So...whats for dinner?

carolehalston

Well done, Lacey. What was the non-dessert food at the non-shower?

Dinner at Crabby Shack was most enjoyable. DH and I had a dozen raw oysters. I made my own sauce with ketchup, mayo, horseradish and hot sauce.

We shared a thin fried catfish meat with fries.

Nice to make selections instead of make decisions and prepare the meal!

eric95us

That looks like quite the "spread" Lacey. I, too, love the caterpillar.

I slow down a lot with a bad cold, but I'm not, I hope, too grumpy, cranky or giving the "I'm gonna die"

Dinner last night was a (made by Sharon) vege stir fry and rice noodles. I loved the sesame and ginger flavors. .

I've been kind of busy getting the back yard cleaned up and am also doing prep work to paint the house...

auntienance

Carole, forgot to say I hope Monty's stent placement went well. Was this new or replacement?

Monica - wow, your dh's recovery is amazing! So happy for you!

carolehalston

Thanks, Nance.  DH's stent placement was a new one and so far it seems to have well.

Dinner last night was stir-fried pork, orange bell pepper and broccoli with soba noodles and the sweet/spicy sauce that I have made a number of times.  The meal was good but everything was a bit too cooked.  The soba noodles were a different brand and the other ingredients sat a bit too long waiting for the noodles to join them.

I'm having lunch with a couple of friends today at Ceasar's Italian Restaurant where I had a wonderful meal some weeks back.

Dinner will probably feature shrimp.

Joyce, I am working on using up the contents of my freezers, too.

ChiSandy

Fantastic spread (especially the Very Hungry Caterpillar cake), Pat!

Cold is resolving. The lower leg & ankle edema (from 16 hrs. of flying) is too, albeit slowly enough that Bob insisted I see my primary about it this a.m, rather than keep my mani-pedi appt. Because I was in the same shoes & socks from Sun. morning in Israel till I got home Mon. aft., I developed two ginormous blisters over my L bunion & toe calluses. My primary's P.A. noted that I seemed to be on the mend, so to keep taking Lasix for a week and ratchet sodium intake down to 3000mg. (Those Israeli hotel breakfasts were loaded with salt: smoked fish, cheeses, taramosalata, pickles, etc.). Did keep the nail appt. afterward, but the nail tech refused to do my regular spa pedicure lest the blisters pop--so she just trimmed my toenails and did a polish change. Will have to let the blister bandages fall off on their own sweet time.

Dinner Mon. night was Bob's leftover penne marinara (which I spiked with a little pecorino Romano and fresh basil); last night was freezer-foraging (a panino made with prosciutto, provolone & veggies; then later the last two Buffalo wings in the freezer). Today I stopped in to the Middle East Bakery on the way home for fresh pita, falafel, hummus, babaghanoush, eggplant caponata, tabouli salad and a couple of hand pies (one meat, the other broccoli & cheese for Bob, who's doing Lent, should he feel peckish when he gets home late tonight). I had 3 falafel, a pita, and an assortment of the cold spreads for lunch; will have the meat hand pie for dinner.

Sorry I was unable to post photos after arriving in Israel (the iPad & phone auto-updated to iOS 12.2 and wouldn't let me convert HEIC file format pix to JPEGs the way I can on a computer). Will try now.

My last night in Tel Aviv (just before heading to the airport) was at Nomi, the hotel's cutting-edge kosher molecular gastronomy restaurant (closed from Fri. night to Sun. morning). Here's a pic of the dish I had, a large appetizer called "Steak & Eggs:" huge free range veal filet mignon atop a brioche round sprinkled with smoked goose crumbles, surrounded by arugula foam, topped with a perfectly poached (runny-yolk) egg whose white was actually ethereally frothy. Can't figure out how: liquid nitrogen would be too cold; and even sous-vide would have broken down the froth. Asked the waiter, who replied the chef could tell me but then he'd have to kill me. The dish was preceded by a breadbasket featuring a spelt-sourdough baguette and two spreads: babaghanoush and Romesco:

Fading fast--still jet-lagged--but will elaborate later on all the other good stuff I had in Amsterdam, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, including a market visit in both Israeli cities.

