So...whats for dinner?
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Oh man, do I love king cake. I usually make one for Mardis Gras and may have to do so. However, tonight's dinner was a large mixed green salad with leftover bits of ham, roast beef and cheeses. DSIL brought several fresh loaves of sourdough when they visited last week so took one out of the freezer to accompany the salad.
Went to the gym today and rode a recumbent bike for 30 minutes. Boy did that help the sciatica! Amazing! My doc called in a steroid pack for me which I haven't picked up yet, but perhaps I'm on the mend!
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Happy to hear it's better nance! Yay! Tazzy, been missing you. Carole you started it with the King cake talk! One store sells them here but to me they just taste like a big danish. And we have to shove the little baby in ourselves. Liability issues so they don't get blamed if someone breaks a tooth. LOL
Tonight I went out with a friend of mine who lost one of her long time friends. She spoke of her friend the whole yime. I had met her friend a couple of times. I just listened. Sometimes that's all you can do. I had a lovely shrimp in black pepper sauce with plantains and mango salsa. Oh. Yum. Not excessively hot but flavorful. A bit expensive but here in the Midwest shrimp is a treat.
Much love to all.
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Moon, you're right in describing King Cake as a Danish. The original is like coffee cake in a ring shape with cinnamon flavor. Sugary icing colored purple, green and gold. I could resist those but then the bakeries began injecting the gooey fillings. I really like a combination of cream cheese and raspberry or strawberry.
In recent years the little plastic baby is not inserted but is included. Yes, because of liability issues. Moon, I'm amazed that King Cakes are sold in WI.
This morning the fog is pretty thick. High dew point and warm weather. I still hope to play golf at 9 am. Have not played in 2014.
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That's the king cake that I make. I leave the filled ones to the professionals lol! I had an exceptional one in Galveston one year that had a raspberry cream filling. Oh my!
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I had a wonderful day. I played golf and then had a buffet lunch with the women golfing group. So no dinner for me tonight. I have a chicken breast and chicken thigh thawed (boneless) and will make dh an easy stir fry with chicken strips, colored bell peppers and onions.
I think our real winter weather is over. But I could be wrong! One year we had snow in March. I remember the beautiful white flakes accumulating on vivid azalea blossoms.
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Carole, so glad you got to play golf finally. We've enjoyed the 50 degrees temps tremendously. It's going to make those inevitable colder temperatures seem harsh.
Tonight was drunken noodles with spicy Italian sausage. This has colored peppers in it too, making for a very festive looking dish.
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Carol- Love that you are back outside, so jealous!
Carrie- Have fun going to the other house!
Last night a baked a chicken and had it with mashed potatoes and butternut squash. It came out great, DS1 had 4ths and requested a chicken sandwich for lunch. What kindergartener requests a chicken sandwich?! We got a major storm on Wednesday and the kids had early release. Then yesterday afternoon we had heavy snow for about two hours. I left to pick up the kids and it was just starting to snow and in half an hour we got about 3 inches! My car got stuck on a hill and cars were passing me and I had traffic coming the other way- I thought for sure we were going to get hit. Finally people stopped trying to even go up the hill because they were afraid to get stuck and I was able to back down the hill. Then I tried to go a different way, got stuck again, got unstuck but then slid side ways. Me and the boys were freaked out! Thankfully I was close to my brothers house as my nerves were shot and he was our savior! He got us all home in one piece. I don't know what I would do with out him!
I am thinking of making chicken and veggie quesadillas for dinner tonight with some spanish rice.
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Yikes, Laurie!! Glad that tuned out safely! Nothing feels worse on the road than no traction on hills!! You guys are slated for more snow tonight. Ugh...... Stay safe!!!
The twenty-something daughter of a friend of mine came over today to network about grad school and borrow materials for her current school job. She had said she'd stop and pick up lunch for us. Sounded great to me! So I was surprised when she showed up with two bottles of seltzer water. LOL! Fortunately, I made a much needed food store trip yesterday, so made us a spinach salad which we had with hummus and pita bread.....and seltzer!
It was so much fun talking with her and learning about her current job experiences....oh the longing for daughter chat! 
Carole, so nice that you were able to get out on the golf course!
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Seltzer water for lunch! Lacey, glad you had lunch makings on hand!
