So...whats for dinner?
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So, I typed out a post about cat food dinner (for the cat, lol!) and people dinner, and thought it posted - but it disappeared into cyberspace...
In the cat food discussion, I too have a picky cat who actually eats very little in terms of volume but is a pretty poofy cat. He likes Fancy Feast only - and only two flavors - and one of them not as much as the other. Cod/Sole/Shrimp and the ones with the gravy center, pate style - it comes from Chewy in a variety assortment. He eats the non-grain kibble from Blue Buffalo, chicken flavor. He loves cat treats, but I started to sub a Meow Mix kibble in his cookie jar and so far, I am fooling him. He adores people chicken - becomes obsessed if I am cutting up cooked chicken for any recipe. The dog gets supplemental chicken/brown rice/veggies on top of his prescription food, so the cat is always trying to get in and run off with a morsel.
Dinner Mon. night was grilled ribeyes (DH grilled because he was off for his onco endocrinology annual appt), oven roasted petite red potatoes tossed in olive oil with garlic powder/seasoned salt/pepper, which is my house spice blend - a third of each thing in a shaker jar. Also in the mix was broccoli roasted along with the potatoes, tossed in lemon olive oil and lemon pepper /salt. Last night was chicken enchiladas with grated firm goat cheese and onion in almond flour tortillas, topped with red sauce, more cheese and chopped green onion. Accompanied by brown rice with a spoonful of salsa stirred in, and a corn, black bean and red onion salad in lime based vinaigrette. Tonight is TBD.
cyathea - what is the brand of almond flour ravs? My friend just tried the Capello's pasta and said it was good, but there is also a brand called Taste Republic here locally that is GF but also has plant based cheese filling. They also make a butternut squash variety. I have not tried any of them yet but DH loves ravioli so I am curious about what you found! I hope you continue to test neg for Covid.
chisandy - how is your HK doing? Is her DH still ok? Glad you and DH tested neg.
goldie - wow on your exploding oven! What in the heck? Glad your bro is ok!
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Thanks for the cat info, Special (and again, Sandy).
Leftover carbonara tonight; I'll add some broccoli to flesh it out. Not authentic, but yummy.
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HK tested neg. yesterday & today and wanted to come back today, but I told her to rest one more day--then we will mask around each other, just as we did in spring 2020. Her DH lives on their first floor (he is a brittle diabetic & weak due to kidney disease) and she on their second--and she masks around him. Amazingly, when he caught it at the V.A.'s dialysis center in Apr. 2020, she never caught it and he recovered.
Special, until 2 years ago neither of my cats would go near the foo-foo Fancy Feast or Sheba--they wanted the cheap stuff. Heidi is nuts about the Cod/sole/shrimp variety...until she gets tired of it. I find if I never feed them the same stuff more than 2 meals in a row they're less likely to reject it. My vet told me the same thing that Gordy's pediatrician told me when he suddenly became finicky at 18 mos.: they will not allow themselves to starve. When they are hungry enough, they will eat what they can.
Now for people food. Last night I baked halibut in the grill on a makeshift foil pan lubed with grapeseed oil spray. Seasoned with S&P, then dressed at table with Legal Sea Foods lemon-dill aioli. Grilled an ear of bicolor corn napped in salted Irish butter (I cheated with the 3" tip of the cob). Took my 2 ripest tomatoes, a handful of basil, and one slice of mozz di bufala (Buf brand) per tomato slice and made a Caprese dressed with DOP balsamico, flake salt, and Greek EVOO from the farmers' mkt.--from the vendor's family's farm. They also sell dried oregano and sage leaf tea they grow there too, and their own "pastina" (sort of like orzo but smaller) made with the semolina they grow.
