So...whats for dinner?
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We are packing as quickly as possible and the realtor is coming over on Saturday to see the place, as well as make recommendations for "what else should be done" before putting the house on the market. On the other side, we found a nice place near Snowflake, Arizona and as soon as the current house is on the market, we'll be making an offer on the "new" place. The new place is a new build about a month from completion, 2,100 square feet in size, on a bit more than 18 acres of land and 11 miles from town.
Dinner tonight was more freezer shopping--chicken and rice with salsa.
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Eric, congratulations on finding a new home that fits your preferences. Hope everything works out.
I really miss this site when I can't get here. The problems are puzzling.
I found beautiful eggplants yesterday at Walmart's, where I seldom shop when we're home. A dermatologist appointment brought me close enough to go there. I plan to make my much-liked eggplant lasagna today. In preparation I bought some good grating cheese at a dear price.
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The meatless eggplant lasagna was delicious. I had enough eggplant to make a second smaller dish for the freezer. It will work well for a future side dish.
Tonight we'll have leftover meatloaf.
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Recovering from the flu, not much of an appetite so I have homemade chicken noodle soup in the crockpot. I have an eggplant that was going to be used for eggplant parmesan or lasagna, one of those will hopefully be tomorrow's dinner, if not I'll give the eggplant to a neighbor so it does not go to waste.
Where's Minus? Did she stop posting because of all the glitches with this update?
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I will email Minus that the discussion forums are back in business. I miss her, too. Having the forums closed down made me appreciate them more.
I don't know if I will be hungry for dinner because I had a great sandwich for late lunch. A muffaletta, which is a type of sandwich enjoyed in the New Orleans area. I first ate one at Central Grocery in the French Quarter many years ago. This Italian grocery store claims to have introduced the sandwich to New Orleans. The bun is round and chewy. There are several luncheon meats and cheese. And a salty dressing with chopped olives and olive oil. Not the healthiest option but I enjoyed my sandwich.
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Wish I could find the right kind of round bread for muffalettas--I have both the hot & mild olive salads and can get every kind of cheese & meat for them. One year just before Super Bowl they were selling the olive salads--and the guy demoing them had brought in loaves for sale too. I had one terrific Super Bowl party. And two weeks from tonight we'll be walking Gordy down the aisle at Napoleon House!
Eric, mazel tov on the new digs.
Feel better, Serendipity. Saw an eggplant pilaf this aft. on WTTW's "My Greek Table." Maybe you could do a riff on that with your eggplant?
Thurs. night we did walk to Regalia. The rain had stopped, there was no wind, and Bob made it home at a decent hour. We shared a large crab cake with mango remoulade on baby arugula; house Mediterranean salad; spaghetti cacio e pepe (my 1/3 portion was my planned "cheat"); and sea bass (instead of the branzino of which they ran out) atop Brussels sprouts & cherry tomatoes & garlic mashed potatoes. (Gave Bob the spuds). We were about to leave after getting the check when the owner came by with dessert: hazlenut-chocolate dacquoise topped with ganache with berries on the side. It was part of the birthday cake for a woman one table over--and it turns out her daughter, a pastry chef, had made it! (We have learned that diet or not, never p**s off the owner if he offers a comp. It was a small portion anyway). Last night we had the leftover veg. (spuds for Bob again), vegan kale salad from WF, and smoked sable from Calumet Fisheries.
Bob brought home sashimi for lunch. I had 1/4 portion of mine. Will make a nice breakfast tomorrow.
We're going to Chez Joel again for Restaurant Week--a late res., as Bob wants to watch at least one March Madness game. I'm thinking coq au vin--but I wish they had cassoulet, since it's already in the 20s with snow showers. Looks like we're gonna have cold-wind-rain-snow cycles all the way through, right up to the day we leave for NOLA. (And maybe upon our return too).
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We met with the real estate agent today. We will be getting more news on Monday or Tuesday after he's had a chance to do a couple more checks.
We skipped lunch while the real estate agent was here and we were starved when he left, so had a "lupper". As lately, it was freezer shopping--chicken and rice.
