So...whats for dinner?
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Leftover bbq chicken socca with broccoli sides.
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I Googled socca and learned that it is a bread made from chickpea flour. Is that correct? Do you make it from scratch, Wallycat?
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Carole, the socca is like a thin crepe/pancake made with garbanzo bean flour. It is a common appetizer in the South of France, but chickpea/garbanzo bean flour is also used in other ways.It is called Farinata in Italy. I do not make mine thin. I use a 1 to 1 ratio of flour to water, let it sit for an hour or overnight and then pour it all into a hot pan, then into a 400 degree oven till it is cooked through. Mine is probably too thick and sometimes, there's a tiny spot that is not as done as the rest, but I can live with it.
This site (https://www.davidlebovitz.com/socca-enfin/ ) convinced me to try it as a "pizza" crust and though flour only really makes a good pizza crust, we are happy with this facimile. It is easy to work with, quick and nutritious, so for BBQ chicken 'za, this is my go-to now.
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Tonight I oven roasted a sockeye with a mayo "glaze" topped with Pastrami spices...a prelude to corned beef, which we probably will skip this year. Green beans from last year's garden with pan fried oyster mushrooms. Gigante beans in a tomato sauce bathed in duck fat. I feel fat but happy.
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It's sort of analogous to the Ethiopian injera, which is a bread/pancake made from a grain called teff. Injera is used as a base for various stews and salads laid atop it, with more on the side to be used as a utensil--tear off a piece big enough to scoop up a mouthful of the food. That's why, even though the excellent Ethiopian Diamond is around the corner, we rarely go there because carbs are so integral to it. (I do ask for a fork & spoon, but I sometimes get the stink-eye from foodies the same way they scorn people who won't use chopsticks in an Asian restaurant. But at least you don't eat the chopsticks).
As I've lost 6 lbs. in 2 weeks, I've decided to have one restaurant "cheat meal" a week--still employing portion control but not depriving myself. We went to Regalia last night (the 3-block walk in subzero wind chill was not fun). Started with a small piece of tomato foccaccia to scoop up the cannelini bean dip. Appetizer was the bone marrow special--but this time it came with a regular-sized rather than demitasse spoon; and maddeningly, one chunk of marrow was stuck fast to (growing out of?) the bone and not even my knife could dislodge it. But it came with a side of baby arugula dressed with olive oil and big flakes of Parmigiano-Reggiano. Bob's doing Lent on Fridays, so his appetizer was the vegetarian cream of poblano soup. We then split spaghetti cacio e pepe (I had 1/3 portion). My entree was NZ snapper (similar to branzino) in a lemon beurre blanc with sauteed artichokes (no batter) and roasted cauliflower; Bob had lobster ravioli marinara topped with shrimp. Dessert at home was a small square of cherry cheesecake one of his longtime patients baked. (She also bakes those infamous glazed butter-dough rosette cookies every Christmas).
Today's brunch was a BLT on keto toast with Israeli salad; snack was a handful of pistachios (shelling makes me eat them more slowly and gives my hands something to do). Not sure about dinner. If Bob gets home in time, I'll do a steak (and give him the leftover pasta and Wed.'s "Tuscan slaw"); if not, I will eat my leftover fish & cauliflower along with Wed. night's leftover spinach & mushrooms. Nibbling Wed.'s leftover grilled baby octopus tentacles now (rubbery enough to keep my jaws moving but enough protein to keep me somewhat filled).
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OMG - I finally got on after trying for days & sending the mods a message from my personal email. But I can't change pages to read the old message w/o getting an error that the site is down. Clearly it's not, but... I too HATE the 'type' - but also I don't like the design. Still wondering why they had to screw with something that was working. I'm not even going to try any of my other usual sites.
Hi to everyone. Happy anniversary to Nance & Eric. Happy Birthday to Carol. Had a new fridge delivered today since mine was leaking 8 oz of water a day. Not my first or 2nd choice, but one that fit in my small space AND could be delivered before the end of May. But - oops - huge stain in the middle of the door that won't come off. Documented and someone is supposed to call to set up an exchange - maybe in a week. In the mean time, food had all been loaded in multiple coolers on the back porch. Now loaded into this fridge. Will have to be unloaded again to coolers, and etc..... UGH
So for the last week I've been trying to eat whatever was in the fridge to lighten the load. Breakfast was guacamole with rosemary crackers. Dinner tonight was leftover French Green Lentils w/onions & carrots topped with steamed spinach. Tomorrow likely leftover sauteed cabbage the 2nd time - maybe with a grilled cheese sandwich? Then likely more lentils again with fried eggs.
