So...whats for dinner?
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lacey - you are taking the phrase "put an egg on it" to a whole new level!
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Hi DaisyQ and glad to see you back Garden.
Special, I'm, too, looking forward to see the pictures.
In late November to early February, it's leave home for work before sunrise and leave work at sunset.
Chi, for us here in Phoenix, that is a huge number of trick-or-treaters. I'm guessing we get 50-75 kids for Halloween. I arrived at the airport at 6:30 or so and didn't get home until about 8:30pm, so no one was home during "the event".
The husband of the lady with the PhD in nuclear medicine....sounds like my kind of guy! :-)
Lacey, the meal sounds great. If love fish, Sharon says it's OK and DD..well...DD would just as soon have anything but fish..so I don't cook much fish. I've done some fat free yogurt based sauces that are very "modest" calorie wise.
Moon, DGD is 1 already!?! Wow. It doesn't seem like that long since you told us the news and we saw the beaming grandma pictures....but then DD here will be 18 years old in a couple of months and it seems only yesterday that we were driving home home from the birthing center.
I think I'm still a bit "on east coast time"....it's only 8pm here and I'm about to fall asleep.
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Lacey, Happy Anniversary!!! Sounds like your dinner at ebaluce was total success! Sorry about the mackerel though. Mr. Lacey would have enjoyed it, I think. I remember reading something written by the chef/owner, on Yelp maybe. Someone was being nasty about how much boar was on a particular menu to which he replied "Of course there is. I ask someone to go hunt me a boar, and so I use the whole thing!" Some of his Yelp responses are hysterical actually. He is snarky and to be honest, right.
Special, how exciting that the end of your project is in sight! I can not believe how quickly you have gone from start to almost-done.
Red, I think everyone hates the early darkness, well, except one NPR host here in Boston who prefers driving to work in the AM. I feel that I haven't kept up with how your dad is doing post sister visit.
Garden, welcome back! Hope stuffed squid excites you just a little bit. One of my favorite dishes when prepared by my friend Denis.
Moon, do we get a picture of this year's outfit and house decorations? Last year's photo is still one of my favorite ones ever posted. Your smile is contagious, and clearly you were having a great time!
Carole, your friends sound fascinating! How fun for them that you know NO well enough to take them to interesting and delicious places. NO is one of those places I must must must get to while I am healthy enough to enjoy it. I only wish that I could eat shellfish. NO is all about the shellfish isn't it? [And nice bathrooms is a bonus!]
Minus, I think you eat the way most people who live alone do. My only issue to being "single" for a few days is that, I gravitate towards fast and easy, more than nutritious. I fear that I don't think I am worth the time and effort for "real" meals. And let's be serious, what is better than a Costco roasted chicken as the beginning of a week's worth of food?
Eric, time to check in and let us know what you are cooking!!!
Dais, so glad that you are following along, but please, jump in anytime! This is a great group. If something strikes your fancy, any of us will share our preparation techniques. Have a random set of ingredients? Let us play "mystery basket." That is one of my favorite games.
So here in Somerville.... life is full of surprises. The buyers of the other condo have thrown a ton of crap at us less than 48 hrs before our closing. I am feeling pulled by all sides. Everyone has an agenda and the only person hanging in my corner is my fabulous lawyer! What a gem she is. It is still possible that we will close on Friday. The knob and tube is all gone, and it was everywhere! It was a four day job to remove and rewire. Tomorrow they have a professional cleaning crew coming in and they will spend 4 hrs cleaning. 4 hrs! This house is only 1500 sq ft.
Tonight we went to our favorite Chinese restaurant with my cousin who is here from London. She is now 80 years old. She brought her sister-in-law, also my cousin. We had the best meal! They were totally "on" and I can't believe how fabulous this food was. When they are "on" they are great! Tomorrow night we are headed to Sarma, our random every-six-week reservation. Generally, I don't eat out two nights in a row, but this week, that rule is out the window!
Send positive thoughts that we actually close this week!!!!
*susan*
p.s. if I missed someone, I am so sorry.
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Yikes, Susan.....sending you the most positive energy for your real estate closing!! I'm a little confused about the "other condo buyers" (???). And the knob and tube issue is one we will have to deal with here.
