So...whats for dinner?
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Wally - oh Havarti - YUM. And crab quiche. Yes, I know how to look at the circulars on line, And I do choose digital coupons occasionally. But on line adverts just don't "ring my chimes",
Nance - so glad your DH's first cardio visit is behind him. And "looking mortality in the face" - yup been there done that, as have we all. Hope the docs can deal with his issues and he continues to improve. I certainly understand tired.
How about Apple and her wonderful piano? How about Michelle and the bunny suit? How about Susan and the homemade cinnamon rolls every morning? Sigh!!!
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Wallycat and minustwo, ditto on the Havarti. It’s perfect for grilled cheese.
Dinner tonight was tilapia, Israeli couscous and skillet roasted Brussels sprouts with balsamic vinegar. . . . Just a ho-hum meal. I’ve been working too much to get creative
I gained 2 pounds in the last month, so I’m working on losing those again so that I can enjoy Thanksgiving guilt-free. 😆 I had to tell DH 3 times that I was NOT splitting a Heavenfull stroopwafel ice cream sandwich with him tonight since I already had my sugar limit for the day. 🙄
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I miss them too
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Thanks Eric. That is a wonderful memory.
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I never knew Apple or Michelle (before my time on BCO), but I still miss Susan and tales of her AirBnB and wonderful dishes. Thinking lately also of Iris (proudtospin)--gives one pause that her cancer metastasized straight from DCIS, in less than a decade.
Back to food. Yesterday afternoon I picked up this week's Hooked on Fish order: Loch Duart (Scotland) salmon and Key West peeled & deveined rock shrimp. On the cusp of rush hour, after checking e-mail on my computer, I set out for chorus rehearsal for the Bar Show--it was a lovely warm night so I decided to transfer from the Red to the Purple Line so my ride would be aboveground the whole way (with a working elevator at my destination). First shock was finding that Dollop, whose unsweetened almond milk lattes are divine, closes at 3pm. Second shock was walking into the CBA building only to find that even though it was only 15 minutes before call time, nothing had been set up for rehearsal--chairs still stacked, no sign-in sheet on the wall. So I checked my phone--only then did I see the e-mail, dated 11:30am, from the music director canceling rehearsal because he had bad cold symptoms (despite testing COVID-negative he didn't want to endanger anyone). Mind you, that e-mail had yet to appear in my Inbox on my computer when I left the house at 4:40. So I got back on the train, watching a gorgeous sunset as I rode along. Got home early enough to feed the kitties right on time-they hadn't noticed my absenc.
Not sure what to have for dinner, as Bob was working late. He did bring home some leftover linguine carbonara--so I nuked it. Figured all the cheese & pancetta would offset the pasta--and when it was hot and the congealed sauce had melted, there was even less pasta. French omelette for brunch today.
Tonight, Bob got home earlier than expected, since the Lake Shore Drive construction was finished and all four lanes were open once again. So I made an appetizer of the rock shrimp (tossed in EVOO, Old Bay, and herbes de Provence) in a foil pan nestled atop spears of fresh rosemary from my garden, and grilled. Tried using the spears as skewers, but the shrimp were just too delicate. They came out perfect, however. Main course was the salmon, grilled over a cedar plank I'd soaked for a couple of hours. (Got the grill blazing hot, and killed the burner under the plank as soon as I'd laid it on the grill). While the salmon was cooking over indirect heat, I did my usual sauteed sugar snap peas with sesame seeds and garlic-ginger stir-fry oil, and arugula salad with English cucumber, some of the last ripe homegrown cherry tomatoes, and a champagne-Dijon vinaigrette.
Not sure about tomorrow--Bob's expecting to be home around 8pm. (I should be back from the podiatrist by then). We just ate at Regalia, Calo & Big Jones, so it's too soon for that. Steak would be too heavy--the Palm was too recent. Chengdu Impression--part of a Sichuan chain that moved into Broadway Cellars' space--is in its "soft-open" (still hiring, still working on redecorating--Cellars' signage is still up in the windows & on the door). Reviews are generally positive but for the slow service and the fact that it's still BYOB. (Tough to pair drinks with Sichuan food--probably either beer or a Riesling of at least Kabinett or even Spätlese level residual sweetness, with enough acidity to cut through the heat). May just see if Mas Alla del Sol is open that late--haven't had the camarones Veracruz, seviche, nopales & purslane salad in awhile. Or if we do feel like "B-ing" our "OB," maybe Little Madrid on Clark St. for tapas and paella (which is a small enough portion for the rice not to do much damage to me). Small, free street parking, half the price of the "big boys" like Ba-Ba-Ree-Ba or Jaleo. We'd bring a cava & a Rioja (but our own Govino plastic glasses & LeCreuset corkscrew). There's also a new Afghan place only a block & a half from us. Again, sort of carby but we'll try it once.