This aft. for brunch a 2-egg omelet with poblano, red onion, mushrooms and homegrown scallion, with sharp cheddar. Early eve. I toasted a low-carb tortilla, blistered 6 shishito peppers (only 2 had no heat!), 1T. taramosalata, a stick of string cheese and 6 feta-stuffed olives. Bob is bringing home salmon from a drug co. dinner (I was hoping for steak, because my other Hooked on Fish purchase was Atlantic cod--so unless I freeze the latter it means I'm eating fish 3 nights in a row.
I miss risotto, pasta & NY pizza. Cauliflower & "zoodles" don't fool me at all: it's not so much the tastes but the textures of the real-deal I crave. No desire for candies, cookies, cake, pies, pastries, mousses--but oh, if only I were allowed tropical fruits!
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Speaking of tomatoes, for our Aug. 6 block party I had only one ripe tomato--had to buy 2 heirlooms to make a Caprese. Now I keep running out of room on the sill--despite repeatedly plying Leslie (DDIL) with tomatoes (Gordy has always hated them as much as I hate bananas). Can't give them to my HK, who is inundated with her own bumper crop (especially San Marzanos).
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Bob just came home with salmon (Atlantic) au poivre, steamed spinach and a petite fennel salad for me--and his entire filet mignon dinner (he had filled up on pass-around appetizers and key lime pie). As much as I craved steak, filet is his favorite; so I nuked 1/3 of my meal and accompanied it with a glass of Pinot Grigio.
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Too bad you can't mail me those beautiful tomatoes, Sandy. YUM.
Cyathea, hope you are feeling better.
I'm cooking up a pot of pinto beans with cabbage and will add brats into the pot. One-pot-meal. Hopefully last day of hot weather and may it not return!
Thinking of all those in the flood areas and hope you're safe.
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Gone most of the day at the medical center again. Then stopped with trunk full of donations for the Cottage Shop which supports the battered Women's Homes. I did get to the grocery store, but was too tired to cook. So today's meal was macaroni and butter with microwaved (frozen) Brussels Sprouts added. I couldn't believe medium/small avocados are $0.99 EACH. I've been waiting for the price to come down but that looks like a non-starter from the news I've been reading. And the news sounds bleak about the corn crop in the west. I read some of the fields were so brown that cobs never even formed.
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Went to bed at 2:30 but tossed & turned for a couple of hours, worrying about my HK (who, despite a third neg. test this morning, decided to stay in till tomorrow) and mice: Heidi meowed fiercely to catch Bob's attention--they saw a tiny field mouse streak across the back kitchen baseboard. At 17, Heidi can no longer outrun her prey and it p**ses her off. So I got up and broke my fast: first keto cereal, then real cereal with raisins & a prune, then bran matzo with melted provolone while I watched a PBS show to get sleepy. Popped a mini-dose of CBD chocolate and finally was able to sleep till 9:30...when my gut woke me up. My carb-cheat turned out to be a fiber overload.
Brunch at 3 was the small ends of a low-carb loaf with butter and a soft-boiled egg. Stuck to water the rest of the day. Dinner will be leftovers--filet, green beans & mashed spuds for Bob (his entire dinner from last night) and the rest of my salmon & spinach for me; before I realized his side veg was green beans, I made a small green bean/cherry tomato/feta salad from a Cook's Country recipe.
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Minus, Taylor sweetcorn is in if you want to make a trip to Snowflake!
I had some things to use up, so I made Devine's Zuch. Casserole. Added much more tho. Thought I took a picture on my plate, but guess I was too hungry and forgot. The whole casserole dish wasn't picture worth.
Zucchini, of course. Maple sausage links that needed to be used and the same with a little roast beef. Tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, panko, cheddar, parmisan, dill, Italian season, garlic, salt/pepper. I think that's all! But it sure was yummy, ate at least a 1/3 of it.
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Special, the almond flour ravioli was Capello. I haven’t seen the other brand. Chicken enchiladas with goat cheese sounds scrumptious!
Tonight I made black bean and roasted mushroom burritos with fresh salsa and lime crema.I had roasted the mushrooms yesterday with some balsamic vinegar since I had the oven hot for roasted new potatoes and carrots. I made salmon to go with the potatoes and carrots. I thought I had made enough potatoes for a second meal, but DH decided to finish them.
