So...whats for dinner?

SpecialK

Kenmore was manufactured by Whirlpool, and actually Whirlpool - at least in more recent years - did better in consumer tests. One thing I have been confused about is that the newer water sensing machines save water, which is great, but they take twice as long to run - isn't that using more electricity, right? My solution has been to set it to speed wash because I never seem to have time for laundry that takes more than two to three hours to get through the wash and dry cycles. I have only used the front loaders when staying in AirBnb places. I haven't asked DD whether she likes the front loading Maytags - but I probably should check. My current old washer takes about half an hour to wash and the same to dry. Just how I like it.

eric - watching DD on the fishing show was fun. It is always kind of surreal to see her on these shows - she was on Fin Chasers previously for two episodes, and has been on a couple of other shows. She is on a larger than life wall poster in the Columbia store, and on posters and little signs on clothing rounders for Columbia in Dick's Sporting Goods, and in Beall's, which is a Florida based department store. When we went to the Miami Boat Show a few years ago she was on the TVs in the Tohatsu boat motors booth, and she is featured as pro staff for several manufacturers of fishing gear and sunglasses. She does get recognized, which is weird for us because we don't think of her that way, but she is always friendly and gracious - she knows she has been lucky to have success, the fishing industry is hard for women who want to be taken seriously. She is regularly in fishing and outdoor sports magazines, and is part of a recently published book called 50 Women Who Fish. She has been on the radio here a lot as a guest on an Orlando based station that has a show called Florida Fishing Radio. She is comfortable in front of the camera or microphone - she took a lot of public speaking classes, and has also been an instructor for symposiums specifically for women's salt water fly fishing and fishing in general. She appeared on stage at the Florida Sportsmen show at the fairgrounds to talk about fly fishing and some salty old guys asked her why they should listen to her. Her answer was "because I have seven world records..." They shut up and listened.

CeliaC

SpecialK - Kudos to your daughter! She sounds like a heck of a woman. Love her response to the old guys.

Re: Washing machines - I too, am frustrated by the water sensing machine that takes much longer to run. Guess we will not be able to return to the days of the 30 min. wash load.

Eric - What an odd circumstance that you had to buy 36 rolls when you only wanted one. Guess the great TP crisis is not happening in your area.

eric95us

The TP shelves have been wiped clean for about 6 weeks. So it surprised me when the "one per customer" sign mean one box instead of one roll. It worked out OK as everyone got a few rolls.

The washing machines. I try, very hard, to keep the old ones running as they are easier to fix, have better parts availability and, as noted, are much faster. The newer units seem to be designed without care for repair.

As a young teen growing up in a small town, I remember being in awe when I saw a TV commercial that mentioned my home town. I don't know what I would have done had it been someone I knew that had been on TV. :-)

I'm guessing the "salty old guys" had the "little lady" attitude. I find that attitude very annoying. Good for her that she (politely) "shut them up". :-)

carolehalston

SpecialK, I always enjoy your posts talking about your daughter. She seems like such an admirable young woman. I'm sure I would love to talk to her and ask her about her experiences. I like fishing but am not good at it. I would do more fishing in MN if my dh had the slightest interest. His problem--and mine, I must admit--is killing and cleaning the fish. Of course, I have no problem with buying fish fillets at the seafood counter. Contradictory. Fish have to die for me to eat fish and I gladly accept fish from MN neighbors.

I did massive food shopping yesterday at three stores. Which meant a lot of work portioning meat and stowing pantry and refrigerator items. And a considerable output of $$. The overflow food went to the extra refrigerator in an outbuilding. This outbuilding is turning into an extra pantry, too. We should probably start locking it.

We had baby back ribs for dinner along with canned baked beans enhanced with some Splenda brown sugar. The salad was hand slivered cabbage with cucumber and avocado and mayo and vinegar dressing. The cabbage was on the limp side since it had been in the veggie drawer a while.

Tonight I will cook salmon with yogurt and dill sauce.

Quite a few people are wearing cloth masks. Quite a few aren't, too. I wish the science skeptics could go ahead and expose themselves and not harm others. I saw a meme on Facebook that I reposted: You can't fix STUPID and you can't quarantine it either.

