So...whats for dinner?
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We did family meal tonight. The kids had an all-day birthing class and I knew that they would be too tired to make a decent dinner. So I pulled out four lamb loin chops. These were grilled and served with a huge green salad, some steamed asparagus, and some garlic mashed potatoes. Darn good!
I took the time to pull every bit of clothing from my tiny closet [it has cubbies down one side] and reorganized all my clothing. Some went back into the cubbies while other stuff went into the new dresser. Completely different locations for almost everything. Might take me 30 minutes to find clothing tomorrow morning.
*susan*
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Wow. Another quiet weekend. Not much going on here. DD is working and Sharon is grading papers. I've been to mom's house and then checked a vacationing friend's house, and got some laundry started.
I've been reading scienceofslowcooking.com and it gave me some ideas...sear pot roast in *SCREAMING* hot cast iron pan....put roast into a dutch oven, add balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, water, enough honey to cut the sour taste, and water .
What got me stated on this was finding, at mom's house, a meat flavor injector. I used that (scary looking thing) to inject a bunch of the above braise into the meat.
The oven here will reliably go down to about 120F degrees, so for now, I've got the meat braising at 130F.
I have no idea how it will turn out. I know I've been looking for a perfect pot roast since the early 1980s and so far it's like the Lost Dutchman's gold..supposedly out there, but not yet found. In the 1980s, the three possibilities were; "Good as is", "Next time, let's try......", "When we have company over....let's not serve this" with the accompanying proper tone of voice and 'scrunched up' facial expression. I liked the first possibility, but the last one always made me smile....it's hard to explain...... :-)
I guess, in 2016, the possible outcomes won't be all that different from the 1980s.
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Almost forgot to wish the parent-challenged amongst us all the best. I am feeling very lucky that my mother is still so healthy and vibrant.
*susan*
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I guess we crossposted......When I reorganize my dresser, I have to get a bit earlier than usual...changes in early morning routines aren't easy! :-)
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wondering if anyone could give me some cholesterol lowering suggestions for dinners? Trying to lower my cholesterol with diet instead of meds. Letrazole increased it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
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I have a picture of bedo at Pickity Place somewhere. We should meet there again.
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Wow, almost 4 years ago. @ Pickity Place, Mason, NH.
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Good luck with getting dressed tomorrow morning, Susan! LOL
When I take things out of my closet now, it's to donate them to our Community Council second hand store. My effort to clear out this house (so that we can think about moving someday) is going extremely slowly.
It doesn't help that DH has made comments to the effect that we could actually remain in our house if we want to. Well, at this rate, that might happen! Last evening we were entertained by a very talented improv comedy group called Chicago City Limits (NYC's Comedy Improvisational Theater?) who performed at Wellesley College for a Rotary fundraiser. It was very good! I was worried that I would fall asleep since our afternoon walk left me feeling "allergically fatigued". But the show was so good that I did not have to worry about that.
I am dragging again today....but took a Claritin and headed out for another walk. I figure that I must enjoy whatever outdoor exercise I can before the real pollen erupts around here and I'll be relegated to the treadmill.
I made a cabbage lentil soup for tonight which we had with chicken sandwiches and a garden salad with an EVOO and white balsamic dressing. I realized recently that since our trip to Italy, I have not at all used bottled salad dressing, and our salads are just so light and wonderful.
Speaking of carbs (and your pizza nite wowed me, Susan!), DH made a quick Trader's trip before dinner, and surprised me with one of my favorite decadent food items from there....a six pack of cranberry-pecan pull apart rolls. Oh my! Such diet sabotage! ove those things. Maybe I should freeze a few so that the temptation is not on the counter.
Cute Pickity Place photo, Deb. I remember that day well...the first time I met all of you and our lovely Michelle. And I was thirty lbs heavier! Yikes! Nice to see Bedo.
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Dinner last night was wonderful chicken wild rice soup and a spinach salad with cashews, shredded cheese and cranberries all made by my friends. We had a quilting get together at the conference room donated by a husband.
