So...whats for dinner?
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Illi - Glad to see you are eating good!
Have been using Bonefish Grill family bundle takeaway leftovers for dinner the last two nights. Main meal = Garlic mashed potatoes & grilled shrimp w/tomato citrus sauce, then added roasted organic brussels sprouts (finally made my pilgrimage to Trader Joe's!). Dessert = leftover choc chip cookie, nuked & then topped with a small dollop of Talenti double dark chocolate gelato. One more cookie left for tomorrow. Will have to find some inspiration for tomorrow.
Lovely weather here today - windows open all day and no air conditioning needed!
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Today I finished up the automatic sprinkler valve wiring. I did notice a dripping sprinkler valve that I will need to get the parts to fix, so that will be a "tomorrow project".
Dinner tonight was spaghetti. For the sauce, Sharon uses marinara sauce from a jar and then adds peppers, garlic, pepper and basil, along with some "secret stuff" that I didn't see.
Illimae, I forgot to say...glad to see you back. :-) The Shepard's Pie looks good.
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Back to the kitchen table after a busy week at the lake prepping to come home, finally getting masks made for neighbors who requested them, and packing up the way too much stuff we brought there in mid-July.
We arrived back home last night, and I have to say I feel more nervous about being closer to Covid now that all the many colleges In Boston are back in session and students have arrived from all sorts of hot spots. Some colleges seem to be doing better than others with testing and isolating students who are positive.
Then there have been some nearby suburbs, where teenagers have been holding parties resulting in Covid spread in their towns, and school systems having their carefully planned school start ups shot to hell.
We plan to return to the lake in Mid Oct when a tree service is coming to do work, and our association may still have our annual lobster fest on the beach then. That will likely be the only food event we have attended, or will attend, knowing that boiled lobster would not be harboring viral particles.
Also, that area of NH has had no new cases in many weeks, so the risk to eat lobster at the distanced tables on our beach seems pretty low. In fact, before leaving, we left supplies in the house in case we need to escape there if spread gets bad here. Interestingly, despite the spread being negligible in that lake area of NH, people seem to have abandoned their “Live Free or Die” motto instead compliantly wearing masks In public areas. So I guess that means something in terms of the effectiveness of social behavior.For dinner tonight, I foraged in our freezer, and came up with some turkey cutlets that had no freezer burn.:) Since I’d recently purchased a bottle of Marsala wine, I decided to make turkey marsala served with a speciality linguini that was truffle flavored (not that I could tell)...a gift from our “doc vegans” last Christmas, which seemed to call for a clear sauce. It was good......and will provide “jump ups” which makes me happy.
I’m glad to read everyone’s good news related to medical issues.
Special, I can appreciate how odd it must have been to just drop DH off for his procedure. Good to hear that he is doing well post surgery, and that he didn’t try to return to on site work right after! Your recovery expertise was clearly invaluable to him!
Nance, congrats on the unremarkable mammo! I am hoping for the same In November, since I’ve learned I can’t wait for results. A new Covid related rule to regulate numbers in the Center. I’ve always waited for my results since extra pix are always needed. So now, if the radiologist can’t decide what the scar tissue area is without more images, I will be waiting to learn that at home, then have to return to the hospital when they have space in the schedule. I will likely be able to contain my anxiety with functional denial, but it could get tense if dragged out with several returns and time to obsess in between visits.
Mae, so nice to see you making the most of your return to the kitchen table!
Minus, I am totally with you in your wise “stubbornness”, limiting your social contacts. And as far as lowering the LDL number is concerned, I am thinking that your rigorous 3-4 mile walks must count for something, no?
I have two doc follow up appts this week at the hospital, which makes me nervous given that lots of people from local hot spots will be using our hospital for their treatment. Ugh! I will wear an extra layered mask (over the hospital mask they issue upon arrival) and hope I can breathe! Am planning to get back to more regular mask making now that I’m back where my well equipped sewing studio exists.
