So...whats for dinner?
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Carole, the pasta sounds good, I hope you enjoy and share all the meals.
Minus, thank you. The last couple of scans have been a real treat 😁
Celia, mmmm... lobstah rolls, I’m jealous.
I took a break from fajitas and opted for a seared tuna steak, bismatti royal blend rice and broccoli. This was definitely a delicious gift to my taste buds with flavors I haven’t had in some time.
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Tonight was air fried chicken in the oven air fryer. It would never be confused with real fried chicken but it was juicy and crispy as well as tasty so I’ll call it a success. I’ll probably play around with the process some in the future. One recipe I saw suggested oiling the chicken before breading so I may try that.
I want lobster rolls too Celia
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Leftovers here tonight. Back to cooking dinner tomorrow!
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Auntie, my mom used to spray some oil on chicken and then bread it in crushed corn flakes. To make the crushed corn flakes, she would put corn flakes in between two pieces of waxed paper and, a few times, roll a rolling pin over it.
Illimae. I must say the dinner pix are bordering on "food porn". I like food porn! :-) Minus said you have had stable scans....glad to hear it.
I'm not sure what we're going to have for dinner. Sharon ran 5-1/2 miles and I ran a bit more than 6 miles and that (as usual) "kills" our appetites. I was going to run more, but it got "cold" (60F degrees).
I just got a copy of a letter from Health & Human Services certifying to my local Covid-19 vaccine folks that I'm an essential health care worker and I should be in the first group to get the Covid vaccine. So, now I have to figure out the timing.
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Last night's Hello Fresh meal was a delicious vegetarian soup with kale, couscous, and chickpeas. The base had tomatoes, carrot, onions, garlic and some flavorings in little packets. I would either order it again or try to mimic the recipe. The meal came with a square ciabatta roll to be split and toasted, spread with garlic butter. Added to the enjoyment.
I'm thinking that Hello Fresh could be a good way to introduce vegetarian meals to our diet.
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All the posts sound delish, and as usual illimae - great pics! Yay for good scans and yummy food for you! I have not been posting here in the last few days because my house is pretty chaotic and food has been for subsistence only, lol! We did have angel hair with marinara and little meatballs last night, and DH had garlic bread. I have been trying to follow my restricted diet since Jan 1, but was too tired last night and ate regular pasta instead of brown rice pasta. I burned enough calories moving furniture around and carrying books and other crap from room to room. DH and I had to remove a door, and the legs from a couch, to get it out of the room it was in, but it and a 35 year old pine curio (maybe) will likely be the only pieces of furniture that leave the house - DD wants the sofa, but it will need a slipcover - its a good functional couch but the leathery covering did not fare well over the time we have had it. I have a few other now orphan pieces and am still trying to figure out where to put some things. I am generally happy with the changes. This house is difficult because of the amount of glass on the back, it is L-shaped, and the open aspect of the rooms - makes furniture placement problematic. I ordered the new appliances over the phone and it is looking like it will only take 1-2 months instead of the previously predicted 3-4, but I am not holding my breath. They will be installed as they come - the wall oven and built in microwave, a gas cooktop with downdraft in my granite island, and a new fridge that recesses into built in cabinetry. DH is over at DD's today supervising pavering (not a word?) the front porch.
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Foodporn is a great compliment
I am a great fan of breakfast as well, especially now that I’m mostly recovered. This morning was a festival of flavors and just a great way to start the day.
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Last night was leftovers from Avec, with a midnight snack of tuna salad on Little Gem lettuce leaves with grape tomatoes. This morning I made shakshuka, spiking the sauce with leftover spicy harissa from the Avec meal. To the sauce & eggs I added sliced Greek olives and sprinkled on crumbled feta.
Not sure about tonight--maybe leftover hummus, babaghannouj, tabbouleh and Jerusalem salad, using cucumber slices, snap pea pods and low-carb toast instead of pita as dippers. Green salad on the side if I have room. To my horror, I'm nearly back up to my pre-pandemic weight (gained 6 lbs. and half an inch to my waistline). So I really, really have to watch the carbs: nothing made with white flour or sugar/honey/maple/agave nectar.
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Leftovers
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Carole, I chuckled when reading your post about your Hello Fresh kit, since we had almost the exact same meal here last night, albeit, not organized by HF. I made my fave kale veggie and chickpea soup and almost made giant croutons to add to the soup, but instead made garlic bread to go on the side. We also had crudités with lemon hummus as a side.
