So...whats for dinner?
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The loon tutorial sounds right down my alley.
Yesterday we took dh's sister and our bil to Itasca State Park and the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi River. It's a small shallow spot near Lake Itasca where everyone wades into the water for a photo op. We had lunch at the old lodge in the park. Then drove to Bemidji and located a quilt shop. SIL is a skilled and devoted quilter and has a book with listings of quilt shops in all the states.
Dinner last night was cheese and crackers, nuts, fresh cherries and wine.
Our relatives are about our age but not nearly as active. SIL is in a study at Mayo for a drug to treat amyloidosis, a disease as deadly as cancer. She has suffered heart damage and isn't up to a lot of walking. She goes to Mayo at Rochester once a month for tests and an infusion. So far, we're told, the blood work is positive for her continuing the study. BIL, retired gastro dr., has hammer toes and isn't up to a lot of walking, either.
Not sure what the day will hold but I'm planning to take Bonnie to Park Rapids to Monica's, a quilt shop.
I'm feeling thankful that I can bike, climb into a boat, play golf and do the things I do at age 72.
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Carole, I actually like the sound of that dinner! We had a salad made with almost all of the leftovers I had in the fridge, including regular salad items, then the sauteed squash, grilled teriyaki chicken, and the Greek pasta salad. It was actually very tasty, and we were starved after spending part of the afternoon kayaking around Mayhew Island, partially against a gusty wind. I wondered how my shoulders would do since I worked them hard, and today they feel fine. Guess I'll keep up with those exercises!
We head home today (in pouring rain) to tend to neglected matters there....lawn, fitness center, haircuts, lunches with friends before they return to their school jobs....and will return here in a week to be with DS1's family, and DS2 and DGF. We will all celebrate DH's 70th together. DS2 has already booked reservations at a lovely restaurant overlooking the lake for the birthday dinner. Yay(!) says the chief cook!
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DH leaves today for a vacation trip with DS in Colorado, they will be camping and hiking. So, kind of a vacation for me since I won't be ironing shirts, cooking dinner, packing lunch, etc. I am having the Tampa BCO ladies over for lunch on Sat., so that will be fun - here is my prelim menu - an assortment of lasagnas - traditional, vegetable and Mexican, an arugula/watermelon/feta salad, a fruit platter with grilled pineapple/prosciutto wrapped melon/berries/grapes, a field greens salad with mandarin oranges and glazed walnuts with a sweet vinaigrette, caprese salad with roasted tomatoes and basil vinaigrette, and for dessert a lemon cake, a mocha cake, chocolate fondue, to drink there will be iced tea, lemonade, and blackberry sangria. I am making myself hungry, lol!
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Geez SK, wish I was in Tampa!
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WOW, Special! That is a SPECIAL luncheon.....Yummmmm!!
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Come on down, lol!
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Hooray - it's the Hatch Chili festival at Central Market. It only happens a couple of weeks a year. You can get fresh roasted chilies every day, or raw or dried riattas. And the store makes custom foods with Hatch Chili that are just delicious - salsa, hummus, mac & cheese, rubbed salmon - even a Hatch Chili wine this year. Munching on Hatch Chili chocolate chip cookies. Sounds weird but yummy. My favorite is the Hatch Chili scones from the bakery. Slice and slather w/butter & lightly heat. YUMMY. I bought a dozen yesterday but between sharing w/friends & pigging out myself, I'll need to go back next week before the festival is over to get more to freeze.
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OK behind again but at least I put a bookmark on where I stopped. I get to surfing too much on here and never get back to my favs. Not much cooking going on here. Haven't had the oven on in 2 weeks at least. Too darned hot. Only supposed to be 98 here after over 100 for most of the last 2 weeks. No rain in sight. Expecting a burn ban any day. I did manage to cook an enormous pan of BBQ boneless pork ribs; froze about 1/2. Tonight will be hamburgers and some corn I bought last week that needs using up. Think tomorrow will be crockpot white chicken chili. Chicken breasts on sale. But then again I have green beans again - never made Bedo's dilled ones. But I did make skillet dilled beans, yum.
Last I left I'd made the John Wayne Chiles Rellenos, kinda my way. Tres Hermanas brand chiles from WallyWorld were wonderful in it. Fat, few seeds, standing upright, well skinned. Eggy, cheesy what's not to love. I brought home about 1.5 servings out of 9x13" dish. Other than that we've been existing on salads, bean burritos, maybe a stir fry. Oh and cantaloupes finally came in around here. TJs got their figs in last week. DH had a doc appt and I went along for the ride. He parked and let (haha sounds like I'm a captive) me out. I resisted everything else, blinders on.
