So...whats for dinner?
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Susan - thank you for stopping by the table for a minute tonight. Sounds like you're still cooking up a storm. Olivia is such a cutie. We miss you but certainly understand why this little one has the upper hand. You are in our thoughts always!!!
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Happy Holidays to you all!
Eric, yes, there IS a recipe....please pm me when you are ready to make jelly/jam..will share the recipe.
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Hi Susan. I'm glad you posted here. Olivia is certainly a good reason to not be here. :-)
Merry Christmas
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Adding my very best wishes to all at our kitchen table for a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and all other reasons one may celebrate this time of year.
What a treat to see your post, Susan, and that adorable pic of sweet Olivia! She is a special baby!
Nance, that cake is soo beautiful!!
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner with neighbors next door tonight. I spent a lot of time today making salads, dressings, a large cheese tray with assorted nibbles like candied walnuts, olives.....and assembling cookie trays and tins.
My sister with giant dog in tow arrived shortly after the pouring rain stopped this afternoon, and DH kindly drove them to the nearest dog park for a good run since our backyard (of new grass) was a fragile swampland. DS2 had arrived earlier and we quickly exchanged some gifts before heading next door with our part of dinner.
My neighbor's stepmother brought her delicious shrimp from Kylers in New Bedford, MA.....best shrimp I have ever eaten! Dinner was beef tenderloin with horseradish sauce, a potato casserole I didn't try but looked yummy, my caesar salad and mixed greens salad with horseradish vinaigrette, a wonderful veggie stack with balsamic that was to die for, and cheese biscuits that were unique and flavorful....a really sumptuous meal. Desserts were chocolate layer cake, a fruit tarte, and assorted cookies. DS2 left early to get home to pack for his early flight to fiancée's family home in the AM. He usually stays here Christmas Eve overnite.
Tomorrow the three of us head to our friends' who were here at T-giving. I am only bringing a cheese platter. Yay!
Sadly, DH fell on some ice on our driveway when chasing giant dog who made a run for it when he opened the family room door to see if garage door was closed. It wasn't! Poor guy is sore....
I am happy to assemble a platter and do little else tomorrow for food prep. DH will make breakfast since that is his forte, and my sister is a breakfast appreciator
Again, Happy Holidays to all!
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Susan, so happy to hear from you. Olivia is a gem, no doubt. I don't blame you for focusing your energy there. We miss you much, but it seems you're always here in spirit.
Lacey, poor dh. You must try to keep him upright. Sounds like a whirlwind holiday for you, but at least you don't have to cook!
The kids and grand-dog have gone. Whew! I have cooked till I can cook no more! The roast beef tenderloin came out perfect, as did the Yorkshire puds. This is the first time they didn't immediately fall - they were a thing of beauty. The horseradish cream made with creme fraiche was awesome, roasted fingering potatoes with fresh herbs and garlic, haricots verts and waldorf salad completed last night's meal. Well, except for The Cake. Boy was that good.
Breakfast was a Nigella Lawson recipe for a breakfast casserole with sausage, croissants, eggs, cheese and cream. Just wow. We had assorted sweet breads, grapefruit and orange slices to go with it. Tonight's meal is at friends, so no more cooking for a while.
Tomorrow we go to move dad. He had requested that I bring him ham and beans and cornbread, so I will make that for him, although the pressure cooker will do most of that work.
Happy holidays to all!
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The zimt kuchen and the dog bone cookies. I pulled the kuchen out of the oven, went to get my cell phone camera and by the time I got back..... :-)
The cake pan is 9 inches. The bones are about 3 inches from end to end.
DD is watching Christmas Story and it's at the Aunt Clara (pink bunny suit) scene.
