So...whats for dinner?
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Echoing Happy Mother's Day to all, whether you are one of only have one.
Dinner plans are fajitas with my favorite sweet chili chicken. Not only that but scored a head of lettuce for half off at the store the other day so am feeling frugal.😃
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Happy Mother’s Day. I seem to keenly feel the loss of my mom on this day.
I was greatly amused this morning when I opened the lovely card from my DH - a replica of the exact same card he has given me on two previous Mother’s days. He really likes that card 😂
Breakfast was a Dutch baby with fresh strawberries and two slices of bacon. Yum. I don’t know what dinner is but I know that I’m not fixing it. Perhaps Popeyes chicken which will require a 45 minute drive but might possibly be worth it.
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I'm back. We were invited to a long time friend's house in northern Arizona where it was in the upper 70F degree range for high temperatures and we were up there for several days. They have 40 acres of land, so there is plenty of room for them. It was nice getting out of the 100F heat that we're already having in the Phoenix metro area.
Happy Mother's Day to everyone.
Magari, once things settle back down, I'll bet the courts will be busy with lots of wrangling over who pays for the monetary losses.
I like sour stuff. I love those sour Skittles and I can eat plane ascorbic acid like used to keep cut apples from browning. With that comes the sauerkraut and the rice vinegar-rice-pine-nuts-cilantro-onion chicken dish that I make.
Hi, Together. I sometimes make a baked lasagna that turns out OK. It's one of those that sometimes works out...and sometimes...not... :-) One of these days I'll figure it out so that it is consistently good.
I planted Yellow Pear tomatoes here and I'm getting a couple of dozen per day off of the plants, although they are starting to look a bit overheated. The Serrano peppers and tomatillos will soon be producing so that will be good for a little extra spice.
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The multi cooker pot came in handy again yesterday. I sauteed round steak strips on the Saute function, then pressured for 15 minutes. Dinner was beef stroganoff and romaine salad.
Nance, I was thinking yesterday that we need a Popeye's fix before we depart.
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Chinese leftovers tonight--shrimp & chicken with veggies, maybe a teeny bit of fried rice (and a couple of starch blocker tabs). For brunch I had the other half of yesterday's broccoli-cheddar quiche with salad. (Added some grape tomatoes and baby arugula to the salad).
This noon on the local news the "World Wine Guys" made "comfort food" to go with chardonnay: a tater-tot casserole (featuring ground beef, cream of mushroom soup and Velveeta). Good thing I'd already eaten, because just the sight of it made me lose my appetite for hours. Call me nuts (mmm...nuts...), but I find a normal a1c, painless knees, losing two risk factors, and fitting into smaller clothes much more "comforting."
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Nance, I like your breakfast companion. We have no feeders out, but do have an increasing number of bird “couples” around, which is enjoyable to see. Nothing too unusual, but our “regulars”.... cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, robins, etc. i do intend to make some hummingbird nectar, in case they are stopping by here on their way further north. Neighbors in our lake community report that they have started to see the hummers, but they had a layer of snow and really cold temps this week. Yikes!
Last night we had steak for dinner...supposed to be grilled, But DH ran into a problem when changing the tank, so I ended up broiling them. I rarely broil anything anymore.... sides were my typical garden salad and a sautéed medley of cherry tomatoes, kale and orzo with garlic for flavor, which it needed. We had gone to DS2’s family earlier in the day. He had set up social distanced chairs in their driveway, which is how we visited with them, keeping the baby (who has suddenly turned into a toddler behind our backs) on a “short leash” every time she tried to toddle over to us on our side of the driveway. Sad as that was, my granny gift was that she started saying “Nana“ this week, and heartily yelled that out when I went to get something from our car. I really worried that she would not know us at all after this distancing. So her “Nana” recognition relieves me.
Tonight I decided to make a faux lo mein to “stretch out” some leftover chicken teriyaki tenders. I used wheat angel hair since my asian noodles had a very old date on them...and had that “old” smell. The angel hair was fine, and I made a sauce from an internet recipe and added onions since we had no scallions, and sprinkled chives on top. It was actually really tasty. Side was, of course, a salad.I was glad that worked out well tonight, since I have been really uninspired about cooking these days...and it keeps needing to be done.....
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Last night was chicken cordon bleu. I didn't mention that I 'don't do' sides. I may put some berries on the plate is all usually. Rarely I'll have a side like rolls, that is an exception.I should do sides I just don't have sides ideas. This has been my whole life, even when I organized food for a nonprofit, I could always handle making the main but left sides to someone else. Ha!
