So...whats for dinner?
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Dinner is creamy garlic pork loin with sautéed mixed cabbage/onions, carrots and spinach. Definitely cooking this one again.
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I've got a pork loin in the freezer. What prep did you do? And did you cook the vegetables around it or separately?
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Minus, I cut off 4 think chops off the loon for later and used the remaining 2/3-1/2 for dinner. I added the carrots to the crockpot about 2 hrs before it was ready and sautéed the cabbage and spinach separately. Recipe below.
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Thanks Mae. That looks & sounds just delicious.
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DH said it was his favorite dinner since last week, when I made the last favorite, lol. illi for the win. Poor guy rarely are like this all year since I didn’t start cooking again until I could eat too, now I’m making up for lost time!
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The beef pot roast, cooked in the oven, with potatoes and carrots was good. Instead of using dry roux to make a brown gravy, I did the MN thing and relied on Campbell to thicken the broth.
Tonight will be leftover white bean soup and salad.
We decided on carrot cake for Christmas dessert. I bought a small one yesterday at Rouse's and put it in the freezer. I've known of people freezing cake but have never done that myself. The cake decoration is very pretty.
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illimae - the pork roast looks delish!
carole - I freeze cake and cupcakes all the time, they just have to be airtight, but keep quite well. I usually make cupcakes for portion control of cake, and only frost as many as we will immediately eat. I pack the unfrosted remainder and freeze - sometimes for several months!
I usually make standing rib roast for Christmas dinner (Christmas Eve) with au gratin potatoes, a green vegetable, and a ladyfinger cheesecake (no bake, yay!) for dessert. Unfortunately the ladyfinger cheesecake is massive - we will never finish it, so I have to rethink what works for three people...I made apple pie only for T-Giv for the three of us, no pumpkin, and I ended up eating more pie than anyone else, so I am thinking harder about dessert than any other part of the meal, lol! For Christmas morning I make pecan and maple sticky buns, a fruit platter, and we have either mimosas or Bellinis. DS will be working at the firehouse on base in CO from super early Friday morning to super early Sunday morning.
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When cleaning out my mom's house, we found a large bottle of scotch in a box, plus 2 shot glasses. On the box was the date of their wedding and where they were married. Each year, except for 1951-1953 and 1962, was a line with a place...ending in 2004 when dad died. It looked like they were toasting their marriage on their anniversary. The second line listed Peking and the remaining lines were pretty much a list of every marine base in the continental USA. The missing dates were when dad was stationed in combat areas. There was barely enough for to fill 2 shot glasses, so my brother and I toasted their marriage. My brother took the empty bottle, box and shot glasses home.
Special...but on Guam you did, for 3 years, get to be among the first to celebrate the beginning of each new day. Wasn't that worth it! :-)
A few Christmases ago, MIL gave us an air fryer and we use that for a lot of vegetables. It works great, but when we are camping, we need alternative methods due to limited electricity. I've tried a dutch oven, but that environment seems to be too moist to allow the vegetables to "toast" a little bit. It looks like an oven will do the trick, which we have in the camper....thanks Illimae.....
Fortunately I like to cook, so when Sharon wasn't feeling well from surgery, chemo, rads...or whatever...the cooking continued on as normal as possible...
I'm starting to make a list up for a small Christmas dinner....DD, MIL Sharon and I. I just looked and I have all the stuff needed to make an apple pie. That sounds like a good thing to try today. If it works, great. If not, since DD is there, there will be time to
hide the evidenceeat it up before Christmas dinner and I can make a pumpkin pie. Also on tap is the zimt cuchen that I make Christmas morning; a cinnamon cakeWe're not bothering with gifts this year, except a bone for each dog. :-) I don't like crowds and that was the case even before Covid, so Christmas was never what I would call gift heavy. I guess this is just continuing with that "few gifts" theme.