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Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah (no latkes or sufganyot yet--though Bob did have a fried knish yesterday). This was dessert last night at Butter (sorry, but I ate the chocolate amaretti and linzertorte star before remembering to photograph the cookies and spiked eggnog):
This morning at Tavern on the Green--first, cauliflower velouté with poached oyster:
Next, lobster risotto:
Chilean sea bass on quinoa pilaf:
Dessert: black cherry baked Alaska:
Bob in front of the Tavern tree:
Yours truly--in front of the tree and a selfie in the hotel room:
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(((Hugs))) to you Susan. We miss you , but I'd want to do exactly what you are doing. Olivia is a lovely child and you need to impress what memories you can into her brain. You 'd be surprised sometimes what the earliest memories are a child retains.
Nancy, your cake is beautiful
Eric, I love that you have resurrected a family tradition (twice).
Anxioiusly awaiting the restaurant reviews from ChiSandy, especially for her dinner at Butter.
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Jeez, guess I should make sure I am on the last page before I post....HAHAHAH
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Sandy...finally get a picture of you bigger than the tiny avatar picture. The food pictures are amazing. I've never been very good at the food presentation. I can manage, but nothing like the professionals can do.
That is a good looking cake Nance. I can bake a cake, but the my frosting and decoration efforts seem to be like the presentation....I can manage, but I'm not that great at it. DD is the one that can decorate a cake and make it look effortless.
When I make the zimt kuchen, I can close my eyes and see/hear my grandmother showing how to make it.
Today. Zimt kuchen, sourdough rolls, pumpkin pie, cream cheese pie, fried turkey, standing rib roast plus the "dressing", potatoes au gratin and the sour cream-orange slice-crushed pineapple salad. MIL brought the sausage stuffing, and green bean casserole. The oven was pretty busy most of the day. I was pleased when, even with one oven, everything finished within about 10 minutes of my expectations, so nothing had to be kept warm
I am still envious of my mom's kitchen in the house where I grew up. She had at least 4 times the counter space that I have and three ovens... :-) And unlike happens with some large kitchens, I don't remember mom having to move around a lot to "get it done".
Olivia..."I've got a smile...and I'm not afraid to use it..." :-)
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Sandy, great pics!
Eric, I am not a good cake baker. Breads, pies and pastries are more my thing. But oh how I love cake. This cake proved to be an exception to my lack of skill. It was moist with a tender crumb. I wish my grandmother's had shown me how to make things.
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Susan, glad to hear from you. Olivia is adorable, no wonder you are with her as much as possible.
Eric, thats soinds like a great tradition.
Redhead, I ve done that too. LOL
Loved the pictures Sandy, good looking food.
Lacey, that sounds like an amazing meal.
Nan, that cake looked so great!
We had the ham, corn, rolls, i made. My DD1 brought brussels sprouts and bacon( and even the veggie hating DS1 ate them. So did DS2, who dislikes most veggies ate them too! Must have been a miraculous recipe!LOL) and green beans. My DD2 family couldn't make it. They all came down with the ickies. And they didnt want it to spread. But, since my DH sat for them on Saturday, im not hopeful we'll escape it for long. LOL
Thank you all for being around this table when needed. Much love to all, and Happy Holidays.
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Beautiful food photos, Sandy.
Gorgeous cake, Nance.
Susan's post was a special Christmas treat.
Our 7-yr-old Olivia had a happy Christmas. She is such a good child.
Your family Christmas sounds so nice, Moon. Yours, too, Eric.
Wishing us all a healthy 2017
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Using the leftover chicken from last night. What I am going to make with it, I haven't decided yet
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Dinner last night was a tepid greasy latke from Manny's at Midway Airport, bought on the run between gates and eaten on the flight to DCA. At least it was authentic for Hanukkah, right down to the applesauce. We killed an insane amt of time at LGA due to a combo of anal-retentiveness and weather delays, but even 30 seconds at LGA is an insane amount of time. I believe that place is Hell without the flames. (At least Terminal B is). The monitors kept telling us our flight to Midway was "delayed," gate B5, and the weather in Chicago "93F." (WTF)??? We were supposed to leave at 3:55: got a text saying "4:30, gate 5B." At 4:30, people started lining up.....for KC! Just then came the gate-switch announcement. We didn't take off till 5:40. Bob & I shared a pork-and-broccoli-rabe sub.Barely made my next flight.
