So...whats for dinner?
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Special...oh the fun you will have learning about DH’s working habits! 😉
And, I wish that I had about one twentieth of your organizational gene! ☺️
Sandy, thanks for your matzah brei directions. Am guessing I will be seeing it again soon with more interesting flavor. The additions you mentioned were what I’d guessed he needed. So that makes me happy!
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The air conditioner stopped producing cold air yesterday afternoon. Compressor wasn't working. So I wasn't about to heat the oven to cook the baking potatoes and meatloaf. I lit the outdoor grill and used it as an oven instead.
This morning our dependable a/c man came and took care of the problem, which, thank GOODNESS, did not call for a new compressor.
The toaster oven wasn't working yesterday either so another Big Box purchase with a short life. It's probably no older than three years.
Dinner tonight will probably be leftover meatloaf slices topped with Rao's and Italian cheese. Maybe the rest of the broccoli and cauliflower, steamed, and a--dah DAH--romaine salad.
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carole - wow, I hope you do not have a trifecta of non-working appliances, and the process stops at two! I feel fortunate that we had the washer leak and floor damage at DD's house and the water heater at ours - and nothing else! So far...
No idea what will be for dinner - I am trying to be strategic about fridge and freezer space and use my perishables first. I have a plethora of peppers for some reason, so maybe either fajitas or pepper steak - haven't decided yet. Or maybe stuffed peppers? Hmmm...
A bit concerned about my paper product supplies, due to the water heater debacle I was late to the store and they were already out of both paper towels and TP and any new supplies seem to be snatched up like they were made of gold. I do have eggs so could maybe trade minus for TP, but the commute could be a problem, lol! I chided DH about paper towel use this morning and got a frosty look - but he hasn't been to the store and seen the empty shelves... and I am rationing the use of TP, but if this is my biggest problem I will be happy!
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Bisquick's Pizza Bake tonight
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Mommy: I was able to snag some Bisquick yesterday. Do you have a recipe for the Pizza Bake?
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I don't know how it would be possible to do a complete 24 hour curfew. The workers in essential industries and businesses, plus the people getting stuff from the essential stores, would make it difficult to differentiate between "proceed" and "go home".
The past two weeks' eating and lack of exercise, fortunately, wasn't too bad for my weight loss...I only gained 2 pounds and I think that my running will help remove that.
I was working at a quarantine center and there was some joking with the US Marshals about the security procedures, "We have 100 rolls of toilet paper here. Would it be worth 'talking shop' with the folks who guard the nation's gold reserves?"
I'm going to go run....that's a nice (hopefully solitary) activity.
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I do. Will post it tomorrow morning.
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A couple of nights ago I made an Indian-style red lentil soup served with a dollop of Greek yogurt and fresh cilantro. We also had artichokes dipped in butter/balsamic vinegar. Kind of a strange combo, but both delicious and made from what I had on hand.
Last night we ordered fried chicken, mashed potatoes and collards for pickup from a favorite neighborhood restaurant. Complete with spicy margaritas, which is a way that they're bending the rules for restaurants in the current climate. Alcohol is allowed for take-out so long as it's with food and in a sealed container.
We have leftovers of everything but the drinks for tonight. I just made myself a bourbon sour, and my husband picked up "crowlers" of hazy IPA from our local brewery.
Lunch today was homemade egg salad on sesame bagels from another favorite neighborhood place. Tomorrow we'll have petrale sole from our fish CSA with the other two artichokes and either rice or orzo..
We are trying to buy local as much as possible right now so that the businesses we love here in SF make it through this.
I also sent pre-payment for my next couple of haircuts/colors to my stylist today, since she is paying rent for her station but unable to work due to the COVID-19 order.
Be well, everyone!
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Magari, what a great idea! I think I will Venmo the cost of a mani & tip to my nail tech, who is the owner, but she also uses her tips to pay the receptionist. The salon is in the heart of Lincoln Park, so the rent is likely fearsome. (She lives in the "Asia/Argyle" neighborhood).
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Minus, here it is!
Bisquick Pizza Bake
3 1/3 c. Bisquick
1 c. Milk
2 cans pizza sauce (2 cups)
1 pkg. sliced pepperoni (8oz)
2 c. Mozzarella cheese, shredded (8oz)
add other toppings you prefer
1. Heat oven to 375. Spray 13x9 glass baking dish with cooking spray.
In a med. bowl mix Bisquick and milk until soft dough forms, drop half of dough by spoonfuls evenly over bottom of dish (dough will not completely cover the bottom). Drizzle 1can of pizza sauce over dough. Scatter half the pepperoni over sauce. Top with one cup of cheese and other toppings. Repeat layers with remaining dough, pizza sauce, pepperoni, cheese and remaining toppings. Bake 20 to25 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 8 servings.
(I use 2 c. spaghetti sauce for pizza sauce)
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I plan to do the same for my hair stylist. She works out of her home but this will still be hard on her.
Spent the morning using up things that needed using - made hot cross buns and baked custards. 70 degrees today so it’s pork steaks on the grill tonight and maybe potato salad
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Will also be paying my beautification folks - I feel like it is especially important for the one who is a young widow with a young son and is a sole practitioner in her own shop!