Miss y'all. Likely won't be here as much since I find it clumsy & hard on the eyes.
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Congratulations on your new fridge Minus. I know what you mean about this site. I find myself feeling like it’s not worth the hassle trying to post anything. And on top of that, reading is so hard. The whole thing is pretty disappointing.
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Sorry you're experiencing all the stress over replacing the old refrigerator, Minus. I can empathize since we had to replace ours a few months ago. We took what was available, not what I would have chosen. I really miss the dispensers in the door, especially the cold water. I keep a glass of ice water on the counter. Having to reach into the bottom freezer for ice is less convenient than the dispenser but I didn't use the ice dispenser as much as the cold water.
When I tried to open this site this morning, I got a Site is Down screen. Then I tried again and was successful. I know the redesign intent was not to get rid of us longtime users, but it may result in that. I was happy with the old site and had been visiting it regularly since 2009.
The socca sounds like something I would like, just as I like naan and pizza dough and cornbread and focaccia and all those other carby "breads." If only I could eat them with abandon. I have access to good French bread every time I go to the supermarket and manage not to pop a loaf into my cart.
Last night I succumbed to carb temptation and made mashed potato salad the way it's made and eaten in my family, room temperature or slightly warm. It was the only side to our large hamburger patty. Very satisfying.
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The mods have replied politely when I messaged how dissatisfied I was with the font/type; they also acknowledged that it is their site not my bandwidth causing the slowdown in loading. And I also get the icky message when I try to go back to a previous page....I'm considering walking away for at least a week till they get it together. I love this site, but who needs this aggravation??!!!! I have enough to deal with.
I feel the garbanzo bean flour has more fiber and nutrients; it's a bean, afterall, so even though there are carbs, there is protein and fiber! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. I know we are all aware of how differently each of us processes food, but my last several days of exchange with a friend, cemented it. She was losing weight (unintentional and concerning) and said she'd figured out that she had dropped milk/dairy from her routine intake. I had just finished glossing over the AARP article promoting their new weight loss book for "over 60" crowd. Their mention of including dairy at least 2xday and including 25 grams of protein at each meal and eat pretty much what you want...went against what my friend discovered. So who knows. The book is interesting and I'm going to see when the library can get it. My "problem" is that I could stand to lose some weight to get back to where I used to be...but my headset is that food is pleasure and there is quality of life and since my labs were not great even when I had a bmi of 19, is it worth it. I tend to eat whole, healthy stuff, but once in a while a bag of chips is most welcome, LOL.
Just adding how much I hate Daylight Saving. Bah-humbug. I need 20 hours of daylight like I need a hole in my head.
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I'm just the oppposite--I find dark skies at 4:30 pm depressing beyond belief. I'm with Swalwell, calling for not changing back to Std. Time in autumn.
Bob went to Beard & Belly for hand pies & salad for brunch & brought me back veggie quiche & salad. The slices are getting smaller & smaller due to inflation--but I'm still not eating the crust. We'll probably go out to Hugo's Frog Bar/Gibson's Steakhouse (which share a space) early tonight after Bob's haircut (and our dark-chocolate refill at Teuscher--I get their 77% nibbles); I'll have surf and he'll have turf.
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Sandy, I'm going to have to google that chocolate. See how different we all are??!! If I could have gray, cloudy, overcast skies...and better, SNOW on the ground and cold, I would have died and gone to heaven. Instead, I am dealing with the ugly spring warm up and POLLEN with the longer days...raaaaaaannnntttt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a fan.
We had leftovers tonight. There's still enough salmon to try and flesh it out for a dinner tomorrow...not sure if I will pan-fry some potatoes or toss the salmon into our lunch salad and make scrambled eggs with fried potatoes.
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I am usually oblivious to what day and time it is, so am relatively unaffected by DST, lol!
Hey all - I received a PM from moonflwr - she is having the same difficulties many of us have had and can't currently access the main community site, so she wanted me to say hello to everyone for her!
DH cooked a Boston Butt yesterday on the smoker, he had that for dinner last night along with a large baked potato stuffed with chopped broccoli and some cheddar. I just had the potato/broccoli part. I still can't get past the smoker imparted taste of anything done on the Traeger.
The night before was brats sliced and pan sauteed with yellow pepper and red onion over top of brown rice. I put some teriyaki sauce on DH's portion.
chisandy - congrats on the weight loss! I am currently stalled out and need to add some brisk walking to see if I can jumpstart mine again. I also got a little lazy on food and was eating some things I shouldn't - it amazes me how little straying it takes to reverse or stall my loss.
