So...whats for dinner?
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Lacey - Enjoyed your pics!
Carole - Please tell me more about using Bounce dryer sheets as mouse repellant. My DH uses traps & we find the occasional mouse in the garage, so believe we prevent them from coming indoors. Miss the days when one or the other of our 2 cats would quickly take care of any that made their way into the house. In re: your ruined quilt, perhaps donate to an animal shelter? Glad your relocation trip went smoothly.
MinusTwo - I have a great, easy recipe for Roasted Lemon Shrimp (use it for scallops also) - Please let me know if you would like it.
Sandy - OMG, so envious of all the great food/wine offerings you have nearby. When we lived in Muswell Hill (London suburb) we had terrific Fish-n-Chips, Indian, Chinese, Italian, etc. restaurants in easy walking distance. Also, a wonderful deli with delicious bagels & lox and potato salad. Alas, we are deep in the N KY suburbs of the greater Cincinnati area and while we are safe from looting, demonstrations etc., nothing much nearby except chains
DH & I are hoping that by the time our 30th anniversary rolls around on 6/30, we can venture out for a nice dining experience.
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Glad to hear you made it safely up to MN, Carole--and that you are using common sense to stay safe.
So when it rains, it pours (figuratively as well): just as I was getting ready to sleep at 2am, the power suddenly went out. (Surprised because it wasn't hot out and we were running just one window A/C). Used my Apple Watch to find a flashlight so I could locate (and unplug) my cell and call ComEd: the outage was neighborhood-wide (affecting 3100 households); they had no idea why, and the estimated restore time was 4am. It came back on a bit after 3.
But when I got up this morning, and came downstairs, my HK declared "It's a miracle!" The fridge was cold again, the icemaker had dropped several loads of cubes, and the only stuff that spoiled was past pull date to begin with. Apparently, the outage and restoration "power-cycled" and re-booted the fridge, re-setting its software. The compressor won't be in till Tues., so I'll wait till Mon. to see if the fridge holds up before cancelling the return service appt. At least now I know what to try first the next time this happens: head downstairs and re-set the dedicated circuit breaker.
Breakfast was French-style soft-scrambled eggs (secret is to use a small nonstick saucepan rather than frypan), 2 slices of bacon, and a piece of low-carb toast. Now that I have lots of basil--and the half of a tomato in the fridge, might make a cheeseless Caprese (didn't try to move the mozz. downstairs so we had to toss it). Not sure what to do for dinner--if it's nice out, we'll either grill a steak or head over to Cellars' patio again. (Or carry out from Patio fast-food Greek joint around the corner, likely Greek salad and gyros platter).
EDITED TO ADD: And now, because we didn't use the garage overnight (the power line shorted out in yesterday's downpour, and when it came back on we didn't want to chance our cars being trapped in there should it storm again), rats have moved in on my car's side--my HK, when she went to reset the GFCI after last night's neighborhood-wide outage, the light came on and she saw the pellets. We have a slight dent in the back wall from when I overshot a few years ago, which caused a big gap at the bottom--that's where they moved in overnight. I called the exterminator, and he's sending someone out Monday (earliest he could do because this is a problem all over the city). He says it's not a given they'll be back if I re-park, but he can't guarantee that my car's return would scare them away either. So I can either risk having them get into the engine and gnaw the wires (carmakers now use soy-based insulation), or stay parked on the street and risk either their returning tonight or having my catalytic converter stolen. I took a look, and the pellets are new. So I did park--but left the overhead light on to discourage critters (and also monitor whether there's another short in the garage power line).
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Celia - yes, please - I would like the recipe for Roasted Lemon Shrimp. Thanks in advance.
