So...whats for dinner?
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Healing vibes to SpecialK and Sandy.
Minus, the problem with deviled eggs is that they taste good and I can eat so many of them. I admire you for limiting your intake to 1 1/2 egg halves.
We had a wingdinger of a storm early this morning. Now the sun is peeking out. Forecast is for 80's today and humidity.
Last night's dinner was "cheddar" brats. Bits of cheddar cheese in the meat mixture. I steamed them in a skillet and then let them brown. Side was a bean dish left over from Mary and Lyman's wedding. And a tossed salad. I cooked three brats, one for me and two for dh.
Will have to check the freezer for tonight's meat course. Probably chicken. Possibly salsa chicken. I really like the combo of black beans and salsa.
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We had a real gullywasher this morning. From 9am to 12pm we had almost 5 inches in 3 hours. It was like a fire hose. I couldn't see across the street. It continued raining until 3pm, but just another inch.
Breakfast was dark chocolate covered pretzels from Trader Joes. Dunch will be more deviled eggs and likely leftovers. I'm going to try a recipe that adds sauteed spinach to cooked lentils.
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Benedict this a.m.--low-carb toast instead of English muffin--poached instead of fried the egg, and I think I'll go back to frying. Used Serrano ham instead of Canadian bacon, and heirloom tomato slices. Nuked the remaining Bearnaise sauce. Just now had ricotta with a chopped fresh apricot and half slice of pineapple on low-carb toast. Bob's coming home soon--if it doesn't storm, I'll grill a grass-fed skirt steak and make fajitas. Dessert will be mixed berries, maybe more apricot & pineapple.
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No fanfare or entertaining this 4th - grilled burgers, corn on the cob, Cole slaw and strawberry shortcake. Happy 4th of July to all!
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Hi, all. Sending more healing thoughts out to Special and Sandy.
We're having a quiet 4th at home. Grilling pizzas with Trader Joe's dough and fresh mozerrella. I will make drop biscuit shortcakes with raspberries and peaches or nectarines.
Our fish CSA delivery tomorrow is salmon and Sandy's side of snap peas sounds lovely. Unless I have something else I need to use up already in the crisper....
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Lately, dinner for Sharon and I has been a "sometimes" thing. Sharon goes to the gym in the morning and I go running outside (or walking if it's really hot), then we eat a lite breakfast around 10:30am. The next meal is around 3pm and we often are not hungry (and thus skip) dinner.dinner.
We both have exercise watches and our daily step count is well above 16,000....we're losing weight, although more slowly than we'd like!
I'm glad things are getting back to normal for you Special and it sounds like you are getting along OK as well, Chi (except for the summer cold).......
The dogs are busy defending the home against the evil forces of fireworks noise. Gypsy, the yellow lab, is laying on the couch, next to Sharon as she plays the banjo. Frankie, the black "Border Collie, lab mix" is laying at her feet. When a firecracker goes off in the neighborhood, they jump up and bark, then they lay down in the same positions...until the next time, which is a minute or so later.
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Thanks all - doing well, changed out of bandaging to my compression tights, so I am comfy now. Legs look a little battered but it is short term, then improvement.
eric - our dog is currently wrapped in a blanket watching a really loud TV as close to me as possible. If he could fit in my shirt that is where he would be, lol!
We had burgers with chipotle Gouda, carmelized onions, and a combo of ranch dressing and BBQ sauce. Alsogarlic fries, broccoli salad, Mac salad, cold beer. Happy 4th to all!
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Tonight is burgers for DH and I too.
Greetings from the mountains of west Texas!
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Eric, I didn't know Sharon plays banjo! What style--bluegrass, frailing, plectrum, etc.?
Made fajitas tonight--marinated a skirt steak in chimichurri, and grilled it rare-to-mid-rare. Ate a romaine salad, flipped the steak. Sauteed pepper strips (red, yellow, & orange bell and poblano) and white onion indoors on the stove. Came time to flambé the veggies and--uh-oh--couldn't get the Aim & Flame to work. So I resorted to my old kitchen hack: I took a piece of raw linguine, lit it with the stove flame, turned off the flame, poured in the tequila and immediately lit it. Perfect! Sliced the steak and served it with tomatillo salsa (Frontera) on the side. Did grill some local asparagus too--seems when I do that I always sacrifice a couple of spears to the gods of the grill grates!!!
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Illimae - Gorgeous rainbow in the blue sky. Be glad you weren't here today for the deluge.
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Bluegrass, with picks...not clawhammer style.
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Minus, DH and I are in far west Texas until Sunday and I love the weather out here, not only am I dry but I got a little chilly last night.
We’re using a single burner camp stove so dinners are uncomplicated. Last night we had burgers and tonight will be pan fried pork chops and Brussels sprouts.
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Eric, I salute Sharon--bluegrass fingerpicking is challenging!
Breakfast was some tuna salad on the end piece of a loaf of low-carb bread; dunch was avocado toast (spicy guac on said bread) with a fried egg. Supper will be leftover fajitas.
