So...whats for dinner?
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The pot pie was really good. It needed salt, but I knew that would be the case. Unless the recipe absolutely needs salt to work (like bread), I leave most of it out on the theory that it's easier to add than remove.
Lacey, that sounds like what I've got. It's been over a week, plus, for me and 2 weeks for Sharon and we're still coughing a lot.
Mom and ET will be on opposite sides of the series. Mom went to her first Cleveland game in 1924 and has been a fan since then. ET is exactly my age and has obviously been a fan for about 1/2 as long. I'm sure there will be a lot of good natured "trash talk" going back and forth. :-)
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It pains me to tell you all this, but we're still coughing 10 weeks out from that nasty virus.
I really can't cheer for the Cubs, as they're my beloved St. Louis Cardinals' arch rivals, but I can certainly be happy for the long suffering loyal Cub fans. You all deserve it. Can't really cheer for the AL either, so for me, no dog in this fight.
Roast chicken, cornbread dressing and asparagus with leek for dinner.
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Dh is from the Chicago area and has been a Cubs fan since he started to watch baseball at a young age. So he's very glad about the Cubs FINALLY making a World Series. No doubt about our team or whether we will be watching. Nance, I must say we do pull for the Cardinals when the Cubs are out of the competition. I attended a Cardinals game a few years ago in that beautiful stadium. We have relatives who are Cardinals fans and other relatives who are White Sox fans.
Last night's dinner was baby back ribs, and they were scrumptious. I bought two packages of the ribs yesterday afternoon when I saw that they were on sale, came home and popped one of the racks into a pot to steam and get tender. DH did a great job of searing them on the grill with a good barbecue sauce. We also had baked potatoes with butter and sour cream. A yummy dinner much enjoyed by this carnivore.
We're having leftover crab cakes from a recent meal tonight, thawed in the refrigerator. They were actually supposed to be last night's dinner. The baked potatoes were so good last night that we decided to have the same thing tonight. I'll probably also make a salad and add some fresh pear and blue cheese to the bagged kale salad greens. Red pears were on sale yesterday, too, and they are almost too pretty to eat.
Your fish dinner sounds good, Nance, and so does your pot pie, Eric. I have never made a pot pie. I seem to recall making that admission before.
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I've made pot pies before, but not completely from scratch. I've always used a pre-prepared pie crust or used the Pillsbury roll dough.
Now that I've found a decent recipe--especially one where the dough can be frozen (I did that and it worked)--I won't be using the roll dough anymore
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/p-p-p-pie_crust_and_its_p-p-p-perfect/
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I make pot pies fairly often in the winter, sometimes in a crust, other times with a puff pastry top. If freezing, I'll use a crust or sometimes I'll just freeze the filling. It's nice to have it in the freezer. The pate brisee that I make freezes beautifully.
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Was gonna have curried goat tonight (to celebrate the end of the Billy Goat Curse), but you can’t eat that w/o rice and I have really blown it lately by overdoing carbs big-time. The Jamaican place in Rogers Park is closed tonight anyway. So probably gonna have some salmon and broccolini. (No wine, alas). If I can’t find a couple of fillets in the freezer, we’ll go out to Davis St. Fishmarket in Evanston.
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Where has Susan been? I haven't seen her on here in a while.
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Edisto Island, SC boiled shrimp (that we bought off the boat and froze in July), tossed garden salad, collards and Charleston red rice...my DMIL's recipe from the lowcountry. Delish!
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Didn’t feel like going out after all. Searched freezer for salmon but found a grass-fed rib-eye first. So I grilled it outdoors, and served it with first a homegrown insalata Caprese (well, I didn’t grow the mozzarella myself); then some mini sweet potato latkes (from the kosher frozen section at Jewel) heated in the toaster oven; and broccolini sauteed in evoo with sliced garlic (removed them once they were getting golden), lemon juice, sea salt and red pepper flakes. I soooo want some of the gelato in the freezer, or a cookie, but I’m going to have some Greek yogurt with raw honey and nuts instead.
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Made Shepard's pie last night. Enough left over for another night of dinner.
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I haven't made Shepherd's Pie in a long time. I have a good WW recipe.
Today is Monday and DH cooked a lb. of great northern white beans with smoked turkey sausage. I just put on some brown rice and will make the salad that I described but did not make last night.