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The only time I need to login to bco on either computer, or the phone, is if I've logged in on one of the other devices..but I did have set the browsers so they would allow the site to save cookies and not erase them when I closed the browser
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I also stay logged in unless I used a different device.
Dinner last night was no planned dinner. I wasn't hungry. DH had some cottage cheese with cranberry sauce.
Guess I'd better "get with the program" tonight.
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Either BLT’s or leftovers
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Hey all - I am still here, and have been reading a bit - but have been super busy! Chasing my tail mostly, but a lot involves shopping for new flooring and some furniture - all over the greater Tampa Bay area and dealing with the accompanying traffic. I have a convergence of three types of flooring where the living room meets my bedroom/bath - the carpet in the bedroom goes (it is the last room there is carpet in), but I have bamboo in the bath, and the living room has engineered hardwood in a stain that is too red. I had thought I had a genius idea (until earlier today) of laying LVP over the wood, but the guy that came today to measure said that is a no go unless I can tell him what type of glue is under the hardwood. I can't because we didn't install it. Argghhh. So, now I am thinking of continuing the bamboo through the bedroom - I found a source of matching floor, finally, after a lot of looking and phone calls. And came upon something I saved for a service that has a dust-free sanding and staining system, and maybe just re-staining the living room/dining room/foyer/study to match the bamboo. I am seriously over the whole shebang.
eric - glad to hear that MIL and cat are settling in nicely. We have a dog who greatly enjoys cat food too so we put the food on a placemat on top of the dryer in the laundry room, and installed a gate in that doorway with a little cat sized door at the bottom.
Meals have mostly consisted of things I cooked and froze pre-hurricane - chicken breasts, ground beef, and a lot of bacon. I have made enchiladas, spaghetti, taco salad, an alfredo pasta with the chicken, etc. Last night we had burgers and sweet potato fries - Schweid burgers - they have them at Publix, and they are yummy - I used the brisket ones last night. I have a huge Boston Butt, which I will use for pulled pork tomorrow, and prob a few days after that... I also have stuff for cole slaw.
auntie - eeeks on DH's afib experience! I am sure that was a bit scary, but glad that he is getting a handle on things. I am curious - my BFF's ex had afib and needed to use a CPAP machine - has that been mentioned to your DH? I don't know - it could be that he had afib and sleep apnea. Not sure.
I boycotted Halloween in an effort not to eat the candy, but DH, DD, and beau, and the dog in a pumpkin costume, all sat out front with a little fire in the camping firepit. They had a blast! We had a ton of trick or treaters - this is a densely populated suburban family neighborhood, so it makes sense. DH wisely took the remaining candy to work, but there was actually not a lot - and I bought three bags that had about 150 pieces in each! I did make a sweet and sour dish with peppers, broccoli, onion, pineapple, and kielbasa over rice that they ate outside while handing out candy. They were multi-tasking!
Edited to add the pumpkin puppy
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SK - awww on the doggo! Sandy probably knows more about this than I do, but I know sleep apnea can cause AFIB. (They kept asking us if DH snores). And I know at one time he did have apnea because he would wake himself up trying to catch his breath. Scared the beejeezus out of me. But he lost a bunch of weight and didn’t really snore anymore. So did the snoring for years contribute? Possibly.
As if we haven’t had enough medical weirdness, after an untrasound and fine needle aspiration biopsy, I have a benign tumor behind my ear on the parotid gland that will require removal. Since I can’t stop the blood thinner until February it will have to wait until then. At least it’s an outpatient surgery. It’s been a nerve wracking couple of weeks.
Tonight is more everything crusted cod, Trader Joe’s Mac and cheese and some garlicky cole slaw.
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special - good to hear from you. I'm in favor of HIRING someone to sand & re-stain. Note - not you doing it.
Nance - behind you ear? You are right - medical weirdness. Glad it can be outpatient.
Carole - I like cottage cheese with tomatoes or with canned peaches. I never thought about cranberry sauce.
Running very involved & contentious neighborhood vote tonight from 6 to 8. So dinner was 1/2 of a California Roll before I left. I was definitely ready for TWO gin & tonics when I got home. Just shagged a small chocolate pudding.
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Cute pumpkin-dog. :-) Sharon was in Show Low (town) and it started snowing. She had our dog with her and she let him out to wander around. Frankie (dog) doesn't particularly like the snow.
Nance, I'm glad the tumor is benign.
I was driving back from the Phoenix area with the last of MIL's stuff, and got caught in a winter storm up "on the rim" (7000 feet elevation). The roads were snowy/icy/slimy/slick with visibility under 50 feet feet at times and the state troopers closed the road. Fortunately (I think, but I'm not sure) I was already past the road closure when they shut the road.
