So...whats for dinner?
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Skirt steak and broccoli stir fry with soba noodles. Missing some ingredients like fresh ginger.
My new goal is to use up stuff in the pantry.
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We are having spaghetti with meat sauce and a green salad. I haven't started it yet and it's 730 so it won't simmer long. DH is at the gym, DD still at work and I am out feeding my friend's cats
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Oh dear... he lost her at the Friendly Toast.
Red, that is quite the menu! What is a fried apple like?
Lunch today was steamed smoked roasted salmon with some pasta. Dinner was Pasta e Fagioli soup which I made with turkey stock. Tomorrow, I have my monthly oncologist meeting, and then we are headed to Sarma for dinner. Then Saturday will be a What is For Dinner group, and Sunday we eat with my high school friend [barring a hurricane.] Three restaurant meals in four days which is unheard of around here! Tuesday is colonoscopy day for Mr. 02143. Ugh.... and of course, I need to drive him to the procedure out in the 'burbs. And listen to him whine about the prep. Yea, total first world problem.
*susan*
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Yes, Susan, enjoy the visits and I'm glad the doctor visit went well. :-) You, too, Minus..on the visit enjoyment.
And, welcome back home Carol...I don't know how folks managed (here, or there) before the invention of air conditioning.
I have been watching the storms as I've been on call this month. I'm supposedly off call in a few hours, but in any event, I hope the storm doesn't do much...while it's exciting to go somewhere and do what I do, the excitement is tempered by the reason for being there.
I always find the friends discussions interesting....I used to be a social butterfly...until Mickey got sick and the supposed friends disappeared and my standards for friends became almost impossibly high....I guess my social butterfly turned back into a caterpillar. I don't have many friends, but the ones I do have are *VERY, VERY* close...
Dinner tonight is leftovers..or more properly, pre-cooked dinners.. This weekend, I did a roast pork recipe from my mom's probably 150 year old family cookbook and the Jasmine Rice chicken dish. Sharon did a southwest chicken dish and chili mac & cheese...
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Eric, that is such a good idea to cook extra meals on weekends so you and your family can have home-cooked food during the week when you and Sharon are very busy.
Last night's beef, broccoli and soba noodles dish was very good. I made a big potful so there are leftovers. I really, really like soba noodles. Thank you, Nance, for recommending them a year or two ago.
Eric's mention of his Jasmine rice chicken dish struck a memory chord. I may make that tonight. Only food left in the freezer are fish fillets and 8 oz ground chuck.
Luv, the chest freezer isn't even plugged in. You would have a nervous breakdown!
When time permits, I plan to inventory the pantry (since freezer can be inventoried with a quick glance!) and start cooking meals to use up what has already been purchased.
Driving the length of MS on Tues., I listened to NPR talk radio. One segment featured an Intellectual Property attorney who answered people's call in questions on copyright and trademark. According to her, recipes cannot be copyrighted because a list of ingredients is in the public domaine. People have a right to cook any list of ingredients to feed themselves. The only parts of a recipe book that are copyrighted are the personal touches. Photos, anecdotes. It wasn't clear to me whether the recipe instructions are copyrighted. I'll have to look that up. But it seems that we wouldn't be plagiarizing to give the ingredients in any recipe.
The attorney said that Grandma's special recipe for whatever cannot be copyrighted.
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Carole, so glad you love soba noodles, I love them too. So much in fact, that any time they're mentioned I start craving them. Interesting about the copyrights.
But tonight is chicken and sausage gumbo. I'll cook some shrimp separately to add to mine. I'll use the jarred roux that I bought. Can't wait to try it. My last loaf of French bread will be the only accompaniment, besides rice of course.
The free range chickens that I bought from the Amish are out of this world. They are so flavorful and juicy--well worth the somewhat (in my opinion) exorbitant price of $2.30 per pound. I've ordered two more for October then I'll have to wait until spring to order again since he only butchers about 8 times a year. The Berkshire pork arrives in March so I have the winter to clear out the freezer. It will probably take that long.