Laurie, scary story about driving in the snow with sons as passengers. Glad you are safe. Your chicken meals sound good.
Tonight's dinner is green beans with small potatoes. A bit of chopped bacon as seasoning for the beans, which are cooked in chicken broth. Also chicken breasts and thighs, flattened, lightly covered in panko crumbs and pan-fried in skillet with a little butter and olive oil.
I've been looking up recipes for carrot soup. Any favorite recipes to recommend? Some have curry flavoring and some include fresh ginger. My refrigerator contains an overabundance of carrots since dh and I both bought big bags at Sam's.
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Laurie so glad you're safe! Stay that way!
Lacey, glad you had food on hand. Seltzer is not really filling.... LOL
Carole, glad golf was fun!
Auntie, the King cake is in a grocery store here that isn't a chain but is close in feeling to whole foods or traders joe. When I was in New Orleans I made it a quest to find the tackiest beads I could find. I'll post a pic soon and you can judge if I found it.... LOL
Supper is the chicken breasts I need to cook tiday. Think I'm going asian.....
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Glad you're OK Laurie....it's fun driving in the snow UNTIL there a lot of other cars or obstructions that would dent a car...and you certainly had the part after the "UNTIL".
The not so fun driving thing here is the summer rains causing flash flooding.
Seltzer water for lunch???? I'm not sure how that works. :-)
I'm not sure what I'm go in to do for dinner tonight. A major fire, also involving hazardous materials is burning adjacent to a major freeway interchange....that I need to pass over when I use the freeways..and it's a huge mess...sounds like a city street drive home tonight....
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Laurie, scary stuff! One more reason to hate winter.
Lacey, sounds like a perfectly delightful lunch.
Tonight I tried a Tyler Florence fried chicken recipe. It was a bit unusual because it called for roasting the chicken for several hours at 200 degrees, then soaking the pieces in buttermilk and then frying it. It took half the day to get through all these steps and I have to say the results were hardly worth it. It was just ok.
We had 40-50 mph winds today, yike! It was raining horizontally!
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laurie - glad your bro was there for the rescue - scary!
carole - I don't have a recipe specifically, but had carrot and ginger soup at the wedding reception in Austria last summer - it was delish! My adult kids thought it was the weirdest soup ever, but I liked it! The linked recipe looks pretty close:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/Ginger%20Carrot%20Soup/3124
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SpecialK, thanks for recipe link. I read the recipe and it looks good.
I seem to be in a lazy mood as far as cooking is concerned. Maybe it was going 4 wks without cooking!
Tonight we're going out to dinner with neighbors so that fits in with my laziness!
This afternoon I plan to take some of my empty oil and vinegar bottles to have them refilled at the oil & vinegar store. I'm out of grapeseed oil, plain and flavored.
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Carole, I can relate to your low motivation for cooking. Unfortunately I impulsively bought a large package of chicken thighs two days ago, so need to do something with them certainly by tomorrow...or they will get lost in the freezer.
Tho tomorrow we have been invited to meet DS2 in Back Bay for dinner...not sure which restaurant yet. DH and I are suspecting some "life news" from him...but the last time we suspected this, when he was dating his long time girlfriend, the night was over, no news, and turned out he had just wanted to seeus.
Oy! Sons....and their minimalist info shares! We are trying not to read too much into the invite, (can you tell how hard this is?!;) but he has been dating someone from another city, and they make every effort to see each other. Maybe she will be here....maybe he is moving out of town.....oh lordy....I think I'll go exercise.
We may go see Nebraska later today. Saw Dallas Buyers Club last night. Didn't realize it was based on a real guy.
Today made a black bean soup since DH had gum surgery on another quadrant.....so he's off heavy duty chewing for a bit.
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I remember both times I delivered "life news" like you're talking about. :-)
In both cases, the parents gave an enthusiastic yes.
It became a joke that I waited until AFTER we were in Canada and Sharon's parents had answered "no" to the "Do you have any firearms or other weapons?" question posed by the customs agent.
With Mickey, her dad's response was, "Hell yes! It's about G-- D*** time you two got your act together. I've been wondering what was taking so long."