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eric - yes, we did greet the New Year ahead of our friends and family, and each new day while in Guam due to the dateline! Actually it will always be a special place to me because we were married there too.We were due to leave in the fall of 1986 to PCS to Griffiss AFB in New York and he tried to arrange for us to leave on my 30th birthday, so that I would turn 30 twice. Silly man. I love the scotch and shot glass story - that is awesome! Such a romantic idea and recorded history at the same time - definitely a family heirloom. I’m glad you and your brother got to share that last drop.
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Eric, what a sweet and interesting find, that’s great.
Tonight is a pan seared steak with a mushroom cream sauce, roasted potatoes & carrots and leftover cabbage.
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Griffis, you were up where Sharon grew up....Watertown, NY.
Tonight was the last of the Moroccan soup I had made awhile back and DD made an apple, spinach, avocado, walnut salad. The apple pie will be tomorrow as we ran out of time today. MIL needed a ride to the doctor, I had to go get some parts for the camper and then the grocery store was quite crowded.
DD is trying a "lets use this, this and that, and see how it turns out" brownies. She'll be 23 soon and is much better than I was at that age when it came to knowing what flavors will combine together into something good.
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Eric, what a wonderful tradition with the scotch! I love hitherto undiscovered links to family history.
Last night Bob brought home grilled salmon, green beans, & broccoli salad from Whole Foods. Tonight, I was hunter-gatherer: more of the same (I had 1/3 of my salmon left over) plus brisket. Appetizer was a pair of WF lobster arancini over arugula. (Arancini were comfort food from my adolescence: we had a Sicilian landlady).
Tomorrow night, the kids are ordering long-distance for us from The Palm for us to pick up, Preferably prime rib, but ribeye as a backup. Seafood ("Gigi") salad to start; mushrooms & creamed spinach as sides. We'll have fruitcake for dessert--I forgot to buy a plum pudding. We will Zoom with the kids & our new future in-laws in Houston after dinner.
The Great Conjunction from my deck last night (12/22):
^6X zoom on my iPhone 8+. Saturn's the faint blob to the lower right of Jupiter.
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The navy bean soup was good again last night!
This will be the first Christmas Eve in quite a few years that we won't walk next door to the neighbors' house for their open house. This year their gathering will be for family only. I have gone the last several years out of obligation so I won't miss going. This year will be a sad "first" for their family since Bruce, father and grandfather and husband, died during the summer. I know they will all miss his presence. Last Christmas Eve he was very frail.
Happy Christmas Eve to all.
On a non-holiday note, DH and I have been watching Ken Burns' documentary on Country Music and it is outstanding.
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Dinner is unknown. Today is our 20th anniversary and on Christmas Eve dinning options are usually limited but we’ll figure it out.
Back in 1995, when I got my first “real job” at age 20, my boss asked me where I saw myself in 5 years? Being young and new, I didn’t realize this was a standard work question, so I answered “married”. My boss looked a little confused and chuckled slightly, then asked me “why”, I replied “because I like cooking breakfast for people”. Then she really laughed and I got the job. We became friends and carpooled daily for over 3 years until I became engaged to DH and we moved to Texas.
So, today I cooked DH an omelette with cheddar, mozzarella, spinach, mushrooms and pieces of leftover creamy garlic pork with a side of bacon and cauliflower hash. After all, it’s why I got married, lol.
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Eric what a lovely story about your parents celebration of their nuptials!
Lots of nice meals on here, and such appetizing photos, Mae.
So....Legal Sea Foods was such an integral part of our Cambridge history that it was a surprise to hear that Roger Berkowitz sold it. However, DH reminded me of a time we attended an HBS event at the newer Harborside Legal restaurant at which Roger shared that he started out in the fish business, not the restaurant business, which he grew. And now, prompted by the pandemic induced changes to the restaurant industry, he is returning to his roots of being in the fish business....shedding the restaurants! So it will be interesting to see how that goes. And in case anyone is interested, the unusual, Legal Sea Foods name is well described in Wikipedia. We have fond memories of waiting with the young crowds on the stairs of the original Inman Square primitive “restaurant room”, established over the family fish market, to enjoy their really fresh fried options.
