So...whats for dinner?

debbie6122

Michelle- I forgot to ask you, but on your pomegranite and pear salad did you actually use the chickory and endive, or did you use a differnt type lettuce ect?? I am having friends over for dinner Sunday and wanted to make this salad I hope I can find pomegranites this time of year. Also wasn't sure how anyone would like chickory. I was wondering if arugula would be just as good or just keep it as it is.

deborye

Finished up the spiral glazed ham, that was part of the doggie bag my uncle prepared for us.  Love those guys.  Now that my Moms gone I basically call my aunt up to chat.  I think she likes it.  Sometimes it is quite painful when she calls, she can talk the hinges off a barn door, LOL.

Lacey12

Michelle, well, your DSIL is getting his BD gifts worth tonight at the Celts. Lucky him...tho they haven't won yet.....



Sally, hope DD makes a quick recovery....such a worry.



The food offerings posted are impressive...I'm put to shame with my lack of cooking this week.

Last night I made myself my favorite oatmeal with dried fruits and nuts, then tonight made a quickie kale salad to accompany a piece of leftover cabbage kugel, along with some brie and crackers. Weird and I loved it! DH is still gone tomorrow so I may revert back to oatmeal to avoid a food store trip after work.

Next week off from work so I'll be back at the stove....happily.

chabba

For lunch at the Center tomorrow I'm making chicken rice soup with minced parsley from the garden.  The roasted chicken was donated by to Deli at the local grocery and the onions (50 lb bag) and carrots (25 lb bag) came from a couple of private parties.  Just got some potatoes donated so I'll do a potato bar with choice of butter, sour cream, bacon bits, chopped chives from the garden, steamed broccoli, shredded cheese, sun flower seeds and anything else I can find in the pantry or fridge that sounds good.  I wonder if dried cranberries would be any good, hmmm?  We will also have a salad and for dessert.  I hope there were enough day old cinnamon rolls and/or cinnamon swirl bread in today's donation from the bakery to make a bread pudding.

apple

i'd put the dried cranberries in a separate bowl.

We donate to a Catholic Worker House Chabba.. not only does it bed about 20 men a nite (there is a separate house for women and children) but  it feeds about 400 people a day between breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Churches collect donations from groceries and take them down there... day old bakery items, pies, soon to be out of date meats. .. People send leftovers from community dinners.  The volunteers who run it are such enthusiastic and cooks, who just love their unpaid jobs.  .. i go there occasionally.. i never let them know i used to be a chef.  They try some pretty impressive presentations.. I am sure the homeless LOVE it.. (including bread pudding).   We rent a house to a wonderful girl named Sharon who is Jewish.  She normally doesn't go to Catholic places but she puts on a free class at the house (funded federally) that teaches people how to shop and cook healthily on a tight budget.. She is pretty awesome and says (I just don't look at the crucifixes).

 It is in an old 3 story house with a porch on an arterial street, upcoming street (soon to be regentrified street in a  very poor area.  In the 1930s... it was kind of the it place to be.    The older part of Kansas City in on the east side.. it is also the most interesting.    There are some marvelous upstart restaurants around there that not only donate but make the area safer.   Really cool vegan and artsy places.     It's also pretty close to the famous 18th and Vine jazz district. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_and_Vine-Downtown_East,_Kansas_City

Would I walk down the street in broad daylight alone?  probably not.

I saw a turkey breast in my freezer and thought i better cook it before it gets too warm, so that is what i fixed last nite... (with potatoes, a salad, a dressing mix that i bought on sale at Aldi's... that will feed the crows today.    Everyone was busy and it is all left over, so i don't have to cook tonite..

carberry

Michelle..Ahhhh the joys of grandparenting.  It never hurts for the children to be spoiled once in awhile.

Debbie  Went to a restaurant last night and the secial was...stuffed porkchops  so thats what I had and got my fix!

Carole  Oh what I would give for some good home grown veges. Last eve when going to dinner we noticed a new barn type building going up and the sign said  coming soon, farmers market. wahoo hoping to see some great selections.  By the time we plant anything here in upstate NY, we dont see any results till the end of summer.

