So...whats for dinner?
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Dinner tonight is 11 bean soup I pulled from my disaster box (rotating stock). I added leeks and kale, turned out great.
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Good for you Mae. Rotating is important. I'm feeling a but strange working to eat up all the stuff in my cupboards & freezer when hurricane season is just getting started.
Dinner was a sauteed Waygu beef patty with steamed fresh spinach.
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Yesterday for brunch I made a wrap with a CarbSense flour tortilla, surrounding a cheddar-jack flat, Little Gem lettuce, cucumber, radishes, tomato, and shaved red onion--didn't even need dressing, nor the egg I forgot to fry. Last night was leftover trout & green beans from Mon Ami Gabi, plus a char-grilled grass-fed Whole Foods beef hotdog on a keto bun with Creole mustard. Bob wasn't all that hungry because he'd gorged on cheddar cubes, so I reheated his leftover spinach and grilled him an ear of corn.
This morning we sat on Cellars' patio and I had my usual broccoli-cheddar quiche and a tossed salad. Their quiche is mile-high, practically a soufflé--so I don't even miss the crust (which I recall is also awesome). Gonna miss it! We went to 900 N. Mich indoor vertical mall for Bob's haircut, and stopped at Teuscher Swiss Chocolates to re-load our ultra-dark (77 & 88%) chocolate stash, plus champagne truffles for Bob. Hurried home because it was 94 degrees and we didn't want them to melt--that, plus only the first 3 hrs. of parking were free.
For dinner, I fired up the grill (in an increasing drizzle) and pan-seared the remaining sable fish (Pacific black cod). Indoors, I tossed yellow squash zoodles with olive oil, home-grown parsley (curly & flat), salt and dried herbes de Provence. Also made a Caprese from a home-grown tomato almost too ripe to eat, fresh mozzarella (domestic cow, not Bufala), and home-grown basil. Will enjoy a piece of that 88% chocolate in a bit.
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Dinner was left over zucchini rotini with onions & spinach & tomatoes.
Medical Center tomorrow for my bi-annual blood draw. The hospital transfusion center is the only place I can get an ankle draw to avoid using my arms due to LE. Then lunch w/a nurse friend in the complex before much postponed meeting with my neurologist. I'm hoping she has some new information on CIPN. So no cooking tomorrow.
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Tonight is grilled pork chops, sautéed cabbage with onions and garlic, steamed spinach and yellow squash and a piece of garlic sourdough bread.
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Dinner, tonight, was "fish and chips".
I was able to finish my dinner, but Sharon wasn't able to finish hers.
We were eating outside (no indoor dining at this place) in a "not the best part of town" location and there was a "shouting match" between someone waiting for a city bus and a "not sure of their status" person. The "not sure of their status" person rode up on a bicycle, wanted to lay down on the bus bench and the other person refused to stand.
I was *carefully* watching the yelling match, but was otherwise continuing to eat. Sharon decided we needed to leave...immediately...we left....
We were in that area because Sharon needed to be in a nearby city building to complete the exams to upgrade her ham radio license. She passed.
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eric - bummer, but better to be safe! Sorry your dinner came with a show...
Dinner last night was creamy chicken noddle soup and grilled cheese made with smoked provolone and flatbread. We had very bad rain with lots of thunder/lightning so I spent most of the afternoon trying to convince the dog that the world was not, in fact, ending.
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Both of our dogs work hard (barking and posturing) to keep the "evil forces of thunder and lightening" from entering the "dog den" (house). It must be working as the lightening has never entered the house, nor does the thunder stay for very long. :-)
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eric - our dog (old man - 14.5 years old) doesn't bark at thunder and lightning - of which we have an unending supply here in FL - only at squirrels, and only when they get on the pool enclosure. Apparently that is the signal that they plan to take over the world and we must be alerted. I feel so bad when it storms violently here, lately every day, because he shakes so hard it is almost like convulsions. I try to explain to him that the storm has never "gotten" him and he is safe in the house with me, but that falls on deaf ears. Or, at least, hard of hearing ears. Maybe he needs a Zoom meeting with your dogs so they can explain that the barking works?
Dinner tonight will be brats, red skinned mashed potatoes, and roasted carrots.