SpecialK

carole - I am glad you like hearing about my DD - she is a unique girl. She grew up with her older brother - they are only a year apart - and was always a tomboy. She never had that many girl friends, but lots of guy friends, she seemed to get along better with boys. I grew up fishing but have not done it as an adult - I should have her teach me, because I do enjoy it. She is always catch and release and is very mindful of the fishery, she eats fish in restaurants and will cook fish that someone else catches - much like you! One of the requirements for her type of an IGFA world record is that the fish is released alive. I am going to post this photo, it says a lot about her - very much for you since you live in LA and will enjoy this. Her boat is 17.5 feet - that tells you the size involved here. This was legal and tagged and fully processed, nothing wasted.

auntienance

Special - she is quite a girl - you did good!

Spent half of yesterday planting annuals even though it’s questionable whether I’ll be here to enjoy them and not moving instead. So many unknowns right now sigh.

Lots of spring signs now - first hummingbird last week, first wren today. Shrubbery is greening but our trees are mostly oak and they are notoriously slow to bloom and leaf so not as green as areas south of here. Missouri’s weather is famously untrustworthy so flowering vegetation will be at risk until May.

My biggest problem today is that I’m running out of bagels which I eat most mornings for breakfast. My choice is to make a trip to the city or make them myself. I have frequently made them (Peter Rinehart’s) but they are a pain so I’m thinking a trip tomorrow is in order. It will be the farthest I’ve traveled in weeks

Still, it’s a beautiful day here so I’ll probably grill pork burgers for dinner with a salad. I still have two ears of Florida corn which while sweet, was on the tough side. I’ll probably grill it too.

ChiSandy

Special, your daughter is really something! Not just a great fisherwoman (and gator-conqueror) but poised, smart and beautiful!

Eric, Heidi is doing well--eating like a horse. Unfortunately, a little at a time--and I have to constantly turn her dish so she can see the food and not strain her (undoubtedly) osteoarthritic little neck. I have to stand over her to do that--and make sure Happy doesn't swoop in and finish it when she walks away temporarily. She comes back ever 10 minutes or so to yell at me that she's hungry again--lather, rinse, repeat till there are only crumbs for Happy to finish. He practically inhales large portions--but if I sleep in too long he gets hunger pangs and urps up clear fluid. It is what it is--he has IBD, but there isn't anything we can do about it so long as he is still otherwise healthy and playful. Heidi is reasonably spry for her age when it comes to playing but slow at going down the stairs (though she streaks past me going up when she thinks I'm about to go to bed so she can cuddle). Her bloodwork shows signs of very early kidney disease, but nothing (acc. to the vet) that would explain last week's bout of lethargy. I am dreading Friday, as she has a 7:30 dental appt., so she's gotta be NPO after 10pm Thurs. night. We'll take her up to the guest bedroom and put a disposable littlerbox in there, and her carrier right outside the door. Only hope I don't have to shinny under the bed and haul her out--Bob & I don't get down on to nor up from the floor easily these days.

Bob admits that early on he had some digestive upset & muscle aches, but not in the past couple of weeks. I have a drippy nose & sometimes scratchy throat and morning headache--but that all goes away when I snort my allergy stuff (Ayr, cromolyn, Nasacort). Tree pollen levels have been insane this spring, and I am also trapped indoors with dander. It is what it is (how I hate that expression). We may have had early exposure (my supposed whooping cough in Dec/Jan may not have been pertussis after all)--only an antibody test will tell, and those are weeks to months away.

Housekeeper's DH is getting his dialysis at a brand-new center strictly for COVID patients. That way other patients won't be exposed. The Hines V.A. hosp. needs all the dialysis machines it has because the most critically-ill ventilated ICU patients are experiencing kidney failure as part of the cytokine storm (immune system gone supernova) that results in the most deaths.

Bob has decided to work through the end of the year. (His partner, per the new bc treatment guidelines, will likely be skipping radiation and just getting adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy. Had she not already had her lumpectomy a month ago, she would have been recommended to skip surgery as well, just getting AIs). If he does test positive and then recover post-quarantine, then he will close the practice and just do Union Health twice a week and the occasional consults. If he doesn't come down with the virus, that semi-retirement will come no later than 1/1/21. If we do travel at all once the pandemic has been tamed, it'll be by car. There are parts of this country he's never seen, and I've seen only passing through for my own gigs. (Sadly, that will likely not include NYC, our original home town--it'll seem forever "radioactive").

