So...whats for dinner?

Lacey12

Thanks for that reference work, Minus. I’d never heard of paczki before, but it sounds right up my culinary alley!

Nance, your week sounds like you enjoyed some good eats! I agree about the missed hour. And we are in for another messy storm on Sunday in case we might delude ourselves to feel like Spring is on its way.

Minus, that rasberry dessert sure sounds delectable! I haven't had a Costco membership for a number of years to avoid overbuying for just the two of us but I do recall that a lot of their Kirkland products were of high quality. DH really liked their tuna. Every once in a while, I think I might re- join...but our area is so flush with competing food stores these days, I’m not sure I need to access another one.

auntienance

The paczki I had were filled with a bavarian creme. They were awesome! Others were filled with apple or "jelly" but I know they come in other flavors. I'm sure the ones Sandy gets are way better and she probably gets a better variety of flavors. What's your favorite Sandy?

The paczki were my consolation prize for Fresh Thyme not having my sour cherries and to make matters worse, my backup supplier - Costco - no longer carries their triple cherry blend of frozen cherries. They were a mixture of sour and sweet cherries that were pretty good. No cherry home baked goods in my immediate future :-(

carolehalston

I enjoyed a birthday lunch yesterday with four other senior women, all golfing friends. Two at age 91 and 86 no longer play golf. We met at Ceasar's Italian restaurant (that's his spelling of his name) and were served by Ceasar's wife. Homemade rustic bread slices with olive oil and balsamic dipping sauce. I ordered calamari appetizer for the table. It was fried crispy and came with a marinara dipping sauce. Very good. I brought the leftovers home and heated them in the toaster oven for a dinner appetizer.

My lunch was very good. A small salmon portion with a light cream sauce with capers. Small side portion of linguini with what the menu called saute sauce. Olive oil, garllic and grated cheese. Excellent.

I asked Ceasar where he is from in Italy and he said "northern Italy." When I said that the heavy red sauce is southern Italian, he answered that there is no heavy red sauce in Italy. Only in America! DH and I will have to start going there occasionally even though the location is not in our "neighborhood."

For dinner I cooked shrimp and linguini, so I ate linguini twice yesterday. Side was a tossed salad.

The comments about Costco make me wish we had a Costco. The closest ones are Baton Rouge and New Orleans, much too inconvenient.

Since I have the cocktail habit, I'm glad I don't have the dessert habit or dessert making talent. We have a tiny French bakery nearby. I've heard that its pastries are outstanding and I have never visited it. One visit might encourage more visits!

Off to the gym this morning. I wish we had a stretching class, too. I do my own workout with strength machines and cardio machines. On the later I distract myself with the tv.

No clue about dinner yet.

auntienance

Happy (belated?) birthday Carole! Your lunch sounds wonderful. You're right about dessert being a habit. I find that I must have something even if it's a piece of chocolate. DH and I try to limit ourselves to dessert just on weekends. The paczki was an exception.

auntienance

Happy (belated?) birthday Carole! Your lunch sounds wonderful. You're right about dessert being a habit. I find that I must have something even if it's a piece of chocolate. DH and I try to limit ourselves to dessert just on weekends. The paczki was an exception.

SpecialK

carole - Happy Birthday!

Dinner tonight is a small pork roast, oven roasted potatoes and green beans - not very exciting, but easy!

MinusTwo

Carole - more belated birthday wishes. Glad you had a fun lunch.

My jump up dinner sounds a little strange but turned out quite good - leftover lentils & barley, chicken pieces, chopped spinach, Mrs. Renfro's green chili salsa with cheese on top. I forgot to take the corn out of the freezer.

Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to see the play "Little Shop of Horrors" with a friend and we'll eat an 'appetizer' dinner at Eddie V's after the show. I first saw this show off Broadway around 1984 and I'm looking forward to seeing how this small, rep theater does the staging.

auntienance

Since I've been somewhat international this week, tonight is Singapore pork and noodles, with a couple of spring rolls.

ChiSandy

Aha--was wondering why Jewel had pačzki last Friday instead of waiting till Monday. The ones I got were apple. My fave filling is chocolate mousse.