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Gypsy is somewhere between 14 and 16 years old....and her age is showing. :-(
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Tonight is sautéed shrimp, a mixed seafood crab cake with a mango peach salsa and yellow squash parmesan “veggetti”.
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I want to join in with Zoom meeting between Special's dog & Eric's dog.
As expected - lunch at the medical center was a HUGE California club sandwich - turkey, tomato, avocado, cheese, lettuce - but all piled 3 inches high. To treat myself I brought home one of the lemon squares and that was dinner.
Ankle blood draw went well even though I had a nurse instead of the regular head of service doc at the transfusion/blood donner center. She was great & I wrote down her name for the next semi annual draw.
Neurologist said nothing new for CIPN. I have very little pain - just dead feet with balance issues & fingers that couldn't possibly change a hearing aid battery. Alpha lypoic acid might help pain but not dead nerves. Acupuncture again might help pain, but not dead nerves. Yes there are some things with stem cells that are in the VERY early research stages, but I'll likely be dead before they are available to patients. But she's added a B-12 and B-6 blood test after the first of the year - just in case.
Stopped at the grocery store and I'm going to make a fruit salad tomorrow. More details later.
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Dinner last night was a chicken enchilada hot dish or casserole. Instead of making the individual enchiladas, I layered the ingredients in an aluminum foil pan and heated the dish in the outdoor grill "oven." It didn't pass the appearance test when served but tasted good. Side was guacamole.
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Carole, I very rarely make individual enchiladas anymore, almost always make the layers. Less fussy to make, tastes just as good, and easier to take a smaller or larger portion!
Need to do a grocery run today so don't really have a menu for tonight but Illimae's shrimp look tempting!
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Tonight will be chicken breasts marinated in Italian dressing, rice and a veggie
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mommy - great minds, tonight we are having chicken, rice pilaf, plus veggie.
Could not resist, only because this dog is the best sport ever.
Toby is ready for the Zoom meeting.
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Nance & Lacey: Haven't seen either of you in a couple of weeks. Hope everything is OK.
Today's meal was a large green salad with chicken & ranch dressing. I made a large fruit salad this evening to sit in the fridge overnight so the flavor's meld - oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple, queen Anne cherries, sour cream, coconut, mini marshmallows. Boiled rice to cool overnight for fried rice. Will do something with my leftover Waygu beef patty and beef stock from the freezer & fresh mushrooms. Or maybe just sauteed mushrooms in a cream sauce over pasta?
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My meals are very similar as I like only a few things.
Supper was a combo of a small hamburger with 1/4 cup of beefless ground (only 40 cals but packed with nutrition), 1/4 cup black beans and spinach wiith small amount of grated cheese. Microwaved 90 seconds. Topped with wheat bran for fiber and ground chips with extra wheat bran in the mix. Put a teaspoon of light mayonnaise and Tostitos queso. Also seasoned with taco seasoning and some protein powder. Sounds like a lot of food but the meal would not have been above 500 to 600 calories. It is delicious as well.
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minus - I was wondering the same thing...hope all is ok.
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Hi all! Am traveling by car so it’s been difficult to post. Will update when I get back tomorrow.
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auntie - thanks for checking in - good to "see" you!
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It is amazingly cool here...79F/26C. In a couple of days, Sharon and I will be leaving for Leadville, Colorado. We're helping staff the Leadville 100 ultra marathon. On 21 Aug, if the plans don't change, starting around daybreak we will be backpacking our way up to Hope Pass where we will be spending the night There is no vehicle access to this place, so everything is brought by humans or llamas. :-)
We aren't running the race...we're not that crazy.
Dinner has been kind of "hit and miss". Yesterday we had to make a fast 5 mile trip to MIL's house to pick her up off of the floor No injuries, just an inability to get up.
Hi to Mara. The meals here sound a lot like yours. Our DD convinced us to go vegan, which we were reasonably good about following, but now that she's in Michigan, we're probably 90% vegan. Sharon and I can make a meal out of beans, rice, mixed with whatever sauteed vegetables that happen to be in the refrigerator and either some hot sauce or a peanut sauce.