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I am dragging today as well. Went to work at 6am then gym now ready to crash at 11 am! It is "national nap day" though, so I may have to just go with it.
Relating with all the parent issues. Saw my parents yesterday and they say they are ok. Dad is learning to manage the side effects of his new med,but still doesn't have any energy, but mom says he is eating ok. Maybe when our weather perks up he will get outside and feel better.
Hubby wanted veal parm last night but the grocery store had none. Not my usual store, and the butcher says he doesn't stock it because it doesn't sell. So I did the chicken parm. Tonight will be more chicken of some sort, trying to use up leftovers
Susan drooling over those pizzas.
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Dinner tonight was poached salmon. I sweated chopped onions (with about a tsp of salt and about 1/2 tsp of pepper), added 1/2 cup of wine and reduced it to half. Added a box of pomi tomatoes, 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice and a pinch of saffron. Brought that mixture to a boil, added my salmon, covered and poached for ten minutes. It was a thick, center cut. Removed the skin and brown gunk, and tented the salmon with aluminum foil while the tomato sauce continued to simmer and thicken. Added some freshly grated orange zest to the sauce once it was off the heat. This works really well with halibut or cod, but my dad loves salmon.
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Our dinner was a family favorite, and easy. Merguez sausage with some saffron bulghar [cooked with turkey stock] and another huge green salad. I have been craving green lately, which is odd for this part of my Xeloda cycle. My plate was overflowing with tiny spring lettuces, and I couldn't have been more delighted. Only three sausages left, so I guess I will need to pull out the grinder and get to work soon.
Your salmon sounds wonderful, except tomato and I are not friends right now. I can add them back into my diet in about 12 days.
Apple sent my replacement machine. I am working to populate it now. Can't believe that my sweet little machine has to go back to the mothership. But, they just can't fix the problem, the switch must be done. Nuts that this has happened two weeks before the new machines are announced and released, but, eh, what can I do about that? Tomorrow I will deal with getting the AppleCare on the new machine, and a refund for AppleCare on the "defective" machine.
<ugly house update> Good news!!!!! The next slab from our lot is still available! It will arrive tomorrow afternoon and Mr. 02143 will go back [once again] to the fabricator to decide which piece of the slab should be used. We had to be firm, but they are actually fixing this! The countertops will now be installed on Thursday, very early, and the floor folks will come in right behind. Friday will be the tile backsplash. What I don't know is when the electrician will finish. The kids have moved their moving day to March 26th which gives us a few days to bring in some cleaners. <end ugly house update>
*susan*
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Took my dad to lunch today and to the foot doc. This was his first real outing in six weeks. He wanted to try Jimmy John's and it was easy to access so that's what we did. This was dad's first time out without a wheelchair. I was amazed at how much better he's walking (with a walker) even better than before he went into the hospital. He struggles a little with getting up but manages if he has something to hold onto. At home he has a lift chair. We're hopeful that he will be released in a week or so. The foot doc report was good -- everything healed or healing. A good day. Yay!
DH and I are staying in the city tonight and enjoyed a somewhat belated anniversary dinner at one of our favorite Italian restaurants. DH had wine, I had a Peroni and we both had a wedge salad with pancetta, tomatoes, onion, gorgonzola and a sweet and sour Italian house dressing. Entrees were rigatoni with house made sausage for DH and linguini with fresh littleneck clams in a garlic butter white wine sauce for me. Not very exciting I know, but it was heavenly. I've had this dish before and it sometimes suffer from a shortage (in my mind) of clams. But not tonight -- there were clams aplenty! My mouth is still happy.
Tomorrow is a very short Costco run then back home to hopefully, plant potatoes if it's not too wet.
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Nace,
Great news re: Dad. I am so happy that he is doing so very well. This must be such a relief. And you dinner? It sounds likes the perfect antidote to what has been a very difficult month [or something like that.] I think the things you love can have more interest than cutting edge when special moments present themselves. One of my great wishes is that I could eat shrimp scampi or clams in a white wine sauce. My shellfish allergy leaves me drooling from afar.
