So...whats for dinner?

DodgersGirl

Oh Chi-Sandy—- so very sorry you have to go thru back issues on top of all else.

It’s a sign that today is a good day to find a comfy place to sit and just relax today

auntienance

Good grief Sandy!

ChiSandy

Might try some of that CBD balm on the back--it did help calm down my wrist & arm, and a couple drops of the oil under my tongue helped me get to sleep. Housekeeper brought up an ice chest and is going to get 2 bags of ice--she won't be in tomorrow when the fridge repair guy comes to either fix the thing or pronounce it dead, though she's coming Sat. morning to help get the new one set up. She's also bringing up a piece of salmon and the remaining baby spinach for me to cook tonight. Last night after dinner I managed to scrounge around one of the cabinets and found a 2-serving packet of dried kale with sea salt. So I'm not going veggie-less, thank goodness.

She brought up 2 eggs and the butter this a.m.; I hobbled out to the deck to pick the heirloom cherry tomatoes that had ripened, along with a pinch or two of basil. So I made scrambled eggs with black truffle salt, and bruschetta. In the fruit basket in the kitchen are a very ripe apricot and mango--will cut them up and cover the dish so they macerate in their own juices.

Meanwhile, dug out my Rollator from the last back-strain episode--it's really handy for wheeling my meals from kitchen to dining or front room.

Tasted a bit of a CBD-infused vegan brownie last night I bought yesterday at the health food store (Didn't eat the majority of it, as it's calorie-laden and cost $8.95). Tasted like...a really, really good moist & fudgy brownie--in fact, like one for which an upscale eatery would charge nine bucks. (But probably with a scoop of ice cream, spritz of whipped cream, or drizzle of berry coulis alongside). I think with my second cup of coffee I will finish the thing...perhaps with some of that salvaged fruit. Not at all like the vegetal pot brownies of my misspent youth (okay, mid-to-late-20s...I was a late bloomer).

I also bought some CBD chocolate and gummies (the "pot doctor" suggested them--she shops at that health food store. The owner is Indian, and his wife makes great ready-to-serve stuff including her home-baked naan, of which they were already sold out), I would have loved to buy some of their hot daal and samosas, but it was too early in the day to eat them for dinner, and I wouldn't have been able to keep them safely until it was time.

Tomorrow's breakfast will be an Atkins bar while I await the fridge repairman--I can finally chew crunchy stuff again.

SpecialK

chisandy - man, when it rains it pours... hoping things improve SOON!

Tonight dinner will be at the Tampa Bay Rays game - so, hotdogs and beer - yay!

MinusTwo

Early dinner was a leftover repeat. Weren't they called 'jump ups' by someone on this thread many pages ago?

Sliced zucchini, fresh corn cut off the cob, onion, garlic, 1/2 of a rotisserie chicken breast half from the freezer, butter, S&P. Today I served it over 1 minute "microwave in a cup" Fried Rice. Hoo boy, I won't bother with this rice again and dumped more than 1/2 of the cup down the disposal. Otherwise the meal was healthy & filling.

Desert will be a sliced fresh peach with heavy cream and just a sprinkling of sugar.

illimae

Tonight is a baked pork loin chop topped with beefy onions and sautéed rainbow chard, oven roasted cabbage steaks and a slice of garlic bread.

ChiSandy

Pan-seared salmon (seasoned only with s&p and shelf-stable lemon juice), sauteed spinach with olive oil, garlic salt and lemon, and freekeh with truffle salt & olive oil. Truth is, I didn't want to waste half a package of nukable rice or starches or have to haul it downstairs, so I was looking for the package of uncooked quinoa. The freekeh (like a toasted fine-ground bulghur) came up first. I feel accomplished and virtuous...albeit still in pain from my back. The tooth is better. About to take the brace off again to try & get my wrist more mobile. Maybe I'll take the heating pad off my back to loosen up my wrist...

carolehalston

Last night's menu was as planned: linguine with Rao's sauce. Sauteed turkey Italian sausage added to the Rao's. Fresh-grated asiago. Salad with romaine, cucumber, avocado, Kalamata olives and blue cheese crumbles. The bought "crumbles" aren't nearly as good as cheese from a block.