No plan yet for tonight (a bit over two hours away!), but it may well involve eggs in some form and a mixed greens salad since those are sitting in the refrigerator.
Illimae, your colorful fruit was an uplift!
Special, your ability to get things accomplished is really admirable! Enjoy your updated digs!
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So, if the veges aren't washed first, do you end up with cruddy crudités?
...as I quickly duck for cover.... :-)
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Boo.....Eric. Did you get your vaccine scheduled? Arizona is a nightmare. But not sure Texas is much better. Went to Costco & Kroger today. Mask compliance is much better Costco but even there too many people pull them down to their chin once they are in the 'stacks'.
Special - where are you getting all your energy? I need some of those vitamins.
Leftover quiche for breakfast. Leftover chicken fried rice tonight. Shrimp tomorrow.
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It's kind of complicated..... :-)
The website for making appointments opens when "they" know the number of vaccines that will be arriving in the next shipment...and the appointments web page closes when the appointments equal the number of vaccines available. Tomorrow, the website opens again for appointments.
My 2 cent opinion........
I've been on the inside of the logistics issues of moving large amounts of stuff and I can sympathize with the folks doing the work. And, as always, logistics has a huge impact on how well things go.
In this case, the logistics is the most fragile thing in the chain....a tiny issue at the manufacturing facilities can cause a huge disruption at the places where the vaccines are being administered.....sort of like the kids game of "crack the whip" when the lead kid changes direction and the kids at the back are "falling all over themselves". :-)
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Sourdough bread is in the oven, so whatever is for dinner tonight will include sourdough bread.
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The soup looks great, although I typically need my kale creamed, too bitter otherwise.
Tonight is grilled country style pork ribs with cauliflower Mac n cheese and sautéed spinach.
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Yum, Illimae! Bob's bringing home a late dinner from Patio BBQ of ribs (probably baby back, which is more of a Chicago "thing"), beef kabobs, spuds (for him) and slaw (for me). Brunch today was eggs Benedict: Mikey's keto "English muffin," prosciutto, poached eggs and Lost Ladle (same as Christian Potier) hollandaise, garnished with cayenne & minced fresh tarragon.
I got some more High Key brand keto snacks. The mini biscotti are a little too "micro:" I'd rather have one biscotto the size of a small conventional one instead of five of what amounts to biscotti-chips. Same thing with their chocolate chip cookies--each one the size of a nickel and too gritty-crumbly in texture (like the Famous Amos minis that Jet Blue used to hand out in their snack baskets, only "sand-ier"). The winners, though, are the coconut macaroons--dense, caramelly, not so small that they're gone in a single bite; and their dark chocolate caramel nut clusters (like "Turtles"). Best sugar-free chocolate I've had in a long time--puts Russell Stover's version to shame. The chocolate coating is substantial enough to "fight back."
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The newest batch of sauerkraut is now in a 1/2 gallon mason jar in the refrigerator. This time it took almost 3 weeks for it to become "sour enough". :-)
I remember my grandmother making a potato-sauerkraut cake, but I couldn't find any references to that in the old "handed down" handwritten recipe notebook. I do see this on the internet, so I guess Sharon and I will have to experiment. It's a rainy day today, so this will be a good way to watch the rain without having to be in it!
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Rainy here today, too, basically off and on all day long. Thinking goolalli (Johnny marzetti) tonight--it is easy, one pan, and a comfort food!
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Tonight was surf and turf. Grilled NY strip, popcorn shrimp, roasted carrots and red onion, steamed broccoli and leftover cauliflower mac. Turned out really nice and colorful.
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Illimae, yum!
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Had leftover Greek salad from last night--about to reheat Bob's chicken kebabs, the baked potato I didn't eat (for him), breaded garlic shrimp (for him too) and the other half of my slab of ribs, hold the sauce. He also brought home assorted crudités, which came with more hummus, pita and feta. (I think I'll cut up, anoint with EVOO, and airfry the older leftover pita bread as chips for him). We also have lots of Italian bread--none of which I can eat.
When we lived in married grad student housing in Seattle (UW), our downstairs neighbors were Korean--they'd bury crocks & Mason jars of cabbage in the little strip of earth between the walkway and parking lot; and a few months later, voilà; kimchi--some which they'd give us. Very spicy but great. If your mouth & esophagus can handle it, it's one of the best probiotics out there.