*susan*
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Auntie. I'm glad to hear the good news about your dad and that you were able to get him out. I'm sure he was thrilled as well.
Hsant, we both were poaching salmon. Mine was brined and poached in "full salt" dill infused chicken broth.
Susan, is this the machine you'll be keeping? I hate switching computers. I'll do it, but I'm cussing under my breath the whole time. :-)
Deb, that picture dates to about the time Sharon and I started on this unwanted journey...there have been so many changes since then....
Positive, I wish I knew what all would help the cholesterol. I'll have to ask ET (we're not twins but I call her that because we share last names and birthdays) what she did as she moved her's from 250 to about 170 with just diet changes.
I don't know if I said hi yet, Quinn.....Hi....I've made salads like that for an entire meal..sometimes cranberries, sometimes with raisins and sometimes with chopped apricots. My mom, grandmother and my aunt (dad's sister) used to quilt. I made them all quilting frames and in return, I got several awesome quilts.
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Nance, glad that your dad is doing better. Drooling over that linguine & clams description. (Is that restaurant in the burbs or on The Hill)? I got hungry again about midnight, so I stuffed a small tomato with tuna salad and had some Taittinger Brut with it. (I stay up tlll at least 3 am these days, since Bob gets home late after office & rounds and usually wants to watch a movie or a DVR’ed game on the TV in our bedroom--just so much a sleep mask & earplugs can accomplish). Peroni? I haven’t had a real beer in ages (I allow myself an O’Doul’s Amber or Kaliber very occasionally, but it’s pretty carb-y compared to even Amstel or Miller Lite, much less Michelob Ultra--and I think seltzer has more flavor than the latter).
Tomorrow is going to be a glued-to-MSNBC-and-CNN kinda night (not to mention local races for State’s Atty and US Senate). My favorite NY-style pizzeria is closed Tuesdays, it’s gonna be too stormy by evening to go out (so I’ll vote in the morning), so I will most likely boil up some Dreamfields cappellini or spiralize a zucchini and make a light primavera sauce (or even add some fresh basil & oregano to some marinara), liberally grating Parm. Regg, over it. Maybe arugula & vinaigrette beforehand, and a little cube of truffled Pecorino and a decaf espresso for dessert. Probably pour myself a glass of Etna Rosso from the Coravin.
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Lest anyone think I kill off bottles of expensive wine all the time, I am very big on preserving them. For sparkling wines, I can make an opened bottle last a week in the fridge with a good tight champagne stopper. For still wines, I love the Coravin system--I can pour an ounce or two right through the cork and capsule without even opening the botttle--which can last for at least a year! It won’t work on sparkling wines or screw caps, of course, and because it uses argon gas capsules I can’t fly with it even in checked baggage. But it lets me try the finer wines in our cellar without the need to finish the bottle within a couple of days.
I have decided that since I must limit myself to a pint or less of wine per week, I am not going to drink anything I don’t absolutely love!
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Sandy, Charlie Gitto's has one on the Hill and in the burbs. This time we went to the burbs.
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Lunch yesterday with a dear young friend, just fourty. She has a daughter and two adopted boys and I just admirer her so much. We share the quilting passion. Lunch was nothing spectacular but great very light croissant turkey, avocado, tomato, cucumber sandwiches. Lunch was near a quilt store as I have a baby quilt to make.
Hi back Eric, love hand quilted quilts as most machine quilt now.
Going to make a heavy on vegetables chicken soup today
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I don't drink much of anything, especially beer, but there are two I won't pass up -- Peroni and Negra Modelo. And the occasional Stella Artois. Ok, that's three.
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Making corned beef and cabbage Thursday. Had a sample at the grocery and it was not too strong and they suggested baking so thats what I will do..
Enjoyed craft beers but not so much anymore. A dark would be nice Thursday
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auntie - you and I could definitely drink beer together - those three are my short list too! I had the pleasure of drinking Peroni in a beachside bar in Positano - awesome!
