So...whats for dinner?
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I'm going to save that bread you posted, April. Thank you.
And, like Val, I'm going to do some chicken tonight. I got (yet another) recipe book, "Fresh Happy Tasty" and will try out one of chicken recipes from that. The book was on the bargain table at the bookstore for $3.99 and I couldn't resist. :-) I'm making the poached chicken atop some crushed potatoes. It doesn't look too difficult and, better yet, looks like it would "tolerate" a lot of modifications
Chi, for Lean Cuisine, I haven't figured out how the "cuisine" word applies. I think of it just like some of the kids' breakfast cereal advertisements where they show a table place setting with bowl of cereal, a glass of milk and some fruit, all while exclaiming, "Part of a nutritious breakfast"......when they really should be saying, "Alongside a nutritious breakfast".
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So, tonight made a meal of boneless, (6) skinless chicken thighs, (1 can in water) artichoke hearts, (2 large handfuls) fresh spinach, (1/4) red onion, (2 peeled and cubed) Yukon gold potatoes and (3 T) capers with juice of 1 lemon....it was delish along with fresh fruit. Yum!
Browned the thighs, then lightly sauteed the potatoes, spinach and onions...added artichokes, salt, pepper and garlic powder along with the juice of one lemon...put all in a casserole dish and cooked at 425 for about 35 or 40 minutes.
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Well, I just picked up where I left off on the thread, which was where I last posted....however, my last post was nowhere to be found. Another one eaten by the internet goblins! So it looks like I have been more absent than in reality.
ChiSandy, I really do hope that you can get some reassurance about your safety from your restoration experts. Your situation is scary, annoying, and a lot of work. More hugs...a previous one of mine is floating around cyberspace!
This weekend DH decided he just had to make paella, and that he did. It was a four day process. We had some good friends over to enjoy it last night. They brought some nice spanish wines. I made my faux french bread, a giant multi greens salad, put together a cheese and hummus plate for apps, and bought gelato for dessert to go with my pizzelles....the last of many dozen. The paella was really good, as was the dessert! Tonight DH could hardly wait to attack those leftovers! He has not made this in about four years. But I think he will be doing this more often, trying to perfect his recipe. And maybe he can get it down to two days!
So....early last week my PC doc prescribed me an inhaler in an effort to deal with this persistent coughing. It did not seem to help so much and the warning sheet suggested it could cause thrush, which made me turn off to it altogether.
She also recommended I get a chest xray. I finally did on Friday, after a busy week, and she called me about an hour later to say that there is a suspicious area...my term....in my left upper lung area. Of course without a definitive dx, I worry about bc cells nestling there. So in the end, I need a CT scan this week, and she will then refer me to a pulmonologist. Was not really looking to add to my doc list.
Oh well. Please send positive energy this way that it is just a persistent pneumonia which can get medicated out of my system. 
Here's hoping that this will post, somI do,not,appear to be totally AWOL!
Crazy vicissitudes in weather patterns. I do hope all of,you in the ice storms areas are safe and keeping warm.
Yes, soup is the order of the day around here, tho last week we made it into the 50s. I mad a big batch of Amelia's chicken pastina soup, which we will have a lot this week. Tomorrow is Celtics' game, so we may well eat out before game.
Oh, here is a bit of food porn interest to this boring post....DH and his pride and joy! LOL
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Well, I just picked up where I left off on the thread, which was where I last posted....however, my last post was nowhere to be found. Another one eaten by the internet goblins! So it looks like I have been more absent than in reality.
ChiSandy, I really do hope that you can get some reassurance about your safety from your restoration experts. Your situation is scary, annoying, and a lot of work. More hugs...a previous one of mine is floating around cyberspace!
This weekend DH decided he just had to make paella, and that he did. It was a four day process. We had some good friends over to enjoy it last night. They brought some nice spanish wines. I made my faux french bread, a giant multi greens salad, put together a cheese and hummus plate for apps, and bought gelato for dessert to go with my pizzelles....the last of many dozen. The paella was really good, as was the dessert! Tonight DH could hardly wait to attack those leftovers! He has not made this in about four years. But I think he will be doing this more often, trying to perfect his recipe. And maybe he can get it down to two days!
So....early last week my PC doc prescribed me an inhaler in an effort to deal with this persistent coughing. It did not seem to help so much and the warning sheet suggested it could cause thrush, which made me turn off to it altogether.
She also recommended I get a chest xray. I finally did on Friday, after a busy week, and she called me about an hour later to say that there is a suspicious area...my term....in my left upper lung area. Of course without a definitive dx, I worry about bc cells nestling there. So in the end, I need a CT scan this week, and she will then refer me to a pulmonologist. Was not really looking to add to my doc list.