Lacey - what a lovely farmers' market you have. Purslane was a treat when settlers found it. I remember that from DD's Oregon Trail cooking/eating project.
I love Bok Choi too but the price here is outrageous in the grocery. Have not heard of Mei Yen seasoning. What is/was so special about it? Do you still have a jar to see the contents? Have you tried H Mart?
Herbs are one thing I just can't get to grow. This summer even my mint that I drench is looking putrid. I have a nice pineapple sage but I just rub it and have never cooked with it. I would love to have "an abundance" of basil. Mine has to be pots, not that I don't have the room but just nowhere with enough sun/water access. I had a small area in backyard fenced with chicken wire to keep dog out but it really doesn't get enough afternoon sun. Tried tomatoes which did OK for a couple of years but DH had topped the crepe myrtles that border it and I think they had more sun. He likes the c. myrtles for privacy, not like neighbor could even see in from the distance/angle.
Carole - congrats on the boat buy. I was imagining some 16 foot alum. with a small motor. Dats a boat! Wow love the deck and your set up in general. Looks so homey.
Special - I would love to get some new dishes. I have an old pottery set we bought about 20 years ago supplemented with some Corian from WW. Crate and Barrel is one store not in Ft Worth, haven't been in the Pottery Barn here in years. What color did you get? Yummy looking cupcakes. How many are you feeding for the get together? Wish I lived closer.
Interesting tattoos. I'm basically a wimp so doubt I would ever get one. Bedo - I am jealous of the fish.
Susan - where do you tap into your energy? I'd have to find an old textbook for your CBC results but see Special has done a good job. Yay that markers are down and WBC holding their own. How long is French cousin in town for?
Off to start those hamburgers. DH is working an earlier shift so we now have normal dinner hour
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Nancy - this was several days back but is this the KA recipe you were thinking of?
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/100-whole-w...
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Luv, I think that's the one.
Tonight was a lamb tagine with potatoes and green beans. Even though it's called a tagine, it was cooked entirely in the pressure cooker. Other than not quite enough heat and a little too much preserved lemon, it was quite tasty. Flat bread was good to mop up the juices.
Yesterday we went back to the gym after a prolonged absence, so today was an "ouchy" kind of day. But we'll be back at it tomorrow. Looking forward to swimming in the new pool after the kiddies go back to school next week.
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luv - just before my 27 year-old son was born I bought a set of classic white large rim dishes - service for 8, at J C Penney. They were awesome and durable but I had finally reached the point after 25 years that I had four of this and 7 of that - not 8 of anything! I bought some stoneware that had square plates and the underside was a sage green, but the eating surface was a glazed white. They ended up etching and looked crappy, so I bought the Verge pattern from Crate and Barrel - plain white with an edge - so far so good. I bought open stock but got a deal on 8, didn't get mugs because the ones from the previous set are in good shape and they coordinate.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/verge-dinnerware/f46...
I also got some coupe type bowl/plate things, which we use for big salads.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/restaurant-11.75-cou...
I went back to white because I like the way food looks on them, plus I have a ton of catering platters and cake stands that are all white. I vary things with colorful napkins and some other serving pieces that have color.
So far there are eight for lunch, wish you lived closer too! I wish you all could come!
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Omigosh! Wouldn't it be fun for this group to get together for a meal?
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It would be epic!!!
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SK, what a menu! I would love to be among the guests, too. I can tell that you have experience catering. I could never manage that many salads and desserts and beverages. I think white plates are almost always the best for displaying food.
Lacey, I admire you for kayaking! I have been intending to take a kayak up Hay Creek and haven't gotten around to it.
Lamb tagine in a pressure cooker sounds like an interesting cooking process, Nance. Do you put all the ingredients into the pot and cook them for a short time? I may just have to consider buying a pressure cooker since I'm so impressionable! I bought a beautiful cookbook for pressure cooking a few years ago when one of my brothers gave me his electric pressure cooker. But I gave it and the cookbook to another brother. I don't know if he ever used it. At the time I had no interest in that type of cooking.
Tonight's dinner was roast beef cooked by a neighbor in a slow cooker. It was tender and had a very good flavor from caramelized onions. Our sides were corn off the cob cooked in butter, cole slaw with vinegar and mayo dressing, and fresh beets in wine vinegar.