Tonight will be dinner with the couple's golf group at Iron Horse in Nevis. I will probably have the brisket, which is very good.

Sandy, you MUST find your protective angel! LOL.

Moonflwr912

Hi all. Yesterday lunch was Costco hot dog and diet lemonade as drink. Somtimes I want a hot dog, and now, i dont have to worry about leftovers.

ChiSandy, I am so sorry to hear youre hurting. And add a back incident to all that? Crapola! Hugs.

Still in wair and see mode with DH.

Much love to all.

MinusTwo

Moon - thanks for checking in. We're all keeping you and your DH in our thoughts. Thought about you when I read someone else has claimed "just because you can doesn't mean you should" on the exchange thread.

My goodness Illimae - every night you prepare the most delicious meals. I applaud your dedication.

Dinner will be a large salad w/blue cheese crumbles. I agree Carol - and I have a block of blue cheese. Maybe a couple of ears of corn if I'm still hungry.

illimae

Minus, cooking is a bit of a newish hobby of mine. DH always cooked but when he started touring for weeks at a time, I had to learn, now I enjoy it. I’m having salad too (leftover) and a grilled cheeseburger.

ChiSandy

Brunch this morning was an olive-oil-fried egg and avocado toast with a latte (I was able to haul upstairs an egg, a single-serve pack of guacamole, and some milk in my Aeroccino frother with the lid on). Was going to have a snack but Bob's coming home in about 90 min. and we have a res. at RPM Steak (they're featuring Wagyu-bite mini-sandwiches: Wagyu coated in panko crumbs & flash fried, then on toasted Japanese bread). Baby wants her red meat, now that she can (carefully) chew again.

illimae

Tonight was blackened red snapper with sautéed shrimp and a sautéed medley of broccoli, squash and leeks. My plate was empty before I thought to take a pic.

auntienance

Angel hair pasta with a white clam sauce and a piece of garlic bread. One of my favorite meals. DH had carryout pizza. One of his favorite meals lol

MinusTwo

Nance - vongole is one of my favorite meals too.

Dinner last night was a sliced chicken breast sandwich on toasted Rosemary Olive Oil bread.

SpecialK

Last night was spinach and cheese ravs with turkey meatballs and marinara for DH, I had some saltines and chicken noodle soup later - tummy not feeling great. Probably the hot dog and beer from Friday night, lol! Tonight was pork tenderloin with mustard sauce, steamed broccoli with lemon olive oil, lemon pepper, and Parmesan cheese, and some new potatoes sautéed with small pieces of different color peppers

MinusTwo

Today was a large salad w/homemade blue cheese dressing, three (yes 3) ears of Olathe corn on the cob and a bowl of macaroni with butter.

ChiSandy

Saturday, I had toast & an egg for brunch; for dinner, our friends BBQed--and I had a cheeseburger and a bunless bratwurst.

Today I vastly overslept. Lunch (which took 2 hrs to make as I had to plant-water, cat-wrangle and organize stuff while trying to chop veggies & cook one-handed) was corned-beef hash with chopped red & green pepper, red onion & scallions, with a fried egg on top. Made an iced almond-milk cold-froth latte too.

Ordered out from Tiffin for dinner: Indian appetizers (samosas, pakoras, cauliflower, seekh kebab, roti & poori), mixed grill (more seekh kebab, tandoori chicken, lamb & shrimp), palak paneer, and Punjab veggies (freebie, along with extra pakoras) over basmati rice. Nice to be able to refrigerate leftovers again! (Fri. night's ribeye remains are in the freezer).

carolehalston

Last night was warmed up leftover pasta in sauce from Friday night's dinner with a delicious salad of tomato and cucumber and beets (all from a farmers' market) with a homemade blue cheese vinaigrette.

