So...whats for dinner?
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Dinner was a keeper according to DH. Salmon with butter, Penzey's lemon peel and slices of real lemon wrapped in foil, baked potatos and broccoli cooked with herbs and butter. Everything seemed to be cooked perfectly which doesn't happen often enough so i was pleased too.
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The salmon was delicious last night, cooked in the usual way with the yogurt dill topping. DH even expressed his enjoyment and he's not a salmon fan. The side was asparagus, unfortunately overcooked, and a romaine salad with many additions. I made each salad on a plate because our bowls always end up being enough for four. I was happy to enjoy the food because lately I often don't.
After a couple of days of wonderful air the muggies are back. Yesterday I thought I would play golf again today, but now I'm not so sure.
My hair salon lady texted me to re-schedule my April appointment in May. She's rearing to go despite chemo and radiation treatments in the not so distant past. I replied that I would be in touch. I may have to consult Dr. Fauci first! LOL.
The new washer vibrates during the spinning cycle more than the previous machine but the clothes are spun really dry. I always leave my washer lid open when not in use. Of course, I live in the land of mildew and mold.
It's weird but I suffered with allergic reactions on Monday to the point of misery. Sneezing and blowing my nose. Then yesterday I didn't have a problem being outside on the golf course for hours. We have a shrub down here called ligustrum (sp?) that people plant in their yards. It is awful for people with pollen allergies. I can smell the strong scent of the clusters of tiny white blossoms. I wish it could be outlawed but it thrives wherever it's planted.
Haven't thought about what's for dinner yet.
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You all are making me hungry for salmon. Maybe I'll dig a salmon steak out of my freezer this weekend.
Dunch was 1/3 of a cantaloupe, two hard boiled eggs and 5 slices of Monterey Jack cheese.
Lacey-my friend Pat, who you met when we had dinner in Boston 100 years ago, said to say hi.
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Dinner was a quick mix of chopped avocado, sauteed shrooms & roast chicken breast with a dash of ranch dressing.
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Actually, Carole, it's probably not that shrub but the weeds that like to grow next to it that are the culprit. Visually attractive and nice-smelling flowering plants are rarely allergenic. Everyone, for instance, loves to blame goldenrod & forsythia for their pollen allergies, but it's the ugly weeds next to them (especially ragweed & English plantain) that must rely on wind currents to carry their pollens because insects usually spurn them (due to their lack of nectar). Growing next to plants that attract bees & butterflies increases the chance that the pollinators might inadvertently brush against them.
Last night was that grilled grass-fed ribeye, sweet potato and asparagus Hollandaise--with some quinoa salad Bob brought home from Costco. Brunch was Birch Benders keto chocolate-chip pancakes. Bob wanted Chinese tonight, so I ordered delivery from an old-school joint on Sheridan Rd.: hot & sour soup, BBQ sliced pork, duck, shrimp & veggies, peapods & water chestnuts. Lots of rice (which of course I didn't touch). Unlike the place around the corner, it was excellent: veggies al dente, not much cornstarch (at least not as I could tell) in the soup, nothing drowning in inappropriate sauces. I miss their deep-fried apps (they have great egg rolls, shrimp toast & butterflied shrimp, but not on my diet--and Bob has decided batter-fried stuff doesn't often agree with him any more), but their healthy stuff is as good as mine, maybe better. Unlike the place around the corner, they have actual Asian veggies (water chestnuts, mung bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms, wood-ears, and Chinese broccoli).
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Actually the south has a whole $hit-load of growing things that cause allergies. With the heat and the humidity - it's just amazing. And often the cause is in fact bushes or shrubs or trees - and even blooming plants - although occasionally the problem might be weeds.
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Dinner last night was a pork chop/steak cooked in the air fryer. A tad overcooked since I was going for a browned surface. Side was frozen sweet potato fries cooked just right in the new little toaster oven. The Alexia brand. Again I made our salad on salad plates and am sold on this method now.
I cut the pork chop into four pieces and took the piece with a small round bone for myself. I am a bone gnawer, not a pleasant image, I know, but accurate. DH took one piece so half the chop was left over.
On the text thread with my siblings we have been talking about the tomato gravy my mother made when we were growing up. She fried bacon, made a roux and used whole tomatoes, often frozen from the garden or jarred, or bought canned. We ate the gravy over white rice. It was cheap and filling. One brother makes the gravy and eats it over home-made biscuits. I may make the gravy for dinner tonight.