Not a ton of interesting cooking going on here... the back aches and most recent spasms have made end of day food prep all but impossible. So DH (not one to resort to oatmeal like I easily do) headed to Trader’s and saved the day(s). We particularly have liked the Greek chicken/orzo dinner, the (frozen)veggie lasagna, and the (frozen) spanakopita.
Tonight we’ll have our special LaMorra prepared Christmas Eve dinner, and tomorrow after a (way to) quick stop to DS’s family...hopefully not in a flooded garage given the ominous weather forecast, we’ll return home. There we will settle in for a day of family Zooms and NBA games, while snacking on favorite items like shrimp cocktail, clam dip (my fave!), a brie appetizer, and whatever desserts DH picks up at the bakery. Definitely an unconventional Christmas Day for us! I hope we are spared the power outages that are predicted. If it happens, we’ll just eat without the NBA entertainment! To be on the safe side, I’ll prepare the foods today.
Once Christmas is over, I’m back to mask making for my sister’s VT elementary school students. Fortunately, my back is more tolerant of sitting at the sewing machine than it is of standing at the kitchen counter. Soon I’ll be reconnecting with my PT guy to address this back issue. No quick fix was offered by the spine guy.I hope everyone enjoys the holiday and remains safe from the virus and/or weather dangers.
And much Happier 2021 to all!
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Happy Anniversary, Mae..... Love your job interview story!
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Happy anniversary, Illimae.
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Adding my anniversary wishes Mae. Breakfast is my favorite meal and yours looks delicious. Lacey - so sorry to hear your back is still bothering you. And 'boo' for the specialist offering no help. Eric - I love the fact that there was enough whiskey left for you and your brother to have a toast. What a wonderful history. Special - my son is flying cargo only - mostly Asia & the South Pacific - & will be in Guam again today & tomorrow. Unfortunately they are escorted & confined to their hotel rooms after landing, so all he can see is the beach from a window, but the pictures look lovely.
Non traditional year for sure. Yesterday I made potato salad for Christmas Eve (go figure...) and had a tuna sandwich on pumpernickel. I was inspired by Carole's beans so today I opened a can of Pinto beans, drained & added chicken broth, onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, garlic. It will simmer while I'm walking and I may or may not add Hatch Chili after tasting. I know - it's after noon & I try to walk in the morning, but it was 41 degrees here at 9am and a 35mph biting wind. The sun's out so I need to get going.
I had planned to treat myself & pick up a large Seafood Cobb salad from Pappadeauxs for Christmas Day (shrimp AND crab), but I've also been hungry for meatloaf. Since it's cold & I have a ton of potatoes to use, I'll have the salad on Boxing Day.
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Merry Christmas my foodie friends and happy anniversary illimae! What a neat story Eric. Carole, DH and I enjoyed the Ken Burns documentary too but I had an ear worm of “Let the Circle be Unbroken” for weeks!
The rib roast is slow roasting and will be ready for its reverse sear in about an hour. I decided to roast veggies - asparagus, carrots, Brussels sprouts, fennel, red onion and red bell pepper - topped with a lemon brown butter sauce. I roasted some beets separately yesterday that I’ll add at the end. It’s a colorful mix. I also have scalloped potatoes. Scheduled for a late lunch which will probably make us all comatose this afternoon.
I’m sorry your back is bothering you again Lacey. It’s probably good that you’re not entertaining this year so as to give it a rest. I’m thankful that at long last my knee is weak but not painful unless I wrench it or something.
I hope you all have a happy and peaceful weekend
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MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone - and also raising a glass to those of you who celebrate alternate holidays.
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Agreed minus.
A toast to everyone here....and to absent friends.....
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Merry Christmas to all. Happy Anniversary Illimae, Eric, such a neat find.