Saturday night was green beans and small potatoes, also from the farmers' market, a salad of tomatoes and cucumber with a similar blue cheese vinaigrette, and flattened chicken fillets breaded with panko and browned in olive oil. I form three flattened chicken fillets from a boneless skinless chicken breast half using a method I saw on ATK or Cook's Country. Cut about one third of the chicken breast half from the pointed end. The slice through the middle of the remaining part. Works much better than slicing through the middle of the whole breast half. Flatten each piece in plastic wrap.

Tonight will be dinner out in Bemidji after my WW meeting. I'm not expecting weight loss at the weigh in but hoping for maintaining last week's good numbers on the scale. We will probably check out a barbecue place tonight.

illimae

Last night was Taco’s (beef and chicken). Tonight will be leftover’s (mostly chicken).

eric95us

Were spending a few days at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. It's beautiful and better yet, no cell service.

We are doing a grocery store trip in Montrose, CO.

auntienance

So Sandy, did I miss it? New fridge or repair?

Sous vide thick pork chops with broccoli and cornbread dressing.

DodgersGirl

Nancy, I bought some thick pork chops to Sous vide next week (they are currently frozen). What did you do with them after sv’d? Brown on grill? Skillet? Something else?

Thanks!!

auntienance

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DGirl, the last time I put them on the grill, this time I browned them in a cast iron skillet with butter, then made a pan sauce. Very tasty!

DodgersGirl

Nancy, thank you

MinusTwo

Eric - I love Gunnison but it can be a bit dry. Has there been any water this year? My DH spend some growing up years by Salida so we usually camped in the San Isabel Forest.

Late lunch with a neighbor at Laurenzo's House of Prime Rib. I try to get there once or twice a year since nothing can touch the quality of the Prime Rib meat in their French Dip sandwiches. We each had a lunch special, so got soup first. It was a passable Boston Clam Chowder but could have used more heavy cream. Their bread is to die for. And then the full size French Dip - 4-5" tall and two halves that totaled 10" long. And the most delicious french fries in town. I've been there before so I ate the soup, some bread & butter, all my fries & two bites of sandwich. (Fries don't keep well.) I am still stuffed beyond moving and have almost the entire French Dip in my fridge with two big cartons of drippings. Yum.

ChiSandy

Six-buck-burger night at Cellars. Had mine with provolone, Bob had cheddar, and we shared green beans & fries.

carolehalston

Eric, dh and I stayed a couple of days in a really nice rv park in Gunnison and visited the Black Canyon. A good memory.

Cornbread dressing. Yum. More yums as I read Minus's post about prime rib sandwiches. My attention would have been more on the sandwich than the fries.

My brain just can't grasp a tender moist thick pork chop. I guess because I'm programmed to equate "juicy meat" with "some fat content."

Last night's post WW meeting dinner was at CK Dudley's, Beer and BBQ, which was crowded on a Monday night. The dining room was full so we ate in the large bar, which has a very pleasant atmosphere. To my astonishment, the menu was EXACTLY the same as the menu at Iron Horse in Nevis. Sure enough, same owner.

I had the brisket, smoked in house, house salad and baked beans. There are three barbecue sauces, Sweet, Tangy, and Mango Spicy. I tried the last two and preferred the spicy. We brought home enough brisket for a couple of sandwiches. We both enjoyed the meal.

Tonight will probably be fish.

MinusTwo

Carole - speaking of fat content - oh how I miss those pork roasts covered in thick fat. Impossible to find at a regular grocery store. I guess I'll need to look for a butcher.

ChiSandy

Brunch was a fried egg, a piece of whole wheat roti, bacon, and Fri. night's leftover kale salad. Dinner tonight will be leftover palak paneer and Jodphur veggie stew over basmati rice, a tandoori chicken thigh, a couple of onion mini-pakoras and maybe a Caprese to use up a too-ripe tomato (store-bought heirloom). Been noshing on the homegrown baby Brandywine cherry tomatoes like they were candy. Dessert will be an apricot-mango raita (using Greek yogurt, now that I have some in the fridge).