I was so happy to see that my Thai basil, which is in full bloom, was covered with honey bees, the first I've seen all year. I've made a garden note to plant some Thai basil in the main garden next year. It's time for pho!
Susan, it's wonderful that you found a doctor you like so much. That's no mean feat. My new doc and I are still getting acquainted. I miss my old doc a lot. We had a great relationship.
To everyone in the storm's path, stay safe! That includes you Eric, if that's where you find yourself.
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My beautiful herb bed gone wild:
To chilly this a.m. for bees
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Oh my yes Carole I would not have a non plugged in freezer lol. But then I've not been away for months. Yuck would be a freezer of food and power outage.
My stir fry turned out good too. Cleaned out bunches of dying vegies, turkey smoked sausage, spaghetti, lots of garlic, Parmesan. I have plenty for leftovers. May pick out softer pieces for DH or make the meatloaf - miracle it is 82 degrees. DH had his "root end surgery" - cleaned out the end of his root canal. Endo says junky stuff down there and something I think he called a canal that was extraneous. Filled it with bone graft. We stopped at Chik Fil A for milkshakes and ice. He sat in car while I went in to get his prescriptions here. Ate a chicken salad sandwich and is snoring now on the couch with bag of green peas (sound familiar?) on his jawbone.
Wow Nancy your herbs look very happy and healthy. Thai basil - spicy? I think I might like to make pho.
Susan, Bedo, Minus, Lacey, Eric (and your fellow disaster responders) anyone if they or loved ones are in this storm's path I'm praying for you. I get drifts they think it is going out to sea but one never knows until it's passed.
Good Golly Red. Just turn me loose there. Maybe not mush and tomato gravy lol but everything else sounds delish.
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Tomato gravy... One of the cheap dishes my mother cooked to feed our large family. She first made a roux. No, she first fried some bacon and then made a roux in the bacon grease. Added canned tomatoes from a jar if they were her canned tomatoes or from a can if they were bought. Simmered the gravy and cooked some white rice to spoon the gravy over. Two of my sisters still love this dish. My mother may have cooked onions in the roux, too. The gravy was cooked in a large iron skillet with high sides. I may just have to make it soon but with dry roux and bacon for the flavor.
Nance, the brand of dry roux I usually buy is Savoie's. Love your herb garden. So pretty.
I just went to a lot of trouble to find Eric's Chicken with Jasmine Rice dish. I had it listed in my documents but when I opened it, it was chicken with cream sauce. I don't have cilantro so I'll cook the chicken tomorrow. Tonight will be pork chops and baked sweet potatoes. Maybe a romaine salad with add ins.
I will be looking forward to a detailed description of food consumed by the What's For Dinner group that will include Minus. Wish we could all be there.
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Susan, fried apples are like apple slices that are put in a skillet with butter and cinnamon, sugar, and other spices and then "fried" until soft. , and the butter and sugar get sauce like... Maybe they are more like stewed apples. They are dark with cinnamon and would be really good with ham, or any roasted meat. Because they are so sweet, if I have them, that is my dessert.
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Susan...fried apples are awesome.... :;-)
For me, it's butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and granny Smith apple slices. A Dutch oven is my favorite cooking vessel for fried apples.
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Carole, Savoie is the brand I bought.
Forgot to mention, last night I made SpecialK's childhood dish, roast beef with potatoes, onions and gravy. It was very good. DH loved it.
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Back after my travels and managing the busyness of the return home.
We had a wonderful trip to Chicago and to the ND/UMASS football game. Our trip out on Thursday was a very long one. I'd forgotten that "Mercury was in retrograde" and our plane needed a battery replaced that was not available in the Providence airport. So we got started five hours later than planned....certainly less of a problem for us than for the tons of passengers who had to be rebooked to make connections to the west coast.
Then since we arrived in Chicago during rush hour my SIL (who was constantly texting me about when we would arrive) told us to take the train to our hotel area, which would have been fine except that I did the stupid human trick of trying to get my suitcase through the turn-style since the large handicapped gate was out of order....and it got caught, bent the metal walking handle, and required assistance from the local guards to extricate it and myself from the turnstyle! Oy!