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Roasted Lemon Shrimp: 2 TBSP Unsalted Butter, melted (I use salted & omit salt listed later in recipe) / 1 TBSP fresh lemon juice / 2 cloves garlic, minced / 1/8 TSP red pepper flakes (I omit these due to digestive issues) / 8 - 12 oz uncooked shrimp (I use wild caught, with tails off) / salt to taste / fresh ground pepper to taste. 400 degree oven. Mix first 4 ingredients. Pat shrimp dry. Season w/salt & pepper. Toss shrimp in mixed ingredients. Roast 10-12 minutes. I use parchment paper in the pan used for roasting for easy cleanup. There will be some sauce in the pan that you can pour over shrimps, if you like.
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Just found out (during the memorial prayer portion of my temple's online service tonight) that my primary care doc lost his battle with COVID-19 on Wednesday. He had spent a month in the ICU on a ventilator. Last saw him in Feb., and he was vital and energetic.
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I've been reading, but not posting...been kind of busy with all sorts of stuff.
So sad, Chi. The COVID is a strange thing. I'm not sure what else to say and it seems strange to just "plunge" on with the post.
The GFCI tripping. If it becomes a huge problem and the electrician says it's "just the way it is" because the electrical code requires garage outlets to have GFCI protection (which by the way, I think is a good thing)....ask the electrician if the "problem" GFCI breaker can be replaced with a regular breaker and GFCI outlet(s) be installed in the garage. Now, if you have what are AFCI breaker, which many cities mandate being used in new construction...put "AFCI nuisance trip" into your favorite search engine.
Minus, I haven't been out exercising the past few days. The governor ordered a statewide 8pm curfew because of the protests turning violent. I did run the other night, starting at 7pm. When I got home, just before 8pm, it had cooled to almost 105F/40C...I was so sweaty that even my shoes "squished". :-( Hopefully the order isn't extended and I can get back to running after dark. I'd go to the gym, but I'm not sure how great that would be...heavy exercise and wearing a mask isn't very compatible. I've had to work while wearing a N95 and the mask greatly reduces my ability to exert myself without getting out of breath.
Lacey, those are sweet picture of Amelia. I needed the smile. :-)
...phone is ringing....probably a junk call...
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Celia - thanks for the recipe. I've printed it out.
Chi - sorry about the death of your doc.
Eric - did you go to the Grand Canyon? Interesting someone was just talking about AFCI being the new standard the other day. Speaking of junk calls, the lack of calls the last couple of weeks has been delightful. Now they've started up again.
Too hot to eat after walking. So I stayed out & worked in the yard for another couple of hours trying to pull out Johnson grass by hand. Only 95, but full sun at noon is a bitch. Stupid! So breakfast, lunch & dinner was zucchini noodles and spaghetti sauce with ground meat from the freezer. Side was two Hawaiian rolls. Dessert was one slice of lemon loaf cake.
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Nothing for breakfast except black coffee--late last night my disposer seized up and the half of the kitchen sink containing it was backed up with suspiciously starchy "greige" water. My suspicions were correct: the leftover 5-day-old Chinese white & brown rices--which had hardened into bricks that I broke up and seemingly successfully ran through the disposer, got stuck in the "trap" of the U-pipe. So I had to wait for the plumber to replace the disposer and pipe--both of which had long ago exceeded their lifespans and begun to corrode.
Lunch, brought home from WF by Bob, was Southwestern turkey breast, broccoli, and kale slaw. Dinner was more of the same, plus Middle Eastern leftovers from last night: kefta, yogurt-marinated chicken kabob, Greek salad with tahini dressing. Lots of yellow rice--tempting, but I left that for Bob.
Tomorrow we are going to brunch at Cellars' patio. Last night, Gordy took Leslie there for her 30th birthday. I will likely grill a steak or burgers for dinner: one more day of cool-to-mild sunny weather. Wearing long PJs (scrubs) and down comforter for sleep, rather than turn the heat back on.
