So...whats for dinner?
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Carole, you must be happy to be back in your kitchen with all that cooking! Sounds delicious!
Oddly enough, the reveillon dinners are very reasonable. This one starts at $57 per person (probably depending on whether you get the lobster or not.) Most are in the $47 range.
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Nance, that dinner does sound good.
As for Lima beans, I "jazz them up" with bacon fat, butter, BBQ sauce or some similar thing that's bad for me, plus some salt and pepper.
Lacey, it sounds like a good time was had. Keep writing so the rest of us can enjoy the trip too! :-)
I've not been to Italy, but Sharon has been there (and many other places in Mediterranean), courtesy of New York Maritime School's training cruises.
I made sourdough bread today, and am working on a "pour grape juice over a whole chicken and cook at high temp to caramelize the grape sugar, then cook normally until it's done" recipe. That, plus putting apple slices in the chicken cavity, is pretty much the whole recipe. I also sprinkled some black pepper on the chicken after pouring the grape juice.
I'm thinking of asparagus and a tossed salad would fit well with the rest of the stuff.
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Dinner tonight was interesting...today I resisted going to the food store...again(!) in our dreary weather, so I shopped in the freezer, finding some ravs filled with artichoke and asparagus (I think we got them at the Farmer's Market a couple of months ago). I was also determined to use up some red kale I had in the fridge, so I made a sautéed bed of that with onions, julienned carrots, garlic, and red pepper flakes, and placed the cooked ravs on that, sprinkled with some mozzarella cubes, and a bit of parmesan and broiled the whole thing in the caste iron skillet. It was yummy! Made a salad of rocket and grape tomatoes and red onion...most everything I found in the fridge now that it is empty enuf to see everything that is in there. As I said to DH, not going to the store helped me be more creative and economical in using things we had languishing in the fridge! There's a way to rationalize any lazy behavior!
Minus,
Here is the recipe I promised....hope the copy and paste works from my computer...
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Well, it worked after a lot of help from DH, my in house tech support.
He wants to watch "The Knick", so probably no more Italian posts from me tonight.
Carole, I so identified with your "helpers" stories! Lessons learned, eh?
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Lacey - thanks so much for the recipe. With the neuropathy in my hands now I can no longer knead bread. This looks like a great solution.
Really enjoying your Italian Adventure. Thanks so much for sharing. i like the installment idea too.
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wow! Lots of adventures! And lots of food.
I used not to eat Lima beans, then I found the baby butter beans. The tiny ones are real good. The texture is so good. Still hate chickpeas though! LOL
I'm freezing here. It's only about 40 degrees and damp. The trees are turning so fast and freezing inland tonight. Ugh. I have about 20 cherry tomatoes on my plant still not red. Hope they don't freeze tinite. Shouldn't as we're on the lake but if I pull them in the garage tonite I'll forget to put them out til later tomorrow. Maybe I'll just pick them and ripen them inside. Really never got too many tomatoes. Oh well.
Someone wondered what to do with brat leftovers. I cut them up and add them to a simple soup with carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, beans any leftovers in the fridge. Even leftover spaghetti sauce is added. It's real good. My problem is I used to cook for 8 to 10 people every nite. So just for me is hard. LOL. I can't make any less than 5 q's of soup or chili. LOL
Much love to all.
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Shake and bake boneless pork chops
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The real countdown begins. Yesterday, bridezilla moved in. Not a darn word that came out of my mouth was not greeted with totally hostility. She huffed. She did every passive-agressive maneuver that I have ever seen. This morning? We had a chat. It was reasonable. It was mutually supportive. My daughter has returned. Thank goodness. I was ready to ask Lacey if we could move in with her for a few days.
Today I made canapé breads.... very cute. They are still cooling so haven't tasted yet. I used a King Arthur pumpernickel recipe specifically designed for these tubes. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/canape-...
So the dress. I have chosen the one that fits the best. The kid bought me a lovely scarf when she was in Turkey that compliments nicely. And I have bought some boots that do look like I could kick some butt. The kid has given her seal of approval. In fact, she was astonished by how fashion-ey I am! [That is a joke.] Anyhow, here is a link to the dress: https://www.serengeticatalog.com/itemdy00.aspx?T1...
Dinner last night was tandoori chicken which my husband grilled outside in the rain with some lentils and rice. Tonight will be the leftovers, with a fresh dal. This cold is still hanging on, and in fact, I am exhausted. Time for a nap.
*susan*
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Susan, cool canape bread tubes! Lovely dress! Guest room readily available in case of emergency!
Off to the food store to get things not available from our trip to the Farmer's Market today. Think I'll walk there and have DH pick me (and supplies) up. It is a gorgeous day here! Yay!