Oh well. Please send positive energy this way that it is just a persistent pneumonia which can get medicated out of my system. Here's hoping that this will post, somI do,not,appear to be totally AWOL!
Crazy vicissitudes in weather patterns. I do hope all of,you in the ice storms areas are safe and keeping warm.
Yes, soup is the order of the day around here, tho last week we made it into the 50s. I mad a big batch of Amelia's chicken pastina soup, which we will have a lot this week. Tomorrow is Celtics' game, so we may well eat out before game.
Oh, here is a bit of food porn interest to this boring post....DH and his pride and joy! LOL
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Lacey, most definitely sending lots of positive thoughts your way. This is surely a leftover from your respiratory illness. One of our friends who had the virus is now fighting pneumonia. This crap is awful. Hoping yours can be resolved with some good meds.
Beautiful dish Bob!
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Oh Lacey - the food porn is great, along with the chef. I sure hope the CT shows residual pneumonia. Wouldn't that sound funny in the "real" world, to wish someone has pneumonia!!! Only folks on this thread would understand. Sending energy, keeping fingers crossed. Please update us.
Hammer - your chicken dish does sound delish - and not too difficult.
Eric - I poach chicken a lot in the microwave with wine or water or other liquids. I like the idea of putting it on top of mashed potatoes.
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Hugs right back atcha, Lacey. Hoping it’s “only” pneumonia. Wise to d.c. that steroid inhaler, but a bronchodilator rescue inhaler (e.g., Ventolin) might not be a bad idea if you’re wheezing (and it wouldn’t cause thrush because it’s not an immunosuppressant).
Went to Cellars last night for the first time since New Year’s Eve (when Bob left the dinner midway through, feeling rotten with what turned out to have been pneumonia). We had excellent gumbo and fish & chips with slaw. (Sometimes a gal just has to give in to a deep-fry craving). I subbed out green beans for the fries, and left half the fish over to take home for Gordy, who was busy writing for his shows. Today I had one double-yolk fried egg and half a croissant for breakfast. Later this afternoon I went to Metropolis Coffee after returning from the funeral & burial of the “Rebbetzin Emeritus” (wife of the older of our two Rabbis Emeritus—she was 102, and died on her birthday; her husband is 101). I was bummed out about not being able to find a parking space in the temple lot for the shiva minyan (had to pay to park at the highrise next door for the funeral), so I had a cappuccino and a slice of chocolate cream pie (please don’t judge). It certainly filled me up—might just nuke some wings, or palak paneer & lentils over basmati rice, for a late dinner. (I have a mani-pedi coming up Wed. so I don’t mind getting my nails stained orange from the wings).
I did have to pick up a few things at Whole Foods last night after dinner, because there’s dust in the cupboards and on some of the packages, bottles & cans, especially the open ones. So I will have to trash everything that’s not sealed and can’t be thoroughly washed off. Had to get some coffee filters too because those packages were also open. I have some packages of food out on the table, countertops and butcher block island, which have all been cleaned. Buying only the bare minimum because I don’t have a timetable yet about when reconstruction will begin, what expenses insurance will cover (biting the bullet and filing a claim), or how long it will take. Our vet says it’ll be okay to keep the cats upstairs in our closed bedroom; if it’s only for a few days we’ll go to a nearby hotel (and Uber it back here to our cars rather than pay for valet parking). If it’s for a week or more, Bob has decided we should take another vacation and let our housekeeper check in on the cats (as long as all their food, water and litterboxes are upstairs they’ll be fine—our bedroom’s in the front of the house, whereas the kitchen is downstairs and in the back). If Gordy insists on staying here (in his upstairs bedroom & attic instead of the den off the kitchen), we’re fine with his eating all his meals out. He can even sleep in our room, with the big-screen TV, better TiVO, and Blu-Ray, and play with the cats. We will insist, though, on more than one HEPA filter—two downstairs and one upstairs.
Good thing tomorrow is a holiday: we’re in for an early-morning ice storm. Bob can sleep in, and our housekeeper’s off. Nobody’s going anywhere (driving or walking) till the ice melts, probably by noon. (It’ll turn to rain about 9 am). Our garbage disposal seems to be broken, but I’ll deal with it later—I grew up without one (they were illegal in NYC and Seattle), in fact never even having one till we bought this house in 1987. I’m okay with scraping plates into the garbage can before rinsing, like I’ve done for over half my life. Heck, we didn’t even have a dishwasher till 1987 either!
