So...whats for dinner?
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Big salad topped with some of last nights fried chicken pieces.
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Two veggie spring rolls and a chicken tamale from Whole Foods. (Last night was pastitsio & moussaka from their hot bar). Probably have a couple of mochi for dessert later. (Late breakfast was a low-carb BLT--gotta use those tomatoes!--and a fried egg).
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Glad you will be soon getting an R+R (not exactly, right?!) and can return home to see the family and get that important paper signed, Eric. Hard to imagine that you will be spared from providing more help in the future. Thanks again! I keep hoping to hear more reports from my DDIL’s colleague who is there now.
I just spent the evening clothes shopping at Frugal Fannies to cover outfits I need for two events at DH’s business school reunion this weekend. Clearly, not gaining any weight this summer could have prevented this trip!
So since I arrived home from shopping at 9PM, and DH was eating snack food (tortilla chips and hummus), since he didn’t eat much at his reunion cocktail reception, I broke out some cheese and crackers and red grapes, and that was dinner.
So my Horseradish Vinaigrette goes something like this:
Combine:
1-2 tablespoons white horseradish
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
2 teaspoons honey ( tho I sometimes use maple syrup since we have that on hand a lot)
2-4 Tablespoons white wine vinegar (or light balsamic, or pinot grigio vinegar, or champagne vinegar) I vary it.
Dash salt (I often omit)
1/8 tsp fresh ground pepper
Once mixed well, while still whisking, add:
1/4 to 1/2 cup evoo
Feel free to adjust ingredients to your taste preference. My dressings are pretty loose as far as ingredient amounts. Also, I also often add some dried tarragon to add extra interest.
I often triple this and store it in a bottle in refridge, so it’s handy to use since it is my go to fave dressing. It just needs to come out of refridge as you start making salad so the evoo has time to liquify
That’s it!
Better go hang up my purchases!
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love those meatballs. An oldie, but goodie.
I hope evetyone came through all the horrible weather ok.
You know, Im NOT going to say I plan on posting more often. Everytime I say Im better, and say that, I end up sick. Just spent another month between my husband and myself spending 2 weeks each in bed and sick. Yuck.
Today went to Perkins. Had the choose 2 option. Roadt beef sandwich, and a cobb salad. It was actually pretty good. Shhhh. Dont tell anyone they had lemon meringe. It was good. LOL
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Perkins is always my go-to after any evening gig in WI, especially Madison. I go for the Senior menu--usually the pork chops, salmon or country-fried steak. I always end up bringing leftovers home to Chicago. I don't try the pie, because I know I'd finish it!
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Moon - so good to hear from you but sorry you've both been sick again. Hoping you're done with the 'season changing' body changes. Lemon Meringue Pie is one of my specialties. But it's not something you make for one and it seems like all my friends are always on diets. My Mom taught me (w/o words) that food = love. Finding new ways to communicate is interesting.
Been thinking about friends. Someone on another thread posted an interesting thought about friends as we age. She said she'd rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. So I'm working on small list of who I'd invite to a seminal B-day party if I had tons of money & could send a private plane to pick everyone up. I made a list like this in my 30s and I'm sad to say that a number of my very favorites have passed away. On the other hand, I've been fortunate to visit 7 people still on the original list in the last couple of years since my 2nd round with BC. Not to mention meeting 5 or 6 new BCO friends in my travels.
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The meatballs here are served with either brown gravy sauce or with cream sauce when you basically dilute the what is left in the pan after frying the meatballs, no deep fry though, let it cook then strain it and let it cook until gets thicker. It could be either lingonberry jam or lingonberry mashed with some sugar. The a common Swede has his or her meatballs.
SpecialK, all you need is grounded pork and beef, I do not use pork though, either minced onions raw or minced and fried a little, some breadcrumbs, form a small balls and sear them in oil and butter but I only use olive oil, that's all.