Last night's dinner was at an Italian restaurant in Park Rapids called Necce's. I had filet mignon with gorgonzola over linguine in a cream sauce that wasn't heavy. The dish was delicious. The salad was a Caesar salad with a very good dressing that also wasn't heavy.
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epic curean. ???? :-)
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carole - the key to that type of entertaining is to have a lot of make ahead stuff - I will make the lasagnas and cakes the day before, and prep most of the rest of it. I am out of the habit of catering, but will be doing a large party before the holidays - my husband's comptroller is retiring and she didn't want to have a military ceremony, so we offered a more casual party for her at our home - we will probably have 75 people, give or take. I should probably start getting ready for that one right after the BCO luncheon, lol!
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Special,
Your Tampa group is so very lucky! Not only are you hosting, which means cleaning your house, but the food sounds absolutely fabulous! I really like your crate dish ware. I reverted to white a number of years ago, but I went totally cheap with IKEA. Somedays I think I should upgrade again, to something nice that is white. The stoneware, which we received for wedding gifts and is now 33 years old, the kid just loves. She was so happy to receive.
My life has been wild lately. 8 hrs at a client office after a new installation, then home, make dinner, and then 3 more hours of coding. Hard to believe. To be honest, last month, this would not have been possible. I think I am doing better on this cycle 3. Time will tell.
Dinner tonight was all the tomatoes that have been accumulating. I peeled and cored them, and made a quick sauce for some pasta with Italian sausage. Tomorrow night we are going to Sarma for our anniversary dinner. Technically, this date was last week, but I moved the reservation so that we didn't have to leave the young French cousin at home while we had a festive meal. Well, I am babbling now.... the French cousin will return to our house on Monday, and then on Wednesday she flies back to France. I will actually miss her, and be relieved at the same time. Does that make sense?
*susan*
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Eric, precisely!
Susan, very best wishes on your anniversary!
Carole, it was a several step process beginning with the browning of the lamb, onions, tomato, garlic and spices. After they pressure cooked for a while, potatoes, green beans, another tomato and a preserved lemon were added and the whole thing cooked for a short time. It was very good but I'll make a couple of tweaks next time. Would be good with beef too. I'm making a kind of chicken verde tomorrow in the pressure cooker with a variety of peppers and tomatillos.
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I agree about white dishes presenting food so well. My love for color, however, led me in recent years (when my white ones were looking pretty tired and scratched after many years) to buy Noritake every day dishes that are a lovely blue on the underside and cream on the food side. I've enjoyed them a lot.
Special, I admire your organization skills for all that prep!
Last evening we arrived home and I made us my favorite dish of kale, flavoring veggies, with poached eggs on top. I so love that weird meal...and now DH seems to also. Yay! We had local corn with it, and a cuke salad.
Tonight we grilled chicken breasts marinated in a garlic, balsamic and rosemary powder mix. Sides were grilled yellow squash and portobello mushrooms, corn on cob, and a salad of romaine, fresh spinach, pea tendrils, red onion and tomatoes. I dressed it with a chile almond dressing I got at Whole Foods a while ago, which is really spicy. Yum! The reason for the mixed greens is that we hit a farmer's market in our next town today and the same Asian family who sells the purslane has wonderful greens that people were scooping up. I bought their spinach on one customer's recommendation that it was the best spinach she has tasted. Also got my pea tendrils there and a large bunch of amaranth which I guess I will stir fry, since I'm not sure what else to do with it. It was so beautiful, I had to get it!
Another interesting product we bought was offered by a young Haitian man who created a fruit and vegetable spicy condiment that can be stirred into dips, used as a rub, in a saute, or even mixed with seltzer for a refreshing drink. It was quite flavorful. We bought some (they are frozen)to use when for our new vegans are visiting. This guy calls his concoction, "the caviar of vegan treats". He shared that he was having cancer treatment and the idea for this condiment, named "Doos PK", came from the kinds of ingredients/foods his mother and grandmother were making for him during that time.
Nance, great minds.....and bodies! We also returned to the gym today. DH had a new instructor for his workout class that our trainer, Sarah, used to lead...the guy looks like a pro athlete!
I got myself on the treadmill and walked, ran, and walked again, then put myself through a lot of upper body paces, which felt good. Can't say the same for my hip joint that flared angrily at me during some leg weight tasks I later performed. I was tired but feeling accomplished when I left, and I am feeling (somewhat) determined to lose the four pounds I have picked up over the summer with all of our eating. So I will try to keep this up.
