So...whats for dinner?

eric95us

Two nights ago we were in Grizley Creek Redwoods State Park near Carlotta, California and got quite a view of the old growth redwood trees and of the license plate on our trailer...it was over 100 miles (California Hwy 36) of narrow and incredibly twisty road. :-)

Last night and the night before was in the town of Caspar, California, right on the beach. Dinner was Vege burgers, along with locally grown corn, black berries and peaches (farmers' market).

We got up this morning and visited the last working manual Morse code maritime radio shore station (http://www.radiomarine.org) in Pt Reyes and Bolinas, CA (near San Francisco). We were there for about 6 hours. The Pacific Coast Highway is also quite twisty and narrow.

Saturday, near a large metropolitan area during hot weather, there were no available campground spaces, so we are in a hotel in Morgan Hill, California....the first hotel since we started the trip. Dinner tonight was a soda and bag of potato chips.

Oh, we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and we got to pull the trailer through downtown San Francisco with a full suite of road construction projects.

Lacey12

Nance, the filet was actually not large at all....just right for me after our two previous day eating fest. This is how it was presented on their menu: Espresso rubbed filet mignon over white chocolate parsnip puree, mushroom, lacinato kale, rosemary beef jus. It was really one of the best steak meals I've ever had, which was nice since I rarely eat red meat.

Eric, your trip has been so enjoyable to follow! Tho expecting to have my eyes glaze over at the mention of the Morse code station, I dutifully clicked on the radiomarine link.

Coincidentally enough, the mention of the heavy lead 1950's RCA transmitters piqued my interest since those dinosaurian products were likely developed in my father's communication division at RCA. He was originally an electrical engineer, turned business exec, spending most of his career on development and marketing of communication devices (especially marine to shore) at RCA. I always experience a heart smile when I see or hear of old RCA products. Admittedly, my eyes did glaze over as they scanned the technical portion of the Radio Maritime Historical Society news. But I enjoyed the Who We Are passage. Am guessing yu and Sharon might be sporting new MRHS tee shirts or coffee mugs? 😉 Thanks for sharing the info about a place most people aren't aware exists, as well as a very unique historical society.

carolehalston

Tonight will be fish tacos. I made a picco de gallo, trying to replicate my neighbor's. The fish will be thawed crappie fillets, a gift from Greg, another neighbor. I will warm the whole wheat tortillas and slice up an avocado. Oh, and make a cole slaw of angel hair cabbage, olive oil and fresh lime juice.

britgirls

We're going to Five Guys. Could kill for a burger right now.

Beaverntx

We had lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant so dinner was light-- grilled salmon on mixed greens with blueberries and fresh peach with lemon infused oil and blueberry infused balsamic vinegar.

MinusTwo

Had this wonderful Dole Premium salad again - Spinach Miso Crunch. It has baby spinach, baby red chard, carrots, cashews, sliced almonds, wonton strips & Japanese Miso Dressing. I usually get 2 meals out of most salad bags or kits, but this is so delicious I ate the whole thing. The side was 4 Waverley Wafers.

I didn't end up baby-sitting my grand niece. They had problems with their upstairs A/C and a friend who repairs units was coming "off the clock" today to take a look. Maybe next Sunday.

ChiSandy

It was Bob's day off so we went down to the Gold Coast so he could get a haircut from his favorite barber at an old-fashioned British-style barbershop (Merchant Rhoads, formerly Truefitt & Hill). Dragged him into UntuckIt to get a couple of casual shirts that fit him and don't need to be tucked. We then went to Gibson's steakhouse. Had 3 kinds of oysters: NB, WA and (my faves) Fanny Bay from BC. Tossed salad (meh) and I nicked a bit of his "loaded wedge salad" (the bacon & blue cheese are keto-friendly). Had a grass-fed Aussie strip steak & grilled broccolini, half of which we took home (he had a large filet, of which he too had half). Dinner just now was the leftover roast chicken breast & peas from last night's dinner out. I am not a fan of chicken breast, but this one wasn't dry.

Moonflwr912

Lacy, sorry about the loss of your brother, and the mess that was supposed to be a comforting memorial. But watching grandies is the best!

Nance, unrealistic expectations of size and price seem to be the norm for househunters now. I know my kids cant even believe when we bought our house in 1982 that interest rate of 13 percent was normal. LOL and Im glad your catarsct surgery went well. Its very strange to not need glasses to see, but put them on to read. The total oposite of more than 50 years of wearing glasses!

Carol, Congrats on 50! Thats amazing. We are behind you 4 years, or will be in October.

Chi, zo happy your teeth problems are working out. Smile!

