So...whats for dinner?

M0mmyof3

All community colleges in my state are closed as of last night. Classes are going online until at least early April. The college my hubby works at was the first to close for cleaning as a precautionary measure

carolehalston

Tonight's dinner will be a skillet dish with sliced chicken breast, diced veggies and cooked brown rice. I have colored peppers, some broccoli and some cauliflower. Also some dried morels.

I stopped off at the produce market on my way home from golf and bought two eggplants and two cucumbers. So tomorrow's dinner will be an eggplant dish. The strawberries were gorgeous but over-priced in my opinion. I didn't buy any.

auntienance

Trying something different tonight - pressure cooking a (small) whole chicken then air frying it to crisp the skin. It may turn into a disaster but I expect it will be a learning experience. The only side will be yellow rice with broccoli florets.

Thanks for the reminder Carole. I bought a container of strawberries and stuck them in the produce drawer. I need to do something with them. I have a Bravetart recipe for strawberry cake that uses fresh and freeze dried strawberries (which I have) that I want to try. Our friends are coming Monday for an early St. Pats dinner and the cake might be a good dessert. I was thinking lemon meringue pie but the cake might be better. Well, that is if anything could be better than lemon meringue pie.

eric95us

I'm just about to go on shift in about an hour. I'm one of the "night walkers"....and I am the trainee third associate deputy vice assistant desk clerk ninth class class...or something like that. :-).

It's 99% message center type work at a front desk where I answer telephones, talk on the 2-way radios and keep records uo to date...and 1% "hmm...how are we gonna do that?" stuff where the engineering problem solving skills come in handy.

It's sort of like being Radar in MASH.

MinusTwo

Dinner was a small rib-eye and 10 oz of steamed spinach. I took two large chicken breasts out of the freezer to defrost. I'm thinking one will be Laurie's Mexican Chicken. The other will be something with the white sauce I made earlier this week. Or I have the red sauce I took out of the freezer Monday. I still have 1/2 a bunch of Bok Choy and a bag of Dole Pomegranate salad mix and my milk is good through April 2nd. I won't be going to the store this weekend.

I routinely buy many things in bulk, so no TP or paper towels needed here. My freezer is too full for me to know what's even in there, so I'll have some inventive meals coming up. I had been planning that before this summer's storms anyway. I have plenty of canned & packaged goods for my inventions - although I wonder if a can of black olives constitutes a salad? It's interesting because long time Houston residents are used to hunkering down for a week or three during Hurricanes. Hey, we aren't loosing power so we will have electricity & water & gas & phone lines, and air conditioning (it's mid 80's here)

I had tickets to a couple of concerts I was really looking forward to. Luckily after Broadway went dark, most so the theaters in Houston cancelled until at least mid April so I didn't have to make the decisions. Stay safe friends.

MinusTwo

Two meals today. Brunch was cheerios w/a banana. The last banana so not enough for banana bread.

Dinner was 1/3 cup of the left over white sauce with cayenne pepper & extra butter added - spooned over two hard boiled eggs cut in half and warmed in the sauce. Really pretty good for leftovers. I did poach the two chicken breasts in the microwave white wine, but the eggs needed to be eaten first.

I plan to go to the store the first of the week to get milk & salad and Cheerios. I was going to buy Cheerios during the Costco monthly special, but no way am I trekking out there. With all the schools closed & therefore the parents off work taking care of them - it's hard to tell what will be an 'off' time. I'm guessing Tuesday early to mid-morning so the stores will have had time to re-stock after the weekend. Assuming they have employees to stock the shelves.

Hope everyone is OK.

Beaverntx

Minus, HEB (at least in our area) announced that they will be closing at 8pm and opening at 8 am, at least for the foreseeable future, in an effort to restock. I've been there twice this week only to find empty shelves all over the place; finally got a loaf of bread the second time and still haven't gotten ground meat to make a meatloaf. One of the weird things was they were out of pasta sauce but had plenty of salsa! We will not starve as I keep a fairly well stocked pantry and freezer but some meals could be a bit wonky... Still hoping to get some frozen vegs.

auntienance

Minus, I’m planning the same strategy as you Tuesday morning. I don’t need much but some fresh vegetables and laundry detergent. Hoping for restocking by then. It’s crazy around here too.

The chicken turned out really good. Next time I’ll crisp it even more but it was really juicy and flavorful. Leftovers will be in a chicken pot pie tomorrow night.

I didn’t have much appetite tonight but dh requested sloppy Joes so that’s what I fixed. I ate half of a sandwich

nonomimi5

I made bok Choy stir fry with tofu cubes. Sweet potato gnocchi. Swiss chard and broccoli. Spaghetti with cherry tomato, garlic, and basil.

