So...whats for dinner?
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Carole - Oh no, but I do agree with DH based on the placement of the dent. You all have me worrying about buying a fridge. Mine's working but it's from 2006. For years I had my grandmothers from the 1950s. It lasted almost 50 years - even in the heat of the garage for many years. I don't think newer things last as long.
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I'm thawing leftover pork peanut noodles.
Sandy, I meant the oral tablet that you put under your tongue. It worked for DH, a skeptic! Worth a try since it is an easy thing to do. If it doesn't help, you're out only the $ for the tablets. Good luck and hope your back feels better soon.
I hope you ladies that are waiting for fridges get something soon. Has to be infuriating. I do agree that nothing is made to last these days.
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I tried the arnica tablets back when I had knee pain pre-TKR. They might as well have been saccharin. The placebo effect can be a powerful one--an intense desire to not have to admit you're wasting your money can outweigh skepticism...up to a point. Homeopathy (NOT the same thing as "natural" treatments) is utter and total b.s. It is founded on a hypothesis called "The Law of Similars" ("law" being a stretch because it isn't even as credible as a "theory" as it is unproven & unprovable): that any ailment can be cured by ingestion of the very substance that triggers it...only in an extremely weak dilution. But here's where it gets even more ridiculous: desensitization injections start weak and end up strong (when the allergy symptoms disappear, the shots are stopped); but homeopathic remedy dilutions start out exceedingly weak and get ever weaker to the point of near-undetectability of the solute--crazier still is that homeopathy holds that the weaker the dilution, the stronger the effect! Even alchemy makes more scientific sense. But hey, it's your money, not mine.
What's confusing is that when it comes to some topicals & drops, homeopathic-remedy companies do make natural but non-homeopathic stuff--like Boiron's arnica gels & calendula creams and Similisan eyedrops.
The Flector patch wore off in only about 8 hours. My back hurts the worst in the morning when I try to get out of bed, which requires rolling on to my side, swinging my legs across, and then trying to push up from the side to sit up. That stretch is the most painful of the day--and I have to constantly remind myself to get used to the pain and slowly work through it, rather than flinching (which only triggers another spasm) or tensing up my muscles. I managed to sponge-bathe & dress myself (though I still can't get over the rim of the tub to shower). My HK was able to capture Happy & load him into the carrier & then the car--she drove us and we were both allowed in so long as we kept our masks on. (Gordy had an audit of his work computer, plus needed to get an Uber to pick up his dog from daycare while Leslie's at work. We will all be together at dinner tonight, though I may teetotal it because I'm taking Aleve--unless I hold off on my evening dose till bedtime. Mercat a la Planxa has a special wild-game tasting menu tonight.
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What a fun thread. Nice to think about something other than treatments! It is mushroom season. I love to forage. And I'm having chicken and chantrelle pie. Probably not the healthiest option, but it is only a once a year thing.
Chicken and Mushroom Pie
Filling
- Four ¾ lb chicken breast halves on the bones
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 quart chicken stock or canned low sodium broth
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- ½ lb mixed wild mushroom, thickly sliced
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 2 Tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
- 1 teaspoon minced thyme (you can use dried also)
Pastry
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1/2 lb) unsalted butter
- ½ cup sour cream
Egg wash
- 1 egg lightly beaten with ¼ cup milk
- 1.Filling. Preheat oven 425° F. Put chicken in a roasting pan, season generously with salt and pepper. Roast chicken for 20 minutes until partially cooked. Discard the skin and shred the meat.
- 2.In saucepan boil the stock until reduced to 2 cups about 15 minutes, keep warm.
- 3.Melt the butter in a deep skillet. Add mushrooms season with salt and pepper over high heat until softened. Sprinkle flour and stir until mushrooms coated evenly. Add stock, cream and whisk until thick. Add chicken, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper. Turn off heat.
- 4.Make pastry: In food processor pulse flour & salt. Add butter & pulse. Add sour cream & pulse. Divided in half and chill for about 30 minutes. Turn pastry on floured surface.
- 5.Roll into 15" round and transfer to 10" pie plate. Spoon chicken mixture into pastry and brush rim with egg wash. Roll remaining pastry and cover. Poke holes with fork. Brush top with egg wash.
