So...whats for dinner?
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Wallycat, I keep a box of Wholly Guacamole individual serving packets in the freezer, either just avocado or guacamole. They thaw readily and are handy when guac is a last minute thought!
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Merry Christmas to everyone that celebrates it.
Tomorrow, after dinner, DD, Sharon and I are going over to jam (I listen). Because of that, we are going to eat around 1pm, so I've been doing a lot of prep work tonight for the stuff that can be warmed up and do fine or tastes better if the flavors have had some time to "mingle". Since it's just the four of us (Sharon, DD, MIL and myself), we are trying to empty the house and DD won't be able to take anything home, the quantities are much smaller than normal. Still, it takes just as long to cook everything, so I've been taking care of the stuff that needs to cool or can easily be warmed back up with no problem or tastes better if it sits awhile.
We had been invited to eat with the folks Sharon (and DD) will be jamming with, but this will be the last holiday meal in this house, so we are eating here.
Tonight, I made onion gravy, sourdough dinner rolls, pumpkin pie with a "from scratch" crust, and stuffed squash. The pie needs to cool and the stuffed squash tastes FAR better if it "sits" for the night in the refrigerator.
Tomorrow, it will be a small turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, a salad and warming everything else up.
Sunday morning, at 5am, we will need to leave the house to get DD to the airport. It's a non-stop flight, 1/2 the cost of "normal", flies into the airport about 2 miles from her apartment and does not have a long layover in Chicago. The only downside is that instead of flying from the big downtown airport about 25 miles distant, her flight leaves from the smaller airport on the other side of town...about 65 miles away.
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(Happy walked over my trackpad and my post disappeared--so here we go again).
Bob had planned to go to Beard & Belly for brunch (and to bring me back quiche), but they're no longer open before 4pm (and not at all on holidays). The only place he found open at noon was Susupuato, the Mexican joint, so he simply ate and didn't realize there was stuff on the menu I could eat. I always keep some Wholly Guacamole singles on hand for making avocado toast, which was what I did, topping it with a fried egg.
Dinner at Regalia tonight: French onion soup for Bob, and Wagyu carpaccio with bone marrow & arugula for me; a shared Caesar salad; fusilli marinara with portobellos & sausage for Bob, and halibut with porcini-lemon reduction over garlic rapini with braised baby artichokes for me. We shared semifreddo flambé, basically because this year I forgot to order a plum pudding to set afire (and we also forgot to stop and buy a couple at the Harrod's boutique at Heathrow when returning from London in Dec. 2019).
After we walked home, we FaceTimed with Gordy & Leslie, who are staying outside Dripping Springs, TX through tomorrow, then driving home with an ETA of 12/28. They turned the camera on Dot (their wirehair/Blue Heeler mix), whom Bob had never seen. We'll take them to Regalia on NYE before coming back here for nibbles & bubbles.
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Happy...a cat?
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Merry Christmas or Happy Saturday. Hope everyone finds pleasure in the day.
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Joining in the conversation for the first time, but I've been reading the thread the last few days.
Today's dinner is Puerto Rican rice, spiral ham, potato salad, Puerto Rican pasteles (PR version of tamales) and a salad. I also made coquito yesterday (Puerto Rican eggnog) and for a dessert, a neighbor sent over a tart (she's Polish). I've never had it, but looks delicious.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
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Merry Christmas to all. I have been reading your posts for years! You are my connection. I recently made it to ten years this past September so I've been following you all for years!!!!!
I am making prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, gravy, roasted potatoes, green beans and green bean casserole, cauliflower with nutmeg sauce, and roasted brussel sprouts for dinner today. Tomorrow I'm hosting my husband's family (everyone will be taking a rapid test before they come.) I am making Maryland mini crab cakes for our appetizer. Dungeness crab is absolutely delicious but so are "real" Maryland crab cakes!
Thanks to all who post on a regular basis! Hope everyone has a wonderful day! and weekend!
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Ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, steamed baby carrots, turnips and rolls. Made apple and pumpkin pies for dessert.
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Turkey breast, Belgian baked potatoes, roasted asparagus with browned butter dressing, lemon Jello salad (my mother's traditional Christmas salad) and cherry pie (DH's favorite). Tossed salad available for those who want it.
