So...whats for dinner?
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Last night was breaded pork chops, browned in a skillet. Sides were leftover red beans and rice from Monday night's dinner and a romaine salad with preferred additions including avocado.
I cooked half a pound of Camellia dry red beans on Monday and they were delicious. So was the brown basmati rice. We used to cook a lb. of beans but I end up having to freeze some leftover beans after eating them a couple of times. I like the fresh-cooked better than frozen. I soaked the beans in water a few hours. Poured off the water and added fresh water, seasoned with fine-chopped onions, garlic, s & p, and a sprinkle of ground bay. Later added diced andouille sausage. The beans were tender but not cooked to pieces and had a creamy liquid.
I'm thinking of looking for a rice cooker for cooking brown rice.
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Carole, I love how brown rice comes out when cooked in my Instant Pot and since the IP can be used for so much more, not taking up kitchen space with a single use item.I
Thinking of you folks for this weekend. Delta looks menacing.
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Brunch: Low-carb guac toast with chopped tomatoes, cilantro, and shallots, topped by an olive-oil-fried egg. Tonight we will split last night's leftovers, unless Bob gets home early enough for us to sit outdoors at Indie Cafe (Thai & Japanese)--I'd have sashimi, he'd have "loaded" ramen. Cellars is now open only Th-Sun. nights and weekend brunch through Oct. (Hopefully, the 60% capacity indoor-dining law and to-go business will keep them open past then. And maybe also if an extension of PPP is passed--you-know-who was convinced by sane advisors yesterday to reverse his steroid-fueled order to stop aid negotiations till after 11/3).
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Fingers crossed here as well Lacey!
I was thinking of getting an instant pot, but it haven't because I'd have the "where do I store it" problem. So far, it seems that the rice, when I do it in a regular covered sauce pan, comes out great....but it's stove specific. I have to set the stove element control to "the left side of the 'W' in the word 'WARM' for the front left heating element" to get things to work out. If I use the rear left or rear right element, I need to be at the center of the 'W". A new stove would likely require a whole new learning experience! :-)
I'm keeping track of Delta as well. I'm on call next month, but if things get hectic, they'll pull in teams from the future month...and with Covid19........ So, I'm going to go vote early today. I also have an order from Grainger (industrial supply) that I need to pick up and the voting location is across the street from the Grainger place, so I can do a "two for one" trip.
Sharon just asked for my "strong hands" to open a pickle jar.....
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We're going to fill out our ballots in the next few days (takes time because of all the judge races and Y/N judicial-retention questions), but drop them in the secured dropbox at the Armory as soon as early voting begins in the neighborhoods next Thurs. Hope there's no line for that, only for in-person voting. Last time they had to use the Armory for early voting was 2008, when so many people wanted to vote in such a historic election that the library wouldn't have been big enough. (In 2012, the early-voting lines in the library were on average 2 hrs long). The Armory is big enough that the line can snake around the perimeter and still be social-distanced.
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Last night was roasted chicken thighs, skin on bone in. Okra and tomatoes, okra purchased at farm stand. Leftover mashed cauliflower. The meal rated "OK." The okra was probably a little old as well as pricey.
I also bought a cabbage, small sweet potatoes, and zucchini at the farm stand.
No clue about tonight's dinner. I wish I could make myself plan a week's menus, the way Laurie did.
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Carole - stay safe. I don't want to wish the storm on you but I hope it doesn't turn more westward and come here. Eric -hope you don't have to get called up.
I've been mostly planning dinners since Covid. Used to be ('once upon a time' in the long distant past) someone would call & say "let's go eat", so planning didn't work. Now I keep a sort of one word list, but not formal - notes like 'frozen rotisserie chicken' or 'spinach' or 'fry rice'. I still don't do well cooking for one. Almost every meal has leftovers for another day. That's when I get tripped up. I take meat out of the freezer on Monday planning to use on Wednesday, but still have the leftovers from Mon & Tues.
Yesterday was my monthly Coscto run so today I'm having what they call a 'shrimp cocktail'. Really it's 1-1/2 lbs of large, peeled, cold boiled shrimp (only tails left on). Perfect brunch. I'm trying an experiment & freezing half of those after removing the tails. Dinner will either be a salad or leftover spinach & artichoke quiche.
Has anyone else made the Hawaiian Sweet Roll "sliders" with turkey, ham, cheese - pour melted butter & bake. One of my favorites last year. I've found that my Kroger deli sells the 'sliders' in a 4 pack. I haven't tried baking with melted butter yet but they're pretty good popped in the microwave for a warm up.
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Stay safe Carole!!!!!!!!
Dinner tonight is a frozen pizza.
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Dinner tonight (ordered out--too cold to sit outdoors, too nervous to dine inside w/o Bob) will be calamari and a honey-brined grilled pork chop with mashed sweet potatoes and pan-roasted Brussels sprouts. Will have some vanilla yogurt later for dessert. Brunch (post-MO visit) was "egg-in-the-nest:" a jumbo egg fried in a hole in the center of a slice of low-carb bread, fried along with the disc cut out to make the "hole." Later in the aft., a half-caff breve latte out on the deck. It was already getting sorta chilly, so I didn't make an espresso chaser. Yesterday, shorts & tee, today swap the shorts for leggings and throw on a faux-suede "big-shirt" over the tee. Tomorrow, shorts & tee again.
