So...whats for dinner?
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The cookies look good enough to combat depression.
Last night I mustered the initiative to cook a meatloaf for dinner. The side was a boxed mac and cheese by Cracker Barrel. The meatloaf tasted like meatloaf and the mac and cheese was--Surprise!--salty. The anti-biotic is causing me some upset stomach and my dinner felt like a lump for a while.
A box of boxes of the mac and cheese was a recent impulse buy at Sam's Club. Seemed like a good spur of the moment option for a side. Next time I definitely won't salt the cooking water for the pasta.
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I did end up making the chicken stew. I put yukon potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions and green beans, salt, poultry seasoning, flour, and of course chicken in it. It was a bit gamey, I think because I used chicken stock instead of broth, and a bit too sweet but not bad for my first try. Next time I'll do half broth and half stock, and leave the sweet potatoes out.
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Made my scalloped potatoes from scratch and cut up a rope of kielbasa and mixed it in.
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yogatyme:
Those cookies look good!
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WC3, they really are.......that’s the good news and the bad news!
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Oh now I feel the need to make cookies. But since it's after 5pm, I'll be a good girl & eat a darn salad.
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Wowza on the cookies! I made antidepressants today too (another snow storm today, ugh) - gooey butter cake.
Chicken and sausage gumbo with brown rice and a baguette for dinner. And gooey butter cake.
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I'm eating antidepressant Dot's Pretzels prior to my salad meal. Carole - you'll be interested to know that they are now at my local Kroger store. They are addictive and it's an indulgence, but not as bad as a bag of Cheetos. Anyway, I am pretending they are a reasonable appetizer with my gin & tonic.
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I was at Nordstrom Rack yesterday and saw Dot’s Pretzels in the impulse buy area near the registers! My DH is a pretzel fanatic so I’m going to have to get him some, but did resist - bought a dress instead. Even though I have nowhere to wear it, lol!
Tonight was broiled boneless pork chops, mashed potatoes (made from the innards of my potato skins from the Super Bowl), and buttered corn. I just ate the tiny bit of raspberry gelato leftover from the weekend while watching the Barefoot Contessa make a slow roasted beef tenderloin
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That impulse buy area at Nordstrom Rack is eeeevil. Fortunately, my diet has drawn an immutable line in the sand that keeps me away from almost everything edible there.
Boxed Jell-O (and Knox gelatine envelopes), as well as jarred gefilte fish, don't have shelf lives--they have half-lives.
Had to fast yesterday for blood tests (most were good-to-greatt except for total cholesterol & LDL), so my usual brunch was "dunch:" a panino on low-carb bread with peppers, red onion, mushrooms, provolone, and one thin slice each of bresaola (air-dried beef), porchettta and pancetta. Late dinner was 3 Buffalo wings and a rice-free California roll (wrapped in lettuce & rice paper, discarded the rice paper which is like rubber bands anyway) I picked up at Whole Foods. Brunch today was low-carb avocado toast made with 1/2 an avocado instead of prefab guac, purple tomato, shallot, cilantro and an olive-oil-fried egg.
Too slippery (snow over ice) to walk or drive to dinner--we'd planned to go out so I didn't prepare anything. So ordered out from a new French restaurant in the 'hood--awaiting soupe a l'oignon with a Gruyere crouton for Bob (gonna steal a few oz. of the broth & onions), mussels mariniere in white wine & garlic (he gets that crouton too), and duck breast & confit of leg with polenta & red cabbage. Bob gets the polenta, and I will supplement the cabbage with tossed salad and the other half of the tomato with whatever fresh basil hasn't gone to mush.
EDIT: they subbed out frites for the polenta, and Bob's a happy camper.