I was not familiar with socca so I too looked it up - I am going to try it as a pizza base. I have been enjoying cauliflower crust pizza but I don't always have one lurking in the freezer, so this would be another quick option. Yay!
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Last night's dinner was not good enough to cook again. I decided to modify the typical chicken parmesan recipe by omitting the breading step. It seemed silly to cook a chicken fillet with a crispy coating and then put sauce on it. So I seasoned the chicken and lightly browned it before placing in thin layer of tomato sauce, spooning sauce on top and adding grated mozzarella and parmesan. Finished cooking a few minutes in the toaster oven. Healthier and tasted ok.
Sides were tossed salad and steamed broccoli.
I'd like to try the socca, too. Will probably have to order the special flour online.
Looks like the redesign has discouraged most of our regulars.
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Last of the roasted salmon with pan fried potatoes and steamed cabbage w/ melted butter.
Tonight will be the last of the potatoes, gigante beans and cabbage.
Tomorrow will be refried bean nachos.
I sure hope this website can get it together. I am cranky enough from the pollen; this doesn't help.
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My DSIL recently attempted socca and while her family liked it she felt it was too crumbly to use as a pizza base. Different recipe or technique perhaps?
Last night was a choucroute garnie with country style ribs, knockwurst and a piece of kielbasa. Tonight will be a large salad I think, as tomorrow we’re hosting our friends for the annual St. Patrick’s day dinner.. Besides the ubiquitous corned beef, cabbage and potatoes there will be shepherds pie for DH (he won’t touch corned beef), rye soda bread and a Boston cream pie for dessert. I’ve spent most of the day doing prep and I’m tired.
In the 70s here and very springish. Loving it in spite of the allergies
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It's been in the mid to upper 80F temperatures here. It's nice, but I know what's coming. :
I've been in shorts and building custom fit shipping crates for the *EXTREMELY* delicate stuff that can take a little bit of rattling, but absolutely no squeezing. I had to figure out how to build them using the left over wood from other projects. I succeeded. Nine crates and no wood was bought to complete them...all it did was take about twice as long as it would have had I bought the "correct wood".
My allergies are also going crazy, both from the sawdust as well as from the garden cleanup....I think I've invented a new game...twenty sneezes. :
We went up to northeast Arizona and looked around at houses. The first two houses we looked at, looked OK in the pictures, but....the pictures lied. :-) We did find a real estate agent so they are sending us listings to consider.
Dinner tonight is likely "not much" again. We had a late lunch and that may take care of dinner.
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Tonight was another new recipe for me: chicken breast with artichoke and mushroom pasta. I didn’t have pancetta so I substituted 4 pieces of bacon. After browning the artichokes in the skillet that I used for the bacon, I put half the artichokes in the blender with some of the pasta water and lemon juice. I liked the sauce and I think I would make it again with two cans of artichoke instead of one!
Tomorrow will be Shepherd’s Pie with ground beef (the HelloFresh way instead of the traditional recipe). Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone.
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I wonder if this post will make it. Three times now, I got that "site down" message.
Dinner tonight was a late lunch.
I spent the past couple of days building what amount to shipping crates to hold the cardboard boxes that hold the really delicate/unreplaceable stuff. The padding in the cardboard holds things in place and the wood crate protects the box from being "squished". I used only scrap wood that I and the neighbor had, so it took far longer to build them than if I had spent the money to buy the "proper sized wood". I did save over $350, so the effort was not in vain.
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Special, it doesn't take more than one or two minor cheats to reverse my loss too.
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Cannot read previous page because I keep receiving "site is down" page which is far from the truth and after 2 weeks of this should have been fixed. Rant over but if this is an improvement, I darn well hope it is worth the prolonged wait. Takes ages for pages to load as well.
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lentil, sausage vegetable soup/stew (tweaked recipe from Real Simple).
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Tonight is pork tenderloin, sweet potatoes and steamed green beans with dill and lemon pepper. Last night was an easy choice due to the lateness of DH from work - cheeseburgers on flat bread with Alexia fries. I made DH a chicken taco salad (while the burgers were cooking because I didn't have any more flat breads for an extra burger) for lunch at work today. I usually just make extra dinner and that is his lunch, but not last night!
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Last night's menu was large shrimp sauteed in garlicky EVOO and ghee, cabbage steamed in chicken broth and tossed salad.
Tonight will be salmon with a yogurt dill topping and creamed spinach and salad. The salmon was on special at Winn Dixie.