I’m feeling better now, but my GI tract is still an issue. I’m wondering if I had a mild case of E. Coli. I didn’t eat at Wendy’s, but I have been eating salads, so who knows…I was supposed to have a checkup with my MO’s PA tomorrow,but rescheduled so that I wouldn’t accidentally pass along whatever this is to the chemo patients.
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Cyathea, I WILL NOT eat at Wendy's. 2 different times, 2 different locations, burger at one, salad at another. Ended up throwing up both times! Nope, never again. I'm not a big fast food eater, but others I won't eat at are Arby's and Taco Bell
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Minus, I hope the medical stuff was uneventful.
99cent avocados are considered a sale here. 2.49 is typical unless I make it to a walmart, an hour one way.
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Yesterday I was fancy and tried making Coquille St. Jacques. Basically scallops I had vacuum sealed in the freezer, sauted and covered in a tomato, garlic, onion and butter sauce. I overcook all meats and seafood and this was no exception. But the sauce was very tasty. Had that with some leftover side dishes ( corn off the cob and some toasted potatoes).
Tonight I was tired from all that effort yesterday ( ha) and we went out for Thai. Shrimp pad thai with steamed dumpling appetizer. This isn't the thread for it, but washed it down with a delightful Stella pinot grigio.
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Reader - of course we can talk about what we're drinking here. I'm having a delicious Thomas Goss Shiraz this week - one glass a day. Unfortunately if has been discontinued at my Total Wine stores and this is my last bottle. Sigh.
Wally - these are 'baby' avocados for $0.99. Not much bigger than hen's eggs. I can't remember if the regular size were $2.00 each or 2 for $5.00 - and the organic are even more. Still - I had a $0.40 off coupon if i bought three, so I treated myself after abstaining (boycotting?) for a couple of months.
Goldie - ah, I'd love to come to Snowflake - and not just for the corn. Fortunately I was able to get a fair amount of Olathe corn when it arrived, which I stripped & froze for special occasions. The zucchini 'casserole' additions sound good. Hope your kitchen fiasco gets sorted soon. I've never heard of a prohibition from lifting up the stove top to clean. Fingers crossed that insurance will pay,
The almond flour I buy is Red Mill.
Wally - thanks for asking - the medical trip yesterday was just for a blood draw. I have to do blood tests every 6 months before my Prolia shots. Due to LE (thank you cancer) I have the blood drawn from my ankle after I had my port removed. In this HUGE medical city, there are only two places who will agree to do an ankle draw. What's up with that?? I made an arrangement with the transplant center in the bottom of Methodist hospital because the doc in charge there agreed to do it for me. And while I'm ranting, why don't docs/nurses have manual blood pressure cuffs anymore?
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...too much restaurant food....
I was at a training conference/session all this past week on providing disaster medical care.
I do logistics, computer networking, medical records system setup, 2-way radio and satellite communications stuff and whatever else "they" want me to do.
It was very hands on..my work gloves are *dirty*
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goldie0827, I hear you about the risk of eating at fast food places 🙄 I don’t go often either, but this time I didn’t go to Wendy’s, it was a local waterfront restaurant that must have used the same supplier for their lettuce
Tonight I made cauliflower gnocchi with the rest of the roasted mushrooms and Rao’s. The balsamic vinegar from the roasted mushrooms really made the sauce standout. Comfort food to start the weekend!
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I played Chickenfoot with some neighborhood friends today and we ordered sandwiches from a local deli. One of the guys had purchased a chocolate meringue pie (sorry, I like chocolate cream) and one of the ladies had made a delicious chocolate cake to celebrate the August birthdays. I was very disappointed in my 'California club' - dry, old bread, smushy avocados and cheese too hard to bite through. I only ate half, but I'm full as a tick.
