So...whats for dinner?

ChiSandy

If we don't dine out tonight, I will probably make myself a Greek salad with sardines.

illimae

Tonight was Rosemary Demi-glace pork loin with Brussels sprouts, roasted carrots and red onions and mashed cauliflower. Turned out really nice.

Cowgirl13

illimae, set a place for me, I'll be right over!

eric95us

Me, too, Illimae! :-)

MinusTwo

Oh Yum - me too. I've been in a zoom board meeting for the last 2-1/2 hours so dinner didn't happen. Too late now. Maybe I'll just have a bowl of cottage cheese & peaches.

Lacey12

Minus, please have some evening nourishment! You are so busy taking care of others and your community that I worry a bit about you making space for yourself as far as meals go. Also hoping you are escaping any of the reported flooding from the latest gulf storm. Will take my mama hat off now....

Special, your energy and creative abilities continue to impress! The house improvements certainly sound like they are coming along nicely.

I, too, have been very sad about the passing of RBG, but even more distressed about the events following her death. I cannot imagine how painful it must be for her family to experience all of the political garbage that immediately started and eclipsed the importance of her life (in the media) once the announcement of her passing was made. Some of the people taking center stage in this post mortem drama should have an ounce of the intelligence, compassion, and understanding about justice that RBG possessed.

Illimae, our dinner tonight almost matched yours...marinated, grilled pork tenderloin, Brussels sprouts, farro, and a big ol mixed greens and veggies salad.

My plated salad doesn’t look as yummy as it did in the bowl, so I feel compelled to share that pic, too.

Reader425

Great dinner pictures! Makes me want to get a pork tenderloin for next week 😍

illimae

Lacey, great minds.... beautiful dinner and delicious I’m sure.

carolehalston

Lacey, I totally agree with your views on the response to RBG's passing. We live in a terrible political climate. DH and I are backing off from watching cable news because it's too disturbing and we get too angry and upset. All we can do is donate to candidates and vote. And hope for good things to happen. Or at least for better things to happen.

On the food front, I took out some frozen home-made meatballs for dinner last night and reached into a cabinet for the Rao's. WHAT??? No Rao's! I was forced to get out some cans of diced tomatoes bought despite the fact I don't really like diced tomatoes. The manual can opener has been acting up and it refused to work. So I had to get out a "church key" and used the pointed end to gouge open the cans of tomatoes and tomato paste.

The resulting red sauce tasted good but different from Rao's. The pasta was a package of linguine which cooked up to be more round than flat. Hmmm. We have leftovers for another meal.

auntienance

Carole, for those marinara emergencies:
https://www.marthastewart.com/328007/raos-marinara-sauce

I saw Frank Pelligrino on Martha’s show a long time ago where he made this sauce and Rao’s Lemon Chicken. I still make the lemon chicken. I agree with a lot of the comments on the sauce that it needs more cooking. I now make sauce in the pressure cooker using a Serious Eats recipe that is outstanding.

In spite of having reached my saturation point with politics, I think tonight will be Senate Bean Soup with cornbread.

illimae

Tonight is Beef tenderloin with a shallot pan sauce, with mashed cauliflower, Swiss chard and squash.

Taking reservations, lol

MinusTwo

Oh Mae - I wish. Lacey - are you doing OK surrounded by all those colleges & universities? Carole - I've been watching your temperatures. Nance - I wrote down the emergency marinara recipe. Special - has your DH settled into the 'working from home' routine? Eric - I remember the 5 carbon copies. Missed too many days so HI everyone else.

I had to be at the derm doc in the med center this am. Unfortunately she thinks I may have a recurrence or a new cancer on the side of my nose & on top of prior MOHS surgery scars for BCC. Since it was a substitute derm doc, I just got her to freeze it and I'll talk to my regular doc next month. I've seen for 25 years and she knows my skin so we'll biopsy then if necessary. I sincerely hope not since there's no more skin to pull over and I don't want go the skin graft route.

