So...whats for dinner?
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Went to WF. Bought tequila (already had the limes & Cointreau) as well as dinner fixings: Frontera mole simmer sauce, which I mixed with the leftover chicken meat and heated on the stove and served over basmati rice & elotes; and chicken/salsa verde tamales. Flan (pre-made, more like creme caramel than Mexican style) for dessert.
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I helped the German boys make dinner. They might like to cook, but they aren't all that good at it! They left a path of destruction, and yet, were so happy to be eating food that was healthy and NOT Burger King. Tomorrow, I will take control of the potatoes. They made a mess of it tonight. The alpha male took pictures of their dinner and sent them to his mother! I mean, they are men who are still boys. They are off to the "clubs" whatever that means.
They took so much of the kitchen time, we didn't sit down to eat our pork noodle soup until about 9:30. Way too late. I really wasn't able to eat my bowl of soup. Mr. SMT finished every single drop. This "loss of appetite" is a really odd side effect. Even Dr. C mentioned the loss of weight, and she hardly looks at that!
So, I ended up not Cinco de Mayo-ing at all tonight.
*susan*
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Susan, Germans who can’t cook potatoes? Well, I guess there’s a first for everything. I’m Jewish and I’ve never tried to make kreplach or bake ruggelach—and my matzo balls either disintegrate or sink like anchors. Up in heaven, Mom must be shaking her head and saying “at least she can cook Italian & Chinese.” Never told her I can do Cajun and roll my own sushi.
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The German side of my family would have been horrified at the thought of not knowing how to cook potatoes. That is one of the first things my mom taught me when I was learning to cook
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The first thing my Mother taught us was to make waffles. After a few practice runs, we served them to her in bed on special days like Mother's day. We were allowed to put food coloring in them so the waffles were usually red or green or blue. Many years later, I taught my own son to make Green Eggs (& Ham).
Susan - you are so patient. I'm not sure I could stand all that messing in my kitchen. Is the doc worried about the weight loss or just noticing?0 -
Well, they bought the wrong potatoes and the bag didn't really state that they were creamers. They also made 1 pound of potatoes per PERSON! So there were three pounds of potato in the pan, and it simply wasn't big enough to cook properly. So instead of turning into crispy slices of goodness, they collapsed into a mashed potato kind of mess. Tonight I will show them how to steam the potatoes first, THEN quarter them to get those nice crispy bits that we all love so much. They are nice young men. Most of my guests don't ask to use the kitchen, so I am willing to be patient occasionally. :-)
*susan*
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Well tonight I am making mini steaks, salad and baked potatoes
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Welcome Charlie- too cute!
Sandy- glad you heard from the PA and hope the pain subsides and you can get on back to the trainer.
Shrimp Ceviche at Poncita and Left's in Charleston for CDMayo as we celebrated my DS2's 23rd birthday- made a day trip to celebrate with him. Lovely time!
DH is coming home after 3 weeks away on a govt contract. Looking forward to coking some of his faves while he is home- Keto style. Roasted lemon and garlic chicken, roasted cauliflower with cheese sauce and tossed salad tonight.
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Dunch will be cold boiled shrimp platter from Costco. I'm going to a concert tonight so I will eat early & easy.
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Oh Sandy, my knee hurts just reading about your travails!
Today I planted haricots verts and flower boxes. I ventured through the garden to see how it all fared with the 10 inches of rain and ghastly winds. The tomatoes and peppers don't care for the 40 degree nights so haven't thrived much but they look healthy enough. In fact one of the plants had a tiny tomato! The raised beds warm quickly though, so I imagine there will be some progress soon with a few sunny warm days. Cucumbers and squashes haven't sprouted yet, but they too should respond to a few warm days. I was afraid the seed might rot with all the water but the beds also drain beautifully so the soil is not compacted in any way. I think they'll be alright. The potatoes are up and growing. Tomorrow I'll plant the herb bed and some zinnias and tall snapdragons for cut flowers.
Dad's physical problems have improved to the extent that he has gotten a reprieve on his eviction from assisted living. He very eloquently pled his case in the meeting we had yesterday with the facility director and nurse supervisor and they agreed to wait and see if he can maintain. Fingers crossed there.
I'm making spaghetti sauce in the pressure cooker so we'll have that and some meatballs from the freezer. Not sure if I'll make fresh pasta or just use some boxed. A salad will be the accompaniment.
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We are grilling up some chicken thighs and wings. When we pull those off, the asparagus will go on. Inside we are making a simple rice. My stomach has been in turmoil today, so simple is the plan! Some nights, that is the best thing possible. Managed to do a Costco run this morning. They opened the doors 15 minutes early so our strategic hit and run was fast. On to the chicken store which had already sold out of thighs and wings and they had only been open for an hour! Thank goodness a small tray of parts arrived while we were there. This place actually kills and breaks down the chickens on site so there is an ever-fresh supply of chicken coming from that "back area."