I can now access BC.org from Chrome and Edge. Edge keeps me logged in and Chrome doesn't.
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Wed. night was warm enough outdoors to grill, so I grilled a couple of Wahlburger patties (blend of chuck, short rib and brisket). They were good, but with all the stuff (red onion, lettuce, tomato, cheddar, BBQ sauce and buns--plain for Bob, keto for me), I honestly couldn't sense any difference between them & my usual grass-fed 85/15. Little Gem salad with Dijon vinaigrette on the side.
Last night I had corned beef & cabbage (sorta): glatt Kosher deli corned beef and rinsed & drained sauerkraut. steamed together, garnished with stone-ground Dijon mustard. Bob had the more conventionally Irish version for lunch, and the leftovers nuked for dinner at the hospital.
Guacamole toast & olive-oil-fried egg for brunch yesterday & today. Tonight Bob is observing Lent, so he will get pan-seared swordfish (not my fave fish) and I will have rainbow trout nuked Mediterranean-style (herbs, cherry tomatoes & thinly sliced tricolor peppers) in parchment. Side dishes will be stir-fry of snow peas, baby bok choy and sliced shiitakes; and Bob will also get Seeds of Change brown rice blend. There will be dessert: Bob brought home an entire loaf of Irish soda bread baked by his echo tech. Thank heaven for starch-blockers.
Had a brain fart (or actually, too many things to do, sore neck & back, plus stormy raw weather today) and didn't buy my usual annual yeast-raised hamantashen. (The cookie version leaves me cold--I guess I inherited my Mom's preferences). So I did miss one annual carb temptation. Of course, New Orleans and then Passover will be major hurdles. Y'know, if a genie were to suddenly appear while I'm polishing a teapot and announce that for the rest of my life I could eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight--but I would never lose another pound either--I can live with the body I currently have, midsection notwithstanding.
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Love these ideas! Specialk, the green beans with dill and lemon pepper sounds like something I shouldtry. Carolehalston, putting yogurt dill on salmon would be a good way to use leftover dill from Specialk’s green beans. Chrisandy, the Mediterranean fish sounds like it looks and tastes great. Wallycat, any lentil dish is a winner for me.
Last night was leftover chicken and pasta with a tossed salad. This weekend I think I’ll use my remaining roasted mushrooms to make tomato gin soup. I found several recipes online after we had this at The White Chocolate Grill in Phoenix on vacation several years ago. So good!
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It's back!!!!!!!!!! :-)
I've missed this place!
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Yeah--4 days of "BCO radio silence" seems like an eternity, because my first impulse to vent, share and seek advice (and see how all of you are doing) is to come here & post!
I first had the Mediterranean fish filets at a Greek seafood restaurant, Pisces II (long since closed, after Bob's dad moved here) near the Queens-Nassau County line in the neighborhood where Bob grew up. It was also the first time I'd even heard of branzino. The waiter made a ceremony of cutting open the parchment packet and serving the portions. Gordy was only 2-1/2 at the time, and after his first bite proclaimed "Mmmm. Gordy like dis. Fresh & delicious." He was a huge Frugal Gourmet fan even as a baby--I have an audio tape of him saying "Fwoogourmet say 'I bid doo peace'." ("I bid you peace, his signoff line). Gordy even met him at a cookbook signing here. Jeff Smith was my law school's chaplain in Tacoma. He taught me how to hold a knife. I taught his counter people at The Chaplain's Pantry deli that butter & mayo do not belong on a pastrami sandwich. He was the keynote speaker at the Chicago Food & Wine Festival in `90 (IIRC, might have been '91 or '92), and asked me to recite the hamotzi blessing before lunch was served! (We debated why butter in chicken liver mousse was not kosher, per "Thou shalt not seethe a calf in its mother's milk"--and agreed we'd never encountered a bird that gave milk). That festival was the only time I ever met Julia Child. She railed against the "food enjoyment police," and I agreed until she remarked that free-range veal isn't really veal; I simply changed the subject to butter & wine.
Had my booster-to-the-booster yesterday. Only side effect is a (slightly) sore arm.