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Last night was leftover fried chicken using the reheat function on the air fryer. I was most impressed with the result - crispy and juicy chicken even after refrigeration - way better than the oven. Yay! Another justification for the real estate taken up by the thing.
I need some advice. Do any of you have a recommendation on a garlic press that doesn’t crush the garlic? I have several presses (always searching for the perfect one) that I like for different reasons but they all crush the cloves into mush. I would like one with bigger holes I think. Any thoughts?
Who knows what dinner is tonight, certainly not I.
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Last night was DH's birthday with his requested menu: burgers with fresh tomato slices, pickles and mustard; corn on the cob; waldorf salad with a surprise individual serving of cheesecake with fresh berries. Cooked the corn in the Instant Pot, worked really well.
Tonight will likely be some selection of leftovers...
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YUM to all your meals. I think I'm getting hungry for a good hamburger.
Today was a large salad - base was 1/2 of Dole Sunflower Crunch bag of greens with added avocado, cucumber, shoestring beets, turkey cubes, cucumbers, fresh mushrooms, Campari tomatoes, sunflower seeds and bacon crumbles.
Nance - I have an Oxo Good Grips chopper that works OK, but frankly I cheat and buy Goya minced garlic & keep it in the fridge.
Lacey - my niece is 4 and I couldn't get her off the phone Sunday. She speaks well for a four year old, but I still had to work hard to understand everything she was saying. I was really worn out after 20 minutes. Interesting about the noodles. I didn't know they got old.
Eric - good to see you. Your trip sounds like a dream. My brother has a cabin in Mund's Park on the way to Flag. I planted an antique "Mexican Mini" tomato plant. 3 small green tomatoes on the plant so far. They are tiny but sweet. Hope I get some produce before it gets too hot. We've been fortunate that it hasn't been over 90 the last couple of days.
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I too buy minced garlic that goes in the fridge after being opened.
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DH uses garlic cloves from a bulb when he cooks his daily mix ups of veg/protein. I use frozen garlic cubes when I cook (obtained from Trader Joe's usually).
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Dinner tonight was a chicken Caesar salad for DH, and leftover tortilla soup with added chicken, cheese and crushed tortilla chips for me. DH had a beer with lunch - a previously unrealized benefit of working from home,lol! The beer was in celebration of his negative COVID test (yay!), although he said if it was positive he would have also had a beer. So, he has a run of the mill sinus infection but his antibiotic is not working as well as hoped, so he may need another or an extension of this one. He is staying home for the rest of the week and WFH. Our pool is finally refilled and looks beautiful with the new resurfacing. We went with a white coating so the water looks like the Caribbean, and is surprisingly clear already. Can't wait for that water bill from the city...
auntie - I have this one, linked. I also sometimes use a microplane grater with larger holes but find that a lot of garlic gets left behind on the grater itself.
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I use a Kuhn Rikon garlic press that opens all the way so that it can be fully rinsed out, eliminating the need to dig around and extract the "dregs." Unlike the old Susi I used to have (aluminum, with a separate plastic cleaning tool that I constantly misplaced), it's stainless steel with a plastic overlay on the handles. But half the time, I just take a chef's knife and smash the clove before mincing it.
Dinner was a second night of Chinese leftovers from the place around the corner. This time Bob asked for the sauces on the side--good thing, because they were gloppy & brown, with one too sweet and the other too salty. I mixed the chicken & veg with the seafood (only the surimi remained) & veg in a large skillet, with the delicately seasoned broth from the seafood. I further seasoned it with a dash or two of five-spice powder, garlic-ginger oil and a capful of Chinese rice wine--no salt or soy sauce. I did cheat and have some of the freebie chicken fried rice. We have half a large container plus a small one each of white & brown rice, which I will freeze in anticipation of the coming famine that will turn us all into carb-loading vegans...just kidding...maybe.
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Dinner was a chicken breast cut into strips and a yellow bell pepper cut into strips. Both cooked in my version of "stir fry" in a large skillet. Added cooked soba noodles and a homemade sweet spicy sauce that is one of my two "Asian" sauces.
Side was salad greens with a vinaigrette.
Tonight will probably be hot dogs.
Usually I make a pricey grocery shopping trip when we arrive in MN for the summer to stock up on all the staples. This year I am buying the staples in advance so that when we arrive, I will need to buy meat and dairy only.
