So...whats for dinner?
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PF Chang's has been "meh" for years now--all they do well are the lettuce wraps. Last time I ate there, the "stir-fry vegetables" were limp, bland, greasy & watery--wouldn't be surprised if they used frozen (but thawed before cooking). Sad state of affairs that their frozen supermarket meals-in-a-bag are better than what they serve up.
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Tonight was Mia's Kitchen marinara with Italian sausage and extra red pepper flakes added over spaghetti - not very exciting, but it was quick - DH walked after work so dinner was about 90 mins ago, lol! I really need to grocery shop tomorrow, and get my nails done! They are a mess! A good friend wants me to go blueberry picking with her in the afternoon - will report back on that!
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My nails are a trainwreck. One week into my mani, I had reached deep into my coat pocket to verify my keys were still there; and my middle nail tip folded itself off at the quick. Three applications of nail glue, tissue patch, tape and a band-aid later, it broke completely off. Had to use a press-on floating around the bottom of my nail polish box. Then two days later I was mincing herbs and nicked my left nail tip. A coat of no-light gel seems to have kept it from chipping. But all week long the edges of several nails have gotten "snaggy" (there went two pair of knee-highs) and tonight my left index nail lifted at the inner corner. I swear, there isn't enough superglue on the face of the earth...
So tomorrow is my mani-pedi. Because I will be a packing fool (I leave for the airport Sun. morning at 9 am for my trip to Rome) and doubtless will be rummaging about in my bags, the nails will have to hold up really well. My Italian is good enough to order food & wine, hail a cab and ask where the bathroom is--but not to explain to a Roman nail tech why I need long nails on my R hand but short on my L. (And my days are pretty much scheduled tightly*). Only once did I ever have a beauty appt. in Europe w/o speaking a word of English: I got a haircut in Paris in 1992 (it was cute, but I was thin and could pull it off), and even being halfway fluent in French it was a challenge.
*One fascinating thing on the agenda will be a presentation about the Amanda Knox murder case, given by her defense attorneys.
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chisandy - wish I had invested in super glue stock way back when - I have probably used my weight in it, lol! My middle finger, dominant hand, has the acrylic completely lifted as of post-dinner dishes tonight - just glued it back down about half an hour ago. I wouldn't want to try getting my nails done in Italy either - my DD just did exactly the same in Columbia - she texted me pictures throughout the experience. She was lucky to have bi-lingual fellow bridesmaids to help, but I think it was a bit nerve wracking! It is hard to do Google translate on the cell phone when you can't use your nails, lol! Fortunately, they turned out well! Enjoy your trip - yes, the Knox case would be fascinating to hear about. Are these presentations given in Italian or English?
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Special, they're given in English. The trip is sponsored by the Chicago Bar Assn., for continuing legal ed (CLE) credit. 4 credits of ethics. (Best one was a really intensive one in Lausanne in 2016: it was an int'l symposium on diversity & inclusion, and we got 16 credits). We have to report 30 credits every 2 yrs., so when I get back I'll probably have to watch 26 more hrs. of videos by June 30. Unfortunately, I can't download, only stream them; so I can't watch them on the plane. (Wi-fi in the air over the Atlantic is insanely expensive--in 2015 I flew bus. class on Iberia and they "gave" me 250MB free wi-fi. The catch was you had to sign up for it with a credit card for the overages; 250MB is less than 1/2 hr. of browsing, and the signal kept buffering like crazy. When I got to my hotel in Madrid, I got my wi-fi receipt: trying to surf through a few threads on the Acoustic Guitar Forum, then giving up, logging off & catching some Zs, cost me $250!).
I used to get acrylics, but they're really rough on the nail beds and the fumes in the salon are something awful. Of course, they only had to be "filled" every 3 weeks or so. I switched to a combo of gels and "no-chip" gel polish for the R hand (which I use for picking) and the "no-chip" on the L (which has to be very short, for fretting). They have to be soaked off every 2 weeks, but unlike acrylics, don't require the nail bed to be roughed up. I get a subtle oval French manicure (no big "Long Island Medium"-style Chiclet tips), and I can generally touch up with Sally Hansen no-light gel polish between manis if need be. When acrylics chip, whole chunks break off and sometimes take part of the nail bed with them.