Eric, mu DH would have been as happy asSharon at EBR. LOL

I hadcooked a lot last week and this werjend, as we had 3 little ones 2 days, and 1 for the weekend. So mac and cheese, rice and chicken, avacados for DGD2. DGD1 decided she doesnt like them anymore. So I had to send 4 home with DGD2, as DH and I do not t like them. LOL

Tonite was a quick stir fry with plain rice to use up what ever I could reach in the fridge, since it was full of many leftovers.

Closing out now with 2 pagez to catch up with, so I dont loose what I have so far. Much love

Moonflwr912

Happy BD, Nance!

Lacey we are the some of Older people in our neighbirhood, that our neighborhood worries about. LOL. Most of the neighbors are around 50 and have kids in HS or just started college. 1 other couple, and the neighbor right next to us are all older by 20 years, except for me, but I get a pass due to my cane. LOL. I do turn 65 tbough, this Sept.

I dont think ive said hello to Godisone, Magaro, and Reader45. So Hey! Glad to meet you.

Ok, time to pist this and read last page

Much love

ChiSandy

Leftover steak & broccolini. Even so, couldn't finish it all (said "uncle" after 4 oz.) so that'll be tomorrow night's meal too. (And there's still Bob's leftover filet).

Beaverntx

orange chicken with brown rice and leftover roasted vegetables tonight. DGD2 is here for a couple of nights before a 9 am flight overseas tomorrow and orange chicken is a favorite of hers. She's between a summer job, a visit with her parents and a return to college.

Reader425

Hello all! Thanks for the welcome Moonflwr! I enjoy reading cookbooks and this thread is kind of like that. ChiSandy you made me want oysters! Its been awhile since I've had good ones.

Tonight I met up with a dear friend for dinner and had a wonderful shredded chicken pecan salad with peanut sauce and a lime vinaigrette. Yum! I felt so diet-obedient too. Except I came home and had 3 cookies and a bowl of low sodium chips. At least they were low sodium! 🤣

MinusTwo

Lunch was a banana. Supper was sliced Gouda Cheese fingers, wheat thins, and cubes of fresh canteloupe. Served with a large glass of delicious 50/50 French Grenache/Syrah. Because I needed more salt after running around all day in our heat, desert was 1/2 a cup of Spanish Peanuts.

Oh Bedo - where are you when I need you to balance my strange meals. Hope you are doing OK.

Moonflwr912

A year ago, my daughters pregnancy was in jeopardy, my DH was in a

halo after breaking his neck. And the sewage/flood caused us many losses, some of things that were priceless.

But we are blessed, and some wonderful things also came from those issues. Below is my lovely DGD3, safely arrived in Feb. Resting in the cradle that I thought we had lost, but that was lovingly restored by neighbors. ( and dont worry, we just took that pic then pulled her out as i didnt have the bedding right. LoL) Below that pic is one of DGD1 &2 enjoying it a different way, (its a princess boat, btw,) and day. LOL. BTW, the thing could hold me if I tried.

Much love to all on here, and remember, troubles do not last.

Here's my DH, with his first ever new car. Electric no less! LOL

carolehalston

Good pictures, Moon. Thanks for sharing.

Dinner last night was grilled ribeye and small baked potatoes with butter and sour cream. Yum.

MinusTwo

Moon - love the pictures.

Carole - you've inspired me. I've put a baked potato on the menu for tonight.

auntienance

Great pics Monica, the grands are growing so fast!

Last night was Swiss steak, mashed potatoes and fresh local green beans from the produce stand. I was informed that they will be the last :-(

Tonight is tentatively a grilled flat iron steak, roasted tomatoes topped with boursin and some new potatoes mixed with the few leftover beans. Or maybe tikka masala to avoid having beef two nights in a row. DH would have beef every night if left to his own devices.

Beautiful weather here, I need to go pull weeds to take advantage of it. I hate weeds and yet they persist.

ChiSandy

More leftover steak & broccolini, plus leftover yellow heirloom tomato (last store-bought one) and probably grill some Vidalia onion slices.

eric95us

We're home.

MinusTwo

Eric - we can hardly wait for you to unpack & stock your fridge & reintroduce yourself to your dogs & do you wash and etc. so that you can give us lots of details from the tour. Where did you go from San Francisco? I can't imagine pulling a trailer down Hwy 1.

SpecialK

eric - having driven through SF in May in a smallish SUV I can't imagine doing it pulling a trailer. Or driving windy coastal roads. I bow down to your greatness!

britgirls - I ate a ton of burgers (with cheese!) during chemo to help keep my hemoglobin up! It's a good plan!

moon - good to see you - so glad you could lemonade your lemon year! DH is looking strong!