All my 'maters are off the vine and on the sill. Gonna see how big my baby zucchini will grow until the first frost before I pick them.
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Dinner was boneless pork chops with sautéed apples and onions, some yellow squash, and baked sweet potatoes. I brought the supplies to DD’s house and cooked there. Doing so has reinforced my choice of a gas stove, this one is electric. I do fine on it, just don’t like it. We are now watching the Bucs/Bears (hi chisandy!) pre-game show. Took a minute for these old people to figure out how to stream Amazon Prime Video to the big screen tv, but we got it done.
lacey - hope you’re feeling ok.
minus - I make those sliders all the time - ham and swiss, turkey and provolone, and roast beef and cheddar. I melt butter and add poppy seeds, a little Worcestershire, and Dijon mustard and brush it over the tops. I usually make a bunch (the dozen sized package) and slice the whole top off horizontally, make a giant sandwich, heat it in the oven, then cut along the perforations with a serrated bread knife afterward. Our Publix deli section has the little four-pack too. Would be a good way to make a variety using those too.
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About to don my "Real Bears Fans Wear Pink" jersey and tune in to the game.
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Tonight was a spinach alfredo pizza (3 slices) and an arugula/radish/cucumber salad with a balsamic vinaigrette. It was good but the pre-made crush wasn’t anything special, next time I’ll make the dough myself.
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Tonight was seasoned ground turkey stirred in with leftover cowboy beans served with coleslaw and corn chips.
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Probably nothing tonight as we had a very late "take out lunch". We voted, stopped by the industrial supply place and then ended up at MIL's house to help her navigate the grocery delivery website. I think she (MIL) strained her back. Between that, the knees, shoulders, possible kidney stone and hips, she's not moving around very well. I hope she improves, but..... :-(.
And then I spent about 2 hours working on the yard.
It was busy at the polling place, but the wait times were under a minute. It made me feel better to see it busy. It always disappoints me when I hear that the voter turnout for an election was 5%.
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Eric, thank you for voting! We're filling out our ballots at home and will put them in the secure drop boxes (which actually date-and-time-stamp them) once early voting in the city's 50 wards begins next Wednesday. Judicial contests for some seats, and retention (Y/N) balloting for other existing judges, make for very long ballots--and very long ballots result in either long times in the voting booth (too dangerous during a pandemic), or many experienced and qualified judges losing their jobs because they don't get "Yes" votes from the requisite 65% of those who showed up to vote (too many voters say "the heck with it" after voting for only the top few offices and getting the heck outta Dodge ASAP).
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Our governor has made an executive ruling that each county in Texas can only have ONE secure drop box. Well, the population of my county is 4.7 MILLION. Really - almost five million and one drop off location? Give me an effing break. I will be early voting in person when it starts on 10/13. When I voted early in the primaries they had great plexiglass shields and finger 'cots' if you didn't bring your own swipe "pen". All the booths were appropriately socially distanced. Everyone wore a mask. However our governor has also now said that none of the workers at the polls or the public coming to vote need to wear masks. Recommended, but ya know... And he's overruled our County judge with on every safety measure she tried to enforce.
Treated myself to a late night piece of cold spinach & artichoke quiche to soak up the two shots of Amarula on top of two gin & tonics. Totally unlike me. Walking at 7am may be tough.
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DH and I did our absentee ballots (we are in Kentucky) and he took them to the Post Office on Monday.
Dinner tonight was roasted brussels and a mix of sauteed shrooms, chicken breast and a large spoonful of Primal Kitchen No Dairy Vodka Sauce + some additional herbs. This Vodka Sauce has become a new favorite of mine.
I am really hoping when COVID is over and travel can once again resume to meet up with some of you on this thread & others. Had planned on lots of travel as this is my first year being retired.
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Celia - I can certainly make it to Kentucky after I hit St. Louis to see Nance - and on my way to see a dear friend in Pittsburgh. Hope that might not be too many years away, since my friend in Pittsburgh is in his mid 80s.
Edited to add - I really do like driving.
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Apologies for not getting back on the thread after sending out a worrisome post. Thanks for the concerned thoughts. I believe I am fine (tho I won't be tomorrow if I don't get to sleep). I think you were right, Minus. I really wore myself out with toddler care, sandwiched in between a zillion other things and insufficient sleep, and just crashed on Tuesday. It was such an exhaustion that I worried about Covid. But my breathing was fine, so that had me thinking it might not be. Anyway....Wednesday was just a planned quiet day, and by today, I was able to head to my lumbar MRI, and to the RMV to renew my license.
On my way home this afternoon, I stopped at a produce store and loaded up on veggies and fruits. For dinner I experimented with making a Broccoli rabe/spaghetti squash/mushroom/onion/chicken casserole with a bit of pesto and mozzarella cheese. It was interesting, tasty and light. I rarely make casseroles, but glad i made this one....