Tonight DH and I decided to take his convertible (which I dislike intensely and in which do not ride) to the town ball fields where it is untreed and quite dark, to look at the Perseid meteor showers. Well, if the seats were more comfortable, I might have stayed longer than an hour, but the reinforcement was just not happening with each of us seeing only one small "shooting star".
So home we came....maybe if I get ip at 4PM, I'll check out the sky from our backyard. Anyone else have a good view of them? We used to always go out on the lake to see these, and it was a magnificant show.
Susan, you continue to be our energizer bunny! And I can totally "get " your ambivalence about your guest departing. It was a blended experience at a very punctuated time for you!
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DH and I watched (and watched) for a while and though it was a lovely night, we saw none! We live away from city lights so have a good sky view. The best perseid I ever saw was in the mountains of Colorado where I was camped out under the stars. It was breathtaking.
Lacey, your farmers market is awesome!
Off to the gym!
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Special - I do like your dinnerware. Very classic. Ours still after almost 40 years looks like early marriage. In fact I have a few forks/knives and a couple of plates that were DH's. Oh my. But then we do not entertain.
IKEA is another place just not easy to get to. Frisco I think. We pass it on the way to DB's for Thanksgiving. I might go check out Pottery Barn though. Ft Worth is just coming out of the long passe oil bust but shopping is still lagging way behind restaurants. That are everyone just goes to Dallas.
Susan absolutely understand the relieved and missing her. Maybe you and DH can retrieve the sense of adventure she brought with a little less of the urgency accompanying her visit.
I think the white chicken chili will have to wait. Those green beans and cole slaw are calling so I suspect some kind of sauteed chicken. The hamburgers were good as most hamburgers usually are. McCormicks makes a new packet of burger stir in. I had Grill Mates Roasted Garlic and Sauteed Onion. DH loved. I like burgers that are not so squishy and these were squishy. Wonder if it would make good meatloaf? Might try that next.
We had light cloud cover come over so I didn't even try to view the meteors. I have to get in just the right spot on the patio to block the arc light out front but do have a good view of the NE sky.
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Embarrassed to admit I was oblivious to the meteors happening. Have not watched much TV lately, not even news.
Just got out some soft luggage for packing clothes for weekend in Thunder Bay. I hate packing.
Our wonderful cool weather has disappeared and it is humid and too warm. Still more comfortable than home. I'm sitting out on the deck and drinking a cup of coffee. There's a breeze. Later the a/c will go on.
Pork chops tonight.
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Carole....I'm with ya on the hating packing sentiment! And I have spent most of my summer doing just that. I hope you weekend is fun!
I am loving being home now for a whole week, except that the weather is totally beach friendly and we are not near the beach!! I do hope the forecast remains good for late next week when our family will be together at the lake.
Today is DGD's 3rd birthday. She is such a little character who, when we spoke today told me how eager she is to see the "new" tutu I bought for her. Well...it does not exist as yet! So I have until next Wednesday to trek to the consignment store to find a tutu for her to prance around in, and to maintain my status as "Tutu Nana". Haha! I have all sorts of crafts and activities planned to do with the two grands and can't wait....in case I have not said that a ton of times already!!
I finally made it to the hairdresser today after lots of inches grown, and color very faded from the sun. I thought it was looking like a long haystack. My hairdresser was horrified as was her compatriot, and I agreed to let it be dyed all over (I never do for fear that I will have that shoe polish look). Fortunately, the color came out just fine...I recognized myself.....and she just trimmed it so I can still wear a pony tail at the beach. Hair crisis averted!
I then headed out to several stores to find some throw rugs we need for NH, placemats, chair cushions, etc. Lots of looking and no luck. That kind of shopping is so frustrating. Then went to my favorite clothes store, Frugal Fannies, and succumbed to the temptation to get two dresses (so inexpensive, they were "unpassupable") and a few skirts to wear with jackets once the weather gets cool. I recently learned of a few events I need to attend with DH, thus the dress splurge.
Oh, a PS on the meteor showers....DH did get up at 4 (not for that purpose;) and looked outside and did see a "shooter". He was satisfied.....:)
Poor DH spent his day doing yard work in the hot sun.
So I quickly got to making dinner once home. I used our leftover chicken to make a stir fry that included lots of garlic, scallions, yellow squash, and amaranth leaves. Since the chicken from yesterday had been marinated in balsamic, I used that instead of teriyaki for the sauce. It was different , and we enjoyed it a lot, along with red rice and cuke/red onion salad.nstill lots of amaranth left...hmmmmm. Too bad the new vegans aren't here!
