (lemon, tomato, onion, garlic, Italian and old bay seasonings) wrapped in a foil packet, mashed potatos and a mixed green salad. Fish was somewhat bland to my taste but my DH is low sodium so that's that. He said 'tartar sauce makes everything better.' What was fun was he caught the fish back in season. 🛥⛵🐟🦀
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Tonight was grilled grass-fed ribeye (ate half of it), baked sweet potato (ate half of a small one) and broccolini.
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Sandy are you doing a keto or modified keto plan? If so is there a book you would recommend to get started?
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It's modified keto, formulated by the bariatric program at NorthShore Skokie Hospital. Unlimited animal proteins (preferably 4-6 oz. or up to 3 eggs per meal), healthy fats (nuts, olives, avocados, olive oil), cheese, unsweetened almond milk, sauerkraut, leafy green veggies. Small amounts of butter and no-sugar bacon & charcuterie. Moderate amts (2 c. per meal) of other non-starchy green/white/yellow veg & bell pepper, and up to 1 c. tomatoes, winter squash, red bell pepper, peas or carrots (these latter veg, which Weight Watchers used to call "#4" and mandated one serving/day, are optional). Moderate amts. of hummus & babaghannouj, also optional; One "healthy carb" 3-7 days/wk (very high-fiber low carb bread, sweet potato, up to 1/2 c. quinoa, plain full-fat dairy such as milk, cream, Greek yogurt; no-flour falafel; steel-cut oats, berries, citrus and melon other than watermelon). Occasional Quest brand frozen cauliflower-crust pizza (other brands add too much starch). Moderate amts of dry wine or hard liquor. No sweeteners except stevia, xylitol, or monkfruit crystals. Unlimited black coffee & tea; 8 cups of water or seltzer per day. No grain products (except for those mentioned): no bread, rolls, cookies, cake, pastries, dry cereala, crackers (but "Flackers" 100% flax-seed crackers are ok), corn, cornstarch, flour (other than coconut or almond), rice or pasta (except for no-carb shirataki). No chips (but pork rinds are ok). No potatoes other than sweet potatoes. No ice cream or sorbet. The (very) occasional sugar-free Jello or no-sugar-added frozen coconut milk dessert is also OK. And up to a 2" square of chocolate (>72% cocoa solids) per day.
Blessedly, no peeing on a test strip to determine ketosis. Full keto (which I was also offered, the third option being a meal-replacement program) requires that, but makes you feel awful the first week.
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Last night was leftover chicken and sausage gumbo and brown rice.
Tonight we plan to go out to dinner with neighbor John, who proposed the outing. He suggested Chicken Shack in Dorset, the only restaurant open now in that small village so popular with diners during the summer.
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sandy thank you for the info and details. I appreciate it.
Carole that gumbo sounds yummy!
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Oh my - all your meals sound & look wonderful. I'm on clear liquids before my colonoscopy tomorrow.
Carole - I saw on another thread you might be heading home this weekend. I'm sure you're ready. Even though it's still in the 90's here, we had a breath of wind yesterday that 'felt like' fall. I know, totally non-rational, but it got down to a LOW of 78 last night.
Illiemae - hope you'll post here too about the bus trip event for your best friend's B-day. Where are you going to eat?
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Best of luck tomorrow Minus, I don't envy your prep.
Last night was an uninspired grilled angus patty (sans bun), green beans and potatoes and cole slaw. Carole, the gumbo sounds good, so I think I may use the leftover chicken carcass to make the base for that. I have sausage and shrimp too. Today is supposed to break a heat record here, so perhaps I should wait until tomorrow when the high is supposed to be in the 60s. That puts me back to wondering, what's for dinner?
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Minus, I’ll definitely post here too. We’re going to Bravery Chef Hall. I’ve never been there but it seems to be a high end foot court and there’s five restaurants in a shared dinning area, so many options 😋
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Chicken, a side dish and salad
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Thanks for the input on gluten and dairy free products, Special. Your trip sounds wonderful! Have a great girlfriend week!
Since we are a gluten-full and dairy- full kitchen here, (so far!) I found making these meals quite the culinary education! Turns out the woman who needed them had to change the “delivery date” to last night, so I prepped some meals over the weekend, the wrapped it up yesterday.
In the end, I made turkey meatballs (with gluten free oats) for her freezer, my kale soup packaged in Talenti containers for her freezer, and for last night’s dinner, an interesting Mediterranean chicken (with a white sauce that included coconut milk and sundried tomatoes) served over gluten free pasta; also a side garden salad and a gluten/dairy free apple crisp for dessert. We also had the chicken dish and salad for our dinner. Not a real fan of the gluten free pasta (either the corn based or the red lentil one), but a strong sauce certainly does a nice job of helping it taste better. That assessment is from someone who is just fine with gluten and dairy. I’m sure if I had celiac, I’d adapt my tastebuds pronto!
Our little grandbaby, sadly, has some persistent digestive issues, so who knows what will happen as she transitions from her eating purely prescription formula to more solid foods over the next few months. I may be learning a lot more about adaptive diets!
DH is at a business dinner tonight, so I enjoyed a small meal....a nice bowl of kale soup with some Trader’s rosemary Italian style crackers. Topped it off with some chocolate covered dried cherries since I found a bag of them while looking for something in the pantry. Not sure when I even put them there...but a fun serendipity!