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Glad you reported that post, Minus. I found it suspicious.
The shrimp, sausage and zoodles dish last night was "Meh," too, to use Sandy's adjective. I will discard that printed recipe. Just not enough flavor.
Tonight will be chicken breast cooked in the air fryer.
No gym this morning. Yard work instead. I would much rather go to the gym.
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I'm the opposite. Gym for me & I'd rather do yard work.
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I’d rather my personal trainer from the gymcame over and did my yard work lol!
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Minus - Allow me to add my thanks for reporting the multiple posts about that Pink Lotus doctor's book. I took a look (without clicking on the link) and was unimpressed. Found it telling that nearly all the rave reviews were from TV "personalities" rather than people from the medical community.
Carole - I've never been able to get myself to enjoy zoodles. But my guess is that one needs to amp up all the flavors of the "sauce" going with them, since the higher water content of squash versus pasta literally dilutes what it being served over them.
ChiSandy - Enjoy Rome! How great to be able to do your MCLE there, and the topic does indeed sound interesting. Italy is one of my favorite places and I miss it almost as soon as I leave. Travel was pretty much off the table this past year and after all the time I've taken off work plus my ongoing every 3 week infusion schedule I think we'll be taking shorter, domestic trips this year. Possibly NYC or New Orleans, depending on the heat (which I do not enjoy.)
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Dr. Funk is actually a well respected surgeon but I think being a breast surgeon in Los Angeles has skewed her toward becoming a celebrity herself, in addition to treating celebrity patients, with appearances on many TV shows, etc. The book seems to be directed more at preventing cancer - um, what? Do we know how that works yet? - than providing anything for those of us who are already diagnosed other than possible discussion of surgical techniques, many of which you can only get at her center. She is commercializing - like so many things associated with breast cancer - which I think leaves a bad taste (ha! On the dinner thread!) here on BCO.
magari - I have found the water content in the zoodles to be problematic too, to cook them makes them soggy - I wonder if you could salt them like eggplant first then blot them? When I have used them I tend not to sauce them, cook briefly at higher heat to evaporate the moisture and then mix in a lot of garlic and lemon pepper, and top with parm. My regular local grocery store also has pre-zoodled (is that a word?) sweet potato spirals which are less moist and seem to work better for my purposes if I am using something like marinara.
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Magari, your use of the acronym MCLE suggests that you, too, are a lawyer. If so, do you still practice (I retired but keep my license so I can be in the Bar Show) and in what disciplines? (Here in IL we can't say "specialties" because only patent law has a specialty certification--the most specific we can get is "practice limited to--or concentrated in...").
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Yes, the zoodles put out a lot of moisture and watered down the flavors. I'm not a zucchini fan and probably won't be a zoodles fan either! I will try them again with a little olive oil and preserved lemon. I have two more in the veggie drawer. The WW hand spiralizer worked well. I regret wasting the last of my saffron.
Minus, I wish we could work something out, where I could go to the gym for you and you could do my yard work. I put in 2 hours of weeding and pruning and did make a dent in improving the appearance of the two front flower beds. This is the same woman who built the beds and did all the planting 20 plus years ago. DH put in hours of his own, mowing and weed eating. We have a 2-acre property that originally was 6 acres.
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I like the squash zoodles best sauted in a little olive oil and garlic. Sometimes I add onion and or green pepper strips and add a chopped up tomato them let it cook down a bit..
The new instant pot arrived today so I celebrated by making ham and beans. DH has a bit more appetite so I'm hoping it will appeal. I'll make cornbread too.
My yard is a disaster. Yesterday and today are the first days over 50 degrees in months. I should have been outside but have been playing nursemaid to DH.
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ChiSandy - I am actually a paralegal rather than an attorney, but here in CA we must also do MCLE hours. I work for a public agency here in San Francisco. All civil litigation. I worked in general litigation for many years (mostly PI and civil rights cases) but was transferred to the Labor group about 3 years ago.
I've been on medical leave since my surgery in October, but have at least a few years to go before I can retire. My plan is to return to work next week, though I may have to go back out for few days to have a surgery to remove/adjust/replace my port. I have a consult with my surgeon tomorrow to discuss what she wants to do and when.
