So...whats for dinner?
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Apple - Not so healthy recipe but I like it and so does DH. Lite Sausage Primavera (from Hillshire Farm website) Brown 1 lb smoked sausage in large skillet with little bit of olive oil; recipes says 3 TBS but doubt I use that much. Add 1 pkg Pepperidge Farm frozen sliced peppers/onions exact name escapes me (for mex. food). Recipe says to use fresh peppers (1 red or green julienned) but the colored ones are sooo expensive and 1 just does not seem like enough. I only tolerate the taste of the green ones much preferring the orange/red ones. I do add in at least 1 big fresh onion sliced. Can't have too much onion for me! Stir fry until vegies crisp tender and sausage browned. (Crisp tender is relative with the frozen vegies) As it begins to cook down addd 1 tsp dried basil leaves, 2 small yellow squash, 2 small zucchini both sliced thin (says julienned but I take the easy way), 2 tsp instant chicken broth, 1 clove garlic minced. All this is to taste, I'm like Isabelle, I'm a slap-dash cook too. Finish until squash crisp tender. In the meantime boil 1/2 lb thin spaghetti broken in half. I stir cooked spaghetti in but I think original recipe wanted to put over spaghetti like sauce. Smells heavenly cooking.
Now a request. I have a pork loin roast thawing for tomorrow (tiny only 2 lbs) though I do have a twin (buy one, get one free last week). Have onions, no potatoes. Need crockpot recipe. Well stocked seasonings. Plenty of frozen vegies for sides just no fresh as I don't cook except on weekends and then not every weekend. Could run to store after church tomorrow but would rather not. Any suggestions??? I have a great rub recipe but like Apple I don't want to turn oven on. Laurie aren't you the one making pulled pork? What do you do with it?
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Isabelle- Those cookies sound amazing! Your pesto recipe sounds like mine I use walnuts because I am not of fan of pine nuts.
Seaside- Funny story on the crayon mishap although I am sure it wasn't at the time!
Eric- Bell Peeper (cute) My mom also had a bell a little one though not so big and loud as yours and we still have that bell too. Nice memories!
Moon- wow going months without my DH would be hard for me (maybe not for him) ha! Glad he is coming home this weekend especially since you just had surgery and could use his loving care:-)))
Last night for dinner I had a smoked salmon fettuchinni which was not good at all, it had such a strong flavor of smoke flavor even all through the pasta I don't usually send anything back but this was really bad. so ordered shrimp quesadilla which was really good. Sometimes the simple things are better.
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luv, for pulled pork I dry rub day before and chill overnight. I cook it for 15 to 20 people but method would adapt to crock pot as I cook it tightly covered with foil, low and slow with a little liquid (apple juice) to keep it moist and add flavor. I would just put the pork in the pot with about a 1/2 inch of juice and cook it till it falls apart.
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So I never made it to the beach yet today since deciding to have our friends over for dinner and was dying to experiment and use our personally picked blueberries to make a pie with spelt crust. Also used the spelt ina crumb topping. it smells great...hope it also tastes good!
Also made a salad so it will be ready, and cleaned off the deck and porch since these friends are neat freaks. I always wonder if they are uncomfortable in our house since we are not bothered by a bit of clutter...mainly reading materials. We are having teriyaki grilled chicken and of course corn on the cob and easy appetizers like cheese/crackers and salsa/chips, and an appetizer that DH saw made at traders that has a corn relish with crabmeat. i am leaving that masterpiece to him.
Gotta get to our association meeting now, and boy is it hard to type on my laptop when i am so used that little ipad! I keep hitting the screen to make corrections and am having a hard time negotiating the keyboard!!
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lacy12
I am with you on the clutter....we always have reading material, my crochet, something homey around and because we live in a condo,(no basement or garage) the deck ends up being my DH workshop. He loves to do carpenter work so we have a fold up table saw & a cabinet full of tools sitting out there.
But, I like you, serve a good meal & there is always lots of wine. To me that is more important than worrying about a bit of dust or clutter.
BTW made a batch of corn relish last week....have a great recipe for that one too...most of the work is in the chopping but relatively easy.
How do you like your Ipad? I have a Nook tablet but thinking about either an Apple or Asus (which has excellant reviews).
Debbie, I started using walnuts because I had them & pine nuts (no better) are so expensive.
My DH is away on a 4 day boat trip up the Trent Canal system..home tomorrow....long enough but Sassy and I are sleeping a lot. Those rads are a stinker but 11 more to go.
Isabelle, The Slapdash Cook
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The bell is pretty big...probably 18 inches across the bottom and it weighs 25-30 pounds. When struck more than just "very gently", it's LOUD!. It *is* going to stay in the family. Besides dinner, it has announced births, engagments, marriages...and deaths. When my father in law died, Chrissy (his only granddaughter) used the bell to strike the traditional "4 5s" in honor of him being a New York fireman. So Chrissy is a bell peeper too and also wants to make sure it stays in the family.
Food....