Speaking of fresh basil, I'm at wit's end trying to keep it from turning to black slime after a day or two. I've tried EVERY suggestion: refrigerate/don't refrigerate; wrap it in paper towels; snip the ends of the stems and place them in water like cut flowers; keep it in its clamshell package with the lid open or closed; put it in a takeout container, lid on or off; use a special "herb keeper" thingy with water & partitions; and any or all of the above. No luck. Lately, every grower already cuts the stems short (they're probably grabbing leaves off the plants) so there's no way to put them in water without the leaves falling in and rotting. In spring & summer, the grocers sell basil plants indoors & out--as do farmers' markets; but even the greenhouses in town (Meyer's, Gotham Greens) sell only the leaves out of season. It's just too expensive to buy only what you'll use for 1-2 days--you have to buy the whole package and end up throwing most of it away. I tend to have to shop almost every other day now, and even that's both too often and not often enough.
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Sandy, have you tried keeping a whole plant?
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Wow. I guess we were all making anti-depressants. Sharon found some almond flour at the store, bought it and then looked around to see what could be done with it.....almond cookies.....
Yoga, I'm glad to notice that I'm not the only one who is barefoot while in the kitchen. I'd guess that 99% of the time I'm in the kitchen, I'm without shoes.
But, in a bit, I'm going to go put on shoes and go out to get the (tiny) garden ready. I've got 4 tomato plants, 2 egg plants and 4 serrano pepper plants ready to go. It was in the mid 70F degree range and then it got "cold" again...below freezing...so I'll need to cover the plants up until the last bit of freezing weather passes. I'll probably go back for some more plants in a few days.
I have a separate herb garden, basil, rosemary, mint and some sort of garlic chives. They are all in pots so they won't end up taking over the world. I think the rosemary and mint could push kudzu out of the way. :-)
,I have to agree with Sandy about the Jello having half lives. If I thought I'd live a few thousand years, I'd experiment to see which lasts longer; fruit cake or Jello packets.
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Eric, you're breaking my heart - I'm looking at 6 inches of new snow on the ground 😢
I'm nearly always barefoot except on the coldest of days when I wear socks in the house. Consequently my feet are more reminiscent of "hooves" than human feet. (I tip the pedicurist well) My kitchen floor is tile and more than once I've been stranded in a sea of broken glass until DH rescues me with some shoes.
Tonight is a reverse seared bone in rib eye. Or maybe I'll sous vide it. I solved the floating bag problem by acquiring a stainless steel napkin holder. Works like a charm. A baked sweet potato for me and a russet for DH will be the only sides unless I conjure up enthusiasm for a salad.
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It's shrimp and grits w a side of collards for us tonight. (More antidepressants :-) ) I'm a midwestern gal who has been in the south for 38 yrs and I have certainly attained a taste for many southern foods.
Yes, bare feet most of the time at home!
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I decided to come inside for awhile....a hummingbird kept attacking me by ramming the back of my head...
The first time it kind of startled me.
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It’s a kamikaze hummingbird! Lol
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Weird Eric. Sounds like you had honey on your hair.
Dinner was a large salad - Dole Pomegranate with the addition of an avocado,1/2 an English Cucumber. sunflower seeds and homemade ranch dressing. Unfortunately I wasn't completely virtuous. I saw the following on the bakery overstock tray at WalMart discounted for $1.79 to use today. These garlic three cheese knots were quite good. Bake in the same bag for 5 minutes. Shake & turn over, bake for another 5 minutes. Open carefully. My neighbor who lost his wife two years ago is beyond excited and thinks he can add this to his 99.9% microwave cooking routine instead of buying breadsticks.
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Hmmm, the picture didn't work. Sorry for the large size. I guess I really don't know how to insert pictures.
Edited to say, didn't work again. Anybody have some advice?
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Minus, I love those garlic knots, we get them frequently. They freeze well too.
Eric, seriously? You have hummers in the winter? What kind? Lucky you!
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I think it was an Anna's Hummingbird. This one was "yelling" at me and Anna's are the noisy ones. It is hard to focus on them when they are only a foot away and maneuvering in for "the kill"
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minus - if you click, or touch, on the icon above the text box that looks like a little mountain in a rectangle it should pop up anotherbox that allows you to choose a photo of your own on your photo file, or browse the internet for an image. Is that what you were doing? I tried to post a pic the other day and couldn’t get that process to work, but that is how I’ve done it in the past. If you post a pic from a cell phone I think you can also copy and paste.