We're supposed to have a rainy day. I may make some more cloth masks. Our governor has advised everyone to wear masks. I'm so glad Governor Edwards eeked out a victory in the recent election. He has acted very intelligently during these challenging weeks of dealing with the Covid threat. So has the mayor of New Orleans. The same cannot be said of other southern governors. Isn't it interesting that the pro-life political party is willing to gamble with lives for a good economic cause.
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Lol Carole - what’s that funny description of the South - where vegetation doesn’t know its place? It’s starting to look like that here because we’ve had a fair amount of rain after a slow start to the growing season.
I’ve liked all of the Alexia potatoes that I’ve tried. One of the only frozen brands that don’t have a chemical taste to me.
I went to the individual salad plates too because I couldn’t control the portions when putting it in a salad bowl. Even now, when making chefs salads for dinner, where I use larger individual bowls, I can’t seem to keep from filling each one to the brim. The rain has put a damper on dinner plans. I had planned to grill a ribeye with salad and baked russet and a sweet potato. Now I think we’ll carryout a pizza from the next town over.
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Cantonese leftovers last night.
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Carole - I am a 'gnawer' too. Oh for a good T-bone, hold the rest of the steak.
When my dad was in his 90s with not many teeth left, he still loved the taste of sour dough bread. I pulled out the inside portions for him and gnawed on the lovely hard outside.
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Dinner last night and tonight was ordered as part of a local non profit's " No Show Gala"-- chicken breast, broccoli, sweet potato mash last night; vegetarian dish with rice tonight ( haven't opened it yet). Delivered to our porch yesterday. A triple win, I don't have to cook, the nonprofit gains some income as does the local dinner theater whose kitchen is providing the meals. Temperature here today hit 98 F so happy to not cook!
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Oh yes Beaver. We're right behind you with 94 F today. This would have been day # 27 of my 3-4 mile walks but I went to the grocery store instead, and then Costco and then Loews for tomato plant food.
I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco (yes with mask, gloves & hat) and snacked on it while I was de-boning & stripping in the early afternoon. 2/3 now in the freezer. The rest will probably be a stir fry later this weekend. Dinner will be big salad. Or maybe a bowl of cheerios.
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Ordered from Cellars: lentil soup, crab cakes; for Bob root veg. pot pie, for me grilled salmon with julienne veg and grilled sweet potato slices.
This morning (bkfst at bkfst time, when I returned from an early a.m. vet appt for Heidi) was a 2-egg chêvre/herb omelet, 1 sl. bacon, and a piece of low-carb toast. I used the last of my store-bought chives and the first of my garden-grown parsley. (Not enough chives yet to feel comfy harvesting).
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A good eating day. DH made a fine eggs Benedict for brunch and I made a greenleaf and tomato salad along with a "homemade" Whole Foods pizza dough pizza - pineapple and canadian bacon and cheese. I think we met our carb count today. 😉🍕
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I made the tomato gravy and biscuits on Thurday night and also warmed up leftover casserole with macaroni and ground beef. The tomato gravy was tasty but not quite on the mark. Maybe a little too much roux. Whatever, I scratched that itch. My home-made biscuits were not quite on the mark, either, but tasted pretty good. The baking powder was beyond its use by date. I have baking powder on my grocery list because I may make biscuits again, though not often.
I discovered that southern tomato gravy was a common cheap food during the time my mother made it for our family. There are many recipes.
Last night's dinner was roasted large chicken thighs, skin on and bone in, cooked outside with the grill serving as an oven. They were very good. My one side was creamed spinach. Frozen chopped spinach cooked and well drained. Greek yogurt cream cheese and a pat of butter, s & p. I made dh a salad.
We both played golf yesterday and finished about the same time. DH caught up with me and suggested I pick up burgers for lunch. Our favorite McDonald burgers are the Deluxe Quarter Pounder with mayo, pickles, lettuce and tomato. We both like the McD fries so we shared a large portion. The McDonald's had double lines in the order lanes. It has been busy since it opened a few years ago. The girl at one window was wearing a mask--below her nose. The girl at the pickup window was not wearing a mask. I had my home-made cloth mask on and left the change in the car. Immediately used sanitizer on my hands. Our routine now when we get home is to use an alcohol wipe on the door knob, the screen door pulls, etc. and etc.