Apple Love that story so inspirational  and Chabba I am always impressed with the work that you do.

debbie6122

Chabba and Apple- I just love your stories on helping the community, you both are so amazing to me!

Lacey- Yay on the time off next week!

Carrie- LOL glad you got your fix!

For lunch I had peppered turkey roll ups stuffed with cold asperagus and thin slices of pepper jack cheese. 

LuvRVing

I'm home from my daughter's.  I stopped at a nice market in her town before I left.  I may have to start making special trips - the produce and meat is so much better than the grocery store.  It's not all organic, but its origin is clearly labeled.  The beef prices are in the middle between the standard grocery store stuff and the true organic beef or meat CSA prices.  It all comes from the same farm so again I have a sense of its origin. 

I was looking into CSAs last night, but I think I'm just going to be more diligent about hitting up the farmer's markets.  There are plenty of farm stands within 20 miles and that way I have more control over what I get, rather than accepting the CSA offerings.  I don't think my DH will accept that much kale, swiss chard and beets...lol.  Me, too.  We don't have room for a freezer, so I can't go with local beef as it's typically sold in way bigger lots than I can handle. 

`Chabba and Apple - amazing how your kitchens can repurpose perfectly fine food and make amazing creations.  There was a special on Food Network a few weeks ago about all the food that stores have to dispose of or throw away because people won't buy something if it's not perfect.  I'm no better - I don't want bruises on my fruit before I bring it home because I need a long-enough shelf life to not have my own waste problem.  But it's really sad to see food rotting in fields, not getting picked and used.  The FN chefs gathered up a ton of this stuff and made the most amazing dishes and fed, I think, 200 people, for free.

Tonight I'm surprising DH and making an eye of the round that you roast at 500 degrees.  It makes it very tender.  Here's a link to the recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/high-temperature-eye-of-round-roast/detail.aspx

But not unless I get it started now!

Laurie08

Debbie- Your lunch sounds sooo good!  I never think to eat asparagus that way and it sounds delish!

Michelle- I agree, that is what grandparents are for!  Mine spoiled me rotten growing up and it is nice after all the rules to follow at home.  I think it makes for a great balance.

I finally broke down yesterday and went to the dentist for the infection.  I had been running a low grade fever for a few days.  He had no idea what the problem could be.  Teeth look good, my gums looked good etc.  So he prescribed me 2000 (!!!!) mg of antibiotic a day for a week and a mouth rinse to be done twice a day.  I am afraid the antibiotic is going to kill my stomach.  I am SO sick of antibiotics.

Things have been quiet around here.  Running errands, grocery shopping, library etc.  Last night I made grilled chicken, topped it with sauteed peppers,onions and mushrooms and some cheddar cheese.  We had green beans with it and baked potatoes.  Tonight is meatloaf  with mashed potatoes and squash.  We went grocery shopping today and I always ask the boys for dinner ideas.  This week they gave me two-tacos and meatloaf.  Dh will be happy with the meatloaf.

Hope everyone had a great day.

Laurie08

Michelle- I have to add, I don't think I will ever eat a baked potato again without thinking of you:)

debbie6122

Laurie- I hope the antibiotics take care of your fever, are you conjested too?  I went to the dentist today, Missed my last appointment because i was sick and mostly because of the weahter. As soon as i pulled out of my garage it started hailing and then the thunder and lightning started and the wind started howling i pulled right back in my garage and thought forget this. So i called my dentist and told her why i was going to cancel. she said it is sunny here (about 30 miles away) I canceled and as soon as i hung up it cleared up. I imediatly called her back and said i was coming. Dentist told me i need dentures on my uppers I have really bad bone loss he said i would be wasting my money if  he tried to save them b/c they would probably fall out in a year or two. I am so bummed and depressed about this. I go in to talk to him with DH on the 30th and go over everything again with him. I already have dentures on the bottom same thing happened and the pain i had lasted for months. Not looking forward to this at all. The thing is i always had beautiful white teeth and took very good care of them, flossed and brushed 2x a day but i think because of all the steroids it caused such bad bone loss.Crap!!!