- 6.Bake pie about 20 minutes in 425°F preheated oven until pastry is golden brown.
- 7.Lower to 350°F and bake for 40 minutes more. Enjoy!
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Tonight was the garlic and herb pork tenderloin again, by request with half of a huge baked potato and broccoli. With wine and to be followed by ice cream.
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Welcome Mimi - the chicken & Mushroom pie sounds delicious.
My dinner was a grilled cheese sandwich - Gouda cheese on sourdough bread. A real treat!!!
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Our dinner was pecan crusted tilapia, roasted baby potatoes and steamed green beans.
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Apparently, Mercat a la Planxa didn't get enough reservations for the wild game tasting menu, so they just put the dishes on the regular menu instead. We shared everything: razor clams in brine, with housemade potato chips and a salad of cauliflower florets and chioggia (striped) beets; shaved duck breast salad; rabbit roulade with cipolline onion, braised tomato and chickpeas; venison chops (the star of the show, IMHO) with golden beets & pumpkin puree; and a small mariscos paella (manila clams, mussels, shrimp. calamari & scallops). The rice had enough saffron, but the soccarat was only along the sides of the pan. The kids had mussels in escabeche (same accompaniments as with our razor clams); grilled octopus with black grapes, and a carne (lamb, pork, beef, chicken) paella.
Small-ish portions (it's a tapas restaurant), especially the paellas; quality of the food has slipped a bit since Iron Chef Jose Garces sold the place and it basically became the restaurant for the Blackstone Hotel.
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Welcome, Mimi. The chicken mushroom pie sounds delicious. Beautiful plate, Illimae. As always, Sandy, your food descriptions are incredibly detailed. Minus, your sandwich sounds good, too. I love grilled cheese sandwiches.
I should feel underprivileged about our meal last night but I enjoyed it and was satisfied. Romaine salad with additions on a dinner plate topped with chicken strips. My planned eggplant lasagne didn't "pan" out when one of the eggplants proved not to be edible. I was fooled by a glossy exterior. So I thawed some thin sliced chicken breast fillets, couldn't figure out a vegetable side, and made the salad dinner instead.
We purchased a different refrigerator from a different appliance retailer. It's exactly what I originally did not intend to buy. Stainless, not white. French doors with bottom freezer, not side by side. No dispensers in the door/s. But I'll get used to it and may like it. IF it is indeed delivered on Tuesday and works. Oh, and it cost $1000 more than the first one we purchased. Now my collection of magnets from all the places we've visited will not have a home.
Tonight will be fried catfish dinners picked up at YMCA. The dinner is a fundraiser. I plan to pick them up early, about five, while dh is making martinis. I will use the air fryer to heat the fish when we're ready to eat. Usually about 7 pm.
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Illimae. Fanastic looking plate. Minus Two, I also love grilled cheese! carolehalston, darn about the eggplant, catfish sounds great though. ChiSandy - some delicious sounding food there. Not your average menu.
Tonight thinking black beans with rice and some poblano cream chicken enchiladas.
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Welcome Mimi! We just had some foraged chanterelles and they are SO good, aren't they? I'm going to look at your recipe again and see if we get more 'shrooms!
Sandy, yes, I know exactly what homeopathic tablets are (or should I say, are not, LOL). The Arnica Montanta is supposed to be specific to back pain and for $5.00, even if it is hokum, may be worth trying. DH was in so much pain, he figured what could a sugar pill hurt. He was shocked it worked. I thought acupuncture was hokum till I had a friend who was studying for her license and needed a guinea pig to practice on. To this day, the car accident neck pain has not returned since my two sessions with her....nearly 20 years ago now. I figure first do no harm; the easy stuff before I throw big guns at it. Your mileage may vary. Your meal sounds incredible. How wonderful to be able to share it with family and try a lot of different items on the menu. Kudos!
Carol, the newer "stainless" should be fingerprint proof and magnetic; ours is so I hope yours is too.
Illimae, OMG that photo! I could just dive into that potato. I just had lunch and am now hungry again.
I'm making rock fish tonight...it will sit on a bed of creamed spinach with white beans, shredded carrots and butter.0 -
Tonight was pork roast, roasted mini butter potatoes and a veggie medley.
