So...whats for dinner?
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Hi Everyone, some of your dinners sound delicious! I haven't posted in a while because dinners here have been kind of hodgepodge lately. Carol, I had my golf league dinner last night also. The owner of the course roasted pork and turkey for us and we all brought pot luck dishes. I made a cabbage salad to take and reserved a little to have at home, so I had that for dinner tonight to try to make up for all of the indulging at the picnic.
MinusTwo and Reader425, I had never heard of Moosewood Restaurant, so I looked it up online and couldn't believe it when I saw it is in Ithaca, NY. My husband and I are actually planning a trip to the Finger Lakes region in a few weeks, and Ithaca is one of our planned stops. I don't think I will get my husband to eat there, but I just might have to stop in to see if they have any of their cookbooks. I always like to buy a cookbook whenever I travel, so maybe that will be the one from my trip to the Finger Lakes. What a coincidence! That dish of enchiladas looks delicious by the way.
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Michelle's BCO "nom de plume" was LuvRVing. She was a vibrant and delightful woman. One of her close friends & 'neighbors' still posts. Joyce - how are you? Up North for the summer if I remember correctly?
Who else went on the Moosewood's trip? Maybe Bedo?
Oops - it was Pickety Place in September 2012, but unfortunately the pictures have been removed from the post on this thread.
But lots of discussion over the years on this dinner thread about Moosewoods cookbook & recipes - starting in 2011.
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Joyce - great to hear from you. Thanks for the update. Wishing you an easy surgery & recovery. If anyone remembers this phrase - we'll be in your pocket.
Not so strange about the new wife. My SIL died in October. The memorial service was in November. The next Tuesday (two damn days) her husband of 49 years called his grown kids and said he'd met a wonderful woman he intended to spend the rest of his life with so did they have a problem with her coming to family Thanksgiving & Christmas. You can just imagine the upsets. Three months after my SIL died, they'd spent 10 days skiing in Colorado. At four months they went to several countries in Europe on the way to a South African vacation. Six months - they bought a house, started combining their stuff & moved in together.
I was going to be sooo good today. Started with All Bran and 4 fresh raspberries - no sugar. An hour later a neighbor brought me a chicken biscuit from Chick-Fil-A. Oh I love these and hadn't had one in over year. Snarfed it up. Forced myself to eat only 1/2 a spaghetti squash for dinner. I was going to do Raos & mushrooms & stuff, but satisfied myself with just butter & salt. I'm trying on pants from the closet tonight so I will have no problem remembering tomorrow.
Going to an Eagle Court of Honor tomorrow with a reception and dinner afterwards. It's the grandson of an old friend but I haven't seen any of the family in a number of years. I may try to skip out on the dinner.
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Joyce, in your pocket for your cervical spine surgery tomorrow!
Last night I bought a nice piece of fresh wild Pacific halibut--but it was half a pound and Bob was down in Oak Lawn for the night, So I fired up the grill (used a grill topper pan for easier release), coated it with oil, lime, oregano, garlic, salt & pepper and baked it on the grill along with a few slim asparagus spears marinated in EVOO & balsamic. Sauteed half a bulb of fennel in butter indoors. Also had half a small tomato with burrata as an appetizer. As I suspected, I could only eat half the fish so I refrigerated the other half. For tonight's dinner, I made low-carb fish "taquitos:" gem and baby Boston lettuce cups with a bed of red cabbage slaw, the halibut, and red Frontera jalapeno chipotle salsa on half of them and chimichurri sauce on the others.
Tomorrow is my block party, so for the potluck brunch I will make my usual insalata Caprese--only this time, the tomatoes and basil will all come from my own garden. Was afraid this year's crop would be a dud--especially with only 4 plants to last year's 6, and a cold & rainy May (too cold to plant!) & June. Suddenly, this week, 8 good-sized ones ripened all at once--and no black spot or clefts this time. Got 13 more on the vine, with about another 10 buds.
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Joyce, so great to hear from you - best of luck and have a speedy recovery from your surgery!
