So...whats for dinner?
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Deb- Thinking about you today. (((hugs)))
Gardengumby- I love fresh salmon especially from the pacific northwest, it the best. Yum! I got some fresh tuna a few days ago from a friend who caught it on there fishing boat and have not made it yet. I like to blacken it.
Carol- Glad you had a great time. we have the Jackson brothers coming to the casino i think next month, sure is going to be interrestig to see how they perform w/o there brother Micheal. My DH said they have not sold very many tickets yet. I think i would like to see them though. I didnt even know they were still.
Funny story about the beach boys, My hubby plays the conga's at a place we go on friday nights and brett the singer will say and here we have Mike Love to play the drums for us tonight. so Chuck plays and then a couple comes over after and want his autograph and they go on telling him about all the records they have, Chuck says im not Mike Love and the couple still did not believe him and they google him and say see this is you. He doesnt look anything like him but it was funny anyway.
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Tazzy- I almost forgot, i like to take some garlic (lots) rosemary, tyme, sale and pepper pulse or mash together and rub paste all over the chops. let marinate at least an hour and i grill mine about 3 or 4 minutes per side if making mr. If i bake them i do the same thing but put a little bread crumbs on chops after putting on the paste and baking them at 375 for about 15-20 minutes or until its done to your tastes. Edited to add i forgot to say parsley too.
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Debbie that sounds like a delish marinade. They will be bbq'd. I'm thinking with just a fresh green salad and some corn (again!).
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Oh Garden - fresh Pacific salmon !!! And Debbie - fresh tuna !!!
Kaara & all, I know it's not new but if you haven't seen Jersey Boys, keep an eye for it in your area. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons...and 'Oh What a Night' it was. The entire audience was singing & dancing by their seats. It's coming to Houston with Broadway Across America this fall & I can hardly wait to see it again. I think someone told me it's one of the permanent shows in Las Vegas.
Also I have season tickets to a small theater here that does off-Broadway productions. Next spring is a repeat of Always...Patsy Cline, which I haven't seen.
Steak & two veggies for lunch at a hole-in-the-wall by work, so only wine & popcorn tonight. I'm not doing well monitoring my intake to lose 15-20 lbs before my one year check up with the PS in Sept.
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Carrie,
The 'What's For Dinner?' thread moves so fast sometimes that I sometimes struggle to keep up! Just saw your post and depending on which Finger Lake you live on, I think we are very close... I tend to not post too much about my 'real' self out on the threads but, I am just outside of Binghamton.... There is also a fairly large group of women from western NY that have a thread in the Get Togethers forum..... Quite a few up us upstate NYers here!!!0 -
MinusTwo: Yes! I've seen Jersey Boys twice...once in Vegas and again in Ft. Lauderdale when they came to the performing arts center. It's a must see!
BF is watching the US Open so I went to the store and bought a grilled chicken and some broccoli slaw for a salad. That's it for dinner tonight. Tomorrow I'm going to make white chili with leftover chicken, and Sunday...not sure yet...but I know I'm having a piece of red velvet cake and ice cream cause it's my birthday;)
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Ooh, fresh salmon. My DH used to go out on lake Michigan and bring them home, on the grill within an hour. Yum. They need only butter and some lemon , and sometimes a glaze of terriaki sauce (kilkomans baste and glaze mixed with a squeeze of lemon) I could almost eat a whole side! Enjoy yours!
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Kaara,
I knew we had one more June Birthday to go!!!! Just in case I don't get back here this weekend.... Happy Birthday!!! Hope you enjoy your day!0 -
Seaside: Thanks!
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Happy birthday for Sunday Kaara... in case I forget by then (chemo brain).
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Kara. Happy Birthday from Arizona.
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Kaara - Happy B-day from Houston.
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Kaara - happy birthday from New Hampshire!!!
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Kaara, Happy Birthday!
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kaara - Happy B-Day!
Here are some salad dressings:
Buttermilk Garlic Ranch - 1c. buttermilk, 1 c. mayo, 1 t. onion powder, 1 T. parsley flakes, 1/2 t. garlic powder, 1/2 t. salt, 1/2 t. thyme, 1/4 t. black pepper. I shake it in a jar and let it chill and thicken in the fridge.
Horseradish Sour Cream - 1 c. sour cream, 1/2 c. sugar (you can use less, or use baking Splenda) 3 T. vinegar, 1 1/2 t. dry mustard, 4 T. drained horseradish, 1/2 t. salt. Whisk and chill. Great with spinach salad.
Mandarin Salad Dressing - 1/4 c. veg oil, 2 T. sugar, 2 T. vinegar, 1 T. parsley, 1/4 t. salt, pepper to taste, several dashes of hot sauce like Tabasco. I use this dressing on salad greens of choice, sugar glazed almonds, chopped green onion, mandarin oranges tossed together.