And then the Germans will take over my kitchen. We shall see how much chaos they create tonight. And then they are off, and the next group arrives.
*susan*
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Brunch was 2 olive-oil-fried pastured eggs and a slice of low carb/high-fiber toast & coffee. Good and productive training session today—my trainer is about to get his Masters in OT/PT, so he took me through some passive hamstring stretches and hip-flexor/iliopsoas-strengthening exercises (as well as some upper-body work: he noticed some left shoulder impingement so we’re working on that as well). I forgot my compression, so we took the weight stuff down a notch to 20-25 lbs. (Not gonna forget on Mon.). Afterward, walked to Cellars, where after the Derby (and juleps) we shared a Caesar and each had a “Mar y Tierra:” the “surf” being deep-fried soft shell crab and the “turf” a ribeye roulade stuffed with pesto. Dessert was the rest of my julep.
Went to a new bakery around the corner from me, Edge of Sweetness. Sigh. They’re trying, but they’re very, very new. No deep-fryer, so no doughnuts. (Edgewater remains a doughnut desert, save for Dunkin’ which doesn’t count). No real bread oven, so only quick breads. No espresso drinks, save for a commercial Nespresso capsule machine and an Aeroccino Plus frother. That they couldn’t tell me who their coffee roaster was does not bode well. To be a good neighbor, bought two cupcakes and a brioche.
What is it with this cupcake craze? I don’t get it. They’re cakes. They’re frosted. They’re small. So what? The only place I’ve been to that takes them up a few notches from the supermarket pastry section was in the Clarendon area of Arlington, VA—they did a version of the Hostess Devil’s Food cupcake, complete with icing squiggle and vanilla buttercream center, that made me nearly weep. But that was the only one I tried.
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For you music lovers - a bit off the subject but...
Went to a really nice concert tonight by Houston Choral Society (& orchestra) called Music Fit for a King. They sang & played pieces used at British Coronations and flashed picture of the various monarchs up on the screens throughout the program.
" I Was Glad" by Parry for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902; "This is the Day" by Rutter for the marriage of Prince William & Katherine in 2011; "O Taste & See" by Vaughn Williams for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953; Coronation Anthem No. 1 "Zadock the Priest" by Handel for every monarch since George II in 1727. And then Mozart's "coronation" Mass in C Major, which while technically not England's monarchs, was very well done.
I didn't even miss having dinner. But now will have popcorn before bedtime.
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Last of the chicken tacos today
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A busy weekend.
DD's last final exam ended (she did well) at 4pm on Friday and everyone must be out of the dorm by Saturday at 1pm.
Well.........Sharon and I had school bus driver in-service training on Saturday until 1pm, so we moved DD out and into an apartment on Friday. DD had done a "as well as can be expected for a 19 year old taking finals) pretty good job getting things packed up for the move, but the moving facilities weren't so great. The 5 loading zones in front of the dorm were taken up by large trash dumpsters, and the nearest parking was 1/4 mile distant and up several flights of stairs (no elevators, the ground floor of the garage is devoted to those with handicap placards)....so it was easier to just roll everything over to the new apartment. Three 1/2 mile round trips and we were done.
The weather "cooperated". i put cooperated in quotes because while there was no wind or rain, the area set a new record high temp (108F) on Friday.
We ended up eating at a "take out or eat outside at the picnic tables" Mexican restaurant / market across the street from the school. DD said she had recently "discovered" the place. I figured there was no point in telling her I had discovered the same place in the early 1980s. :-) The son of the original owner is now running the place.
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Had planned to go to the neighborhood “edible plant sale” this afternoon, but sadly it’s still too cold out for tomato & basil plants—even in containers. (High of 49 today, 50 tomorrow. Going down to 38 tonight, 40s the rest of the week. Ugh). I don’t have much suitable room indoors for them, and the cats might get a bit too curious. (Heidi adores basil, which is why we stopped growing it on the windowsill—she used to nibble the leaves till they looked like tomato leaves).
Dinner tonight will be (leftover)steak, eggs, gnocchi, Brussels sprouts, and elotes. Maybe the last of the chicken meat reheated in mole, too.
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So Minus....Just realized that you are from Houston- (we live and have lived in SC forever)...sorry, am slow....that we spent a lot of the summers in Houston at my grandmothers...3110 Underwood Dr....and a LOT of time at the Shamrock pool...while I know the Shamrock is gone...just wondered about your experiences and thoughts abt that era.
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Put sugar snap peas in today, a few transplants and then some pea seeds, as well as spinach seeds. Hoping to have some healthy vegetables to eat this summer.
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Eric - love the moving story. I helped my son move several times from dorm to apt to different dorm to apt to another apt to a different state to another different state. The final straw was when he said the two of us would have no problem moving a heavy solid oak dresser from my Dad's up stairs to his new place. Oh, and the place was on top of Nob Hill so you had to go either up or down before you got to the front door. An old house was divided into a number of apts. Oh, it was "only a few stairs". Well after we went straight up the hill for a block - a few from the sidewalk to the building - maybe 10. Then 10 more before the stairs did an abrupt 180 and then 10 more. After that I said, I love you but this is the last time I help you move.