Cherry
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Not sure why this is true, but ever since last spring, when I started having my tech problems with this site, I have to log in each time I visit, in order to access the posting window. Maybe it’s a security thing that didn’t used to exist?
Anyway.....good to hear from you, Moon.....but really hoping that those “bugs” leave your address soon!
So this morning I keep hearing TV folks talking about Friday, the 13th.
I’m not particularly superstitious, but I might not have scheduled my mammogram for today had I realized it was this “unlucky” day. ;/ My original date was in early May, but I managed to hurt a rib a week before my appt. There was no way, I could have tolerated the vice grip of that machine, so had to re-schedule and this was the first date available. Now I see why! Ha! Guess I’ll keep my fingers crossed.....
Minus, I, too, was raised with the “food is love” mentality...and it is a great motivator for my cooking efforts. I wonder how many on our dinner thread also feel that way....
And I have also been thinking a lot about friendships these past couple of years. Basically, since retirement. Because I have worked in lots of settings and have two neighborhoods, and lots of social connections thru my very socially motivated DH, our church community, etc., I sometimes feel like I have many people to stay connected to, yet feel less close to most. And via social media, I’ve reconnected with college and even grade school and high school friends.
I also do not mind being alone, (which is perhaps not a fair statement since it is usually just for the time in the day that DH and I are temporarily not together). Recently, I’ve been thinking more about my relationships with friends and also feel the preference for “four quarters than a hundred pennies”.
I like the idea of your seminal B-day party list, Minus. And I admire your (and Special’s)efforts to visit friends in distant places. I need to get better at that. I find that I do less reaching out to friends than vice versa, and need to attend more to that. It could also be my tendency to need structure to get things done. In that sense retirement is a rather unproductive time for me.
And, yes the loss of friends and loved ones is one of the most painful realities we, who have the privilege of aging, must face. I am always amazed at how much loss my 90 year old stepmother has endured, with strength and grace....which reminds me, I must call her today to arrange a trip to CT to visit her!
Off to get ready for the mammo appt.
Oh, and it has finally gotten quite chilly here. Brrrrr!
Have a lucky Fri, the 13th and a good weekend, everyone.
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Lacey, I have to log in every time too. Plus there are some other weird typing anomalies on this site. I'm very happy you're putting up with it though, I missed your posts. Good luck with your mamm today. Talk about superstition, I have only recently started to wear the shirt I wore the day I was diagnosed six years ago. But I will never wear it to another appointment.
Fresh walleye tonight with fresh green beans and perhaps some coleslaw. I have both red and green cabbages in the fridge waiting to be used.
I find myself a bit isolated in retirement, which doesn't bother me usually. I've never had lots and lots of friends (quarters mostly.) When people meet me they often think I'm gregarious, but I'm actually a rather shy person on the inside lol. Socializing with those I don't know well can be difficult for me. Not a party girl at all.
Maybe that's why I love this place so much. I feel like I know you all and if I don't feel like talking I don't need to. But I love listening!
Eric, I'm so happy you're retiring but I know you will be missed.
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Oh hot damn. My son (an airline pilot) had a surprise schedule change/cancellation and just called to say he's in town. I haven't really seen him in more than a year except for a quick lunch several months ago up at the airport between flights. He always wants 'tex-mex' when he's here since that's what he grew up with, but apparently is having some stomach issues so we're going to Capital Grille. Off to shower & wash my hair.
I like the 'friends' comments Lacey & Nance. Definitely requires more discussion.
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DH is home for a long weekend so I am cooking....last night, beef stroganoff over Jasmine rice, haricort verte and a tossed salad....tonight's fare: cod, tossed salad and a tossed salad. Just so glad DH is home...getting so much done!
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We ate in the lounge at the Capital Grille. I had a cup of Boston Clam Chowder. Good flavor but I prefer mine a little thicker. Then two Lobster & Crab cakes. Quite tasty. And a basket full of wonderful breads, so I had 3. My son had a Rib Eye Cheeseburger with Aioli, only they've discontinued the Aioli at this location. He made do with gourmet mustard but was disappointed. Even at 5pm for my only meal, that was way too much food for me.