Pork chops are thawing. And...we ate lunch at a sandwich shop next to a "pan Asian" market....so I went in and got some miso. The pork calls for a mustard rub..I think I'll try the miso instead of the mustard.....It is an interesting and likable flavor.
The dog groomer just called...Frankie, #2 dog, is ready.... Sharon just fell asleep...so it's off to the dog groomer...
Eric
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that's sweet moonflower. I sometimes wish my hubby would go out of town. Actually he's off and running all the time, constantly working.
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LOL, I think that may be the only reason we are married so long, gonna be 39 years in October, LOL
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Home from San Francisco. We had a fantastic time! Ate at some fabulous restaurants. My BIL worked in San Francisco for a consulting job for bout six months and recommended a place in China town. We went, and it really was a dive! Tables were so close together, but people were lined up waiting outside in the cold to get in. The food was excellent! It should be on diners, dives and drive ins. This older man who was lone sat next to us, and we were talking to him. He was from someplace in Africa, but has lived all over the place because he s some kind of diplomat. Said he has been in San Francisco or about 12 years and really likes it because it's the most tolerant city he has ever lived in. He asked how we heard about the place, and then told s how he did. It was quite funny, he met someone in Beijing who told him about it. Then he was fishing in Colorado and a guy he was fishing with told him about it. And here he s, the one who lives in San Francisco. He was obviously a regular, the waitress knew him and asked him what he wanted. He just described what he felt like and they made it for him. Then he told us this funny story about the restaurant used to be only half the size and there was another Chinese restaurant next store which the owner bought and then expanded. When the two restaurants were next to each other, he said people would be lined up outside waiting for a table in the rain, but the restaurant next door would be empty! So it was finally sold to the place we ate at (Nan King). We asked him for a seafood recommendation on Fisherman's Wharf, and he recommended Scomas. They don't take reservations, so we went early. Everyone loved it, me, my DH and my DD. They had this fantastic price fixe menu for $40 (a great price for San Francisco!). We all had something different and shared everything. We had lobster bisque which was absolutely to die for, lobster salad, crab cake and water cress salad fr appetizers. Then we had ahi tuna over mashed potatoes with a tomato bruschetta on top and broccoli, halibut also over mashed potatoes and white beans and organic rainbow chard. And I ordered tbone lamb steak in the seafood restaurant. It was over polenta with sautéed spinach. It was all absolutely delicious. For dessert we had a brownie with walnuts and caramel sauce and coffee ice cream, strawberry cheesecake with a raspberry sauce, and tiramisu. We had a great glass of viogniere wine and coffee with dessert. And even with tax and tip, the whole bill was $175 for the three of us. I think I will be dreaming about that meal for a long time. And the Chinese we had at Nan King was the best Chinese I've ever had. I will post more later about some of the other wine and food we had and things we did. It was the best vacation ever!
Hope everyone is doing okay. I missed checking in here, but no wifi in our hotel room. It will take a while to go back and catch up with everyone, but I am looking forward to it! Hugs and love to all. Kay0 -
Wow sorry for that long post, but I really wanted to tell you all about he food there.
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Hi LoveToCook. I haven't been to SF since the mid 70s. We (family and I) were going to go there this summer...but got sidetracked.... Next year.
One of the places I'd like to go visit is the National Seashore at Pt. Reyes. There is a ship to shore radio station--from the days of morse code--still in operation there and I'd like to see it some day. I still hold the a radiotelegraph operator certificate from the Federal Communications Commission, so I could operate (or maintain) the station. It would be a fun few hours.
Dinner was the pork chops I had thawed. I took Apple's idea and tried miso.
I dipped thin pork chops in flour, then in an egg, milk, pepper and miso (2 eggs, a little bit of milk (probably an ounce), a bit of black pepper and 1 tablespoon of miso) mixture and finally breaded the chops in bread crumbs. I baked it for 10 minutes on a side at 400F degrees. The chops and some steamed vegetables made for a 30 minute meal.....
I think I got all the typos out of the text...JessieCat is reaching up and batting at my hands as I type.....
Eric
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Eric, not to worry about the typos...makes for great fun.....we all just need to enjoy a sense of humor....and anyway, you can blame it on your feline!
Kay, no apologies for that great post about the two marvelous restaurants you found. Yes, San Francisco is a magical place...makes me want to visit there again soon.
The spelt crusted and crumble topped blueberry pie was a hit...tho I think I might have enjoyed it even better w/o the ice cream my friend brought for it...get to find out tomorrow night!
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Wow, all the food sounds so Yummy. I am so jealous.
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I enjoy the funny typos.
I just didn't want to have 30 tablespoons of miso baking at 4000F degrees for 100 minutes or some such thing. :-)
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Eric......,and I might have done something like that when making my pie today without the gram/ounce calculator!