MinusTwo

Michelle: thanks for the Eye of the Round hi temp recipe.  My Mother used to roast these regularly, but not hi temp.  I have one if the freezer from my son's last visit so I'll try the hi temp version.

Carole:  Hooray for your new saute pan.  I'm still using an aluminim 8 qt. stock (soup) pot from Sears from my first marriage in 1962.  Sometimes we need to treat ourselves.  Think I'll buy a new Chantal pot when they have their yearly sale.

Tonight was fresh salmon (or probably previously frozen since I'm in Houston) and my leftover roasted carrots & turnips & garlic & onions.  Not the best match but that's what needed to be moved from the fridge.

debbie6122

Michelle- Did you get a chance to read my other post? I was wondering if you made the pear and pomegranite salad as written, did you substitute the chickory or endive?

LuvRVing

Ah Debbie, I thought I answered you but maybe it didn't post right.  I made the salad once as written, then once with spring greens and it was just fine.  You could also use arugula.  The endive was hard to find and very expensive.  As for the pomegranites, I think you might find the seeds in containers in the produce department, if they don't have the whole fruit.  The pom juice is easy to find in bottles, also in the produce dept.

Sorry to hear about your dental problems. (((Hugs))) and I hope things turn out ok.

 Laurie - hope yours are better soon, too.  And I hope the antibiotic is easy on your tummy.

MinusTwo - here's a picture of dinner last night with the eye round roast.  I cooked it for 16 minutes - it was just under 2 1/2 pounds.  It turned out absolutely perfect...you have to trust the recipe, as bizarre as it seems.  And no peeking!

LuvRVing

By the way, for Christmas this year I received three small nonstick saute/omelet pans that are coated with ceramic and no teflon.  They are awesome, but I would never have bought them for myself.  Eggs just slide around inside them.  I have cast iron pans that are great, but they are so very heavy.  It's funny how we hesitate to spend money on kitchen tools we use every day.  My DH will buy a power tool under any excuse!!!

Momine

I love good kitchen stuff and am forever grateful to the dear friend who bought us a set of good cuisinart pots and pans for our wedding. 20 years later, they are still going strong.

debbie6122

Thanks Michelle, I love pomegrantite juice and always have it on hand. I wanted to make dinner special for my friends I think they will love this. Everytime I go to the Kitchen Connection in town I look at the ceramic pans and wondered how good they are. I will have to buy one now that I know they are good. Your dinner looks so yummy!

debbie6122

Is anyone stupersticious? Friday the 13th today! Have a safe and fun week-end!!

I was going to go out tonight for dinner but starting to feel really sick again and my lungs hurt with a lot of congestion going on. think I will stay home.

Laurie08

Debbie- I am so sorry about your teeth   I have been a little congested too?  I hope you get some rest and feel better.

Michelle- Your roast looks amazing!  I do mine the same way but mine always come3s out more well done than that and I wish it wouldn't.  I wonder why?

Speaking of good kitchen stuff. I love my knives.  I used to buy my mom a really nice knife every Christmas.  When she started not doing well I would go over her house and make dinner for her and my father.  I used her knives and was like WOW!  She said what?  I told her I couldn't believe how nice they were- she laughed at me and said why do you think I asked for them?  lol!  After that my brother has bought me a nice knife every year for Christmas.  It is much more fun to cook with a nice sharp knife that goes through everything effortlessly.  Although I have cut myself kind of badly a couple of times, oops!

Going to have steak on the grill tonight.  I finally found quinona and might try to make that with it.  I am also going to look back and see if I can find your marinade recipe Debbie.  Somehow I forgot to copy and paste it to my recipes file!