Quinn - did this last year following this recipe - turned out great. It is a baked recipe also, but boiling the corned beef first to get some of the salt out.
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Thanks for the recipe Special, I didn't have one. Yes getting some salt out by boiling first sounds ideal.
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Quinn - I particularly liked the sautéed cabbage too, I like the crispier edges rather than boiled cabbage. I have continued with sautéed cabbage this year off and on and somewhat of a variation on this with a dish that has browned spicy turkey kielbasa, which is then removed from the pan, then cabbage, onion and garlic added with S&P, a little sugar and cooked until slightly browned at the edges, the kielbasa is added back and a bit of grainy Dijon and white wine vinegar added and stirred around for a minute. It is yummy and quick because the kielbasa is already cooked! DH often has erratic hours and a long commute so this is a good regularly used recipe that I can make quickly.
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I'm back. Had a great trip but I fell & broke my arm up by my shoulder joint on the last day. My son had to fly me home. Saw the orthopod yesterday. So far no surgery & doc hopes by immobilization that the 4 broken places will grow back together. In a sling for 8-12 weeks. More X-rays in 2 weeks to see if this plan is working. 6 months for "total" recovery. Mostly taking pain meds & sleeping. Hard to type but I knew I had to check in. Thinking of you all & will enjoy reading for awhile.
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Oh no Minus!!!!! What an unfortunate accident. I just don't know what to say. Miserable.
For dinner, I thawed half a chicken breast and marinaded it in a lemon, garlic, olive oil, vinegar and oregano concoction. I then made a green salad with many of the same flavors, cut up some tomatoes, pickled some red onions, cut up some feta and threw some olives I bought today at the Greek store into a dish. The chicken was grilled on my cast iron indoor grill. Considering the huge lunch we had at Rincon Mexicano, we didn't eat much of this. Plenty left for a meal tomorrow.
<happier house update> We went to the fabricator's building today and the new slab was waiting for us. Indeed, it is the same stone, and they will be able to cut a piece that matches beautifully. Heaters have gone in. Still not happy with the shower hardware installation, but that will have to wait for another day. The Great Sergio is getting hard to reach these days.<end happier house update>
*susan*
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Minus Oh noooooo! Mr Bill!!! That cannot have happened! I'm glad you had a good time though, that is great.
I hope all the parents are doing better and are glad for those that are and pray for those that are in progress
In my last post I signed myself out of the ER after reading my EKG and looking at my first enzymes. Nurses are the worst.
Going to find about my torn meniscus tomorrow. What? How did that happen.
My job (awful) that I work at 32 (40) hours a week has decided to go with non-contractors,I am a contractor- and posted all our jobs and asked if I want to work full time-no thanks- so I will wait until they hire someone and then do something else.
I will retire in December and maybe move to the Friend's (Quaker) house on Beacon St Boston
Things are kind of up in the air with my daughter's mother in law recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer right out of the gate and where we will live.
For dinner goat milk brie on sale from Whole Foods,crackers and maybe some Corona
Took my friend's kids to the fire dept last Sunday, we had such a good time, we took them donut holes and they showed them the fire trucks and let them wear the hats and gave them junior Fire Fighter badges and we took a pic with them and they turned on the lights and siren. So cute!
Hope everyone is doing well
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Broadway Cellars is doing a full St. Patrick’s Day menu Thurs. night: corned beef & cabbage, shepherd’s pie, poached Irish salmon, fish & chips. Hoping they lay in a bottle or two of Kaliber (great non-alc. made by Guinness) so I can indulge authentically yet guilt-free. Tonight looks like a long one--polls in IL are reporting shortages of both GOP and Dem ballots and many are staying open an extra 90 min. Torn between ordering out for pizza or tandoori, nuking some hot wings (I have a mani tomorrow, so I don’t care if my nails turn orange), cooking some Dreamfields angel hair or making “zoodles” (which just don’t have the right mouthfeel).
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Oh my Minus, did you break your dominant arm? I fell in San Francisco years ago, those sidewalks are so uneven. Glad you didn't need surgery.
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