So...whats for dinner?
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Hopefully everyone testing positive does not develop symptoms and everyone exposed continues to test negative.
Dinner tonight was a late lunch.
I just got an email from a friend in central Manatoba and they told me about their weather. After converting the temperatures to "degrees F", their high temperature today was -18F and is supposedly going down into the -30F to -35F range tonight. And I was griping about my low 50F range "cold'.
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Oy, Eric! (But that's par for the course up in Manitoba--Winnipeg makes Minnesota look tropical).
After the 6+" of snow predicted Sat., we will be going down into the deep-freeze Sunday: high of 10, low of 4. Time to run the faucets overnight. Sigh. From record highs to Chiberia in only a week.
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Sandy, your post reminds me why we have not traveled. DH's immune system is compromised and I would hate to stress over traveling, much less dining out. So we shall dine at home, again-and-still for the foreseeable future.
We've lived here for 11 years and this is the coldest it has ever been out here. -20 in WI would last for stretches. Here, 4" of snow and 17 degrees has practically shut everything down. I would cry if I didn't laugh...we went grocery shopping to stock up on things and the shelves were bare. The cashier said there have been no deliveries for 4 days due to weather...sigh. If I had a choice of -20 or 78-80+, I'd choose -20 any day. My husband disagrees greatly with me.
Dinner was simple...I toasted the naan bread and laid out the ventresca on the toasted bread to warm it through. Served with a side of slaw.
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Burgundy Beef was for dinner tonight. With DH at work I couldn't ask him where the burgundy or even red wine was ( He organizes it all). So I went downstairs and picked a bottle. After bringing it up, I didn't really recognize it as one we drink and it was older looking. I decided to just use a bit more water and seasoning. Well when he got home and I told him the story above, he looked at the (still unopened) bottle and turned very pale. It seems that bottle was a gift from a colleague worth a couple hundred dollars! Really glad I thought twice on that one!! He retrieved an actual burgundy for me, I added it to the stew, and all's well that ends well. 🍷
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Last night's dinner was seared small catfish fillets, steamed yellow squash and tossed romaine salad with additions.
I have beaverntx's Cooking Light recipe for chiles relleno casserole written on a card and have the ingredients on hand to make it. I bought fresh chiles to roast and peel the skin off. I was thinking without enthusiasm about using the broiler when it dawned on me to use the outside grill.
Thank goodness the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are all eaten.
Like most of the US population, I really must try to lose some weight. Minus, are you maintaining your weight after all the lost lbs. during the renovation?
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Carole - more or less maintaining my weight loss. If I walk every day (which I'm not) and I never even smell a piece of bread - I can maintain. Funny, I can eat a couple of pieces of chocolate a day and it doesn't make any difference - but one piece of bread = a pound. With all the holiday festivities, I've gained 4 pounds - that will hopefully come off after the egg nog and date bread are gone and I quit sitting in my recliner reading books all day.
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Guess what was delivered yesterday???? Yay! My new refrigerator! I ordered it last January, so almost a year ago. The one that had been in the kitchen is now in the garage complete with a water line so it can continue to make ice. Side by side freezers don't make a ton of ice at any given time, so it will be nice to have two. The kitchen is now complete with a matching suite of appliances for the first time in 15 years. As a result of that delivery happening at about 5pm, I opted for an easy dinner of cheeseburgers (DF cheese, GF bun) and sweet potato fries. And I had to figure where I put all items - I keep the burger patties frozen so had to figure out where they were, which fridge had the cheese, tomatoes, pickles, etc. First world problems...
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ChiSandy - yes the snow and cold coming this weekend, ugh, time to hibernate; granted I really don't go anywhere due to covid running rampage in WI.
Today's dinner will be air fried or baked spicy chicken wings, sweet potatoes fries and a side salad. With my taste buds being off I'm finding that the spicier the better, to an extent. I was introduced to Uncle Dougie's wing sauce made with natural ingredients. It's so good!
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Yesterday, I finally delivered CM presents to my dear friend w/Stage 4 brain cancer and cooked her requested items for dinner. We had roasted carrots & brussels sprouts (balsamic glaze & EVOO), cauliflower cakes (from Trader Joe's), sauteed chicken sausage (Trader Joe's sun dried tomato & basil) and baby bella shrooms.
