So...whats for dinner?
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One of my breakfasts is leftover brown rice heated in a small skillet in olive oil and topped with two fried eggs, yolks runny. I had that yesterday.
We had beef filet steaks and shared a large baked potato last night. The grill ran out of gas when the steaks were almost done to medium rare. So we ate them more on the rare side.
Tonight will be chicken.
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I've tried several recipes using sun-dried tomatoes and they don't come out well. Tonight I'll try to find something to use with a can of fire roasted tomatoes. I love tomatoes and am exploring the different types.
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Together - welcome the table. We're always interested in what's cooking. Personally I don't use sun dried tomatoes. I'll be interested to hear how you like the fire roasted.
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Minus, here in IL we call those protests "property tax appeals." I've done more than a few of them (residential), though not for myself--I checked records and noticed we were underassessed relative to many neighbors. They are a PITA--but I guess less so now that one needn't plow through microfiche and there are sites like Zillow that list home sale prices. Back in the day I had to take Polaroids (later, print out photos from a digital camera) of "comparables" and explain the mistaken assumptions the Assessor's office made about the subject property. I did win most of them, but results were pretty much luck-of-the-draw depending on which Commissioner heard my arguments.
Tired--was woken up early by a sharp tummy-ache, which turned out to have been due to having had too many foods sweetened with "sugar alcohols" (one keto cereal didn't list them on its Nutritional Facts label, but simply listed "monkfruit" in the ingredients. Been eating more fiber than usual too. Of course, as soon as I felt that mid-epigastric pain my mind went to some pretty dark places. First thing I did was take my temp, then my pulse-ox. OK, COVID out of the way, so then I wondered if that recipe calling for an internal temp of 145F for that pork tenderloin resulted in foodborne illness, or if I hadn't washed the basil in the Caprese well enough. Nope--Bob felt fine. Then, I recalled how his intestinal obstruction a couple of years ago started--but he said I was passing gas so it wasn't that. Turns out I was just "full of..."
My voice teacher's wife slipped and fell on wet leaves yesterday while walking the dogs--she just came out of surgery about an hour ago. Broken ankle and torn ligaments. She was recently furloughed from her job as a travel and event planner. The hits just keep on coming...
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Minus - I fold back my bed covers back every morning to air out, with the window open, while I take a shower. Or longer. At some point I pull them back up and plop the pillows on top. That is "making the bed" for me, until it's time for my weekly linen change.
Still waiting to complete my contact tracing training and be put to work. I think things have been delayed because UCSF, which is providing the training and running the project, is rolling the training out on a statewide basis as of Monday and is thus extremely busy.
UCSF Partners with State to Develop Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 Response - Training Developed for San Francisco Will Be Offered to Counties Across California https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417346/ucsf-partners-state-develop-public-health-workforce-covid-19-response
My husband built a raised bed for our backyard and we got some of the veggies we wanted planted on Sunday. So far we have lettuce, sorrell, spinach, Italian parsley, bunching onions, tomatillos and a few varieties of tomatoes. We also bought a very pretty semi-dwarf lemon tree. I am hoping to find starters for radishes, carrots, scallions, marigolds, and possibly radiccio and tarragon when we make a second trip to the nursery. Which has been open all along during SF's shelter in place. It's so interesting what each state or county designates an "essential" business!
I'm calling it our Victory garden.
I cut my husband's hair yesterday. It looks pretty good, especially when you take into account the fact that it was my very first attempt.
Cooking: I made halibut "acqua pazza" (a brothy marinara-type sauce) with grilled bread a couple of nights ago, which turned out quite nicely. Last night we made little pizzas using flour tortillas as the crust. Tonight we're having belated Cinco de Mayo: guacamole and carnitas tacos. Perhaps with spicy margaritas!
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Dinner was five spinach/cheese raviolis with a little bit of leftover red sauce and a lot of butter. Quite good and another thing moved out of the freezer.
Thanks for the link Magari. Most interesting. Hope you get a call soon. Love your garden. Are most people in SF wearing masks? I talked to a friend today with a daughter in Palo Alto and she said most people are not. Weird since that's a bastion of science & education.
ChiSandy - I've found that if I eat much past 5pm in the evening or a large meal, I'm awakened by the "need to go". Most annoying. Been up since 2am this morning with exactly that issue and unfortunately I had things happening all day so didn't get a nap. I will be in bed SOON.
Carole - can't find it now (maybe another thread?) but I was impressed by your description of Drury's sanitizing procedures. When are you heading North? Somehow I have in my mind that it's June 1st.