My parents taught us to play bridge but never played any dominoes games, so I never learned as a kid. But one of the women (who has since died) started these games when I was going through chemo. The weekly games with 4 or 5 trusted neighbors were a large part of what helped me get through treatment. We only played once or twice a year after she died, and this is only the 2nd time since 2019 & COVID.
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Minus, my all-time fave pies are Nesselrode, sour-cream raisin, dark chocolate meringue and butterscotch meringue. Haven't seen Nesselrode (except from my kitchen) in almost 40 years. Bakers Square used to have sour-cream raisin, but the chain is kaput here. The best chocolate meringue I've had was at the old Turkey Inn (later O'Brien Manor) in Bellevue, WA 44 years ago. Close second, along with the butterscotch, was at King's Cafe in Dearing, KS (near Coffeyville). Only espresso bar for miles and miles. Discovered it when I did weeklong artist residencies (2003, 2010) for the Coffeyville Humanities Project. It had Christian-themed decor (including a mural of Jesus loving the little children of the world that at the time I found creepily Michael Jackson-esque), but when you're jonesing for pie & cappuccino there are things this Brooklyn native Jewish kid can easily overlook. Alas, pie--except for crustless quiche--is but a memory for me now.
Brunch at 3pm was a 2-oz heel of leftover filet mignon, with the remainder of the tomato/green bean/feta salad and a dry-fried egg. For dinner, I decided to give in to Bob's wishes (we usually limit ourselves to places I can stay low-carb) and so we walked around the corner to Ethiopian Diamond. (For some reason, if I cheat in a restaurant I have no desire to eat carbs at home later that evening). We started by splitting four different sambusas, fried filled fillo-dough triangles resembling a cross between mini spanakopitas and flatter & more delicate Indian samosas. (One each chicken, beef, lentil & spinach, each torn roughly in half--except unevenly, so I took the smaller pieces). Then the "Tibs sampler:" mild yellow & spicy red lentils, assorted lamb/beef/chicken tibs with onions & peppers (a mild stir-fry), chopped collard greens, braised cabbage, and a small lettuce-tomato salad--all on a bed of injera, which is a large pancake made with teff (like buckwheat) flour. It serves as plate liner as well as utensils--the platter rotates and you scoop stuff up using pieces of more injera. We skipped dessert and instead had delicious Ethiopian coffee--Sidamo beans roasted, ground & steeped to order. I'd forgotten how good it is.
Tomorrow's brunch will be the leftovers...with a fork replacing the injera with which they were rolled up like a burrito (When Bob comes downstairs for his late-night food raid, he can have all the injera he wants). Did enough dietary damage tonight!
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Minus, I usually shop in Show Low, but if I go to Snowflake, I may get a couple of ears. I have some still in the freezer from last year. Often my DH would prefer canned, and I mean store bought. He would do that with beans too, after I bust my butt grow and canning them!
Eric, and we are limited on restaurants! I saw where they were doing that training exercise, thank you for your participation.
Cyathea, it's so much the "risk" of fast food places, I just don't like them. I used to like a whopper every now then, but they just aren't the same or they're cold.
I'm still eating stuff my brother bought, most of which I paid for. He wanted polish ham. I said just get a half lb. What does he do, he gets a whole lb and 1/2 lb of turkey. And there was quite a bit of roast left, so I'm finally done with both. They will be here Tues. to look at the stove. I wanted to tell them, the stove is fine, you would never know by looking at it. I want my walls looked at!
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Thanks Goldie. I left the hotel in Indianapolis at 2:15am Arizona time and got into the house at 2pm Arizona time. By 4pm, I had all the travel expense paperwork done so the government credit card would get paid. It was another long day. :-)
It was downtown and, yes, there were a HUGE number of restaurants...and...I still don't like to eat out that often. I guess it's better than 3 weeks of the actual military MREs. I keep a huge bottle of Tabasco sauce in my bag for the MREs as they are quite bland.