Speaking of water crackers - we always have at least 3 boxes on hand. Carr's are too pricey for the mass quantities DH consumes (as a Brit, they are his fave) but Trader Joe's has great, inexpensive ones and we also like the organic ones at Whole Foods.
Pasta Sauce - I am hooked on Primal Kitchen's No Dairy Vodka Sauce. Their marinara is also quite good. Have never tried Rao's.
Special K - So great that you have your new fridge! Forgot to post earlier on how wonderful your CM brunch and dinner spreads looked.
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Special - Laughing about your fridge. Wow - 11 months!!! I've been thinking for several months I should go find a new one & get it on order. I only have the one in my kitchen and it's seriously aging.
Celia - love the dinner you cooked for your friend. I'm going to try the cauliflower cakes.
Mae - I saw on another thread that you'll head out to West Texas after NY Eve. BRRRR. New Years Day it will be 82 then dropping to 34 that night.
I spent 4 hours in the yard today digging up my Plumarias for the winter. There are very large - one is almost 10 ft tall - so it's difficult to dig up alone. I've washed the roots, clipped the leaves & will tuck them away in the shed before Saturday.
Dinner will be leftovers - tuna salad on Hawaiian sliders - and I'll eat the last Comice pear until next year.
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SK, glad your fridge arrived.
Merry Christmas to all. Xmas dinner, balsamic maple pork tenderloin, small buttered potatoes,maple glazed carrots. It wasjust the 2 of us. Tablecloth was my first xmas one way back in 1973. I have to bring it out every year. LOL.
We were having our family gathering fir Christmas this weeke d. Until DD2 and family test positive this weekend. So pushed it off till the 15. My brothers funeral mass is Jan 8th. I was going to teach this Tuesday, but canceled because of the dx, as we had both kids on Friday. Good thing because on Monday, Ive got a headache, fever and cough. Still coughing as of today thursday, still feverish. Tested on Tuesday but negative. My sister tested positive. Im going to test again. The timing is just too close to be something else. At least i stayed home and didnt spread it. Heres hoping it stays no worse that it is niw. Happy New Year to all. This will be very quiet too, as im not cooking...
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Minus, it’s going to be chilly with lows in the 30’s and highs in the 60’s but it snowed over night a couple weeks ago while we were there. I love it but only for a day or two. DH made a little snowman, lol
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Tonight is 15 bean soup with kale and it’s good but not great. DH usually makes the beans, I’ll let him handle it from now on.
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I made Indian using caramelized onions, canned garbanzos, spinach, tomato (actually, leftover salsa that was spicy enough) and some frozen cauliflower. Served with Naan bread. Turned out great.
Tomorrow, ham and beans.
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Monica, so sorry you're under the weather. Did you at-home rapid-test or get a point-of-care PCR? Reason I ask is that around here, many of the PCRs are also testing for flu, which is what yours may be (this year's quadrivalent flu vaccine left out a variant that's going around. High fever is not a symptom of Omicron--in fact, most cases in fully-vaxed people are more like bad colds (and in boostered folks, usually asymptomatic). Fever, breathing difficulty, and loss of taste & smell are uncommon with Omicron--the usual symptoms are headache, fatigue, stuffy & runny nose, and dry cough.
Brunch was a "bagel & lox," substituting Carbonauts Keto Seeded bread for the bagel (It doesn't really have any taste and the texture is so soft it's flabby, but toasted it makes an okay "vehicle" for the fillings). Cream cheese, cucumbers, onion, tomato, Nova lox, dill & capers. Dinner was a "power bowl" from Primal Kitchen: pesto chicken & broccoli with riced cauliflower. Not bad, and only 5 gm. net carb. Followed it up with my last 5 asparagus spears--steamed & dressed with lemon, olive oil & sea salt.
My godson got re-tested 3 times (at different sites) today--all negative. Wife & baby, staying with friends across town, are neg. too. But his wife banished him to his parents' couch (without so much as a change of clothes) after her "crunchy granola" pediatrician back in Seattle insisted they still isolate from each other for TEN days. (So much for going back home to Seattle on Monday). Last night's sole positive test was done at one of those "pop-up hellhole" (as a local online paper calls it) walk-in parking-lot testing centers--they almost certainly mixed up his results with someone else's. (People there were asked to swab their own noses)! His parents--our BFFs--are negative. Gordy & Leslie will test in the morning, it being day 5 after exposure to her idiot BIL who insisted he didn't need a booster because he's a thirtysomething middle school science teacher who "knows a thing or two about science." He tested positive but the rest of the family--including his like-minded wife--are all negative.