After we have eaten the beans a couple of times, I'll make white chili with the rest of them.
I'm feeling the urge to make pizza. Maybe tomorrow night. I will need to buy some mozzarella cheese. It melts so nicely.
I have a similar urge to make tortillas for chicken enchiladas. I'm relieved that the cooking interest has come to life again.
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Ventured to the gym for the first time in many weeks. As good as it felt, I will have some soreness tomorrow.
Making calzones and an Italian salad tonight. Pizza must be in the air.
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Definitely hankering for Italian hearty (hardy?) fare moves in with the cold weather...or at least it is cold here! And I am heading to doc tomorrow to see if I need an antibiotic, to rid this scourge from my achy body. I have been hiding indoors now that the cold temps and wind have arrived.
I bought pizza ingredients last week, but figure that I'll wait until it feels safe for anyone to have me literally handling their food. Tonight DH grilled teriyaki marinated pork tenderloin...sides were garden salad and a farro sauté with onions, kale, mushrooms and garlic. Saved some farro for tomorrow evening's meal which will be grilled steak tips. Odd for us to have "mammals" twice in a row, but I'm feeling the need to pack in the protein. Liver not an option....
So dH and I both skipped the gym tonight. He is getting the uri too...oh, how hard it is for men to be sick. Hope his does not linger like everyone has reported.
Hope you are not too sore, tomorrow, Nance. We recently learned that we need to find a new gym....booo. We are so happy at the hospital gym, which now will only allow employees admittance. The director said that we could volunteer to work the front desk or wipe down machines to qualify, but neither of us is crazy over that idea....yet. We need to check out the YMCA first....maybe we will volunteer to keep our exercise status quo.
Off to get some sleep so I can get up for the doc appt.
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Not sure about dinner yet.
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Tonight is pork medallions and mushrooms with a cognac cream sauce over egg noodles. Delicious recipe I found years ago in an old cook book my Mom had. Easy to make and very satisfying for a chilly day. Pork has been a good price around here so bought three nice pork tenderloins and will use one tonight for this recipe. I will serve with sautéed brussel sprouts.
Nance, hope that your soreness is minimal.
Chicken enchiladas appeal to me too but I don't make my own tortillas. I bet those are fabulous!
Sounds like pizza is on the menu for a few of you soon. We had that on Sunday. Used some of the lovely sausage on one of them. I bought the dough from our local pizzeria cause it is as good as homemade and it saved time since I had a house full for my granddaughters 2nd birthday party. My DIL made a "Minnie Mouse" cake from scratch and it was so cute. Aubrey (the BD girl) wore ears all day. I enjoyed every second of seeing her laugh. Even though she got toys for her BD, her favorite gifts were a new pair of shoes and a pair of boots for the winter. What a girly girl! LOL...she threw the toys aside and tried on the shoes all by herself. Here she is with her mouse ears and her Daddy's sunglasses.
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Made chicken, stuffing and peas for dinner!
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April, what a cutie!
The pizza crust yeast was past the expiration date but I used it anyway. We'll see what happens! The oven is heating. The Italian sausage is browned and so are the mushrooms. The other toppings will be sliced tomatoes, green olives and Greek olives and a 6 Italian cheeses from a bag. Deciding whether to make a salad.
Fresh cranberries are available! I bought a couple of bags. We like the cooked cranberries with cottage cheese.
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I got to meet Minus yesterday and we had a wonderful couple of hours talking in person.
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Thinking of making my rolls for Thanksgiving today and then freezing them.
As for dinner it looks like it will be leftover chicken from last night or whatever hubby feels like having
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Last night was pulled pork on onion rolls and coleslaw. Tonight I think I will do some stew beef in the slow cooker, probably steamed carrots and brown rice. I had an appt with my PS on Monday, and there is a surgery cancellation for 11/9 so the staff did an expedited pre-approval request to my insurance company. They received word this morning that it was approved, so it looks like my last surgery (hopefully!) will be then - finally remove my chemo port, fat graft bi-lat, and remove the left nipple. If all goes well I will be done - yay! What that means on the dinner front is that I need to get busy and do some cook ahead stuff and freeze it! I also need to spring clean now since I will be out of commission prior to the holidays. We had already planned to have Thanksgiving with some long-time military friends and my son will be home for the first time in years - he is a firefighter/paramedic and usually works so others with family locally (Virginia) can have the day off, but he is in training right now so in a schoolhouse environment, so this year that doesn't apply. I am excited - I will be up and about by then, just needing to be careful, but I will be able to enjoy having him home! He is coming home for Christmas too, planning to move to Colorado in the spring.
