So...whats for dinner?
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Giant salad for dinner. The base was a bag of Dole Sunflower Crunch salad mix. If you haven't tried the Dole chopped kit salads, most are quite good. I like this one and the Pomegranate and the Asian. They're usually on sale every other week - like $2.59. For a single person, this is a great way to have two salads a week with a multitude of ingredients without buying all of them separately and ending up throwing most away. This one is cabbage, green leaf lettuce, kale, sunflower seeds, bacon crumbles, red cabbage, green onions and shredded carrots. I added 1/2 a bag of fresh spinach, thin cucumber slices and tangelo pieces. The included dressing is a delicious sweet onion/citrus.
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Nothing fancy tonight. DH finished left over fettuccine and I had fresh cooked gluten free rotini with jarred garden combo pasta sauce to which I added Italian seasoned cooked ground turkey. It's been foggy, drizzly and sometimes rainy all week so comfort food was called for!
Minus, your salad sounds yummy. Need to put salad on the menu tomorrow.
Sandy, hope you can stay in and stay warm! IMHO, snow is best enjoyed when you are inside and looking out.
Nance, we had the last of the meatloaf for lunch today with the last of a vegetable soup with gnocchi for lunch today. Have some pumpkin I need to turn into soup tomorrow.
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Snow just ended--we got about 2". After struggling to drive through the mess on the S. Side and the Dan Ryan Expwy, Bob was relieved to find Lake Shore Drive had been salted and plowed. Not so the streets up here, though. Our snow guy will be by in the morning to clear away whatever slush will be left after the rains that will be starting about 2 am, and then spread de-icer ahead of the temperature crash.
Sous-vided a ribeye tonight, then cast-iron seared it. Made mushroom sauce with the juices, merlot, butter, parsley & shiitakes. Added fresh lettuces to the leftover Greek salad; dressed the shrimp with remoulade as an appetizer. The dandelion greens were a bit bland, so I added a pressed garlic clove, lemon and salt--which made them quite tasty.
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Ah, the joy of having internet restored! Ours was off for three days during which we had three techs visit and many conversations with customer support. No NYT or WAPO. Not to mention night time tv with Prime. Fortunately, my newish expensive IPhone allowed me to check e-mail, Facebook and BC.org. Plus play bridge and Wordscape.
Minus will approve my dinner last night. Peanuts with chardonnay. Then an orange. DH and I met former neighbors at a near by Saltgrass steak house for lunch. I had fried shrimp with green beans that were much praised by the waitress and one of the neighbors. They turned out to be blanched green beans heavily sprinkled with a salty seasoning. The butterflied and lightly breaded shrimp were good, not overcooked, with a good ketchup based sauce. The best part of the meal was a wedge salad that was served to Arleen and rejected by her because she had forgotten to specify ranch dressing instead of blue cheese. DH and I shared the salad. It was quite good.
The restaurant wasn't crowded. It's either not as popular as the Cracker Barrel and Texas Roadhouse down the street or it's new enough not to have caught on as a place for lunch. The room was pleasant and we had a perfect opportunity to visit with our former neighbors who don't live that far away. We used to have dinner with them every two or three months but now we prefer the lunch option. We always have split the bill and he's a heavy drinker. Yesterday none of us had alcoholic beverages so the meal and visit were more affordable. Arleen is my "new" house cleaner.
No plan yet for dinner tonight. We have one more warm muggy day and then a cold front is supposed to cool things off. Off to the gym for some exercise. I've been going every day since it's too wet for golf.
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Carole, I'm getting ready to make the switch from android to iphone. Hope it's not too painful. We're fans of Saltgrass. Some of the best prime rib I've had has been there. Glad to see it's expanding its territory.
No snow for us but about .2 of an inch of ice. The rain and warmer temp overnight melted some but not all and now temps are dropping again. The bbq grill is totally encased. We're getting the polar blast too with single digits on the way (not to mention 30 mph winds gusts.) I won't be venturing out any time soon.
I have some leeks languishing in the fridge so I believe I'll make potato leek soup for dinner.
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Nance, glad to hear about good prime rib at Saltgrass. DH ordered steak tips yesterday and liked his choice a lot.
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Nance I too was interested in the recommendation for prime rib at Saltgrass & there's one fairly close by. That's something I love but don't cook because there's only me. If my son & DIL are in town, she's a vegetarian and he prefers a steak when not eating veggie with her.
Carole - funny about the peanuts and chardonnay. I actually had Spanish peanuts and Cabernet last night. But then I ate 7 cookies - which went well with the 2nd glass of cab.
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Full disclosure, I've only eaten at the one in Galveston (I think. Maybe in Missouri city too. There are so many in the parts of Texas that I frequent). It's a favorite of my family members so every Texas visit involves at least one trip to Salt Grass.
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Our family favorite was Steak & Ale. Most of my neighbors agree. We have ever found a reasonably priced, consistently good, regular 'go to' location since they closed. And oh - the salad bar!!!
