So...whats for dinner?
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Susan- Happy Birthday to your DH!
Everyone enjoy your dinners out tonight!
We just got home from soccer. This morning after getting everyone to school I went grocery shopping and got a pot roast going for dinner tonight. It smells amazing in here right now. Got the wood stove going and then picked the kids up for early release. I have us unpacked and most of the laundry done. Whew.
Tomorrow the boys will visit with my in laws as we have our first parent teacher conference for DS1 and then I need to shop for DS2's birthday which is Saturday. We are planning on going to Santa's village for his birthday which is 2 hours away. (yuck) Planning on doing the tree on Sunday with a little birthday celebration.
Talk about going from vacation mode to full swing in a heart beat! The entire house was asleep at 7:30 last night!!0 -
Making stir fried chicken breast and vegies with cellophane noodles. 26 degrees outside and sleeting like crazy. DH got off early and DD made it home to her apt. I know we are in prob. at least until Sunday. I have a SS party Sat. night but prob. not going. Praying our electric makes it through. Our elec. co does good tree trimming but 1/2" of ice - what we might get - doesn't need tree limbs to bring down lines. Expecting sleet/freezing rain through the night. Do have a fireplace but never used it. Have plenty of wood and oodles of newspapers to light it. Goaties tucked in barn with heat lamps on. Been a long time since the Metroplex had a doozy of an ice storm. The one during Super Bowl week 2011 was part ice/part snow.
Vivian - I have a bottle of MOJO in refrig. If I didn't have the cellophane noodles we might have had that. I need to dig up a recipe for "chicken and long rice" not rice at all but cellophane noodles. My DM made the best but alas I didn't ever get her recipe. Doubt it was very exotic from the early 60s.
Bet both your roasts smell terrific. Chicken is marinating at present. No hurry for dinner.0 -
naiviv, I have a different roast earmarked for just that preparation! It is a shoulder cut and will be perfect. I can never find sour oranges up here in the Northeast, but have notations in several books as to how to mix different citrus to at least emulate the flavor. I plan to serve it with some black beans and tostones. And then the leftovers will be made into sandwiches with pickles. Oh yum!
Laurie, Santa's Village is about 3 miles from my parents', well guess my Mom's house now. She goes there regularly to take pictures for the local paper. She adores the family, and says that the employees are very well treated.
So, the roast of mysterious origin was delicious! Cooked it to 145º and then let it rest for about 40 minutes. I made an au jus from the drippings, but since I used apple cider in the bottom of the pan, it was too sweet for both of us and we tossed that out. I took off the skin and then carved it into very thin slices. Served with roasted potatoes [red bliss], shallots and garlic, and some steamed green beans. This was a meal worth eating. We will get several days of leftovers, and my husband is already fantasizing about a roast pork sandwich with pickles. He is, in fact, a Southern boy at heart.
The picture isn't great. Probably should have taken a picture of one of our dinner plates. Enjoy!
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Susan, looks good to me!
Laurie, that sounds like the perfect welcome home dinner.
Luv, I really hope you don't get that much ice and especially that you don't lose your electricity. Oh how I hate winter!
In spite of spending half the day making the broth for the pho, it ended up being Ugly Pasta night. Because the pasta machine was behaving so badly, I had a lot of bits and pieces of the lemon pepper fettuccini so I dressed it simply with some olive oil and parm, made some garlic bread and a salad and called it dinner.
The gear that went bad was on the hand crank machine. I replaced it with one that's much better and a better cutter, and cheaper to boot. The story on the cuisinart attachment isn't going to end as well I fear. It's maiden voyage was rather a mess. The instructions caution against using a too dry dough, but a wetter dough causes the pasta to stick together. Badly. This is exactly what the reviews groused about. So I think the bottom line is the mixer stays but the attachment is going back to the store.
Sorry for the long sad tale.
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A hand crank machine.... I always wish that I had such a thing. Never used one, but the "experts" seem to indicate that you can vary the density [moisture] of the pasta based on the pasta type. Can't do that with the kitchen aid attachment really. In fact, I need to make some fresh pasta so I can make pasta e fagiole soup.
To be honest, I think even ugly pasta when homemade has actually earned the name dinner. How does the Pho smell?
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It smells Delightful!
That's very true about the pasta machine. In fact, it's the problem with the attachment, absolutely no dough flexibility. Ugly or not, the pasta was delicious.
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Luv, I sure hope you keep your electricity. Crazy weather patterns indeed! Be safe.
Nance, sorry to learn of your pasta problems.....sounds like you made out okay taste wise if not the prettiest pieces.
Susan, you sure did fine with that roast that I never heard of.
We had baked salmon, bs, and cuke salad tonight....just wanted to get it done since I was involved in making cookies ( really trying hard to chase my blues that we are not going to visit DS1's family and my stepmother in CT). Given Monday's icy forecast, it's probably best we are not on the road.
Came across a recipe for biscotti made with meyer lemon and toasted almonds. Definitely a keeper. I also made dough for two batches of my trademark pizzelle cookies. Will cook them up this weekend. Would love to use my grandmother's old hand held iron that has a more unique design than my Palmer electric iron. Will try it, but all that turning of the heavy iron might irritate my healing shoulder.....so, we'll see.