The local Wholefoods was out of so many things I am planning to go to Gelson’s tomorrow morning at 7am. Hopefully, it’s too early for most shoppers. Need to buy bread, meat and chicken for my college son coming back tmrw night. Praying he does not bring the virus home during his travelS. I will have 2 hungry teenagers studying from home so time to stock up.

SpecialK

It’s been a crazy week - started off with the newly installed washer at DD’s house (really it’s my house...) leaking from the improperly connected hot water hose and ruining the closet floor, hallway floor, and part of the office floor. Filed a claim with the installers insurance. Have to submit a narrative, photos, etc., along with the emergency plumber’s bill. Had a quiet mid-week, then went out into the garage on Thursday, early afternoon, and the water heater was releasing all 50 gallons of the hot water across the garage to the driveway. Yet another emergency plumber call, the shut off valve to the tank was seized, so had to shut off all water, and cap the pipe. Could not get a new water heater until yesterday afternoon, but it’s up and running. We now have a shiny new shut off lever at the tank, and a new water shut off in the garage so we don’t have to shut off at the meter. Fun times!!! I tried shopping this morning early - the store wasn’t crowded but they were out of TP (which I actually needed, lol!), paper towels, most frozen vegetables, the meat department was looted, and of course no water - which I wasn’t looking for anyway. I stocked up a bit on canned goods - I was out of a bunch of stuff. I did find a Boston butt, and snagged a couple of New York strips, and a chuck roast as they were restocked. I did grab some coffee and creamer - if DH works from home we will go through it! So far I believe he’s essential personnel so I think he will actually go in.

Dinner tonight was tostadas - quick and easy. We were over at DD’s helping install the chicken coop. The baby chickens are almost ready to go in!

carolehalston

What a mess, SpecialK! You have my sympathy, for all the good that's worth.

We have some empty shelves around here, too, even at Sam's Club where all the loaf bread was gone yesterday. I'm assuming that supermarkets will stay open but maybe I'm mistaken. I am not into hoarding. Yet!

I made my eggplant lasagna/hot dish/casserole yesterday and we ate half of it for dinner last night with a tossed salad. I enjoyed the meal more than I have enjoyed our dinners lately.

Tonight will probably be chicken enchiladas made with some of a rotisserie chicken I bought at Sam's Club.

Now that there is some testing taking place, Louisiana has a growing number of corona virus cases. I read an article in a national newspaper about two young women in China, one a physician and the other also a profession in health care, who got the corona virus. They both were 29 years old and one of them, the physician, died while hospitalized. So young people can be at risk, too, even those who are healthy.

We had time in the US to become more prepared for handling a pandemic but Americans (and their leaders) apparently considered corona virus only dangerous to foreigners. Rather arrogant and ignorant attitude that didn't bode well.

TheShadow

I had spicy garlic prawns with pasta, I'll be warding off vampires tonight

nonomimi5

Went to Gelsons, a big local supermarket at 7am when it is supposed to open and there were already dozens of people shopping. No Organic chicken/meat. So I bought regular chicken and Kosher ground beef. No Tofu, potato, flour, produce, whole wheat bread....just crazy. Mountains of avocados and mangos... I guess i can exploreCaribbean/ tropical recipes. We can’t be too picky about being healthy in the coming weeks. I signed up for Farm to home deliveries for produce so I hope they come through.

Making stuffed zucchini, broccoli rabe crostini, and fried Wontons with leftover chicken pot pie filling mixed with cream cheese for lunch. Not sure it will taste good but we can't waste anything anymore!

M0mmyof3

Two small London Broil steaks, steamed cauliflower and salad

eric95us

Breakfast was my meal before bed. :-).

MinusTwo

Eric - have you been able to find things so you can cook in your "residence" kitchen? Sleep well.

CeliaC

Made a mix of riced carrot/broccoli/cauliflower, sauteed portobellos, rotisserie chicken breast & tikka masala sauce. DH found some small naan rounds a week or so ago, which we froze. Pulled one out & popped in the toaster to accompany the "mix". Will have leftovers for a few more meals.

DH was able to get an organic rotisserie chicken today, so this will come in handy for future meals.

Ohio is closing all restaurants & bars at 9 pm, but, supposedly take out & delivery still available. So many other things closed as well. Everyone stay safe!

