So...whats for dinner?

ChiSandy

Dinner tonight was a quarter of a duck roasted with Brussels sprouts.

If I'm absent the next few days, it's because I'm headed to a science fiction in Des Moines to give a concert, and won't be home till Sun. night. Probably won't have time to post.

MinusTwo

Safe trip Sandy

Eric - my grandparents, and I think many people in the country, referred to dinner as the big noon meal. When my parents were young, many people even in towns & small cities used to go home for their big, hot dinner at mid day In the evening they had supper. My grandpa's favorite supper was bread & milk. Of course the bread was homemade (and usually only one day old) and the milk had lots of cream from Jersey cows. My Dad however commuted to an office in San Francisco every day when I was young, so we had cold sandwich lunch (or occasionally hot soup) and big dinner at night.

HikingLady

Hi All - I love all these conversations about food! I went to a new-to-me Asian market and put together a wonderful stir-fry last night. Wide, round fresh Udon noodles, beef, baby bok choy, oyster mushrooms and many other veggies. I made the sauce with fresh ginger, a new super-strong soy sauce + sesame oil + garlic, and stock, and then thickened sauce w/ some cornstarch. It was colorful and delicious. The noodles soaked up all those flavors, and I enjoyed their texture with all the other ingredients.

illimae

The lobster risotto was the best dish of the night and probably in my all time top 5.

Eric, I’d love recommendations on other local Vegas restaurants. We’d like to stay longer next time and get out and about more.

SpecialK

chisandy - wanted to impart non food info this before I forget - my provider recommended getting some Retainer Brite to clean my trays (I ordered it from Amazon, it is a fizzing tablet like Alka Seltzer of Efferdent), it works decently and helps with the discoloration of the trays. Also, you can soak them in peroxide and that really cleans them - particularly in the few days before you change to the next set of trays.

Have not been cooking much - DH has been home late, DD still doing Keto but hasn't been home much. We went to Rocco's Tacos last night, after show shopping for DH, and I had tamales with really yum guac, and black beans - which needed salt, but there was no salt shaker on the table.

It looks like the Napa trip is going to happen! Yay! Our friend's DD is out of the hospital, and recuperating slowly at home. My friend (who is coming home from DD's on Sun) and I will fly out stand-by on Tues, the DHs will join up hopefully the following Sat. - I believe their flight is still looking good. She and I are doing a road trip from San Diego north (on the coast - yeah!!) to the Bay Area where we will scoop up the guys, then proceed to the Airbnb in Glen Ellen. I plan on hitting La Jolla, Laguna/Newport, Malibu, LA, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Simeon, Big Sur and Carmel/Monterey - ambitious, but some of it will be drive-by. I have made notes on more than 20 winery/vineyards for the Sonoma/Napa portion of the trip, we won't try to go to all of them - there are some must-haves though. I am excited enough that I already packed my bag, lol!

Glad you enjoyed the bridal shower pics! It was fun!

Edited to add the word “bridal” in front of shower lest people think I posted pics in the shower, lol!

carolehalston

Yay for the trip's happening, SpecialK.

Nothing noteworthy on the cooking front to share.  I did make a chicken noodle soup since dh had a bout of severe upset stomach.  He seems to have recovered.  Tonight may be a meatloaf with ingredients to be purchased.

MinusTwo

I tried the Snapdragon packaged Pho bowls yesterday that I'd purchased at Costco (everything included - just open all the interior packages & add water). Even though cilantro was not listed, there was definitely a whiff & a taste - so the other 5 bowls went to my next door neighbor. Cilantro is one of those things I can't be around w/o getting nauseous. I had to burn candles & spray my whole house to get rid of the scent. I'll stick to Auntie Chun's noodle & soup bowls when i want a quick meal. They also have half the sodium.

Lupper was 1/2 an English cucumber cut it small sticks and several hunks of Jarlsberg cheese. I went out to lunch twice last week so I had 4 extra pounds to remove. Three down - one to go. Four pounds may sound silly but it creeps up so easily.

Beaverntx

Tonight is panko breaded cod (Costco), steak fries( Ore Ida), oven roasted green beans with watermelon for "dessert". Letting the oven do the cooking and the refrigerator do the chilling!