He had a giant burrito at his office, so my dinner was defrosted Easter leftovers (lamb chop, 2 wings & green beans. I'll grill a ribeye, asparagus & sweet potato tomorrow night--maybe also a kale salad with dried cherries & toasted walnuts (I will pick around the cherries). Wed. is my weigh-in appt. which will be by phone. I reached my goal of 150! But I may want to keep going, just out of curiosity. This diet's not really a hardship. As long as I've got stuff to do here (cat care, housework, continuing legal ed videos), I won't need to eat except at mealtime. (My retainer is also a factor--can't eat or even have coffee with it in, nor keep it out for too long lest it feel tight when I put it back in).

carolehalston

Sandy, I think you will be able to travel in a couple of years. I have a lot of confidence in the medical scientists. I just hope that saving the world from Coronavirus doesn't turn into a greedy capitalist venture.

SpecialK, that's a huge gator. It would be appreciated here in south LA where gator meat is sold for consumption. I personally have not bought any. I assume it's expensive. I've never seen it in supermarkets. What's the popular "saying" for exotic meat? Tastes like chicken?

We have some small gators on our golf courses but I haven't seen any monster ones. We also have water moccasins in marshy water hazards. When my golf balls goes into such an area, I don't pursue searching for it.

Last night we had a change of dinner menus about an hour before eating. We decided on hot dogs rather than baked salmon. How's that for a healthy switch? I asked dh what is a side dish for hot dogs? He answered, Potato salad. Sounded good to me. No leftovers.

I haven't felt great the last couple of mornings and may have discovered the reason. When I got our the case with morning pills a few minutes ago, I saw that Sunday's and Monday's pills were still in their slots.

Tonight will probably be the salmon and asparagus.

Lacey12

It’s fun to read about your DD, Special. It’s so nice to see a young woman successfully follow her passion. Love the pic!
I also grew up with a year older brother and, living next to a lake, we fished a lot. More exciting were the chartered deep sea fishing trips off the Jersey shore with my maiden aunt who treated us each summer. She was a unique woman in her time... an executive secretary in a large corporation, who also learned to be a “hairdresser“ (and I sported the perms to prove it!), an oils painter, and ultimately a local opera singer. Her love for her nieces and nephews lured her to the fishing boats when she wasn’t taking us to museums. How fortunate we were to have her in our lives.

The washing machine info is interesting. I keep hoping our aged Maytag outlives us. Aside from some occasional imbalance “dancing” behaviors with small loads, it has been a great reliable washer. Fingers tightly crossed! I am so allergic to molds that I could never buy one of the front loading whiz bang new washers whose doors need to be left open to deter mold growth. With the water saving features, I’m afraid I would be using three rinse cycles to rid my laundry of all detergent. During my BC treatment my skin became so sensitive to chemicals that I started double rinsing our laundry, and continue to do so, with good result. I swear I can smell clothes detergent on some people who (used to!) walk near me. We recently installed low flow shower heads in our bathrooms, and I feel like I use more water (and time) now trying to rinse the shampoo out of my hair. DH doesn’t notice a problem....but his hair is way thinner and, until “distancing”, about an inch long!

Nance, I feel for you. Living with even more uncertainty than the general masses now is so hard. I’m glad you planted your flowers though...and if you do move soon, what a lovely welcome for the new homeowners! Have you ever made those “two ingredient” WW bagels? In a pinch they are really easy, not bad tasting, and great point value according to my WW friends. Just thinking that if you had some self-rising flour and plain greek yogurt on hand, you could avoid heading out to any unmasked environs.

Our local son keeps offering to food shop for us, and provided us with quite the bounty on his first trip, but DH obviously needs more frequent food choice fixes, so makes trips to the grocery stores whenever we get low on milk. I would probably also be tempted to go except my tree pollen allergies have gotten so bad that I have further quarantined myself in the house so I can breathe. Sadly, my daily outdoor walk is curtailed.

I’m finally making masks that include all the features that I decided were most efficacious and user friendly, (and blended several patterns to do so). Am cranking them out waaaaay more slowly than the people who produce 20-40 a day of the Deaconess pattern.