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So you’re not gonna believe this. The aforementioned garbage disposal was, even though empty, rattling loudly--sounding like a machine gun going off. Turned it off, ran water through several times—still making that awful din. Turned it off, shined a flashlight in, and saw nothing out of the ordinary (I am paranoid about utensils in that half of my twin sink). Felt around, nothing out of the ordinary. (I am one stupid but lucky lady—didn’t know I should’ve unplugged it, not just turned it off. I know now, and still have all my fingers).
So I went online, and a poster on one forum suggested that something might be stuck anyway—so on a hunch she poured in a cupful of ice cubes and let ‘er rip, and suddenly the noise was gone. I tried it, and whaddaya know…it’s purring like a kitten now!
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Beautiful paella. Compliments to your Dh, Lacey.
We had meatloaf and cauliflower mash last night. Dh had a yen for meatloaf, a big one with leftovers for sandwiches. He also suggested the cauliflower.
Today is Monday, traditionally beans day here. He's cooking red beans with a ham bone.
I used to cook fried chicken but haven't for many years. Yesterday I watched an infomercial selling an air fryer appliance. One of the foods was fried chicken. The fryer was a large bulky shape. One of my brothers has a similar appliance and likes using it for French fries. He also bought a pressure cooker he likes because it can be programmed to cook a specific food with buttons.
Another shorts day here. Sun is shining
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Mmmmm, paella! When I divorced my first husband, one thing I did not grab when I moved out was my paella pan and I regret it every summer when I try to make paella on the grill. That one worked great. I am still perfecting my recipe and change it frequently.
What kind of rice does he use Lacey? So many different thoughts on which rice to use...
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Lacey- so , though most would hate this...wishing an easy time of pneumonia on you
and, that is "all" it is. PLEASE keep us posted....sending many healing mercies your way and HUGS!Wow, Bob has made a masterpiece!
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Lacey love the food porn. The paella looks wondertful. I too wonder about the rice. What a life us BC women lead, hoping for pneumonia. Sending gentle hugs your way.
The meatloaf sound delightful. Last night was roasted pork loin, brussel sprouts and green beans. I mixed pineapples and pears with balsamic vinegar for a sauce. I roasted them the last 10 minutes on the baking pan.
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Val - that pear & pineapple sauce for pork loin sounds delightful. Did you use crushed pineapple & put it through a food processor or use pineapple rings & pear slices?
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MinusTwo I used pineapple slices and pear halves. With a little juice from both just slightly mashed with a fork. Drizzled with the vinegar for some savory flavor and put on top of loin last 10-15 minutes of cooking. when slicing, I mixed it with any juices. Turned out tasty.
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Will pan-sear salmon (WF had a special on sockeye filets, but since they were previously frozen I must cook mine rather than re-freeze it). Will accompany it with whatever is nukable in the crisper. (Or if there are any frozen veggies on hand).
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So that’s what I did. Pan-seared the chinook salmon with a little salt, pepper, ginger & ponzu—used an old Circulon grill pan I dug up. Sauteed mini bell-peppers with a little olive oil & sea salt, as well as broccolini with lemon, roasted garlic and orange sea salt. (Would've added red pepper flakes, but the $%^&* plaster-demolition-dust got inside my spice cabinet as well. Will wait till all the project is completed before cleaning out the cabinets and separating that which can be safely washed off and used from that "what's gotta go."
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First of all, many thanks for your kind support and "pneumonia wishes". I appreciate that so much! Tried to move my Friday CT scan to an earluer day but no cancellations yet. Will keep calling...
DH was thrilled at your food porn accolades.
He actually has not stopped obsessing on how he might make the same dish in a different manner next time. And April, his plan for this summer is to make it on the grill! So I''m glad to learn that it works well doing that. Please share any related tips if you recall any. In terms of rice choice, he used a short- grain rice that came in a gift with a paella pan (the one that is about to be relegated to the lake house for grilling paella). There was no clear name of rice type on the rice sack other than Valencia, but we figure it was a bomba? Is arborio another short-grain rice choice?Went to Celtics tonight and given the holiday, and the fact that the Bruins played earlier in the day, the area around the spirts venue was mobbed, so every restaurant (or I should say, sports bar) was overcrowded. We finally found one...more divey...that actually had some free tables, so, desperate, we went in. I tend to be an OCD skeeve, so I was really nervous about eating food there....but hunger won out, and I had a turkey club, which had a lot of finger imprints on the toasted bread, but I overlooked that and thoroughly enjoyed the huge mound of perfectly done long thin french fries. OMG! I do not think I even had a ff last year so boy, did I love that indulgence! And so far late tonight, neither of us has food poisoning. I've decided that going to Celtics games has contributed to our weight gain since we eat out at not terribly healthful spots and then often get popcorn at game. Oh well.....I do have to get a better grip on my weight.