Our seafood CSA gave us grenadier fillets today. I will sprinkle them with ancho chili powder, pan sear them and make fish tacos with red cabbage slaw and spicy lime mayo.
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The wind has been blowing 20mph or so all day and that is just enough to blow the palo verde tree leaves and blossoms into everything. I'm hoping it doesn't aggravate Sharon's allergies.
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Eric - we've had the same wind. Yellow dust from the trees everywhere. And I've been sneezing all evening. Hope Sharon does better.
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Spring must definitely be here. While driving today (windy here also) it started to snow. I thought ‘not again!!’ Until I stopped at a red light and realized it wasn’t snow...it was a shower of fluff! I started sneezing shortly after lol
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Farther north in the state, where there are pine forests, the winds are in the 45-50mph ranges. The wind combined with the severe drought has the wild land fire department folks VERY worried.
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Fish tacos with fresh fish. Yum!
Empathizing with all who suffer from the pollen. I will be out on the golf course this morning, nose dripping.
Breaded the two thin slices of chicken breast with Italian bread crumbs and cooked in the air fryer 5 minutes on each side. They were overcooked but we ate them (dh with liberal amount of chutney) with lightly candied carrots. DH made himself a romaine salad.
Probably steak tonight.
Funny that with all the leg exercises I do at the gym, I must have used unexercised leg muscles yesterday with the squatting and crouching to pull weeds. There was a time when I liked gardening and spent some hours every day in the yard. Of course, there was a time when my house was clean!
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Thinking of making stuffed peppers
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It's Friday, so we're splurging a little. I'm making chipotle mac & cheese with garlic breadcrumbs, and some kind of salad to go with it.
Had an Aperol spritz last night pre-dinner because I was missing Italy, and just might do so again this evening.
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Rainy, yucky day here. I have a rump roast in the crock pot that will hopefully turn into Special K's delicious French Dip. The roast was 1.8lbs and this mini-pot is a bit small - but I cut it in four pieces so onward!!! This afternoon I have tickets for a one hour concert by a wonderful group that uses only period instruments - Mercury Baroque (although they're called just Mercury now) I love their neighborhood series where I can hear really great music without driving downtown at night. Copying the program for Bedo in case she is lurking. Or Susan. Miss them both.
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concerto for Two Violins and Cello in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Concerto for Cello in A minor, RV 418
PIETRO ANTONIO LOCATELLI
Concerto Grosso in E-flat major, Op. 7, No. 6 "The Tears of Ariadne"ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI
Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.2, No. 10 -
minus - oh yay for the French dip - please let me know how it goes, and enjoy the concert - sounds fun! I miss bedo and susan too, hope both are doing well.
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Special - the French Dip was delicious. I cooked 1/2 of your recipe and still have enough for 2 or 3 more meals. I think the consomme makes a nice difference.
So who else has a favorite Crock Pot recipe that I can try?
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Minus - yay! I think the consommé has such concentrated flavor, helps flavor the roast and make a rich au jus. So glad you enjoyed it!
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Over here in my corner of the world, I’m making one of our family favorites: Crispy Parmesan Baked Chicken. A salad for me and zucchini for him and everyone’s happy. (I am mostly plant-based in my eating but I do include fish once a week or so; occasionally have organic chicken breast.) I love this dish - reminds me of when our daughter was little and it was a regular in our dinner routine.
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Hi Patsy from a fellow Arizonan....
Eric, Peoria.....
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I’d love the French dip recipe, please.
Tonight we had thanksgiving in April, all the usual food except for the pumpkin pie, which we skipped.
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illimae - the French dip recipe - if I can call it that - is on page 1189, Apr 7, @ 9.24. Also can’t remember if I said that I mix mayo and some horseradish and spread it on the warm Cuban bread before putting the beef on for the sandwich. I usually use prepared horseradish and pull some out of the jar with a spoon and put the spoonful on a folded paper towel to absorb some moisture - maybe 5 mins. Then mix with the mayo
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Welcome Patsy. Your corner of the world is lovely. If you don't mind sharing, please send your Chicken recipe. There are a fair number of us who eat MANY veggies so we'd love any specials you have with those too.
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