Lacey12

Wow, Sandy, that is the coolest “Steak and Eggs” I have ever laid my eyes upon!

Thanks everyone for your appreciation of the book ‘n dessert table. I would have preferred to have more space to arrange the books behind each individual dessert item, but perfection aside, I was glad it all worked out,...and am still putting baking things away four days later!

Carole, you are right about the thin and fit thirty-somethings at the party, but they all managed to have some dessert, and with my encouragement, took some home. Interestingly, many of the kids were eager to scarf down watermelon over baked goods...a good sign for their future food habits and health. BTW, Carole, the food served was a barbecue style buffet, with pulled pork, chicken, mac and cheese, salad, corn bread, and things I can’t remember because I passed right over them. ;/

Last night’s dinner was a thrown together last minute effort including an Alessi chicken soup, an Indian eggplant dish from a shelf stable bag that I’d bought for just this type of throw together meal. I put that over farro. I made a cuke, red pepper, marinated artichoke and red onion salad for some fresh ingredients!

Today I made it to the grocery store for the first time in a while...and didn’t have to rush to the baking aisle....Yay! I got some salmon fillets for dinner and also picked up a tasty sounding frozen Sicilian pizza thinking we would be prepared for another “throw rogether meal” in the future. Unfortunately, the pizza didn’t fit into the narrow freezer shelf. DH decided we should have it tonight. So I sauteed a lot of portabello mushrooms, vidalia onions and red peppers for a topping and we had that pizza with a salad. Tomorrow the salmon will get my attention for dinner with asparagus and salad as sides.

Yesterday, a friend came for coffee and brought her just baked WW two-ingredient bagels topped with Trader Joe’s “Everything Topping” for bagels (?). They were delicious! Apparently they are only two or three WW points, made with self-rising flour and fat-free plain Greek yogurt.

Carole, did I miss reading about your DH having a stent procedure? Am glad to hear that he is doing well.

carolehalston

When I arrived at Ceasar's Ristorante at noon yesterday, there was a notice on the door saying they weren't open for lunch until future notice, but I could see my two friends through the glass door.  Ceasar and his wife were there and offered to serve the three of us lunch.  So we had the dining room to ourselves!  The couple are having problems with keeping employees.  There are so many restaurants on the Northshore now that restaurant workers are in demand.

I had veal piccata with a side of linguine.  Very lemony and good but not as good as the salmon I had at the last lunch at Ceasar's.

Dinner was a shrimp salad with a romaine salad, on a dinner plate.  Quite good.

auntienance

Wow Sandy, good eats indeed!

The stent my dad had on his leg made a world of difference for him. Hope your DH does as well Carole.

I had a doc appt. In the city today, so stopped at a local bbq joint and picked yup some smoked baby back ribs for dinner. I'll make some garlicky cole slaw and a couple of ears of early Florida corn to go with them. The temp is 78° wonderful degrees right now and due to drop into the 30s overnight. Geez Louise!

My doc drew blood to see if I have Sjogren's syndrome causing my relentless dry eyes. I'm curious to find out. It would be a relief to actually find a cause.

carolehalston

We had meatloaf and baked potatoes last night.  The meatloaf was delicious but the potatoes weren't cooked quite enough.  Should have finished them in the microwave but didn't.  

Dreading today.  I announced to the world that I was doing yard work.

Big catastrophe this morning.  Rudely awakened by loud cursing in the kitchen.  The world has come to an end variety of cussing.  I had neglected to put the liner in the coffee section of the coffee maker.  Coffee grounds everywhere.  

SpecialK

carole - sorry about the coffee-tastrophie, if it makes you feel better a couple of weeks ago I put the filter in but forgot the actual coffee so DH (he is up and out to work at 5:45 and I am still asleep) got some excellent plain hot water instead of coffee. Being a quick thinking individual, he added instant espresso granules and went off on his way!