Carole, congrats on your great start!0 -
Oops....forgot to send Mr. 02143 Happy Birthday Wishes! I hope your dinner out can come close to what you enjoy at home!
And Debbie, love your Duke's Soup idea. I agree with Carrie that you can probably find info about marketing and distributing on the internet. Isn't everything we need to know on there (accurate or not!)?0 -
Carole- I was thinking of packaging it like you see in the grocery stores in containers, I saw on Oprah's favorite things she had a soup she liked with cream in it that can now be shipped, so I thought if there is a way to ship a soup with cream then I will try to find out how. I was thinking more on the lines of On line shipping and marketing the grocery stores around town, still just an idea but lots to learn.
Carrie- I did research on line last night for a couple of hours, and I do have the recipe written down and in a cook book I had made for my daughter and sister.
Susan- Happy Birthday to MR> 02143 Hope he had a great day. I made some oatmeal, choc chip cookies tonight too. I was going to mail some to my grand-daughter but I don't know if there is enough left now....OH my that roast looks so yummy!
Nancy, and here you thought you shouldn't cook, the meal you put together with the pasta sounds wonderful!
Going to get cold and snow in the next few days, looks the same for everyone across the map. Might have to hang on to those cookies in case the power goes out.0 -
Susan,
The roast looks delicious.
Next time they are in season here, may be worth it to buy a bunch, you can juice and store. I even freeze it. in ziploc baggies. I learnt to freeze mojo, sofrito (basic start for almost any cuban meal), wine and some sauces. Although I prefer fresh, when in a hurry or my oldest is starting dinner, they are a life saver.
With the skin. I know it's all fat and a lot of people just dump it....but if you ever want to use it.
You can make Chicharrones. Take that skin with soft fat and any attached meats and fry it or broil the underside. I guess you would call these home made pork rinds.
You can use the Chicharron or just top skin (the top hard part, I remove any soft fat from underneath) and use it in red/black or white beans for flavoring. Boil you plaintains, not totally green but working on yellow. Serve the plaintain sliced with chopped chicharron over it (instead of tostones) or make FuFu. Mash the plantain and bits of chicharron together then you can either scoop and serve as a side dish or make a pattie and fry it in a little bit of olive oil with chopped garlic. Let it brown on both side and serve as side dish. There is also chicharron cuban bread..or to add a chrunchy to salad.
Can you get yucca or malanga (root veggies)?
I'm hungry....
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Oh, I know about chicharones! Mr. 02143 doesn't care for them. Another product of his upbringing. Pork rinds have lots of class distinctions in Southern Georgia, but I have been known to gnaw on them as they come out of the oven. I save all the fat for cooking. [Avert your eyes Lacey.] Adds lots of flavors to soups and beans, which we eat a lot. Just a little does a lot. I keep a Puerto Rican style sofrito in my freezer, but no Cuban versions. I can get both yucca and malanga, but haven't cooked with them at all. I am all ears if you have a reliable go-to preparation method.
Tonight we will have leftover pork roast with some of the leftover roasted vegetables and a spinach salad. The kid has some slices of pork for her lunch. She is still under the weather, so I find I am creating meals for her, still.
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We dodged the freezing rain. I think it was just colder out here; had more sleet/snow 3.5" of sleet. DFW not so lucky and NE Texas having severe ice storm. We've had a little melt off roofs but down to 13 degrees tonight so will refreeze solid. Tomorrow predicted to be colder. DH called into work today and he has weekend off. DD's job can be done from home in a pinch - logistics for retailer. Tracking FedEx trucks some of which I think have not made it to their destination d/t weather.
I think tonight will be roasted fingerling potatoes and I don't know what to go with them. I always have the froz. sausages or might be the flapjack night. Depends on energy level. Need to go heat water for goaties. DH said their barn was warm but they can move from under the heat lamps and the doors are open. Lots of birds in yard and have saucers of warm water out for them.
Happy belated BD to Mr. 021430 -
Going to the tree lighting downtown with friends and some late night local shopping. then maybe drinks and dinner.
DD sent me an awesome pic of the tree in time square. My son and his GF are visiting her and attending the Rockette Christmas show...sooo jealous!
Work has been so crazy not getting out till 9 or 9:30 last night I grabbed a pizza on the way home...had no lunch and was starving! So needless to say, not a lot of cooking going on here. Those roasts look so yummy.
Be careful all of you Texas gals, ice is bad! I would rather navigate the snow than ice...the care just cant get any grip on that ice.
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Luv, happy you dodged a bullet. Supposed to be single digits here tonight. Stay warm!
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Luv, happy you dodged a bullet. Supposed to be single digit here tonight. Stay warm!
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Played golf this morning in summer clothes. High was 82 and humid. Now it's about 58 outside.
Ribeye steak to share tonight with baked potato for dh. Steamed broccoli for me and salads for both of us.
I fell off the no alcohol wagon tonight and enjoyed a rye old-fashioned.