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6pm and it's 116F/47C.
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oy
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But it's a dry heat. (followed by a whispered, "Not that it matters much!")
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Right now it's 90% humidity here. Trust me, it matters lol
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Yes, it does! Today will reach 86 with rain, gimme some dry heat - although that's a LOT of dry heat! DD was supposed to be in Alaska today (flight cancelled due to weather here preventing takeoff and the connection in Minneapolis cancelled due to a faulty jet door......) where it is 75 and sunny.
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Dinner at the Good Life Café in Park Rapids last night. Walleye fish and chips and red cabbage slaw. Very good. DH had a California Burger with house made chips. Our host, young owner of Pine Hollow Resort, had the bison meatloaf.
Tonight will be ground lamb purchased from the rancher at the Farmers' Market a couple of weeks ago. Not sure how I will cook it. Maybe meatloaf. Maybe burgers. Maybe meatballs in sauce.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. Humidity low and high temperature in the mid 70's. This morning in the high 50's. I pulled on jeans and a long-sleeved tee shirt when I got up at 7:30. I would be perfectly happy never to have to turn on the a/c.
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Clarifying..the "but it's a dry heat" doesn't matter much once it gets over 115F/46C. :-).
116F is uncomfortable even when "dry".
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Clarifying..the "but it's a dry heat" doesn't matter much once it exceeds 115F/46C. :-).
116F is uncomfortable even when "dry".
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I experienced "dry" heat over 100 degrees in Lake Havasu one summer in July. "Dry" didn't make it at all bearable. "Humid" makes even 80 degrees pretty miserable. Just sayin...
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Eric - I hope you postponed your run - with or without back pack.
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No clarification needed Eric, having experienced quite a bit of time in the southwest I equate that dry heat to a blast furnace. For sheer miserableness though, twice I was in Las Vegas in the summer when it rained.
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I decided to walk to the post office instead of running.
I went to put on my running/hiking/walking hat and I discovered I need to wash it again. It had fallen to the floor...and the cat decided it was the place to get rid of a fur ball :-\ I'm not quite sure what to make of that. :-)
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Ack, Eric! I sometimes think cats deliberately look for the worst places to leave their little gifts.
70s, dry & sunny today. Gonna slather on the sunscreen, take my inhaler, and spend as much time outdoors as I can (despite high mold count). Almost regretting ordering a few groceries from WF via Amazon Prime (free delivery tomorrow--all the 2-hr windows today were taken and we're going out to dinner tonight), as the store's w/in easy walking distance. Will saunter over to CVS, though, for a couple of prescriptions. Must...avoid...frozen...custard...shop.....
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Tonight was a Cesar salad and Mac n Cheese with ground beef crumbles. Now it’s time to boil water for washing dishes in a plastic tub (cabin has no plumbing yet and only an extension cord for power).
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Illimae - on a positive note, you don't have to go find a stream and scour the dishes & pots with sand.
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Bob got home early, and we decided to explore Evanston (the suburban mini-city to our immediate north) for dinner. The goals were an interesting cuisine, a place we'd never tried, and available on-street parking. Well, two out of three ain't bad. Problem is that when a city or neighborhood becomes interesting and new businesses boom, parking gets much scarcer. So we settled on looking for valet stands in front of unfamiliar restaurants, and ended up in a place called Kinship. Its focus is locally-sourced and farm-to-table (as much as possible) and always environmentally responsible. Sounds like roots, twigs, & berries? Nope. Small but inventive menu of decently sized portions of interesting foods and wines by the glass. We each had "chicken-fried scallop shooters" (it was National Fried Chicken Day) and "pea chowder." The latter was a split-pea velouté (like a bisque but smoother and without cream) studded with English peas, whole baby clams and dollops of English pea puree and pea-infused olive oil. Probably the best soup I've had in a long time. We shared an asparagus salad (4 large spears over chopped stalks and red onion in a yogurt dressing) and hanger steak with onion rings (tempura!) and watercress. Even so, we still took home leftovers. (With age--and both hands in splints--comes automatic portion control). The place also has a patisserie/coffee bar called Next of Kin, but we were way too full for dessert and it was too late in the day for caffeine.
Next time, we'll take the train and explore on foot--we saw several fascinating Asian eateries (Szechuan, sushi, hibachi, Chinese fusion, Himalayan, Thai-Cajun fusion, and two more field-to-fork places).
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DD is home tonight and will be here for a couple of days...none of wisdom teeth have "erupted" and they are causing problems, so tomorrow, an oral surgeon is going to remove all four of them. Then, next week, she's going to be dog sitting for us. Sharon is attending a bluegrass camp. Small towns have a lot of interesting things to see, so I go along and go "sightseeing" while she's at the camp.
DD is going to cook some burritos tonight and then we'll cook tomorrow. The burritos are very good and meatless, although you wouldn't realize there is no meat when you're eating them.
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