MinusTwo

My son challenged me to keep a food diary. My "bad" cholesterol (LDL) keeps going up even tho the HDL & Triglycerides are also going up (a good thing) and I'd rather control it w/diet & exercise than drugs. Already I don't eat fried foods (french fries maybe once a month, fried shrimp 2 or 3 x a year). I eat red meat maybe once a month and pork about the same. I eat chicken & fish & vegetables & salads. I don't eat many sweets since I prefer salty snacks. I decided early on that I needed to record portions for accuracy even though I'm not dieting. Interesting exercise. Today's only meal for example:

1/2 onion sauteed in EVOO & butter. 6 fresh mushrooms sliced & added. Scant 3/4 cup of already cooked red sauce. 1/4 of a poached chicken breast sliced & added (maybe 1/2 to 3/4 cup?). While that simmered, I started the pasta. Measured 1/2 cup of penne pasta. It looked like a sufficient portion in the measuring cup, but when I put it in the boiling water it seemed puny. So I added another big handful - maybe 3/4 total (dry).

The meal was excellent but really enough for 2 meals. 1/2 cup of dry pasta & 1/2 cup red sauce would have been more than plenty. But true to my upbringing ('clean your plate - think of all the starving children in...' insert here for your age bracket - England, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, etc.) I did in fact clean my plate.

Oh yes, served with an 8 oz glass of Carson Ridge Cab from Paso Robles. Tasty. Just poured myself another 4 ounces to sip while the food settles.

eric95us

I've kept my food supplies small so I don't have to pack a lot of stuff in case we turn the facility over to longer term providers and move to set another facility.

But, yes, I have stuff and am able to cook in my room.

ChiSandy

".....Russia" here (my grandma was from Borisov, in what is now Belarus). Bob likes to kid me when I don't finish my wine, "Shame on you: there are derelicts in the Bowery with the DTs!"

Fri: Avocado toast (tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, chipotle powder, sunny-side-up egg) for breakfast, before going for my DEXAScan. Just came home at midnight to my only other food of the day: leftover short ribs, Brussels sprouts, and carrots. Corned beef & Brussels sprouts with colcannon (but tried to hold the spuds) for Sat. dinner. The chef at Cellars loves to make a whole-grain Dijon mustard sauce for it. I didn't eat today till 3:30: Bob went out to brunch but didn't bring me anything because he went to Whole Foods & I had last night's leftovers--I took a starch blocker and ate the colcannon, which is mashed potatoes with cabbage, the fiber & fat ameliorating the carbs. Will likely have Cobb salad tonight. Picked up a bag of 6 small unripe avocados at TJ's on Fri., so there will be lotsa guac around here.

Tomorrow night, after closing time, all IL bars & restaurants will be closed to inside service from 10pm till at least 3/30. Cellars will be having their final burger night, and they are requesting people make reservations in order to reduce occupancy to below 50 and maintain distance between patrons. So I made a res. I think, all things considered, I WILL have the bun, or at least half of it. Will sub sweet potato fries for the regular ones, though (and take a starch blocker).

nonomimi5

Dinner - Green pea soup, guacamole, rice with Ikura salmon roe, salad.

Picking up DS from the airport tonight. Love my kids but teenagers won’t be as careful as we are And I can’t tell them to stay home all day. Worried they will bring home the virus. My DH has asthma and is borderline Diabetic. UGH.....

ChiSandy

Leslie will drive Gordy to his office tomorrow to pick up his corporate laptop & headset so he needn't be exposed to anyone on the train or in a rideshare. She works from home as an online tutor (and tutor-recruiter); if Vivid Seats suspends operations two weeks from now, he can pick up work tutoring kids in English & drama.

MinusTwo

Sandy - I love it, I need to finish my wine for "the derelicts with the DTs in the Bowrey". Although I think that term probably dates us, as does 'the Tenderloin'.

Makes me think of "The Days of Wine & Roses" (1962). Active portryals of the DTs. I haven't seen it in years, but remember it as a very powerful movie. Quote from Wiki:

Director Blake Edwards became a non-drinker a year after completing the film and went into substance-abuse recovery. He said that he and Jack Lemmon were heavy drinkers while making the film.^[5] Edwards used the theme of alcohol abuse often in his films, including 10 (1979), Blind Date (1987) and Skin Deep (1989). Both Lemmon and Remick sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous long after they had completed the film. Lemmon revealed to James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio his past drinking problems and his recovery. The film had a lasting effect in reinforcing the growing social acceptance of Alcoholics Anonymous.^[6]

carolehalston

I played nine holes of golf with another woman yesterday. We both walked using push carts. It was warm and I perspired quite a bit and was ready to quit after the front 9. Normally I play 18 holes when I ride in a cart. On the way home I called dh and alerted him to my intention to buy some lunch. I went to McDonald's and got each of us a deluxe burger with lettuce and tomato and mayo and one large fries to share. Our fast food lunch was a treat.

For dinner I made chicken enchiladas. The filling was chopped rotisserie chicken, black beans, chopped mild green chilis, grated "Mexican" cheese blend, and red enchilada sauce.