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Carole, thanks for checking in. It’s good to know that you have arrived safely and started your summer! Tho I can see how it would be disconcerting to see people’s relaxed attitudes about gathering without masks and distancing. I guess some people just do not believe in the dangers of the virus, and others even believe it’s a Demo hoax. Maybe living in a dream world works for some....until it doesn’t!
Chi, I am so sorry to learn about the death of your primary care physician. That’s jarring...and so sad.
I am jarred enough learning that my annual PE, which I was saving concerns up for, is scheduled to be a telemed appt now. Our state has been moving along with progressive phasing back to work, etc., so I thought by the 16th, I’d have an office visit.
And the kicker is that DH has his on the same day and he is going to have an office visit with his doc. I guess in gray area times like this it’s better to have a concierge doc, which he has. I was resistant to shifting to his practice since I’ve been with my doc for many years, but that may not have been such a smart decision, especially since this concierge practice was not an arm and a leg to join. Oh well. At this point, I am just hoping my doc is okay.Chi, I’m also sorry to learn that you are dealing with so many unexpected house issues that require immediate attention. Ugh! Hope they resolve.
Minus, I chuckled at your description of it being “only 95”. Not sure I’d do well with that and walking! And Eric...here’s hoping your gov lifts the curfew soon!Celia, your recipe for the lemon shrimp looks good. Sadly, I saw it too late last night to use on some dry scallops that DH (the newly minted happy shopper!) picked up on sale. They were smaller than our usual sea scallops, but very tasty. I decided to sauté them “naked” with just some evoo and a bit of butter once I turned them over. I really wanted to see how tasty they were by themselves, and they didn’t disappoint. I will try your recipe with the frozen shrimp that await attention.
For sides last night, I made roasted asparagus with garlic, lemon and a sprinkle of parmesan, and made a simple salad with a balsamic dressing and added some pear chunks. Wishing DH had gotten more scallops to freeze and have for another meal. This one felt special since we rarely have scallops, which run almost $20 lb. These were fresh, dry and half that!
We had a few leftover so for tonight’s “barely mention worthy” dinner, we had those for some “interest”, along with Allessi’s sicilian lentil soup, and a salad. The best part of tonight’s meal was some sour dough bread with mashed avocado flavored with roasted garlic. Pic is from last night...and it is all darker than reality. :
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Outdoor brunch at Cellars today was broccoli-cheddar quiche (so light, tall & fluffy it's essentially a souffle in a pie crust) and field greens salad with balsamic vinaigrette. Tonight, since the curfew has been lifted, we plan on going back to Moody's Pub just n. of it, for burgers in their beer garden. (I plan on having mine with everything...except the bun). If we can't get a reservation, we'll grill our own.
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Dad's cooking burgers, our pooches being ever hopeful!
Dinner was cheeseburgers, potato puffs, and a large green salad with tomatoes and oil and vinegar dressing.
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Last night, went to Moody's Pub--which has not one but three outdoor beer gardens, and at 8pm was about 2/3 full. They ran out of beef burgers (only veggie was left), so we ordered steak sandwiches. Meh. The fresh-cut fries were great--against my better judgment I ate about 10 of them; the sauteed onions atop the steak were delish too. But the steak was tough. Spurned the bun, of course. Tonight, my leftover steak and a salad I'll throw together--will save the leftover fries to crisp up in the SmartOvenAir should Bob want to snack on them tonight when he gets home.
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Today is DH's 81st birthday. We have a reservation for patio dining at the Boulders in Walker. It's quite an elegant restaurant for this area and DH likes it a lot. The food is good and the cocktails are even better. Walker is about a 45 minute drive and there's a certain peril to driving after dark because of the deer population.
I have used a recipe for cooking shrimp in the oven very similar to that one. Instead of pepper flakes the recipe called for a generous sprinkle of Louisiana hot sauce. The shrimp are peeled, not in their shells. Good hot French bread is necessary for sopping up the lemony garlicky butter sauce!