Tomorrow we start a diabetic prevention meal plan (for DH) for a week. Plenty of healthy food and meals we don’t typically eat but sadly, no cheese.
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I just assumed the stainless steel is not magnetic. I did read placards that claimed no fingerprints when we were shopping appliance departments. Our refrigerator in the 5th wheel in MN is a house refrigerator with a similar design, stainless, but it has a single large door on the top, not the two doors.
The best thing about the catfish dinners from the Y fundraiser was the catfish. The side portions of cole slaw and potato salad were so tiny that I bought a third dinner, giving us each three pieces of fish and a more normal serving of the sides. The air fryer worked great for warming up the catfish. Next year I will pass on buying the dinners.
Today I will cook a pork roast stuffed with chopped green onions, garlic and cayenne pepper. Side will be baked sweet potatoes. I'm thinking I will dig out the slow cooker since the weather is very warm for using the oven while cooling the house with the a/c. Someone, I'm hoping dh, will need to go to the store for the green onions.
Illimae, I will be interested in your meals for the eating plan.
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Carole, they’re from a book called “2 day Diabetes Diet”. The basics are healthy foods with 2 days of very low calorie/carb/fat that mimics fasting without avoiding food completely. I’m not a diet person (I quit that in my 20’s) but this is really just ingredients and recipes that I usually have anyway. We’ll be tracking weight and DH’s blood sugar daily for the week to see how it goes. He’s always been convinced he’d have to eliminate carbs and fruit but I’m hoping this proves him wrong. I’ll post pics and results of this week.
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I have two jars of Goya products on a pantry shelf. I bought them on impulse for who knows what reason. One is Recaito and the other is Sofrito. I went online today looking for inspiration for how to use them and didn't come up with anything. Is anyone here familiar with either or both? I don't know whether you use the whole jar in a recipe or Tablespoons.
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Carole, I did a quick search using Bing as the search engine (I've often found different results than with other search engine). Try www.yummly.com/recipes/goya-recaito and www.yummly.com/recipes/cooking-with-sofrito Also, www.goya.com/en/recipes.
Did not look at the recipes but thought these might give you some ideas. Let us know...
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Carole, although paella comes immediately to mind, you can use it the way you would a holy trinity. It's great in beans. It's also the base for a lot of dishes. I've kept it frozen and used broken off pieces in different things (like beans or rice for extra flavor.). It’s good in stewed meats or as a sauce for chicken or other meat. It’s pretty versatile.
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Well, day 1 was better than I expected. I didn’t get a pic of breakfast but it was whole grain toast topped with peanut butter and thinly sliced banana with a cup of low fat yogurt (we like carbsmart).
Lunch was wheat tortilla wraps with sliced turkey, hummus, onion and bell peppers with a side salad.
Dinner was a surprisingly delicious summer garden soup, broiled pork tenderloin, boiled sweet potato and sautéed mixed greens.
Snack was apple sliced sprinkled with cinnamon.
All of it barely topped 1,100 calories.
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Vegetarian nachos.
I'm trying to think of something for tomorrow in case we lose power..I'm not looking forward to this storm. We won't get the worst of it (Forks will) but it will be bad enough. Our forecasts are never accurate so I am hoping they are wrong again. It is so calm now....
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Illi, have you considered a side hustle as a food photographer? The gravy on the pork roast, especially. I can practically taste it.
Sofrito makes a good base for sauteeing veggies for an omelet.
We took out from Patio around the corner last night--Greek chicken with salad & rice. (Bob had the rice, I supplemented the salad with tomatoes and homemade lemon vinaigrette). He also brought a Polish sausage with all the usual Chicago-style trimmings. This morning, I made a breakfast "pizza" on low-carb toast with tomato, basil, oregano, fresh mozzarella and olive oil. For dinner I had leftover paella from Thursday, half the Polish (left the bun--then after I ate the sausage realized I still have keto hot dog buns); Bob had the white quarter of last night's chicken, plus the rice and salad.
My back is improving enough that I was able to drive to Warby Parker to get my frames adjusted--and was able to leave the cane in the car.
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Welcome, MiMi!