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Welcome to Serenity & Goodie. Hope you'll stay with us and share what you're cooking & eating. Mommy - good to see you. Eric - so glad your DD made it out to visit. Does she appear to like where she's living? Beaver - I had to look up Belgian Baked Potatoes. They look good. Mae - forgot to say happy anniversary. How long? Everyone's meals sound delicious.
Sending holiday greetings for all who regularly post and those who only 'lurk'. Holding you all in my thoughts today.
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Today is a roast, roasted carrots and rosemary potatoes with Yorkshire pudding. Dessert is a peach cobbler (still cooking) and of course some See’s chocolates.
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Roasted meal: turkey breast, baby potatoes, brussels sprouts, baby carrots. Accompanied by: homemade gravy (splash of sherry in it) and cranberry sauce, wine is sauvignon blanc. Not in photo: pumpkin pie w/whipped cream.
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Oh my goodness Mae, what a beautiful piece of meat. Even though I rarely eat meat anymore, a good piece of prime rib catches my attention. I need to go back to Laurenzo's for their prime rib French Dip. Supposedly the servers are wearing masks...
Celia - looks delicious.
My Holiday Cheer of choice turned out to be eggnog & Wild Turkey 101. Got 1-1/2 drinks before the whisky ran out.
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Happy holidays of all kinds to my kitchen table friends and hello to newcomers!
Dungeness crab was a particular fave of my parents, who were both seafood lovers. I like it because I feel like there is a greater reward for the work because the size is so much bigger, lol!
I love Chile Rellano - DH not so much, even though there is no single ingredient in it he doesn’t like. I may try the aforementioned recipe and see what he thinks.
Illimae - congrats on your anniversary! We have a December one too!
Here is my table from last night. And the food. I don’t have a photo of the food on the plates, lol!
Standing rib roast, sweet and russet potato au gratin, green beans almondine, and roasted carrots with thyme. Not shown was an app of artichoke heart dip, and dessert was a pumpkin spice Bundt cake with cream cheese icing drizzle and See’s candy.
celia - I spied a Christmas cracker on your table!
We opened gifts this morning and had brunch. Breakfast casserole with a hash brown crust, peach bellinis, fruit with Kahlua dip, and sticky buns.
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Oooo - standing rib. Looks great Special K. Standing Rib for one is problematic so I need to get back to the restaurant that has Prime Rib french dip (for Mae - that's Laurenzo's on Washington and supposedly the servers are wearing mask)
Dinner ended up being 1-1/2 glasses of egg nog with Wild Turkey 101. Then because the phone kept ringing - two gin & tonics. In between I had guacamole with sea salt crackers. And a bite or two of See's Peanut Brittle before the phone ran again.
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Dinner last night at Fireside (on the heated patio) was shared app of "bang-bang shrimp," followed by prime rib with a steamed carrot-asparagus medley.
Tonight will be assorted leftovers: mine from last night plus halibut, artichoke, rapini from Fri.; and Bob's pasta from Fri. May augment with a grilled salmon burger and a Caprese.
Breakfast today was an olive-oil-fried egg, guacamole toast, and tabbouleh salad. (Middle Eastern Bakery & Grocery makes theirs with mostly parsley--and more tomatoes than bulgur). It's amazing how much fuller I feel (and for longer) after an egg-based breakfast than from even a restaurant meal.
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Oh for a dungeness crab!
Hope everyone's holidays were satisfactory. Your meals certainly looked wonderful. Wish I'd thought to get a pic of ours. The reverse seared tenderloin came out an absolute perfect medium rare, which I served with a gorgonzola cream sauce. Sides were roasted fingerling potatoes and whole garlic flavored with fresh rosemary and sage, green beans sauteed with orange/lemon zest and juices, Yorkshire pudding and spiced apple rings. Dessert was an Italian cream cake trifle which I had doubts about, but actually turned out quite good. I won't usually make something I hadn't tried before for special occasions, but it was just us and the kids for dinner and they're used to being my (willing) test subjects. Yesterday was lunch at DH's sister's home, a first actually. In addition to his sister and BIL, attendees were DH's older brother and wife and our niece, her spouse and twin 15 year old daughters. There was lots of good brunchy foods -- my contribution was a waldorf salad (heavy on whipped cream, light on the mayo.) We laughed a lot and played games that awarded funny prizes. I won a package of fancy dinner napkins and a bag of oyster crackers. My niece won a box of spaghetti and DH got a can of piroulene cookies (yum.) Too funny.