Keeping a small Chrustmas. Just my DD2 and family. and DS1 with his wife. Didnt make any cookies, but bought some from a great Amish Bakery nearby.
May you all enjoy the holidays, whatever flavor you favor!
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Wishing everyone a happy, peaceful Christmas day and a healthy 2021.
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Auntienance, the roast and veggies sound delicious and beautiful.
Minus and all, Happy Festivus for the rest of us!
Anniversary dinner ended up being Chinese takeout eaten in the truck but I was pretty good and I’ll be finishing my chicken fried rice for lunch.
Tonight will be cheeseburgers and salad with cherry or apple pie for dessert.
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It's not dinner.
Zimt Kuchen.
My grandfather was born on Christmas day, 1887 and this was his favorite Christmas treat. Depending on who I talked to, either his mother or grandmother showed his new bride how to make this. So, this recipe is either "kinda old" or "old". :-)
It's my favorite Christmas morning treat and it's DD's favorite as well. I showed her how to make it and she's made a copy of the recipe so she can "try it out on her boyfriend".
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Eric, what’s in it, I gotta know
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3 cups of flour; 1/2 tsp of salt; 3 tsp of baking powder; 1 cup of sugar; 6 tbsp shortening; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 tbsp cinnamon; 1 "lump" butter.
The handwritten note card said one could use 3/4 cup of sugar if it was being rationed.
When I make this in the desert, I've found it works better if I add additional milk--1 or sometimes 2 tablespoons. I don't know if it's flour being "dry" from the low humidity, or what, but it just seems to work out better.
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon.
MIx flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Cut in shortening like for a pie crust. Add milk and mix. Divide into halves and press each "chunk" into a pan. Use fingers to make "dimples" into the dough. Spread melted butter on the top of the dough and don't be stingy with the butter.. Sprinkle the brown sugar-cinnamon mix over the top of the cakes. Again, don't be stingy.
Bake 20-25 minutes at 400F degrees.
At about 20 minutes, I start watching it carefully and pull it out of the oven when the brown sugar looks like it's starting to melt.
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It was Christmas morning, 1981 when my grandmother made it for the last time. "Gramp" had died that September, the day before their 70th anniversary, and after that many years, I'm sure making it brought back a lot of memories. Mickey (Denice) and I watched her carefully and made notes as she made it from memory.
Even now, when I make it, I remember Mickey and I making it several times to "figure it out and get it right". I also remember DD, not quite 4 years old, nearly drooling, while eagerly awaiting for it to come out of the oven. And, 19 years later, it's not much different. DD had the oven mitts, pastry knife and trivet ready to go for when the pans came out of the oven. :-)
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Thank you and I like the story with it. I’m surprised it doesn’t have fruit in it from the pic but it makes sense if items were being rationed.
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Sweet story Eric ❤️
The roast came out an absolutely perfect medium rare all the way to the edge. I wish I had taken a picture of the vegetables - they were lovely. DDIL made a pumpkin cheesecake with cinnamon whipped cream for dessert. It was delicious. We were all too stuffed to eat anything else yesterday but this morning was another story.
This morning I made Ina Garten’s baked blintzes that we had with some of my DSIL’s home grown strawberry jam. DDIL brought the fixings for and made cherry scones with orange glaze. We had lox, everything bagels and cream cheese with the usual tomatoes, onion and capers. I fixed a couple of sausage patties for DH as he wouldn’t touch a bagel or lox if he was starving. And if that wasn’t enough, we had grapefruit and Cara Cara orange sections. We were all so full that after the kids left, lunch was just a late fried egg sandwich on a piece of toast. There is enough roast left for another meal for the two of us but I think it will be tomorrow night. Tonight we may just snack on the charcuterie and cheeses that we didn’t eat yesterday. I wish I could convince DH that buttered popcorn would be a suitable meal tonight but he wouldn’t go for it unless it had meat in it.
I have done nothing the rest of this day except read and soak up the sunshine coming in my living room window. It’s lying though - it’s19 degrees outside
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