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Had to battle horrendous rain this morning to travel from N. Ky to Cincinnati Cancer Support Community for a cooking class, Cooking for Wellness: Anti-inflammatory Food, conducted by a wonderful personal chef. On the menu: Pan Roasted Ginger Salmon (smeared in ginger/garlic paste before cooking) served atop Shiitake Swiss Chard (cooked in olive oil, coconut aminos with onions, shrooms), Curried Sweet Potato-Mango Soup, Cucumber Quinoa Salad (included crumbled feta, diced red onion & a yummy vinaigrette) and for dessert, Chocolate-Cherry Almond Clusters. OMG! Not sure what to have for dinner after all that goodness. This chef always amazes!
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Celia - do you get copies of recipes? If so and you want to share, I'd like to see the Shiitake Swiss Chard.
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MinusTwo:
We do get copies of all recipes, as well as helpful hints. Here is the recipe, along with the chef's "ad lib" comments. Ingredients: 1 swiss chard bunch, stems & leaves chopped small (chef used red chard, attractive combo of green leaves & red stalks); 2 TBSP olive oil; 2 TBSP coconut aminos (made from coconut blossom nectar & frequently used in plant based cooking, in lieu of soy, due to soy being on inflammatory list & also its high salt content, brand used was Braggs - advised us to look in the condiments/salad dressings at store); 1/4 chopped white onion; and 1 lb shiitake mushrooms. Cooking: Add olive oil & coconut aminos to a non-stick skillet. Heat to medium high, and when mixture begins to shimmer, add onions, mushrooms & Swiss Chard & saute until onion has softened. There were a lot of attendees who had never tried swiss chard & most thought it was really good. Happy cooking!
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Tonight is eggplant casserole/hot dish I cooked yesterday after a trip to the nearby produce stand where I bought two eggplants, okra, sweet potatoes and a cucumber. The cheese in the dish is mozzarella and romano and the sauce is Rao's. We will also have a romaine salad with cucumber, grape tomatoes, avocado and blue cheese.
Our muggy weather has been blown away by a north wind that made a light jacket comfortable today when I ventured out on errands. Tonight our little fireplace is adding warmth and cheer to the living room.
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Carole - one of the things about where we both live is the the treat of lighting a fireplace two or 3 times a year without having to run the air conditioning to enjoy it.
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Minus, one of the best changes we made years ago was to convert our wood-burning fireplace to gas logs. It was easy since we had the gas starter in the fireplace. We shopped until we found a log configuration we liked and we installed a shiny stainless steel liner that reflects the flames. I have never missed the mess of burning wood logs. Or the bugs that take a free ride inside.
Last night's dinner was delicious. We ate the whole meatless meatloaf layered dish. The salad was minus avocado since the avocado wasn't good when I opened it.
Too early for a menu for tonight.
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I found a 'new' recipe for a Mushroom/Shallot Sauce & made that for dinner. In addition to 8 oz sliced mushrooms, chicken stock, and white wine (& of course onions & garlic), it called for balsamic vinegar - which I switched to tarragon vinegar. I poured the cooked sauce over leftover pork loin 'chunks' with a base of mashed potatoes. The sauce was delicious but the meal would have been better if either: 1) the base had been noodles instead of potatoes; or 2) maybe if the meat had been steak instead of pork (as the recipe called for).
I seldom eat mashed potatoes, but a friend who is a connoisseur told me to try Bob Evans mashed potatoes. These were in fact very good mashed potatoes, but my Mom usually made baked Russets, boiled new potatoes or scalloped potatoes. Somehow mashed potatoes seem much "heavier" and more filling.
Edited to say I just realized I seldom eat potatoes at all. I usually choose some kind of pasta or rice or something like lentils or quinoa. Wonder if that's because my Dad was a 'meat & potatoes every night' kind of guy?
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Hello everyone! Wow everyone is so busy! Same here. LOL.
We had our progressice dinner, 21 people. I made a seafood lasagne and a sausage regular one. Went tbrough 1 and ac1/2 seafood one, and a whole pan of regular. So I had a whole pan left over. I had to cut it up and freeze it, pawned 2/3 off on my daughter, and gave her half the seafood one someone mentioned that seafood and cheese dont go well together, but it was delicoous! And a neighbor just called for the recipe, shes making reg, mexican, and the seafood one for a family gathering. So win! I do have to say we were tired after. LOL heres a pic of 2 of our tables. Each set for 8. One more table turned the other way set for 6 more. Had to get more chairs from the neighbors. LOL and we used plastic dishes and cutlery. BTW, it went through the dishwasher just fine. Lost only 2 plates to cracks, so was worth trying to use again, had to try to reuse, just made me feel better.
Hope every obe made it through that storm, we finally got some real snow here. Not since October did we get this much.
Much love to all.