Still have 3 Abbott test kits, as well as two QuickVue and two (single) FlexFlow kits. Walgreen's had a 4-box-per-person limit.Have more on order from Wal-Mart, which should arrive Jan. 10 (just in time for the next round of 2x/wk testing).
So NYE chez nous is still on--albeit small-scale with no restaurant meal beforehand. BFFs, one other couple, and another close friend are coming. Gordy & Leslie will stay out on the deck for drinks, and I will send them home with lots of munchies and an extra bottle of bubbly--same for my BFFs to bring back to my godson.
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I made the chile rellenos casserole for dinner last night, with modifications. Used ground beef instead of turkey, fresh poblano peppers instead of canned. DH helped out by blackening the peppers on the outside grill. At some point I decided to lighten up this Cooking Light recipe by omitting the milk and eggs. I used less cheese, too. About 6 oz of pepper jack that I shredded. DH and I enjoyed the dish a lot and I will make it again. I think a welcome addition would be sliced fresh tomato. Or perhaps some salsa between the layers.
Our side was a romaine salad with additions, dressed with white balsamic and EVOO.
I am off today in search of a corned beef. To my surprise there was none available at two supermarkets yesterday. Many people cook the New Year's Day cabbage with corned beef. There is no problem buying cabbage and the required black-eyed peas, both of which are prominently displayed. I will cook the peas with ham and will also cook brown rice. Sam's Club has the ham steaks, three in a package, for a very reasonable price. I buy them to use for seasoning dry beans.
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I know this sounds horrible, but has anyone tried boiling their ham...to get rid of more salt? I have not checked the Costco small boneless ham's sodium content, but I can only imagine. I'm using some rancho gordo beans (scarlet runner) for a side. Not sure what the green veg will be.
On a confused/happy note, I was just reading a Prevention Magazine from the library last night and though I've previously read that being a little heavier as we age is "better" for us, this article just floored me...having a BMI of less than 23 increases risk of mortality. Whaaaaaaaat??! And here I'm thinking I need to lose weight. I know my body shape has changed (thanks, menopause and cancer drugs) but I was schooled that under 25 was "good" for us. Just when you think you've figured it out. No wonder people hate dietitians, LOL.
Sandy, sounds like an awful lot of hoops to travel. I hope they can all stay relatively well and enjoy some festivities and fly home. Those who are unwell, I wish speedy recovery.
Happy New Year!
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My mom would soak canned hams in water. She would keep it in the refrigerator and change the water a couple of times a day. I guess it was sort of a "reverse brining". :-)
On the BMI, I guess it's a "just right" kind of thing.
C
I like the snowman, Mae. Growing up, I got to make two and both were that size.
11 months for the 'fridge? Wow. I hope mine continues to work, or that I can continue to keep it working.
Moon, hoping you quickly feel better.
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Mae I’m sorry that soup didn’t taste as good as it looks - it looks wonderful.
Wallycat, I have boiled ham (bone-in). It makes for a different taste. I like it. I do have one of the Costco master carver hams for tomorrow. I haven’t looked at the salt content but they aren’t overly salty to me compared to others Like all ham though, I’m sure there’s plenty
Oh Monica, sorry about all the illness. You can’t seem to catch a break. Love your new avatar though.
SK - yay for the refrigerator! Did you forget what it looked like lol?
We are staying in tonight. DH requested homemade pizza so pizza it is. I started the dough last night for an overnight rise. I also made an apple pie from frozen apples from a friends tree. I’m not sure how that will turn out. It’s DH’s favorite so it will no doubt get eaten regardless.
The house is completely undecorated. Christmas decorations rarely make it to New Years around here.
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Tonight is 1/2 chicken (I used the other 1/2 for the butter ball soup) roasted with mixed veggies (mini rainbow potatoes, sweet potatoes chunks, carrots, Brussels sprouts, red and white pearl onions and garlic clove halves.