I hope everyone is able to stay out of harms way with the current and anticipated hurricanes. I concur that I hope Carole is staying safely put In MN for a while. And it’s hard to believe that as we live our daily lives here, people on the West Coast are suffering with such apocalyptic fires. Are people on our thread personally familiar with any local groups that are providing support directly to displaced families in those fire ravaged areas? Thanks
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Thanks for the concerned thoughts. Yes, we're still in MN, watching the weather channel. The leaf color is already pretty. My phone camera doesn't capture the vibrant color. Yesterday on the golf course, I was in awe of a maple tree clad in red leaves.
By the end of next Monday, most of the full-time summer folks will be gone. It is already very quiet. Our departure date is not set but we'll definitely hope to be gone before the first round of snow.
Last night was a Spanish rice made with two leftover grilled cheese brats cut into disks, home-made tomato sauce made with fresh tomatoes, chili powder and white basmati rice from the package of rice I bought to make a rice dish for Labor Day. It was quite tasty. These days we often have one dish meals.
The man I mentioned, a renter here in the resort, continues to be very ill with Covid. He was hospitalized and put on a ventilator. He's only 50 years old. His wife tests negative and so far no one who was around him during the weekend before Labor Day has gotten ill. Hubbard County, where we spend the summer, now has had about 60 confirmed cases, no deaths. Brad is from Fargo, not from this county. When we arrived here in early June, the number of cases was below 5.
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In Britain, Shepherd's pie is made with lamb whereas cottage pie is made with beef. Here in the US we use shepherd's pie be it beef or lamb it seems. I prefer the beef because I am a non-lamb eater. That meal looks so tasty.
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Making Hot Dish, a Midwestern staple that goes over well in my house.
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I love lamb in any way, shape or form (especially Greek roast leg). Not a big shepherd's pie fan (though Bob is), because I'm not wild about mashed spuds and am not about to waste my carb allowance on them.
Dinner last night (from Boston Mkt.) was 2 "faux-BBQ" ribs ("Chicago style," which means parboiled and then baked with sauce), creamed spinach, and steamed mixed veggies (carrots, broccoli, zucchini); I did carb-cheat with the little cornbread roll (mine was half the size of Bob's). Bob had turkey breast & gravy, creamed spinach, and mac & cheese (not judging). Tonight we'll dine out outdoors (last warm dry night till next week) if Bob gets home in time; if not, then last night's leftovers.
Brunch, after returning from the dermatologist (all clear), was scrambled eggs with chives and truffle oil over low-carb toast.
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I love lamb too. Although DH professes not to, he seems to readily eat it and he is a big fan of shepherds pie. I usually make it with ground beef except on St. Patrick’s day when I’ll use all lamb or a beef and lamb combo.
Speaking of ground beef, after my onc appointment today (all good for a year - yay!) I stopped at Costco for bagels and English muffins. A meatloaf and mashed potatoes seems to have jumped into my cart along with some Kirkland broccoli cheddar soup. DH was thrilled. He loves meatloaf more than life itself. So that will be dinner. I’ll cook some frozen peas and make a brown gravy too. The best part of this meal will be the leftover meat loaf sandwiches for lunch.
Since we’ve moved to civilization we’re now able to get high speed Internet allowing us to stream. We’ve been binge watching Call the Midwife, which we’re enjoying tremendously, even though hearing impaired as we are (we both have tinnitus) the “East Ender” accents lead us wondering what language they’re speaking lol. Time to turn on the closed caption I suppose
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Tonight is salad for dinner but I made a large batch to have as a side for a couple days too. I really like using lots of colors, almost too pretty to eat.
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Making choucroute garnie tonight: probiotic sauerkraut, drained & sauteed with bacon and flat champagne, and seasoned with caraway seed & juniper berries. Bison "Polish" sausage and a chicken bratwurst atop it.
Brunch was from the Middle Eastern Bakery: one falafel, 100% whole wheat pita, tabbouleh, hummus, baba ghannouj and tzatziki. (Stopped off there after my mani).
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Have been reading but not posting - feel like I have been running about like a nut. DH is on the mend, but he has been a recalcitrant (definition - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline) patient, lol! He is doing better but we had several "discussions" about following the doctor's instructions. I convinced him, finally, that they were not subject to creative interpretation.