SpecialK, glad to hear that your dh's test was negative. I am waiting for the opportunity to take a test for antibodies. I am one of those people who had a flu like illness at the end of January with fever and cough. It was not flu, according to the test at my dr.'s office. I was ill for a couple of weeks. Whatever I had, quite a few people had the same illness.
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ChiSandy - Good one about us turning into carb loading vegans, maybe.
Tried to tell DH about smashing with chef's knife first, but he does his own thing in re: how he chops garlic. He eats about 2 cloves daily - his way of self medicating, along with a shot glass of lemon juice, instead of being on a statin scrip.
SpecialK - Glad to hear of the good results on your DH's test. Your pool sounds lovely. Must be about time to start enjoying?
Carole - Good idea about taking staples with you.
There is testing available in our area for those who do not have symptoms, but we are not signing up.
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Thanks for the good wishes about DH's test - he was very relieved and so was I. DD was quietly worrying and we did not tell our out-of-state DS, didn't want to worry him unless we had to and he has been lecturing us (how's that for turnabout?) about going out, etc., and I have to keep reassuring him that I haven't left the house.
I am curious too about the antibody test - DD was sick at the end of Feb with fever, body aches, dry unproductive cough and burning lungs - she needs to take one. I was sick with the same in Nov last year, but if I had it I was patient zero, lol!
celia - we don't usually heat the pool, so the water doesn't warm up enough for swimming (by DH and dog) until the ambient temps are hot consistently for a while. I am less about the pool and more about the spa - usually at night, and our house is L-shaped with the back all glass, so the pool is visible from everywhere. The spa is built-in and spills over into the pool so when the doors are open it sounds like a fountain, which I really enjoy. The entire pool is screened in so if it isn't too hot we can open the doors up, it is really nice. We have to wait to use the pool/spa until the chemicals do their thing and there is still cleaning of the tile with acid, which I won't be doing, or in proximity of - just the dust from removal of the old surface and acid wash of the new surface caused some breathing difficulty for me, along with usual allergies of the season, lol!
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Hi ladies🙂 I know I was gone for such a long time and I am sorry, it just happened.. rads were exhausting, marriage crumbling, meanwhile life just was falling upon me with kids, a new puppy.. Ok, there are no excuses.. but here I am and I missed you😊 Porcini mushroom tacos in cabbage leaves😊
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Welcome back, Cherry-sw! How are things in Switzerland?
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Hi ChiSandy! I live in Sweden😁 But Switzerland is doing well too, company I work for has a HQ there, I travel there sometimes, but not now of course. And you know, our FB group, former Starting chemo August 2017, had a reunion last year, in Chicago😄 We stayed at Palmer House. It was amazing, great food, great beer, strong cocktails... We went to Manny’s.. Loved it!
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My bad, Cherry--I had you mixed up with another BCO sister who lives in Zurich. Glad you loved Manny's! I miss it, but I would have to drive all the way down to the S. Loop (where parking is nearly nonexistent) to pick up food from there, as it doesn't deliver all the way up here to the far N. Side.
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Pot luck tonight (some here say "jump-ups"): defrosted some Costco BBQ pulled pork from the freezer (with a not-bad sugar-free BBQ sauce), sauteed green beans, leftover roast potato wedges from Sun. brunch (for Bob), and tomato-basil salad over the last of the baby arugula.
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Hi all dinner tonight was simple. Baked crab cakes, baked potato for me and baked clam strips for DH, leftover coleslaw, and a large green salad with veggies. Ive been adding sea salt pecans to my salads to up my protein and healthy nut intake.
Nice to meet you Cherry!
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Cherry, yummy looking picture.
Dinner was air fryer cooked fish and chips with the last of the waldorf salad from a couple of nights ago.
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Cherry - hey! Welcome back!
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ChiSandy, Manny’s had most amazing baked beans I ever tasted. Zürich is very nice, our HQ is situation 40 min by train from it
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Reader425, nice to meet you too, have to learn how to make crabcakes
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Hi SpecialK❤️ I am stupid happy that I finally decided to post here
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Cherry, nice food picture.
Crab cakes are on the menu for tonight. I bought a lb. of lump crab meat packed in Alabama at Rouse's supermarket on Tuesday. A lb. makes too many for one meal but the cooked crab cakes freeze well.
I plan to make a trip to Sam's Club today and will try the phone app that allows you to scan items and skip check out.
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carole - one of my good friends here in Tampa uses the phone app at Sam's, was doing that long before the current situation - she loves it but has found that some locations (we have multiple here) handle it better than others. The unfortunate thing is that you don't know that it hasn't worked until you get to the checkout. Hoping for good scan karma for you!
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