So...whats for dinner?
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Grilled sockeye (on foil) along with leftover steamed broccoli and potato salad (purple, red and yukon blend).
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Last night we went to Big Jones for dinner. They have delicious Low Country (SC) food, most of which I'm not supposed to eat. But they had one special that was right up my alley: grilled wild king salmon with kohlrabi puree (just a bit of a schmear), broccoli & trumpet mushrooms. The 'shrooms tasted meaty enough to have made their own meal. I wasn't even tempted to sneak any of Bob's fried chicken or biscuit (though I did take a couple spoonsful of gumbo, avoiding the rice).
Tonight en route from his office (ended early) Bob stopped off at WF and brought home a roast chicken (a bit of sticker shock after the Costco birds, but far less eco-guilt). He also hit the salad bar, most of which I couldn't eat except for a few peas and a little slaw. I had made a Caprese with our homegrown tomatoes & basil while he was on his way home, and sauteed some broccolini upon his arrival so it'd be hot. He is anticipating a slow week at the hospitals, so tomorrow night I will turn the leftover chicken into a cacciatore with tomatoes, onions & peppers over spaghetti for Bob & zoodles for me.
Special, the other day I found a zero-sugar oat milk (Silk) that froths pretty well and has fewer net carbs than even ultra-filtered FairLife or CarbMaster dairy milks. Tastes decent too, with a drop of vanilla extract. (No, it's not part of that oat milk recall announced today--but Oatly in the shelf-stable cartons is). None of the bitterness of unsweetened almond milk nor the weird grassy-chalky flavor of soy. I tried Ripple & NotMilk pea protein milks, but the unsweetened Ripple tasted like chalk and the NotMilk had this weird sweet aftertaste I couldn't pinpoint till I looked at the ingredients: it had pineapple juice concentrate. I suppose it'd make a nice vegan pina colada for people who can have sugar.
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Monica, good to see you "back in the saddle again." Divine, when it comes to hot dogs not only will I buy only all-beef but they have to be kosher or kosher-style with natural casings. Gotta have that "snap." I've found Feltman's of Coney Island Grass Fed dogs to be the closest to the kosher deli dogs of my Brooklyn childhood. Seeing as how you are in eastern OH, is Koop's your mustard of choice? For me (at least on a hot dog), I prefer Gulden's or Ba-Tamp-Te. Lived in Chicago for 44 years and still not a fan of steamed "everything on it/drag it through the garden" Chicago-style hot dogs--especially not that French's yellow mustard and neon-green sweet pickle relish, much less those "sport peppers." Mustard & sauerkraut, maybe some dill relish on my hot dogs; mustard, grilled onions and a tomato slice on a grilled beef Polish.
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The only alternative plant milk I like is soy milk. And NOT the "beverage" stuff. I get the aseptic box from Eden or the co-op brand with the only ingredients being soybeans and water. No added anything-crap to it. Delicious!
Love reading new mustard brands. So hard to find variety out here but I'm making a list. Same goes for hot dog brands. We're lucky there's a nathan's brand in the stores, LOL.
Leftovers tonight.
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I was amazed to learn that the Vienna Beef brand dogs that most Chicago hot dog stands use have casings--amazed, because their grocery-store franks are skinless. Nathan's, Hebrew National. Sinai 48, Ball Park, David Berg, Oscar Mayer--all skinless. Blecch. No guts (literally), no glory. I prefer to grill mine gently or steam them atop sauerkraut, not in water the way Chicago stands do it. (In NYC, the ubiquitous sidewalk Sabrett hot dog carts serve "dirty water dogs:" held in tanks of hot water over charcoal or Sterno braziers for heaven knows how long).
When I was a kid, one of my least favorite meals was "franks & beans" (the kosher-style version of middle-American "beanie weenie"). Skinless hot dogs cut into pieces and cooked with Heinz Vegetarian "baked' beans in tomato sauce. Just the olfactory memory nauseates me to this very day. Fortunately, my mom also found that combination particularly disgusting--it was a meal often served when I ate at friends' homes. To this very day, I prefer pork-based brown sugar beans--B&M Boston Style in the ceramic crock is my fave. The only ones I've had that were better were the ones served at Boston's late, great Durgin Park.