Breakfast was at noon when I got home - All Bran with raspberries. Half milk & half heavy cream.

Then I had a hectic day with computer issues. Cooking plans got scrubbed and I just had a can of smoked oysters with Triscuits. And now I'm going to try to read three days of the morning paper that I've neglected. Crazy week.

Cowgirl13

Smoked oysters with Triscuits sound great! Sounds good that it wasn't your long term dermatologist who had concerns. Fingers crossed for your visit with your regular derm.

MinusTwo

Thanks Cowgirl. I did hear from Magari and she's still in SF. I can hardly wait to make the trip and have lunch with you. I was there in Sept 2019 and that's FAR too long without seeing the Pacific.

Beaverntx

Dinner was spaghetti with meat sauce, one of the few things I could eat tonight. I fell yesterday while taking a walk, led with my chin and broke two teeth ( upper center, #8 &9 if you know dental numbering). Can chew on the sides as long as I can get the food in my mouth!

MinusTwo

Oh Beaver No. I'm so sorry. Looks like you're in for a few days of mashed potatoes and applesauce & scrambled eggs. Do you think crowns will work or will you be stuck going with a bridge or implants? Hope your dentist can get you in quickly.

Beaverntx

Both teeth were crowned, one broke off part of the crown and I think that will be a replacement. The other broke the tooth off at the gum line which means removing what's left of it. My preference is to have an implant. Back to the dentist next week for him to remove the stitch in my upper lip and discuss moving forward. Right now my chin is in technicolor, wearing a mask is a blessing!

Betrayal

Beaverntx: Use arnica gel on your chin and the bruises will subside much sooner. It was recommended by my dentist post surgery where she inflicted some nice facial bruises. She was shocked when she saw them and LOL, I delighted in telling her that I told everyone she was the cause. I was off from work so no one knew except my DH and I what had happened but the look on her face was priceless. Meanwhile the arnica works wonders for unsightly bruises and reduces the pain.

illimae

Ouch Beaver! Glad you’re ok.

Reader425

So sorry to read about the dental ouchies and dermatological issues on today's posts Beaver and Minus. Hoping the best from here!

Lillimae your dinner looks awesome.

Made Burgundy Beef in the crockpot today, served over amish noodles with a side of boiled squash with butter (DH newest request) and applesauce.

auntienance

Lots of ouchies going on! Beaver and Minus, hope your issues can be resolved with minimally invasive treatment.

Dinner tonight was reverse seared thick pork chops with apples and cider pan sauce, buttered noodles. I braised some green beans but they turned out so salty as to be inedible so they ended up in the garbage disposal. Not sure what happened there. It was plenty of food without the beans.

I will be happy to get a bigger kitchen so I can make my own chicken broth and pasta sauce again. I hope I remember how to cook.

ChiSandy

Yikes, Beav & Minus! Too many owies among us! Feel better (and look better) soon!

Ordered out yesterday for butternut squash soup, and bourbon salmon over grilled sweet potatoes & julienne veggies. Ate half and had the leftovers tonight with a slice of buttered low-carb toast. Dessert was a large handful of pistachios--keeps my hands busy shelling them--and a keto cookie. Brunch was a 3-egg fresh herb/Boursin omelet.

Lacey12

Yikes, indeed, Minus and Beaver! I, too, hope that you can both heal with minimally invasive treatments. It's nice to hear that mask wearing provides a secondary gain, post fall, Beaver.

I'm also a fan of Arnicare, which a trainer recommended to me a few years ago for sore muscles/joints. Good to know it's also helpful for healing unsightly bruises more quickly.

Minus, so far, we are doing okay at home. "Most" of the colleges have been responsible with testing and isolation of Covid positive students, and we are remaining homebodies except for our walks and trips to the grocery stores. I'm back to my sewing table, and cooking a lot. Our greatest entertainment is being "virtual fans" at the Celtics' playoff games...done safely from our family room! Tonight that may end, though, unless our young Cs can pull off a win over Miami, who is proving to be a much stronger team with a perfect blend of seasoned stars, sharp-shooting rookie talent, and their superb coach.

