So...whats for dinner?

LeeA,



My DH and I have been attempting different recipes for the deep dish pizza that we had once when passing through Chicago... It was soooooo good and so different from the NY style and Sicilian style pizza that we are used to. From looking up different recipes we came across Lou Malnati's as a Chicago pizza icon! Hope your pizza was really good!!



Seems the actual recipe that each restaurant uses is a closely guarded secret.... Our current favorite recipe after a few tries is one from America's Test Kitchen....

Michelle wish I lived closer so I could help with the meals, but kinda glad I don't! Not sure I'd be able to pull off those kinda meals! LOL sounds like Lacey nailed it though.

Eric, hope it doesnt snow while you're out there, it did flurry around here, and its 28 degrees. Guess winter is not far off.

LeeA, that salad sounded like the one I had yesterday, except mine had almonds and raisins. I hope you enjoyed the deep dish pizza, nothing quite like it. Did it have double cheese? If you could see it on top then it did, otherwise the cheese is hidden on the bottom. LOL Seaside glad you enjoyed the trip. Much love to all.

Hi Moonflwer - 

I'm not sure if it had double cheese but there was a lot of it and I just said the heck with it for tonight - meaning, worrying about dairy.  

Oh, and I love arugula!  Your salad sounds really good as well!  We just ran out of it again tonight so tomorrow my hub will have to make an arugula run.  I'm also in the throes of my late fall addiction to pomegranate arils.  This is the best time of year to find them - at least out here.   

As far as the pizza goes - it was delicious.  I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and was never a big deep dish fan but the crust on this pizza was really good - especially considering it had traveled in a UPS truck on dry ice a few hours before.  We had the vegetable pizza tonight.  In the next week or so we'll try the sausage pizza.  

We went to Porltand last Thursday for DH to see a neurologist he is considering having the surgery to remove the tumor since his symptoms are getting much worse he can't drive and is now walking with a cane. I'm using oxygen most the time and we look like quite the pair walking together. LOL! Then we drove to see my dad it was his birthday on Friday had a big party for him, just close family b/c he didn't want to many people around. I hadn't seen him since me and my sister drove down to see him (almost 4 months) he had lost almost 80 pounds his hair was falling out and what was left was grey and he looked so frail and pale. but the good news is he is eating better. He will have a Pet on the 19th to see if there is any cancer any where else. It was good to put my arms around him and give him a big hug I didn't want to let go!

Kind of funny story, When we left porland to drive to see my dad ( about a 5 hour drive) we ran into rain, snow, sleet and hail the traffic was crazy and it was raining so hard I couldn't see, it was dark out and I thought i was getting night blindness. we passed a trucker and he put his lights off and on for me to let me know I could get back over in the lane, I told DH he must be new and not cranky like the old truckers they don't do that anymore. So we are driving along and Im in a panic because I can't see and DH says Honey are your lights on? I checked and they weren't! I had been driving in the bad weather at night with my lights off I can't believe how lucky we were that no one hit us. We have the type car that the lights go on automatically when you drive it, but when we went to the hospital we did valet parking and he must of turned the lights off. Uggh!

I rambled enough and need to go to bed. hugs to everyone!

(((((Debbie)))))). I am glad you made it to your Dad's in one piece! I HATE driving in bad weather. Hope you have some time to relax. Thinking of you, your DH and Dad. Your cup is certainly full.



Seaside, your trip sounds great. Vacations are wonderful!



Eric, take care. I am sure you are homesick, but I hope you get to enjoy the big apple. I am going Dec. 1. How are things there? Does it seem like it's business as usual for most people? I agree they are lucky to have you and your fellow volunteers.



Michelle, your meals sound wonderful. I am with Moon, I wish I lived closer, but then again, I could not keep up with what everyone is making. Lacey, your seafood linguine sounds fantastic.



Laurie, hope you get out of your funk. I am still in a bit of one. We leave for Paris and London on Friday. I think partly I am nervous of getting everything set so we can go. Just heated up Mickey Mouse chicken nuggets for my DD last night, and I had a bagel and some junk. DH had to work overnight so he wasn't home. DS made himself a frozen pizza. And I have all these wonderful veggies from the CSA just sitting in my refrigerator. Gotta shake myself up I guess.