OK, back to food. Was supposed to go for a cheat meal at Regalia last night after my weigh-in, but Bob got stuck at the hospital with 3 new consults; he advised me to walk there alone, but there was a Noah's Ark-worthy downpour out there and I was not gonna walk even 3 blocks in it with nobody to talk to. (I actually valet-parked at Skokie Hospital, because it was storming too hard to walk from the far end of the self-park lot). Speaking of that, I met with the (depressingly young) cardiologist Dr. D. instead of the NP. Turns out I'd gained only 5 lbs since Sept. (and actually lost 2 since a couple weeks ago--maybe even more, as this was a clothed weigh-in but 2 weeks ago I was buck naked. Same medical-grade balance-beam scale). He said my BMI is on the borderline between "mildly overweight" and "normal," and to enjoy myself in NOLA but just watch portions and walk as much as possible. He thinks the GFR of 57 is just below normal and probably reflected not having drunk enough water during my pre-bloodwork fast. He agreed to order a TSH, but thinks that my symptoms might actually be due to lifelong borderline anemia--and may abate when I stop Letrozole after 6.5 yrs., which he strongly advises I suggest to my bc MO next month. I might be able to drop or halve the statin, too.
Last night, since I wasn't going out, my "cheat" was reheating the leftover 2 slices of NY-style pizza for dinner. It was divine. (It was from Jimmy's NY Pizza Cafe--Jimmy Kang the pizzaiolo/owner had trained in Brooklyn with DiFara's Dom DeMarco, who passed away this week, so I ordered out from Jimmy's. We always got our pizza from DiFara when visiting my mom--before moving to FL, she lived down the street from there). We ordered a plain cheese pizza and added our own tricolor peppers, mushrooms, anchovies and fresh basil. No point in paying extra for them. The crust makes it worthwhile: with Chi. deep-dish or "party-cut" tavern-style, I eat only the toppings, as those crusts are, IMHO, definitely not carb-cheat-worthy. Don't even get me stsrted on St. Louis-style.
Had contemplated getting a cannoli or slice of pie en route home--but instead made a keto Italian pastry: 2 toasted slices of keto (0 net carb, 35 cal.) "Hawaiian" bread, filled with a scant 2 tsp. of Lakanto "Suntella" dark chocolate/sunflower butter spread on one slice and 1 T. monkfruit-sweetened hand-dipped ricotta cut with 1 tsp. heavy cream and 2 drops fiori di sicilia extract, then put the two slices together. Taste & texture was just like a chocolate-dipped cannoli. That "Hawaiian" bread is cloying when eaten plain & untoasted, BTW, but makes a great base for faux-Danish or Italian pastry.
This aft. for brunch I'm making lemon-ricotta pancakes: 1/3 c. Birch Benders keto mix, freeze-dried unsweetened blueberries (the fresh ones turn the batter purple), 2 T, fresh lemon juice, almond milk instead of water (together making 1/4. liquid), one egg, separated (folding in the whipped egg white separately). Panfry in a little coconut + grapeseed oil, garnish with granulated monkfruit sweetener. Syrup would make the pancakes "deflate" too fast. Not sure about dinner--maybe salmon burgers & asparagus Hollandaise. Will walk to Regalia tomorrow night, since the precip. will have stopped before noon. (Next weekend we'll be treating the couple who ran Cellars--they've been to Regalia once and loved it).
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What a cluster this site has been. And it's still weird. Why is everything shifted right?? I hope we haven't lost people because of all this nonsense.
Last night was chicken parm with a small side of previously frozen pasta. I wasn't real happy about the pasta - the texture had suffered a bit. Possibly I had frozen it in an overcooked state. I'll try it again but make sure to drain it immediately after it's cooked.
Tonight is a mixed vegetable and pork tenderloin stir fry. I bought a small flat bottomed wok from Costco that I had been eyeing for a while. I have a big traditional one with a beautiful patina but it's unwieldy for two people, takes up a lot of real estate and DH hates washing it. Not because anything sticks to it (it doesn't) but because it's too big to fit in the sink. Also, this new one is non stick, which doesn't thrill me, but I'm giving it a try anyway. I consider it to be on probation.
How I would have loved to meet Julia Child although I would have been too star struck to say anything.
Sandy - I would love to see your pantry.
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Here's something weird: when Gordy came over at 1:30, he brought in a shopping bag containing a Big Mac meal with a Coke & Shamrock shake, delivered by Uber Eats. Thing is, he never ordered it and neither did we. The bag listed neither a name nor an address, just a bar code (which I tried to scan but couldn't) and order number. None of my neighbors ordered it. I called both the closest McDonald's and Uber Eats--and they're both stumped. They have no record of it. Uber Eats said to reheat the food or just discard it. The only part of the meal I can eat are the cheeseburgers--which I'd have to put on a keto bun. I can't eat the fries or drink the Coke or shake.
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So happy to read these posts again! Dinner was steak with pomegranate molasses, peas, and potatoes. Nothing fancy since I worked late today. Tomorrow I think I’ll try a shrimp and chickpea recipe
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