On a sad note... today I had a call from a neighbor who is also a social work colleague, asking for suggestions about our church for a memorial venue for her husband, WHO JUST SUDDENLY DIED! I picked myself up from the floor at that. This is the second friend/ colleague of mine (from a former small clinical skupervision group we were in for years) whose husband died suddenly in the past five months. Both men were my age, and in generally good health. This friend/colleague used to attend our church when our kids were growing up, but has not gone in several years, so wondered if this might be an option since her DH did not also attend. He was just a good human being. Believe me, at Unitarian churches most needs will be met. So, as it turns out, while we were on the phone, her youngest son had found his way into the church by a propped door, and found our young minister who is a wonderfully intelligent and compassionate gal. He told her about his father's death and his mother's need. Our minister is going to meet with them tomorrow morning to begin the process of setting up a memorial service for him. I spoke with our minister briefly later today to say how happy I was that she was able to respond to this family so immediiately, and she said it was "divine providence" that the son found her, because she was not working today, but stopped in her office to have a quick meeting with our caring crew, thus was there to be found. I'm relieved for my friend, and happy that her husband who I have also known for decades and who was a very wonderful clinical psychologist, will have a fitting memorial service for all who will grieve his loss. This last third of life is really challenging with so many losses.
Tomorrow night we'll probably have baked chicken breast, brussels sprouts and salad. Maybe I'll make some more faux french bread.
Wednesday, back downtown for divey food before another game.
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Lacey - so sorry about yet another death but glad that things worked out with your young minister. Also sorry you have to wait until Friday for the CT. I hope you can convince the radiologist to tell you something so you don't have to wait over the weekend for a doc to call.
Lunch was my leftover 'winter' salad. I took a piece of leftover already cooked centercut pork loin from the freezer yesterday. Tonight was a delicious sliced pork sandwich on toasted Rosemary/Olive Oil bread. Coleslaw on the side and the last of the chocolate cake for dessert.
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Dinner tonight is another lazy way out: instant pho and the rest of the hot wings in the freezer (I get a mani-pedi tomorrow so I can wreck my nails with impunity). Washing it down with Green Apple Perrier—tastes like hard cider without the buzz.
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Lacey- sorry you cannot move up the test AND about your friend's DH. You are so right...so many losses at this stage of life. Sending hugs your way.
Sandy- Still sending positive energy your way as you continue to slog through the water damage, etc. Thinking hard cider might be a good idea right about now.
Dinner tonight- grilled pork chops, roasted cauliflower, onion and zucchini and a tossed salad with homemade Italian dressing....working on lowering carbs and NO sugar. At least until this weekend....headed to Charleston to a James Beard Foundation dinner on Saturday night. Friday night we will be having dinner at The Ordinary in Charleston as well. If you are ever visiting the Charleston area The Ordinary is a must as well as The Obstinate Daughter (OD) on Sullivan's Island. Yes, there are SO many great places to eat but these are 2 GEMS!
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HH, you’re far more disciplined than I. I am craving yeast-raised cream-filled chocolate frosted donuts right now. Thank heaven the nearest Krispy Kreme is 45 miles south of here in Homewood. Might indulge my sweet tooth with some almond-milk chocolate pudding.
The water in the kitchen ceiling was removed during the demolition of the leaking portion, and after 72 hrs. of two roaring fans blasting air into polyethlyene tubes (sort of reminiscent of those “air people” you see outside car dealerships during clearance sales) attached to the tarp covering the hole, a giant HEPA filter downstairs and two humongous dehumidifiers upstairs and down, plus another fan in the bathroom, everything was bone dry. There was never more on the kitchen floor than a few strategically placed containers could handle. (And by the time we discovered the leak from the tank-to-throne bolts on the toilet, most of the upstairs water had already sought its own level and we were able to dry off the tile and put down a mug atop a plastic bag and a towel until the plumber replaced the bolt & its gasket).
The estimator came today for the restoration phase, which will, thank goodness, be lath & plaster rather than drywall and far better sealed off during work. The remediation phase actually cost more than the restoration, but the insurance will also take into account food (including imported pastas, expensive condiments & the like) I had to discard because their packages had been opened and there was no way to ensure the dust hadn’t gotten in, repairing or replacing ruined small electric appliances, and any temporary lodging and meals during the couple of days or so we’ll have to spend off-premises for our safety during the second phase. (The vet says the cats will be safe confined to our bedroom upstairs and in the front of the house).
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The menu for tonight is salmon, broccoli, and romaine salad
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I like your menu Carole, and think I'll do the same. On my walk, I'll stop at the store and pick up some salmon.