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Tummy issues must be in the air or on the thread tonight.....hubby had some this evening but with a most definitive cause: Delicious corned beef and cabbage (and potato and carrot) simmered in the crockpot all day. He made it! Later he said "Boy I'm tired. I had a busy day, cooking and..." i smiled and trailed off at that remark! I sense a new appreciation 😉
Polished it all off with a tasty red wine from the other night. Forget the name.🍷
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Magari, I'm envious. Here in Chicago, we can still get frost, snow and even a hard freeze in May...all three on the way late tomorrow night into Sat. morning (nothing is supposed to stick, though). I shouldn't have bought those tomato seedlings yet--gonna have to bring them indoors at night so long as the lows dip below 45F; turns out that planting season here isn't supposed to start till 5/15, if not Memorial Day. My parsley & mint should be winter-hardy (as are my strawberry runners & raspberry canes), though.
Also remembered that my bedtime snack was 3 prunes. D'OH! (and DUH).
We ordered out tonight from Chez Simo--they didn't have a driver and I didn't want GrubHub to grab any part of their revenue, so Bob & I drove over to pick up the food. Portions much bigger than I remembered, so we shared: soupe à l'oignion; moules marinière (in a white wine cream broth, insanely messy but delicious--had to shoo the cats off the table because the broth had shallots); salade Lyonnaise (field greens, lardons, croutons and two perfectly-poached eggs); and half a duck (mid-rare breast, confit of leg, mashed potatoes, red cabbage & julienne carrots). Oh, and a freshly-baked big honkin' baguette. We still have leftover duck & bread, so I'll make Bob a prosciutto & provolone baguette sandwich to take to Union Health and nuke for lunch. The less yummy bread we have in the house, the less I'll be tempted.
Tomorrow, he'll be bringing Greek food home. I told him to surprise me (but that I will still stick to the straight & narrow).
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Last night was a slow cooker main dish with chicken thighs, cream of chicken soup, green peas, brown rice flavored with curry powder. Side was a tossed salad.
The multi cooker is still out on the counter. I will put it to work today with a hunk of pork roast, half of a pork butt.
What a lovely garden! One down side of summer in MN is no garden veggies at the farmer's market until August. August! The tomatoes are delicious when they finally ripen. Same with the green beans.
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last night ended up my first time making baked spaghetti, I hyped it up to my picky son, telling him kids love it (the recipe stated they did
and he ate it just fine. I found it not a yummy dish, he can have allthe leftovers. 0 -
Today's meal was a delicious Dole spinach salad 'kit' with Miso dressing. And my first bread in a couple of weeks - two Cheesecake Factory Brown Wheat Rolls. (or rather from Kroger, but supplied to grocery stores by the Cheesecake Factory) Served with the last glass of Estancia Meritage. I'm too full to breathe. Should have stuck with only one roll.
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Cooking the chunk of pork butt in the slow cooker looked doubtful during the day as I peered through the glass lid. But turned out a big success. I sliced the cooked pork, returned to cooker with barbecue sauce for another hour. Delicious. The barbecue sauce was Cattleman's, which is not icky sweet, the kind dh prefers. I am not a fan of shredded meat. Prefer slices with a little chew.
Two sides. Small baked sweet potatoes with butter. Beautiful composed salad with avocado, compari tomatoes, cucumber, Kalamata olives, blue cheese.
Last night I dreamed about turning leftover navy beans into a soup with tomatoes and a few noodles. Hmmmm.
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Tonight I’ll grill the pork tenderloin I’ve put off for the last two nights, due to large lunches eaten later than normal. Last night was grilled cheese and tomato soup, the night before cheesy scrambled eggs and an English muffin. Sides tonight will be bi color Florida corn on the cob and parmesan colored peppers.
DH likes the sweet bbq sauce too while I prefer the vinegar variety. Lately though we’ve agreed on a Heinz product - Memphis style. It’s sweet and vinegary so seems to please us both. I normally use the Carolina flavor which is very vinegary. I usually avoid commercial bbq sauces because of the prevalence of high fructose corn syrup but these do not list that.
Carole I’m facing similar dental issues. Just before the lock down I lost part of a filing that took a piece of my tooth with it. It hasn’t bothered me until this week other than having to carefully chew. But of course the dentist is limiting patients. I did manage to get an appointment but not until the 19th and in one of his other offices several towns away. The preferred treatment is a crown I’m sure sigh 😔 I just hope naproxen keeps doing the job .
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Carole & Auntinance - I am also facing dental issues. Had an infection in one tooth dentist has been "watching" in latter part of March - infection cleared up with 10 days antibiotics, but not sure what else may need to be done. Very hesitant about going to the dentist anytime soon, even if they will make an appointment.
We just finished early dinner of roast chicken, homemade gravy (I always add a splash of white wine to it), steamed cauli/broccoli/carrots tossed with some herbed butter. DH likes to eat his "big meal" early afternoon (throwback to British "Sunday Lunch", since he is a Brit). Lots of leftover meat, so will make a curry with riced veggies (cauli, broccoli, carrots), spinach & shrooms in a day or so. DH will have some basmati rice & sauteed onion w/garlic as add ons.