Yesterday I made a huge batch of gazpacho using a bounty of heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers from a friend's garden. I gave some to my neighbour and still have more than we'll eat. I wonder if it could be cooked and converted into a hot tomato soup - would it taste like V8?
I made a Boston cream pie today that looks like a disaster - the cake stuck to the pan (never happens) and therefore broke taking it out and I let the ganache cool off too much before putting it on. I imagine it tastes ok but it's nothing to look at. Glad I made it just for us.
Tonight is the flat iron steak on the grill that didn't get eaten earlier in the week, as well as the baked tomatoes and new potatoes.
Special, I admire your taking on such a project!
Welcome home Eric!
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Moon, I was so glad to see your DH looking so much better after that injury and long recovery, and that the worrisome pregnancy of your daughter worked out adorably fine! Cute grands! I know you enjoy them so much, and your daughters are lucky to have you nearby.
Minus, I love your creative, unconventional dinners! You know I go in that direction too when I get a solo evening of not having to cook. Carry on.... and good luck with removing those 5 lbs.... I am no role model in that department!
We are finally at the lake for an extended time, and it is really weird to be “starting” our summer here in August...and just now planting flowers in my deck pots! The hummingbirds showed up immediately to remind us to get their feeders out and we did! It was fun having them hover about as I tended to my pot planting.
I know that we might look like the energizer bunny couple, but I am really too old and tired to enjoy all the movement we’ve undertaken through June/July. I find it hard to keep up with DH’s energy, and his need to be busy all the time. I think his need for activity is currently heightened to defend against his feeling so slowed down by the hip issue...he can’t stand slowing down, so he schedules lots more activities. EEEEK!
Since I’ve had to help more with everything, physically,......carrying luggage other heavy items up and down stairs, car packing, unpacking, etc., and lots of other physical tasks, I’ve started to feel my own hip pain which I thought left me a few years ago. And yesterday, I awoke with really bad back spasms. Hoping the lidocaine patch helps it calm down, since we will not fare well with duo debilitations! I wish he would be more flexible about who does his surgery. He doesn’t even have his consult until the end of this month, and he could have it done by now and be enjoying summer more.
We’ve mainly been having grilled chicken and salads since arriving here, but last night, I wasn’t able to stand up long enough to cook, so ordered a nice spanakopita and a baked haddock with broccoli, and a Greek salad from a local house of pizza that does very nicely with every dish except for pizza! I especially enjoyed the meal.
Nance, peach pie.....now gazpacho?! Be still, my taste buds!! I am now inspired to hunt out some local tomatoes to make gazpacho (if my back will cooperate) to enjoy when a very good long time friend and DH stop to visit us next weekend. Summer came very late here, so I hope I can find some nice ripe tomatoes.
Fun to read about the Moosewood recipe you made, Reader. I can picture the cookbook, tho never got to the restaurant. Am guessing it might be quite vegan by now.....maybe you’ll find out for us during your trip, Super! Or I can google their menu...lol.
Joyce, sending best wishes for your upcoming surgery! My DDIL just had cervical disc replacement surgery this Spring, and she was back performing surgery in a matter of days. Am guessing the new technology used with cervical disc surgeries allows for much faster recoveries. I’m glad you have such a familiar trusted team for the procedure! Will be in your pocket! I’m glad Michelle’s DH has found someone to share his life with, but I can’t imagine “following” her. What a special woman Michelle was to everyone who knew her.
Special, you continue to amaze with your organizing talents. Such a wonderful gift for DH’s family members!
Not a single plan for dinner, and a trip to the grocery store will be needed unless we want omelettes.
My sadness for all of those affected by these recent (and not so recent!) mass shooting murders is only eclipsed by my rage at the selfishness of those in power who choose to do nothing. Enough said.
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Hello to everyone.