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Kaara- Happy Birthday from me too!! You are always out having so much fun I KNOW your birthday will be amazing
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Whew! I just caught up on several pages of posts.....a manic thread!! Last I posted I was fighting sleep to attend my birthday dinner with DH and DS2. We went to a little French restaurant, Le Petit Robert, close to home and almost had flounder prepared like the one you had at La Morra, Michelle. But opted for their lamb stew which was delicious! Had chocoate birthday cake at home....then more cake at work on Wednesday since a co-worker made one of her delicious sheet cakes for me. I'm pretty caked out, but your red velvet one sounds yummy, Kaara . Happy early birthday!
Deb,I was so sorry to read about the death of your father. He was lucky to have you as such a caring daughter. I'm glad he went peacefully.
It's late and I'm falling asleep, so tho I know I am missing responding to many posts, I enjoyed them all.....brussells sprouts, fresh salmon, spaghetti squash, toileted phones!
I am looking forward to the end of work (but so sad that I will miss my families), especially since this week has been insanely busy. In another week I should be finished with full time (and a half) work....that should be so much better for the fatigue factor...and keeping up with this buzzing thread! nite.......0 -
Minustwo- Your so lucky to have a theater for plays in your area, the only place close to us is about 2 hours away. When we lived in Hawaii we got to see Cats and the phantom of the opera. I would love to see the jersey boys heard it was excellent.
Kaara- Happy Birthday, im sure i will say it again too but in case you are MIA on sunday, and yum on the red velvet cake.
SpecialK- Thanks for the recipes they all sound so good, i might try the mandrin orange one tomorrow to go with my meat loaf.
Lacey- Glad you had a nice birthday, hot chocolate cake is one of my favs. I hope you get plenty R&R with cutting back on your work.
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Dinner last night was turkey salad and green salad with fresh tomatoes and cucumber and mixed salad greens. Chipotle ranch dressing on the green salad. I seldom buy dressings but this one caught my eye in the refrigerated section. It's good. With the turkey salad I tried to duplicate a delicious version served by a local health food store at their lunch counter. Diced celery, grated carrot and raisins with mayo dressing. It was very good. DH put walnuts on his.
Company for dinner tonight. Menu is shrimp with linguine, asparagus and green salad. I use a scampi recipe for the shrimp. Very simple. Butter and EVOO in a saute pan, lemon juice and zest, garlic, and parsley. You cook the shrimp no more than 4 or 5 min. until they turn pink. Toss the shrimp mixture with the cooked linguini and spinkle Parm Reg.
The other couple are also golfers so we'll probably have the US Open playing on the big screen tv.
Kaara, happy birthday on Sunday!
SpecialK, those dressings look good.
Happy Saturday!
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Carole that's a great recipe for the shrimp and how easy to do for company too - I'll be trying that one out. We had the lamb chops from my friends Mum's farm... all I did was pick mint from my garden - finely chop an mix with lemon juice and use as a rub then on the bbq - they were delicious.. I am thinking of buying half a lamb from her. Served it with fresh corn and a green salad.
Tonight we are at a work colleagues bbq - but the weather just sucks at the moment... been raining all night - hope it clears up for this afternoon. They are providing the chicken or steaks and the rest of us its a pot luck. I am doing a pasta salad.
I hope you all have sunshine where you are and enjoying your days.
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Hey Laurie...love your new picture.
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Saw a small turkey in the freezer... It's in the oven.
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Eric - I have a turkey taking up too much space in my freezer...need to cook it in the next couple of weeks. It's been there since Thanksgiving and I'm tired of looking at it. Maybe I'll smoke it, haven't done that in a long time.
I have been a busy bee this morning. My DH told me I could buy cheery new "melamine" plates for the summer if I could figure out how to fit them into our tiny cupboard space. Yesterday I bought service for 12 (we always have a crowd during the summer) of this stuff:
Revelation - that stuff takes up a lot less room than stoneware, especially my grandmother's Currier & Ives dishes. And it's a whole lot lighter. Mission accomplished, surprisingly. I even bought a dozen plastic tumblers to match. Amazingly, it's all clean and put away. And I finally planted some flowers in my wicker plant stand plus added rosemary, basil and parsley to my huge pot of chives that came to life again. I should do a second pot with dill, thyme, sage and whatever else is still hanging out in the greenhouses around here. It's getting late but I didn't want to plant anything until we got back from Paris, lest the little plants wither and die from lack of water while we were gone.
Now for some lunch - I'll be eating my leftovers from last night's restaurant meal...lovely lobster poached in butter over a bed of gnocci with sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms and peas, in a sauce that was fantastic! That said, our meal at La Morra was way better overall. The food came out too fast last night. When I'm in an upscale restaurant, I don't expect to have finished a 3 course meal in just about an hour and 15 minutes. That was something the Parisians got right, regardless of the "fanciness" of the restaurant. Luckily, someone gave us a Phantom Gourmet gift card for Christmas, which covered about half the tab.
And what luck...remember that Russian restaurant I mentioned that we found the night we went to La Morra? Well, boston.com/deals had an offer for a 4 course meal for 2 for $35!!! What a great way to try out the food at this place! Needless to say, I snapped up that deal without hesitation. Rick loves Russian history so I won't have any problems talking him into going back for dinner.