When I last checked in, folks were starting to have refrigerator problems, or at least worries, and we went through that in late summer. Ours was 26 years old and I could detect a burning smell coming from it. Eeeek! So we trekked over to the closest Home Depot looked at refrigerators (not much to be excited about since we had to get the exact size/type we had to fit into the space in which our builder encased that one), checked them out in CR, and once we learned we could have one we liked enuf, delivered in a week, bought it! And the delivery happened as promised! We never expected that, given all the supply chain horror stories. Despite seeming to be the same size as our old one, the interior space is smaller, and annoying, and both of us curse it quietly every few times we search for food in it. But…. It’s also stainless, Carole, but we ordered that goopy stuff that can function as magnets. Have yet to put all the family pix back yet tho.Next we need to get a new washing machine. Soo many choices! If anyone has a suggestion for one they like, with an agitator, please share.
I’m still doing my concussion OT, and now need to get a new script for glasses since my former script has changed since the concussion, and I get headaches. Ugh! Sadly, my wonderful ophthalmologist just resigned after being on leave to care for a family member, and I have no motivation to continue there since I’m not crazy over her associate who did my cataracts, so need to try to get an optometrist appt BEFORE JANUARY, which I was offered at another recommended practice. So go my healthcare woes. The OT is going well. Need to get back on a fish oil that doesn’t have that back up taste. Ick! Am trying one from WF that has a mask of spearmint flavor, which is almost tolerable. Ideas?
Last week we had DGD staying with us for a few days while her parents took a needed getaway. She is a riot…so much fun, making our exhaustion worthwhile. I spent the whole time making sure to provide her with high fiber meals and snacks to help her “go”, as she is having trouble in that department. Fortunately, this house has lots of good fiber options, so the visit was a healthful success. Now she needs to keep that up at home…and I will try to keep quiet about it.
Enjoying “Nana’s”oatmeal with strawberries and blueberries.Glad to read about all of your soup making! It is finally chilly here and time to make my fave kale soup. Last week I made a chicken red lentil soup that was delish. Even DgD enjoyed it. The turmeric and cumin were mild enough that it wasn’t too unusual for her palette.
I made a huge portion of my fave cod puttanesca, this time with linguini since the friends we were sharing it with loves linguini. We had it for two nights.
Tonight we’ll have leftovers of a balsamic chicken veggie toss that I made last night.Consider me triggered with guilt upon hearing about Instant-pot users again. Mine is still new in the box in our basement! I so resist cluttering my counters more. I just end up cooking on the stove most nights…and find that I most often avoid even using my small appliances for cutting, shredding. Very old school, I guess.
and probably not so smart since my hand arthritis is steadily progressing.
Our “lobster fest” on the Newfound beach was delicious as usual, tho a bit less relaxing since DGD was there, too, and I was accompanying her around the beach as she explored as thoroughly as two year olds like to. The neighbor who organizes this event was camping in Utah earlier that week and got stuck in the Southwest cancelled flights mess, so his wife and several of the other “young” guys in our association filled in so not a beat was missed, much to the delight of the lobster fans!
I’ve prattled on for too long, so will check out, and hope to get back on sooner rather than later next time.
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Lacey - so glad to log on & find a post from you!! Thanks for all the news. Glad you've kept up with the concussion OT. Grand baby is adorable. I get the exhaustion. I'm wiped out just spending a whole day with my 5 year old niece - not even an overnight.
My fridge is also "built in" & I dread having to replace it. I also have an upright freezer in the garage, also built in under stairs. I replaced that last year and had the same problem. Due to new insulation rules, the outside is the same size but the inside is considerably smaller AND there are no racks on the door - the place I always stored frozen veg & containers of left overs.
I bought a new washer a year ago and am reasonably pleased. I only looked at top loading with an agitator. And I bought the one with the very least bells & whistles. My only argument is - still too much is "automatic programing". I'm used to stopping & starting or adding & changing whenever I wanted. Anyway - it's a GE Model GTW335A.
Just about finished my Christmas shopping. Since everything has to be mailed, I've taken the advice of my mailman and will send in early November. If the boxes get there early, the Moms will just have to hide everything in the closet until they put up their trees.
Yesterday's meal was Ivan's 'Boston' clam chowder from Washington State via Costco. Good but not the same as MA. Today was leftover Hawaiian Sliders. I've found I can buy a 4 pack of the rolls and make just enough for two meals. This time they were turkey & Jarlsberg.