I am sort of feeling your pain after just getting off the phone with DS2, who is getting a good case of nerves about selling his condo (just listed yesterday) in a timely way, to avoid his need for a bridge loan. He and DGF are both super busy at work right now which doesn't help the anxiety levels....since they just totally cleared out so much of their stuff (including his fave mancave chair!) before taking the listing pix. So we are trying to help ease the burden....taking the pooch overnite this weekend so the place is clear for the Sunday Open House, and offering to back him for a bridge loan if he needs it. That would certainly help me relax a bit!
Actually..... a first world problem of the young professionals. We aren't getting too worked up about it...yet. The ridiculous Boston area house prices are what makes all this a challenge. Garden, oops, I forgot to welcome you back, too. Great to see you post. Enjoy all that squid! I never prepare it in my kitchen since I used to fish with it as a youngster, and have only managed to enjoy it fried now. DH would love it stuffed, as Susan described.
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Had planned to nuke leftover steak and rotisserie chicken, make an insalata caprese from the last of our homegrown cherry tomatoes to ripen (plus mozzarella pearls, homegrown basil and flavored olive oils & vinegars), and marinate & grill some asparagus. But just as I was getting home from my pedicure after my radiation treatment, DH phoned to say he was leaving his S. Side hospital early (well, 6:50 on a weeknight is extremely early for him) and wanted to meet me at our favorite neighborhood restaurant. So he drove up and I walked there. Had crab cakes, mesclun salad, grilled bourbon-maple-glazed salmon with julienne veggies and grilled sweet potato slices, and chocolate mousse. Ordered wine pairings (sauvignon blanc for the crab cakes, pinot noir for the salmon) but drank less than 2 oz. of each. I’ll make that caprese for breakfast instead--it’ll keep me away from bacon & eggs.
There’s a shop in Evanston (about a mile from the hospital where I get treated daily) called Old Town Oil. On one wall are tanks of various extra virgin olive oils (Italy, Spain, Greece, France & Calif.) as well as flavored EVOOs. On the other are various balsamics and other vinegars, flavored and non-. The other day I picked up some blood orange and Persian lime EVOOs, grapefruit white balsamic, Meyer lemon white wine vinegar and blueberry-pomegranate balsamic. Might experiment with them to see which might work with the caprese (I usually default to either a Ligurian or California Olive Ranch EVOO and a 12-yr old balsamic). The blood orange oil and grapefruit white balsamic are insanely good on a shaved-fennel/sweet onion salad with sea salt and a dash of cayenne.
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chi. That combo oil vinegar mix sounds delicious! .
Lacey fingers crossed for your DS real estate venture.
Made meatloaf and baked potatoes for supper cause I expected my DH home for supper today. Since its his birthday i thought I'd actually cook. Then he called and went to the farm first to drop stuff off and decided to stay there. Sigh. Oh well. I'll have leftovers again. LOL question for everyone. I put carrots in the oven with the potatoes. D*MN things just would NOT soften. Almost 2 hours in I put them on the stove in a pan cooked them 20 more minutes to get them barely ready. Why? I had to pull the potatoes after an hour or so and they were done just fine. So was the meatloaf. Sigh. Should a put in the butternut squash instead. LOL
Ok. Just remember you asked!
Yes. My hat dances.....
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DGD 1 trying on my witch hat
DGD 2 dress up for Halloween
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Moon....adorable....grandma and grandbaby
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Moon what a great hat!! This year's costume is, once again, just wonderful! And dear Grandbaby is soooooo adorable!
Lacey, The other condo, meaning the other side of the house is under contract. Since this is a conversion, we are working on the Master Deed and they have made some requests that have thrown the lawyers and us a curve ball. Man do I hope that this settles down today!
*susan*
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Oh dear, Susan. I did not realize this was a duplex conversion. Good luck!!
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moon - cute grands pics and love your costume - your pic looks very fall-ish - Florida looks pretty much the same year 'round, so I love a good fall picture!