Cooking is so uninteresting to me of late. Yesterday, DH grilled chicken breasts I had marinated in teriyaki sauce. Sides were my typical veggie-full salad, nuked sweet potatoes, and some crusty bread from Trader’s. See what I mean

Carole, your meme quote was sadly on target.

Special, during a Facetime visit with DDG look what popped up in the background!

Boy do we miss that little one! Last time she was here (a bit before Covid crisis) she was a baby who stood for the first time, now she is starting to walk independently and is a girl (trying to be) on the go, much to the chagrin of her working from home parents! Hard not to be with her for these little milestones. But, so far, everyone in our family has been safe....so there's that to be thankful for.

auntienance

Yesterday I picked up three previously ordered small chickens (3.5#) which as we know are a rarity . Today I froze two and a half of them. The other half is dry brining and will end up on the grill tonight. Sides will be the stuff that didn’t end up on the menu last night - a small salad and two ears of Florida corn.

As for the bagels, I ended up ordering on line from Panera and picked up a dozen everything bagels curbside. We had to drive 50 miles to get them but it’s a beautiful day and it was nice to get out of the house (or should I say the neighborhood). I also ventured into one of the large city grocery chains and picked up a few things that I can’t get in my town. It was refreshing to see how organized they were, most everyone wearing masks and lots of cleaning going on after each transaction. There were few people in the store so distancing was a piece of cake. The customers who were there were considerate of each other. Big difference from my community!

Lacey, I’m sorry you’re suffering with your allergies. I’m allergic to mold too- it’s my main offender - so I feel your pain. And unfortunately it’s not seasonal .

I want to make a couple of masks but there are so many patterns out there I’m overwhelmed

ChiSandy

Add another allergy sufferer here: ALL pollens and some molds. I keep my washer door open, clean the gaskets with bleach every few loads, and run an Affresh cycle monthly (per my housekeeper's instructions). So far so good. Tree pollen levels here are off the charts (today it was cottonwood, yesterday poplar, much of last week were various evergreens). Our magnolia finally bloomed, but windstorms last week had blown off many buds. Even without the pandemic, I'd probably be wearing a mask on my forays out to the sidewalks--and might have to do so while gardening as the weather improves.

Had my weight mgmt. checkup by phone today. I'm at goal! (The symbolism of moving the big "clunk" weight from the 150 to the 100 notch on my scale has me choked up emotionally--even though the "little" weight is at 149.75. Haven't been there since 1991). Think I'll keep going and see where my body wants to be. At least 10 lbs. of that is excess skin, but since I'm not getting fungal infections from it and this pandemic has me reconsidering ANY elective surgeries except for pain relief when we reach the "new normal," I can live with it. I don't care if short-sleeve tees show my "bat wings," and I can always wear longer sleeves. As to my "apron," tighter jeans & bike shorts hide that--and I ditched midriff-baring swimsuits decades ago.

Last night I did cheat royally, bec. I couldn't sleep (Bob's snoring, my restless legs & pulsatile tinnitus). So I went downstairs and ate a little no-grain paleo-granola (a cheat because it has a bit of maple), then a prune, a sheet of whole wheat matzo with melted provolone, then (gulp) a KIND bar (OK, but turns out I actually like the Atkins bars better). In desperation, took a Lyrica--which knocked me out and gave me interesting dreams till 1:30pm! Amazingly, the kitties hadn't thrown up from hunger pangs (they still had a little kibble in their dishes).

Brunch today was a baby arugula/tomato salad with the toppings (sausage & anchovies) from leftover pizza. I normally detest S.Side thin-crust "tavern-cut" (hacked into little squares) pizza, but since crust is now a dietary "forever never" (along with corn & spuds), I'm okay with just the toppings. Tonight I will be grilling a grass-fed ribeye, asparagus and sweet potatoes (Bob gets a whole one, I get a half). Might make a kale salad with red onion, walnuts and dried cherries (Bob can eat the cherries, I can take them out of my portion).

Somewhere in the freezer are sesame bagels (reg. & keto), but we've found that low-carb (4 gm. net) hi-fiber whole grain toast is just as filling a substitute in lox & schmear sandwiches (I add tomato & red onion) without the outrageous calories of regular bagels.