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Kimchi is awesome. I love the stuff, even/especially if it is hot. But then, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to combine wasabi and ghost chili peppers. :-)
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Eric, spoken like a true southwesterner!
I do like poblanos in my omelets and jalapeño rings in my phô, though.
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Lol Eric - suicide
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I was born in Korea, can't handle kimchi though, nothing more spicy than Doritos either. My Louisiana friend makes great red beans and rice but has to tone it down for me, otherwise my ears sweat, lol.
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I never knew there was such a thing as "real wasabi" till I'd been eating sushi for over 20 years. I always thought it was that green lump that resembled spicy Play-Doh (powdered mustard & horseradish reconstituted with water, with just enough blue food coloring to turn the yellow stuff green). Then I read an article in United's in-flight magazine about an OR greenhouse that grew actual wasabi roots. They require extraordinary growing conditions: just the right temperature, low light, and growing in constantly flowing fresh water. Because of that, the real stuff (which is the bright green root peeled and grated like horseradish) is insanely expensive and is in extremely high demand by the Japanese gourmet market (which also bought up the bulk of Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee beans before hurricanes destroyed the plantations). So much so, in fact, that the OR greenhouse (in an undisclosed location) is constantly guarded by the fiercest of dogs.
After reading that, I resolved that someday I would taste real wasabi. I found it at a sushi bar in the Park Hyett hotel by the Water Tower. Not as sinus-searing as the cheap stuff, but a more vibrant green with actual texture--still spicy but with other nuances that hit after the fuego recedes. Since then, I've encountered it in the NoVA DC suburbs--at a Ritz-Carlton brunch and a little strip-mall Japanese restaurant that charged $5 extra for a tiny cup of it. Even a local fishmarket in Evanston that caters to sushi bars sells tiny cups of it.
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DH cooked beef stew last night with an assortment of veggies. It was good and the veggies weren't overcooked.
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Eric...does your “cruddy crudités” joke fall into the “dad joke” category???
Tho nary a cruddy crudite would be found in the kitchen of this compulsive produce washer. I sometimes wish I could be more casual about that...like be able to enjoy “pre-washed” greens right out of a bag like many folks do. It would reduce standing time in the kitchen by a lot, reducing my back pain! Happily, my PT work is now helping the back pain remit. Yay! Am enjoying a feeling of lightness and hopefulness watching today’s inauguration ceremony. Maybe we will have a “special” meal tonight...like a good ol BLT and soup!
Last night we had baked salmon, yams, salad and slices of our fave Volante’s baguette with garlic spiced avocado spread. Stopping at Volante’s on my way home from PT sessions has become a ritual, which has been nice for our meals. Since I am in Laurie’s Facebook group that shares dinner pix, I have an overabundance of them. So why not share?
Carole, I love that your DH makes a good stew!
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I have to have a set of good "dad jokes" for use when I'm driving the school bus. :-)
I wash the produce too, even if it's going to get cooked...if only to get rid of the grit.
Lacey, would a lab stool in the kitchen help? I used one in the kitchen after I shattered my ankle and it worked well for me.
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Lacey - how is Laurie doing? Her kids must be quite grown up now. Glad to hear your back is "on the mend".
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Fellow produce scrubber, including bagged salad, lol!
Dinner tonight was ricotta stuffed shells, cooked with turkey meatballs, sautéed kale, marinara, and sprinkled mozzarella and parm. Today was productive - got new master bath rugs, some throw pillows for the new sectional - it’s so deep it needs big pillows, and a new landline phone. I’m a dinosaur and still have a landline. For a long time I have had the main phone with voicemail, and the satellite phones that just need an electrical outlet, which are scattered around the house. This one has a base unit and three extra phones, the ability to block robocallers (yay!) and can pair with your cell. I got the phone at my neighborhood membership store and as I walked through for the first time in a year I realized I need to grocery shop there more, the prices are so much lower on basic items. I just need to carefully manage because of the volume, there are just the two of us for the most part.
eric - ghost peppers + wasabi = spontaneous combustion. Ha!
I used to eat pretty spicy stuff but since chemo I can’t. Weirdly, I can’t eat French’s yellow mustard without coughing. Brown mustard, no problem.
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