Yay for good test results and exams for whoever was having them! Unremarkable, clear, and no cause for concern - all good stuff!
minus - yes on the raining here - how are things there? I live next to a preserve that is low lying, so it is full of water - and mosquitoes. There are also biting ants, and I keep forgetting to change from flip flops to closed shoes when I take the dog out! I am apparently delicious and/or upsetting to insects of all kinds.
Dinners have been sporadic and sometimes were yogurt and fruit, ha! I did make salad with Buffalo chicken breast, blue cheese dressing and celery last night and cabbage rolls tonight topped with roasted potatoes with bacon and onion.
auntie - I started watching TV with no sound and captions so DH could sleep, and marveled at how much dialogue I was missing, lol! Since I am now hearing impaired on the one side, deaf to human voice, it is actually helpful but the captions sometimes get in the way of things that are happening ion the screen. I stumbled upon captioning for some of the shopping networks while channel surfing, there is one jewelry one that the interpretation is so far off that I was laughing so hard I was crying. It was literally nonsensical, but hilarious. This is what passes for entertainment in the age of Covid...
chisandy - when we lived in northern Virginia we had a townhouse with a back deck off the kitchen. Our next door neighbor's deck had the same arrangement and they had a bunch of cherry tomato plants. I could watch the squirrels come mid-day (when nobody was home next door) and pull the tomatoes off, take a bite, and discard. Next day the same. So frustrating! Like they had amnesia about whether they even liked tomatoes.
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I'm collecting those little green plastic mesh "sleeves" liquor stores put on wine bottles so they don't break when they're contacting each other in the same bag. I'm gonna put them on the tomatoes that haven't started ripening yet.
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Hi all, comfort food for dnner tonight. Macaroni and cheese made with Gouda and Jarlsberg cheeses, with a side of scalloped tomatoes using 4 large tomatoes with a panko butter topping. I use the old "Joy of Cooking" for the base recipe for both then fiddle with cheeses, etc. An old friend recommended a grating of nutmeg on the tomatoes. Pretty tasty. First chilli-ish day having a cup of tea while awaiting dinner.
Mommy what is in your hot dish? I've heard the term but am not familiar.
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I'd always thought "hot dish" was Minnesotan for "casserole."
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Hamburger, diced or crushed tomatoes, onion, green pepper and pasta. My hubby prefers spaghetti sauce but I am more of the crushed tomatoes type.
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I think the Minn. hot dish has tater tots. MOmmyof2's sounds more like Johnny Marzetti or what my mother called "goololli". I too prefer crushed or petite diced tomatoes in it, whatever name it goes by.
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My hubby calls it American Chop Suey. It will always be Hot Dish to me
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During the time my DH was active duty we were stationed at bases all over the world - at almost every one there was a fundraising cookbook, and I have a bunch. Reading the conversation about tater tots, hot dish, and Johnny Marzetti made me check a couple of them. I found a recipe for Johnny Mozzetti - ground beef, green pepper, onion, celery, mushrooms, tomato soup, whole tomatoes, tomato paste, green olives, egg noodles, cheddar cheese. The tater tot one is ground beef, onion, French style green beans, mushroom soup, cheddar cheese, tater tots. What was also fun about looking is that each of those recipes were submitted by people I knew well! Memory lane! My MIL had a recipe called Mulligan Stew - ground beef, green pepper, onion, garlic, tomatoes and tomato paste, salt/pepper/oregano, and large elbow macaroni. It’s a throwback dish for DH, was my MIL’s go to for her five kids on nights she and my FIL were going out.
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Special, my mom had a lot of the base fundraising cookbooks from the places dad was stationed. My brother has them. While we were boxing them up I read through a few of them and the international influence on the recipes was VERY evident.
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We know that dish as American chop suey too. It’s a DH favorite. Carole is in the “land of 1000 hot dishes” so I know she’s versed in the subject lol.
Little bits of this and that in the fridge and freezer so tonight is baked sausage filled ravioli and cannelloni. If I make it to the store there will be salad.
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If you like shrimp, squash and heat.....