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Dinner tonight was a two-parter: Bob wanted to go to the 9pm showing of Blade Runner 2049, and when he told me (and I reserved the tix online) it was already 7 pm. Nuked two chicken tamales w/salsa verde. Movie was >2.5 hrs and we were starving when we got out (sm. popcorn for me and messy gooey nachos for Bob didn't take the edge off). So after seeing an episode of WTTW's Check, Please--in which we found out Little Bad Wolf in Andersonville is open till 2 am--we decided to try it. Loud hip-hop music and crowded even at midnight, but we snagged the last table. I had tuna poke with edamame & house-made taro chips, plus roasted Brussels sprouts with pine nuts & frizzled onions; Bob had a kale Waldorf salad with chicken, and pork lumpia (Filipino spring rolls). Delicious, reasonably priced, but portions could choke a horse. (Salad would have fed three). I have rehearsal down in the Loop at 12:30 tomorrow, so about to head off to bed after a bedtime snack (I know, I know, don't judge) of a black-sesame mochi ball. Gordy's spending the weekend with his GF, so those leftovers will be available for quite a while.
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Valstim, what an interesting recipe for the burgers, I have to try it. Do you do it on hamburger bun or a sandwich bread?
Dinner tonight was chicken soup again and a lot of jamon serrano I was just sitting there tearing bites from those thin slices and stuffing it in my mouth, it was almost like a craving, well, I am doing my chemo, I think my body wants protein
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Cherry, I adore jamon serrano (and prosciutto & speck) and eat it just like you do. I like jamon iberico even better, but who the heck can afford it? (When I can find it, it's $14 for a 2-oz package of postage-stamp-sized slices). In fact, for breakfast this morning I had a small tomato and a couple of slices of "Ridgetop Prosciutto Americano" (made in Iowa from Berkshire pigs).
Tonight will probably be a spring roll with my leftovers from last night.
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Just in to say that my mammo was fine. Glad I wasn’t cursed by the unlucky day, as I noticed a few other women seemed to be. It’s always sobering to be there. So many young girls waiting results!
Need to get ready for DH’s HBS reunion gala at the MFA. Will check in with other news and meals from this weekend....tomorrow.
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Yay congrats lacey, always good to have that out the way for a while.
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ChiSandy, jamon iberico must be the same as Pata negra, I know, it is stinking expensive and they sliced it so thin last time I bought it that there were nothing to chew. It has to be cut in those smaller thicker chunks as they do in Spain, they cut it directly and put in this newspaper bag and you just walk around snacking on it. I do not like Parma that much, it tastes different, like pork, but in Northern Croatia they have a similar ham called Prsut, another variation, very delicious. Jamon is definitely my thing. Today I just needed salt I think Cherry
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Lasey, congratulations, worth some champagne
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Congrats, Lacey!
Cherry, yes--that jamon iberico is pata negra. I got very spoiled back in spring 2015 when I took a trip to Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville) and the breakfast buffets at the hotels had all the jamon serrano & iberico we wanted. A month later in Chicago, there was RiojaFest in the Great Hall at Union Station--besides 100 Rioja producers there were food stations all around the perimeter, including two jamon iberico carving stations, morcilla (I think I ate enough morcilla to become a pig-blood donor), various tapas, and even an exhibition whole-animal butchering & roasting area (especially goat and lamb). In 2016 at a hotel I visited in Lausanne, the breakfast buffet included a leg of pata negra and a knife--D.I.Y. jamon iberico on the honor system.
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Lemon Meringue Pie is a fave of mine - I like pretty much any lemon dessert. An easy quick one I like to do for parties is to get the pre-made mini tarts, or you can also use filo cups. Mix equal parts lemon curd and stiffly whipped sweetened cream (I have also used Cocowhip! to keep it dairy free) until smooth and pipe or spoon into the shells. Dust with powdered sugar and top with a fresh raspberry. Quick and easy.