Just tuned into the PBS 75th birthday tribute to Joni Mitchell, listening to Kris Kristofferson slaughter "A Case of You." (To be fair, he's got some mild cognitive impairment). Fortunately, he had Brandi Carlile singing along in places (who then did a great job on "Down to You"). Joni was my favorite when I was starting out at 18 as a singer-songwriter. I spent the first 10 years trying to sing & write like her (even played a lot of open-tuned guitar); the next 15 trying not to, and the next 10 trying to figure out who *I* sound like and how I wanted to write. Think I've got it now.

Dinner tonight? Depends on when Bob's coming home and if he's eaten yet. He's observing Lent-Lite (meat only once a day Mon-Thurs and Sat; meatless Fri., and as much meat as he wants Sat.). Once again, the main thing he's given up for Lent is Mass. Took out some Chilean salmon filets to thaw yesterday morning. En route home from the Subaru dealership and a side trip to Costco to top up the tank before gas prices skyrocket ($2.49 even there!), I stopped off at Meatheads, a higher-end burger chain I'd often passed and wanted to try. Didn't feel like any of the burgers on the menu, though (no Impossible Burger, boo hiss) so I went for the fish & chips to go. Surprisingly good & ample for nine bucks--came with a cucumber-wasabi aioli as an alternative to tartar sauce. I couldn't get through half of it for dinner. So if Bob comes home too late for dinner, I'll kill off the rest of it along with some oil & vinegar slaw; if he wants dinner, it'll be "surf & surf:" fried fish and seared salmon, black rice and either asparagus or broccolini.

carolehalston

Last night's dinner came together in 30 minutes and was quite tasty. I cooked thin chicken breast fillets once again using the simple recipe from Ellie's Real Good Food. Thin film of Dijon mustard and pressed-on grated romano, cooked on medium in skillet until crusty brown. Fresh sliced zucchini cooked with mild Rotel. Green salad with leafy lettuce and additions.

DH liked the chicken and didn't remember we had it once before.

Yesterday I bought a carton of oysters with the intention of cooking oysters Mosca tonight. Baked oysters with topping of bread crumbs, garlic, olive oil and grated Italian cheese. Served with hot French bread. Side will be a salad.

DH has to fast tomorrow for a colonoscopy on Tuesday.

illimae

My 1st stroganoff from scratch and it turned out really good. Having Brussels sprouts on the side.

Beaverntx

Today we both had a big lunch at an excellent Mexican restaurant so dinner was popcorn, cheese, and a glass of our favorite viognier (Cass from Paso Robles, California, recently named one of the nation's best wineries and where we used to volunteer).

ChiSandy

Last night, Bob came home hungry, so I cooked: pan-seared salmon (turned out to be wild sockeye), steamed asparagus w/lemon-dill sauce, nuked Whole Foods lentil-barley blend. Tonight he brought home food from the pan-Asian joint around the corner: I had some of the Chinese food (wonton soup, shrimp siu mai, beef potstickers) and Korean chicken jap chae; he also had Vietnamese rice paper rolls, beef lo mein, chicken & broccoli (in that gross brown sauce again), and kung pao chicken.

eric95us

Last night was salmon in a thyme, dill, salt and pepper rub. Tonight was the left overs for me. Sharon and DD spent a girls' day out at a spring training baseball game.

MinusTwo

Sunday night at Eddie V's was 2 filet sliders appetizers and a a couple servings out of a bowl of crab fried rice. Delicious. My friend had the sliders & Lobster Bisque. Tonight was the last of the jump-ups - served with original Hawaiian rolls. Tomorrow will be leftover crab fried rice. And maybe time to get back to salads?

ChiSandy

Last night was leftover dim sum and jap chae; tonight will be leftover lo mein and kung pao chicken.

Beaverntx

Tonight will be leftover veggie soup and fresh fruit. Simple meal, DH has a dinner meeting and the dogs don't make good dinner companions!😁

SpecialK

beaver - I went to college not far from Paso Robles, that area is definitely now an up and coming wine region. Will be passing through in May on the way from SoCal to Napa, might have to check out Cass!

Dinner for the last few evenings has been uninspired - some leftovers refashioned, salads, etc. Tonight will be chipotle gouda cheeseburgers on sourdough rolls with broccoli salad. It has been interesting watching DD figure out what to eat on her Keto diet - of course, she has an app because she is a millennial. We had an interesting convo about the soup I made, an old recipe that happens to be Keto - I explained that we could add up all of the nutritional info in the components and then measure the entire volume of the soup and divide those numbers into serving sizes. She said "but we can make the serving size any amount we want" at which point I smacked my head...while math was never her strong suit, come on man...