I made something different - for me - last night. I thawed some boneless chicken breasts and sprinkled them with Trader Joe's taco seasoning and indoor grilled them. Made a pot of grits, adding some butter and parmesan cheese at the end. In pan sautéed some red onion, yellow and red pepper in olive oil, when almost done, added the chicken which I had cut into strips. put the grits in bowls and topped with the chicken and pepper mixture and generously peppered them. All was going well until DH answered a call on his cell...then talked for half an hour. Sigh...
Today DH went to work for a video teleconference that he could not do at home. Said he would be gone for 2 hours max. That was five hours ago. Lol! Ask me if I am surprised... Tonight will be a lower effort meal - tuna melts and French onion soup. Highlight of the day - I organized all of my leggings.
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Hopefully the 2 hour video conference didn't turn into a "3 hour tour". :-)
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Mommy - thanks for the Bisquick recipe. I'm surprised that it's layers. Interesting. Since I was unable to get a box but only a couple of 'envelopes', I'll likely try to cut in half & use an 8x8 pan.
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eric - likely an 8 hour goat rope...they were having some issues with supply and assignment of class and unclass laptops, so I think he probably got ensnared into that process, aka a 3 hour tour, lol! Ihave learned after 37 years not to believe him when he says “I’m only going for x hours” or “I will be home by x o’clock” and because of that have developed a number of quick to prep dinners! He texts me as he’s leaving the parking garage and I know I have a minimum of 60 minutes to figure dinner out.
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Minus. I like it Deep-Dish style so I add a bit more milk than what it calls for to make it like a batter and then add the sauce and toppings over it. I get enough out it for three dinners.
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Goat rope..the polite version of Clus------ :-) We had a few of those when we first got there, but it smoothed out fairly quickly.
Sharon wanted to get out of the house, so she drove to San Diego to pick me up. I'm not sure how the paperwork experts (how's that for a polite name) will deal with "you did TPA for 355 miles, instead of flying" but I'm kind of glad she came to get me. One person got to the airport at 5am for his 6am flight and the flights kept getting cancelled until there were enough people sitting there to make it worthwhile to fly the plane. He ended up on the red-eye that left at 7pm.
Just east of Camp Pendleton we stopped at a farmstand that sold stuff from their own fields. A "flat" of strawberries that were perfectly ripe has disappeared in under 24 hours. :-) That was our (Sharon, DD and I) dinner last night, along with some chopped and baked turnips that also came from their fields.
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Herding cats was a favorite in my workplace, as well as a number of other acronyms used, which I believe stemmed from the military. Eric, you and any others with a military background may know these.
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...probably best not to articulate "the better ones". :-)
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eric - glad you and Sharon are on a road trip with California strawberries - sounds fun!
celia - I spent 28 years as a military spouse and for the last 10 years my husband has been a Dep Dir at Special Ops Command - many acronyms and military lingo are part and parcel of our daily conversation, lol! My son is a paramedic on an Army base, and my daughter worked for the Navy in their Marine Mammal Program - so they do it too! I use “herding cats” all the time, ha
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It was a "sort of road trip". I started my deployment in Oakland, and ended it in San Diego. Rather than have me fly, Sharon drove over to San Diego to get me. She drove over alone, spent the night and we drove home the next day.
It turned out, probably, to be a good choice. A lot of airline flights were being cancelled due to lack of demand and it was getting a bit "messy" with regard to flight schedules. The other plus to not flying was that after working for two weeks in a quarantine-isolation place and staying healthy, I didn't have to resign myself to sitting next to someone who was continuously coughing.
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Glad you're home, Eric. Happy scene: you and Sharon and DD eating fresh strawberries.
Last night's dinner was in the OK category. The "square meatballs" aka meatloaf cut into squares didn't measure up to round meatballs in a Rao's sauce over long pasta. DH made the romaine salad.
I called our favorite local restaurant hoping they were doing curbside takeout meals but no one answered and there was no info on the website. We seldom eat out but not being able to eat out is making us want to eat out with take out! How's that for a sentence?
I once had a whole collection of Bisquick recipes. May still have them but they were so calorie rich that I haven't made one in years. They were definitely tasty and were popular. Was that 80's?
Tonight's dinner will include zucchini in the veggie drawer.
We've had five straight days of record setting hot temperatures. 90 degrees in March? You must be having the same, Minus.
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Not sure. My mom gave me the recipe when I got married.
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eric - sounds like solid logic to me. DD's roommate is a flight attendant who lives here but is based in Detroit. She has to commute to Detroit to start her workday and is finding it challenging to get there, and she has spent copious hours in the holding pen at the airport waiting for a non-cancelled flight so she can actually work. Then it is a challenge to get home. So glad that DD did not take the job offered to her when she went through the interview process with Delta. She works from home anyway, so has not been particularly impacted. Yet. There is a video teleconference this afternoon - hoping they will be able to keep their jobs.
carole - Impossible Cheeseburger Pie! Yes, definitely the 80's! We have your same weather also - and I totally get that we always want what we can't have.