After a couple more meals, I think all the stuff still in the big freezer can be moved into the kitchen refrigerator-freezer. Then there will be one less thing spinning the electric meter and one more thing that can go into storage.
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Minus emailed me a couple of days ago to make sure I had received the "it's not working, but we're working on it" email from BCO. She said she's likely to be away until the first of April with the hopes that the message boards are "less annoying" than the recent experiences.
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Chez Joel was my Waterloo tonight. They had the $39 three-course Restaurant Week special. I was famished, so had a crust and a half of the excellent sourdough--first moment of weakness. I wanted the steamed Manila clams appetizer special, but it wasn't on the list, so I had the soupe du jour, truffled cream of cauliflower, instead--which given the price I'd thought would be a cupful but instead was a bowl the size of a bucket. (Yeah, I finished it). Also wanted the duck breast & confit of leg, but it wasn't one of the listed entrees, so I went for the coq au vin and subbed out the spuds (mashed or frites) for green beans. Came with half a chicken, so I ate the leg & thigh and brought home the split breast pieces and most of the green beans. It was delicious, but I've never been able to eat more than 1/4 chicken at one sitting. Alas, dessert was included: chocolate mousse torte. Packed 2/3 of it, becays the third I did eat was not only yummy & filling but profoundly guilt-inducing.
Bob had the house salad--which had apples & candied nuts; NY strip, only 1/3" thick and thus medium-well instead of the mid-rare he'd ordered, with frites and veg.; and creme brulee. He leaned over and whispered "Dining-out maxim #2: never order steak anywhere but a steakhouse." (Thurs. night's was "Never pi** off the owner if he offers you a freebie"). I would have sent it back, but even at 9:30pm the place was jammed and I'm sure "corners had to be cut" for a restaurant full of everyone ordering the low-cost prix fixe. We'll be back, of course, but ordering off the regular menu and on a weeknight when it'd be quieter and the kitchen won't have to worry about cranking out volume.
Got home, tried on the dress for the wedding and it was snug (not visibly--it looks great--but palpably). Granted, I was wearing a push-up bra instead of the minimizer, no Spanx camisole, and plain bikini briefs instead of the hi-waist control panties--but I wonder just how much those'll help, given that it's a sheath rather than A-line. Hoping the local David's Bridal can exchange it for the next size up (had I read the reviews I'd have ordered it in that size); if not, fingers crossed that either Nordstrom or Dillard's can ship it expedited. We pack a week from Wed, and leave for the airport at 0-dark-30 the next day, so we're cutting it really close. The Holy Clothing alternates I bought over a month ago still haven't shipped, despite the company promising to put a rush on them. Back in the day, they never listed dresses that weren't in stock--now they have them all made to order in India. They used to ship within the week. Sigh.
Back to strict "dead animals & leaves" fare till we get to NOLA.
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Freezer for a late lunch. Frozen meatless "meatballs" in the air fryer and frozen broccoli in the cast iron skillet.
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Thank for asking about me. Carole emailed that the site was working. BCO was part of my daily routine, but now I will probably be more sporadic like Lacey.
Wally - you are definitely in the right place if you like fog. I was raised in Northern CA, but after living in NM & TX I'm not sure I could move back to the Pacific Coast. I love daylight savings time, but I sure don't want to get up to extreme dark in the winter if we switch. Oh - well - I'm retired so WTH - I guess I just won't get up.
Eric - my favorite cousin lives in Taylor & her DIL is from Snowflake, so I guess I will still get to see you when I come to AZ again.
Friday night was fried rice with turkey & everything else left in the fridge. Ever had radishes in fried rice??? Last night was meatloaf & sauteed carrots w/Dill. Since I make the small loaf pan, I have just enough left over for a sandwich tomorrow. Tonight was a large salad w/avocado & English cucumber.
Takumi has a new teriyaki sauce - Gochujang Spicy Miso. And I haven't even yet tried their Korean BBQ. One or the other may help with my quest to reproduce the Korean Brussels Sprouts at Eddie Vs. Anybody tried it yet?