Lunch today between my facial and taking Happy to the vet for his nail trim was a fried Happy Egg and leftover insalata Caprese from last night. It was at 3pm, so I made my 16 hrs. of fasting. For dinner, tossed salad (mixed greens, grape tomatoes, onion, radish) with my homemade Dijon vinaigrette. Then a coq au vin I threw together with last night's roast chicken, onion, garlic, the heel of a homegrown tomato, bell peppers, and brown mushrooms, simmered in Black Box Malbec and a few sprigs of rosemary & thyme from my garden.
For Dijon (smooth) I like Trois Petits Cochons; for coarse grainy mustard, Maille Old Style Dijon. I also keep a bottle of Zatarain's Creole Mustard in the fridge for making remoulade.
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Dinner was pan seared salmon with zataar spice mix and quinoa stuffed tomatoes topped with goat cheese. The stuffed tomatoes are from an adapted Yummly recipe and a favorite of mine and DH. We love goat cheese.
DH bought a can of crab meat that I need to use before its best-by date, so I’m thinking of doing crab cakes tomorrow, but if I have time I might search for a new recipe to try.
We went to an Italian restaurant on Friday after my 2-hour spine MRI. We ate outside to avoid COVID. The weather was cooler than it has been and we had a great time catching up with a friend. The setting was perfect, but my dinner was a mixed bag. The chicken was tender and well-cooked, but the Marsala sauce was not good at all. I don’t consider myself a good cook, but I make better chicken Marsala than that and I’m not Italian. 😉 Fortunately, we shared a key lime cake bomb for dessert that was really good. I only had a few bites since I’m watching my diet, but all of those calories were well worth it0 -
Dessert was a Halo Top salted caramel/dark chocolate sugar-free keto ice cream bar. 2gm. net carb--tastes like a mini-Dove Bar. It was my last one, and I need to buy more. I stash them in nooks & crannies in the freezer, and unlike the stuff in pints they don't have to stay out to soften. (Fewer carbs per serving, too). Not a fan of Halo Top pints--I like Enlightened or Rebel better.
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Tonight was a Hungryroot chicken and guac burrito bowl (on a plate) with a portion of beans DH made the other day. Easy and delicious.
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Yum, illimae! Looks delicious!
Sandy, Koops mustard isn't sold around here, maybe because it's more central eastern Ohio. I'm a French's mustard gal, and of course will only buy Heinz ketchup due to my close proximity to Pittsburgh. Btw, I just saw that a French's mustard donut is being released ahead of National Mustard Day on August 6. Yikes. I'll pass!
Last night I made bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. We grow Big Beef tomatoes in the garden, my favorite slicing tomato; we've grown all the popular varieties over the years. Big Beef is a variant of the Beefsteak kind. For me they are the perfect slicer, perfectly round, not as huge and without all the ridges that a beefsteak has, and they taste great. Bought the plant by happy accident a few summers ago. Anyway, the sandwiches were good altho I cooked the bacon in the oven and it had a hint of burned flavor even tho it did not look burnt.
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I might do guacamole toast for brunch--have three overripe cherry tomatoes (out of a dozen homegrowns), a "heel" of shallot, and an avocado that is not quite "dead" yet. I cheat and mix it with a little pico de gallo, chopped cilantro, lime juice, and a few "grinds" of Alessi Avocado Toast seasoning--then top it with some more cilantro, chopped tomato & minced shallot, and a dry-fried egg over low-carb multigrain toast.
Jewel had Happy Eggs "Heritage" blue & brown on sale--I think they were nearing pull-date because the yolks break so easily. But I love how deep-orange they are.
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Flaked the last of the sockeye made a broth with veggies ('shrooms, green beans, broccoli, red onion) and added ready-made udon noodles to heat through. DH raved. Super easy but I'll never remember exactly what I did, LOL.
