So...whats for dinner?

Beaverntx

Nance, a work of art!

Eric, just saw about the boat fire on the noon news. Apparently there have been deaths but no details available at this time. Heartbreaking, and even more so when one has connections (mine are having lived in that area for a number of years).

Special, prayers for all impacted by Dorian...

For dinners this holiday weekend, I purchased food to serve 10, and 6 could not come (they were sharing the "school just started bug") so we are eating and freezing a lot of keftovers! Thurs evening, GD2 arrived from North Africa and we had her favorite, orange chicken with brown rice and broccoli. Friday evening GD1 joined us and we had salmon, roasted green beans, roasted squash, and corn on the cob. Saturday we were 4 instead of 10 so cooked only half of the sweet chili chicken and spicy beef fajitas (leftovers consumed for Sunday lunch) and froze the rest of the fajitas and tortillas. After GD2 left for college Sunday morning, Sunday night was baked chicken breasts and thighs, a big green salad and garlic bread. Today, DH is taking GD1 back to college in Waco and should be back in time for us to make a mutual decision about what leftovers to have tonight!

Anyone who is potentially in the path of the storm, please be safe!

auntienance

Fingers crossed for you and yours Special!

eric95us

The hurricane just essentially stopping only adds to the misery. :-(

I was on call for August, but yesterday I got a call asking if I could remain available.

DD just walked in the house. :-) :-)

ChiSandy

Amazing how just a change of date one way or the other can make all the difference in one's destiny.

Last night to reward myself for sticking to my diet at the folk festival (lettuce wraps with roast beef & turkey, crudités, guac & almonds) I went out to a steakhouse and had the "skinny cut" (10 oz. after cooking) of perfect prime rib with steamed asparagus and a crouton-less Caesar. After trimming away the fat, I still ate only half of it, froze the leftovers in the hotel room fridge overnight and brought them home this morning.

Tonight we're about to leave to see Steely Dan at Ravinia, and eat at the park's "Tree Top" buffet restaurant--seasonal chef's tables of regional foods, much of it healthy enough to divert me from the no-nos. Taking the train up & back, so drinking won't be much of an issue,

Beaverntx

Sandy, have a great time!

Reader425

Thinking of all in harms way with Dorian. Special, I hope your family stays safe.

Sandy, dinner sounded delish. Hope the concert was equally enjoyable.

Dinnet tonight was homemade Cheese Manicotti and a large green salad with lots of veggie goodies in it.

We are working on my weight loss and trying to move hubs diabetic numbers down so I made this as light as possible. It was kind of a test too to see the effect on DH blood sugar. He did pretty well as part of an overall better eating day and including an after dinner walk.

carolehalston

Dh's brother from Chicago area has been visiting a couple of days, a stopover on his way to Montana. Yesterday was blustery and overcast, definitely not an outdoors day. We went to breakfast at West Forty, did a little tee shirt shopping in downtown Park Rapids, and then drove to Walker and stopped in at the casino for the first time in nine years. We actually located a tiny non-smoking section, unusual for Indian casinos where the smoke smell hits you when you walk in the front door

Dinner was delicious broasted dark meat chicken, take out from nearby Clancy's restaurant, boiled new potatoes with butter and an arranged salad of sliced tomato, cucumber and onion.

BIL moves on today. DH plays golf with the Wednesday group at the golf course. I take a deep breath and enjoy my own company. Maybe do some laundry. It's supposed to be a nicer day with temperatures rising into the mid 70's. It was 49 degrees when I got up a little before 8 am.

Lacey12

Oooooh, Nance, be still my heart and salivary glands! How absolutely beautiful, and, I'm sure, delicious! Good thing I'm only seeing a photo! I am working on getting back to healthier eating after a “too full summer" of food and wine meals. I decided that a good fibrous start to the day would be helpful, so re-started my smoothie breakfasts. Pix below....

We are working to button up the lake house since we're not sure about getting back here in the fall due to lack of certainty of DH's hip replacement date. Will head home tomorrow. Carole, we've had similar weather to yours in MN. Today, tho we are dealing with some intermittent sudden thunder showers. Seeing a last performance at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse tonight, Neil Simon's California Suites.

Carole, I totally appreciate your savoring some alone time after company. I've really experienced that same need this summer even when friends I really enjoy spent overnights here. I think my energy level for entertaining is lower as I age...