Lacey, your little DGD is truly adorable!

eric95us

Jessiecat was also a "grazer" when he ate. But, we had a Yellow Lab that was a vacuum cleaner and would gobble everything down in sight. The cat would blink and Gypsy (the dog) would zoom in and try to snag all the food.

When I need more water in my top load washer, I add a couple of quarts of water wait a few minutes to let the water soak into the clothes and then start the washer. The washer starts up, does a quick drain cycle and a quick spin cycle, checks the weight of the load and determines that a lot of water is needed for a "HUGE" load. I keep an empty liquid detergent bottle on the shelf for use as a "fool the washer" water container. Most of the time, the washer does OK, but if the clothes are nasty, like when I've been working for several hours in the summer heat under a car, I will need to use this trick.

MinusTwo

Special - love the pict of your daughter & friend. WOW. Lacey - so nice to see how the DGD is growing. I know you miss her. Nance - I agree about planting the flowers. You will enjoy them while you're there and planting flowers is more fun than cleaning tubs & toilets.

I'm still walking 3-4 miles ever day. This was day #24. I'll be looking in the mail for my medal - LOL.

Dunch was a large salad - greens, cukes, fresh mushrooms, celery, campari tomatoes, avocado, leftover turkey, carrots - pretty much all the little bits of leftover. Served with Panera Bread "Asian Sesame" dressing, which I try to keep in the fridge all the time.

Reader425

Dinner was a keeper according to DH. Salmon with butter, Penzey's lemon peel and slices of real lemon wrapped in foil, baked potatos and broccoli cooked with herbs and butter. Everything seemed to be cooked perfectly which doesn't happen often enough so i was pleased too.

carolehalston

The salmon was delicious last night, cooked in the usual way with the yogurt dill topping. DH even expressed his enjoyment and he's not a salmon fan. The side was asparagus, unfortunately overcooked, and a romaine salad with many additions. I made each salad on a plate because our bowls always end up being enough for four. I was happy to enjoy the food because lately I often don't.

After a couple of days of wonderful air the muggies are back. Yesterday I thought I would play golf again today, but now I'm not so sure.

My hair salon lady texted me to re-schedule my April appointment in May. She's rearing to go despite chemo and radiation treatments in the not so distant past. I replied that I would be in touch. I may have to consult Dr. Fauci first! LOL.

The new washer vibrates during the spinning cycle more than the previous machine but the clothes are spun really dry. I always leave my washer lid open when not in use. Of course, I live in the land of mildew and mold.

It's weird but I suffered with allergic reactions on Monday to the point of misery. Sneezing and blowing my nose. Then yesterday I didn't have a problem being outside on the golf course for hours. We have a shrub down here called ligustrum (sp?) that people plant in their yards. It is awful for people with pollen allergies. I can smell the strong scent of the clusters of tiny white blossoms. I wish it could be outlawed but it thrives wherever it's planted.

Haven't thought about what's for dinner yet.

MinusTwo

You all are making me hungry for salmon. Maybe I'll dig a salmon steak out of my freezer this weekend.

Dunch was 1/3 of a cantaloupe, two hard boiled eggs and 5 slices of Monterey Jack cheese.

Lacey-my friend Pat, who you met when we had dinner in Boston 100 years ago, said to say hi.

CeliaC

Dinner was a quick mix of chopped avocado, sauteed shrooms & roast chicken breast with a dash of ranch dressing.

ChiSandy

Actually, Carole, it's probably not that shrub but the weeds that like to grow next to it that are the culprit. Visually attractive and nice-smelling flowering plants are rarely allergenic. Everyone, for instance, loves to blame goldenrod & forsythia for their pollen allergies, but it's the ugly weeds next to them (especially ragweed & English plantain) that must rely on wind currents to carry their pollens because insects usually spurn them (due to their lack of nectar). Growing next to plants that attract bees & butterflies increases the chance that the pollinators might inadvertently brush against them.

