So...whats for dinner?
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Sandy, I’m so sorry you had to say goodbye to your beloved dog, Happy. It’s never easy.
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Whoops, Divine. Happy is a cat.
Wally, I'm in awe of your ability to put meals together using leftovers. You either cook a lot of each component of the first meal or you and your dh eat tiny portions.
We are having ground beef patties to be cooked in the air fryer, steamed zucchini and yellow squash, and maybe a salad.
I made a bowl of cut up pineapple, strawberries and black grapes. It's a pretty "fruit salad" but on the sour side so I sweetened it with a forbidden sweetener that we use. I thought it might satisfy my desire for something sweet after I eat lunch. And for snacking. Minus, I need some of those mini marshmallows you mentioned. They would add a sweet pop of flavor.
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Ohmygoodness, so sorry, Sandy. My mind is a bit elsewhere these days and I apologize. Still, very sorry for your loss. Thanks, carole, for the correction.
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Carole, I think I cook too much, LOL. We certainly do NOT have small portions. I wish! I got out of the shower the other day and got a full mirror look and
I need to remind myself that healthy and energetic is better than a nice silhouette. A hard ask.
I hope Sandy is not having rough weather; national news is full of unpleasant areas.
That fruit salad sounds delicious. I could happily eat any of it and the combo sounds lovely.
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Wally - My Mom's original fruit salad had canned pineapple tidbits and also Royale Anne Cherries (which I can no longer find). They are a light colored cherry that doesn't turn the salad red, and they are sweet. Other than the mini marshmallows and the coconut, I tend to use whatever fresh fruit I have on hand - apples, bananas, mandarin oranges, pears....
Started to prepare dinner tonight and a friend came over for a drink & to bring me a piece of cheescake. One G&T turned into two. After she left I sauteed onions & garlic, added small diagonal slices of carrots, dill & rosemary & simmered in vegetable broth. While they were cooking I ate 1/2 the cheescake. Once the carrots were almost done, I added some honey. I tasted a couple of pieces & yum but I still needed to cook asparagus. I cut a bunch into 2" diagonal slices and sauteed in butter & EVOO with garlic and 2T water. Cover & cook 2 minutes w/o stirring, then cook & stir until almost dry. Managed to finish the cheescake while those were cooking. So by now it was too late to bother cooking the Korean Beef that I'd planned. Ended up with just a deviled egg after I'd eaten desert first.
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The hamburger patties came out of the air fryer tray edible but overdone. My fault not the air fryer's. I cut the zucchini and yellow squash into large dice, tossed with olive oil and roasted in the toaster oven. Then last minute browning in butter in a skillet. This non-skillet cooking will take some getting used to.
Tonight we just have to order off the menu and fork up the payment.
Wally, I can empathize with that full mirror experience!
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Thanks Carole.
Minus, I am not much of a "sweet" taste preferred gal; I'd much rather eat savory or tart....except when I eat dessert, then I'm all in. I think one of my hesitations on cuisine that uses a lot of cinnamon in their main dishes is because it "tastes" sweeter than it is. I barely tolerate things like duck l'orange or applesauce with pork, etc. I'll have to google the cherries you mentioned. I have to freeze or cook any pitted fruit (oral allergy syndrome) but I love cherries!!
refried bean nachos tonight.
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Wally - me too. 99% of the time I'll choose salt or savory over sweet. Except for dark chocolate.
Dunch was "Fuzzy's pizza". Huge salad and two very large slices of pepperoni & mushroom thick crust pizza. Needless to say, one piece came home as leftovers. Since I love cold pizza for breakfast, I'm a happy camper.
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Dinner tonight was chicken in a lemon sauce. It's fast (30 minutes from decide until eat), and pretty good. It is certainly lemony/tart, which suits us just fine.
We'll be leaving in about 45 minutes to go to Show Low to drop MIL off for a sleep study at the outpatient part of the hospital, so the fast/early dinner will allow her to stomach to "settle" before the study starts tonight.
The weather here was windy, but almost no snow--maybe 1/2 inch at our house. The rest of the north and central part of the state were snowed in. This morning both northern Arizona Interstate Highways (I-40 and I-17) were closed for a large part of their traverse across Arizona, as were "just about all" of the state highways in northern Arizona. It also snowed in the northern parts of Phoenix, so it was a quite powerful storm that missed us.
I just checked and three state highways are still closed. I'm guessing the "lesser" roads are going to be impassable until the snow melts.
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Tonight was bow tie pasta with Alfredo, spinach and shrimp. Veggie side was green and yellow squash, broccoli and carrots. I did extra good to get the regular veg plus a serving of greens and cruciferous.
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I'm making pork fried rice (brown short grain) with odds/ends veggies (cabbage, onion, mushroom).
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Thanks for all the wishes of sympathy over losing Happy. I still feel his presence: my iPad's wallpaper is a photo of him at 7 months old, fresh off “exploring" my purse on the kitchen table. It's how I prefer to remember him (and if there's an afterlife, the way I hope he is at the Bridge). He is “home" now—my HK sent a pic of his container, which is lacquered mahogany with his name engraved in gold. She put it on the A/V system rack in the front room, which is where we mostly hung out together.