Eric
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lacey - I feel ya on the minimalist info shares from sons! I sent a cute Valentines card and a little heart box of chocolates to my son in Virginia, and never heard from him. I then texted him to lodge an amusing complaint about not hearing from him. Nothing. So last night I texted him asking him the status of his aliveness. He was alive but cranky that I had woken him up, lol! The flip side is my daughter who feels the need to communicate constantly! Definitely a gender thing!
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Hahaha....guys! When we last spoke with DS2 we asked about the gf (whom he was heading out to see for Valentine's Day and her birthday) and how serious he might feel, he said there were " lots of hurdles" yet. So we thought......maybe this is a "hurdle dinner" (meeting her). But no such luck!
He selected an expensive restaurant, so we texted back, asking if there was a special reason to go to a high end spot. He replied that there was nothing special happening....he was just free for the weekend....with nice weather forecasted so we could walk around Boylston Street and check out "his" building (the one where the 1st Marathon bomb happened, on which his company is doing renovations....and has been an ongoing headache for him). So we will just enjoy our time with our son. Laughing at ourselves.....such torture for us old folks waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop! Meanwhile, we are pleased that he wants to take us out. Just have to lower our expectations about his life!
Enjoyed your trip down memory lane, Eric!
Those events are always such punctuated times!Special....your experience sounds more like our dealings with DS1......fortunately DDIL fills that gap!
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The only cooking I've done today is a loaf of artisan bread for sandwiches. Tonight is frozen pizza and a salad. At least the pizza is from an excellent pizza joint in Columbia, MO. They've just started selling their pizzas in the st. Louis area frozen. Easy peasy!
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Nancey- Sounds good! Your bread sounds wonderful!
Boys----is this what I have to look forward to? Mine NEVER stop talking, both my boys are super chatty and actually tell the other it is their time to talk. I know the day will come where they will change but I can not imagine it. Special K and Lacey I could not imagine my sons not answering a text or wondering what is going on in their lives. Again....I know there will come a day and I will be on the outside.
DS1 woke up with a fever so it was another day sitting around in the house. OMG- I am so sick of being in this house! Lucky me- next week is school vacation week and I am watching 2 kids for the week on top of my own to make some $.
Dinner tonight is American Chop Suey.
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Agree about sons. My son was "chatty" as a child. When he left home for college, not so much. Then when he started work out in the "real world", first on the East & then the West coast, I used to hear from him regularly when he wasn't involved with a girl. I mean really, who else was he going to call since most guys (don't/can't/won't) talk about their thoughts & feelings & dreams. He's been with the same lady for 13 years now. So of course he calls her instead of me - as he should. But she & I have never bonded so essentially I've lost a son & not gained a daughter. Sigh. He does answer emails, but she doesn't respond for 2 or 3 weeks - if ever. Sadly we don't talk on the phone very often. When he called out of the blue last Sunday I was so surprised. And we talked for an hour. Nice treat.
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Thought I'd try to chime in on the dinner thread......love to cook but not so much lately. Dh wanted beef fajitas, so got take out from our favorite place. However, my taste buds are not being nice and the food just didn't taste right.0 -
Nance, thanks for the garlic idea!
Loved New Orleans, we will have a "mardi gras" get together here for the town soon. I hope to dance but I wish I was as good as this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB9SJ3kH3Fw
Carol, I like "confetti" mashed potatoes and carrots, just boil them together then smash them with butter, salt and pepper. Good way to get kids to eat carrots too
Or just carrots with "parsley sage rosemary and thyme" I can remember it from that old song. But this looks pretty good too, although it's not a soup
http://www.food.com/recipe/carrot-horseradish-casserole-345234
or this if you're trying to be good. In fact I might try this this weekend.
http://www.food.com/recipe/margarets-casserole-car...
Tanga, what would taste good to you? Are you having metal taste, no taste or not hungry? I am not a good cook but maybe others could help
Laurie, glad you got out of the snow! We Northern Ladies can do it!
For dinner. Tomatoes and beer. (Hey, it's Friday, and I'm going hiking tomorrow) And yes, I'm putting plenty of salt on the tomatoes. I have to go shopping
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Hi Tang. Glad to see you on this board too!
Lacey, I am glad it's just a fun visit! LOL
Specialk and Minus, I've got to agree with you all about the boys. My DS1 lives in town. If I didn't ask him for help to put out the garbage cans once a week I wouldn't see him for months. His wife is lovely and tries to get him to call but it's as hard for her! LOL. DD2 lives in Madison. I have left messages that say just call and let me know you're alive..... i even told him to just hit my number on the phone and hang up. Then at least I'd know he was still exsisting. LOL. DD 1&2 call every week.