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Last night we had warmed up (highly seasoned) pork roast and cauliflower mash. Very tasty meal. Also some buttered and warmed slices of leftover oversized dinner rolls.
Tonight's dinner will chicken thighs prepared with preserved lemon 🍋. One side will be salad
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Last night's supper was grilled tri-tip roast, baked potatoes and a salad of arugula and other veggies. Delish! Tonight will be beef stroganoff ( from left over roast) over rice with roasted Brussells and the rest of the salad. Thinking we will invite my mom as she LOVES stroganoff.
Wondering if the rice is a more southern approach instead of egg noodles...what do you prefer?
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Happy hammer, I could eat it either way, but bet the rice is a southern adaptation(for stroganoff) I love rice with any kind of gravy.
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LGA...is one of those places that requires lots of patience. How's that for a diplomatic euphemism? :-)
We had a late lunch yesterday, so dinner was skipped.
I need to go pick up a heavy duty cleaver that I took to a knife shop to be professionally sharpened. It is about 3 inches wide, almost an inch thick and the edge is just over 12 inches long. If I had to guess, it was made from a heavy truck spring. My parents were in China soon after WW2, and I'm guessing that is where and when the knife was made.
I made a smaller version in high school from a pickup truck spring. The metal work was done in the metal shop and the wood handles were made in the wood shop. I still use the knife.
A kid of today wanting to make a knife in high school would probably be expelled from school and brought up on charges...if metal or wood shops still exist.....sigh.....
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Last night we finished up the kale soup with a salad and crusty bread with brie cheese. It was a quick dinner as I had just returned from the eye doc (with very blurry vision!) and we needed to get going to the Celtics game, with no idea how bad the traffic would be. Then I drove into Boston with my 'large pupils', and tolerated all the bright car lights. Fortunately, the Garden's lights were not bothersome....and by the time we drove home, my eyes were almost back to normal. Oh, and the Celts pulled off a good win!
Eye doc story.....we are very fond of our eye doc, a 50ish woman who we have seen for probably 12 years. She had cancer treatment twice in that time, and has sometimes looked frail to me. Last year at this time, she announced that she would be adding another doc to her practice. He'd covered for one of her medical LOAs in the past. She would only be following a small number of patients and doing no more cataract surgeries. I had seen her new partner a couple of years ago for a small vision crisis and he is fine, but we really hoped we could stay with her since she is wonderful and we have a good relationship despite her 'infrequent specialist' role. I also worried that she might be losing her battle with the cancer. So....I prepared myself for the switch to the new doc (a nice man, but much less personable), and while having my vision checked with the staff person, I asked how my 'former' doc was doing. The woman cheerfully said...."Oh she's doing well...you'll see her shortly". Well, sure enough, she came right in and I was so pleased. We had a great visit assessing my timing for cataract surgery, (which I continue to out off as long as possible)and the various options that exist now for intraocular lenses, as well as looking carefully at my overall eye and general health. I should probably mention that my wimpy ness about switching eye docs has to do with my recent experience of losing several excellent providers to "moves" for professional advancement reasons. I will be following my MO to Dana Farber since she gave me that option when she announced her change a few months ago. Sadly my wonderful surgeon has moved on to become head of another system, and RO moved out of state to head up a program... Guess I have had too many really competent women docs who, fortunately for them, have advanced in their fields. But at least I can keep my eye doc for now....and she was looking healthy. Yay for her! Cutting back has probably been helpful for her health.
Back to food.... Tonight I'm making baked salmon, (which we picked up during our walk this afternoon) accompanied by my typical salad (or maybe caesar), butternut squash, and crusty bread.
I need to get rid of all the cookies in the house. My sister is quite the baker and we have been gnashing on way too many of hers and mine for the past four days. We sent her home with a lot, but still have too many.