Tomorrow I can sleep in!0 -
Ate chili last two nights. Had a brat with onions peppers and pickles and 2 bean mix on the side today, small can of baked with the leftover kidney beans.. (Still trying to keep up my magnesium level.- not working well, needed another infusion yesterday. Sigh) I have one more left that was grilled earlier this year. They taste pretty good yet. Much love.0 -
Your ice is here! Coming down in sheets. Kid has to drive 4 miles home from work, and I am texting "be careful" cause I am always her Mom.
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Moon,
Tell me about brats, beans, and magnesium. How do they give you "more" and why would those levels be low? You are have probably mentioned all this before, but my brain works like a colander sometimes.
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Susan - Hope DD makes it home safely. How old is yours? Mine is 26 going on 40 Lol. Once that storm started to move it made tracks outta here. 4,000 people stuck at the airport. Many roads impassable.
Had some Italian herb sausages I think from Central Market along with roasted baby Yukon gold potatoes and micro broccoli. I could p-i-g out on the potatoes. It was pretty good for a cold night. Having my cup of Stevens Candy Cane hot chocolate. Bundled in until further notice. Expect church may be called off Sunday esp. if we get a bit more tomorrow.0 -
Susan,
Malanga/Yucca can substitute potatoes and can be cooked in pretty much the same way, cream of malanga soup is delicious and malanga is very easy on upset stomaches. Yucca is fibrous and starchy ( not good mashed)
PR sofrito is probably very close to Cuban...onions,green pepper,garlic,salt,black pepper and depending on meal tomatoe sauce/paste.0 -
luvmygoats, stay inside if you can. Susan hope your DD makes it home with no pro lems. I hate ice. Give me 3 inches of snow to any ice. Ick.
Warning TMI may follow:
My magnesium level has been low since I had acute renal failure during chemo tx. I have had IV infusions for mag on the average of once a month since 2012. So I've been going back to the cancer center every 4 to 6 weeks for tests. I take an ungodly amount of magnesium tablets, up to 6 a day. Which cause diarrhea. Which in turn lowers the amount of, yep, mag , and sometimes potassium. Every time I drop the dose to try to wean off I need an infusion. We are down to 4 tablets a day but it is now a different kind that is gentler on GI tract and now I actually don't have to, um, do as much laundry. But it isn't any better keeping mag levels up. But it also isn't worse. But he has me coming every 2 weeks while we see if I can stay on Slo-mag LOL Beans, Spinach, nuts, and of all things dark chicolate are high in mag. But you see the problem yet? Yes, those very things tend to add to the , um, disturbing GI issues. And around and around we go..... hope that wasn't TMI! LOL0 -
Not TMI... just an insight into a complexity that I didn't realize that you dealt with daily.
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susan, it is what it is. That's why I do my jewelry and my poetry. It helps me release. If you are ever bored check out the Thread: Haiku for fun. There's a lot of me on that page. LOL
Viv, I think every nationality has its own version of sofrito. I mean Cajon cooking uses the trinity of onion, celery, pepper. I know there are other versions I just can't think of them all right now. LOL Much love.0 -
Dinner was smores in the fireplace......:-)
Eric
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Hello.
I ended up on an island near the inside passage, not the other place. There are trees! And eagles! And bears! The internet is iffy. It's hard to keep in touch with my daughter, as I am 4 hours earlier than EST.
I hope everyone is OK and think of you often. I will make it quick, as I spend most(all) of the day working.
I was served venison once, and ate it, not to offend my host. It is the AK way of life. I would not recommend it, but it is better than Muktuk (whale blubber)
Goats, IT made my screen saver a huge pic of a goat head with his mouth open. I asked if anyone back east had called, but they said no. What a coincidence. I don't know when I'm coming back as I was given only a one way ticket:O! And they are now asking me to stay until June.
Hugs to all of you.
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smores?? I suddenly got a craving for marshmallows. And chocolate. And Graham crackers.... wonder why.... LOL0 -
bedo,
Good to hear from you.
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Bedo! Good to hear from you. Always the adventurer!
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Bedo, so glad you got a chance to check in. Your life sounds interesting. Venison is very common here in south Louisiana. Mukluk is not!
Moon, glad you posted TMI. I had gleaned that you have stomach issues but didn't know the whole story. My mother (91 on the 27th of this month) is going through just the opposite problem with potassium. Her weakened kidney function causes her to have too high a potassium level so she's supposed to avoid many of the foods she likes: oranges, bananas, chocolate, red beans, red and white potatoes. I'm hoping switching her to a different bp med will improve the situation.
To my amazement my low carb eating seems to be working. I broke the 160 level this morning. I miss bread more than any other high carb, but I love being able to put dressing on my salad and to snack on cheese. I bought a big package of string cheddar at Sam's but still got the 2 per cent.
Losing weight was never this difficult for me. I know aging makes a difference but I think arimidex is the real problem.
Hope everybody managed to navigate icy conditions safely. Luv, your ice storm didn't make it here. We have gloomy, cold weather this morning. When I got up (at 8:30!!!!) dh had the fireplace going in the living room. Such a cheery sight. Dinner out tonight after a movie with another couple. We're going to see The Butler.0