I feel guilty admitting this but I'm waiting to see what happens in those places that are re-opening for business. I think many business owners will try to manage their business practices to be as cautious as possible. Obviously the country, and the rest of the world, cannot stay quarantined at home indefinitely.
Dinner tonight may be grilled beef fillet steaks and baked potato.
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Yesterday, roasted a chicken, made gravy as well & we feasted on that plus roasted carrots & brussels.
Reader - What a mouth watering looking Eggs Benedict! Wish my DH could cook like that. Your Pizza sounds delish as well. I may have to make a naan pizza for dinner tonight after hearing about yours.
Sandy - Your Cellars items sound wonderful. So fortunate to have such great food options nearby. Great benefit to "city living".
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This a.m. I made low-carb avocado toast (homemade guac, chopped onion & tomato) with an olive-oil-fried egg, plus a couple of blistered shishito peppers. Bob came home early and brought lunch from Panera. I had asked for the strawberry-poppyseed chicken breast salad they're advertising. He brought a full-sized one, plus a small one and a bowl of chicken tortilla soup. Dunch was most of the small one, leaving out the pineapple and (apparently canned) mandarin orange segments and allowing myself a couple tsps. of the poppyseed dressing, plus a cappuccino. (Can't recall the last time I drank one I didn't make myself, even before the pandemic). Dinner for me will be the other half of my salmon/julienne veg/sweet potato slices; for Bob it'll be the large poppyseed salad (with the extra fruit from the little one), sourdough bread, and his leftover root veggies (turnips, carrots, mushrooms, peas) from last night.
Our Gov. is doing a very slow staged-reopen. Some state parks (mostly far northern beaches) and golf-courses are reopening, with social-distancing (and on the rivers & canals, no more than 2 people per craft). Nurseries, pet groomers & greenhouses can reopen (with everyone masked, gloved and 6' apart), and regular non-essential retail for delivery or curbside pickup only. Elective surgeries can resume next Fri. And my nail salon is reopening (or so they're planning) June 8, with my mani-pedi set for the 10th. Meanwhile, I soaked off what remained of my gels last week; today I removed the polish (non-acetone remover), let my nails breathe for a few hours, and applied two coats of Nailtiques #2 protein hardener. (Apply one coat thereafter every other day, remove after a week & start over). If it chips, unlike regular polish it won't be noticeable.
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auntie - I have my sewing machine back out to make some more masks for my husband's co-workers and the family of his boss who are currently using t-shirt DIY masks. His boss is a general so he feels like he should have a more official looking mask, so I am back in business. Would you like two masks? I would be happy to mail you some, just PM me where to send them, if you would like them. I can also PM you my method if you want to try making them yourself. I have refined my technique and what I am doing now is pretty easy - agree that it is info overload online. I cherry picked from several youtube videos.
Dinner has been non-exciting. I grilled some chicken on my stovetop flat grill night before last - less than enthused with the grill itself - I may get a new one. The chicken was cooked fine, and moist, but boring. Also had mashed potatoes and sautéed zucchini. I used the remainder of the chicken last night atop kale salads with orange segments, almonds, scallions, and a creamy vinaigrette. Not sure what tonight's dinner will feature. I have some frozen fish and also some yellow squash and more zucchini that need to be used. I seem to be uninspired. Maybe it is because I have not left my house in 39 days.... I did binge watch two things over the weekend on Netflix - two seasons of Baby Ballroom, and one season of The Stranger - both enthralling for very different reasons...
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Special, thank you for your very sweet offer. I have managed to make a couple and plan to try a couple more from a you tube video I just watched. My results are not “professional” looking by any means and I’m sure yours are a much better quality. But I’m seeing this as a challenge so let me try the newest pattern before I throw in the
towel(mask) and rely on the kindness of others lol.Today I did something at which I’m much more accomplished - made a carrot cake with my favorite whipped cream/cream cheese frosting. I’ll take half of it to our friends whom we have not seen up close for weeks. I’ll leave it on their porch and say hi from the driveway.
After 3 inches of rain yesterday, it’s a beautiful sunny dayso I’m off to plant the rest of my flowers in the front. I think dinner will be a grilled pork steak with coleslaw and baked beans or mac and chees. Probably should skip the extra carbs because well - Carrotcake.
