So...whats for dinner?

rcurtisra - I too have changed the way I eat, and feed to my DH, lol!  Thanks for the link to the site and recipe!

eric - eeks!  So sorry for Sharon - hope she is feeling better quickly!  Can she be seen, or does she just have to wait it out?

bbq'd pork ribs, rice and a salad

Fish! Tonight is my fish fix. We are going to our Irish pub for supper where I will get the fish & chips. They do a marvelous version with a crispy crust, flakey fish, perfectly cooked. Mr. 02143 will get a burger and then eat all that fish that I can't finish. If they have a hot rum drink, I might just get that as well. News is stating that another storm will hit tonight. We are planning to eat early, so we should get home before the snow is too heavy.

Trip is coming together. Hope to buy the tickets within a few days. The euro is falling fast which means maybe, just maybe, we could have one lunch at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Paris. Maybe Mo will stop by again with her suggestions. Her husband makes sure that they eat in all the best places.

Hard to concentrate on work when I am imagining TGV vs low cost airlines.

*susan*

Forgot to mention to Lacey that I bought two bundles of kale that looked really pretty!

We're using leftovers tonight too. The two uneaten turkey cutlets and the last of the brioche will go into Kentucky Hot Browns and we'll finish up the last of the lentil soup.

I'm still working on kale. I find that I like it best when it's a baby and mixed with other greens, like the spinach and chard mix. Unfortunately, around here I can only find it in bags. Carole, tell me again how you blanch it?

Sounds like you had a great shopping trip Carole! Unfortunately the bialys didn't get made because I got involved in sorting a bunch of 2014 medical stuff and getting new folders ready for 2015. Dh's folder had like 3 pieces of paper in it. Mine was stuffed full :-( I'll get them made tomorrow though.

Susan, as always, I have fish envy.

Turkey/feta/ricotta burgers with brown rice, steamed sesame broccoli and sauteed lemony kale/spinach/chard. Never liked turkey very much but am learning to eat it. Even the kidlets seemed to approve.

Seems to be a theme here...fish and Mexican! We had both tonight fish tacos with the dover sole I bought at WF yesterday and didn't eat since I felt nauseous when I returned home. Tonight DH was back and we both enjoyed the tacos. Nice to know we can enjoy them at home since I'd be less inclined to have ones at restaurants that make them with tilapia.

I felt much better today and spent the day cooking and organizing the meal that the woman "won" from the silent auction. It was a "midwinter soup dinner" with my mother's chicken pastina soup (I resisted adding kale to it since I couldn't reach her to learn her preference), a spinach salad with lots of add ins and vinaigrette, one of my baguettes that you saw that I froze for her....and a tray of pizzelles and chocolates for dessert. I was going to try to make some more baguettes, but I awoke with that severe darn right hand pain, (the drunken raisins just don't seem strong enough to tackle that problem) so no way was I going to be "working" bread dough....even tho I bought bread flour yesterday. I will keep trying the loaves once this hand calms down.The people who will be having the meal I made are going to have an early dinner before seeing a play at Wellesley, so I think the relatively light menu will help them not fall asleep! When I placed it in the auction, I pictured a busy family making good use of the option for a mid-week meal.....totally forgetting that there are people of all ages who do not cook, like the 70 something lady who bid on this so she could casually entertain tomorrow.

DH and I also had a cup of the soup before our soft fish tacos....and for ease, a cuke salad. I was happy that the soup was very flavorful.

I have to say that my heart smiled at your kale references here, ladies! I do love sautéed kale with garlic and pepper flakes. I also add onions and sometimes roasted peppers. Yum! Again, the "goodness"is hard to resist. Also, I find lots of options for the baby kale, since it is so much more tender...and you can even sneak it into spinach or arugula salads.;)

Carole, what a fun and successful shopping trip you had today! Will need to check soba noodles out....and harissa. By the way, that price for the Rao's sauce you bought is the same here.

My stepmother is thrilled with having my old IPad and DH was amazed how she took to it so quickly. She is a very keen minded 88 year old, so she will find many uses for it. DH showed her how to use FaceTime by calling me first thing in the AM. It was kind of horrifying to see myself on the screen that early! LOL

Tomorrow, am heading over to teach the K kids, and then to a retirement party for the wonderful nurse who worked in a pre-K and K Center I was a part of for many years. She is so loved by all...the most gentle woman who had the most challenging job with all the physical issues of that young age group. It will be fun to celebrate with her and see my former colleagues.