I have not really cooked this week - DH has been working late, and busy through the day, so has eaten his lunch at 3 or 4 in the afternoon and not wanted dinner. The good news is that he has let me know in advance that I am off the hook for dinner. Due to the oral surgery of last week I have been eating odd things anyway, so it has worked out. Had the post-op yesterday and all looks good. I have to wait 6 months for the crown portion, but I am glad things have progressed with no surprises!

joyce - it is hot early, right? I am hosting a bridal shower two weeks from tomorrow and had hoped to be able to open my sliders to the pool enclosure and lanai, but it may be too hot for that!

chisandy - glad you're home and sorry about your feet! Do you wear compression on your lower legs when you fly? Since I have had endovenous laser ablation bi-lat I wear tights under my leggings and double my aspirin, per the vascular surgeon. Of course, I am also wearing bi-lat lymphedema sleeves and gauntlets and Invisalign trays in my mouth - I am compressed from all sides, lol! Accounts for some crankiness upon landing...

auntienance

Yike, Special - as if flying wasn't already no fun!

Oh Carole, how awful and so easily something I would do. I got an early morning "no coffee yet" glare this week for failing to turn on the auto timer. DH had to wait 5 whole minutes for his first cup. Most of the coffee mishaps here are my doing. We use a cuisinart that has a coffee reservoir instead of a pot. More than once I have set up coffee for the next morning and failed to empty the old coffee from the reservoir. The result is an overflowing coffee maker when the new water comes in. What a mess. I feel your pain.

Tonight is probably pizza night. Whether that is homemade, frozen or carry out remains to be seen.

ChiSandy

Saw the doc's P.A. on Wed. a.m., and she reassured me I have neither DVT, kidney malfunction nor heart failure. Still some swelling, but slowly abating, and I am to stay on Lasix BID and sodium restriction till next Wed. She wants me wearing compression stockings from now on for all flights >2-3 hrs., which I'd previously tried but they never fit and really hurt my bunions & helped cause ingrown toenails. So I found some with open toes, as well as donning & doffing aids. But I laid down the law to Bob--on any flight longer than 5 hrs. (especially red-eyes) I must fly business class in order to be able to fully stretch out if not actually sleep. He grudgingly accepts "premium economy" but has been fine with flying "steerage," even trans/intercontinentally--he says he was fine flying coach to Tokyo & from Hong Kong back in '94. (We'll see how well HIS legs do, now that he's pushing 70). He still has the mindset that flyer miles are best used for free flights or conversion to restaurant gift cards, rather than upgrades. It's a remnant of the "that's above our station in life" mentality his parents drummed into him.

Last night I had some tabbouleh salad and a couple of mini-sandwiches (porchetta & roast beef) on rye. Tonight is the temple's "Share-a-Shabbat" early dinner & service, which I normally don't attend but this time is part of our cantor's 25th-anniv. "Legacy Weekend." These affairs are usually buffets of consomme, salad, green beans, spuds, carrots and roast chicken, plus assorted cookies & fruit (and weak decaf) for dessert. The rest of the weekend celebrations are either at the wrong time (a.m. service & Oneg Shabbat, Sun. aft. cabaret) or too expensive (tom'w night cocktail party at $1000/head).

carolehalston

No coffee disasters this morning.  

Last night was a country meal.  Pork steak and speckled butter beans.  DH and I both like the butter beans.  

SpecialK, have to laugh at your flight compression.  Sandy, glad to hear that nothing serious caused your swelling.  I have flight reservations with Southwest for my July trip back to Louisiana.  DH and I are wondering if the Boeing woes will affect the flight.  Southwest uses the plane that has been banned from service.

SpecialK

carole - I fly Southwest often and just received an email from them regarding scheduling and the aircraft that has been suspended. Southwest only had a limited number of the 737 Max and they flew specific routes, so they have already made adjustments through August to account for the loss of those planes from the schedule. If you have booked your travel recently you should be fine.

MinusTwo

I'm so inspired by those of you who are clearing out & cleaning up. I started on my books. I have 8 floor to ceiling book cases in 3 rooms, in addition several bookcases in 2 other rooms. It made sense at 1am one morning to at least reorganize the piles that were everywhere, so now at least the same authors are not only in the same room but on the same shelf. Unfortunately that led me to discover the duplicates I'd purchased over the years. Sigh. Anyway, I'm on a roll determined to re-read shelf by shelf. So far 60% of the books are going to the used book store for credit or donated to the library. But ... well... to be truthful... 60% is only one shelf completed so far. Another Sigh.