Thinking of all those in The Bahamas, so tragically impacted by Dorian, and hoping that the East Coast folks are spared serious damage. I read a suggestion on Facebook that the cruise lines could/should bring their ships to the Bahamas (where they generate so much of their profit) to offer support with basic needs of the affected people on the islands. Great opportunity for corporations to do something good for humanity! It's pretty daunting to think about such hurricanes being a regular occurrence, given the degree of destruction they cause.

Back to fluff....Before and after pix of my return to smoothies....

SpecialK

lacey - cruise ship thing already happening:

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/os-ne-hurricane-dorian-cruise-relief-20190904-jr6lhn7y2bgm5gxftrvv3invmu-story.html

Lacey12

That’s great to see.

Thanks, Special

illimae

Made a really good Beef Stroganoff tonight. My first for this recipe and yum! (I added the spinach, not in the recipe)

SpecialK

lacey - I think it will still be a long, ugly process, but its a start. There is some lawlessness and piracy going on, unfortunately - DD has some connections and is directing aid to the Bahamas from outdoor companies who sponsor her, and there have been reports that this is going on.

illimae - looks yum!

Tonight is salad with shrimp on top - romaine, shredded carrots, thin sliced onion, celery, goat cheese, shrimp, Greek dressing. I had a late lunch of a combo steak/chicken Thai bowl with lots of mango over yellow rice with a friend after a shopping expedition, so this salad is for DH and packed up for his lunch tomorrow.

carolehalston

The stroganoff looks very appetizing. I had forgotten about this dish--again.

Last night's dinner was the result of a last-minute invitation to a birthday celebration for Wayne, a new Pine Hollow Resort resident. It was windy so the meal was in the recreation room half of the garage. Broasted chicken, pasta salad, dinner rolls. Cake and ice cream for dessert. All brought at a supermarket. Afterwards we played a dice game until dh and I ran out of dimes.

auntienance

Carole, I wonder if that's the same dice game we play, only we play with quarters. You can win a pretty good pot with that one.

Last night was American Chop Suey - a macaroni and beef casserole with crushed tomatoes and cheese. Of course, I love anything with a noodle.

I'm off to get a pedicure today to prepare my toes for fall. After a summer of running around barefoot, my feet are more like hooves. Since I have a gift certificate, I think I'll spring the extra for the heel repair treatment.

M0mmyof3

Nance, up in my corner of the Midwest, we call it Hot Dish

carolehalston

Definitely hot dish up here in MN. Sounds very tasty. I know dh would love it.

High today in the 60's. But yesterday was a perfect day for couples golf or any other outdoor activity. Sunny with high in mid 70's. Dinner at LaPasta was good as always. DH and I really like that little restaurant in Dorset, which will soon close three of the four restaurants.

I ordered artichoke ravioli with cream sauce. It had asparagus and fresh mushrooms, cheese in the filling. After it had been served and eaten, I remembered I ordered it before, in a previous year! Oh, the wonders of the aging person, body and mind.

With this fall weather I'm thinking of comfort food pot dishes like white chili and gumbo.

auntienance

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/american-chop-suey-johnny-marzetti-beefaroni-hamburger-helper-goulash-italian-american-recipe.html

I often use cheddar instead of the mozzarella.

I'm thinking red beans and rice tonight. (I know, it's Saturday not Monday). Gumbo appeals too.

Beaverntx

My mother called that dish "goo-lolly", I know not why but it could be a version of goulash? I've also used the johnny marzetti term. Whatever its name, it is comfort food. Not yet ready for it here since I saw 100 on the car's thermometer on my way home this afternoon!

Magari

Probably chipotle mac and cheese tonight, with breadcrumb topping.

I have a pork butt that I need to do something with, and have a recipe for that with cumin and beans that would be easy to do in the Instant Pot for tomorrow.

auntienance

I've heard it called American goulash too.

Went with pepper steak - flank steak, onions, garlic, red and green peppers over brown rice. Leftover green beans as a side.

Beaverntx

We had a gathering last evening and have grilled turkey burgers left over ( the salmon burgers were a bigger hit). Chopped up some burgers, heated in barbeque sauce and served over ciabatta buns with sliced tomatoes and mixed vegs. Had just enough "left over " red wine for one glass each.

Now to come up with some other creative way to use grilled turkey burgers...

