So...whats for dinner?

illimae

Tonight is a seared/sautéed pork loin chop with roasted Brussels sprouts and a Cesar salad.

SpecialK

Tonight was chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice, sautéed zucchini and yellow squash with onion, garlic and some julienned red oeoper

eric95us

We are now in Leadville, CO at over 10,000 feet elevation. Dinner was cheeseburgers and locally grown corn on the cob. I tried posting a picture, but the cell phone data connection is too slow..I gave up after 5 minutes....

MinusTwo

Eric - are you on back roads w/4 wheel drive? So many great forest service roads up there.

eric95us

No. We're staying on paved and decent dirt roads. We have a new(er) Jeep Cherokee towing a 20 year old tent trailer.

The 1950 CJ3A is in the garage at home...unfortunately...

carolehalston

Minus, the Boston butt pork roast is a good fatty cut of pork, great for roasting. Very tender and flavorful. Much of the fat melts away into the gravy. Once the gravy is refrigerated you can remove the hardened fat. Probably too large a roast for one person, though.

I bought two pretty eggplants at the farmers' market in Detroit Lakes last Saturday. Today I plan to use them in a layered eggplant dish, my usual preparation that dh and I both like very much. Only problem is I don't have a throwaway foil pan the right size. May have to use two or three little loaf pans.

Last night I breaded and pan fried two walleye fillets, cut into pieces. The breading was Louisiana fish fry spiced up with cayenne pepper. The fish was really delicious, no fishy taste whatever. One side was warmed up fresh green beans and little hunks of potato. Another side was a slaw with bag cabbage, cucumber and jicama. The jicama had sat in a basket too long and had gotten a bit pithy. DH made his usual tartar sauce with mayo, dill relish and horse radish sauce.

eric95us

Im going to be at 12,000 feet elevation helping provide communications for the Leadville 100 Trail run. It's a 3 mile walk into the aid station.

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M0mmyof3

Decided on making the frozen lasagna and garlic bread for dinner

carolehalston

Tonight will be Salsa Chicken cooked in the OutdoorGrill/Oven. Looking forward to the taste and the ease of making this dish.

MinusTwo

Dinner was wild caught Sockeye salmon poached in white wine with dill. Served with Trader Joe's "Melodious Blend". What a great frozen veggie - green Garbanzo beans, red & green lentils with a touch of tomatoes & olive oil and a touch of sea salt.

We lost power for 20 hours last weekend so I will be cooking things from the freezer the rest of the week instead of going to the grocery store. Dinner last night was Hatch Green Chili scones, frozen from the Central Market bakery last year. It's Hatch week again. I need to eat up what's still frozen so I can buy some fresh.

illimae

Tonight is seared chicken breast, penne Alfredo, oven roasted veggies (red onion, zucchini, squash, asparagus) and a North Atlantic lobster tail as a special treat for my 1/2 birthday this weekend. Yes, I celebrate 1/2 birthdays and will be 43 1/2 this Sunday.

SpecialK

illimae - happy 43 1/2 birthday to you!

MinusTwo

Absolutely love the idea of 1/2 birthdays. Many returns of the day Illimae. How is your retirement going? I for sure want to get together for lunch before you move to West Texas.

illimae

Thanks ladies!

Minus, so far retirement is a little boring but I do go to the gym most days, which is good. Lunch for sure, maybe Hughies in a couple weeks, if that works for you.

MinusTwo

Illiemae - yes, Let's let all those wild kids get back in school. And it would be nice it if cools down a bit.

carolehalston

Last night's salsa chicken wasn't up to par. Probably could have spent a longer time in the grill/oven. The chicken breasts were a bit tough and the salsa got watery. The romaine salad, though, was very good with home-grown tomato and cucumber, avocado, blue cheese and Kalamata olives.

Tonight's dinner will be at a restaurant with the couples golf group. The restaurant is nearby Clancy's at Vacationaire lodge.

Celebrating half birthdays is a new idea!

ChiSandy

Wine dinner last night at Cellars: wild mushroom vol-au-vent; tuna carpaccio with arugula salad; roast salmon roulade atop green lentils; lightly smoked duck breast atop a goat cheese risotto; and a dessert of berries and lemon cookie crumbles in zabaglione.

Tonight? Leftovers.

illimae

Sloppy Joes and bbq chips

SpecialK

Made a tiny two-person glazed turkey meatloaf, roasted potatoes and sautéed zucchini for dinner tonight. Added leftover cooked mushrooms to the meatloaf to keep the turkey moist - worked great, very tender. DH had cookies for dessert, I did not - because I ate one the other night and re-broke the same crown from several weeks ago! I broke it the first time eating the same cookies! Taking it as a sign from the universe - no more cookies! Appointment with the dentist is Monday morning. This time I have hot and cold sensitivity. Ugh.