Last night was that grilled grass-fed ribeye, sweet potato and asparagus Hollandaise--with some quinoa salad Bob brought home from Costco. Brunch was Birch Benders keto chocolate-chip pancakes. Bob wanted Chinese tonight, so I ordered delivery from an old-school joint on Sheridan Rd.: hot & sour soup, BBQ sliced pork, duck, shrimp & veggies, peapods & water chestnuts. Lots of rice (which of course I didn't touch). Unlike the place around the corner, it was excellent: veggies al dente, not much cornstarch (at least not as I could tell) in the soup, nothing drowning in inappropriate sauces. I miss their deep-fried apps (they have great egg rolls, shrimp toast & butterflied shrimp, but not on my diet--and Bob has decided batter-fried stuff doesn't often agree with him any more), but their healthy stuff is as good as mine, maybe better. Unlike the place around the corner, they have actual Asian veggies (water chestnuts, mung bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms, wood-ears, and Chinese broccoli).

MinusTwo

Actually the south has a whole $hit-load of growing things that cause allergies. With the heat and the humidity - it's just amazing. And often the cause is in fact bushes or shrubs or trees - and even blooming plants - although occasionally the problem might be weeds.

carolehalston

Dinner last night was a pork chop/steak cooked in the air fryer. A tad overcooked since I was going for a browned surface. Side was frozen sweet potato fries cooked just right in the new little toaster oven. The Alexia brand. Again I made our salad on salad plates and am sold on this method now.

I cut the pork chop into four pieces and took the piece with a small round bone for myself. I am a bone gnawer, not a pleasant image, I know, but accurate. DH took one piece so half the chop was left over.

On the text thread with my siblings we have been talking about the tomato gravy my mother made when we were growing up. She fried bacon, made a roux and used whole tomatoes, often frozen from the garden or jarred, or bought canned. We ate the gravy over white rice. It was cheap and filling. One brother makes the gravy and eats it over home-made biscuits. I may make the gravy for dinner tonight.

We're supposed to have a rainy day. I may make some more cloth masks. Our governor has advised everyone to wear masks. I'm so glad Governor Edwards eeked out a victory in the recent election. He has acted very intelligently during these challenging weeks of dealing with the Covid threat. So has the mayor of New Orleans. The same cannot be said of other southern governors. Isn't it interesting that the pro-life political party is willing to gamble with lives for a good economic cause.

auntienance

Lol Carole - what’s that funny description of the South - where vegetation doesn’t know its place? It’s starting to look like that here because we’ve had a fair amount of rain after a slow start to the growing season.

I’ve liked all of the Alexia potatoes that I’ve tried. One of the only frozen brands that don’t have a chemical taste to me.

I went to the individual salad plates too because I couldn’t control the portions when putting it in a salad bowl. Even now, when making chefs salads for dinner, where I use larger individual bowls, I can’t seem to keep from filling each one to the brim. The rain has put a damper on dinner plans. I had planned to grill a ribeye with salad and baked russet and a sweet potato. Now I think we’ll carryout a pizza from the next town over.

ChiSandy

Cantonese leftovers last night.

MinusTwo

Carole - I am a 'gnawer' too. Oh for a good T-bone, hold the rest of the steak.

When my dad was in his 90s with not many teeth left, he still loved the taste of sour dough bread. I pulled out the inside portions for him and gnawed on the lovely hard outside.

Beaverntx

Dinner last night and tonight was ordered as part of a local non profit's " No Show Gala"-- chicken breast, broccoli, sweet potato mash last night; vegetarian dish with rice tonight ( haven't opened it yet). Delivered to our porch yesterday. A triple win, I don't have to cook, the nonprofit gains some income as does the local dinner theater whose kitchen is providing the meals. Temperature here today hit 98 F so happy to not cook!

MinusTwo

Oh yes Beaver. We're right behind you with 94 F today. This would have been day # 27 of my 3-4 mile walks but I went to the grocery store instead, and then Costco and then Loews for tomato plant food.

I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco (yes with mask, gloves & hat) and snacked on it while I was de-boning & stripping in the early afternoon. 2/3 now in the freezer. The rest will probably be a stir fry later this weekend. Dinner will be big salad. Or maybe a bowl of cheerios.

ChiSandy

Ordered from Cellars: lentil soup, crab cakes; for Bob root veg. pot pie, for me grilled salmon with julienne veg and grilled sweet potato slices.