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Grilled seasoned chicken sandwiches with homemade jalapeño cream cheese spread, and pepper jack cheese. Also tossed bread for the ducks, which I consider as pets, they come very close, yesterday they came five times for bread. We could probably pet them
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Carole - Happy B-day to your DH. Looking forward to hearing about your fancy dinner.
Together - I like the idea of the combo of jalapeno cream cheese & pepper jack.
Today's meal was a large salad w/a couple of hard boiled eggs added - and cucumber, avocado. carrots & tomatoes. Too hot to eat much at 97 degrees. At 8:30pm it was still 94 when I went out to water the tomatoes and cut off dead roses. I was wringing wet in just that short time. Tomorrow is supposed to be 99 with a heat index of 113. I will be walking early and likely not eating much again.
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Carole, happy birthday to your DH and hope your meal out was delicious.
Tonight we had pork tenderloin roasted with fennel, roasted baby Yukon gold potatoes and roasted brussel sprouts, zucchini and yellow squash dressed with Scilian lemon white balsamic vinegar. Enough leftover for reruns in a couple of days.
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Tonight was foil-packet baked Scottish Salmon. Drizzled with olive oil then heaped up with lemon slices and dill, basil, chives and parsley from our pots on the deck. Served with leftover deli salads from Harris Teeter an, as an afterthought, caprese salad.
Maryland gets so little "no humidity" summer evenings so dining on the deck tonight was required. Lovely.
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Happy birthday Carole's DH! :-)
Yes, it was the Grand Canyon, and I'm going again next week. I did the original work for designing the cell phone coverage at the canyon and the park service wanted minimal coverage below the rim. When I'd go on vacation, I'd get the standard, "I know you're going on vacation, but leave your phone on so we can call if we need you".....So I wanted even less than minimal coverage and I must say I "did good". For these trips, someone staying up top, either Sharon or "the other half of my brain" (test daughters' dad) gets my phone and if something important happens, they can call me on the 2-way radio.
Last night was the last of the curfews, so I can go back to running at night. Yesterday it was usually cool, 93F at 7pm, so I went running then. It wasn't too bad, as defined by my shoes were not making squishing sounds when I walked back into the house. These lower temperatures won't last much longer, so if the curfew had been extended, I would have had to run on a treadmill in a gym. Gyms are still on the reservation system as masks and cardio exercise don't go well together, so gym exercise can get "interesting".
Beave, I like that picture...PLEEEEEEESEEEEEE drop something so I can clean it up for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I want to show you how good I am at cleaning up for you. "My" dogs are the same. :-)
Most of the steak sandwiches I've had seem to be lower quality meats that depend on thin slices and lots of spices to hide the meat quality...and are usually, like you said.....Meh...
We actually went out to eat tonight....semi-fast food. One can sit down to eat and the food is prepared only after the order is made, but everything on the menu is designed to go from "refrigerator to plate in 4-5 minutes". Besides Sharon and I, there was only one other couple "dining" in. The rest were going through the drive through line.
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Leftover sirloin (mediocre, but some Smith & Wollensky steak sauce helped), Caesar salad with jicama instead of croutons; and a couple of mini-lumpia and a little pansit Bob brought home from the office--cooked by his partner, who is Filipina.
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We enjoyed our patio dining at the Boulders last night. There were only six tables, spaced apart and one server wearing a loose mask. One young girl assisting her. And the owner was handling the bar. Normally there are a couple of bartenders since drinks are a big thing.
We both had the wedge salad with their delicious house-made blue cheese dressing. I had the pan fried walleye and dh had the lamb shank. Dessert was a slice of carrot cake, dh's favorite. We were home at dusk and didn't have to avoid any deer.
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I also drank a full bottle of wine with dinner last night. New set of wine via Groupon. I only like pink wine usually but Oliver Winery has an amazing honey wine, the best wine I've ever had.