Tomorrow we will probably head to Ikea to replace a bed frame for NH house, and maybe we can eat out. Tho I will also be meeting one of my former colleagues for lunch, so maybe two meals out is not such a good idea.
I think the midwest heat is headed here...we could use it.
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Carole, don't you find it refreshing to avoid TV....and of late, especially the news! I find that when I'm in NH I rarely have the TV on, which is rather like a mental cleanse!
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Where the heck is everybody?
Tonight DH requested toasted ravioli. I wasn't feeling it, so I thawed some marinara for him and some shrimp for myself. I sauteed the shrimp in a little butter and olive oil with some garlic, added a squeeze of lemon then mixed it with some cooked linguine with more butter, parsley and a handful of parm. Delicious and very satisfying.
I feel virtuous. I went to the gym 3 times this week.
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Tonight was eat up the leftovers - corn, hamburgers, sauteed chicken, dill green beans, coleslaw. It was good and easy. I think I've talked DH into BBQing a tri tip we got for Christmas. Ought to be fun locating it in the freezer. No idea what I'll make with it. Still have a mess 'o green beans. Been craving jello salad. Might make one of those lime jello creations.
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I am not virtuous. I have never been in a gym. However, yesterday we celebrated our wedding anniversary with a special dinner at Sarma. This is a restaurant that serves Turkish-Moroccan inspired small plates. Our reservation was for 8pm, but our table just wouldn't leave, so we were not seated until 8:25. The manager, who I later learned is Molly, brought me a cocktail and then when we were seated, had two plates delivered to the table within moments of our arrival. Seven plates and we were full. So, for you folks playing along, our meal was parsnip fritters with cilantro, walnut, sunflower seeds; sugar snaps pistachio tahini, fried quinoa, radishes, candied ginger; seven layer hummus with falafel crackers; spicy green beans harissa, preserved lemon, salt & pepper chickpeas; feta baked in phyllo fennel, arugula, sour cherry emulsion [wouldn't order this again, and we didn't finish]; octopus grapefruit charmoula, avocado, beet, black garlic, urfa; harissa bbq duck carrot, orange blossom, apricot, almonds. This is my kind of meal..... lots of big flavors, with a beautiful presentation. I had a lovely cocktail, and with my new post-Istanbul lifestyle, I can walk to and from the restaurant. Such a lovely evening. The only reason we don't eat there more often is, well, it is impossible to get a table with short notice. Mr. 02143 has decided that I should make restaurants at Sarma for every 4-6 weeks, and so I have. Worst case? We have to cancel.
Tonight we were supposed to have a simple Weisswurst dinner, but, well his Alzheimers forgot that, and he bought a rack of lamb at Costco. I froze the sausage and went with the lamb. We are harvesting way more tomatoes than we can eat so I made a "Moroccan" tomato salad with preserved lemons, and some boiled baby potatoes dressed with butter and chives from the garden. The salad was really delicious! The recipe appeared in the local paper yesterday. Of course, I modified, substituting feta for olives, alleppo peppers for the cayenne, and including tons of fresh Greek oregano. And, since I HATE HATE HATE bell peppers, we omitted all of them.
The kids came home tonight! The cats are happy. We are happy. They ate the leftover tomato salad and several tomatoes that had not been turned into salad yet. They had a great trip, and well, are still happy to be home.
*susan*
Moroccan-Inspired Tomato Salad With Olives and Preserved Lemon
Makes about 8 cups
2½ pounds ripe-but-firm local tomatoes, seeded and cut into ¾-inch dice (about 5 cups)
Salt and ground black pepper
½ cup thinly sliced red onion, cut into half-moons if desired
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon minced or grated garlic (about 1 large clove)
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
Pinch cayenne pepper
½ medium preserved lemon, pulp discarded, rind rinsed well and finely chopped (about 2½ tablespoons)
1 tablespoon honey
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 large yellow or orange bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into ¾-inch dice
¾ cup pitted green olives, quartered lengthwise
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
In a colander set over a bowl, toss the tomatoes with 1 teaspoon salt and set aside to drain, at least 30 minutes. Gently shake the colander to drive off more liquid, discard the liquid (or reserve for another use), and gently blot the tomatoes with paper towels. Meanwhile, in a small bowl cover the onion with cool water, soak for about 30 minutes, drain, blot dry, and set aside.