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Winds have not amounted to much...yet. Managed a walk and holding our breath on the coming storm. Continue to hope they are wrong.
I made a bbq chicken "pizza" but made it on a socca crust. Leftovers tomorrow.
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Today’s meal were good too
Breakfast - Parfait
Lunch - grilled chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries.
Snack - Blueberry smoothie
Dinner - Broiled Haddock and Tabbouleh (first time making and eating it).
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Mae - YUM. Love the pictures. Did you like the Tabbouleh? I've started making Quinoa as a side. Hope you're adjusting to the new cat - or rather the cat is adjusting to you.
Wallycat - had an email from my DS in Marin County around dinner time. They have had 10 inches of rain today so far on top of rain the last couple of days. Wow,. Luckily they aren't adjacent to a burn site so I don't think they'll have mud slides. So glad he didn't have to cross the Golden Gate bridge today.
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Minus, it is so great to hear california finally getting some drought relief. Scary with the burn sites. No winning, is there? We have been in drought on our little peninsula but so far, 1-1/2" of rain in 2-3 days. It is the 60mph gusts that are scaring the crap out of me. So far, no power outage by us. That is always subject to change with storms like this.
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When we lived in Seattle we had the luxury of three different Ivar's restaurants: the original Acres of Clams on the waterfront between downtown & the Magnolia area of the Queen Anne Hill peninsula; the U. District Salmon House where the Ship Canal empties into Lake Union; and the one on the downtown Alaskan Way waterfront next to the ferry terminal. I was never a fan of Seattle chowder, though--most of it was creamy red, an (IMHO) unacceptable mashup of New England & Manhattan styles, which are two distinctly different soups (all they have in common are clams, potatoes, and clam juice). IHMO, the best New England style I've ever bought for home use is Legal Sea Foods'. It even has a "lite" version (low fat, low carb except for diced potatoes, and no tomatoes) that worked for me decades ago when I was on Jenny Craig & WW.
Lacey, if all you need is an eye exam, Boston has at least one Warby Parker boutique with on-site optometrists. Their eye exams are $75 and include dilation if you want it (to check the retinas and vitreous, as well as the "capsule" behind your implanted lens) as well as the usual refraction for distance, reading and astigmatism. And unlike ophthalmologists who also sell glasses, you won't have to ask them for your pupillary distance (PD) measurement--it's included in your prescription, which you can print out to take to another optician whose frames you like better.
Bob stopped by Boston Market after work and brought home meatloaf with creamed spinach & steamed veggies. The meatloaf isn't keto-friendly (almost all meatloaf recipes call for some kind of breadcrumb "panade" binder) but I was ravenous--hadn't eaten since breakfast--and I hadn't had meatlof in over a year. it was delicious. I ate half my dinner and will nuke the remainder tonight, with salad and the tomatoes on the sill that are beginning to soften. (Most of them are no bigger than overgrown cherry tomatoes--even a tad smaller than the Campari ones at the grocery).
Might bake a pan of keto brownies (Lakanto mix) tonight, just to have something sweet with a cakelike texture that won't send me cascading over the cookie-and-candy waterfall before bedtime. Sugar-free pudding just isn't doing it for me any more.
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Today was the power burn (low carb/sugar/calorie) day.
Breakfast was a two egg white omelette with red & orange bell peppers and onion, sadly no cheese.
Lunch was carrot soup with a dollop of plain yogurt.Dinner was a slice spinach stuffed meatloaf, veggie purée and steamed broccoli.
Pretty good for less than 750 calories for the day.
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Had one of those rare -- but maybe becoming more frequent? -- wins in which my DH and DS and I all sat down to a nice, home cooked dinner last night. I made lemony roasted potatoes (like what you'd get in a Greek restaurant), and I left a request for help and instructions for my husband, so by the time I got home, he had made braised Brussels sprouts (with bacon, to entice him), and then we worked together to get some breaded chicken cutlets into the oven.
It was so, so nice to (a) have a plan, (b) have a third of dinner done before I left the house, (c) come home to a cooking spouse and a house that smelled amazing, (d) have a well-balanced (-ish) meal that we made ourselves, and (e) have leftovers for lunch today.
I will be trying to enlist help more often. Gotta get my teenager in on the action!
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Sounds great saltmarsh!
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