BBQ Sauce - I like the Carolina style. Never tried Memphis style, but it sounds like a good mix between traditional & Carolina. DH is not a BBQ Pork fan, but I am. Homemade BBQ Pork was one of the things I requested for my retirement luncheon last summer. Does anyone put coleslaw on top of their BBQ? Never had it this way until I moved to greater Cincinnati area.
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minus - ah yes, the morning pizza - hungover college student Breakfast of Champions!
together - I find that I have to jazz up the baked spaghetti with extra stuff - spicy sausage, black olives, sautéed onions and peppers - otherwise it can be bland.
I have a pork butt in the freezer from my last shopping trip - mid-March - all that was left in the meat department along with corned beef, so I grabbed one and threw it in the freezer. I like to use the crockpot for them, and then shred the meat either for BBQ sandwiches, or for carnitas. For the latter I spread the meat out on a sheet pan and broil it to get it a little crispy. I have sometimes added pineapple if I have put OJ in with the pork for al pastor style soft tacos. My MIL made pork butt in the crock pot with a bottle of BBQ sauce (also Cattleman's) and a can of Coke or Pepsi. Unusual, but DD loves it that way and she has eaten a LOT of BBQ!
celia - I am a California girl who never had southern BBQ growing up. The first time I tried it was in North Carolina when I was a newlywed, at College BBQ in Salisbury. They serve it with slaw and vinegar sauce - I am ruined for it any other way, it was that good.
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Tonight was chicken nuggets and fries. Tomorrow is lasagna, with salad and garlic bread. Sunday will be leftovers from tomorrow night.
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I too like the Carolina style BBQ sauce w/vinegar best too, but I'll look for the Memphis to try.
As for big meals, at the turn of the last century - so early 1900s - most of the working men or farmers had their big meal midday. My Mother tells of her Dad walking home every day for "dinner". My grandpa's "supper" at night was bread & milk and some fruit. Of course there was nothing like cheerios and it was my Grandma's homemade bread, so probably healthy enough.
I don't think "dinner" at night became prevalent until after WWI - and then probably in the cities & not on the farms. My dad, for example, took a train to an office "in the city" and never got home before 6pm. So that's when we had the main meal of the day - "dinner". Fascinating data below from Wiki...
Lunch, the abbreviation for luncheon, is a meal eaten around midday.[1] During the 20th century, the meaning gradually narrowed to a small or mid-sized meal eaten midday
Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the largest and most formal meal of the day, which many Westerners eat in the evening. Historically the largest meal used to be eaten around midday, and called dinner.[1] In Western cultures it gradually migrated later in day... However, the word "dinner" can have different meanings depending on culture...In particular it is still sometimes used for a meal at noon or in the early afternoon on special occasions, such as a Christmas dinner.
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Celia, if not on it at least with it!
Just got back from a grocery run so have choices for dinner: roast turkey breast, burgers, or taco salad. Need to consult with DH re his preference. If turkey, will roast in air fryer.
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Since I've still been allergically housebound, DH has been doing a variety of food procuring trips recently. DS keeps offering to do it for us, but he is in the middle of buying a house in all this craziness, so we are trying to keep some work off his plate.
And I have to say, “DH has come a long way, baby!“ in recent years. I can recall the days when I would be preparing a meal for guests, and discovered (in a panic) something I needed from the store and it would take a few tries before he'd get the correct Item, despite specific product descriptions. Well, yesterday, he decided to do a major shopping trip at Wegman's, where he managed to get everything we might need for the next week or more! He didn't miss one item! I think he is proud to have his new “shopper“ skill recognized...and he really likes to eat! Today, he headed to Traders and finished up with specific Items. I may be delusional, but I believe I heard him say today that he doesn't mind food shopping at all, as long as I make the list. This could be my best Mother's Day gift....even tho I'm beyond the daily mothering role by a bunch of years! 😉So last evening, we had baked salmon that I prepped with Teriyaki sauce, with sides of brussels sprouts, baked butternut Squash, and salad.
Tonight we had grilled chicken breast tenderloins, baked sweet potatoes, huge salad, and sour dough bread with a spread of roasted garlic mashed avocado. Lots of tenderloins are leftover, so tomorrow will likely include them in the menu, unless we decide to get pizza from the shop for whom I'm making masks.
The mask making continues now that everyone in our state needs to wear them. Next we will be outfitting the library staff who start back to work in a week or so. I actually can't wait until the fabric stores open so I can don my mask and cruise the aisles for bright new fabric designs to buy.Happy Mother's and Nurturers Day, everyone!