Enjoy the day everyone!

Last night I made a complete failure. I had this idea in my head, but on the plate it didn't sing. I was at a client office until 5, and was confronted by the alien-looking romanesco. Oh, and for some reason I didn't want pasta. So I sauteed some chicken but was too lazy to pound it. Then sauteed the blanched romanesco in the same pan. Added some garlic and red pepper flakes, wine, lemon juice and water. Served with a few potatoes. Haven't had a fail this big in a long time. The romanesco was too bitter. The chicken was mealy. The sauce never really came together into a cohesive mass. Of course we ate it. It wasn't inedible; it just wasn't any good.

Have no idea what I will make tonight. I am working from home today, so I should be able to come up with something that I can make with more care.

*susan*

Romanesco looks like alien food. I am not giving up on it. Maybe we didn't eat it soon enough.

It looks like it would make an interesting centerpiece ;-D

Can't begin to tell you how much I didn't think that. In fact, I think it is important that people know that experiments can fail. Sometimes they are brilliant and then you wish you could remember what you did. And sometimes, like last night, brilliance escapes.

Fun with Food!

*susan*

Welcome and Hi Wren and Lee!

Kay- I'am so happy for you  that you get to go to Paris. Seems like it crept up fast since you talked about going, Im sure you feel overwhelmed with everything, but when you get on that plane all that "funk" will be gone! Mickey mouse nuggets? LOL!

Carrie-  We were not going to leave until Friday but last minute on Thursday DH said lets drive up and spend the night so we don't have to get up early and drive to portland so I didn't get a chance to get on line and mention it. Luckily I am only using the oxygen some times not always there are times my lungs close up completely and I can't breathe and other times Iam Ok!  I hate lugging those ugly heavy tanks around. I also have been in a salad mood this last week.

Susan- Sorry your dish didn't turn out as you wanted. I have never ate Romenesco before but it beautiful looking, something you would see under sea!

Michelle- It really is quite humorous especially since im in my early 50's and Dh is 61 and I like to think we are still young and hip! ha! I love Maxine! LOL!

Joyce- Been thinking about you too hope you are doing Ok and getting some rest with all the traveling back and forth.

Nancy- Hope things go well with your dads cataract surgery.

Still don't know where we are going to be on Thanksgiving I have a whole menu planned just don't know if it will come together yet. Im craving dressing and sweet potatoes already!! Yum!

Debbie  I wasnt insinuating that you need to check in with us before you travel ha ha  but really...dont make me come looking for you!!

Hoping that Bedo's absence just means her computer is down..or something trivial like that.

Going out now for a beer and maybe a bowl of french onion soup

Apple hasn't been around for a week.  I hope she's just busy and not having trouble.  I miss her posts and they give me hope.

Carrie- LOL! But I do usually say when Im going out of town which I think is a good idea because we all worry about each other. Have fun tonight!

Carole- My Dr thinks with seeing a pulminologist (sp) I may be able to strengthen my lungs along with some excersies so I hope it works. Your chopping board sounds cool! Yay on DH winning some money!

Susan- Hope things go well tomorrow for you!

Michelle- Maybe Apple is just taking a break from the boards! There is always hope!!

Tonight is steak with mushrooms, onions. peppers. garlic and roasted cauliflower

I'm fine now thanks.  

I should not complain after knowing what some of my BC sisters are going through.

Lacey,

I don't cook many beef roasts. Can't say why, to be honest. But I did do some googling for you and looked through some cookbooks. It seems that the TOP level of roast are the expensive cuts we all love so well: Top Sirloin, Tenderloin, Strip Loin, Wing, Prime Rib, Rib Eye. Of those, I would consider the top sirloin and strip loin. But with a marinade for 24-36 hrs, you could server the next tier of roasts: Sirloin Tip, Eye of Round, Outside Round, Inside Round, Rump. I have never had luck with the rump and around here the Sirloin Tips will be cut too small. Beef is so expensive these days so I am a bit anxious to recommend something since I haven't tried it myself.

*susan*