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Dinner was Shake and Bake boneless pork chops, tomato and cucumbers and a pasta side.
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Susan - dress looks great. Isn't it nice that the DD approved. Can't remember - how soon is the wedding?
Moon - good to hear from you. How are you doing?
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Minus,
The wedding is this Thursday. Made the gorgéres and canapé breads today. Wednesday is my next moment, so I will finish all the "nibbles" then. I am exhausted, and today, was a no-billable-hour day. Well, might pull off a few hours tonight.
*susan*
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Susan I love the dress. Crossover is so flattering. I have a couple of tops made that way. Will you have to wear a sweater with it or a big shawl wrap? Tell us about the boots.
I have been sluggish since the cold I had. DH made a pizza alas packaged crust. I need to make salsa chicken again. I just went on a search for the recipe. I still have the 5# bone in thighs frozen. I bought a jar of Pace's new Peach Mango Restaurant Style Salsa. Too hot for my taste. Might mix it partly with some of my hoarded Pace extra mild.
I do have to make pull-a-part rolls for Bible study Tuesday (the cheating kind with froz. Parkerhouse rolls) and make some low sugar banana bread. We seem to have several diabetic ladies so they might appreciate it. I like it. I have a teeth crackin' recipe from my HS home ec class but I like this one too. I found some bananas today that will prob. be OK ripe - I missed out on the orig. sign up so I'm the designated substitute this week.
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luv, let us know how the salsa chicken turns out with the peach salsa. Sounds good.
Susan. Hang in there I'm praying everything goes smoothly. My DD actually had one of her friends assigned to keep me "calm" -in other words - anywhere she wasnt! LOL well, maybe not quite that bad. LOL. Pretty dress. I'm sure you will look wonderful. Post pics!
Mommy of i haven't had shake and bake in years. With just me most of the time the most I cook is a chicken breast or 2 if I need it for another meal. LOL
Minus, I'm doing well. My knee gets stiff yet, feels swollen a bit on and off but overall good. The worst part is they upscheduled my Tramadol med. It's now scheduled 2 and I need an actual script every renewal. And there is a 30 day limit. All so the druggies won't get it. Of course oxycodone has been schedule 2 for years. That didn't stop abuse of that drug, did it? Sigh. Tramadol doesn't make me woozy and before they moved it up I used to be able to work using it. Not now. Well, if I worked... LOL:) dorry. Didn't mean to rant.
Much love to all
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Moon - I saw the Tramadol classification change and it effects a couple friends of mine. Rant away. It just makes it very difficult for the honest folks.
Luv - I agree. Will be waiting to hear how the Peach Salsa works.
Laurie would be so proud of us trying all these chicken innovations.
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I made the chicken-Jasmine rice dish. My 96 year old mother has had 6 helpings of it. :-)
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Eric - have you posted it before? I need this recipe if your Mother can eat 6 servings.
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Here's the link
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Left over Hot Dish tonight.
All this particular dish calls for is
1 lb ground beef, cooked and well drained
1 can of tomatoes or pasta sauce, your preference
1 box of pasta, your choice
Cook ground beef until browned and drain off grease. Cook pasta until done and drain. Combine pasta and ground beef and stir in tomatoes or pasta sauce.
Can be served with garlic bread and a salad if you prefer. I make enough for two nights.
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susan - love the dress! You will be a stylish MOTB, and you know we will need pictures asap! If your DD has only had a limited incident of bridezilla-ness you are doing well - my friends whose DD's have gotten married have had that experience too - but a lot more of it. My DD just says that when the time comes she will just let me make all the decisions and she will have no input beyond the dress/makeup/hair/shoes. Works for me!
Here is the Daily Roo!
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eric - 6 servings? GO, mom!
auntie - that menu is awesome - I picked out my faves and I'm ready to go!
lacey - your Italy posts made me want to go back! You were brave to drive, I was too scared to do it - there is a reason so many fancy sports cars have Italian names like Maserati and Ferrari - so we took the train everywhere. I read funny advice about Italian drivers - if you want to cross the street you have to start walking and do it with purpose - they will stop, but if you are timid or unsure they will just keep going. I thought that was interesting. I had already read about the gypsies and saw them in droves in the train station - particularly in Naples. A lot were on our train that stopped in Pompeii, I was glad they got off there and we continued on our way to Sorrento. We did the hairpin turn drive down the cliff to Positano in a large bus. In the rain. I folded my hands in my lap and stared at them the whole drive - the road is so narrow that when a bus was coming up the side view mirrors had to be folded in so they would hit each other - eeessshhh! I was glad I had a beer before we got on the bus! I had wanted to take the ferry to avoid that very situation, but somehow was overruled.