Love the story about the restaurant discovery. No, it never pays to disillusion them that we were young once.
Happy - I moved here in 1974 and the Shamrock was still a going concern. Fun that you got to swim there. I know just where you were. Lots of apartments to the East & West of that now are owned by churches & the med center to provide housing for families that come to MD Anderson for long term treatment. My docs are all in the Med Center so I'm down that way frequently. I always lived NW outside the Loop off Hwy 290 towards Austin. Of course when I moved here, there was no hwy 290, only Hempstead Hwy. IHouston was a boom town. Guys with a pick up would load up with Sunday Houston newspapers at midnight Saturday and drive straight through to Detroit & other midwest towns with the 'help wanted' ads. No internet of course. I'm somewhat of an anomaly since I never did mind the heat or the humidity. Of course tent camping in August is a bit nasty, but...
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Thinking stuffed peppers!!!!
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Fresh mustard greens last night cooked with pickled pork. Delicious with sprinkled pepper vinegar and cornbread. Also breaded and pan fried chicken fillet. One enormous chicken breast (boneless, skinless) made 5 fillets!
Good tip from recent ATK on making the fillets from large chicken breast. Cut off one third on pointed end. Slice remainder horizontally. Flatten to desired thinness.
Tonight is ribeye, boiled small potatoes with butter and sour cream and tossed romaine salad.
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Welcome Charlie! Adorable as can be, yes he is!
I have been so sick for the last several days (since last Thursday) and although I am at work today, I feel like I should be home in my jammies on the couch. Feeling really awful and not sure why. Can't seem to eat much (a plus I suppose) and the bathroom has been my good friend (TMI) for sure.
Glad you are all well. Tonight is rotisserie chicken soup with some of my homemade stock in the freezer. Easy and appealing to me. Hubby can have a hamburger if he wants.
Hope you all have a good day.
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Eric, your story fueled a discussion between my ds and dd3. We have some interesting dorm move stories. What I liked the most was how healthy and strong I was during those days. such good memories.
Dinner last night was baked chicken with baked sweet potatoes. I used a cilantro mixture for the chicken. I have a new veggie bullit. So spiralized zuchinni. Then sauteed with garlic.
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The stuffed peppers were really good. Had them with a salad and garlic bread. Topped the peppers with a little cheese. Got enough left over for another night
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Olivia ate less than normal today, but had three meals. Meal 1 was scrambled egg and some almond-orange cake. Meal 2– meatball and a bit of focaccia bread. Meal 3– chicken falafel and lima beans. Today we went out to Lexington and bought shoes. Three pairs of shoes. For Olivia, some dress white sandals for her baptism and some everyday shoes. For me, some replacement sandals. My Birks are falling apart! They didn't have even one pair in stock! Her shoes will arrive tomorrow. Mine will arrive in a week to 10 days. The girl needs to graduate from those baby things to real shoes. Her walking was so much better when she had on a pair of test shoes.
Olivia turns one on Friday! Can you believe that? She will be baptized on June 4th. I am having 25 people to lunch following the service and coffee hour. I will come to the kitchen table to help me tweak the menu. I am deciding between a lunch and Sunday dinner.
Dinner tonight was out. My mother came to visit Olivia and wanted to take us out to dinner. I had some Rhode Island calamari and a seaweed salad. The salad doesn't have much punch anymore, so in the future I will go back to eating the cole slaw.
*susan*
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Val - me too - healthy that is.
Carole - I think you need a congrats on this thread for the 11 lbs lost with weight watchers.
April - hope you feel better soon.
mommy - I LOVE leftovers.
For brunch I had the left over cold boiled shrimp. For dunch I had a leftover piece of quiche. Maybe maccaroni & butter for dessert.
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susan - yay for big girl shoes for Miss Olivia - can't believe she is turning 1 already!
We spent a relaxed weekend out at the beach (in the shade for me!) condo of friends - some of you may remember that I helped renovate and redecorate a condo a few years ago - this is the same one. We ate in the whole weekend but it was fun to cook together and eat in a leisurely manner. They live on the intercoastal, so water views out the back - the husbands paddle boarded both days, we ladies explored on Sat., and relaxed on the balcony yesterday. Dinner tonight was sandwiches and a piece of Key Lime pie from the Blond Giraffe in Tavernier down in the FL Keys - I cat sat for a friend and she grabbed a frozen pie on the way home from her weekend down there this afternoon. Hands down, best KL pie ever!
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I love 'em to Minus! I call them budget stretchers!
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Racing against the clock to get all the repairs & upkeep done to the subdivision pool before opening. The guy who usually does this is the husband of my friend who died in March, so I jumped in but we're really behind. Dinner was a salad from a bag at 10pm with an English muffin.
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No idea yet what we are having here
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