SpecialK

Doing the clean out the fridge before vacation meals, lol! Had half a leftover steak so I diced it up and made steak and cheese quesadillas and had cut up veggies with ranch for dipping. Not exciting but got the job done

illimae

Lazy non cooking day, Nathan's Beef hot dogs and corn on the cob. I love corn on the cob 😁

auntienance

On anticipation of cinco de mayo, tonight was carne asada and elotes served with grilled onions, pico de gallo and tortillas. Dessert is a key lime cheesecake. The flank steak, though rare, was a bit chewy. I think I'll use a more tender cut like ribeye next time.

carolehalston

Last night was meatloaf, cauliflower mash and a small arranged salad with avocado, tomato and cucumber.

MinusTwo

I went to see the dance school recital this afternoon for my 3 year old niece's ballet school - assigned seats at a huge auditorium. She was in the first set. Cute - but I'm glad there was an intermission so we could leave after the first hour. I was surprised that most of the families brought bouquets for EVERY girl - and there were well over 150 in the performance. If you get a bouquet at 3 years old, what's next?

My brother-in-law and his new squeeze bought lunch. Sorry for the potentially derogative term, but he started bringing this lady to family functions only 3 weeks after my beloved SIL died last fall. And telling all of us about her only 2 days after we scattered SIL's ashes. No one wanted to see him lonely, but my nieces & nephews didn't even have a full month to grieve for their mother. After 49 years of marriage, it was insensative in my opinion. Anyhow, I was polite but not effusive to the lady. It hasn't been 6 months yet and they've already toured Europe and are buying a house. I think she's interested in his money - which may be mostly a mirage.

So lunch was at BJ's. It's called a brewery and has lots of interesting beers, but also any kind of food you might want. I had the french dip and was disappointed. WAY too much fat, meat had been cook so long it was curling. Very thin, so more like chipped beef. The french fries were good, and the fried calamari appetizer.

illimae

Minus, sorry if I’m being rude but “3 weeks?!”, that sounds very suspicious and just in poor taste.

Tonight was spaghetti and salad.

MinusTwo

You're not being rude. And check this - he said he met her on line in those three weeks between his wife's death and the memorial service, & dated two other women in that same time period & picked this one to spend the rest of his life with. BS. It so obviously was a long term clandestine relationship. I just feel sorry that he was & is so blind to his grown children's need to grieve for their Mom. I'm glad I can be a sounding board for the kids. But 6 months down the road, I guess I should quit calling her his "squeeze". (he's approaching 70 and she's probably just under 65)

Oh - and thanks for verifying that i'm not crazy.

illimae

Yikes! There is no scenario where 3 weeks is enough time to start dating other people, let alone several. I can’t imagine what the kids must be feeling.

carolehalston

I empathize with your shock and disapproval, Minus.  My BIL (dh's brother) behaved in a similar fashion after the death of his wife some years ago and his grown children were hurt and openly critical.  

Dinner last night was modified meatloaf.  Thick slices covered in tomato sauce and heated in the oven, then sprinkled with cheese and back in the oven for the cheese to melt.  Side was butternut squash mash with a little brown sugar and butter.

ChiSandy

GRRRR---my computer just locked up, after I wasted 90 min. of my life on trying to play a "Mindfulness & Stress Reduction for Lawyers" CLE webinar that wouldn't load and wouldn't play after reloading numerous times. Tech support was nothing more than a voicemail, e-mail and reporting form. I think Mindfully enduring the Stress Induction should be worth the 1CLE credit. I just lost a LONG post about my weekend when the cursor disappeared (likely thanks to the plug-ins the webinar site kept insisting I update) and my computer had to be rebooted. Not worth re-posting now, and I simply don't have the time.

All I can say is never order fish & chips at Bennigan's. NEVER. (Unless you like grease, mush, and bizarre prefab coleslaw & gelatinous yellow "tartar" sauce, so named because it will give your teeth tartar).

At least we had a nice lunch at Pop's (f/k/a The Pit) BBQ in Iowa City en route home yesterday: yummy brisket "burnt ends" sandwich on brioche bun, and a mountain of roasted Brussels sprouts, half of which I brought home. Dinner was a leftover roast duck breast from Thurs. night and the leftover sprouts.