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illimae - chicken looks delish! I'm a sucker for a roast chicken. Your snowman is so cute - it reminded me of our dog, he often winks with one eye.
auntie - I actually never saw the fridge - I bought it over the phone, lol! Because my kitchen has a built-in cabinet for the fridge and for the oven/microwave I had the appliance store do what they call an appliance survey. They measured the spaces and then the salesman ordered the things that fit. I looked at them online but just crossed my fingers that I would like them. I love the doors on the new one - stainless with anti-fingerprint, textured handles so no prints there either. The door hinges pivot so that they are not impinged on the edges of the cabinet like the old one, and it fits in the cabinet like a glove - looks built in, but for wayyy less money. All good stuff.
Thanks all for the fridge congrats, lol!
moon - Eeesh, hope things get better asap! Hang in there.
eric - Yeah, I'm the poster child for supply chain issues, lol! Between the fridge and the glass doors that took from Feb to Nov, I am over it!
celia - thanks! All the traditional stuff I make every year.
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I also love chicken! It looks wonderful. Special, congrats on finally getting the fridge! Yeesh on that time frame. Puts perspective on the mailguy refusing to deliver our packages the last 2 days because of a little snow. Wussies out there.
I did end up boiling it; Auntienance, it was that ham you mentioned--the master carver masterpiece ham. I think it is 890 mg of sodium for 3 oz. Even after boiling, it tasted mighty salty, but mighty tasty. I've oven roasted ham and must say, this is a much "plumper" and more tender outcome. This may be my new way to make it. We don't especially like a lot of sweet with savory, so no coating/glazes is fine by us. Served it with the beans and we had enough cole slaw leftover from a few nights ago. Tomorrow will be a hodge-podge of leftovers.
My treat was a small pour of Jepson brandy that I purchased 11 years ago, when we first moved here. I've yet to see another bottle sold anywhere on line.
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I made homemade butternut squash soup after I found the local market brand unsatisfactory and the shelf brand in the carton to have a soy milk base. I can't say I did a better job. I just boiled some frozen butternut squash and mashed it up with some chicken broth, a tiny bit of margerine and low fat milk, salt, pepper, sugar, cloves and pecans. It probably would have been a lot better if I threw in some sweet potatoes and pumpkin and pureed it.
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Boiled ham was the preference in my family. My mother bought a "boiling ham" which is the shoulder, bone in. I seldom see them now. The boiled ham definitely tastes different, better in my opinion. The boiled ham is very juicy whereas baked ham can be dry. DH grew up with decorated and glazed baked ham. A number of times he made a big baked ham for family holiday dinners. The "decoration," pineapple slices and red cherries, were popular but my mother didn't like the cloves. He used what seemed like hundreds of them.
The nearest Rouses Supermarket had a supply of corned beef yesterday so I will be cooking a corned beef with cabbage and carrots and potatoes. Also black-eyed peas, Camellia brand, with ham. Steamed brown rice. I may haul out the multi cooker to pressure cook the corned beef. Black-eyed peas cook more quickly than other dry beans.
I turned off my reading light about 10:00 last night, went to sleep and was not awakened by fireworks. Same for dh. He pointed out that we had the bedroom window closed because of the warm temperature and need for a/c. This time of year normally it would be cool enough for an open window.
Interesting information about bmi. I'm definitely not in the danger category.
I, too, love roasted chicken. That picture is beautiful.
Happy New Year to all my foodie friends. Hoping for good meals and health to enjoy them in 2022.
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Happy New Year to you all!
My grandmother used to boil the ham because my grandfather was diabetic, she'd then cook it different ways. She used to also cut into cube sizes for stewed beans and to put in rice. I remember all of it being so good.
We had chicken and waffles and mimosas for breakfast. For dinner we'll be having roasted pork sandwiches think Cuban sandwich, but Puerto Rican, with yuca (cassava) fries with mojo (a garlic, butter, oregano, EVOO dipping sauce).
For dessert I mad a small pan of Tiramisu for me and a small chocolate tuxedo cake for my son.
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I love the textured stainless steel refrigerator - no fingerprints!
i have only boiled bone in hams and you are right Carole, shoulder hams are hard to find these days. I almost never bake ham. If it must be glazed, I make a brown sugar mixture (a copycat Honey Baked recipe) and kitchen torch the outside until it's melted. The ham is then served at room temperature or just slightly warmed. I only ever glaze if it needs to look pretty for some reason — that is someone other than the two of us is going to be looking at it.
