So...whats for dinner?
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Kung pao, my fave. Kudos
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And lo mein - my favorite.
Dinner was a large salad w/whatever was left in the fridge. Grocery run for fresh produce tomorrow or Wednesday.
Getting quotes on painting the outside of the house. Range from $4800 to $8000. Eeek.
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Dinner was pasta with (jarred) Alfredo sauce to which I added the last of the turkey breast ( roasted last week) and green peas. Dare I say easy peasy?
That's the last of the leftovers, have to put my thinking cap on and do a grocery store run. Need to swing by the pharmacy too.
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Dinner was the low-carb faux pizza I froze Sat., followed by a salad I threw together from stuff in the crisper I had to use up. For the second time in a row I ordered basil from Instacart--and didn't get it. But this time they subbed out thyme. Now I have two packages, since some arrived on Sat. (And I have a plant in the garden now). Looks like a French omelet tomorrow for brunch--gonna ask my housekeeper if she wants one of the packages. My little basil seedlings are almost ready to be pinched back, but are a bit too tender to re-pot outdoors. So I'm using dried crushed basil leaves on my tomato salads. Bob brought home leftover fried chicken from his office--it's too tempting for me to eat. Last time he brought some home, I vowed to peel off the coating...but we all knew how that went. So it's better not to tempt myself. I think tomorrow night he'll have chicken and I'll have some frozen (non-breaded) Buffalo wings,
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DH grilled sweet and hot (for him) Italian sausage for dinner. We leftovers from the last few days if a pasta veggie salad, vinegar based slaw and caprese salad.
I may have broken my baby toe or maybe just bruised it. I remember banging it on furniture maybe last night. Today after walking I looked and yep bruised. I have it tied up with my migraine cold pak from the fridge right now.⛑
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reader - oh no! I have broken a number of toes - one about five minutes after landing in Italy when a suitcase fell on it, and another when we were out of town for a military retirement ceremony and the fully loaded luggage cart rolled over my foot. The ceremony was the next day and I only had high heels to wear! Surprisingly, it was ok, but my foot hurt like no other when I finally took my shoe off. All that to say two things 1) I need to stay away from all luggage, and 2) tape your pinky toe to the toe next to it - it really helps, ice it for the first day or two, but then warm compresses help the bruising and swelling dissipate, and take an anti-inflammatory, like Advil, if you can. Good luck! I feel your pain!
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Last night was homemade eggplant lasagna out of the freezer. I heated it using the outdoor grill as an oven. Side was a large tossed romaine salad with many additions. Olive oil and white balsamic for dressing.
Today I will get out the multi cooker and cook the other half of the pork roast.
I'm glad to see businesses opening so that there is income for owners and workers, but I hope people don't lose their sense of caution. I believe the medical scientists who are skeptical that the Coronavirus will just go away.
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Today was my every other week grocery run. Unfortunately I saw what Carole fears. The first HEB store I went to was PACKED, no 25% or even 50% of normal volume, and very few masks. Although I wanted their special ranch dressing, I decided it wasn't worth it. I made my way to a smaller store in further out in the burbs. They were still sanitizing the carts but only about 1/2 the customers were wearing masks. A couple of the vendors stocking shelves has masks down around their necks. And people made no effort to distance in the aisles. Since I'm only going to get fresh produce anyway, I'll go back to my regular Kroger in June.
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Minus, I went to HEB today but to a different story. The number of people was OK, although they didn't seem to be counting numbers today. Saw a higher percentage of masks too, possibly because one employee in another of the HEB stores in town tested positive last week! Also, looked like almost everything has been restocked, exception being sanitizers which may be lack availability from manufacturers. Appreciate that they have sanitizing wipes and hand sanitizer available at the doors.
In the 90s here today so dinner will chef salads.
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Reader, I second Special's advice (I have broken all my toes except the big ones at least once). To that I'll add, elevate! It really, really makes a difference.
No idea what dinner will be--might treat myself to that leftover fried chicken breast if Bob comes home from work too late (probably having had dinner at the hospital). If so, will roast some brussels sprouts to accompany it. Tomorrow, shrimp and pan-roasted asparagus (ATK's recipe with cherry tomatoes & black olives). Had considered making shakshuka, but I already had a 2-egg French omelet for brunch.
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Thank you Special and Sandy for the helpful tips. The icing has helped and I elevated it tonight while watching "My Man Godfrey" (1936). Great fun. And my toe does indeed feel better tonight. Bruising is impressive for such a small body part!