We were going to order something out last night but absolutely nothing was open so dinner ended up being tamales from the freezer - pork and red sauce for DH, chicken with green sauce for me. Dinner tonight will be leftovers from Christmas eve dinner. Tomorrow I'm planning on making French onion soup but that will require a trip to the store for additional onions and gruyere.
Happy holidays friends!
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Fireside is usually packed cheek-by-jowl on Christmas Day (except last year, when it was takeout/delivery-only). But last night by 8:45pm, the dining room was empty, as a takeout-delivery-order staging area; and the patio was just us and another couple (seated three tables away). The bar, of course, was packed, with only the staff masked. We chose wisely (well, perhaps not as wisely as staying home).
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DD is back home. We had to get up around 4:30am to get her to the airport. She called about 2 hours ago from her apartment in Michigan, so she's home and 'survived' the busy travel times.
For the meal here, I had a choice of plastic dishes, or the still not packed *FANCY* tableware and I went with the fancy stuff. I even used the glasses from my mom's parents' 1916 wedding. I'm guessing this will be the last Christmas dinner in this house, so it was nice to "go fancy" on last time. Since DD couldn't take any leftovers home, MIL didn't want any (?) and we are packing to move, I adjusted the quantities downwards. I think we might get 2 meals worth of leftovers...except for the pumpkin pie :-)
Belated anniversary wishes, Illimae.
And hello to Goodie and Serendipity.
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Lunch was yesterday leftovers. Tonight's dinner will be pizza. My friend makes pizza dough from scratch and gives me several that I freeze. My son will have the traditional cheese, sauasage, pepperoni and I'll have a garlic sauce topped with asparagus, spinach, chicken and bacon.
Bon appetit everyone!
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On CNN this a.m., I saw one epidemiologist advise that flyers wear a surgical mask over their KN95 (or even foldable N95), plus an eye shield; and then discard the surgical mask after leaving the terminal. Bob wears a cup-shaped N95 all day at work, so I csn't get him to wear anything more restrictive than a hospital-issued 3-layer surgical mask.when dining out or running errands.
Anyone here watch "Curb Your Enthusiasm?" There was an episode this season where Larry David was visiting Albert Brooks' house and discovered a closet full of TP, hand sanitizer, and masks. "A COVID-hoarder! The guy is a COVID-hoarder!" David exclaimed. He was there to deliver a eulogy for Brooks' "living funeral" (Brooks wasn't dying but wanted to see & hear his friends honor him) with Brooks Zooming from his bedroom upstairs. Instead, the notoriously filter-free tact-challenged David denounced him to all the guests as a COVID-hoarder. Well, I have never run out of TP or hand sanitizer, have four sets of rapid tests, and a massive stash of masks (not counting the cloth ones I've accumulated in various colors to match my outfits). Remind me to stay away from Larry David!
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Serendipity - how fortunate to have home made pizza crust that YOU don't have to make. I need a friend like that.
Eric - are you really going to put everything in storage & live in the RV? I think I saw one post where you mentioned that the internet connections were 'challenging' where you hoped to 'stop'?? (Like 'stopping by the woods on a snowy evening', except you're in AZ) Is this for a long term or just until you sell the present house & find a new one?
Nance - food sounds delicious. Hope we hear from Lacey.
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Minus Two - it really is! After chemo and now with Xeloda, I don't have any strength in my hands to even attempt it. She is an amazing cook and an even better baker. Grateful to have her.
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Dinner was a delicious Comice pear (one more left), guacamole with chive & sea salt crackers & two slices of date/nut bread.
My niece decided they're OK braving Eddie V's tomorrow night for our postponed Christmas dinner. The restaurant has gone back to full masking for all employees, so that makes all of us feel better. And I can't imagine they'll be very busy on a Monday at 5pm.
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Leftover frittata. Duck last night was wonderful. Even the cat enjoyed some
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Yes. move everything into storage, sell the house, live in the truck-camper and then look for a house out in the "boonies" of (rural) Arizona. Sharon hates the heat, and I don't like the city. So, not hot and not city leaves a lot of nice places to live. A friend offered their place, with RV hookups, for us to use. We also have 10 acres of land about 30 miles west of Phoenix (it's too hot for Sharon) but it has no utilities. Once we move, MIL would like to move somewhere nearby, so if we just happen to find a place with a "MIL house", that would be perfect.