Speaking of dinner, we are babysitting the grandkids tonight so DD and DSIL can go out on the town. He was a saint to let her go to Paris for 9 days and I'm sure he's ready for a date night.
Carole - I love scampi, and it is so easy to make. I remember one Mother's Day when my kids (teenagers) make shrimp and chicken scampi for us rather than going to a restaurant. They did a great job and I think it was the first time they ever really cooked a meal for us.
Tazzy - sure hope the weather clears up for your bbq. It was nice here this morning, and now it's cloudy and chilly. That's not the weather we were promised...lol!
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That's exactly why it's in the oven!
If I have time, I'm going to try one of the dressing recipes tonight. I have to take my 94 year old mom to bet new glasses today and tomorrow I'm driving a bus load of people to Flagstaff.
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What a pretty summery pattern Michelle. And dont you just love leftover lunches... I do anyway. Great deal on the meal as well. Here in Canada we dont get such good deals as you do in the States. DH and I try to do a couple of road trips a year to the states (except for this year)... and we are always so happy to go shopping there and get good deals for restaurants. Hope you have fun babysitting this evening.
You sure are keeping busy there Eric.
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Very cute dishes , Michelle! Are they diswasher able? Just think how happy your kitchen cabinets must feel with a lighter load! LOL Sometimes I worry that my cabinets are going to come crashing down with the heavy dishes I have piled in them.
Where was the Russian restaurant? Washington St? I love the way you are scoping out good eating places to pair with your DF treatment appts. Am also impressed with the way you are keeping the Parisian trip alive by continuing to have great meals here now that you are home. Our Parisian friend is in town and we will be celebrating Father's Day with him and his daughter for brunch tomorrow...probably not too special a place since he is now retired and watching his bank acct....his pharma expense acct was way more fun for all of us! Paris is now so expensive he has even moved to Brussels, and may land in the US for financial relief. Who knew?! Actually probably Michelle since you just returned from there.
Laurie....Here's hoping that biker week is just about over so you can get back to your two parent family. I always try to avoid being at the lake during that week since I find it hard to sleep with the noise going all day and night. I'm sure it is great fun for those making the noise, however!
Well, break over....Back to my computer to get my last (forever!!) six progress reports done..... Wonder if I will ever feel bored enough to miss this consuming task?
Once done, DH and I will head to our next door neighbors' church fair for dinner where they feature all of their wonderful Middle Eastern fare. Yum..... That tasty plan is keeping DH focused on getting some more major yard work completed while I hack away at the computer.0 -
Carole- Enjoy your delicious sounding dinner for tonight. I also cook my scampi dishes this way but i will add a tiny splash of heavy cream, just to make it even more fatning.
Michelle- Those dishes are very pretty and springy looking. That lobster gnocci sounds fabulous.
My freezer is too small to try to put a turkey in there, so don't buy them unless im cooking it right away.
For breakfast i had some yummy fresh ripe fruit, strawberries, blueberries, cantelope with some yogurt and some banana nut muffins i got at our local bakery yesterday. I plan to start walking today to get those xtra pounds off i gained this last couple of months. The weather has been beautiful lately so better get my walk on while it last.
Everyone have a good weekend.
(((deb))))
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Got a minor problem to solve. DH made a frozen Stouffers lasagna last night and neither one of us liked it. Nothing nasty wrong with it just runny, not much taste and neither one of us is very picky about food. If I don't have to cook, clean up after work I'll eat pretty much anything. It was one of those smaller Farmhouse? kind about 1/2 left. Thought about pulling it apart and layering it with some frozen chopped spinach sauteed with garlic maybe rosemary. Dried spices I have but rosemary, mint only fresh ones. Love the garlic in a jar! Does that sound doable (is that a word??)? Have Parmesan, mozzarella, microwave bacon. Standard stuff for cupboards. Any suggestions? Probably have some frozen focaccia or similar to add to meal. Feel like it needs a vegie with it/in it. DH doesn't think like that. It was easy for him and most imp. since he usually has dish duty it didn't make a mess. He's been my rock and at least we ate since I spent until 0130 this am finishing paperwork.
DH might not eat it with spinach in it but I would no problem. Open to any and all suggestions so long as I don't have to drag my bu** out to the grocery. Will find something nicer in freezer for Father's day. Probably we'll have our pork chop day.
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What about trying this... if you have the stuff in your cupboards.
Can of diced toms drained, pasta sauce, and cream cheese. Use as much as needed for size of lasagne. Diced toms and pasta sauce in skillet and bring to boil, add cream cheese and stir in until thickened and melted, add the mozza and put lasagna back together - add additional herbs to tom mixture as needed. Oh! and of course garlic. I love that garlic in a jar :-) Any broccoli ? if the DH not keen on spinach?
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Zucchini would work, too, if you have that in the fridge, or mushrouoms. And some garlic, basil and oregano along with some pepper. Oh, bell peppers, too!
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