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Lacey, your shopping story reminded me of the time our mother sent my brother to the store for a head of lettuce and he came back with a head of cabbage. He truly did not know the difference.
Re fabric for masks, I am using my quilter's stash. Quilting came to a screeching halt due to fuzzy thinking the year before BC diagnosis. Am just this year getting back into it.
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A big shout out of thanks to those making masks for others!! I can sew on a button, the end. I love hearing about all the giving and aiding others!
Apparently I'm a big liar - I used by final sun dried tomato can tonight and it was edible! Wondering if the yucky ones were due to less expensive tomatoes? Since I use Shipt for groceries (and I used pickup even before the virus, I hate shopping), I ended up with an expensive final can of them as a Shoptmsubstitute.
It is 36 degrees now at midnight, where is May???
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I brought the tomato plants indoors before sunset. 35 degrees here at 11 pm, with a low of 29 predicted by dawn. Record for the coldest May temp in Chicago is 27, set back in 1983 (that was a pretty nasty and long winter, IIRC). Will take them back outside when the mercury climbs above 40. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Last night Bob brought home food from Greek Islands, near Union Health. They are doing an extremely limited carry-out menu: no moussaka, pastitsio, dandelion greens or avgolemono soup. So we had an Athenian salad, beef stew and grilled shrimp with vegetables (and he had rice too). Tonight we ordered out from Cellars: butternut squash soup, Caesar salad, and shrimp-broccoli linguine in blackened cream sauce for Bob (I ate my leftover duck breast and leg confit from Wed. night). Tomorrow night more Greek leftovers, perhaps supplemented with salmon.
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Lots of good eating in the midst of pandemic! In rural Louisiana, the noon meal was called dinner and the evening meal was supper.
My fabric supply is very limited and more feminine than masculine. It was purchased for making place mats. A sister-in-law who now lives in OK, a big quilter, is doing booming business selling LSU and SAINTS face masks from her Etsy site.
Our dinner last night was leftover navy beans over fresh-cooked brown rice. Also leftover barbecue pork and a tossed salad with many ingredients. Very satisfactory.
I first had coleslaw on a barbecue pork sandwich at a restaurant. It's definitely a good combo. I have eaten Memphis barbecue at a couple of the famous Memphis restaurants, Rendevous and Corky's, and enjoyed it very much. We once stayed at at the elegant old hotel (searching for the name) with the duck routine. Rendevous was in easy walking distance. The seating would be much too crowded for present health considerations. All the publicity made it very popular with tourists.
I guess there will be dinner tonight but no clue.
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The Peabody. I expect the Ducks are lonely without the audience.
I've only had coleslaw on bbq in the Carolinas where it is delicious especially on whole hog bbq. I'm picky about coleslaw though. Most of it is too sweet for my taste. I (again) like it heavy on the vinegar. I can see that I'm going to have to find a pork butt. I might even have one in the freezer.
We were supposed to have frost last night but I don't think we did. We moved all of the (extremely heavy) potted containers into the garage. They could come back out today but tomorrow night it's also supposed to be in the 30s so I don't know if we should drag them back out or not. They're way too to heavy to do this daily.
But for tonight, dinner is still an unknown.
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My breakfast companion this morning
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auntie - so pretty! I too am a vinegar lover and like a tart slaw rather than sweet. Every now and then I also make a ranch based one, but my homemade ranch is spicy and a bit salty.
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Count me in as liking tart coleslaw as well.
Auntie Nance - Lovely photo. We had 4 goldfinches in our yard yesterday afternoon, which were bright spots in an otherwise dreary weather day.
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Been to Memphis seven times for Folk Alliance--I adore Rendezvous. Worth the wait for a table for their keto-friendly dry rub ribs--last time I was there they even had lamb ribs. Tried Corky's but all they had was pulled pork. Neely's Interstate was a pleasant surprise--much better than you'd expect a Food Network merchandising-machine to be.
Dinner tonight was Greek leftovers--grilled octopus over Caesar salad, braised beef chunks and veggies.
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Barbecue must be the thing today. We had apple pork barbecue and boating slaw (a vinigar based slaw also but sweet) and a caprese salad to use up tomatoes almost past their prime. DH specifically picked up basil and a ball of mozzarella, since he loves it.
Auntie, I love the birds! We also have feeders and enjoy watching them over breakfast.
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The Peabody. Yes! Thanks, Nance. Beautiful birds in your photo. I, too, like vinegary coleslaw. DH likes sweet. I don't make coleslaw often but try for a sweet and tangy dressing.
Dinner last night was minimal. Crispy fried catfish and boiled small red potatoes with butter and sour cream. Dh made his tartar sauce. I had fresh lemon wedges.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, daughters, and son in our group.
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