ChiSandy

Friday night after a post-wake memorial service in the southwest suburbs for a friend who passed away suddenly of a pulmonary embolism, Bob & I wanted to go to Cooper's Hawk Winery restaurant--but the earliest table available was 9:45. Nope--we had driven separately (Bob came from his hospital down in Oak Lawn, and I took 2 hrs to drive down from Edgewater) and he had to be in early today. So we settled on Louie's Chophouse in Oak Lawn. Ironically, we both had fish--he had walleye with cherry sauce and I had pan-seared halibut. We split an app of grilled baby octopus, Greek style. Sides were asparagus (since I'm low carb, I had a double portion) and a twice-baked potato for Bob. Did we have leftovers? Duh.

So tonight I fired up the grill and seared a duck breast I'd defrosted--and reheated the leftovers to go with it.

Betrayal

Beaverntx

You could use the leftover turkey burgers in chili or as the basis for a bolognaise sauce over spaghetti or turkey stroganoff.

M0mmyof3

Picked up some bell peppers yesterday, so tonight is Stuffed Peppers. Will save leftovers for another night.

Beaverntx

Betrayal, thanks for the suggestions. Tonight I'm planning on crumbling some and adding to mac and cheese. Had thought of pasta sauce but not stroganoff-- probably in part because it is still in the high 90s here and stroganoff is associated with cold weather in my mind.

Reader425

Hi all sounds like everyone is eating well!! I had a long morning at church, a delightful afternoon nap and a wonderful husband who cooked/bought dinner. What more can I ask?

Menu was grilled wagu beef burgers he made up with onion and Worcestershire, fresh sliced tomatoes and potato salad. He doesn't usually cook so that made it even more delicious! He also sauted paprakash onions to go with. Getting off the carb train tomorrow but this was good!

auntienance

Tonight was reverse seared thick pork chops with a shallot white wine pan sauce. Sides were green beans with tiny potatoes and fruit salad.

Stressing over mammogram tomorrow. First time for screening mamm on a yearly schedule. Previously, I had diagnostic every six months.

Libber

Shrimp Gumbo with Okra. I am from the south and live in Pacific NW. When I find fresh Okra in the market it’s Cajun gumbo! Willie Dust seasoning from Arkansas. Last two nights have been getting our gumbo fix

Lacey12

Last evening, after spending much of the day housecleaning and organizing “stuff” we dragged back from the lakehouse, I was in no mood to cook, so decided to buy cooked shrimp and lettuce on a grocery store run, and had that for dinner along with raw cauliflower with hummus and some crusty bread.

Tonight we went to dinner with some good friends who moved to Santa Monica a few years ago to be near their only son who does Immersive Theatre in LA. We chose a local neighborhood cafe where DH and I have had some good meals. I had my typical choice of salmon with broccoli and rice pilaf and DH had his favorite fruitti di mare. You have to really be fond of mussels to order this!

Am guessing I might have posted a similar pic before since it is such a striking dish. We returned to our house for dessert, a purchased rustic pear and almond tart. DH actually went to Volante’s to buy one of my fave cherry pies, which were sold out. This tart proved to be a great second choice!

Tomorrow, I’m making dinner for our next door neighbors. They were gone when we returned from NH, which I knew was odd since school had started here for their kids. I texted and learned that the dad’s mother had suddenly passed away so they were in the Midwest for the whole week. I figure they will be busy playing catch up now that they are back, so decided to make them some comfort food....lobster mac and cheese. I’ve rarely made serious mac and cheese, but it isn’t too hard, and I figure the lobster will make up for any mistakes! I’ll also bring a big garden salad and walnut brownies for dessert. We will probably have something less decadent...like grilled chicken and a nice big salad. I really need to distance myself from pasta now that I’m near my trusty scale.

The leftover turkey burger ideas are good ones, Betrayal. That pesky unfatty turkey meat just doesn’t work for a juicy burger, does it, but it lends itself nicely to chili, stroganoff and other saucy recipes.

Thinking about Minus, and hoping her CA trip is going well

eric95us

Tonight was vegan tacos....lots of spices mixed with tofu and baked for 30 minutes, then mixed with salsa and then put into soft taco shells. I'm not sure what all spices were used as Sharon made this one.

Good luck on the mamo tomorrow Nance.

I'm hoping that everyone fared well through Hurricane Dorian.