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Family get-together went extremely well. Everyone absolutely loved the crab cakes. Yes, I made them with no filler and Maryland style with Old Bay. The comment was "had to be quick to get the crab cakes!" I made mini crab cakes (2 ounces) and about enough for two each. I didn't realize they would be that much of a hit. There were 14 of us and three no shows but got "doggy bags!"
We had way too much food (other than the crab cakes!) I made roast beef with gravy and au juice, ham, bean soup, mac and cheese, kielbasa (cooked whole on the grill then sliced) and a salad bar with romaine lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, black olives, beets, peas, corn, edamame, zucchini, green onions and red onions. The salad bar was also a hit. Others brought hot pizza dip, green bean casserole, cowboy beans, shepherd's pie, lasagna, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and cookies.
We also put out Otterein chocolate chip cookies and they were also a total hit – big tub finished off and we had leftover homemade pumpkin and apple pies.
It will be leftovers here for a few days. I'm exhausted! LOL
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Welcome, Serendipity and Goodie.
Nance, as usual your dinner guests were lucky people. So were other dinner guests at meals described. Our dinner at my sister's house was "ho hum" on the food but I enjoyed connecting with two great nieces, 12 and 16, and a great nephew, 18, whom I hadn't seen in a couple of years, thanks to Covid. Our only dessert was dh's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and they were a hit. The 12 year old took some with her for later. Fortunately or unfortunately, I kept some at home.
Tonight's dinner will NOT be leftovers. I'm thinking either chicken breast fillet or catfish fillets. The latter will require a trip to the supermarket, not a big deal. Definitely not soup since we're due for a summerlike week. When winter weather returns, I have a turkey carcass in the freezer, having rescued it from the garbage at my sister's house.
I asked dh this morning if he plans to continue going to the gym with Omicron looming in the news. He said Yes so I will continue going to my senior exercise classes, which I think are greatly beneficial, physically and socially. Picture a lot of old women and a few old guys. I'm probably the only one who works up a sweat, literally, because I perspire with exertion. Meanwhile I wait to see if Omicron attended our Christmas gathering.
I continue reading cook books. The Discard stack is growing.
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Welcome back, Serendipity. Welcome, Goodie: how do you bind your crabcakes w/o filler? This crabcake-loving low-carb (well, aspirationally near-keto) dieter would love to know!
Last night Bob grabbed what he described as "college-dorm food" (though neither of us ever lived in dorms) for dinner at the hospital: chicken fingers and a Farmer's Fridge vending-machine salad. I had my leftover halibut, rapini, & artichoke half from Christmas Eve at Regalia. Since we already had some great red wine open, he requested a cheese board for his midnight return from work. I dove into the deli drawer, tossed out whatever in there was too moldy to salvage by "shaving," and came up with: brie, herb Capricho (goat, from Spain), nettle Gouda (from a WI creamery's booth at the farmer's market), truffle Gouda (raw milk, Dutch), Fontina Valle d'Aosta, Spring Goat Gouda (CA), and Roquefort. I put out 365 brand water crackers, Finn Crisps, and Atkins wafers. Guess which ones he liked the best? Yup--and they're also the priciest and mail-order-only. As dessert I had an oz. of Sauternes with a nugget of Roquefort and a strawberry. Unfortunately, I then had a handful of nuts and a couple of booze-filled Kirkland chocolates. Won't have the latter again, as I don't like the sugar crust beneath the chocolate.
I'm noticing that when we go out to dinner I don't bedtime-cheat-eat. Hmmmm....
Brunch today was an olive-oil-fried egg atop a pan-browned almond-flour tortilla. Dinner will be my leftover prime rib & carrots from Christmas night at Fireside (Bob finished all of his at the restaurant); and Bob will have his leftover fusilli pasta with Tuscan sausage from Regalia. And likely more cheese. (Gotta remember to take it out of the fridge a couple of hours beforehand--it makes all the difference).
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After making rather quick work of slicing onions by using the slicing disc on the food processor, I’m now involved in the rather tedious task of caramelizing five pounds of onions. The air is redolent of onions. (You wouldn’t want to be here Carole). I suppose it could be worse.
I thought of you today Carole. I bought a bag of frozen mustard greens, which I had not seen before (frozen that is). Pickled pork is not to be found here but I’ve taken to making my own and have some in the freezer. I plan to make these for New Year’s Day, along with the black eyed peas. Of course, I’ll be the only one to eat them as dh won’t go near them. He’ll have to get by on cornbread lol.
I’ll be glad when all of these cookies are gone
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