Only a few more minor glitches and we arrived at our hotel to get ready for dinner with DB and SIL at a place called Tavern on Rush....basically an upscale steak place. I had a filet that was nicely done and much to my SIL's chagrin ordered lots of veggies. The sides are family style and she is a potato girl, so veggies were not her cup of tea, and she wanted me to eat potatoes so she would not be stuck eating all of them. Yikes! I resisted her attempts to sling them onto my plate. Ha! We did all enjoy sharing a delicious peach pie and large slice of carrot cake.
Friday morning DH and I took a nice long walk along the lake....so beautiful.....and stopped for coffee before heading to the train (again!:) to attend a Chicago Cubs game where we met up with DS2 and his DGF. It was fun to see another very old baseball park, and I was amazed to see so many people who got out of work early for a 1PM game! It was an important game, and the fans were excited, so the tone at the park was fun. DH ate a Polish hot dog that I could barely stand to look at, with all sorts of stuff on it that did not seem to "go" in my narrow little mind. He loved it. I had a Kind cranberry and nut bar.
Afterwards, we had planned to meet UP with DS2's friends from UMASS at the Handcock Tower and I executed my stupid human trick #2...left my driver's license at the hotel, so could not be admitted to the observation deck/bar (at the tender age of seventy!;) So we returned to our hotel and had a few appetizers at the UMASS "peprally" being held for folks who made the trip out. Then we went to dinner with DS2 to a great little italian restaurant that we'd passed several times on foot....Tri Soldi. DS2 had gnocchi and DH and I had salads and shared a very tasty mushroom pizza.
Saturday we took the train to South Bend with the rest of the UMASS folks on the excursion and after arriving at ND (with a large police parade escorting our buses to campus ...sort of funny! I can just imagine the tadoo when a "real" team comes to campus!) we spent lots of time trying to find DS2 and crew or DB and his crew tailgating. They ended up being within twenty yards of each other, but we missed DB who had gone off to connect with other classmates of his. Mercury retrograde was in full force that day!
But we did get to enjoy time with DS2 and DGF and some of their friends. The tailgating at ND is pretty elaborate.The game was at least initially competitive before ND did UMASS in. But I think we all expected it to be much more of a slaughter. We ended up being on the train with the parents of a UMASS player who hail from Hawaii and they were delightful.
On Sunday, DH and I took The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Tour which was educational and fun, especially with the beautiful weather pattern we enjoyed. Then off to the airport (we learned from our cab driver that Chicago has worked out a reasonable plan between the Uber and Taxi drivers...they can be both!), where we had salads and more pizza at an Italian restaurant whose name escapes me. But it was pretty good food for the airport.
Monday we got back to the gym and afterwards, picked up our favorite pre-made Greek Chicken and orzo dinner from Trader's, to go with the salad I made. Tuesday, DH was out, so I ended up eating practically nothing...some peanuts and some hummus, even though I planned to have kale and egg. I was busy getting materials ready for my K social skills class today.
Last night I decided to make a tagine chicken and eggplant dish, and as the recipe progressed and I cut into the eggplant, it was a brown no go. So I made the tagine with three fourths of the recipe...no complaints from DH. I would not repeat it.
Tonight DH grilled the balsamic and rosemary marinated chicken thighs I had prepared. They were good. Sides were farro, and a spinach and arugula salad with apples, cranberries and pecans.
I find myself thinking a lot about making soups since our temp has dipped to unpleasant numbers after we've enjoyed almost two months of great summer days and cool nights. So interesting how our culinary tastes can be dictated by weather!
Carole, Nance, and Red, glad you are all home safe and sound! And yes, that copyright (or non copyright) info is interesting!
Sorry for such a long post.....an internet connection in Chicago was high way robbery except for my Iphone and I cannot type on that thing!
Am hoping the "thread meal" this weekend is as good as the menu sounds! You can bet Susan will do a great report like she did for our Babbo visit.