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Hubby is cooking tonight, don't know what we are having yet.
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SpecialK, good luck with that last surgery. How exciting for your son to be home for two major holidays!
I had lunch at our club today following a round of golf so have little interest in cooking. Fortunately we have a big container of the great northern beans dh cooked on Monday. We'll have leftover beans and brown rice and a salad.
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Some chicken I cooked on Sunday night and a "nuked" potato.
Special...well wishes from Phoenix for your hopefully final surgery and that's great news about your son being home for awhile.
I remember looking forward to getting home for awhile and I'm sure he does too.
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So glad to hear that Eric and Minus connected. Susan and I had a lovely time meeting Minus last year in Boston. The sister gets around!
Special, it will be wonderful for you to say goodbye to the OR after this procedure. And how nice that your son will be with your family for both holidays this year!
April, your DGD is adorable!
Dinner was aborted at the last minute tonight since we decided we better get on the way to the Celtics game if we wanted to make it by tip off. I had a slow day since my antibiotic is yet to work wonders on this malady. I even thought we should stay home from the game, but yikes, it was the first game in what culd be a very promising season....and I can sleep all day tomorrow if I decide to. So, off we went and dinner was a sausage on a roll for DH and a soft pretzel and later some popcorn for me. The game was worth it and the drive home was quick, so tomorrow I hopefully wont be wiped out.
Oh wow, my numbers keyboard will not consistently work, once again. Oh well.....possible reminder that I am going on too long.
Upon arrival home, I had a pbj on sourdough bread....the meds needs to be taken with food, afterall. 😉
Now off to take my cough meds and take the express to dreamland.....
I hope all who are having really cold temps are handling it better than I. The only good thing is that I can put one season's worth ofclothes away!
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tonight is roast, mashed potatoes and a ve
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Mommyof2, roast and mashed potatoes--yum. Beef roast?
I am thawing a package of the home-made turkey/spinach meatballs in tomato sauce. I plan to heat up the meatballs and sprinkle with Italian cheese before serving. I have a nice cauliflower and may do a repeat of cauliflower mash. I know. BORING....
I can hardly complain about missing folks after my absence from the thread this summer, but we haven't heard from LuvMyGoats in a long time. Or from Joyce. Or from others. I know we're all missing Susan.
Have a great day.
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pork roast with garlic/pepper seasoning
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M0mmyof2, is it snowing where you are in CT? I work in Meriden and it has been coming down like crazy here but not really sticking to the roads, only the cars and roofs/grass etc.
Tonight we are having Pot roast with root veggies (carrots, onions, celery and parsnips) and a few Yukon gold potatoes. I will pick up a baguette on the way home at the Italian market and serve it with that. I put everything in the slow cooker insert last night and this morning I pulled it out of the refrigerator and turned it on high and after 4 hours, it will go to low for the rest of the time. Looking forward to it in this crazy weather. It is 32 degrees in Oct.!! Too early for winter. Last week it was 84 degrees. That is so typical of New England though...don't like the weather...wait a minute and it will change.
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It was snowing here in Waterbury up until a few minutes ago. Now I am hearing sleet pellets bouncing off my windows
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Eric and Minus...how wonderful to get to meet and visit in person.
Supper tonight was white beans and a honey baked ham bone in the crock pot. Served with crackers and pimento cheese.
You would've thought I had been over the stove for DAYS the way DH raved about this simple yet delish supper. He had picked up a few of the HB ham bones and we stuck them in the freeer awhile back...I think he paid $3.00/bone. It is amazing how much ham is still on the bone! Anyway, I used 3 cans of navy and 3 cans of white cannolini beans...drained and thoroughly rinsed. Added 1 teas salt, 1 T each of garlic and thyme and 3/4 cup water...stirred it all around and cooked on high in the crockpot for about 4 hours. There was so much meat on the bone, I could've used more beans...and, will next time. What an inexpensive, yet delish and filling meal!
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