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Special - I think it would have taken more than a beer for me more like a handful of Valium lol. Love the daily Roo.
OK a bit of real cooking today. Found boneless breasts in freezer so Salsa Chicken it is. I have a giant can of black beans so will have to do something with a bit of extra beans - chicken is only 1#. Maybe on salad tomorrow. Will report on the Peach/Mango Pace though it will only be a teaser in it since it seems quite hot.
Eric - hope DH is not tired of chicken because I think I see chicken jasmine rice for Wed. He may cluck by Thursday. I will have to sub. either almonds, walnuts or I read pistachios or sunflower seeds for pine nuts though this was for pesto. Doubt my local grocery has pine nuts. Think I have a lot of choices. Have giant bag of jasmine rice. Maybe the extra black beans will go in the jasmine chicken - why not.
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Love the Daily Roo!
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I'm able to find them in the little plastic envelopes in the baking section.
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Eric - thanks for the link. I'll have to make for my Chickenfoot group.
Special - sounds like your daughter has totally adapted to the roos & not worrying about penguins or dolphins. Fun.
It's embarrassing to remember, but I think I acted out some Bridezilla moments in 1966 - at least I remember arguing with my Mother. My parents didn't like the groom or the groom's parents, or grandparents, or friends - so I was SUPER defensive.
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minus - she enjoys the roos - but may be switching to baby penguins (then we will have to rename it the DBP - daily baby penguin) next week as the kangaroo person will come back from FMLA. She got to play with the penguins the other day - she sat down on the floor and one just jumped into her lap! How awesome is that? This was always a temporary job so her last day is Oct. 17, then she starts the job with the sea lions and dolphins (the Navy job) on Nov. 3. They gave her an interim security clearance the same day she submitted the last of the paperwork - usually takes two weeks so she was a bit shocked. It may be because some of her info is already vetted due to the fact that the DH has a TS clearance - so our address and the foreign relatives have already been looked at. We will be moving her up to Jacksonville the week before - she already asked what the plan is if she has to work over Thanksgiving. And she made a sad face. I told her we will come to her and have the holiday there. That is the downside of this type of job - animals need care 24/7/365, so holidays don't exist for some employees. This was also true for me in the job I had when I was dx'ed - health care is the same, people need blood on holidays too! I worked Christmas Day for the two years prior, and every 3-day weekend since my normal workdays included Mondays. I usually elected to take Thanksgiving because it is such a cooking day, and my absolute favorite meal.
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Special - what a fun interim job. And so glad she got clearance for the Navy job. I understand the holiday thing. My son is a commercial pilot and usually flies all the holidays. Since he doesn't have kids, he often volunteers to fly those days. We sometimes have Christmas and Thanksgiving together around 12/10 and I usually where ever he's living.
Unlike the rest of the U.S., Texas determined to hold National Night Out on the first Tuesday in October since the police decided August was too hot. Too bad since we had great neighborhood BBQs when it was in August. Now it's already dark and kids have band & sports & homework so we only have finger foods and mostly older people come. I can't decide whether to make brownies or lemon bars.
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minus - she is used to it - her dad spent 28 years in the Air Force. We have a good friend who is also a pilot for Southwest - his kids are grown so he often volunteers to work so those with young ones can be home with their families. When the kids were little and didn't know what day it was we always had to move their birthdays around, so my DH would be home! My poor son's birthday kept getting pushed back because they started the bombing phase of the first Gulf war - the good news was that he was turning two, so he was unaware!
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I can recommend Eric's chicken jasmine rice dish. It's very good.
Susan, hope everything goes like clockwork on wedding day. Looking forward to an account.
Luv, enjoy all those "chikken" dishes!
Leftover eggplant lasagna and salad for dinner.
Waiting for the next installment of Lacey in Italy!
Hi to everyone present or missing. Saw a cooking program about Philly cheese steak sandwiches and remembered that Kay from Philadephia hasn't been around in a long time.
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Carole - so glad you're back at home & posting regularly!!! I love hearing about your summers but we miss you.
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Count down continues. Today my client visit was shortened, so I had time to make another batch of canapés bread. This time a white bread. The kid won't eat rye. Well, she ate one bite to be polite and then promptly spit it out into the trash. I have not kept any food down for about three days.... too ugly to discuss, but I said the hell with this tonight. Can't keep soup down, let's go for some real food. My body was screaming for protein, so we went to an Irish bar and had a burger. Didn't sit all that well, but at least I am not starving anymore. I have frozen two canapés breads for T-Day.
Tomorrow I have 8 hours of meetings with the millennials. And then... da dah! I am taking TWO days off for whatever I want to do. Of course, mostly wedding prep.
*susan*
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Haven't figured this one out yet. Brain is still waking up!
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