In a large nonreactive bowl, mix the lemon juice, garlic, paprika, cumin, cayenne, preserved lemon rind, honey, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and black pepper to taste, to blend. Vigorously whisk in the oil to blend. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and black pepper if necessary. Add the tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, and olives, and toss gently to combine. Add most of the parsley and toss gently to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and black pepper if necessary. Scrape into a serving dish if desired, sprinkle with the remaining parsley, and serve at once.
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I played ChickenFoot (dominoes) this afternoon and everyone brings something to snack on. There are no assignments so it's always a surprise. It's interesting that sometimes all 5 or 6 women bring a fruit or a cold vegetable dish or salad. Today was a sugar overkill - everyone brought sweets. So around 4pm I ate 2 pieces of deep dish apple pie drizzled w/carmel & two pieces of thick chocolate cake w/ butter & cocoa icing. I had to pass on the lemon pound cake & the blueberry scones & the dark chocolate orange sticks. One lady brought fresh cherries but we were sooooo full from the pie. Needless to say, dinner was not necessary or wanted. I just ate 1/4-1/2 cup of almonds to change the sweet taste to salty. I'll have to catch up on the veggies tomorrow.
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Minus, that sounds like my kind of group. Yum!
Thanks for the delicious sounding recipe Susan, I want to try it while I have tomatoes.
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I love the sound of your dinner choices, Susan.....and must try that recipe after scoring some nice ripe tomatoes at the farmer's market.
When I have (buy) a glut of tomatoes, I usually make my mother's Italian Tomato Salad....
-tomatoes in fairly large chunks mixed with some olive oil,
-garlic, minced or cut up, if you like to remove them before serving, (if I mince it, I remove that bitter center part first),
smallish chunks of green bell peppers,
-smattering of sugar,
-salt and pepper to taste, and I add chiffonade of a few basil leaves before serving.
As my mother, Amelia, always reminded folks who tried this recipe...."There is NO vinegar in this salad". Of course not! The tomatoes take care of that! Sorry for lack of amounts of anything...I always wing it. Personal preference can prevail.
Nance you are more virtuous than I! Instead of heading back to the gym today after meeting my friend for lunch, I went to the nearby TJ MAXX and continued my hunt for some NH house items..and scored!! Also found a nice beach skirt for myself, and a really cute, cheap (!) tutu for DGD that has colorful "free floating" pom poms in the hem! Wrapped up the trip with picking out a few birthday items for DH. GOT.IT.DONE! Yay! Now all I need to do is strap myself to the sewing table tomorrow and finish DGD's special blanket, and the taggie for my friend's DGD, and I will feel a great relief!
Meanwhile DH is heading back to NH in the morning with the IKEA futon frame he picked up today while I was galavanting. He is also going to see a Buddy Holly musical while there...something I have not much interest in. Years ago we saw The Buddy Holly Story in London and that filled any need in me! I laughed when DH agreed to shampoo our two "resident area rugs" up there since we can't seem to find exactly what we want/need to replace them. Clearly he was thrilled to have a legitimate reason to head back (and see the show). I will enjoy my time alone getting things done. I think I am less productive when DH is here all day...so this will be a true test of that theory!
I could easily have had fruit alone for dinner tonight since I had a "real lunch"... a kale /quinoa/chicken salad and baguette roll at Panera. My excitement for the day was that I remembered that I had a Panera gift card from several years ago given by one of my school families, and it was still good!
Anyway, as I presented my idea of a fruit and cottage cheese over greens light dinner, I learned that DH had eaten much of the fruit I planned to use, and most of the cottage cheese.
I didn't feel like cooking amaranth again, so we caved, and ended up ordering a veggie pizza from a non traditional place up town, and I made a salad with romaine, kale, beet greens, pea tendrils, and assorted other items. Dressed it with some light balsamic and evoo and it went nicely with the pizza (which, I had forgotten comes with a large helping of arugula and pickled onions on top...it was a very green day for me).This morning my week of virtuous eating resulted in nicely lowered numbers on the scale, but I bet they pop back up after the pizza slices.Tonight we started to watch Forks over Knives (maybe that was supposed to be singular), and will continue at a later time. I can see how people feel like a vegan diet is the way to go after seeing all those diet related statistics....not sure I could ever be that extreme tho.
I did end up finding a restaurant in our area of NH to which I can send the vegan docs for their anniversary next Friday. I communicated with the chef who said that he can also make them a vegan dessert on request. Very nice!
Okay, after all this greens talk, Minus, I would certainly have enjoyed your dominoes group lunch today! But I adore fresh cherries so would have made a dent in them too!
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