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Kay- Oh my what a fabulous meal you had! I heard about scomas but never had the pleasure of eating there what a great way to spend your vacation. I was born and raised in San Jose, Ca and took trips frequently to SF I just love it. On our next trip there I will be sure to try both places you mentioned. Can't wait to hear about the rest of it. do you have any pictures to share? Glad you had a great time.
Eric- lol!
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Yikes, just realized that I just passed my cancerversary... Not sure how I feel about that....
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Lacey, just think about what's already behind you. That helps.
So do we calculate a ocancerversary from the date of finding the Dcis, or the Surgery date finding of IDC? Just wondering.0 -
Moon, not sure what everyone else does but I am counting it from when I learned n my dx and the whole process began....a year packed with interventions, support, loss, and hope for the future. Think I'll sleep on that if the tamoxifen lets me...:/
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Hopefully I'm not suffering from foot in mouth disease..... I'd feel good to have a great many more cancerversaries....
I'm jealous. We were hoping to go to San Francisco this summer..but we got side tracked.... Nest year...
Eric
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I'm coming up on one year since I had the mammo that detected the first problem, but I didn't get my final dx until November, so I guess that would qualify as my cancerversary. I have to have another mammo when I get back from my visit to Florida. I might try to get another thermography done while in Florida this next week, but it's really short notice.
I'm not doing much cooking these days...had a salad with sliced chicken last night...not very creative.
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last night was marina party catered by a friend that has a portable smoker "his nickname is smokey" Great smoked brisket and barbecued chicken with all the fixings. YUM we had a contest at each dock on who came up with the best drink, I think our dock won...some blue carribean drink with rum and a coconut flavor.....I did not assist in making it...the men got their hands in it so who knows what was in it, but it was yummy. Lots of great music and lots of dancing the night away.
Kay sounds like a great time and great eats...would love to travel there some day.
Yay to cancerverseries!!
Eric I totally get it about your daughter, mine is like a ball of sunshine that lights up the room when she walks in.
Next weekend both kids coming for a visit...soooo excited.
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Isabelle, I am quite "attached" to my ipad...even tho it seems to have a mind of its own sometimes. I use it constantly.....but do need to get the "word" apps so I can use it to do writing then email it to my computer. Oh, and I very much dislike that there is no delete forward key which I rely on on my PC...an Apple fault! Michelle could probably give a more intelligent assessment of notepads since computers are her thing.
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Lacey,
Take a look at IAwriter instead of the far more expensive "word" app. I have been able to convert all the text documents into formats that my clients are able to read.
*susan*
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Kay, I enjoyed reading your post about your trip to SF. Some years ago DH and I visited SF on our way to the Hawaiian islands. We were walking around Chinatown and entered a restaurant that was quite nice and popular. With Chinese speaking people. None of the wait staff spoke English but were gracious and tried hard to help us make some food selections. I remember that the food was very good and, of course, completely unlike the food one encounters in Americanized "Chinese" restaurants. I know we ate some dumplings but that's about all I recollect. I'd love to go back there someday with a guide or interpreter!
It's hard to believe that next week is our last week here in MN. The day after Labor Day we'll drive a couple of hours to SD and visit some friends. Then embark on a series of family visits that will take us to Milwaukee, Chicago, and Indiana. Then home early in Oct.
Today we're checking in on the weather channel regularly with some anxiety about the path of Hurricane Isaac.
This afternoon I plan to cook southern style stewed chicken. I have a whole chicken I'll cut into pieces, season and dredge in flour, and brown in an electric skillet outdoors. Then I'll add chicken broth and simmer until the chicken is tender and a gravy has formed. I'm thinking I'll also add some carrots and maybe some frozen peas along with the liquid. When my mother cooked this dish for our family(minus the carrots and peas), she would cook up a big pot of white rice to spoon the gravy over. Mushrooms would be good, but I don't have any.
It's a gorgeous day here. Hope everyone is enjoying his or her Sunday.
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Carole... that chicken sounds delicious - I am going to try that next time I have a whole chicken. Have a wonderful trip back home... sounds like you will. gorgeous day here too.
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Carole- Is the hurricane going to hit where you live in LA? I know you are not there now but was wondering how your it was your way. Also I know Specialk lives in FL- Hope you are safe SpecialK! and anyone else who lives there
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My DH just arrived home from his 4 day boat trip. I have barbecued ribs in the slow cooker, potatoes to roast, Caeser salad ready to dress & a lemon meringue pie cooling on the rack.
Carberry, that marina party..what fun...I envy you the dancing. We love to dance & have only been out dancing once since this big C hit us.
Lovetocook, the SF trip must have been a blast...have never been there.
Carole...I could send you some mushrooms.
We have a condo on the Kalhoosahatchie River in Fort Myers...the last big storm destroyed a good part of the seawall. Our condo corp. is still pricing repairs to it and now Isaac.
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I had a super-easy dinner. A small can of large, white beans, drained and rinsed. A can of drained artichoke hearts, some cut up chicken meat, a little garlic, onion, parsley, oil and vinegar.
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We are having grilled chicken and asparagus w/ onions and mushrooms.
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