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I wish we could stick with regular time, not the daylight saving. DH and I prefer some light in the morning. By 5 pm we're ready for a cocktail and watching the news and then Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. We're old fogies. It's very foggy (not fogie!) today since we're reaching that time when the temperature and the dew point are the same. This happens every spring.
Last night's dinner was good leftovers. Slices of meatloaf warmed up in the toaster oven. I put marinara and grated romano on mine. DH wanted his "as is." He likes to douse his meatloaf with ketchup. A bottle of ketchup would last me for years since I even like my French fries plain.
One side last night was warmed up eggplant casserole. Another was a delicious tossed salad with favorite ingredients like blue cheese, Kalamata olives, avocado.
Tonight will be red beans cooked by dh. He will probably buy more onions since we have only one good-sized onion on hand. He chops up a huge mound of onions for seasoning his red beans. He also likes smoked sausage as flavoring and we have that in the freezer.
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Good to see you Minus!!
ChiSandy - thank you, I'm feeling better. Thanks for the suggestion of the pilaf recipe, will take a look at it as the eggplant has to be cooked today.
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I guess if I come here, I have to accept this wretched screen they've picked. Rant.
Let's see, I've made lamb in wine, peanut noodles with veggies, big-salad-w/eggs, lentil soup with spam and, Hungarian mushroom soup and who knows what else...I'm going to see if I can go back and read past posts.
Serendipity, hope you feel better soon.
It is finally, finally raining here. Ahhh, relief from the disgust of spring-pollen. If the forecasters are correct, april and may should be colder than normal. A gal can dream!!! Anyone who says to me, "what a nice day," I reply with .."Is it October yet..." and counting.........
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Last night was leftover chicken breast and green beans (giving up sugar & starch entirely till we leave for NOLA). Brunch today was egg foo yung, sans cornstarch. (Bean sprouts, 2 eggs, red peppers, mushrooms, cilantro, scallions, red onion; sauce was wheat-free tamari, sesame oil, grated garlic & ginger, five-spice powder and white pepper). Tonight will be a salmon-burger on keto bun with lettuce, tomato and aioli. Asparagus on the side--probably pan-girlled.
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Tonight was an easy tray bake: Trader Joe’s Brussels sprouts, new potatoes and chicken breast with a panko and Manchego cheese topping. I made a small side salad to reduce my calories with a smaller portion of chicken and potatoes. I ran out of Good Seasonings Zesty Italian dressing mix so I improvised a pomegranate molasses and red wine vinaigrette, which was good and I would make it again. I made extra chicken so dinner will be quick tomorrow as well.
Glad to see the familiar folks posting again. The site is slightly better than last week, but I think they have a way to go yet.
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I agree about the 'wretched' screen. Sigh. I couldn't even find "my favorites" today and had to access 'what's for dinner' from 'active topics'.
Nothing exciting here. Leftover turkey fried rice and the last of the See's Victoria Toffee. All accompanied by 2 glasses of Yellowtail Shiraz from the cashe my ex-DH brought over. Dessert was 2 Girl Scout Lemonade cookies. (yeah I know - the toffee was the vegetable - or maybe the extra protein since it's covered in crushed almonds?)
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Cyathea, I have a copycat recipe for the Good Seasons, if you are interested. I mix up the spices, then make the dressing as needed. It is actually a nice blend for rubs.
Safeway was having free Open Nature plant-based ground "meat" on offer. I've never tried plant based "meat" so took a pkg. I've had a dough ball/no-knead started a few days ago and will cook up the "meat" as sausage and make a pizza with the no-knead "sourdough" dough ball for tomorrow.
I keep having to sign in each time I check this sight (ANNOYING!!)... if I'm doing something wrong, please share how to stay signed in. I tried to write the mods, but that site was effed up too. I may not come back here...so sad.
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Yeah, they're making me log in each time too, and to add insult to injury I can't use the Touch ID on my MacBook Pro (the little "fingerprint" shakes repeatedly, like when you enter the wrong password so I have to enter the actual Admin password). Annoying!