Tomorrow I'll head over to have the CT Scan since there were no cancellations all week. Keeping fingers crossed. Ironically my cough is not nearly as bad as it has been over the past three plus months.
Last night we ended up eating Legal Seafood crabcake sandwiches at the Celtics' sports venue since we could not get a table at any of the restaurants nearby (no reservations taken). The sandwiches came with thick chips, which I ate most of! For all of the food pushing there, there is not a healthful low-cal option in that place at all! My plan had been to get salmon and veggies at a restaurant. Thus the salmon need tonight! I really must get my eating on a better keel. My eating french fries and then chips in one week is a new low! Trying harder....
Hi to all.....
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My cold is hitting my throat, hopefully not en route to my lungs. Not from the dust, since nobody else in the house seems to have it, and it came on the same way as my housekeeper’s strep.
Dinner tonight will be at Eataly (we have a gift certificate), at whichever of its sitdown restaurants has the shortest line. Then we’ll see a movie.
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Dinner was more leftovers. Pork loin sandwich. Royal Comice pears from Harry & David. Zucchini run through the spiralizer and nuked with garlic & butter. One madelaine for dessert. I might have to have one more later. Since tomorrow is garbage day, I also 'processed' two grapefruits so I could throw away the rinds. The sections & juice are waiting in the fridge for tomorrow's treat.
Lacey - hope the CT scan shows something totally innocuous.
Sandy - hope you're feeling better.
Eric - are you doing OK?
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In your pocket tomorrow Lacey.
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Me, too, Lacey.
Next Tuesday I'll be in ET's pocket...I'll be taking her to/from the angiogram and she's pretty worried. She's one of the family by choice and I'm concerned too.
Chi...strep...blah. Hopefully that can be quickly caught/arrested/killed. As for the asbestos/lead worries. Based on how well the restoration contractor is dealing with drying everything out, I'm sure they are satisfied that there isn't an issue. And, since the insurance company is paying, I'm sure the contractor wouldn't hesitate bringing up asbestos or lead remediation costs...more work, more money....
Oh, I forgot. I cooked the duck and it turned out well for a first time effort. I used my last jar of last year's batch of home made orange marmalade. Sharon liked it and so did I; especially the large amount of dark meat on the duck.
Sharon is wanting to use me to practice her explanation of how Avagadaro's number came about.
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Thanks for the reassurances, Eric. Congrats on the duck—that bird isn’t always kind to a dark-meat-roasting newbie (I once almost set my oven on fire roasting a goose). I must admit that when it comes to duck, I cheat and buy the Maple Farms precooked halves or leg confit.
Tonight Bob encountered some heavy traffic coming home on NB Lake Shore Drive—due to rain starting just about rush hour, so we got a later start than we’d planned. We Uber-ed it down to Eataly. En route, we decided that dinner was priority one, and that if we missed the movie we missed the movie. (I deliberately did not reserve tickets). We took a look around upstairs; there were really no lines, so we decided to try their casual Osteria (rather than the Verdure, Carne or Pesce rooms or the pasta, pizza, oyster, wine or salumi bars). We shared an antipasto of mixed salumi (prosciutto, salami, capicolla), Parm-Reg and Taleggio cheeses, and insanely wonderful dried apple chunks in honey, mustard seeds and red pepper flakes. (Sadly, they wouldn’t serve more of those as a dessert). We also split an order of linguine marinara with prawns. Bob’s main course was seafood (mussels, clams & calamari) in “acqua pazza” (“crazy water,” which is the charming Italian term for broth made with wine); mine was broiled wild red snapper with trumpet mushrooms, shaved brussels sprouts and green apple slices. Absolutely no room for dessert (having a cold’ll do that, and none of the choices appealed to me), so had an espresso macchiato and the cookie that came with it. We were getting sorta loopy from the wines, so Bob agreed we should save the movie for another day. So on the way out I bought three little custom-filled cannoli (one each chocolate chip, pistachio and trad. orange peel) in chocolate shells. Not the stuff of my Brooklyn childhood (never mind that wonderful little pastry shop in Taormina), but cannoli nonetheless.
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Hope you dont mind if I join you. Just a simple but tasty salad for dinner tonight. It is all you feel like when it's been a hot steamy day.
Diced roasted potatoes, roasted cherry tomatoes mixed with some baby salad leaves and herbs. The dressing was lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil and dijon mustard. Sprinkle over some crumbled marinated Danish fetta and serve with some grilled bread.
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Hi Freya. As they say, "Welcome to the kitchen." :-)
Hot and steamy day? Even here in Phoenix, Arizona desert it's cool right now.
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