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I am so glad I have a deck, a porch, a backyard, and an alley to which I must take my garbage & recycling--so I can go outdoors. It would drive me nuts to be sealed into my apartment, like so many living in apts., condos and independent-living retirement buildings.
Bob's day off today so I made shakshuka for brunch: ran out of harissa, so I had to "customize" Rao's Marinara with ground cayenne, Aleppo pepper and za'atar. Sliced up a fistful of Kalamata olives and a sprinkling of feta crumbles. He had 3 eggs, I had one (which turned out to be a jumbo). 3 strips of bacon and 2 slices of marble rye toast for him, 1 strip and no bread for me. Still quite filling. (And Happy was in seventh heaven with the drippings-soaked microwaved paper towel to lick--he jumps up on to the counter and meows whenever he sees me take bacon out of the fridge).
Got some delicious breakfast blend coffee beans (La Cordillera and Yolk--the latter a blend developed for a local brunch spot) delivered from Metropolis. I made pour-over drips with them for me. But Bob prefers dark roasts--Sumatra Reverve and Emeril's Big Easy K-Cups. Might get some Spice Island Blend (dark roast various Indonesian beans) from Metropolis next time out, assuming he's willing to wait for me to make a pour-over pot; he has gotten used to coffee in 30 seconds from the Keurig.
He brought home a lovely biodynamic Grüner Veltliner from WF, so we changed things up this time from Cellars and ordered chicken piccata, with extra veg. instead of potato or pasta. They made it w/o flouring the chicken breasts--they know me by now. Still yummy! (And enough for tomorrow's dinner too).
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I was up early this morning, 6 am, so I took my grocery list to the supermarket during the 7-8 time slot. There were few shoppers and most were wearing masks. But the Deli counter wasn't open and the fish counter hadn't been stocked. So the senior time slot won't work for those who want Deli items or seafood. I didn't buy a lot and the bill was $100. I feel sorry for families with a lot of members to feed and no paycheck.
Yesterday I bought eggplants at the produce stand. I'm thawing ground turkey to make turkey Italian sausage. Dinner will be the eggplant layered dish (a version of lasagna) that I like so much.
DH and I are taking a "wait and see" attitude toward going north to MN for the summer. We're thinking we might risk a road trip in June. At present Hubbard County in MN, where the campground/resort is located, has no known cases of Coronavirus. I would guess the testing is at zero. The state of MN is allowing the resorts and campgrounds with seasonal people to open but not those open to transient guests.
Meanwhile today is a beautiful day and there is much to appreciate.
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I guess we've been pretty lucky here. The stay at home stuff has not been excessive. Outdoors exercise, as long as one can stay far enough apart--is encouraged.
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Like Eric, I've been outside too. Today was DAY # 29 - walking 3-4 brisk miles every morning. Tomorrow I get a star. We've hit 90 several times but I'm OK as long as the humidity isn't too high.
As usual, I managed to pick up too many fresh things to eat in a reasonable amount of time on my Friday grocery run. All of the Costco rotisserie chicken had to go into the freezer while I on concentrate of a delicious California sushi roll and a huge bowl of cold boiled shrimp. Unfortunately that means I'll likely have to toss a bag of salad too. Sigh. Just can eat enough with one person to have much variety. Good thing I like leftovers.
Today - 1/2 cup of leftover turkey stuffing for breakfast. LARGE slice of chocolate cake for lunch. Dinner will be the rest of the cold boiled shrimp.
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Same with outdoor exercise here in IL Eric, even Chicago--stay far apart, don't congregate, wear a mask. The mayor has reopened the city parks except for the lakefront; she drove around the city incognito yesterday and was pleased at the general compliance with social distancing. Most of the close-in suburbs already have mandatory-masking laws in place; the rest of the state will as of this coming Friday.
But last week in 60645 (a ZIP code with one of the highest levels of infection in the state despite a relatively high household income) a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish family held a backyard wedding & celebration--originally limited to the invited immediate family, with everyone (except bride & groom) social-distancing. But neighbors crowded around them, dancing and embracing and eventually entering the yard from sidewalk & alley. The police had to break it up. The local rabbinical authorities issued a joint statement that it was not approved by them and was in fact a "chillul Hashem" (sin against God in the sight of the rest of the world--stronger than a "shanda fur de goyim," which is a shame in front of the "nations"), a violation of Talmud & Torah (the mitzvah of pikuach nefesh--preservation of health & life--takes precedence over all other mitzvot, including Sabbath observance, visiting the sick, promptly burying the dead, and "rejoicing with bridegroom & bride"). The West Ridge neighborhood is bracing for a new wave of positive diagnoses in the next 2 weeks.