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Cythea - crab quiche? crab omlettes? crab dip?
Devine - mustard donut? They've got to be kidding!! Surely not with icing....
Wally - the salmon w/udon noodles sounds delicious. Something I could make & experiment w/whatever veggies I have.
Mae - glad to see your 'food porn' again. And I love the pictures of your beach bar from the other thread.My BFF drove into town for a 9am funeral in her old neighborhood. The burial grave site was yet another 2 hours further away, so she didn't go to that & we went to lunch. Since it's restaurant week (restaurants have prix fixe menu & price donated to the food bank) she ordered one of the specials. Her main course choice was bang bang shrimp on a bed of fresh greens. Of course there was a delicious (3) egg roll appetizer appetizer & dessert included. I had remembered liking their fish & chips. The batter is excellent, but they cut the fish long & thin (not much bigger in diameter than a moderate cigar) so there's too much batter to fish ratio. Served with fries & hush puppies & coleslaw. That was at noon and I'm still not hungry again.
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Cythea, i've been jonesing lately for crab Louis salads like I used to eat when we lived in Seattle--complete with green pepper rings, tomato, avocado and Thousand Island dressing (sometimes Green Goddess). Only place I've found one here is at Shaw's Crab House last summer, on a day when it was too hot to eat anything other than cold seafood. Before that, the last one I had was in 2011...in Kennewick, WA on the road between gigs.
Tonight was a semi-cheat, as my intermittent-fasting "eating window" got condensed down from 8 to 6.5 hrs. (Brunch wasn't till 3 pm, since I had a voice lesson between coffee, garden stuff and my first chance to eat). I did make that guac. toast with egg.
We walked to Regalia for dinner, where I took a nibble (barely the size of a salad crouton) of foccaccia dipped in cannellini bean puree; we each started with spicy shrimp & lobster bisque (more like a hot gazpacho consistency) and split a house Mediterranean green salad. As my entree, I had the chêvre-stuffed zucchini blossom appetizer, which tonight was tempura-battered (rather than chile-relleno-style egg white) and served over baby arugula and grape tomatoes. After we paid the check, the manager (owner was off tonight) brought over a mango creme brulee (sans the brulee, a token nod to my mentioning I was cutting back on sugar) with fresh berries for us to share. Last morsel of anything caloric was "down the hatch" before 9:30pm. Tomorrow, I have a mani-pedi at 11:45, followed by a quick jaunt down to my facialist in River North who mistakenly sold me a clear chemical SPF33 sunscreen rather than the tinted physical SPF45 she meant to take off the shelf. Won't be getting home till 3pm. Dinner (Bob's going to be working late) will be a grilled hot dog on a keto bun with sauerkraut, with a side of leftover tossed salad. Maybe nuts and a couple segments of Lily's 70% Dark Sea Salt chocolate for dessert...or the Rebel keto mint chip ice cream I'd planned to have at home tonight before the free dessert arrived at my table. We'll see how well a true intermittent fast can make up for a few minor carb-cheats.
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Right now I'm jonesing for “mango creme brûlée with fresh berries“! Sounds delightful!
Minustwo, here's a photo I found of the donut:
“French's says the "bold" donut "reimagines a classic glazed doughnut with a vibrant sweet and savory yellow mustard coating that is topped with a yellow mustard cake crumble." The results combine "the beloved flavor of French's Classic Yellow Mustard with Dough's signature brioche recipe, allowing mustard lovers to wake up and taste the tang."
Hmm.
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Divine, that picture is mouth watering to me. Sweet/savory. The thing I hate about most glazed donuts is the..well..glaze...too sickeningly sweet. I probably will dream about those all day.
Leftovers for DH (just enough udon noodle left) and I'll open a can of octopus or something and create an odds/ends meal for me. Tomorrow, we hope to sous vide a venison roast I "found" in the bowels of my freezer. Only 2 pieces of venison left; may have to consider hunting this year. I don't take it lightly...the taking a life...so who knows. Even fishing takes a toll on my psyche. I know, I should be a vegetarian; been there, done that...