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minus two, if you click on the 4th icon from the right side it will take you to your files. Click on the photo you want to post then click done in upper right hand corner.
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Nancy, I've had good luck with indoor pots of basil in the past, but I put the last one outside and when I brought it back indoors in Oct. it didn't survive the transition past the beginning of Nov.. (Maybe it got root-rot). I am constantly on the lookout for basil plants. My mom used to be able to grow hers in a pitcher of water. I seem to recall that until recently, supermarket basil had long enough stems to root in a glass of water (that's how I grow green onions), but perhaps the point of short-or-no stems is to get us to have to buy it frequently.
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Sandy, to have fresh basil on hand, I often have it sitting in a glass of water or keep s small basil plant near the window in my kitchen.
Food has not been a big priority for me in the past week as I’ve had a miserable sore throat and respiratory infection. Fortunately, there were leftovers in fridge so we could limp through the week with meals. DH has had a mightier role in the kitchen. Yesterday we trekked to the local “urgent care” for me to have a strep test, which was negative. Just a regular old virus that I (and DH now) have to wait out. On the way home, we stopped at Trader’s and picked up some of their prepared meals which will make dinner prep more tolerable over the next few days.
Loving the anti- depressant treats!
Eric, my love for hummers would be seriously impacted if they targeted my head! We only get ruby throated ones and are thrilled when we can get close to them on our NH deck.
Minus, our DS2 never picks up any food in our house without searching for the expiration date on it. I think he might have gotten “burned” by some very old canned items atthe lake house, and lost faith in his parents’ ability to protect the family from food poisoning.
I am actually a compulsive date watcher, except for honey and sugar.So tonight, we’ll zap some Trader’s Greek chicken with orzo and I’ll make a very basic salad.
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Eric, I didn't realize Anna's ranged that far east - cool!
Oh no Lacey, boo on that virus, feel better soon (Bob too.)
The only dates I worry much about are dairy - I'm one of those who won't touch milk even if it's ON the best by date. I did recently discard a package of something that was dated 2010 (can't remember what it was), don't know how that didn't get tossed sooner since I've cleaned out the cabinets several times since then lol.
Oven fried fish (cod) and chips (thick potato slices) tonight plus leftover coleslaw.
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Lacey - oh my I hate that you are sick again. Hope it's not too drawn out. Of course your DS2 & my DS must be correct. Every parent tries to poison their children, right??
Special - thanks for the picture tip. Yes, I was touching the icon & getting the window, but I don't have a smart phone. I tried dragging and copy/paste from the web. Maybe I'll try to save it as a word or pdf doc next time and try to copy from my hard drive. Or maybe it was a goofy day in the neighborhood.
Dinner was half of one HUGE chicken breast from Costco poached in Chenin Blanc. Served with Stove Top Stuffing (yeah, I know). I meant to whip up some green peas but I forgot. Left for the med center before 8:30am for a simple ankle blood draw, but ran errands on that side of town and didn't get home until after 4pm. If I hadn't defrosted the chicken breast on Wednesday, I would have had popcorn. Or nothing.
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Making spaghetti and meatballs tonight. Going to use a recipe from my new Crockpot cookbook I got for Christmas for the meatballs and sauce
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Dinner was the left overs from today's lunch.
MIL had her left hip replaced and is home after 3 days in the hospital and 10 days of in-patient PT. She was happy to get out and was thrilled at the warm sunshine here (73F degrees today) when we took her to eat lunch. Of course, we ate outside.
Her cat was happy to see Sharon and I, but is "punishing" MIL. :-)
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DH is so tired of the cook's being MIA that he's cooking pot roast for dinner. First he had to go buy the beef roast. He took along a grocery list.
I hear him opening the kitchen door. He's back...
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I did not make dinner last night, DD stopped at our local Greek place for a pita for DH and salads for everyone else. Tonight I am considering fried chicken salad (green salad with fried chicken pieces and a garlic buttermilk dressing) and will also use up some turkey meatballs in marinara with penne for DH for lunch at work tomorrow. It’s a beautiful sunny day, I’m sitting outside getting some Vitamin D andDH is paddle boarding down in Sarasota.
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