My new favorite way to roast chicken is in a cast iron skillet on a bed of onions and lemons, recipe courtesy of Ina Garten. Nothing makes a kitchen smell better.
I'm off to make hoppin john to go with the previously mentioned ham, mustard greens and cornbread.
Happy New Year my friends! Wishing you all good health, and happiness
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I love the textured stainless steel refrigerator - no fingerprints!
i have only boiled bone in hams and you are right Carole, shoulder hams are hard to find these days. I almost never bake ham. If it must be glazed, I make a brown sugar mixture (a copycat Honey Baked recipe) and kitchen torch the outside until it's melted. The ham is then served at room temperature or just slightly warmed. I only ever glaze if it needs to look pretty for some reason — that is someone other than the two of us is going to be looking at it.
My new favorite way to roast chicken is in a cast iron skillet on a bed of onions and lemons, recipe courtesy of Ina Garten. Nothing makes a kitchen smell better.
I'm off to make hoppin john to go with the previously mentioned ham, mustard greens and cornbread.
Happy New Year my friends! Wishing you all good health, good food and happiness
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Happy New Year! There were neighborhood fireworks all around us but due to the heavy fog all we could see were the occasional colored flashes of light. We watched the city's official display (Ch.9 had the stuff along the river, Ch. 5 on the lake & Navy Pier), but the fog & drizzle sort of blurred the "bombs bursting in air." It was supposedly the biggest fireworks display in the city's history--so I guess after spending all that $ the sponsors couldn't afford the drones other cities (like NYC's Macy's July 4th display) have. From 11 pm on we gathered round the den TV (which no longer has satellite because after the box died, DirecTV has failed to replace it) and channel-surfed cable. But we noticed that digital cable, at least on RCN, had audio & video wildly out of sync.
I've never seen Jepson brandy, but around Chicago, Jepson's "Malort" is a sacrament. The trope "You may be a Chicagoan if..." includes drinking and even holding a degree of reverance for the stuff. Well, I've lived in Chicago almost 44 years--and at our particular address, longer than I've lived in any other city. But I can tell you Malort is vile. It's gross, disgusting and bitter, originally made as a "digestif" (like Fernet Branca or Jägermeister) after a large meal to intimidate your gut into behaving itself, I promise--just no more of that stuff!" Remember that Jägermeister ad campaign of about 20 years ago with billboards & full-page magazine ads featuring twentysomethings grimacing as they hold up a just emptied cordial glass? Yeah, it's that bad. Downing shots of Jäger is somehow a rite of passage into adulthood--and shots of Malort as an expression of Chicago pride. No thank you--I will instead express my Chicago-ness by dipping my Italian beef (our fast-food variation on French dip) and topping it with hot giardineria, and condemning ketchup on hot dogs. I prefer to spend my limited "alcohol allowance" on stuff that tastes wonderful, thank you very much!
Making Bob (who just got up after sleeping in as his weekend off begins) fried eggs atop corned beef hash with peppers & onions. I had a keto waffle (Birch Benders) with Lakanto faux-maple syrup. Pretty good, actually.
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If we can't get to Regalia tonight due to snow, I will make a steak in cast iron (turning on ventilation full-blast), with Brussels sprouts and nuke a yam.
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Moon - keeping you in my thoughts.
Fireworks from 10:30 until after 2:30 this morning. At least my immediate neighbors stopped by 1:30am. Carole - I hear you about the A/C. 84 degrees today. Supposed to be 34 tonight. And in my part of the city, only 44 Sunday w/29 tomorrow night. Really weird - 84 to 34. I've hauled in all the plants I can & watered the rest. Old blankets retrieved from the attic will go down later.
I like the ham discussion. I sort of quit eating ham because of the sodium/sale but maybe I'll try boiling. Just wasn't hungry last night so made do with guacamole, date bread, the last Comice pear, and later in the evening - some macaroni w/butter. Tonight I'll broil the second set of lobster tails. Tomorrow I'll cook the turkey tenderloins since it will be cold enough to have the oven on.
Lacey - hope you are OK and just busy with all the cute grandchildren.
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