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What appeals to me more than the glaze is the yeast-raised donut itself. Not a fan of cake donuts, which helps me steer clear of Dunkin'. Closest Krispy Kreme is down in the Loop, where I rarely go except to the dentist 3X/yr. Jewel carries Krispy Kreme, but only the glazed (when they have them) or old-fashioned buttermilk cake donuts. They used to have my Waterloo--the chocolate iced creme filled--but no longer. Both Jewel & Mariano's carry Stan's, but only their cake donuts, which I find to be "meh." (Stan's itself requires either a bus ride or pricy parking meter, so no thanks). Smack Dab in Rogers Park makes only cake donuts--though for (and only on) Mardi Gras they do pački.
For brunch (3:15pm!) I had a small piece of low-carb hi-fiber toast with homemade guac., a lentil-filled (no rice) vegan dolma (grape leaf) and a tablespoon each of tabbouleh salad (much more parsley than bulgur), hummus and baba ghannouj. Middle East Bakery & Grocery makes the best hummus I've had outside Israel, other than what Philadelphia's Michael Solomonov--whose Israeli-themed restaurant is called Zahav--made at a pop-up dinner at the late great Spiaggia back in Jan. 2016. Tonight, probably the aforementioned hot dog & leftover salad--unless Bob doesn't have to make hospital rounds, in which case I'll grill a steak & sweet potato.
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Sandy, mixed blessing for me...zero "fast food" places here. No Krispy Kreme; No Dunin', No nothin'....there's one McD "allowed" before our little town went against "mainstream" storefronts. Some times I think that is great; other times, not so much. If I want any other kind of fast food...taco bell, applebee's, etc. (and even there, not a lot of choices for "strip mall" type options) I would have to drive to Sequim, an hour one way. We do have a Papa Murphy's but I have yet to frequent it.
DH had leftover udon stuff. We ended up stopping at the local grocery store (safeway) after fishing, to pick up a few items. Ended up with some corn on the cob, shiitake mushrooms and cauliflower (on sale). My portion of dinner was 2 cobs of microwaved corn, microwaved shiitake 'srhooms with some green beans and canned (Patagonia brand) mussles with miso and olive oil. And wine.
NO fish caught. DRAT. We needed a new discovery pass and the game-warden-guy made sure to let us know he'd gotten a 26 pound king salmon. Curse him!
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wallycat, my little town didn't have a McDonalds for years because a prominent, controlling resident/businessman insisted on mom and pop stores. I don't go to McD's often but there were times when not having a fast food restaurant in town was inconvenient. We had something called Hamburger Junction which served the worst food possible. They did not last long. Well, Mr. Businessman lived a very good, long life, then passed away, and within a year, McDonald's moved into the old Hamburger Junction building. It taught me how much clout and influence one person can carry in a small town. But I think he was wrong to keep McD's out. There are other restaurants here now, too, but I'm glad we also have McD's. It's forever busy and plenty of kids in town get their first job working there.
Today I tossed some potatoes from the garden in the slow cooker with a chuck roast and carrots and added the onion soup packet mixed with water. I especially love the carrots, but it all tased good and of course the simplicity of making it was probably my favorite part.
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I'm not sure how to react to a mustard doughnut. :-)
Wally, my "youngest" cousin (age 81) got a deer that had been hanging out in his corn field. It was close to the state record. He claimed that he didn't intend to send the picture to *everyone*....sounds a lot like the game warden. :-)
Illimae...another magazine worthy meal.
This morning, our (before we moved) favorite grocery store had a section of the roof collapse. No one was hurt. The lease costs had become unacceptable and the store was scheduled to be permanently closed on September 17, so I doubt the store will reopen. Fortunately the employees had already been placed at other stores of their choice, so they will likely just move earlier than expected.