Tomorrow we head to NH for several days. Glad I didn't have to cancel ! DH has really been looking forward to it. On Sunday, we'll attend the annual beach lobster/steamer/king crab fest (bringing our own table for two just to be safely distanced), and early next week, we have a tree guy coming to do a lot of work tgere.Hoping it's not too cold...our weather has been beautiful here.
Hoping that you escape Delta's path, Carole. It seems like the Gulf area can't catch a break this year.
Minus and Celia, it's nice to hear you looking forward to making travel plans. May it happen sooner rather than later!
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Glad you're feeling better, Lacey. That beach feast sounds so-o-o good. I'm reading a Lee Child novel set in NH with some evil characters. I'm impressed with the author's plot machinations.
Last night's dinner turned out to be tasty. I went to Sam's Club and a package of four pork tenderloins was one of the purchases. I used one of the tenderloins to make pork piccata. Actually I used only half of the medallions for the piccata and saved half for making pork enchiladas tonight.
One side was two small baked sweet potatoes. You can never tell in advance whether a sweet potato will be sweet but these were. Our salad was packaged kale crunchy salad from a kit, also purchased at Sam's for about $2.50. I added a perfectly ripe avocado.
I meant to buy rib eyes and lamb chops for the freezer at Sam's but there were none.
If there were any mercy or kindness in nature, Lake Charles would not be hit again so soon by a hurricane. Aerial views of the city show many blue tarps on the roofs, compliments of Sally.
I will vote in person since our polling place is within walking distance if we chose to walk. Our precinct is small so there's hardly ever a line. One blessing of being back home is the scarcity of political signs and flags. In northern rural MN, the fans of the Presidential candidate whom I oppose displayed an aggressive in-your-face fondness for yard signs and flags. One Saturday when we were set up at the farmers market, there was a loud parade of pickup trucks with horns blaring and flags flying.
Sadly my vote for President only adds to the popular vote since Louisiana's electoral college vote is always uncontested since Nixon's "southern strategy" worked so well for his party.
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Leftover chicken Parmesan
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Tonight is a cheeseburger from a local place I haven’t tried yet. This is definitely a win, the cheeseburger is huge (nearly the size of my hand with fingers spread out!) and delicious. The onion rings are also awesome. Everything is made in house, even the buns. It’s easily two meals and the combo with rings instead of fries was only $12.95, what a deal
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Illimae - if you don't mind sharing - what is the name of the burger place?
I just cut out of the Chronicle a list of the 20 best burger in Houston. I gave it to a friend who still (even through Covid) eats out two meals a day and loves burgers. I asked him to recommend his favorites. Although I don't know that I'll really trust his recommends after eating at several burgers at various places with him over the last 6 or 7 years.
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Pork tenderloin in onion orange sauce with carrots and brown rice.
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minus, it's call JLB eatery on 529/Eldridge. It was named Joy Love Burger and I never went in because I didn't know what to make of the old name, I was reminded of Joy luck club and Live laugh love, which I found confusing. Totally my fault though, just judging it by the odd name. Turns out I should have given it a shot long ago. I would say Cliffs in the med center and Christian's tailgate on Washington (before it closed) were better but this was really a treat and so close to home.
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Eating spaghetti in the camper while parked at Snowbowl, which is northwest of Flagstaff, AZ
We're at 8,000 feet elevation and its already in the low 50F degree range. This probably 35F degrees cooler than at home.
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Balmy 74F even at 10:30 pm. Had plenty of leftovers, and Bob got home only now. So we'll go out either tomorrow after the movie (will have to bundle up as the temps will drop into the high 50s by dinner time), or to Sunday brunch, when it'll get warm(ish) again.
Leftovers were calamari, half a pork chop with mustard cream sauce, and a half cup each of mashed sweet potatoes and pan-roasted Brussels sprouts. Not sure I'll have dessert--maybe some sliced strawberries with a few drops of balsamic and a dollop of yogurt.
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Eric - are you off on another adventure? Or just trying to get out of the heat of the valley for the weekend?
Illimae - I'll definitely put JLB on my short list. Christian's Tail Gate on Washington was my neighbor's favorite so we went a lot. And I was fortunate to pick up breakfast tacos at Cliffs before every one of my chemo infusions when Baylor was across the street instead of down by the VA. Did you ever eat at the Lankford Grocery & Market? If I remember correctly I really liked their onion rings.
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We'll be home tonight Hiking the Kachina Trail.
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I love good burgers.
Last night's pork enchiladas were good, not wonderful. The filling was black beans, mild diced chilis, grated bagged cheese, red enchilada sauce and sliced cooked pork medallions. DH made guacamole with a couple of avocados.
We have a siblings text message thread. One brother in OK was eating at a Mexican restaurant. One sister was eating at a local seafood place. The pictures of their food made me envious!
We had some wind last night but nothing threatening. Even my sister who was more in the path of the storm has electricity this morning and didn't have any serious damage. So a bullet dodged.
Tonight may be a "hot dish" with cabbage and potatoes.
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