Bedo I can't believe you can't dance. You can do anything!
laurie, maybe it will be different for you. Your boys are growing up with the phones. Maybe they will think differently! And I hope next week is going ok for you with the extra kids. The good thing about adding kids to yours is that when they leave, it seems so easy with just your own! LOL
Nance you make so much bread. You have to post your favorite recipe.
Carole, I love butter flavored grapeseed oil. I also love the lemon flavor. Is the store Olivia by any chance?
Eric, you really did wait til they asked that question, right? That just shows you're not stupid. LOL. As for Mickelson dad, yeah I can see that, my dad told us to move up the date if the wedding cause he knew we weren't gonna Wait! LOL. Dads..... Hope you are writing down the suggestions fir when you need them for your DD! LOL
Supper was a Wisconsin fish fry. Whitefish and I chose German potato salad. My DH went with the fries. Yum.
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Hi Tang....Welcome from the guy on the thread. Sharon (my wife) said nothing tasted right during her chemo. Stuff tastes OK now , she says....so her taste buds came back.
Yes, I waited until after we crossed the border..but it wasn't because I was afraid. It was more of a timing thing. Her folks lived just 3 or 4 minutes from the border crossing, so there wasn't any time before the border to bring "it" up.
I kid DD about having the M60 (machine gun)
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I am in nc. 70 degrees when we got in Thursday night. Yahoo! Unpacked then headed out for a bite to eat but totally forgot that they roll up the sidewalks at9pm hit the grocery store to find some grub got fried chicken and Mac salad. It is like camping g with no furniture in the house. No tv painted one room today then shopped and got the carpet ordered then Marti Gras party at the Marina rest. Had gumbo soup. Just ok
Did have an awesome turkey melt for lunch though
Off to bed. More painting tomorrow
Sorry did this post on my kindle
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Carrie, you must be loving your temperate climate! I remember when we first moved into our bare lake house, it was like camping for a while....Air mattresses on the floor, a card table, no TV. Puzzles tho. The kids were young and it was fun. When the carpeting was put down it felt like a palace! It's fun to create your new space. Enjoy your time there!
Monica, what is Olivia?
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Moon, butter-flavored grapeseed oil sounds delicious. I'll have to remember that for the next trip. This store is just called Oil & Vinegar. It's a good place to go and graze because they have samples of dips and pestos and oils and vinegars with little pieces of bread or crackers. There's a big selection of jarred and bottled fancy snack and appetizer foods, all quite pricey. I haven't bought any of them. I buy the oil and vinegar in the vats that they pour into your bottles.
Michigan has the Fustini's oil & vinegar stores, which are very good. Before our local store opened, I checked out Fustini's online, but the shipping was too expensive. My first experience at shopping at this type of retail store was in Holland, MI, where I bought a Meyer Lemon flavored olive oil that was really good. Our store just has lemon flavored.
I had 4 bottles filled yesterday and it was $48 including sales tax, but the bottles last for quite a while. I sauté with the plain grapeseed oil and use the flavored oils mostly in salad dressing.
I think tonight's dinner will feature a steak and roasted asparagus.
Carrie, it's so much easier to paint in an empty house where you don't have to worry about the carpet and don't have to move furniture. Good luck with your project.
Laurie, the two extra children may help to entertain your boys.
Bedo, thanks for the recipe links. Both carrot dishes looked interesting.
Happy Saturday to everyone.
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I just unclogged the sewer at my mom's place and DD said I'm not to make dinner tonight.. :-)
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Eric - good for your DD. Sounds like you've already done more than your share today.
Tang - I too have lost my taste again since i've started back on Herceptin for a year. I know how discouraged you are. The worst part is many of my favorite things still taste like cardboard - bread, pasta, rice. Yesterday I decided to try deviled eggs - another old favorite. Nope. It gets discouraging even bothering to cook but we just have to keep trying.
Bedo - liked your "confetti" idea with carrots & potatoes. I always liked carrots & turnips - grated and steamed w/butter & salt - a veggie dish once served by a lady from England of the WWII generation.
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