I also decided to clean my freezer too like Carole & Joyce are doing. Today's meal is pork loin served with frozen leftovers - green lentils cooked with shredded carrots & bell pepper and also corn cut off the cob fresh last summer. It's gotten to be a contest with myself. The last time I went to the grocery store (including WalMart or Target) was 3/27 - so just over 2 weeks. Although I'm getting desperate for salad greens, I'm holding out until tomorrow.

SpecialK

minus - I do the “how long can I stay out of the grocery store and survive” thing too, and I know it’s time to go when I start craving salad. My house is big but had to have been designed by men, the pantry is pathetic and so is the laundry room, so sometimes I try to use most of the pantry before I re-stock because it is too crowded. Your book plans remind me that I need to thin mine too - we have more books than shelves, and increased our library when we added books from my parents and in-laws as well. And we only kept the “essentials” from their homes, lol!

M0mmyof3

Steaks, potatoes and corn

eric95us

Special. Does the house have a walk-in beer cooler? :-). That, combined with the paltry pantry and little laundry, would be a sure sign of a man designed house.

MinusTwo

I did make it to the grocery store - so I had bites & pieces of rotisserie chicken while standing at the sink stripping & de-boning earlier this afternoon. Really a Costco rotisserie chicken is soooooo much better than the grocery store version, but I was at Kroger & had a $2.00 off coupon. Dessert was some dried coconut strips from Trader Joe's.

I just had triscuits and garlic & herb cheese spread with my gin & tonic. That will probably be it for dinner.

auntienance

In spite of it not being Monday, it's red beans and rice tonight. Garlic bread and fruit salad on the side.

Woke up to 3" of snow this morning. Winter just won't quit. Most of its gone now, but not all. I expect Sandy and Monica got more than that. Hope the southern folks are safe from the tornadoes.

SpecialK

Tonight was roasted boneless pork loin, small potatoes roasted with the pork, then smashed and returned to the oven with a little cheddar on top, and roasted broccoli with lemon pepper and lemon olive oil. Roasting was apparently the theme.

Edited to address eric’s beer cooler question - sadly, no - it didn’t come with the house, so we built one into the outdoor kitchen!

Beaverntx

We had lunch out and had large taco salads so dinner was light: hummus and cheese triangles with crackers and chips, fruit for dessert.

Auntienance, wow, 3 inches of snow--this winter just won't quit!

illimae

Tonight a friend cooked us Chinese. Cashew chicken, egg drop soup and cream cheese wontons. Love when he cooks but hate all the dishes.

MinusTwo

Illi - that look delicious. Sorry you're not a fan.

Dinner was rotisserie chicken piled high on Hawaiian Sweet Rolls - served with leftover fresh (frozen) corn.

I'm freezing both chicken breasts and one of the pork loins - but still have at least 3 more dinners.

illimae

Minus, lol, I love the food, I meant that I hate the clean up. He uses every bowl and pot in the house, worth it for special meals.

carolehalston

Last night was dinner out at Crabby Shack.  A dozen raw oysters on the half shell and a shared fried shrimp and thin catfish fillets meal with fries.  We went at 6pm and got there before the crowd.  

More yard work this morning instead of the gym.  Much to do before our May 19 departure date.  Hard to believe the months have zipped by so fast since we got home in October.  

Dinner tonight to be decided.

april485

Made a calzone for dinner last night. Used pizza dough I bought at my local pizzeria and it came out great. This one has spinach, ricotta cheese and mozzarella in it. I made a nice marinara to go with. It was delicious!

illimae

April, yum!

I’m making French bread pizza tonight.

Beaverntx

Layered chicken enchilada casserole using the last of the chicken breasts in the freezer.

The calzone looks yummy and the pizza sounds good, too.

MinusTwo

I took my nephew to the PeliPeli Kitchen for very good South African lunch. Interesting & different flavors. The guy who opened the first PeliPeli a number of years ago now has 4 or 5 restaurants around town. The spice that is the basis of the food (also known as peri peri or piri piri) was first discovered by the Portugese on the plains of Southern Africa in the 15th century. The restaurant is knows as South African Fusion - using foods from the Dutch, Portugese and Asia.