MinusTwo

Special - sorry about the tooth. Maybe they can just glue it back on?

Lunch was a Hatch Chili Scone. They are only available for 2 weeks a year during Hatch Chili Fest - and only at Central Market. I'm finishing the last couple from the freezer and have some fresh on order to pick up Monday. Dinner was an omelette with fresh mushrooms & spinach.

SpecialK

minus - that was the solution several weeks ago, but don't know if they will do it again. Maybe if I promise to not eat any cookies...

ChiSandy

Oh, Special, that certainly bites (sorry, but it was just too easy). I think we're both seeing more of the dental profession than we'd like. I found that for sensitivity, besides brushing with Sensodyne, rinsing at least twice a day with Listerine Zero-Alcohol Sensitivity, 60 sec. each time, has helped me immensely. What's bugging me is that I still have that red boggy area on the palatal ridge behind the root-canal tooth. I hope they don't have to aspirate it. Meanwhile, I've become expert at not using the upper incisors on that side; but it is a bit of a PITA to have to cut up burgers, even sliders. Might try a mini-bagel with lox & schmear tomorrow...cutting it into quarters.

eric95us

It has cooled down here in Leadville,CO...mid 30F temps in the mornings. :-)

carolehalston

Was the cookie really hard? Doesn't sound right for a crown to come off because of biting a cookie. Good luck with the repair.

Love sloppy joes. They're too easy to eat, though. I do better with chew! LOL.

Last night's dinner at Clancy's was my "usual" there. Two pieces dark meat broasted chicken, baked potato and salad. DH had the same. We split his large baked potato and brought mine home with one piece of my chicken.

The dinner conversation was interesting. We sat with a couple who split their time between MN and AZ. The woman makes jewelry. She doesn't just assemble bought parts but creates the beads and other parts. Uses kilns in the process. DH is a wood turner and she was very interested in his hobby/passion.

Tonight we're invited to dinner at the home of the couple who were our partners yesterday in couples' golf. They live on Long Lake and promised to give us a boat tour of the lake. Like most of the people who own lake property, they bought theirs many years ago.

SpecialK

chisandy - lol - it does bite! Can’t do Sensodyne - I’m allergic to it. I don’t have any infection or problems there - I think this is a structural issue because of the shallowness of the tooth. The bad news is because it is the last bottom tooth it gets use for chewing stuff. Like you, I’m now a one-sided chewer. Is that a word

carole - it came off easily this time, I think the reattachnent from a few weeks ago just wasn’t enough, but the original loss was while eating a nice soft cookie! I thought there was a foreign object in the cookie - nope, just the porcelain top of the crown.

MinusTwo

My first implant (and only one so far) was the tooth between the front tooth & the eye tooth. The tooth broke off close to the gum line when I was eating a butter lettuce salad. No other thing in the salad, just butter lettuce. So much for soft cookies.

Dinner will be lemon-dill cream sauce and left-over Sockeye salmon. Of course my first choice is always pasta, but I will probably serve it over rice tonight. Tomorrow I can add chicken to the remaining sauce & toss it with some pasta. No salad since I won't make it to the grocery store until Monday. I'll likely steam the last of the fresh spinach & add it to tomorrow's mix.

ChiSandy

No dental implants for us ER+ gals on AIs, since the bone drugs (especially Prolia or Zometa) we take for the osteopenia or osteoporosis caused by AIs' estrogen-deprivation can cause osteonecrosis of the jaw should we get extractions or implants--even in the lower doses and frequency for non-metastatic patients. That's why my dental team is trying so hard to save my tooth.

Snickersmom

Eric- had to jump in here. My sister lived in Sun City for 21 years and now is in Youngtown. I love Peoria! Every time I visit I'm at the Arrowhead Mall! You are smart not to be there now - it's been well over 110 at her house.

I found a peachy pork chop crockpot recipe here and will try it tomorrow. Sounds yummy! Tonight we spiralized zucchini and had it with homemade pasta sauce. It was delish!!

MinusTwo

Yup I know Sandy. I am ER & PR negative & HER2+, but the chemo tanked my bones never the less. I take Prolia every 6 months also for my osteoporosis. I've done lots of research about ONJ, and my periodontist said it would be best to wait an extra 3 months after the 6 months before any extractions. Like that would be possible. So we all do what we can to avoid dental procedures. That's why I'm hoping Special K can get her existing crown cemented back on.

auntienance

Wishing all you dental people the best. Thinking about it makes my teeth hurt.

Flat iron steak on the grill, baked corn off the cob and some lemon buttered broccoli.