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DH's red beans with sausage was delicious. We spooned it over brown rice. The only side was thick slices of French bread, buttered and heated in the toaster oven. The store made French bread at Winn Dixie was BOGO. I gave the extra loaf to the young woman behind me at the checkout counter.
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Hi all! Glad to be back - I had a combo of site not working and a busy stretch, mixed with computer issues, and then my iphone had a catastrophic failure on 3/26! Have now figured out computer workarounds, and have a shiny new phone as of yesterday. When it rains...
Last night we had the dog's 15th birthday party with DD and her beau - the dog had prescription food with his meal prep addition of cooked carrots, peas, chicken and brown rice, and he had some dog cookies and Frosty Paws for dessert. The hoomans had grilled ribeyes, rice pilaf with pine nuts, mixed green salad with olives/chickpeas/grape tomatoes/goat cheese, and roasted broccoli and baby cauliflower. I got a small ice cream cake for dessert along with some gelato. I am not a fan of ice cream cake so I just had a scoop of the non-dairy gelato. It had more sugar than I should eat, but due to the phone fiasco I ate nothing until dinner, so I prob didn't exceed my sugar grams by much for the total day.
minus - I vote for toffee as protein, lol!
Tonight will be chicken enchiladas with almond flour tortillas, brown rice with some salsa mixed in, and a small salad.
Don't remember if I mentioned it but I found a new pasta - Caulipower frozen linguine - I love it! Cooks very fast and tastes fantastic. Doesn't seem to get that texture if you eat it as leftovers. The pasta also comes in a pappardelle style, but I have not tried it yet - it awaits in the freezer. I found a recipe for spicy thinly sliced flank steak to try with it, but I need to get some flank steak first!
carole - sweet of you to share your BOGO bread. I was so conditioned to clip baby food coupons even after my kids were done with baby food, so if I happened to be in line at the check out and saw someone with baby food I always gave them my coupons. I also share my Bed, Bath & Beyond coupons - with everyone in line, lol! I have 8 million of them and they accept expired ones.
eric - yay on the new digs!
chisandy - I am excited for the wedding!
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"Evil Twin" came to the house this morning to tell me that she had just been diagnosed with leukemia. :-(
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Wallycat, I’d love the copycat recipe for Good Seasons! I rarely buy bottled salad dressing since we like the taste of “home made” better, but I’ve never been able to replicate the taste of their Zesty Italian. It also has sentimental value for me because my grandmother used to send us salad dressing mixes (among lots of other goodies) when we lived in Brazil. We couldn’t buy it there and my mom would save them for when we came home from boarding school during the breaks, so the taste brings back wonderful childhood memories of our family. I’ve always been fascinated by how our brains tie scents and tastes to our memories
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Eric, I don't know who "evil twin" is...but I am sorry to hear about the leukemia. Do they know what kind? Some can just be watch and wait for upwards of a decade. New Car(T) treatments are also showing great success, and just last week, new technology to make that treatment in days vs weeks.
Here is the copycat recipe--you can always play around with the vinegar to oil ratio.
Good Season's Italian Dressing-copycat
Dry Mix:
1 TB Garlic powder
1 TB Onion powder
2 TB Oregano
1 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Thyme
1 ts Basil
1 TB Parsley
1/4 ts Celery salt
2 TB Salt (can skip or reduce if using celery salt).
(can also add stevia if you are trying to reduce sugar...about 1/4 tsp.)Whisk together all ingredients in a small bowl. Keep in airtight jar.
For Dressing Mix:1/4 Cup Cider Vinegar
2/3 Cup Oil
2 TB Water
2 TB Dry Mix from aboveShake well.
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I made pizza tonight using the no-knead recipe. My house smells like a great sourdough bakery. SO good. The plant-meat was *meh* for flavor/texture. I used a lot of Italian spices to give it a sausage profile. Not horrible, but not worth the extra price. I'd rather go meat free than fake-meat; I've only ever tried soy stuff when I was vegetarian (eons ago) and it was just OK too. In something, it is doable. I'd still rather do without.
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She was told late afternoon yesterday, so it's still in the "don't know much" stage.