Beaverntx

SpecialK, Cal Poly SLO? We lived in Nipomo. Cass is one of the "Backroads Wineries" and they have a great kitchen too. Hope you get a chance to check them out!

M0mmyof3

We had blueberry pancakes and bacon tonight

ChiSandy

The kung pao was pretty mild--but perhaps that's because I didn't eat any of the whole chiles in it. Guess I'm just too...wait for it...chicken.

Beaverntx

Sandy, me too! Love the flavor of kung pao but not the chiles directly. Once we were served kung pao chicken with the chilies chopped in tiny bits--virtually inedible!

SpecialK

beaver - yup - Political Science major, class of '79, lol! - It cracks me up because we used to go for jug wine (BYOJ) at Edna, and now it's legit. Cal Poly has a viticulture major and there is so much more wine growing area there now, which makes sense since it is an ag and tech school, right? I attended doing neither - just loved it there, grew up spending time in Cambria with a friend whose parents were schoolteachers in Los Angeles but spent the summers working at Hearst Castle. I lived there from 1975 to 1980, graduated but stayed and worked at French Hospital for a year. Looking forward to my visit!

http://www.ednavalleyvineyard.com/

chisandy - lol!

illimae

Epic date night dinner with DH at Taste of Texas. DH had the rib eye with Brussels sprouts and I had the tenderloin medallions with asparagus and scalloped potatoes. We shared stuffed mushrooms, baked Brie, a crab cake, quail skewers and apple dumplings with cinnamon ice cream. Two boxes of leftover came home for later.

eric95us

I cut four whole potatoes into round pieces that were "almost see through" thickness, sprayed some olive oil on them, tossed them in garlic salt and black pepper and cooked them in the air fryer to "almost crispy". The potatoes and a bit of catsup was our whole dinner.

Also, today, while Sharon was receiving a banjo lesson, I made some orange marmalade. Instead of the usual sour/bitter oranges used in marmalade (available off of trees near my MIL's house), I use the regular "sweet" oranges off of my tree. I've got 14 1/2 pint jars . DD and her roommates love the stuff, so a jar lasts only a few days.

carolehalston

SpecialK, love the adjective "uninspired" for meals. It applies to our diet in general! Last night I even baked chicken thighs with Campbell's Golden Mushroom soup. And it tasted good with mashed potatoes made with butter and cream cheese.

Tonight will probably be the leftovers from last night with the addition of a romaine salad.

ChiSandy

Bob is going to Wildfire tonight for a drug company lecture on triglycerides; he'll likely bring home leftover filet mignon. Thinking of asking him to buy a ribeye for me, as I find filet boring and flavorless andI'm getting pretty tired of mediocre leftover Chinese food. On my way home from the orthodontist this morning I picked up some yeast-dough poppy seed hamantaschen. Yummy

carolehalston

Dinner last night was eggplant layered dish (hot dish/casserole) out of the freezer. Side was a large salad with romaine, tomato, avocado, blue cheese and kalamata olives dressed with EVOO and white balsamic. Easy and satisfying.

Dinner tonight? Maybe a rice and pork dish with pork tenderloin and brown rice.

The golf courses were slowly drying out. Then another deluge this morning around 7 am. The wettest winter of my memory. Still more tolerable than the mountain of snow my bc friend in ND reports in Facebook pictures. Collapsed roofs are a big problem. Weather is definitely a big news item.

Lacey12

Last night I returned to my favorite salmon, sauteed veggies, and side of steamed broccoli before the Cs’ game, but thought I’d share Wednesday’s meal. We had a “go to” prepared selection we pick up at Trader’s.....Greek Chicken with Orzo. Here it is with my side salad.

Tonight I’ll be freezer shopping for our dinner selection so I can make room for freezing cookie dough. I’m heavily into preparing for the “book ‘n cookie” dessert table for the April 6th “baby party”. Since I can’t freeze the pizzelle dough, I’ll be using it and making tons of those this weekend. They keep well....if hidden! Writing this and getting pizzelle iron out in lieu of making my way to gym.....not good. Maybe later.....;)

Illimae, enjoyedall your “Taste of Texas” pix.

carolehalston

Yum. Looks very appetizing, Lacey. Makes me wish we had a Trader's.