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Eric, I thought you were doing that locally, as we did have some kind of training going on. But still, thank you for what you do.
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Cheerios and a banana for brunch. Dinner was 1/2 of the California Club sandwich I was too full to finish yesterday - but I transferred it from the stale bread it came with onto some lovely pumpernickel.
Tomorrow with one of my $0.99 avocados - I'll either mash up some guacamole or I'll whip up some tuna & serve that on top.
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Brunch yesterday was an "everything" flavor Better Bagel (5gm net carbs) with cream cheese, lox, tomato & red onion slices, dill sprigs & capers. The tomato was 1/3 of a huge tri-lobe tomato--had lobe #2 today, broiled with herbes de Provence & grated Parm-Regg, a nuked sausage patty, sm. slice of low-carb hi-fiber buttered toast, and a dry-fried egg. Dinner last night was Ethiopian leftovers--found out that injera is even more fermented than regular sourdough bread, and the teff flour in it has relatively high fiber. Sourdough, even white, is considered low-glycemic--though it keeps me out of ketosis, I'm simply trying not to regain any more; any actual loss would be gravy (mmmm....gravy.....).
Have till 9/30 to get in my 30 hrs. of CLE, so gonna suck it up and start watching the videos. Bo-ring! But if I don't, I will be on the ARDC's provisional list, in danger of being stricken from the rolls. Even though I'm retired and haven't set foot in a courtroom since a Zoom traffic court hearing 18 months ago, I'm still reluctant to give up my law license.
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Brunch yesterday was an "everything" flavor Better Bagel (5gm net carbs) with cream cheese, lox, tomato & red onion slices, dill sprigs & capers. The tomato was 1/3 of a huge tri-lobe tomato--had lobe #2 today, broiled with herbes de Provence & grated Parm-Regg, a nuked sausage patty, sm. slice of low-carb hi-fiber buttered toast, and a dry-fried egg. Dinner last night was Ethiopian leftovers--found out that injera is even more fermented than regular sourdough bread, and the teff flour in it has relatively high fiber. Sourdough, even white, is considered low-glycemic--though it keeps me out of ketosis, I'm simply trying not to regain any more; any actual loss would be gravy (mmmm....gravy.....).
Have till 9/30 to get in my 30 hrs. of CLE, so gonna suck it up and start watching the videos. Bo-ring! But if I don't, I will be on the ARDC's provisional list, in danger of being stricken from the rolls. Even though I'm retired and haven't set foot in a courtroom since a Zoom traffic court hearing 18 months ago, I'm still reluctant to give up my law licens.
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Beans and eggs last night. Tonight, BBQ chicken socca 'pizza'
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Dinner was a Barramundi filet seasoned with smoked paprika and scallions in browned butter. I made mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli for sides.
Tomorrow I have an appointment with a doctor who specializes in allergies and autoimmune diseases. (Hoping to find the reason behind my health issues that doesn’t include progression.)
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Dinner tonight will be lunch leftovers. We went kayaking this morning and then had Chinese food (non buffet) for lunch. It was quite a bit more than we could eat, so we boxed it up for tonight.
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Eric - I've been meaning to ask, how is the sourdough starter doing in the new location?
Today's meal was left over maccaroni with leftover Brussels Sprouts tossed in butter. I'm so glad I learned how to freeze leftover pasta. Really a great thing when cooking for one. Can't remember if the tip was from Carole or Special - but thanks.
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Wallycat, beans and eggs? What kind of beans?
Cyathea, good luck with your appt.
Eric, where did you get Chinese? Phoenix?
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The sourdough is "happy" with the well water and works as well as ever. I had been worried about this, but the worry was misplaced. If you make it out here and want some starter, your are welcome to it. It's liquid, but I can put some in a container small enough to satisfy the TSA airport security folks.
We ate at The Lotus Garden in Lakeside. This is the place that was vandalized by an ex employee. They have put it all back together--except for the aquarium.
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