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Breakfast was half a BLT (1 sl. low-carb multigrain toast, guac, lettuce, tomato and 1 sl. bacon). Dinner was more Filipino leftovers: pork skewers, mini-lumpia, pansit (chicken & veg.). Delicious. But I can't do that very often because of the carbs. Dessert was keto cereal with almond milk.
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leftovers tonight. It’s going to be too hot to cook.
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Hot dogs and a small can of Bush beans for DH.
Fingers crossed that the woman who came to look at our small fishing boat will show up this morning with the money for payment. We had it up for sale all last summer with no success in selling it. Response to the Market Place ad this summer was immediate.
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Dinner two nights ago was the naughty meatloaf I have previously referenced, decided to take photos of the stages of development, lol! This is my first photo collage, so while it looks like the meatloaf gets bigger in each photo, it really doesn’t... we had oven roasted potatoes and a butter lettuce salad. DH will enjoy a meatloaf sandwich for lunch today on some nice ciabatta.
Dinner last night was chili dogs and waffle fries. We are being very bad. DD came over for a bit and picked the wrong time to need her dad to help her reattach the awning to the side of her lifted SUV. She recently sold the rooftop pop-up tent, is waiting for the new and improved one, but decided, right at dinner time of course, to put the awning back on. The upside is that said awning is no longer in my garage - yay! Parking in the garage again has been fantastic - it has been a rainy last week.
Not sure what dinner tonight will entail. We need to be at DD’s to get the first of several window replacement quotes. The house was renovated but they didn’t replace the crank windows, which I suspect are the originals from 1957. The corners are not at all sealed so termites and hurricanes can get in. The repairs to the floor damaged by the washer leak are complete, turned out great and all is back in place. I believe the windows will be an expensive one day endeavor - at least I hope it’s just one day!
lacey - loved the pics of the b-day celebration, so adorable and creative! So very glad you were able to be there.
Happy belated b-day to carole’s DH, your dinner out sounds delish!
I braved the hair salon for cut and color. Mainly because I didn’t cancel the appt (I didn’t make it, the salon assigned it to me after I canceled the previous one in May) Very interesting experience, and they are being very thorough. I waited outside until they opened the door for me, already had my mask on. I stood on a dot just inside the door where I was instructed to use the hand sanitizer from a dispenser and had my temp taken. I had to answer three questions, had I been outside the country, been in contact with anyone who tested positive, and did I feel well. Waited on my dot for my hairdresser to get me. Went to her chair, which she sprayed down before I got in. Wore a cape instead of the usual color robe. Took off my fabric mask and put on a disposable one since my hair would be colored. Shampoo stations were separated by plexiglass and sprayed down between clients,and everyone in the large space was separated by way more than six feet. Contactless payment. I was a bit nervous, but I thought they were well prepared, and my gray hair is gone!
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Making beef stroganoff on Friday night. That day will mark 16 years of marriage for me and the hubby.
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Mazel tov, M0mmy!
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Thanks Sandy. Every anniversary is special to me since I was diagnosed. He may drive me nuts on occasion, but I wouldn’t trade him for anyone else!
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Thought with all the heat you all might enjoy this recipe. I was looking for something to do with my Eagle Brand milk.
Carole - good luck on the boat sale. Special - is that BBQ sauce on the outside of the meatloaf? Mommy - happy anniversary!!!
No-Churn Mixed Berry Soft-Serve
Makes: 3 1/2 cups Total Time: 15 minutes
1 1/2 pounds frozen mixed berries
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Kosher salt
In a food processor, pulse the fruit with the
sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and a generous
pinch of salt until the fruit is finely
chopped. Puree until desired smoothness, 2
to 3 minutes (I like small chunks of the fruit,
but if you like it smoother, process longer).
Scrape down the side of the bowl as needed.
Serve immediately or transfer to a metal loaf
pan, cover and freeze until just firm.
Chef's Notes: This can be frozen for up to 1
week. Let stand at room temperature for 10
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Thanks Minus.
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