Dinner tonight was fresh made baked shrimp cakes, southern rice and coleslaw. We have a small local grocer I like to support so I masked up and went there today and picked up these goodies plus some meats. Also went to a garden shop. Lots of masks and disinfecting practices thank goodness.
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Bob had to take his car to JiffyLube after he once again got a "Low Tire Pressure" warning on his dash (less than a month after buying new tires). They had him mask up and drive his car on to the skids while they changed his oil & filter, poked about below, straightened a dent in a rim (thank you, monster potholes!), tested for leaks and topped up the air in all four tires. They were masked and gloved and never had to get into the car. I'm due for an oil change next month, but my Subaru dealership does a similar routine (no more wonderful waiting room lounge with free cappuccinos, alas). I really need a car wash, but Bob says the risk of aerosolization might be too great. Think I'll just do a sponge-down/towel-off in the garage or alley.
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Hello again! Tonite was sloppy joes and frozen green beans. Didnt feel like really cooking. LOL
I see the latest discussion is leg cramps. I take K and mag and still get them to the point of screaming occasionally. My feet will curl in as if I were in a coma, and it hurts. I try to stand up on them if I can but it doesnt always let me get my feet down.
This is going to sound nutty, but have any of you heard of soap in your bed to combat it? I didnt believe it either. BUT IT WORKS FOR ME!!! Mostly. Ive even put a bar in my pocket during the day if the cramps are bad. If Im having a session, I can get cramp after cramp, my thigh locks up over and over. Or my calf will lock up and my foot will contract and I will scream. But Ill grab that stupid bar of soap, and its cheap stuff from motels, in my pocket, and it calms down, and doesnt come back. Now, I dont know why or how and I DONT CARE, IF IT WORKS, because I dont like pain. I keep a bar in my bed under the sheet at my feet. If I fell it coming ill move my leg over to the bump of soap. Cramp gone. If is in my head, it still works. Give it a chance. If it doesnt work for you, you still have a bar of soap to use. I know its supposed to be ivory, but i use any bar. Sounds so stranfe, but Ive told other people about it, and only 1 person said it didnt help them. All the others, and ive told many, it helped. Ok, off my soap box ( pun intended)
Much love and cramp free to all
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Moonflwr, yes, I have heard of the soap treatment with a majority saying it works. At one time it was Irish Spring that was recommended. Good to hear it isn't brand specific!
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The soap works to keep my feet from curling under, but doesn't do squat for those tibial cramps that cause my foot to bend upward and toes to splay out. It might be a form of dystonia (back in Feb, my left index & middle fingers suddenly bent and nearly crossed--likely also a focal dystonia). The tibial cramps are exquisitely painful. And the last calf cramp left a bruise that took a couple of days to go away. In my 20s, I would get cramps in my armpits that caused me to sweat so hard my bra's dyes ran into my white shirt.
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Last night was the pork roast and a side of speckled butter beans with brown rice. The butter beans were cooked with pickled pork.
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Hello:) Believe me or not I have already written it once but the my computer decided to reboot, and here I am writing it again.
Last night I made Ukrainian stuffed peppers:) Just saw those white bell peppers in the store, these have more thin flesh and are more triangel-sheped than bell-shaped, and ihave their own aroma, different from those bell peppers we usually see in the stores. I stuffed those with ground chicken, cooked sushi rice and fried porcini that I soaked in water for an hour and then fried in oil and added to the stuffing. Last fall was a great year for mushrooms, me and the pup..
the pup:) needs an introduction)) he is a red Welsh Corgi Pembroke, quite big-boned and stocky, 18 kg, wtf, named Mr.Darcy, Sävholms Simonini His Lordship and Grace, but goes under Darcy or cute little fucker, because he fucks things up every now and then... So, us two went foraging every weekend and now I have a stock of dried mushrooms, different sorts. Keep your jokes to yourself)) I know mushrooms, it is Russian national sport)) Later I let the peppers simmer in a tomato sauce and then ate it with sour creme.. I know, I am still fat, sigh. Anyhow, the smell was killing and after a couple of glasses of Australian riesling I ate three peppers. I know, please)) Later I fried some patties of excessive stuffing and tried to serve it in hamburger to my eldest. She did ate it but later she ust looked it me and said, this is not my thing. Got you, hunn.Today I made real hamburgers, both broiled and regular, organic beef mixed with lots of minced onions, caramelized red onions with brown sugar fried in truffel butter.. Yes, it was a good year even for truffels and I went to the island of Gotland whereb they have a lot of black truffels and you can join the group where you can watch a lagotto romagnolo seek and find truffels. An experience I can say, and my gay friend lives on the island, I am so grateful))
My eldest little honey just scoped the patties, onions.. assembled her burger and ... and went on with her gaming.