I apologize for not checking in here for awhile, but it's been tough trying to figure out how to get to my “favorites" with the latest revamp of the BCO site. Also using an iPad with my newkeyboard case as a travel computer, which is a bit different from my laptop. This new case has a trackpad, but is tricky to prop up on my lap (works well on a hard flat surface, though). Safari is also different—no drop-down edit or history menu.
Ah, dinners. We had an early morning flight out of MDW on Wed., and hit the sack at our hotel upon arrival. Lunch at Royal House was a shared oyster po'boy (our usual ritual first meal when in NOLA) with “St. Louis" slaw. We did some walking around the riverfront tourist trap, with coffee & beignets at Cafe Beignet (shorter lines and larger beignets than at Cafe du Monde. Dinner was at Napoleon House, where Gordy & Leslie had their wedding (upstairs) last April. We shared a charcuterie board with various cheeses, salami, alligator sausage, paté, cornichons & housemade tomato confit. We also had excellent seafood gumbo & Caesar salad. Yesterday was jazz brunch at Court of the Two Sisters, with all the usual excellent iconic foods—including the season's first fresh crawfish (messy but I've long since figured out a “system" to eat them as neatly as possible). Alas, the weather was truly schizoid: cloudy, sunny, drizzly, sunny, downpour and sunny again. The waiters managed to move umbrellas over us & the table to keep us from getting drenched. Dinner was at Tujauge's—classic Creole. Turtle soup, oysters Bienville, Mediterranean salad, prosciutto-wrapped scallops over a polenta cake and sautéed Gulf fish (unspecified, but usually red drum) with haricots verts almandine. We shared chocolate mousse but didn't manage to finish. Brunch today downstairs at our hotel was oysters Pernod: four fried oysters over creamed spinach. Freshly made pralines at the host stand for dessert. Tonight will be Commander's Palace. Signed up for a demo class tomorrow morning at the New Orleans School of Cooking (did so twice 30+ years ago)—refresher course on gumbo, jambalaya, bread pudding & pralines. (It's just down the block from our hotel, and Bob will be in sessions at the ACC)
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Tonight at Commander’s Palace (first time back since 2010) we did the Chef’s Playground tasting menu. Fish-centric, as it is a Lenten Friday. First course was a crawfish bisque with crème frâiche and bowfin caviar. Next, BBQ shrimp with chipotle & cayenne. Than a crawfish strudel. Main event was poached redfish over confit of fingerling potatoes and local citrus. Dessert was baba au rhum filled with pecan pudding, with whipped cream, candied pecans and Ponchitoula strawberries. Not getting on a scale (or having my glucose tested) any time soon
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The food all sounds rich and delicious, Sandy.
Meanwhile, on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain... I enjoyed our version of Mexican last night. I made tortillas yesterday, using some of the big bag of masa in the outside refrigerator. At dinner time, I cooked ground chuck with a medley of large dice colored peppers and seasoning. DH made guacamole using two ripe avocados. Other ingredients were black beans, grated cheese, sour cream. We assembled our fajitas.
Dinner at the club on Thurday night was very good. I had a wedge salad that wasn't shaped like a wedge but was cup shaped lettuce. My entre was the fish of the day, Sheepshead, in a lemon butter sauce and topped with crab meat and shrimp. A scoop of a potato mixture and a wedge of roasted cabbage. No dessert. I was too full.
Today I will make a loaf of Einkorn bread which I enjoy as my breakfast toast. Dinner will likely be roasted chicken thighs and creamed spinach and salad.
I plan more yard work out in the pollen saturated air. It's the time of the year to sneeze and blow. March, like April, can be a cruel month as a famous poet said.
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Sandy, everything sounds sinfully delicious. Thanks for updating us from afar.
Illimae, as always, your pix look mouthwatering. I swear no matter how much I eat, I look at your photos and immediately want more food.
Carole, love your menu. I've never made tortillas; sounds like meals made with love. Glad you are enjoying the einkorn.
Eric, hope MIL gets productive info from the sleep study.
Leftover pork fried rice. Simple but tasty. I've discovered that pork loin can easily dry out and I have not been a fan, but I bought costco-sized pork the last time they had a sale, portioned it off and tried some of it making thin pieces cut into strips (after thawing a larger piece), marinating in oyster sauce. So moist. Now I won't be afraid of pork loin, if for nothing more than that method. I suspect marinating in Latin spices would also make great taco filling.
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MIL's O2 sat would regularly drop to 70% (!) when she was sleeping and she didn't do well with the CPAP or BiPAP machines, so now it's "gotta figure out something" time for the doctors.
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DH made beef burgundy and it was perfect after he fixed it (too salty and thick at first).
Tomorrow will be burgers on a pretzel bun with salad again.
Red lobster sent a coupon for a free birthday dessert which expires next week, so I guess I have to go eat lobster soo, darn.