Nance, I doubt you will be losing your cooking (and baking!) skills any time soon....but I do feel for you as you manage in your limited kitchen space.

I know I've mentioned how DH is thriving as our "designated food shopper" since Covid's arrival. The unintended consequence of that has been more pressure on the resident cook! Our refrigerator now often has protein selections and tons of produce awaiting prep for the dinner table since I prefer not to freeze meats. This week, after the pork tenderloin dinner, we had grilled salmon fillets with butternut squash and salad. Then last night, I stared at the chicken breasts for a while before the inspiration to bake them with pesto topped with mozzarella and parmesan. I served those over “little ear” pasta, with a salad and crusty bread (no keto followers in this kitchen!) dipped in evoo garlic and parm in a cute little “grating” pottery dish I bought for DH this summer. See pic below.
Earlier this week, I snuck in a veggie meal of roasted cauliflower “steaks”, which DH (after anticipatory groans) discovered he liked...yay!
Tonight we’ll have “jump ups” of the pesto chicken and pasta. This weekend we are daringly heading over to see DS2’s family. Will be masked up, bring pizza and my salad, and safely eat outdoors since the weather is back to being warm. Can’t wait to see that baby! She is a full-fledged very active toddler now...and still sporting minimal hair! It always feels so weird to have her relating to us as masked grandparents.

I hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and delicious weekend!

Little grating/dipping dish on the left, designed for the garlic and the parmesan to be grated on the pebbly bottom before adding the evoo. I figured DH would enjoy it since he has never met a crusty bread he doesn’t love. I covet his metabolism!

illimae

Lacey, I want that! Looks delicious.

MinusTwo

I love the "grating" dish. Interesting about the pebbled bottom.

Beaverntx

Had the same thought as Minus about the pebbles bottom. My dipping dishes (sized for individual use) have smooth bottoms.

Thanks for the reminder about arnica, sending DH out to get some!

SpecialK

Everyone needs to stay upright!!! No falling down!

minus - what part of your nose is this new spot? I had one MOHS on the left side of mine, kind of in the crease where nose meets cheek. He had to go very deep and could not close the skin without cutting and swinging a piece of skin down to cover. I am shocked that the scar is not more noticeable - he is a MOHS master. DH is doing well, worked half days from home this week and the only upset was a couple of tech glitches. Will work full time from here next week and then return to the office first week of October. He has continued to be surprised by how sapped he feels - gives him a new appreciation for all of us and the surgeries we have had!

The painting projects at DD's were successes! The cabinet is super cute and the window sills DH painted look fantastic. Yay!

Dinner last night and tonight was penne with mushroom and meat sauce, and garlic toast. I had a cute top on last night which I promptly dropped a sauce laden penne noodle on - I had a cotton camisole on under, it was a floaty drapy type of top - so I whipped it off and put it in the sink with some detergent and carried on with dinner, lol!

eric95us

Ouch, Beev.. I hope the teeth can be fixed without a lot of hassle.

And, Minus, I hope the MOHS part 2 isn't needed.

There isn't much else happening here. I've been busy renovating landscaping and working in the heat is a powerful appetite reducer. :-)

Beaverntx

Thank you, Eric. I'll know more about how much hassle when I see the dentist next week after, hopefully, the swelling has subsided. Do know the roots of one tooth will have to be removed, hoping then it can be replaced with an implant; hoping the other one can be a replacement crown. Probably looking at several weeks...

eric95us

I have an implant. It's so good and trouble free that I have to stop and think , "OK which one is it?" when I do the special flossing routine for that tooth. And, when getting the implant mount placed, I was all ready for "this is going to hurt" and it ended up hurting a lot less than a stubbed big toe.