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tonight was chicken and rice casserole
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Cherry, LOL! I love Corgis (though I've never had a dog), and I sometimes refer to my little black princess kitty Heidi as the "Corgi cat" because of her short little Ragdoll legs. You were able to get truffles? Ooooh, I'm so envious! They are insanely expensive here, and you have to use them up w/in a few days. I just look for truffle oils & salts that have actual truffles, not "essence." I buy a tiny one from Eataly (when they're on special) once a year for a holiday dinner. Shaved truffles make soft-scrambled eggs a luxury meal! Couple of years ago, I tried to order one from Tennessee Truffles, which supplies most gourmet restaurants east of the Rockies; but then the owner e-mailed me back that a blight had hit all his truffle oaks; and that it would take years for the roots to be hospitable to truffle growth.
Celia, that is just TOO funny!
Made guac this morning so I could have avocado toast (egg-topped) for brunch. Dinner tonight will be scampi and pan-roasted asparagus with cherry tomatoes & black olives. Smoked whitefish & trout as an appetizer (or adjunct to the scampi). Bob went to Calumet Fisheries, but they were out of sturgeon & sable.
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This evening, I bring some sad news for those who knew “Susan", amember of this dinner thread for quite a few years, sharing her vast knowledge of food, cooking and baking.
Posting on her mother's Facebook page, Susan's adult daughter shared that she passed away peacefully this past weekend from complications related to her cancer, which she'd amazingly managed for the past 15 years. An accomplished professional musician, Susan was also a computer consultant and in recent years ran an AirB&B where she wowed their many international guests with her culinary magic. From the time breast cancer entered Susan's life she provided support to many fellow survivors as they navigated their treatment paths. In their condolence messages to her daughter and husband, many of these women spoke about the importance of Susan's generous support to them.
Susan spent the last four years of her life lovingly nurturing her adorable granddaughter, delighting in sharing her love of music and food and much else with her. Susan's only end of life regret was that she would not be able to see her grow up.
I will certainly remember Susan for her many wonderful contributions to our dinner thread, as well as getting to know her personally over lunches and dinners. One of those dinners was in Boston, with Minus, who, with her friend, Pat, was passing through town. I also met Susan's sweet granddaughter seeing the delightful relationship they enjoyed. She exhibited so much courage and strength and never let her long battle with cancer slow her down. She leaves textured memories in many circles.On a lighter note, many years ago, I learned from an older relative that using a bar of soap might reduce some awful leg cramps I was experiencing. Well, it did.....and sometimes now, I come across that little bar of soap in my night table and smile. No idea at all why this worked, but it did when I needed it for basic leg cramps.
Tonight we had “jump ups“, consisting of leftover cod and veggies in Rao's Puttanesca sauce over orzo. Salad on the side, of course!
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Lacey, how sad
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Oh Pat, this makes me so sad. Susan was such an inspiration in so many ways. Hope she’s cooking up a storm with Apple and Michelle. Thanks for sharing
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I remember Susan.... :-(
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Pat, so sad Susan was taken from us (and her family) too soon. May her memory be for a blessing--as her life was to so many.
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Sad news about Susan. Thanks for sharing.
Last night was leftovers and salad. Tonight will be bone in skin on chicken thighs, probably roasted in the outdoor grill/oven.
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Very sad news about Susan. I am so glad she was able to see her daughter marry and be in the renovated home they worked on, and be a wonderful grandmother to such a special little one - I could feel their love through the photos she posted. My heart breaks for those she left behind and how they will make their way without her. I too hope she is baking bread for everyone in heaven and sharing a cocktail with those from our thread who were surely there to welcome her.
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Yes, I'll continue to miss Susan. I may be wrong, but I think Eric is the only one who bakes bread regularly??? Like my Mother - Susan baked every day - bread, cinnamon rolls, you name it. I'm so glad I was able to meet her during my Boston trip.
And am glad for the rest of you from this thread that I have met in my travels.
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Minus, I promise we will meet the next time I’m in Missouri city
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I try to bake bread as often as I can.
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