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Today is Sharon's and my 34th wedding anniversary.
Dinner tonight is a frozen pizza....what an anniersary dinner. :-)
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Eric - happy anniversary. The dinner may not have been fabulous, but at least you were able to eat it together. Hope to hear positive news about your MIL soon.
Mae - oh no - forced to eat lobster!!! How cold is it in the Beach Bar?
The garlic & herb carrots I made were delicious with the addition of some honey. I don't usually like sweet things, but I didn't put much and it just enhanced the onions, garlic, tarragon & rosemary.
Dinner tonight was a three egg omelette with asparagus tips & Monterey jack cheese. I ate around 4pm and I'm still extremely full at midnight.
Taxes tomorrow. I can't put it off any longer.
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Illimae, lobster? Dirty job but somebody’s gotta do it.
Mazel Tov, Eric & Sharon! (You owe each other a real pizza soon).
Took a demo course this morning at the New Orleans School of Cooking—and before the time I normally get up on a Saturday morning, I had eaten a biscuit the size of a baseball, gumbo, jambalaya, praline and bread pudding. Oh, and 2/3 of a beer. (They weren’t kidding when they billed the class as “Watch! Learn! Eat!” But they left out “Drink!”). I brought back some pralines for Bob, but they wouldn’t let me bring back the leftover beer.
Dunch was at Armantine’s down St. Louis St.—we shared a kale salad and char-grilled oysters before Bob went back to the conference (which ran from 6-8), only to discover when he arrived after a 1/2 hr walk that the evening sessions were off-limits to anyone who hadn’t signed up for the (mediocre) complimentary dinner. So he went to the casino. Meanwhile, I attempted to find us a dinner reservation for 9 pm. Went to the Palace Cafe (another Brennan’s satellite), where we had marinated blue crab claws, turtle soup, salade Lyonnaise with duck confit, and bananas Foster. Noticed patrol cars sitting out front on Canal St., blue lights flashing; and assumed they were fulfilling the same function as those along Michigan Ave. back home: reassure tourists and deter smash & grabs. Turns out, though, they were finishing up a call that happened inside the restaurant about an hour before we arrived: a server had recently acrimoniously broken up with her boyfriend; he returned, stormed in, threw an accelerant at her and attempted to light it. Nobody got hurt, but that sort of explained why the waitstaff seemed rattled
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Sandy, dh likes Abita Amber. That local beer company has done very well.
Happy Anniversary, Eric!
Wally, I really like the Einkorn whole grain bread I make with the mixture of whole wheat and all purpose flour. And the breadmaking process is unbelievably easy. I have to order more whole wheat. As recommended, I keep the flour in the freezer to keep it from deteriorating.
I have not yet used the chickpea flour for socca because it arrived at the same time that dh was dealing with UTIs.
Last night's dinner was much to my liking. Roasted chicken thighs and a side of creamed spinach and artichoke hearts. I love chicken thighs because they are so forgiving of being overcooked, unlike chicken breasts which insist on being cooked to perfect doneness.
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Eric, Happy Anniversary to you and Sharon. My late husband went for one of those sleep studies, and NO WAY was he having anything to do with a cpap or bipap. However, that changed when he was diagnosed with ALS, but he would literally stop breathing while he was sleeping, I would watch him.
Hello to all. I don't post much, nothing exciting here to eat, but I do read everyday. Mmmmmm lobster. I've never made my own.
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My dh uses a CPAP and it has improved his sleep and mine since he no longer snores. He had a good attitude toward learning to use it and puts up with any annoyances. In general, he's a good patient.
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Happy anniversary!
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Eric, Happy anniversary! Illimae, poor baby, has to eat lobster. Happy to take the burden off your hands ;-)
I'm going to roast cauliflower for a side and make salmon melts (like tuna but using canned salmon).
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Had anyone ever cooked with Almond Flour? I found a recipe for Banana Blueberry Muffins with ghee & almond flour.
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Ahhh Sandy, you make me “know what it means to miss New Orleans!”
Happy anniversary Eric! DH and I just celebrated 43 on March 1st. We didn’t do much either as I wasn’t feeling great - after effects of neck surgery. We plan on a trip to our fave Italian restaurant soon to make up for it
I make an almond flour olive oil cake that I like very much I bake occasionally with almond flour and usually have some on hand taking up space in the garage refrigerator.
I would like to know how to get someone to send me a coupon for free Lobster.
I planned on baked chicken tonight until DH exclaimed “how about hamburgers!” That’s probably what it will be - the path of least resistance and also easiest
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Nance, the coupon is for free dessert but while I’m there, I might as well have dinner. I’m a sucker for free stuff, even if it ends up costing me in the end.
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Illimae, you made me smile.
Minus, I have a friend who bakes a lot with almond flour. I'll mention what you are looking at....anything specific for questions, let me know.
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I found a package of baby back ribs in the freezer. They were meaty and tasty. I simmered them in water and dh finished them on the grill with barbecue sauce. Side was baked sweet potatoes that lived up to their name.
Back to heat and humidity this week. Yuck.
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