M0mmyof3

leftovers

MinusTwo

Pasta Rosa with left over turkey slivers on penne pasta. Every time I make a Rosa sauce it turns out a little different. Eventually maybe I'll decide on a "standard". This time I used most of the tomato juices so less cream. Oh, and I forgot the cayanne.

auntienance

I have flank steak left from the carne asada, the steak and cheese quesadilla sounds like a good option this week. Thanks SpecialK!

But tonight is bratwurst on our new Weber gas grill, something I've wanted for a long time.(the Weber, not the bratwurst). It cooks like a dream. I also have a lot of Mexican street corn left, so we'll have that as a side.

Today was the second day in a row of no rain, so DH mowed and I cleaned out the garden beds. The only vegetable this year is green beans, so I planted the other beds with sunflowers, zinnias, dinner plate dahlias, begonias and a climbing mandevilla. It will make the hummingbirds and finches happy, if not the deer and rabbits. Oh my aching back! My porch garden only has a few herbs left to put in the ground. Rain is expected every day this week so I have no idea when that will get done.

Minus, what a tough situation for the kids. SIL's family deserves better. You'd think he might at the very least be discreet about it.

illimae

Brisket, Mac n cheese and veggies

ChiSandy

Frozen dim sum (steamed BBQ chicken bao, chicken potstickers, & an egg roll baked in the toaster-oven). Earlier, at the CBA meeting, crudites, cheese, fruit, a pita chip & hummus. (After Israeli hummus, I am so spoiled...).

MinusTwo

Lupper was the remaining leftover turkey breast. The freezer has not been particularly kind to it so I sliced it fairly thin covered it with TJ's Portobello Mushroom soup and served with 1/2 a baked potato. Two oatmeal-raisin cookies for desert.

illimae

DH recreated the lobster risotto and seared scallops and I made the asparagus side. It was all delicious 😋

Inthegrey

Chipotle bowl - steak. No time to cook tonight. I’ve been eating quinoa bowls a lot recently, which are healthy. I just discovered this thread and I need dinner ideas, cooking is not my favorite activity. I do not like fish and how much chicken can one eat! I try to balance between beef, but they say to limit red meat.

Beaverntx

Last night was turkey breast with gravy, baked potatoes, green beans, green salad. Tonight was some of the turkey cubed and lightly browned, stirred into stir fry vegetables with brown rice and orange ginger sauce. Will need to be creative with the turkey for several more meals, any suggestions???

ChiSandy

Brunch was avocado toast: sourdough slice, plain guac. mixed with chopped tomato, jalapeno, & cilantro; then chopped shallot and pea shoots, with an olive-oli-fried egg on top. Mid-aft., a breve cappuccino with a date and a mini-biscotti (using up the gluten-free Passover stuff). Dinner was a small Caesar salad with homemade croutons, Buffalo wings (4), celery sticks & blue cheese, followed by pistachio gelato for dessert. (Yup--I was a brushing, flossing fool). Managed to keep total time with the Invisalign off to 2 hrs.

Despite limiting salt and taking a 20mg Lasix in the a.m. (in addition to the diuretic in my ARB), I'm still get ankle swelling by bedtime and deep ridges in my lower calves from the tops of my socks. Bob said to add a Lasix at bedtime and try support socks. I bought some toeless ones (the closed-toe ones hurt my big toe like crazy and cause ingrown nails), but they're too long and the tops roll down and cut tightly into the calf behind the knee. Might actually have to be custom-fitted for them the way I was for my compression sleeve. Wonder if LympheDivas makes hose?

On the bright side, I'm down >9 lbs. since I weighed myself in Jerusalem. (Using home/hotel room weigh-ins--not dr's ofc.--as my benchmark because I can do them naked).

MinusTwo

Welcome InTheGrey. Food ideas & cooking here run the gamut from homemade bread to instant pots gorgeous deserts to outdoor grills. Fun things if you read back - but jump in & join us anytime.

carolehalston

Roasted bone-in skin on chicken thighs, squash steamed in chicken broth and sprinkled with romano cheese, and salad with cucumber, locally grown.  The squash was really good.

Tonight will be eggplant dish made with Rao's and grated Italian cheese and mozzarella.  Side will be salad.