The deck tile floor is done - all that remains is the pool deck paint, which will start tomorrow, DH is taking half a day off, and to finally determine whether a conversion kit can connect the grill to the natural gas line, or if we have to connect to a LP tank for the gas side. I also have to recover the bar stools in the outdoor fabric I purchased. The fabric is sitting on top of the one barstool that is out there. Here is a pic of the finished flooring:
Tomorrow the same contractor is putting in granite master bath countertops, so I will be clearing out the cabinets and getting things out of his way today. After this weekend I will start cooking for the party on the 14th!
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So pretty! Since I am not that far from Tampa, will have to come see it!!!
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mysunshine - anytime!
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Susan, I will definitely try the stuffed squid. Hubby and I had talked about stuffing some with ricotta and spinach - kinda like a squid manicotti
I really liked the recipe you sent, and will definitely give that a whirl.SpecialK - your outdoor area looks so inviting. Would you like to come design one for us???
Today is going to be a bit lazy for me. I need to take the car to get an emissions test and then get the license tabs for 2016. Hubby is still painting, so I think I'll probably dye a couple pair of pants and maybe make a throw for the couch. We have leather couch and chair in the family room and a lot of sunlights so hubby has been worried the furniture will get ruined by the sun. I'm thinking we should probably get some electric shades for the ceiling, as I've never been too fond of couch covers, but this will get us by until we can get the shades.
Oh - for dinner tonight I'm being lazy. Steak, squash and salad.
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Special, That is GORGEOUS. How welcoming. You have might lucky guests to be greeted by such a lovely outdoor room.
Garden, not sure about ricotta. The squid have to braise for such a long time, I am not sure any ricotta would still be inside the squid! But, if you try it, I want to know how it went.
*susan*
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This made me chuckle and represents my feelings many nights :-)
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garden - I would be happy to - you can pay me in sweet potato fries! You have been gone for a bit, but that was my running joke as I was on a sweet potato fry kick with sriracha mayo.
susan - I love it - wanted to make it feel like an extension of the house, thus the wood flooring. When we had DD's college grad party most of the folks spent the time out there - we already had the furniture. The area where we built the grill space, fridge and sink was kind of an unused area - just had plants, so having the structure there kind of anchors things better without losing any real active space.
auntie - I feel that way regularly!!! The relentless demanding of dinner, lol! Or lunch, or breakfast, or snacks..... even the dog is in on it!
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SK - what a lovely outdoor living space! I would spend the entire winter out there.
GG! Great to "see you"!
Monica -- love the hat and the adorable grandbaby. Too cute!
Chi - I would LOVE that oil and vinegar shop.
Carole - we really must take that streetcar ride to Mandina's -- it's one of the places where I want to eat and never seem to get there. We are seriously thinking about NOLA again this Christmas for Reveillion. In fact, we have reservations already for Beau Rivage although I haven't found a NOLA hotel yet. If we do go, I hope we can meet again for lunch at least.
Lacey - sounds like a lovely anniversary date and I send you and your DH my best wishes.
It's been a busy few days. Monday was dad duty again -- taking him shopping and to a doctor's appointment, plus a few other errands. A friend went with me this time and we decided to make a night of it, staying in the city then going to the new St. Louis IKEA on Tuesday. It's been years since I've been to an IKEA and she had never been, so off we went. It was fun and interesting, although the only things I bought were a couple of kitchen gadgets -- a nice stainless steel expandable pot rack and a small stainless steel baking pan that is the perfect size for lasagna for two. I also grabbed a couple of jars of lingonberries, which are much cheaper there, and some frozen Swedish pancakes. There wasn't much else that interested me (since I'm already fully furnished lol) and I won't need to visit for many more years. Oh, I forgot -- I also bought some of their fresh cinnamon rolls for DH which were pretty darn tasty.
Last night I made country style ribs with potatoes, onions and sauerkraut in the pressure cooker. It was really really good. The meaty ribs were really tender, the whole peeled potatoes were perfect and everything flavored by the meat. I'm loving the pressure cooker more and more. I've been doing some reading about pressure cooking and decided to try hard boiled eggs in it. They came out perfect and were easier to peel, the fresh fresh eggs are very difficult usually. About 6 minutes start to finish. I came upon the egg instructions while looking for instructions for cooking potatoes for mashing. I'm going to try that next. Mashed potatoes is one my least favorite things to make but DH considers them an essential food (I don't). I like pressure cooking so much, I'm really considering upgrading my cooker. I would like something that cans too, but I can't decide between electric or stove top. Research is called for.