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Wally, when I lived in Seattle (when dinosaurs roamed the earth back in the early '70s), there was nothing on the donut front other than a couple of Spudnuts outposts in the U. District & Green Lake and the Winchell's chain (the safest place in town because there were always cops in there). I used to dream about Dunkin' from back east. And when I was growing up in Brooklyn, the only fast food we had was either White Castle or Wetson's (home of the 17-cent burger). We didn't get Mickey D's till 1970, the same year Baskin-Robbins was a novelty with its 31 flavors--the most we'd ever encountered before was Howard Johnson's 28. We had luncheonette soda fountains and a few old-school ice cream parlors. Now, of course, HoJo's is no more--and you're lucky to find a B&R with more than five or six flavors available at any given time. Around here, they're all part of Dunkin' anyway. We didn't even get a Burger King or KFC till '72 (after we'd moved to Seattle)--for chicken, we had Chicken Delight (as the radio jingle went, "don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight" ) for fried and the kosher Meal Marts for rotisserie. I never even heard of Popeye's till I'd been in Chicago for three years--we had Brown's & Church's to compete with the Colonel.
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I had Dixie Donuts, a mom and pop bakery, where I grew up.
Foster's Freeze, a mom and pop ice cream-hamburger-hot dog place, along with A&W, were the two "fast food" places.
McDonalds was a 90 minute drive...each way.
I remember the first Circle-K being built in town in the mid 1970s. It was open until 9pm and provided the first opportunity to get gasoline after 6pm.0 -
The midwest had George Web's. I miss them. Their chili was legendary near the Marquette University campus (night school for me).
Went to Sequim (the repaving of 101 stretch finished early) after lunch to pick up my glasses. Now I'm scared to try them on for fear I have to go back
Frozen pizza (Tombstone ...good old WI brand) and a side of steamed broccoli, to make it "healthier." Plus wine. May have some grapes for dessert.
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Oh my Eric - I forgot all about Foster Freeze - which we had in lieu of the ubiquitous Dairy Queen. And A&W was always good. We grew up with Winchells Doughnuts. My grandpa who died in 1959 used to take us to Spudnuts when we were little & visited them in the summers. Wonderful memories. Since I HATE the ultra sweet Krispy Kreme, I miss the old places and am sure glad we have Shipleys in Texas. But my favorite is a blueberry cake doughnut with no icing.
Played Chickenfoot today with 5 neighbors. We hadn't played since December 2019. One of the group called in sandwich orders & I picked them up. One lady brought homemade brownies. One of the guys brought strawberry rhubarb pie. (House of Pies and not homemade - but good all the same.). We ate at 11:30am and I'm still full as a tic. No dinner for me tonight.
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Chrisandy, that crab Louie salad sounds delicious! I didn’t have the ingredients to do that this time, but I’ll have to try it next time. Thanks for the other ideas, minustwo. DH will have to buy more crab. 😊
The crab cakes came out very good and DH really liked the Mayo-lime-garlic-sriracha sauce. I had some leftover quinoa from the stuffed tomatoes so I tossed in some macadamia nuts and fresh parsley. Tonight, we had the leftover crab cakes with a salad with romaine, tomatoes and hearts of palm.
I had a work deadline today, so I’m embarrassed to say that dinner for me last night was Biscoff cookies. Yep, just cookies to quell the hunger pangs while I slogged through a proposal document. (Sent it off today with time to spare.) DH had to fend for himself. He had a hamburger, and I wasn’t keen on that. He’s so sweet, he didn’t want to eat the rest of the crab cakes because he wanted to share them with me when we could eat together.
Mae, your dinner pic looks so good! I love Tex-Mex plates. Divine, that pic!!! The Dunkin Donut mustard donut has no appeal for me, but I’m guessing there must have been some good marketing buzz around that. Thanks for sharing what happened in your town with the McD’s. It’s a good lesson to remember. Even a “good” king is still an autocrat and for most, “power corrupts….”
Wallycat, better luck next time on your fishing expedition.