ET (evil twin) is a joke between us. We aren't related, but do have the same last name, birthday, eye and hair color, height, eyeglass prescription and health profile. She dragged me out of my funk after my fiancée died and we have been like brother-sister for 37 years....probably even closer than with our "real" siblings.
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So nice to have posts to read this morning! Sorry about your ET, Eric.
Dinner was breaded and pan fried shoulder pork chops and a large romaine salad. I took the chop with a lot of bone to cut down on the portion.
We like the Ken's dressings. DH prefers the sweet onion and I prefer Caesar. When available I buy the Lite. Every tossed salad gets a sprinkle of white balsamic and some EVOO as the "base" dressing. Often I don't use any additional dressing.
Dinner tonight may be leftover red beans.
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Thanks, Wallycat, I’m looking forward to trying the recipe. (I need to re-stock a few things first.)
Tonight was a tossed salad with left over sautéed chicken breast with a thyme and scallions. I deglazed the pan with some sweet vermouth. Normally I add a pat of butter too, but I saved the calories this time
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Eric - so sorry about your ET. What a remarkable coincidence about your common traits. That must be a special relationship.
Carole's red beans and rice sounded so good I had to make them yesterday. I only made a small batch so as not to have a lot of leftovers since DH won't eat them. Besides, I only had enough brown rice in the freezer for last night's dinner and didn't want to make a whole new batch. Anyway, they were delicious so thanks for the inspiration Carole.
Tonight was an oldie but goodie - chicken Kiev. For the first time ever I made it in the air fryer. Turned out pretty good! Sides were leftover rejuvenated mash potatoes and fresh asparagus with a small amount of lemon butter.
Today was my first session of cardio rehab. It felt good to exercise again. They have a machine I hadn't seen before, the name of which I've already forgotten, but it's basically a sitting down elliptical. I also lifted some free weights. Baby steps, but like I said, it felt good to be doing SOMETHING.
Sandy - best wishes for the wedding and hope it's a blast.
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Coming down to the wire wedding-wise. Dropped off the pants from my outfit to be hemmed. Got my mani today--couldn't do anything metallic or glittery because I had my semiannual abdominal MRI afterward; so I did an "American" no-chip, which is my usual pale pink with sheer off-white tips. Far subtler & more tasteful than the usual "French manicure." Bloodwork & melanoma MO tomorrow morning.
Breakfast was two Birch Benders frozem keto waffles with Lakanto maple-oid syrup. Then had to fast till the MRI. Got home and had a zero-carb piece of toasted "Hawaiian" bread with sugar-free marmalade. For dinner, I seared sea scallops and dolloped them with pesto; lemon-steamed asparagus with hollandaise; and for Bob, Seeds of Change Seven Grains. He also brought home (along with a handmade Lithuanian Easter egg from a patient) Lithuanian bacon buns. Trying one (after taking a starch-blocker). No breakfast tomorrow till I get back from the MO. Dinner tomorrow will be leftovers from Bob's drug-company steakhouse dinner out in OakBrook.
Last night I baked an individual "evol" brand keto pizza: crust made of cauliflower & chicken breast. Followed the box directions to the letter, but the crust never got crisp. I did add chopped tricolor peppers, mushrooms & basil. I checked the labels on CauliPower products--all that tapioca starch made them too carby. (If I'm gonna have more carbs than I should, they'd better be worth it).
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We are down to where there is only frozen spinach in the house, so we actually had to go, for the first time in a couple of weeks, grocery shopping. It's all frozen stuff and just enough to last a few days. Our pantry is packed up in rodent (and insect) proof boxes but is available if we want to go rummaging around in them. Right now, it's easier to walk the 1/4 mile to the grocery store.
Dinner tonight will likely be chicken and rice.
I joke about the Dave Ramsey show when he tells folks that to reduce expenses, they should go on a diet of rice and beans and beans and rice. When he does that, he makes it sound like it's a huge a sacrifice. I guess he doesn't know how to season and "dress up" rice and beans. :-)
ET's appointments are still being set up, so no news yet. It's the start and the worry that comes from lack of information is no different than BC or ovarian cancer.
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