I'm now about 3 weeks out from my revision surgery and despite some lingering bruising/swelling, I am feeling much better than I did pre-surgery. I think the bubbles I was feeling between the skin and my implants resulted in a lot of inflammation. Which made me uncomfortable and used a lot of my body's energy. My surgeon did not find any fluid, and said, "Based on what I saw in the OR, I think that was just a pocket that developed from how the texturing of the implant stuck to the Alloderm." And that the switch to smooth implants should completely resolve that issue. Which is a huge relief.
We grilled a couple of different pieces of CSA fish pulled from the freezer last night, along with a whole eggplant to use for baba ganoush today. I made a panzanella salad with a couple of heirloom tomatoes and a persian cucumber, leftover sourdough bread and a few leaves of basil from the plant I got at Trader Joe's a while back, which has been hanging on pretty well.
A couple of nights ago, our CSA gave us ling cod, which I pan seared and served with nectarine salsa and snap peas. Not sure what dinner will be this evening - possibly risotto, since I'm making chicken stock in the Instant Pot.
Need to get to the butcher shop and buy some meat for a change! We're going to Bordeaux as part of a trip to France in October, and in an effort to educate ourselves about the wine, we went to a very good wine shop, talked to their Bordeaux expert and bought a mixed case of recommended bottles in the "value" price range yesterday.
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Magari, glad your surgical revision recovery is going well! I'd never heard of ling cod, so checked it out....interesting fish. Is it true the flesh is almost turquoise? I'm impressed with your serious research efforts in anticipation of your trip to Bordeaux. 😉
I've been doing practically nothing all day, and DH returned from the beach early so he could head to the local farm stand and grocery store. He clearly has hopes for dinner tonight! He will probably get a pork loin to grill since he seems “chickened out" of late. Hoping I can stand long enough to make a nice salad. He also got some local corn.
My DDIL2 just sent the sweetest video of our DGD2 making music with her feet (a new toy attached to her crib end). The only down side of us being up here is we can only see her on video. 😕 Can't wait until they come for a weekend visit in a few weeks
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Lacey - we used to fish for Ling in the Gulf of Mexico. I don't remember turquoise, but I do remember a delicious almost sweet fish.
Magari - more congrats on this thread.
The Eagle Court of Honor was wonderful. A very impressive young man. For those of you who follow BSA, one of the requirements for Eagle is 13 merit badges. This young man had 46. Eeek!!! Dinner was catered BBQ with brisket & chicken, beans, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, lots of pickles & peppers & onions - and since this is Texas - loaves & loaves of plain old white bread just sitting out there in their plastic wrappers next to the iced tea. The cake was 1/2 chocolate & 1/2 vanilla. The chocolate side was delicious and totally gone with plenty of vanilla left.
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Minus - lol, I'd have gone for the vanilla.
Lacey, I hope your back issues resolve soon - no fun!
Very undecided about dinner but settled on baked canneloni with some garlic bread. And then of course, Boston cream pie.
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Thanks for the good wishes on my revision surgery. I am hopeful that this will be my last surgery of any kind for quite some time.
Forgot to let you know that the Med restaurant we went to last week ended up being very good. We had grilled haloumi, a flabread with lamb and baba ganoush, and a calamari sandwich in house-made pita.
I had a checkup with my MO on Friday afternoon, and it is a major hassle to get home from there on transit. So since my husband has been in between contracts, I got him to pick me up afterwards and we had an early dinner date night at Commonwealth - one of our favorite special occasion places (1 Michelin star) that will be closing next month as a result of losing their lease. Very sad - we've celebrated a number of birthdays and anniversaries there and the food is still fabulous.
We splurged and had the tasting menu - this is what's on the website (ours was slightly different but I can't remember it all): geoduck clam, chilled pea and mint soup, radishes, meyer lemon, fresh wasabi //smoked trout glazed in verjus, trout roe, cabbage, potato mousse, horseradish //green beans, walnut and sunflower butter, smoked flatbread, rooftop herbs //stonefruit, smoked zucchini, fresh curds, sunflower seeds, agretti, nasturtium juice //lamb shoulder grilled over redwood, sprouting grain porridge, wheatgrass, alliums //celery sorbet, verjus soda//burnt honey ice cream, matcha meringue, chocolate tuile. Nice bottle of a light French red to go with it.