This morning (bkfst at bkfst time, when I returned from an early a.m. vet appt for Heidi) was a 2-egg chêvre/herb omelet, 1 sl. bacon, and a piece of low-carb toast. I used the last of my store-bought chives and the first of my garden-grown parsley. (Not enough chives yet to feel comfy harvesting).

Reader425

A good eating day. DH made a fine eggs Benedict for brunch and I made a greenleaf and tomato salad along with a "homemade" Whole Foods pizza dough pizza - pineapple and canadian bacon and cheese. I think we met our carb count today. 😉🍕

carolehalston

I made the tomato gravy and biscuits on Thurday night and also warmed up leftover casserole with macaroni and ground beef. The tomato gravy was tasty but not quite on the mark. Maybe a little too much roux. Whatever, I scratched that itch. My home-made biscuits were not quite on the mark, either, but tasted pretty good. The baking powder was beyond its use by date. I have baking powder on my grocery list because I may make biscuits again, though not often.

I discovered that southern tomato gravy was a common cheap food during the time my mother made it for our family. There are many recipes.

Last night's dinner was roasted large chicken thighs, skin on and bone in, cooked outside with the grill serving as an oven. They were very good. My one side was creamed spinach. Frozen chopped spinach cooked and well drained. Greek yogurt cream cheese and a pat of butter, s & p. I made dh a salad.

We both played golf yesterday and finished about the same time. DH caught up with me and suggested I pick up burgers for lunch. Our favorite McDonald burgers are the Deluxe Quarter Pounder with mayo, pickles, lettuce and tomato. We both like the McD fries so we shared a large portion. The McDonald's had double lines in the order lanes. It has been busy since it opened a few years ago. The girl at one window was wearing a mask--below her nose. The girl at the pickup window was not wearing a mask. I had my home-made cloth mask on and left the change in the car. Immediately used sanitizer on my hands. Our routine now when we get home is to use an alcohol wipe on the door knob, the screen door pulls, etc. and etc.

I feel guilty admitting this but I'm waiting to see what happens in those places that are re-opening for business. I think many business owners will try to manage their business practices to be as cautious as possible. Obviously the country, and the rest of the world, cannot stay quarantined at home indefinitely.

Dinner tonight may be grilled beef fillet steaks and baked potato.

CeliaC

Yesterday, roasted a chicken, made gravy as well & we feasted on that plus roasted carrots & brussels.

Reader - What a mouth watering looking Eggs Benedict! Wish my DH could cook like that. Your Pizza sounds delish as well. I may have to make a naan pizza for dinner tonight after hearing about yours.

Sandy - Your Cellars items sound wonderful. So fortunate to have such great food options nearby. Great benefit to "city living".

ChiSandy

This a.m. I made low-carb avocado toast (homemade guac, chopped onion & tomato) with an olive-oil-fried egg, plus a couple of blistered shishito peppers. Bob came home early and brought lunch from Panera. I had asked for the strawberry-poppyseed chicken breast salad they're advertising. He brought a full-sized one, plus a small one and a bowl of chicken tortilla soup. Dunch was most of the small one, leaving out the pineapple and (apparently canned) mandarin orange segments and allowing myself a couple tsps. of the poppyseed dressing, plus a cappuccino. (Can't recall the last time I drank one I didn't make myself, even before the pandemic). Dinner for me will be the other half of my salmon/julienne veg/sweet potato slices; for Bob it'll be the large poppyseed salad (with the extra fruit from the little one), sourdough bread, and his leftover root veggies (turnips, carrots, mushrooms, peas) from last night.

Our Gov. is doing a very slow staged-reopen. Some state parks (mostly far northern beaches) and golf-courses are reopening, with social-distancing (and on the rivers & canals, no more than 2 people per craft). Nurseries, pet groomers & greenhouses can reopen (with everyone masked, gloved and 6' apart), and regular non-essential retail for delivery or curbside pickup only. Elective surgeries can resume next Fri. And my nail salon is reopening (or so they're planning) June 8, with my mani-pedi set for the 10th. Meanwhile, I soaked off what remained of my gels last week; today I removed the polish (non-acetone remover), let my nails breathe for a few hours, and applied two coats of Nailtiques #2 protein hardener. (Apply one coat thereafter every other day, remove after a week & start over). If it chips, unlike regular polish it won't be noticeable.