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Nancy, my sister & I have had occasional parotid pain for decades (nearly 50 yrs) after eating or drinking anything acidic without first "priming the pump" with blander foods. (Pizza & beer on an empty stomach--ouch). Our dad did, too. I asked my dentists over the years, but they all shrugged. MRI/MRV/MRA of brain & ears revealed nothing that would explain that.
Checked the menus at the neighborhood's two new restaurants: Afghan Saray and Chengdu Impression (Sichuan). Neither has a liquor license, but I got the sense we'd get the stink-eye bringing wine into a restaurant run by Muslims. The menu didn't look very promising, either--looked like a mishmash of Persian, Lebanese & Indian (one Yelp reviewer said some the photos were actually cribbed from a Persian restaurant). So we looked at the reviews of Chengdu Impression--they said that though service was slow due to their still being in "soft-open" status, the food was excellent. So we picked out an off-dry gewurtztraminer that would pair well with spicy food, and walked over.
It was excellent--though the website menu had the spicy dishes printed in red, the actual hard-copy menu (quite extensive) didn't; we had to read through the descriptions. It turned out that what we ordered was sort of a tour of China (other than Sichuan). We had Shanghai-style soup dumplings--we ate them hunched over a soup spoon to catch any hot soup squirting out. Next was sole in black bean sauce with choi sum (like baby bok choy but leafier), which was Cantonese. Finally, tea-smoked duck--Mandarin. So nothing we ended up having was spicy, but it was all delicious (and the soup dumplings were definitely worth the carbs). We spent relatively little (BYOB helped, though it turns out the bottle we brought from home was on the pricy side for a wine from the Central Valley) and still brought home leftovers which we will eat tomorrow night. Will start with the remaining rock shrimp briefly stir-fried with peapods, and fry the rice. We will definitely be back often.
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Hard to imagine snow as the a/c cycles on and off. Our brief fall weather succumbed to the return of summer. Tomorrow we are promised a rainy day, much needed.
Last night was fried catfish and roasted asparagus. Both were very good.
DH started using a CPAP a couple of years ago and it has been a wonderful factor for making my sleep restful.
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I woke to rain this morning; glorious. Of course, I would rather it be snow, but rain is much needed here as well.
Last night, I shredded one of the chix breasts and made fresh enchilada sauce, "poached" the shredded chicken plus a can of pinto beans in the sauce, layered it over corn chips and topped it with havarti under the broiler. Leftovers tonight. It was better than I thought it would be...as my DH says, drool-worthy.
Spent most of the day trying to figure out how to switch DH from plan F to plan G in medigap. I swear they make it ridiculous just so you stay with what you have, even if it is more expensive. Hate them. Had an issue with my thermostat again so a call to our heat pump guy. The routine service is scheduled for the 22nd and I hope it isn't anything that can't wait. A reboot does the trick. Maybe just need a new thermostat.
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We were grandfathered into Plan F, but If & when it gets dropped, we'd have little trouble hitting the modest deductible of Plan G.
Twice this week, the A/C in my car kicked in. We have only window A/Cs in the house (we have no ductwork, since our heat is hot-water radiators), and we haven't run them since Sept. Today, as the winds are howling between storms, I'm back to wearing a denim shirt over the scrubs I use for sleeping & lounging. Not raising the home thermostat above 70 yet--the bedrooms are upstairs and heat rises, so it can get up to 75 up there, which is less than ideal for sleeping. First time I've woken up in a sweat since quitting letrozole.
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Sandy, DH blows by the high deductible plan the first month, which is why we want to switch. Plan F pays for the deductible for medicare but that is so low ($170 now) that the 2500 for low premium-high deductible (plan F) makes zero sense for him. Poor guy. What is worse, the 5000/month drug is only 42 if we pay cash. Un-effing real and why no one told us is maddening. I stumbled on the info. Never mind that a tier 2 generic, like vaginal estrogen costs as much as DHs 5K drug. You can't make this crap up. I told one pharmacy I should be glugging viagra since that seems to be a free-for-all, LOL.
We had leftovers that were amazing. I really should write down the enchilada sauce I make.
Hopefully no power outages with winds overnight...hopeful to see snow somewhere.
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Wally - yes, please do write down the enchilada sauce & share.
I'm in the group that enjoyed the AC coming on yesterday and again today - and that's with the thermostat set at 78. Our Friday day of rain turned out to be 1/16" - or maybe 1/32 of an inch. Sigh.
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We enjoyed baby back ribs for dinner last night. The side was a bag chopped salad I won't buy again. Honey maple dressing. It tasted fine to me but dh was unimpressed.
Tonight I will use the rest of the chicken from a large rotisserie chicken to make chicken enchiladas. I would be interested in your sauce, too, Wally. I always use the canned sauce.