The lamb was superb. I am not a huge dessert person, but both the celery sorbet and the burnt honey ice cream were amazing.
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I can't decide between spaghetti with turkey meat sauce, chicken wonton soup or a potato, corn and broccoli.
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Certainly not dinner......
As soon as DD gets home, we will be taking Jessiecat to the vet. When we brought him home, he was 5 or 6 years old and DD was starting 2nd grade. DD is a college senior now, which makes Jessiecat 19 or 20.
Maybe not, but I have a feeling that "it's time".
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Mods - thanks for dropping by. As you can tell, we all gain lots of extra pounds just for belonging to this thread and reading about the delicious meals.
Eric - holding you in my thoughts.
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Oh Eric, thinking of you and Jessiecat (((hugs)))
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We just left the vet.....Jessiecat is saying hi to Pest.
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Eric, I hope you are all doing okay after the vet visit. Never easy no matter how many pets we’ve had to say goodbye to. When our last pooch left for “Rainbow Bridge” (or is it Ridge?), DS2 announced her departure on Facebook, after a companying us to the vet. I was touched and amused by some of the memories his friends posted about her in their responses...she’d grown up with that whole crew of guys.
Magari, what an amazing meal you enjoyed, and yes, so sad to have such a special restaurant close. Is this related to the outrageously high real estate increases in the SF area? It was nice that you got to enjoy this special meal there.
Tonight, thanks to DH’s trips to food sources (!) we ended up having (briefly) marinated grilled pork tenderloin, local corn on cob, salad, and french bread.
Minus, kudos to your very accomplished Eagle Scout! I did get a chuckle from your description of all the loaves of white bread in their wrappers.....image of the 1950s!
Speaking of bread....for some reason, today, I thought it would be fun to buy a bread maker. I used to own one, which I loaned to my next door neighbor’s son, and never saw again. I think it must have landed with the electric juicer I’d previously loaned him! So I started looking at bread maker reviews on line and mentioned my idea to DH who is the house bread monger (!) thinking he would be delighted. He very sensibly reminded me that I have yet to use my instant pot, so he hopes I won’t buy a breadmaker unless,I am really prepared to actually use it! Guess I would agree with that! Does anyone use one? I honestly forget about how easy it was to use my old one. Thanks
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Thanks. It's not easy...if it were easy I'd be worried about myself.
DD is quite upset. It turns out we got him when DD was starting 1st grade. So, for her, it's hard to remember a time before Jessiecat.
I had a bread maker, but it was rarely used.
The sourdough I make doesn't seem to lend itself to using preset amounts of flour. So I add almost enough flour and as I hand knead the bread I add more flour until the dough feels right. Then I "perform CPR" on it for 10 minutes and it always turns out.
Even using the stand mixer to knead the bread messes me up....
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Oh Eric, I'm so sorry. I hope Jessiecat can say hi to my shelties Sam and Annabelle who went to the bridge a week apart in 2009. I miss them still every day.
Lacey, I had a bread maker for years but rarely used it. I started making no knead breads, then when I got a stand mixer, the bread maker wasn't worth the real estate. My arthritic hands complain about too much kneading so it's valuable for that. The stand mixer does that for me now.
Too early too know for sure but possibly French dip sandwiches are on the menu. It's really time for chicken but I'm uninspired by the bird options.
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Eric, such sad news. Perhaps Jessiecat can join up with our two dachshunds, Jeckles and Scooter,and a basenji, King, on the bridge. And maybe that should be ridge or it must be a very long, strong and crowded bridge!
Lacey, my breadmaker is used to make pizza dough almost weekly. Don't make other bread very often because we tend to eat it!
Last night's dinner was the second half of Friday's pizza, tonight maybe shredded chicken tacos using Saturday's rotisserie chicken. Ah, leftovers!!!
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Oh, Eric, so sorry about Jessiecat. That she had a good long run (much longer than most kitties) doesn't ease the pain of losing her, but eventually the memories will begin to fill in the hole in your heart.