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had to show off my town, so heres 2 picks taken this week by some talented people in Port. First one is a juvi eagle with possibly a rainbow trout. The other one is a view of the lakefront. Dennis Evans took the first. Colleen Hanson took the 2nd. I love Port Washington, WI
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Beautiful photos. Monica! I got wistful reading about your lasagna: I haven't had lasagna in well over a year.
When I went on this diet, the instructions and "suggested foods" list had coconut aminos as a soy sauce or tamari substitute. I've come to use it quite a bit. I also bought a bottle of Red Boat fish sauce and a tub of "Miso Master" white miso (after seeing the taste test on ATK Sat. afternoon). Yesterday I picked up a mahi mahi filet, but had the leftover steak, mushrooms, tuna in Little Gem lettuce "cups" and heirloom cherry tomatoes instead. Wings tonight (this time I made sure to get flourless ones), followed by garlic green beans. Going to make a miso-coconut aminos-sesame blend oil marinade for the mahi-mahi and cook it tomorrow night (if I can't get a ticket for the dinner at Carnivale featuring Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks as guest speaker).
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Your progressive dinner was a courageous undertaking, Moon. That's a lot of people. My favorite "lasagne" these days is made with slices of cooked eggplant and often without any meat. I've never had a seafood version. The photos are great.
Yesterday was a late lunch day. DH surprised me by volunteering to go to Silver Sneakers exercise class at the gym at 11 am. The leader on Mondays is Ed and he does a good class focusing on range of motion and balance. The entire gym is full of older folks, including men. Afterwards we went home to shower and change and got to Pontchartrain Poboys about 1 pm, having remembered on the way that Monday was a holiday. PP was packed even that late but we spotted a couple we know from old tennis days. They had ordered and were waiting for a table. We ordered and joined them.
I had an oyster poboy, dressed. Which means lettuce, tomato, mayo and pickles. It was good but not amazing, as I had anticipated. The oysters were a little overcooked. DH had a catfish and shrimp plate with fries. I shared his fries and the other couple had ordered onion rings and shared them with dh, much to his liking.
Dinner last night was Dot pretzels and chardonnay. The good pretzels from ND that you buy, Minus.
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Red Boat fish sauce - my favorite. I use a lot of it. Unfortunately, I have to leave town to buy it. At my last trip to the international market, I snagged a large bottle.
I find Dots pretzels in st. Louis before the holidays and bought a small bag. DH loved them and now keeps asking for more. Added to the list of things I have to leave town to buy.
I slept badly and now am tired today. The realtor is coming to take pics of the newly painted and redecorated bedroom, so we can relist the house. Dinner will be pot roast in the pressure cooker.
Carole or Sandy, have you done chicken wings in the air fryer?
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Today is "fake" fish tacos.
I was at the doctor today for my commercial driver license medical exam. I passed, which isn't hard to do. As near as I can tell, the exam merely makes sure I'm actually alive...and that's about it.a
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Dot Pretzels - I get them at Total Wine. It is an amazing store.
Off to a meeting at the Cop Shop. This month's presentation is about sex trafficking. Rush dinner was a gin & tonic, two halves of a Thomas Cranberry English muffin and a couple of slices of Monterrey Jack cheese.
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i had to comment, ChiSandy. I was in NOLA with my husband years ago. DH group went for poboys. I shocked everyone ordering them with no sauce. LOL. I hate any mayo or sour cream based sauce. I did get shrimp sauce on the side and enjoyed my poboy. LOL My polish parents disowned me. (They couldnt believe any self respecting Polish person would not like sour cream) LOL
DH is still sick, so I didnt bother with cooking. Just had a turkey sandwich. But tomorrow I gave to cook, as ive gok t to use up the hamburget in the fridge, and I have a Home Chef box coming.
Much love to all
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In my house it’s a cardinal sin to put ketchup or relish on Brats, I only use mustard only over sauerkraut. My mom always made them that way because of our German heritage, even when my stepdad came into our lives (he’s of German heritage as well).
Anywho, it’s bacon cheeseburger meatloaf, with potatoes and salad tonight
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Tonight was crab cakes made with lump crab meat and steamed broccoli with lemon juice and butter. Delicious.
Tomorrow we head to OK to visit my youngest brother.
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Carole - I know it's a long way, but let me know if you get close to Houston & maybe we can meet for lunch this year.
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Hospital food for a late lunch/dinner. Sharon and I took MIL to the hospital for hip (joint) replacement surgery and stayed until she was done with the surgery. All went well and, as expected, MIL is spending the night in the hospital.
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Eric - are you still working with large emergency situations? Or did that go away too when you retired? One of our main hospitals now has a "food court" instead of a cafeteria. The choices and the food are much better.
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My only retirement was from the "day to day" job at Verizon. I still do "the other stuff".
This hospital also had the food court as well--salad bar, grill, deli and a section with pre-made sandwiches and such. The food was OK..nothing special, just OK. Still, it was better than the MREs I usually eat for the first few days of a deployment. They are OK, but the ones I've had are kind of bland...which is why I keep a quart bottle of Sriracha or Tabasco sauce in my gear.
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