Sauté 3 strips of bacon until browned. Add 1/3 cup of chopped onion and 1-1/2 tsp of minced garlic and continue to sauté until the garlic and onion are soft. Add a minced habanero and 2 tsp of fresh rosemary and cook for another 2 minutes (have the vent fan running when you start cooking the habanero...it's like tear gas). Stir in 2 tbsp of lime juice and 4 ounces of beer (the other 8 ounces are to be consumed by the chef to offset the effects of the habanero!) and heat until boiling. Pour this into a dish that can go into the oven and add a diced tomato and a (peeled and diced) yellow squash, cover and bake until the squash is starting to soften. Add a pound of (cooked or uncooked) shrimp to the dish, cover and bake for another until the squash is soft....about 10-15 more minutes.
Spoon the shrimp-squash mixture over the top of cooked fettucine and....eat.....
My notes say that the amount of squash should be equal in volume to the shrimp and also, that one can use shredded spaghetti squash instead of the regular squash.
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When I lived in Seattle, we'd go to Thirteen Coins (Continental, open 24/7---a rarity). Our favorite dish there was a "Joe's Special:" a one-skillet dish of ground beef, green peppers, onions, Swiss cheese and eggs. The owner said it was a S.F. recipe.
Rosh Hashonah begins tonight at sunset. Normally, online temple services on Fri. nights run from 6:30-7:40; online High Holy Day services start at 8, and run till about 9:30. Bob wasn't going to be home till 8, so no way to eat first. So he'll hang around reading EKGs on the computer and get home about 9:30. I ordered sliced wine-braised brisket and tzimmes (traditional carrot-dried fruit side dish) from Whole Foods; will nuke it and add some pan-roasted broccolini (cooks quickly). No round challah bread, alas--but I'll be pushing it carb-wise by eating the traditional apples & honey for dessert.
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ChiSandy - great idea about the green wine sleeves. I wondered what I was saving all those for.
Nance - oh Meatloaf. Be still my heart. Funny how those things just jump into your card. It will eventually cool down in Texas & I'll have meatloaf again.
Carole - IDK - maybe it would be interesting to stick around and see snow on the lake? As long as the roads were clear & you could get away.
Special - so typical of "Men" not to follow directions (or "man" as the case may be). But glad to hear he's recovering in spite of himself. We actually had 77 degrees before 7am this morning when I left to walk. I wondered if I should find a sweater (LOL). Your 'closed caption" report is interesting. Maybe I'll try it.
Mae your salad looks delicious. I love hearing your tales of "packing" on other threads.
I made a salad out of leftovers tonight. A bit of cabbage/lettuce, a hand full of black olives and a pile of leftover sauteed zucchini & yellow squash (more than a cup). With some Jarlsberg grated on top,. Dressing was 1/2 Asian and 1/2 ranch. Weird - but surprisingly tasty. Served with some Kirkland Old Vine Zinfandel and 6 saltines - with butter of course. I'm really full & it was healthy AND I cleaned more things out of the fridge. Tomorrow is likely cottage cheese & tomatoes. Or maybe grilled cheese.
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Yes, the Joe's Special originated in San Francisco at a restaurant named Original Joe's restaurant in the Tenderloin. It consists of eggs, spinach, ground beef, onions. I like my topped of with grated parmesan cheese on top. Of course you can add anything you might like. It's one of my favorite dinners.
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My bad, Cowgirl--it was spinach, not green pepper.
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Cowgirl - sounds like some of the things I mix up - probably w/o the ground beef.
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Enjoyable discussion of " hot dishes" of stripes. New ideas! Thanks all.
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Hot dishes are casseroles here in MN, and many have tater tots as an ingredient. And ground beef. And canned cream soups are required.
We went to the gym yesterday morning and afterwards had breakfast at West Forty. I had a taco omelet and also shared dh's "cake" he ordered as a substitute for toast.
Dinner was chicken enchiladas.
Tonight's dinner will probably be fish from the freezer, compliments of a fisherman who is in the hospital on a ventilator. DH and I "winterized" his camper and he had a package of walleye fillets in the freezer. I also have some frozen crappie fillets given to us by another fisherman.
I'm sad over RBG's death.
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Carole, taco omelet?
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Carole - as am I. What a marvelous role model she was - and will continue to be.
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