Eric, your mention of that neat cookbook filled with history reminded me of a post my DDIL's aunt put on Facebook this week....a painting she did of shoes that she and her DH found in their Vermont home (in a wall) when they were renovating. Apparently, over a hundred years ago when their house was built, people put their shoes and some notes and other items behind walls. I thought it was so cool to find those, and for the owner (DDIL's aunt) to honor that original family with her beautiful realistic and symbolic painting. I will ask her if I can share it here....it's quite interesting

Susan- I just squish the ricotta and feta right into the ground turkey, add an egg and some chopped scallion and cilantro and mix it all up before I form it into patties. Oddly, even though the cheese does melt, it doesn't make much of a mess, maybe because it's studded throughout the burger which probably helps with the texture, for me anyways.

I thought kale was some sort of crazy overhyped hipster vegetable until I got hooked on a really simple kale mint salad - shredded into fine thin ribbons with bits of serrano chili, tiny croutons and an parmesan lemon dressing courtesy of Jean-Georges....now I just keep trying various kale dishes because the "goodness" is indeed hard to resist - it makes me feel virtuous to eat it haha.

Lacey- I will have to try making your kale soup sometime. And you are right, the baby kale is so tender and is easy to slip into a sautee with other greens. DH tonight really liked the lemony garlicky version I made- although he generally snubs kale. I fed him some kale snacking chips the other day before he could protest, and after swallowing he said, "huh, well there's something I don't need to taste again in my life...ever." Lol....

Eric- Haha - indeed....

Lacey--do you make your own Pizzelles?  I have a Pizzelle iron, but could use a good recipe.

I like my kale lightly sauted in olive oil with garlic, lemon and some sliced cherry tomatoes....

Oh I love my Kale in soup, but those Kale chips never turned out right

Carol I love Puttanesca sauce. But it's probably because of all the salt I get scarfing down the extra olives and capers

Lacey glad you're feeling better

Red you get two feet of cocoa? Can I get it somewhere else than the super club

Tonight peanuts from the vending machine the cafeteria was closed.

I am so happy that the daylight is staying longer by even minutes each day

I am making a resolution to drive to Boston to see my DD at least once a week or she can come here.

I am spending my next paycheck on a Neato automatic vacuum. The kind that roams your house and does it's thing when you're gone I don't care if it's $400 I'm worth it and I can't take the fur, old-house dust, fireplace film and outside coming in anymore so don't argue with me! And after that an automatic kitty litter thing that cleans by itself.

The bialys ballooned way too much (they're supposed to have a crater in the middle.) But oh my, do they taste good. Kaf's recipe says to bake them wth a baking sheet on top. I do that with English muffins, might try that technique next time.

Chinese takeout tonight.

I didn't take a picture of the plain ones because they looked so, well-- plain. Not very photogenic lol! Dh informed me that he didn't just like them, he LOVES them. So I guess they are a success in that regard. Even if they look funny.

I haven't had pea soup in years. I wish leaving ingredients out like that would work with dh. What would happen is, I would come home and he would ask "What were you going to make with that?" Sigh.

redheaded - be sure to check your DMV to see what documentation you need - depending on when he last got an ID he may need a LOT of stuff.

Last night's dinner was called Soy-Glazed Pork and Mushroom Noodles. Three separate components, (pork mushroom braise, blanched vegetables, cooked noodles with sauce) all nestled into a bowl, with a broth poured over the whole thing. The results were delicious. Of course, I tweaked the recipe, reducing the meat and increasing the amount of mushroom. In fact, this would be a great vegetarian dish with very little extra effort. Increase the amount of dried shitakes, omit the pork, use the steeping water as the broth, and done. Anyhow, it was lovely. The broth mixed with the noodles with dressing, the veggies and the braised items to create a really delicious mixture. This recipe is from this month's cookbook, Hakka Cookbook.

It will reappear as today's lunch. Our definition of a serving is just so much smaller than the standard cookbook's definition that we almost always have leftovers.

Dinner tonight will be our tandoori chicken workaround with some lentils and rice. Need to start that chicken paste pretty soon.