Reader -Your post about potato chips made me think of Trader Joe's Reduced Guilt potato chips - they are so good that I can eat the whole bag. Unfortunately they don't reduce my guilt quite enough, lol!

Made a salad the other night with shredded chicken, almonds, scallions over shredded Napa cabbage and romaine with sweet and sour dressing. Had take out BBQ last night - DH gets his hair cut near the BBQ place - corn salad, Mac n cheese, burnt ends. Tonight is roasted sweet potatoes with cinnamon and a little brown sugar, pork tenderloin, and Brussels sprouts with bacon, onion, and balsamic glaze.

Working on a cookbook project - my SIL sent me all of my late MIL's myriad clipped and handwritten recipes in a giant tub. There have to be at least 1,000 of them! Sorted them into categories, cut them out if needed, glue sticked (stuck?) them to pages. Now ready to make copies and bind them for my DH's sibs. I have to be crazy..

eric95us

It was, fortunately, a small tent trailer. The drive through San Francisco was not too bad. The drive down CA Hwys 36 and 1 was lots of turns and twists. There were a few times where I think I could see the license plate on the back of the trailer. :-)

We were not able to find a campground in the Ventura area, so we ended up driving straight home from north of Santa Barbara...after 3 hours at Hearst Castle and a couple of hours at Cal Poly San luis Obispo.

After high school, my first choice of schools was Cal Tech and Cal Poly San luis Obispo were my first two choices for schools. The smog was so bad at Pasadena (Cal Tech) that it hurt to breathe and my allergies were STRONGLY "provoked" at Cal Poly. That's how I chose Arizona State.

Every time I grumble about the car smog checks for the cars, I think about the difference in air quality at Pasadena and quit grumbling.

We got home about 5am and DD was asleep. When we opened the door the dogs started barking and then the barks changed to happy squeaks and yips. Jessiecat was equally thrilled to see us.

carolehalston

Dinner tonight at Hilltop restaurant in Hubbard. John from Texas asked us to go with him. He'll be wearing his best denim overalls. I've eaten at Hilltop twice and enjoyed the same entrée, pecan crusted walleye. May have something else tonight.

Last night was a meal with the women golfers following the 18 holer golf. Lasagne (straight from a supermarket freezer) and lettuce salad, vanilla ice cream for dessert. Not memorable but I feel obliged to stay for the meal following the once-a-month meeting.

Welcome home, Eric.

Reader425

Dinner tonight was fix it and forget it barbecue pork tenderloin in the crockpot, fresh tomato, cucumber, and onion salad with red wine vinaigrette and baked french fries.

My husband has a habit of tossing any condiments he considers old (we differ on the definition - ha!). Anyway, I told him "No Worcestershire sauce in your barbecue pork tonight Mister!" Still pretty tasty and he promised to replace items before pitching them next time 😉 ❤

MinusTwo

My supper was so good earlier in the week, I repeated it tonight. 6 or 7 cubes of fresh cantaloupe, 10 finger sticks sliced off a Gouda cheese round, 8 wheat thins. Well I just cheated by having a shot glass of Amarula before bed. Raise a glass for the elephants.

carolehalston

Tonight's dinner will be roasted chicken thighs, skin on and bone in. Sides will be asparagus, maybe roasted, and cauliflower mash.

MinusTwo

Went to lunch with my ex-DH and intended to have a large salad since he said he's trying to eat healthy. Oh oh - he ordered spaghetti. I couldn't sit and watch that so I ordered spaghetti works - meat sauce, meat balls, mushrooms and melted mozzarella on top. I was virtuous and ordered the lunch portion - a half order. But then I ate 3 pieces of their delicious melted garlic butter french bread. Dinner is - not one darn thing!! I don't deserve it for caving so badly. Luckily I'm not in the least bit hungry. I only have to lose 5 lbs, but I'll never be able to fit in my pants for the wedding in a month if I don't.

Reader425

Minustwo and Carole, your meals both sounded good to me!

Tonight was an old standby, modified a bit. Old hippies know of a cookbook called "Moosewood' and I love their eggplant almond enchiladas recipe. My hub can't have almonds so I substituted pinenuts that I toasted first.

MinusTwo

Reader - oh yes for Moosewood. I'm pretty sure the restaurant is still open and some of our BCO members met there one time. When Michelle was still alive?

Reader425

Minustwo, I wasn't sure if the restaurant was still around but do love so many of the recipes!

I'm not sure I knew a Michelle but am sorry she's gone. It's nice to make virtual friendships on here. I just recommended BCO to a recently diagnosed friend. Very supportive!