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I had the Bisquick recipe book too. I made quiche in the blender w/Bisquick - which made it's own crust after you poured it in the pie plate, poked whatever else you wanted onto the top & baked. It was during the "real men don't eat quiche" era, so I made sure my husband & grade school age son had that for dinner at least two or 3 times a month. (I'm hard headed or was determined)
Yup - we're in the 90's also. HOT!!! I too love the mental picture of Eric & family eating strawberries. And agree about wanting what we can't have.
I have to go out to pick up a large check at the the Civic Club PO box today. My bank is only open at the drive thru window but I can still deposit, so Monday I can pay the company who is re-plastering out neighborhood pool. I figured out how to place an on line order for pick up at Total Wine. They have tonic water, which the grocery stores did not, and a sale on a wonderful Carson Ridge Cab from Paso Robles. Sale for $9.99 but because I ordered 6 it's only $8.99. So I'll swing by there with my gloves and a "Buff" around my nose & mouth and see how pick up works.
Edited to say, I AM staying in place. This will be my first trip out except to the grocery store one time at 6:45am for a few things. It will be interesting to see by the cars & parking lots how many people think they are 'essential'.
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minus - the cab you like is from right near where I went to college. The school now has a viticulture major - which makes sense since it is an ag and tech school in a relatively small town surrounded by rolling hills, and it was interesting when I drove through the area last year how many acres are planted in grapes - did you notice that too?. Yay for the score on the price! My DH had to go to work yesterday and stopped at the grocery store near his office to get a couple of things our local branch was out of. He arrived before it opened, a police officer arrived right after him. By the time the doors were unlocked the parking lot was full, and all four cases of the toilet paper they unloaded as the store opened were gone in a flash - with the cop monitoring for crowd control. All that before he could even steer his cart down the aisle. We aren't trying to hoard - I will actually run out if I don't find some soon! I have not been out of the house in a week, and that trip was super short - snag a gallon of milk at the gas statin mini-mart for DD and hand off some paperwork through the car window. I had been home for a week before that. I have plenty of food - just no TP
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Yes, those Bisquick recipes were 80's hot items.
Eric, so glad that Sharon is a roady! Getting a flight out of anywhere these days sounds more than onerous. Your trip home and strawberry celebration dinner “sounded" delightful!
Carole, I enjoyed your sentence, was surprised to see it 😉, and can definitely relate! I'm glad your trusty HVAC guy visited you quickly given those temps!
Today, I'm making turkey meatballs made with oats instead of breadcrumbs, using a recipe that includes a self-made sauce they are cooked in. We'll see... I might resort to Raos if I get too busy starting to make face masks. Our local group is making them for our grocery store workers who were receptive to the idea...and anyone else who can use ones that are not N-95 quality. Seems like making masks is a popular activity during this self-distancing period.Our gov is doing an admirable job through this (what's looking to be a sustained) crisis....I feel for these people managing states now...and appreciate their hard work.
I only wish leaders would strike that singular message about “distancing for elders" since I can't believe that young'ens who vape are not also susceptible to the ravages of Covid-19. I kept thinking about that while watching the beach goers on Spring Break who might not be worrying about old folks, but might understand the risks for their partying peers. And now we are seeing cases of younger people succumbing to the virus. Curious why this message is not being shared given the popularity of vaping among youth. That's my PSA for the day! 🥴
Yesterday my Twitter and Facebook message accts were hacked. So annoying! Too many idle minds and itchy hands out there.
Our NJ grands keep connected with us daily on the computer now that they are out of school. And DS2 sends daily pix and videos of their little motor “machinette". She is not amused by her sudden “incarceration".Sending good wishes to all who are trying to work from home while “homeschooling" their “herd of cats". 😉
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We are having a “Clean Out the Fridge” night
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lacey - she’s getting so big! The pic looking out the window sums up what most of us are feeling.
Thinking of making a BBQ chicken pizza on flatbread crust
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Minus and Special, we lived in San Luis Obispo County and volunteered in the Paso Robles wine industry until we moved to be closer to grandchildren. Yes, the growth of vineyards and wineries there and in adjacent counties has been remarkable. We used to try to visit the newcomers as they opened but found we couldn't keep up!
Lacey, love the pics of your grandaughter!
MOmmy, we have diligently been cleaning out the fridge to the point that there isn't anything there for tonight! DH has requested pizza-- he makes the crusts in the bread machine and prebakes them, I do the toppings, a good division of labor.
Eric, glad you are home safe and sound. When we lived in California we were basically around the corner from a strawberry field and regularly got picked-ripe berries so I could practically taste your berry treat. Having that access basically spoiled me for what is available in the supermarket here.
Carole, yes eating out sounds even better now that it is forbidden! We got "to go" from one of our favorite places once this week. I think we will continue to do so as long as we are under orders to stay at home (going to a restaurant to pick up food to take home is still allowed). At least one of our favs offered delivery as part of their regular business from when they first opened so that should work, too.
This is all certainly a measure of our adaptability, isn't it.
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