Enjoy your ride home, Carole!
Minus, I’m glad you’ve decided to join the “recipe rogue” crew! LOL
Guess which sport’s season is about to start?! I was tickled when DS2 sent this pic from their visit to a craft fair where itwas too sunny for his little sweetie’s still bald head.
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What a cutie, Lacey. Sorry about the digestive issues. I don't envy you the preparation of food with specialized ingredients.
Our departure plans have changed back to the original. We will head to IL next Wed. and visit dh's brother in north Aurora and then his sister in Decatur. Then.....home. Although my brother in Oklahoma is lobbying for a visit, too.
DH suggested we go for a leaf peeping drive yesterday since the weather was cool but partly sunny. It turned out to be a great idea. We even drove some unpaved roads, one that took us into a game refuge forest. The most common leaf color is yellow but my favorite is a vibrant orange. There isn't as much vivid red as in New England. We stopped in Bemidji for lunch and ate at an Italian restaurant, TuttiBene, which means All Good. It's upscale for the area. We both had Turkey Avocado Panini, which was tasty but very rich. There was a small side of roasted potato chunks. I kept using my napkin to wipe the olive oil off my hands.
This lunch served as dinner, too. We had some mixed nuts with our old-fashion cocktail and no evening meal. The dinner out with John is tonight, not last night. I'm not gung ho on the Chicken Shack, but he seems to like it.
I need to use up the meats in the freezer and food in the refrigerator. If anything is left, I will gift it to Hugh, another neighbor who lives in one of the two condos here at the resort. I will pack up some of the pantry supplies and take them home. Our small cargo trailer is parked outside.
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Lacey, she is a doll!
Caro!e, safe travels. The weather is supposed to change this weekend so hope that works on your favor. We're looking forward to highs in the 80s instead of the high 90s.
We did not not want enchilada casserole for the third night in a row so had salmon burgers, peas, sliced fresh tomato with balsamic, basil and mozzarella.
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I enjoyed my salad from the salad bar last night at the Chicken Shack. One bin held iceburg lettuce and another held nice salad greens. The blue cheese dressing would have made wood chips taste good. I had two pieces of dark meat broasted chicken and steamed veggies. The veggies were frozen and tasted like steamed frozen veggies. The chicken was good. I brought one piece home.
DH had hamburger steak. Cannot imagine ordering hamburger steak at a restaurant. His side was potatoes au gratin.
Tonight will probably be beef stroganoff. I may cook the beef in the multi-cooker. Reminder to self: Take the beef cubes out of freezer!
This will probably be our last dinner out with John for the summer. Summer? It was in the 40's this morning.
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Roasted chicken carcass in the pressure cooker to make stock for chicken and sausage gumbo tonight. I'll probably throw a couple of shrimp in my portion. Side will be cole slaw and a hunk of baguette. Only 60° here today, so I think it will be good to have the gumbo.
Saturday is DH's birthday. His food request is a filet (meh), baked potato (yawn) and chocolate cake. Lol, he's so easy. I decided to liven it up some and bought a whole tenderloin and invited friends for dinner. I'll reverse sear the chateaubriand for dinner and save the rest for beef bourguignon. Sides will be roasted tomatoes stuffed with boursin, a twice baked potato dish and possibly haricots verts (if I can find them) because one of our friends won't eat a potato.
Minus, hope your test went ok and you are recovered.
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In Yellow Springs, OH. My MIL (mid 80s) and her three sisters are getting together here. Sharon and I are escorting her on the trip.
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Having a quick dinner tonight. Got rolls baking to go with the beef stew which is tomorrow’s dinner. First time making the dough from scratch with my mixer. Hope they come out as good as they did when I had a bread maker. Mine died from lots of usage over the time I had it.
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Made Gordon Ramsay's French-style scrambled eggs this morning: nonstick skillet (he uses a stainless steel saucepan, which is messy to clean and leaves too much behind), 3 eggs, knob of butter--all stirred vigorously with a rubber spatula. Don't even beat the eggs before putting them & the butter into the pan. Stir 30 sec. on the heat, 30 sec. off, just till you get moist, soft small curds and no runny goo. Seasoned with truffle salt & freshly ground black pepper and drizzled a little black truffle oil over it. Yum!
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Thanks Nance - no polyps so I get a pass for another 5 years. My neighbor who drove me stopped for brunch since I was starving. Ate two things I never cook at home anymore - bacon and 3 delicious pancakes - along with scrambled eggs. I ate like a lumberjack - then came home and slept for 4 hours.
Love your DH's B-day favorites. In high school & college my B-day dinner of choice was steak, macaroni with butter & chocolate cake. My Mother never forgot. Even though I moved on to other culinary realms, I still have macaroni & butter probably once a week.
Mommy - please let us know about the rolls. Different generation, but my Mother served home-made yeast rolls for dinner 5 nights out of 7 for my Dad. Of course all mixed & kneaded by hand.
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They came out looking good. Can’t wait to have some tomorrow
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MOmmy, not only looking good but smelling good too, I'll bet. Salivating just thinking about them!
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Yeast rolls! Yum. I have a great recipe but, sadly, we can't afford to eat bread as much as we would enjoy eating it. Minus, your dad was a lucky, spoiled man as far as his home diet was concerned. So glad your test revealed no problems.
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Tonight was Pork Bolognese Pasta Casserole with Spinach and Garlic Bread.
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