So...whats for dinner?
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ooh @maggie15 fig sauce? Sounds wonderful. Can you share a recipe or brand if it was store bought. Sounds lovely.
Snowy morning today and very cold. Ordering in Chinese for the family dinner with my stepson, visiting from CA and my son and is wife coming down from Rockland county.
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I was curious about the fig sauce, too.
Thanks for the kind praise, Maggie. To be honest, the jeans aren't skinny. LOL.
Dinner last night was chili that dh put together after buying ingredients at the supermarket while he was out. It tasted really good with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of Mexican blend cheese.
I'll have to bring my assortment of succulents inside tonight because the forecast calls for freezing temperatures down in the 20's. We'll run a trickle of water in the kitchen sink. The succulents might be ok outside but I don't want to take the risk.
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We had chili last night too - a last minute decision that pleased DH. There's enough left to provide lunch for two.
Today is dedicated to wrapping since I haven't wrapped one single present. It's a chore I dislike anyway and my arthritic hands don't make it any more fun. (Bah humbug). But it will be good to have it done and one more thing checked off the Christmas to do list.
I think tonight will be a skillet dish with cabbage, potatoes and kielbasa.
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Nance, I thought about you today as dh and I watched Cook's Country on tv and a featured dish was Hoppin' John as made in the Low Country of South Carolina with a local variety of peas brought from Africa.
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Happy winter solstice! The days start getting longer tomorrow.
Fig Sauce (savory)
1Tbs butter, 2Tbs diced shallots, 2 ripe figs any type peeled and mashed with a fork, 2Tbs balsamic vinegar, 2Tbs liquid (chicken/veggie stock or white wine), 3 tsp lemon juice.
- Melt butter in skillet. Cook shallots 2 min.
- Stir in figs, vinegar, stock, lemon juice and simmer 3 min.
- Pour sauce over cooked fish or chicken.
- I add 3 tsp fresh thyme if using for chicken.
Fig Sauce (sweet) - Super easy and good in oatmeal, yogurt, on cornbread or vanilla ice cream.
Stonewall Kitchen's Vidalia Onion Fig sauce is a good storebought option. My local grocery store is headquartered in Maine so they carry it. It's also sold mailorder.
Flurries turned into 3 inches of snow so I got my exercise today shovelling rather than walking. We'll be almost at 0* tonight. I had to use the water trickle trick when I lived down south; they claimed it didn’t get that cold but every once in a while it did. Now our pipes are insulated by the basement.
Nance, My parents never wrapped presents, just put tags on them. They weren't under the tree until Christmas morning. My sister had an after school job as a gift wrapper in a department store. She still sends beautifully wrapped packages with gorgeous bows which I hate to ruin. The See's candy wins out, however.
Wally, I hope things are going OK for you and your DH.
Dinner tonight was ribeye steak, acorn squash and tater tots for DH.
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