Laurie08

Debbie- If you haven't gone to lay down yet can you re post the marinade recipe again please?  I just went all the way back to page 194 and still didn't see it. 

debbie6122

 Laurie- Is this the one? I made this for my flank steak but have another one too I use but this is delicious on all meat. I copy/pasted it from April 5th

 Tonight is flank steak and roasted asperagus. I started marinating them yesterday. I love this marinade i use, its- 1/3 cup of veg oil-  3 cloves of garlic, chopped- 2 tbls of red wine vinegar-  3 tbls of ginger, chopped- 1/3 cup of soy sauce- 1/4 cup each of honey and brown sugar. score the meat (dont go all the way through) put in zip lock bag and pour sauce over it and marinade over night or 24 hours. I put it on my grill cast iron pan let it get really hot and cook for no more than 3-4 minutes on each side. let rest and cut on a diagonal - Against the grain, this is important in weather your meat is tough or not.

debbie6122

Actufally I did go lay down Laurie, and the phone rang then I layed back down and DH came home to use the bathroom WTH!! He never does that so I guess I am not suppose to lay down today LOL! I took some antibiotics and prednisone , hope that will help. Hope you feel better too!

bedo

Hi Debbie and everyone!

Debbie, I have a tooth in front that was cracked in an MVA a long time ago and had a crown root canal and then an apecoectomy? (sp)  They said bridge or implant.becasue it was infected and there was bone loss  so I went with the implant.  They put donor bone in and when it heals they will put a screw thingy and then a permanent "tooth" in.  It's super expensive, but I treated  myself because the infection started during radiation

I have 2 black cats.. They cross my paths all the time.  I'm not afraid of Friday the 13th, I'm afraid of full moons!  People seem to go psycho!

I hope you feel better, and all who are having troubles too.  I've discovered "foodler"  It lists all the delivery places near you and *presto! chango!*  dinner is served. 

I am sorry that I haven't had time to read all the posts.                                                                 I am trying to exercise more.

debbie6122

Bedo- I thinkI thought he said that I had too much bone loss for a bridge or toot canal but not sure about the implants, but I was so nervous that I may of misunderstood him, I will have to ask him about it when I go back at the end of the month, was that painful?

That is so funny about the full moon LOL! And you are right people seem to get nuts on a full moon!! I hope your daughter is doing well.'-)))

I feel somewhat better since I layed down but evertime I take a nap I have nightmares, never have them at night just at naptime. LOL! Does anyone else have that too.

Laurie08

lol Debbie "toot canal"

Bedo I agree about the full moon, way more influence than Friday the 13th.

Debbie0 I have just been having very vivid strange dreams for a few weeks now.  Some good -some bad.

bedo

Hi Debbie, It was not painful, He sprinkled donor bone dust in there and then covered it up and it will heal for about 2 months or more and then all set to go .I have a temporary cap in there that looks just fine.  But it is expensive. 

I've been having vivid dreams too! I dreamed last night that I was at my HS reunion and a classmate came up to me and said, " You used to be so beautiful, but you're not now"  and I thought, " Is he all there ?  Who would say that? What does he expect after all this time?  I look Ok I think? Then the alarm went off and I went to work, lol

bedo

Debbie, it was not painful.  He sprinkled donor dust in there and covered it up. It will set and then be all set to go in a few months.  I have a temporary that looks fine.  But it is expensive.

I deleted my post because my vivid dream was too weird for words! and embarrassing!  Oh well, hoping for a nice night's sleep tonight.  Night all

debbie6122

I slept all day and feel so much better, but now I cant sleep.

Laurie- Laughing at the toot canal too lol!

Bedo- Donor dust?? Never heard of that before. As far as my dreams i decided not to share too was really weird and imbarrasing too lol!

debbie6122

Apple- Was just watching the weather channel and it showed Kansas City was in the red for tornadoas, hope you and your family are safe. Iam so glad I dont live in Ky any more those things scare the crapola out of me.

Laurie08

Debbie- So glad you are feeling better.  But, insomnia can be no fun, hope you worked your way through it.

I just finished making the boys pancakes and am letting DH sleep in a  little.  On the agenda for today is soccer this morning followed by a birthday party for a friend of the boys at an indoor play center this afternoon.  I am even going to let DS#2 skip nap and go.  Should be early to bed for the boys tonight.

The weather is supposed to be beautiful today!  Enjoy the day everyone!