Getting back to the cookie dinner, does anyone else have trouble listening to their “future self” voice versus their “now self” voice? Although I’ve lost a lot of weight in recent months and lowered my blood pressure, I’ve felt so crappy with this yeast infection in my esophagus that I swear that the yeast cells are influencing my brain to eat sugar! My “now” voice just wants to eat what feels good and tells me lies that I should “eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die”. (I think this is related to scan anxiety for me.) Now that I had good scan results, I’m back on my elliptical again and vowing to do better at listening to my future self’s voice.
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Cyathea, congrats on good scans. Yes, I do the "future self" discussion in my head as well. Everyone has their own temptations so it is easy for one person to say skip this or that when for someone else, that can be as difficult as giving up alcohol to an alcoholic. I know your question was rhetorical, but I'm going to answer you anyway, LOL. I think life is short and if there is something I really want, especially if it is a hard to come by item, then I indulge. My dietitian friend and I used to say that we would eat cardboard if it meant health-longevity. For her, it worked. She is older than me and still unscathed. I towed the nutritional guidelines and did not fare as well. Granted, those recommendations are a moving target. I try not to choose the less than ideal stuff frequently. Still, I am unwilling to kill myself to get to a certain weight that is unsustainable for my metabolism (aka: give up a lot of food to get there and unable to stay at that weight). My friends and I have a mantra that says we try to reap health with what we consume, not worrying about our looks as much.
I smiled thinking what Catherine Deneuve (the face of Chanel in the 70s and gorgeous) said...at some point, a woman has to decide between her butt or her face; lose too much weight and your face looks hagard. LOL.
When DH was crabbing and we had more crab than we knew what to do with, I would make Paula Dean's crab quiche, but I made it crustless. If we have a small amount of crab, I'd made crab omelet. Of course, my cat can smell crab down the driveway, and he always got first dibs.
Leftover pizza tonight with the broccoli.
Tonight we will sous vide the marinating venison roast for tomorrow's dinner. I think cauliflower and carrots for sides.
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I thawed a pork steak to cook for dinner but I have no enthusiasm for cooking it tonight, along with a couple of sweet potatoes. I'm thinking pizza would be so much easier. I have a frozen pizza in the freezer bought for just such a time as this.
My lunch sandwiches are delicious with slices of beautiful tomatoes. I bought five large ones today at the farmers market, cucumbers, and new potatoes. The vendor who sold me the tomatoes gifted me a pack of carrots at the end of the market. Her booth is near ours.
I spotted an article in today's WAPO about regaining your interest in cooking. I opened it up and couldn't maintain my interest in reading the article! LOL. So I'm no better off.
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Simple dinners for me, burger with tomato from the garden last night. Tonight just a brat with corn on the cob. Tried for the first time putting the corn in the microwave with husks on. 4 minutes and the husks didn't slip off like shown online, but it did clean up easy. Next time I'll do 3 minutes.
Eric, if you have the Safeway app. the corn they had was .12 an ear and really good. It was sweet and tasted like corn! Not sure how often you head to Show Low Wish I would have gotten more, only got one, was afraid it wouldn't have any taste. I had some corn on the cob at a friends last week, and it had absolutely NO TASTE what so ever. Thank you Monsanto!
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Yesterday I had a delicious lunch. I bought a small container of crab dip from Krogers then spread it on club crackers and had salad made with all vegetables from the garden, romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, broccoli and red onion with Good Seasons Italian dressing. (Dh ribs me for erroneously referring to it as “Good Seasonings" dressing.) Anyway, I could not get enough of this tasty flavor combination and polished off the crab dip. I was full the rest of the day.
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Wow, 12 cents an ear. Out here, it was 1.25/ear
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We were in Taylor today and noticed the Hatch chilies at the Bashas store. As for Show Low, we get there two or three times a month. We should be there Tuesday and we'll check on the corn. Thank you for letting us know about the corn.
I will probably get some of the Hatch chilies and pickle them. I just brought up all the canning stuff and the jars, so that will be a good "non-move" thing to do.
I'm already thinking about garden space for next season and am looking through the Native Seeds SEARCH catalog for stuff that doesn't need to be pampered to grow well in this climate.
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