Made lemon-ricotta pancakes (with keto pancake mix) for brunch. Will have arugula-grape tomato salad at 6 (after the kitties eat) and a late dinner of chicken piccata leftovers when Bob gets home. Alas, my indoor basil plants have bitten the dust--watered them Saturday (every other day had been fine) but this morning except for a few leaves they were dead and did not come back after watering. The shriveled leaves have a silvery cast to them, making me suspect some sort of fungus, or maybe the plants got rootbound.
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Masks are a recommendation here, but not a state requirement. If a business chooses to make it a requirement on their premises that's OK, but again, not absolutely required. I'd say only about 1/2 of the people wear a mask outside, but then *most* (not all) folks are being careful about things when they aren't wearing a mask...no hugging or piling up on each other.
I tried wearing a mask while running and my times went to about 1-1/2 times longer than normal. To make up for not wearing a mask, I am careful about where and when I run. So far, no one has been within 200 feet of me. I did, however, violate the social distancing protocols with a diamondback rattlesnake....something I QUICKLY corrected! :-) Once I finished my Olympics worthy gymnastics tumbling routine and I figured out where the snake was at, I got a good chance to watch it. Eventually I just went around it (at a safe distance).
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Eric, masks or a face covering is recommended here in Connecticut too, but not required unless you cannot practice social distancing safely. Can’t find masks, so I am using bandanas.
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I am impressed with our governor's extending the stay at home mandate another two weeks. I was expecting him to bow to pressure to re-open business. There are such mixed signals from the national "leadership." Sandy, dh's conservative relatives in IL have nothing good to say about your governor. They're part of the verbal "Leave Illinois" crowd.
I made one eggplant lasagna for dinner last night and one to freeze. Our side was a big salad with many good ingredients.
Today my exercise will be yard work. Haven't made the What's for Dinner? decision yet.
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eric - eeeks on the snake encounter - although I am guessing it is as common for you to see them in your locale as we are here. We live on a preserve and saw many more snakes before they built a neighborhood behind us and appropriated about 2/3 of the preserve that is not part of our development. Can't say I miss seeing them...
We have the mask recommendation here too, but not a requirement - other than you will get "mask shamed" if you go to a public interior space without one. Waiting to see what our Gov will do at the end of the week about stay-at-home, which expires 5/1. Our mayor has been pretty proactive, and way more willing to be strict than either the county leadership or the Gov, who actually was late to instituting restrictions. He has also made some pretty jackass and uninformed statements in the process.
Dinner last night was a shrimp and pasta salad for DH, and a Greek pasta salad for me. DH likes absolutely nothing that goes in a Greek salad, except the lettuce and feta, and it is one of my faves - so I just made him a different one. I used to only cook as much hearty pasta, like penne, as we needed for the meal, but recently started cooking the whole box and freezing what we don't use in portions. 90 seconds in the microwave will thaw it, a little more will warm it. Helps for quick meals!
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Double eek on the rattlesnake Eric! Although I did giggle at the mental image of your “tumbling” routine. It’s copperhead season here and since we’ve had several who liked to frequent my front flower bed, among other places in the yard, I’m always watching where I’m putting my foot down. More than once I’ve started to step and had to perform gymnastics in order to avoid a snake in the grass. It’s a sure way to get your heart rate up.
The mask making was a smashing success yesterday so as soon as I can acquire some more material we will have an adequate supply.
Today’s activity is weeding which is challenging with a knee with no cartilage. We’ll see how it goes. No idea what’s for dinner.0 -
Double eek on the rattlesnake Eric! Although I did giggle at the mental image of your “tumbling” routine. It’s copperhead season here and since we’ve had several who liked to frequent my front flower bed, among other places in the yard, I’m always watching where I’m putting my foot down. More than once I’ve started to step and had to perform gymnastics in order to avoid a snake in the grass. It’s a sure way to get your heart rate up.
The mask making was a smashing success yesterday so as soon as I can acquire some more material we will have an adequate supply.
Today’s activity is weeding which is challenging with a knee with no cartilage. We’ll see how it goes. No idea what’s for dinner.0