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May have to look up Tri Soldi--I'm going to be in Chicago next weekend for an opera. (not commenting on the South Bend cuisine scene....though you're absolutely right about tailgating being as important as the game itself for a LOT of people)
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Oops, Queen, it's Tre Soldi on E. Ohio St, not Tri Soldi. I misspelled it.
When we arrived w/o a reservation there was a wait, and we were tired so considered not waiting, but a man who offered me his seat in their entry way was awaiting a take out order and said that he and his wife loved their food, recommending it highly. We stayed and were happy with the food and the service, and the manager was attentive to how satisfied the customers were.
If you are staying anywhere near it, I think it's worth a try. I was less crazy about DS2's gnocchi, but I am not a fan of gnocchi unless it plays just a support role with green veggies and/or meats on the plate. DS2 was very happy with it. Are you going to see The Marriage of Figaro? Enjoy!
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auntie - yay for the leftover roast beef dish! I am so glad you liked it - I use a liberal amount of pepper when I make it. It makes the house smell really good too!
lacey - the Cubs have our former Tampa Bay Rays manager, Joe Madden - and he has done so well with the team in his first year, very exciting for the Cubs! The team here has a new manager, Kevin Cash. I met Kevin's mom, who is lovely, at a little shop I like to stop in to near my hair salon on the other side of town, which is also conveniently close to Whole Foods - so yay!
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OK Tre Soldi-my husband and I have a joke-tradition about trying a new restaurant every time we go to Chicago. Maybe this will be it.. And we will be staying nearby. The opera this time is Cenerentola, though we'll be seeing The Marriage of Figaro in a couple of weeks.
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Hello, where is this dinner? Can I come? I have to be on "stand by" for my job. I work with a million linemen and welders. "I am a lineman for the county..." now I finally understand that song. 1,00,000,000 men in hard hats and jeans-not too shabby.
I saw my same time next year guy last weekend and we went to the graveyard in the full moon with blankets. He kept saying "We're going to get arrested" I kept telling him, "Don't worry, I'll tell them I'm a nurse, and you were hypothermic and I was trying to revive you. They never arrest nurses" Haha. They don't..
I have been eating Quahogs that my landlords dug up for three days now. And squid. And some John Dory fish and scallops. And the rest of the summer squash and cherry tomatoes which I roasted. I made a fall display with spray painted pumpkins.
And making terrariums out of gallon organic apple juice jugs and ball jars which I do every fall. Soon I will go into apple pie making mode. Apple pie with slices of cheddar cheese in it, apple pie with currants, apple pie with pears, apple pie in all combinations which I cleverly decorate with trimmed extra (store bought) crust to lo show what's in it.
I can't meet with me fiddle group anymore because it's on Wednesdays and too late so I am taking private lessons and playing Etudes Yes Susan You Were Right. It's not too bad but I have not played in different positions in ages. I want to find a local orchestra bad enough to want me.
I am sorry that I haven't responded to everyone. The Cat has been on antibiotics, which didn't stop his determined peeing by the tub, bladder relaxers and now "happy pills" in case he's anxious. I don't know what he has to be anxious about he doesn't do anything all day. And now I have the fancy litter box and 2 normal litter boxes all lined up against the bathtub so he can't pee there. He looked at me with his goofy Happy Pill face as if to say, "Aww, gee, Mom, you didn't have to do that for me, the floor was fine." I think it's just teaching him that that's a good place to pee but I'm not a veterinarian.
A friend from 4th grade called and is coming to visit and I'm going to visit one that I've known since 2d grade later this fall.
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What is the name of the restaurant where the What's For Dinner folks will be dining? If it has a website with menu, I'd like to look it up and salivate.
I am sipping a large cup of delicious latte I made with my nifty little expresso machine. After playing golf today, I was tempted to drive to P.J.'s Coffeehouse and get myself a large latte, but the thrifty person in me prevailed. Lunch was warmed up beef, broccoli and soba noodles. Very tasty.
I bought ???? Mexican parsley???? on the way home so can make Eric's chicken rice dish. CILANTRO! The word usually comes eventually. But I'm wondering, Eric, if I can turn it into a "hot dish." I actually have white jasmine rice in the pantry and will use it.