Then DS1 and DDIL1 sent us an amazing wooden tray of a vast assortment of dried fruits and nuts. Another calorie laden treat! We brought it to every house we visited over the weekend to "share the wealth".
Actually I'll send a pic of it....DH bought us a Roomba for our Christmas present.....got this bee in his bonnet...so now "Rhonda"is roaming around happily collecting dog hair. "She" is kind of like having an electronic pet. He is totally thrilled with her and I think it is a riot! Gotta lift my feet now....
Battening down the hatches for a nor'easter....some of you may have already had the snow.
Good soup making weather!
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The dried fruit and nut assortment...
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Wow Lacey, that's beautiful!
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Wow Lacey, that's beautiful! My latest addiction is dried mangoes, that assortment would be dangerous!
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Lacey- we are in the same boat- way to many goodies and only 2 of us here. I have really sworn off sweets since the BC diagnosis. Hubby doesn't need any of it either but he has tried to do his best to take care of it for me...haha. Anyway, boxing it up tomorrow and taking it to a local shelter- hoping they can enjoy it! HOWEVER, your dried fruit and nut tray looks divine!!!!
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Nance, funny that you should mention mangoes. When I was first introduced to them many years ago, I was captivated by their luscious texture and wonderful flavor, so I happily ate them...often. Then on a vacation in Mexico I ate one and blew up like a balloon requiring emergency medical support. Seems I surpassed my allergic threshold (rain barrell theory) to that food. I am also allergic to cashews which I later learned are somehow "related" to mangoes. Odd. Fortunately, our dried fruit tray includes very few mangoes.
Our dinner of baked teriyaki salmon, caesar salad, and roasted rounds of butternut squash with a drizzle of maple syrup, and garlic bread, was really tasty. We ate while listening to Rhonda vacuuming most of the rooms downstairs. DH is obsessed with this little robotette! Wondering if you still like yours, Bedo? I can see how useful it would be for cat or shedding dog owners.
I totally gave in and ate some cookies and fudge after dinner. Chocolate walnut fudge is my guilty pleasure.
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lacey - can I mail you my extra walnut fudge? It is just sitting there tempting me too! The recipe I used makes five pounds because I was building holiday plates with a friend, but she didn't take as much fudge as I had hoped she would - so I have way more than our foursome could handle over the holiday! Maybe I should go to the craft store and get some candy boxes and pack it up and give it away... or open a fudge stand on the corner....
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Special- My mom would make fudge with walnuts and freeze it. We still talk about how one of us children would have to go to the basement and get "just 4 pieces"- one for each of us. Nevermind how many times that might happen in a day, haha. However, the fudge did great in the freezer. Just an idea.
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happy - just 4 pieces - how cute is that? Thanks for the suggestion, I had thought about freezing, and assumed it would do well. But because I am also following the just 4 pieces rule - but they are all for me - I just really need to get it out of my house! I can mail you just 4 pieces too!
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Haha, Special.....I neglected to mention that I also have a huge amount of fudge I made....and even halved the recipe this year! So, I will need to decline to accept your kind offer.....but will take up Happy's suggestion and pop the rest of mine in the freezer. Never even thought of that! Thanks for the idea! At least those yummy creamy squares won't be staring at me all day....;).
I have a feeling, Special, if you were to set up a little "fudge corner stand" it wouldn't last too long! And then, there's always the freezer!
Dinner might be turkey breast cutlets that I found in the freezer....nowthawing in fridge. I say "might" because the package has been in freezer for well over a year and I need to assess its quality. I am the worst freezer user, resulting in wasted food.....so I usually buy fresh meats/fish for immediate prep...which will happen today if the cutlets are "off". Hope not.....
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I try to put a date on stuff that I put into the freezer...and try to put the new stuff toward the back of the freezer, so that it gets used up in a reasonable amount of time.
Even with all that work, I still sometimes find some dinosaur meat in there....
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