This morning I ground some chuck for chili tonight. I still have a few peppers from the garden that will go into it. I made a small investment in a meat grinder and sausage stuffer on e-bay. It is by no means heavy duty and would not suffice for the amount of meat Susan processes, but it suits my purpose for the small amounts I do. I seriously doubt that the motor will last all that long, but I bought it just to get my feet wet with grinding and sausage making. If I decide I like doing it, I'll invest in the attachments for my mixer, which are considerably more expensive. I have enough chuck left to use in the lasagna I plan to make Sunday. That will be pasta and sauce making day as well, in addition to the ricotta.
Sorry for those I missed - Susan I DO hope your real estate venture concludes successfully SOON!
Hello to the new folks! Hope you find our company enjoyable. I'm always learning something here!
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auntie - that is exactly my plan! We have cable hookup to the TV but when DD moved back from Georgia she brought an unused DVD player so last night we hooked that up too - so now we can grill and watch a movie - yay! I was laughing that the slider adjacent to the stacked stone goes into our bedroom, and I can just pop out and grab a drink from that fridge instead of walking to the indoor kitchen which is on the other side of the foyer and living room - very convenient!
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Monica, re: carrots, if they were older or more mature and "woody" I can see that they might not tenderize, but otherwise that's a mystery. I usually have the opposite problem, they turn to mush.
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SpecialK, I love the flooring. And the wicker furniture, too. The sitting area looks very inviting. I wondered what was inside the sliding doors, which are covered with draperies.
Nance, we'll definitely get together when you and your dh come back to the gulf coast. I always enjoy seeing the decoration of the lobby of Beau Rivage casino at any holiday. On your next trip to NO, remember when you ride the streetcars that senior citizens get the special rate of 40 cents. Quite a bargain.
Today was a busy day. I pulled out one of the frozen eggplant casseroles for dinner. The side was a delicious romaine salad with tomato, cucumber, avocado and blue cheese. Also chopped sweet onions for dh.
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The carrots... I had this problem just last week. I have decided that I need to steam them before roasting when using commercially grown carrots. And that includes commercially grown carrots that are organic.
Wrinkles in our Master Deed keep popping up. I really, really hope that we actually close tomorrow.
*susan*
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susan - sending you good real estate vibes - DH successfully closed on Monday, so hopefully our synergy is continuing and will benefit you tomorrow!
carole - that slider previously had some vertical blinds, but we removed them last week. Trying to decide if we need to put something else there for privacy. We don't have a fenced yard so if you are walking across the back yard and those drapes are open you can see right into the bedroom! On the flip side it is a nice view of the pool from inside too.
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The garden is closed. Squid and a carton of mint chocolate chip ice cream for dinner. 2 pieces of pizza for lunch one, with puttanesca sauce,one plain and gatorade for lunch. Coffee for Breakfast. I am on vacation and degenerating rapidly. My grand-dog on my lap inherited my hair. Will write tomorrow- am in ice cream stupor.
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The garden is closed. I had squid and a carton of mint chocolate ice cream for dinner. For lunch 2 slices of pizza, one with puttanesca sauce and gatoraid. For breakfast coffee. I am on vacation I am degenerating rapidly My granddog inherited my hair0 -
Too much ice cream. Ice cream stupor. Will write tomorrow. My scary pumpkin and the way I feel
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Bedo, you and grandpup are looking good!
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Hey Lacey - this one's for you!
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/08/kale-parmesan-fried-egg-tartine.html
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Any time I've bought a home, when it gets to the point where I am about to say, Oh just forget it!!! It goes through, so I hope that you close today
Moon, precious pictures
Special so jealous
I am torn between sloth and gluttony this morning. I'm too lazy to get up and get my fasting blood work drawn, but I'm getting hungry.
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Bedo I love the picture of you and grand puppy. What kind of dog is it? Good luck on your labs.
I am trying to resist going to a used book sale this a.m. No more shelf room at home......
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