Lacey, it sounds like your trip was fun and interesting. DH is a Cubs fan. We went to a Cubs game in Chicago many years ago. I find baseball rather boring on tv, but enjoy being in a stadium and watching a game. The White Sox have a beautiful stadium. DH's family is split between loyalty to the Cubs and the Sox. We've been to a couple of Sox games in great seats thanks to a BIL who was a bigwig with the IL med. assoc.
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Bedo, I doubt that I can change the reservation at this late date, and you would have to "commit" to arriving and dining. What are the chances that we could meet for a drink nearby [around Arlington T station] after dinner? I don't think I can make it much earlier due to family commitments in the afternoon. If you absolutely know you can be at erbaluce at 7pm, I am willing to call and beg. But that has to be an absolute know. For a restaurant, five is hard number to fit since it requires an additional two-top. Let me know!
Our dinner last night at Sarma was delicious. I think there was a smidgen too much olive oil for my stomach. I gained a full pound, and was a bit tender stomach wise this morning. Funny how much more sensitive I am to oil quantities I have gotten in my old age. The new items last night that we ordered and loved was "little gem lettuce buttermilk tzatziki, fried haloumi, black eyed peas." It was not bib lettuce to start with. It was a whole head of baby romaine that had been split into three wedges. I have no idea what the dressing was, but many was it tasty! And the friend haloumi took the place of croutons. I traded half my lamb kofta slider for the third wedge of lettuce. We were both happy.
Tonight is a freezer item, a "darkly braised lamb" from Smoke and Pickles." It is sweeter than I usually like a braise to be, but we serve it over rice and the plain rice is a great foil.
*susan*
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Arghh Susan I can't commit, as I am on call for the storm.
Post pictures! And I can enjoy it that way. You, me and Lacey have met, so you can just pretend that I'm there
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Bedo, Any chance you want to try for a drink if you are in the city? Gathering for a drink can be wildly flexible..... which is a good thing for you with a storm coming. Let me know and I will research a place for us to enjoy. *susan*
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Bedo - how close do you have to be to be "on call"? And I'm sure there are some lovely Shirley Temple type drinks if you are able to go. Arggg is right. Bad, bad storm for timing.
Minus - I hope your plans are all coming together. Can't remember when you leave but wishes for safe travels and lovely adventures.
Tonight is leftovers tada. Stir fry, meatloaf and real mashed potatoes. I think I need some salad too. And perhaps an adult beverage, at least some wine. DH doing great though he looks like he has a plum in his lower jaw. No pain meds, eating, drinking. Still a bit of a hangover from the Halcion they gave in the office.
Susan - DD said she really liked the corn cakes with goat cheese and I think the lamb stuffed olives at Sarma.
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Minus is actually in Boston now, without internet. She had a chilly and wet day for her Boston tour.
Mr 02143 doesn't eat olives unless the Mediterranean Sea is within 50 miles, so I didn't order them. One order had about 10 of those olives and there is no way I can eat that many deep fried stuffed olives, though they looked marvelous. Hard to ask for a half order in a place that only serves small plates!
*susan*
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Susan - at least she made it in and double yuck on the weather. Gosh knows what the temp is in Houston, just checked 82. Summer and winter in less than a week. Olives are a rarity here though I do make occas. an olive appetizer with cheese, baked balls of cheesy goodness. Not really an olive aficionado though.
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Hubby brought home a veggie pizza
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OMG MOmmy you crack me up
Susan, I have to be within 2 miles of the plant, They would put me up in a hotel, but I live within 2 miles, so have cancelled my plans with my daughter.
I am sorry to miss this I was so hoping to meet minus two and see you all again.
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Hubby was a peach to me because he could tell by the way I was talking this afternoon while he was at work that I was coming down with a cold.
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You have a good Hubby
My guy is taking me skiing as soon as we have snow.
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bedo,
Oh that is disappointing. I didn't realize you had to be that close by. Text me if the "on call" is suspended and I will send you the name of someplace that we could meet after we finish dinner. Hope your services are not needed! I am rooting for "by pass New England" as the hurricane path.
*susan*
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