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Dinner tonight was veggie burgers and home made french fries.
My mom had a french fry cutter and it works perfectly. For the HUGE potatoes, it's potato halves in one side and cut 'fries out the other. A tiny bit of olive oil, some garlic powder, plus a bit of seasoned salt and it's oven ready.
Black beans, corn, bread crumbs, fake egg white, salsa and roasted peppers run through the food processor, and then some uncrushed black beans. It doesn't taste much like a hamburger, which is OK, but it has a lot of spicy flavor and the consistency of ground beef.
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Eric - Those veggie burgers sound delicious; much better than the pre-made type, I am sure. Condolences re Jessiecat. We had to put down our 18-year-old border collie/cattle dog mix about a year ago, and still miss him every day. Though after about 6 months, we rescued our new Australian shepherd/cattle dog mix, who is a complete sweetie whom we also adore.
I made about 4 quarts of chicken stock in the Instant Pot yesterday, so used some of that to make risotto Milanese last night.
Tonight is polenta with Italian sausages in a marinara-type sauce.
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Sunday night was hot dogs. Last night was chicken enchiladas and a "composed" salad with tomato and cucumber purchased at the farmers market and avocado. The tortillas for the enchiladas are wheat and are surprisingly good. I've always bought or made corn tortillas but it's difficult to find any good ones in the supermarkets here. Neighbor John used wheat for the fish tacos he made a couple of weeks ago and I liked the wheat taste. I doubt the wheat flour is a lot better for blood sugar but John, a diabetic, thinks he is making a better choice than the white flour, which I never buy.
DH commented that the enchiladas were the best I'd ever made. I always enjoy enchiladas and prefer the red sauce. Sorry, Minus!
I just learned there's a WW meeting in Park Rapids now, but I've strayed so far from WW land that I don't know if I could find my way back. Like Minus and Lacey I'm no shining example of weight control.
No idea about dinner tonight except the veggie side, fresh green beans with new potatoes.
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Carole, Trader Joe's carries a corn and whole wheat combo tortilla that I like a lot. I like them especially for enchiladas but if I don't have any I go for the store bought corn variety. They don't raise my blood sugar as much as flour. I just wish they were a little bigger.
Tonight is chicken night. What form that will take is anybody's guess.
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Nance, the only corn variety I can buy are those small tortillas and they aren't very good.
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Commercially made corn tortillas only seem to be 6 inch size and are usually quite brittle.
Masa (corn processed like hominy and ground) is easily available here. Tortilla presses are also "all over the place" here, but only the 6 inch ones. Amazon does have 10 inch ones, but I can't develop enough enthusiasm to on-line order one. Someday I'll find one at a swap meet and I'll get it.
I'm getting ready to go get some vegetables for making stock and I'll can (actually jar) it so it will be shelf stable. Since I have the huge canner, I'm going to try the pressure cooker method--10 minutes at high pressure instead of simmering it for several hours--and see how the two methods work out. Some folks say stock made in a pressure cooker is "evil devil's spawn" while others say the simmering is the way to go. I'll get to form my own opinion.
Whenever I would sit down to use the laptop, Jessiecat would jump up and settle down between me and the armrest of the recliner. After 15 years of this, it seems odd having an empty space in the recliner. -
eric - let me add my condolences about Jessiecat.
Seasonal food harvest News - for Houston at any rate. Two things I wait for all year. Olathe corn will maybe be in the Kroger stores in small quantities tomorrow, but for 'sure' the next two weeks. I could eat this corn every night while it's available. Hatch Chile festivals start at the HEB stores this weekend. I'll be going to Central Market - the only place the bakery makes delicious Hatch Chile scones
Carole - funny that you remember I prefer green sauce. Your post is what inspired me to call the stores about the Hatch harvest & arrival.
Prolia shot # 7 tomorrow. If I weaken, I'll stop at Katz Deli on the way home from the med center.
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Someday I'll get to Hatch, NM for the festival there!
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