Here are the tart shells I use:
https://www.amazon.com/Clearbrook-Farms-Mini-Shells-Count/dp/B0052SJIKI
lacey - yay for the good mammo!
I had posted the other day about having a pork roast, sweet potatoes, and something green (turns out it is a salad), but DH wanted a cold dinner that night so I made a chicken Caesar. We are having the pork tonight - it is roasting in the oven now!
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Tonight is a pizza made with garlic naan and a side salad. Tomorrow DH is making meatloaf
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Illimae-- looks delicious!
Tonight DH came over to make spaghetti and garlic bread. Tomorrow will be lobster rolls and brioche rolk
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Lacey - Woo Hoo!!! Such good news. Looking forward to hearing about your new outfits for the reunion.
Special - thanks for the lemon 'tart' recipe. i will be trying that. It's not quite cold enough here for a pork roast yet (still over 90 most days). I'm getting hungry for things that require an oven.
illi - oh my your pizza looks so good. I will have to plan pizza this week for sure.
DogdersGirl - Lobster Rolls - YUM. You must live on the east coast. I asked Capital Grille last night if they would recommend their lobster roll or their crab/lobster cakes to someone who had occasionally enjoyed a REAL lobster roll. They didn't recommend the roll. Sigh.
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ChiSandy, you are such a gourmand, I can only imagine those stands. We also go to Spain for vacation and the paper bags with jamon are sold in the central Barcelona. In Sevilla, just by the Cathedral, I ate a cold soup, not a gazpacho, but another local recipe, much thicker and topped with boiled egg and jamon diced in small cubes and I drunk sangria, it was 42C. The truth is it is not so expensive there, you can actually buy the whole middle-sized leg for like 150 eur but the question is where do I store it at home? Besides you are not allowed to bring any food to US Cherry
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SpecialK, I am also a huge fan of any lemon dessert, Lemon Meringue pie being one of the favourites, this tart idea with lemon curd is brilliant. I thought that I can whipe the meringue and let the piles of it stay in oven on the baking paper and then gently put it on top of the tart.
I did not have any plans about a dinner tonight and thought it will be either take away or leftovers, but yeasterday a friend mentioned she was cooking mushroom bolognese and I asked for recipe. I went to the forest and picked some various mushrooms, I added some button mushrooms and cooked the sause. With some alterations to the original recipe, I had to replace red wine with sherry vinegar, just a few dashes and added one lonely sweet potato I had in my frige to the soffrito. It turned out very well an creamy. I also added some home-grown chilies so it has a sting too, here comes the pics.
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Made a lasagna last night since I have not made one since maybe February. Have not been here for a few months.House is on the market so busy keeping it clean. Moving in to a condo next week and downsizing is so hard! I am going from 2600 sq feet to 1250! This is truly making me nuts cause it has limited storage in the garage and good closet space but no basement. Ugh.
Hope all of you are well. Eric, saw that you are in PR. Hoping all is going well for you there. Tonight I am grilling pork chops and zucchini on the grill and making buttered rice for a change.
Take care and enjoy your day. Me...back to packing and purging...ugh!
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April - lasagna looks delicious. It's so hard to downsize & find out that most of our kids don't want most of our stuff that we so carefully saved. Are you staying in the same city or is it a long distance move too? Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures when you get settled.
Joyce - glad to hear your place in FL was OK. Yup - still hot & sticky. Although I hear in Houston we might go down to 75 for a one day soon. You're brave to be running the oven. Do you rent out your place in NH or just winterize & close it up?
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Cangrats Lacey.
My name is on tomorrow's flight manifest to Atlanta.
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Hot damn Eric. I know you're ready to get back home. Hope you don't get bumped, and have a good flight.
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