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Three days in a row of temps in the high 90s (humidity not far behind) and nights of severe thunderstorm warnings (tornado watch in the city Mon. night, twisters in the west exurbs) before cooler (still sticky) and calmer tonight. Basement didn't flood, as the torrential rains were brief. We were finally able to walk to Cellars tonight and have salmon (over grilled sweet potato slices and julienne veg. for me, Caesar for Bob). Finally--after three nights of having to shoo Happy off the dining room table as we ate. We're butt-deep in tomatoes by now--gave some to Gordy today. (He's never liked them but Leslie loves them).
I've tried going vegan, but my metabolism can't handle the starch.
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Last night's dinner was a fish fry, the fish provided by fishermen/women. It was delicious and so were the side dishes, pasta salad made by me and a hot potato dish made by Mary. Dessert was home-made fresh peach crisp with vanilla ice cream. We had relocated the fish fry to Wayne and Laurie's site because it's more protected from the wind, which has been gusting mightily the past two days.
I "copied" a pasta salad that was served at a fish fry some weeks ago. It has curly pasta, cucumber, tomato, small cubes of cheese (sharp white cheddar in my version) and pepperoni. The prototype salad had broccoli but I left that out. The dressing is....ranch dressing. That was a surprise to me when I inquired about the recipe but it makes for a light, refreshing taste. I'm not a ranch dressing fan, mainly because my tendency is to opt for blue cheese dressing or vinaigrette. I don't dislike ranch. But I really like the combination of tastes in this pasta salad. I had a small bowl of chopped sweet onion for onion loving folks to add to their salad.
Tonight will be jalapeno cheddar brats, store made, and Bush's baked beans and salad.
The last couple of days have felt like fall.
The COVID situation is really bad at home, St. Tammany Parish in south Louisiana. The hospitals are filling up with unvaccinated COVID patients. School board meetings are contentious with a segment of the parent population adamantly opposed to the wearing of masks in school. I miss the space and comfort and familiarity of my house but I dread returning to that environment. I bought kn95 masks at the hardware store in town and am now wearing a mask when I go to Walmart or one of the other two supermarkets. I'm not inclined to eat out at a restaurant because I assume this area has its share of "free unvaccinated" folks, given the politics of rural MN. Sigh.....
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carole - we have that mess here in FL too - this state, I believe, has one of the highest current COVID case numbers, if not the highest, and a governor that has outlawed mask mandates statewide, making local jurisdictions unable to make their own decisions. Two school districts have defied that order and he has threatened to withhold funding. WTF? It is ridiculous.
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Wow Eric - 79 for the high in Phoenix? Have fun in Leadville. Fun town with lots of adventures in the surrounding area.
Nance - so glad all is well. Looking forward to hearing about your adventures when you land back home.
Carole - I'm going to try your 'copied' pasta salad. I love eating it out but have to admit I've honestly never made a pasta salad. Since I'm cooking for myself, I think I'll re-insert the broccoli (or maybe peas?) & add the onion up front.
Special - it's a toss which of our states has the more ridiculous rulings right now. Our gov is not worried about only withholding funding - he's just going to file law suits to enforce his blindness. What a great way to spend state money (NOT) when we could be doing something productive.
Dinner was leftover rotisserie chicken simmered to warm in "better than bouillon" and sour cream, then combined with leftover rotini pasta.. Served with an ear of fresh corn. Not Olathe corn yet, but not bad.
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Here is a story about the RI-1 DMAT (Rhode Island 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team) in Louisiana and their work.
The folks wearing the plastic hoods with stuff being sprayed into the small hole are being "fit tested" to make sure the masks are sealing properly against their faces. The spray, Bitrex, is an absolutely horrible-terrible-awful-nasty bitter tasting non-toxic substance that the mask can filter out. If someone tastes the spray, then the mask isn't fitting properly.
I was asked when I was getting home from Colorado, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm "off to somewhere" when I get back.
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I cleaned out and reorganized the fridge, so tonight was kale and broccoli that needed to be cooked with rainbow carrots and yellow squash (for a pop of color) and an experimental roasted leek. Everything was good but I won’t cook leeks this way again, it was just too stringy and kept getting stuck in my teeth.
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Tonight we are in Cortez, Colorado. Dinner was vege burgers.
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Eric - very interesting about DMAT. Now I understand better when you say you are mobilized.
Dinner was leftover black-eyed peas with sausage.
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