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Had the Sichuan leftovers last night, supplemented by fried rice I whipped up and a leftover beef empanada for Bob, and a quick rock shrimp/asparagus stir-fry for the both of us.
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carole - in case wally is not back before you want to make enchiladas, I basically make a roux with olive or veg oil and flour - about 3 tablespoons of each, and add a tablespoon of chile powder. Let it cook long enough to lose the flour taste (I know you know, I am sure you have a lot of experience being from LA!), then add about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and cook the raw tomato taste out of that for a couple of minutes. Slowly add a couple of cups of chicken or vegetable stock while whisking. Add onion powder, garlic powder, cumin - anywhere between 1/2 t. and a teaspoon of each, salt and pepper to taste. You can also add oregano if you like it. This sauce will thicken as it simmers, and if you have tomato sauce rather than paste you can use that too, but maybe use less stock. If you like some tang you can also add a splash of vinegar. Let the sauce simmer while you assemble the enchiladas, it doesn't need to cook too long. I have made this recipe before using tomato paste and I like that this is basically a pantry recipe using items I always have. I also use canned enchilada sauce for the most part, I like the flavor - and that way I dirty fewer dishes!
Tonight we are having Swedish meatballs in the slow cooker, mashed potatoes, and a red leaf lettuce salad with avocado, chopped hazelnuts, and balsamic dressing. DH is paddle boarding today and will likely be hungry when he gets back. I need to zip out and get some mushrooms to saute and add to the meatballs!
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Ugh...what a night/day. The winds began. At 9:30pm we lost power. Didn't get power back till around 4pm the following day. insane. Our neighbor was climbing up on his roof to trim branches before the tree fell on his roof. OY...on the roof with 50mph gusts. Men!!
I cobbled together a hodge podge of stuff that actually didn't taste too horrible. For lunch, it was a can of baked beans with a can of green beans with a can of beef (costco) heated up on the butane burner. Dinner was salsa mixed with a can of tuna (ortiz; amazing bonito) and corn chips. And red wine. A cotes du rhone villages from costco that is quite good.
My enchilada sauce uses a mix of dried chiles. This time, I believe I used 3 new mexico, 2 Negro Pasilla, 2 Mulato, 1 Guijillo, seeded, soaked. Toss into a vitamix/blender with 1/2 red onion, 3 garlic cloves, oregano, salt to taste, sprinkle of cumin, olive oil. When blended smooth, toss into a hot pan with oil and "cook" the stuff down a bit. Then I added my ingredients (though I have used it to pour over stuff) into the sauce to heat through.
I don't add flour or thickener...just the dried chiles. I've done it where I add some tomatoes but the taste of the earthy chiles comes through a lot "cleaner" without the tomatoes. I like both versions. I mix up the dried chiles. I've used ancho and chipotle if I want spicier stuff.
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Thanks Special and Wally. Both recipes look good. And I agree Wally, the Cote de Rhone wine from Costco is pretty good.
Friends treated me to "Raising Cane" chicken tenders for lunch. Too much thick, breaded, hard, fried crust for me, although the dipping sauce was good. Then some BCO members got talking about smoked oysters on another thread, so I had to open & eat a can at 8pm. Well if I change my clocks now, I can pretend it was only 7pm and not feel so guilty.
Went to the 'once a year' sale at the Chantal warehouse. One friend bought a 2 quart metal pot w/o non-stick liner since her DH refuses to pay attention to using wooden or plastic implements. Another bought a 12 quart stock pot. Gorgeous, but where will she store it? I thought about new cast iron pans but I'm really OK with what I have, so I just bought some spiced tea - Cream Brule and green tea blend. Smells delicious.
Just started a Nevada Barr book so I'll be up awhile. I love her Anna Pigeon park ranger series.
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I love the Anna Pigeon series too!!!! I'm almost done with the Kathy Reichs, Dr. Brennan series. It will be sad to finish.
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Thank you, Special and Wally, for sharing your recipes.
We had chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice made in the new rice cooker, canned refried beans and homemade guacamole mixed up by dh. The rice was especially good.
My challenge is to buy/make a tortilla that doesn't disintegrate. I use corn tortillas and have tried the white corn and the yellow corn.
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Carole, I use stone ground with nothing but the corn, lime and water. Those seem to hold up OK. The "healthfood store" out here sells them (Bueno is the brand). I've yet to find unadulterated corn tortillas at the grocery store. If anyone knows of a brand, do share the name.
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I will look up Bueno. Maybe I can buy them online. Thanks.
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Make sure you coat them in a sauce to make the supple before filling and folding. I've used them as "noodles" in mexican "lasagna" and they've held up well. Report back.
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Mission (Foods) is our go-to brand for corn tortillas. I don't know if it is a state, regional or national brand, so I can't say where else, besides Arizona , they might be found.
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