The company we hired to install a whole house generator is here and will soon turn off the power, so I'd better close.

ChiSandy

nonomimi5, remember the hit song "S.O.B" by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats? ("Son of a b-----, get me a drink"). Well, Lipton's ad agency loved its "Mmm-hmm"/handclap intro & vamp so much that they used it for an iced tea commercial. Wonder if they knew it was about having the DTs? ("My heart is aching, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me...").

Brunch this a.m. was a couple of scrambled eggs English-style with jarred truffle pieces, half a tomato with basil leaves, and a slice of bacon. Had wanted to do a keto bagel with cream cheese, lox, tomato & red onion but didn't want to have onion breath for my eye appt. this aft. But since that's been cancelled (our ophtho--a friend--has decided today is as good a time as any to retire' the doc who bought his practice would charge us for the refraction part of the exam, and the office is all the way down on the SW Side), I went with truffle breath instead which is more transient than onion or garlic. I'll save that bagel/lox/schmear for tomorrow. (Those keto bagels taste like the wrapper they come in, hence the need for all the trimmings).

Gonna have that one last burger tonight, with bacon, gorgonzola, lettuce, tomato, onion on a brioche bun with slaw and fries. Will eat the bun (take a carb blocker first) because once I use up the keto stuff it may be the last bread I may find for weeks if not months (the loaf of the good 2gm net carb whole wheat I bought last week was already moldy by this morning) but sub out the fries for sweet potatoes--one cheat a day (a MAJOR cheat at that, considering I ate the leftover colcannon yesterday along with the corned beef & br. sprouts). Will be a bittersweet goodbye, as we can't even hug. They will be starting curbside pickup on Friday. Will tip nearly 100%--if you've got it, pay it forward...

nonomimi5

ChiSandy - No. I don’t know that song. What is DTs? Sounds hilarious. I hear you about the bread - we found only brioche and vegan bread.

My DD’s online class started today so she was pretty much in class all day from home. My DS safely arrived home from his college in Maine, but who knows if he caught the virus from his long trip. I hope not. He wants to gain weight for baseball so I am cooking all day long - including packing a lunch for my DH because restaurants, bars, gyms, etc are all closed in Los Angeles.

So I don’t want to bore you with all the details because everyone eats different things - but breakfast was sweet potato pancakes, toasted oatmeal, Mango. Lunch - Avocado toast, quesadilla, curry udon with beef for DS. Smoked salmon sandwich for DH. Dinner will be spinach risotto, Fettucine Alfredo with chicken, and fennel and arugula salad. I just eat leftovers...too tired to even think about what I want to eat.

ChiSandy

"The DTs" are delirium tremens, a set of severe symptoms of alcohol withdrawal: tremors, headache, deliriousness, hallucinations (visual, auditory, and tactile). Sufferers describe the sensation of bugs crawling on or beneath the skin and in the worst cases think they can even see them.

ChiSandy

Tonight was the last gasp at bars & restaurants across IL. At Cellars, I had a gorgonzola burger (yeah, I ate the brioche bun), Caesar salad (no croutons, so I could eat the bun) instead of fries or slaw, and Grayson Cellars Zinfandel plus a flute of cava. Starting Friday, they will do both delivery (direct or GrubHub) and curbside pickup. Until then, I cook.

Stopped at Whole Foods en route home and scored some keto peanut butter cookies and Mikey's keto English muffins (which actually resemble cornbread and are delicious when well-toasted). The real versions of both were nowhere to be found. (Alas, the keto chocolate cookies were also MIA).

M0mmyof3

Gotta prep the stuff for the crockpot in a bit.

carolehalston

Gorgonzola burger sounds like my request for a final meal! I do love good burgers.

Last night was another ho-hum dinner. We had the last two stuffed peppers (each one half of a large colored bell pepper) out of the freezer. It was handy having them for an easy main dish but they were well short of delicious. The side was a big pot of steamed broccoli and cauliflower with a cheese sauce made without flour. I came across this sauce recipe a few years ago and had forgotten about it. I heat 2 per cent milk in a small sauce pan, add grated cheddar, then some thickener, gum something-or-other. Will have to look up the name on the package.

DH really enjoyed the veggies with cheese sauce.

I'm hoping the hysteria with food stockpiling will ease. Even in hard-hit countries the food stores stay open. I need to venture out today for sandwich makings.

I have a pot roast thawed to cook for tonight's dinner. Will get out the little-used slow cooker.

Now New Orleans is being named a "hot spot" for the virus. Not surprising since people from all over the country came to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. I am taking the advice to the elderly to hunker down. On a philosophical note, global disease is a humbling experience for all of us materialistic humans.