So...whats for dinner?

I hereby don both Carole and Nance with the title of "Resident Fish Slayers and Preparers."

Dinner was fresh local green beans, potatoes with local Spring onions and young garlic, and a two day aged Prime steaks. There is a ton of food left. We have decided that I will use the potato and green beans in a fritatta in the morning, and Mr. 02143 thinks he might have a bit of steak as well. Steak and eggs is traditional isn't it? The ribs have been rubbed down and will be ready to smoke in the morning. Mr. 02143 has requested the vinegar cole slaw, and a tortellini salad. The tortellini salad has some sun-dried tomatoes, pesto and some raw veggies, with of course, Greek vinegar. I am thinking I will also add a raw spinach salad. I need to add some dark greens to my meals as often as possible.

*susan*

Sorry, Eric.  That does not sound like a nourishing meal!

Today was a bacon day.  About 10 am we had breakfast.  Bacon and over-easy eggs with a toasted multi-grain English muffin.  I am not a jelly/jam person but I love the berry jam I bought from the bread and pie lady.  She cooked a lot of different berries together and I can taste the raspberry. 

Tomorrow dh and I are planning to drive to two different locations to look at boats advertised on Craigslist/Bemidji. 

Not sure what dinner will be tonight.  There's a lot of jambalaya left.  I wonder if brown rice freezes well. 

Susan's steak sounded very appetizing.....

Thanks, Nance.  I think I'll freeze the jambalaya in a couple of portions.  First, I may have to remove something from the freezer to make room!

Did I mention that my next-door camper neighbor made some ice cream in one of those little square ice cream makers that was the best vanilla ice cream I have ever tasted?  Of course, ingredients included cream and half and half! 

SpecialK, I can definitely empathize especially since I turned on the a/c here in the camper about an hour ago.  If it cools off later, we can open up again. 

I took out a ribeye steak for dh to cook outside on our portable gas grill that was pricey and worth every $$$.  It has been with us for a lot of miles.  I also have some asparagus and salad makings. 

Minus, I have a fairly large toaster oven that I use when I don't want to heat up the big oven.  I miss it when we're living in the camper.  My microwave oven is a combination microwave and convection oven but I haven't mastered using the convection capability.  I'm thinking we will probably buy a bigger gas grill, which could be used as an oven. 

I steamed the asparagus and am cooling it with ice.  I'll make a salad with slices of tomato, asparagus and avocado with a dollop of mayo or bottled dressing of choice. 

Hi Ladies----and Eric, I am wondering if any of you have used something called a NuWave oven?  It sits on the countertop, maybe it is a convection oven.  I think they hawk them on QVC>

Anyhow, I was at the flea market on the 4th of July and this gal had one in her booth for $20.00.   Of course, I did not have my old lady cart with me and it was too heavy, so I passed on it, plus the kitchen in Carole's camper is probably bigger than mine... Now I am kinda kicking myself.  I know when I've seen them on the info-mercials that if you order in the next 15 minutes, you get a second one for Shipping and handling.....

Should I have bought this??????

Red, I have no idea what the NuWave oven is. I personally have Breville oven envy, but to be honest, it makes no sense for me to buy stuff given my circumstances. If you look up the price on the full, counter top Breville prices, have your smelling salts handy.

Bedo, you know... as I told the kid when she was musing about college in California, you can follow them anywhere they might go. Your skills can be sold anywhere after all. Imagine this, Bedo-Trailer following young people like they are the Grateful Dead wherever they go. :-)

The ribs were wonderful. It took me 3 hrs to make the three salads. Ridiculous. Thank goodness there is enough for at least another meal. It took Mr. 02143 three hours to smoke the ribs. The kids joined us for dinner after they returned from visiting my Mother in the North Country. While they were there, my mother was given 25 minutes with Hilary Clinton, interviewing her while the national press watched from the sidelines. She does love presidential season. To be a journalist in NH during primary season is a total rush for her.

*susan*

Carole, that's exactly what I ate last night. The hotel has a grill outside, so I cooked up a ribeye steak and a potato--medium rare.

I've heard of the NuWave oven, but I have zero experience with one and I don't know anyone who has one either.

When I'm baking some food and want to do baked (or twice baked) potatoes and the two foods' baking temps aren't compatible, I use the toaster oven. It works quite well. It's not the biggest toaster oven out there, but it works well. I can't use the toaster oven and the microwave oven at the same time because both are on the same electrical circuit and using both will trip the circuit breaker (blow the fuse).

Tonight is probably going to be hamburger or spaghetti. I've not yet decided. I don't want to buy too much stuff, so the menu is somewhat limited. :-) I'll be leaving on 11 July--a two week deployment.

Pollock is real fish... enjoy! I rather like pollock though it is not a high value fish. Most commercial pollock gets turned into fish sticks. I think pollock is particularly fond of green herbs, butter, and lemon. A few capers are not a bad idea either. Ohhhhh... I just goggled and someone is suggesting parmesan-herb crusted pollock. How delicious does that sound?

Dinner was exactly the same as last night. Gosh am I getting lazy. We had the rest of the Pho for lunch. Went to view another house after lunch; well not the inside but the outside and the neighborhood. Since we had to drive by a Whole Foods on the way, I replenished our tart cherry supply for granola, and the black turtle beans.

*susan*

MinusTwo: medium-rare potato--don't ask. You don't wanna know. But popcorn with real butter and lots of salt sounds like an acceptable dinner for those "I'm too tired to cook" nights after a hard workout. But I admit nothing. Except that a good toaster oven is marvelous.

Not anything I would be interested in, Peabrain, but thanks for sharing the information.

DH really liked the fish and chips in Seattle, where the fish is cod, I think.  I would order salmon when we ate out in a restaurant and he would order cod.

We had lunch yesterday in the tiny village of Vergus at Billy's Bar and Grill, which had been highly recommended by some of the folks here at Pine Hollow.  I had a California burger, which means it's served with lettuce, tomato and mayo.  I chose blue cheese as an add on.  It's a 1/2 lb. pattie on a bakery bun and came with kettle chips and pickles.  It was juicy and delicious. 

So for dinner last night I had cheese and crackers with pepper jelly. DH had some warmed up jambalaya in addition to some cheese and crackers. 

We still are not boat owners.  DH liked one of the two boats we looked at, but the owner refused our offer.  It was a good thing because dh had decided by this morning that the 75 hp Evinrude was too much motor for us. 

No thoughts about dinner but I bought a small rack of baby back ribs yesterday. 

The stuffed peppers sound good, SpecialK.  Sure hope the a/c gets repaired VERY soon! 

Dinner will be fish tacos made with two nice-sized walleye fillets that were given to us.  I bought some corn tortillas yesterday that looked good.  We have avocado and cabbage.

Today is a perfect golf day, low humidity and sunshine and temperature in low 70's.  We played golf at a lovely little course near the campground.  Sadly, I had to rent a cart and dh walked with his push cart.  In the past I walked, too.  It was most enjoyable to be out on the course on such a gorgeous day.  Since I didn't get much exercise, I'm feeling that I should accomplish something this afternoon, like cleaning the windows outside and in. 

Minus add shredded parmesan cheese while it's hot. Yum

Tonight for dinner nothing really, it's too hot.

Packed up watermelon, grapes and blueberries in a jar for lunch tomorrow, and "Lobster delights" Pollack, ( Yay!) to have with cocktail sauce, a boiled egg, and cooked corn on the cob-not so good the next day but serves it's purpose.

Hope that everyone in New England is able to deal with this heat.

Sorry to those in the Southern states, I am a weanie and have never adjusted. I know that some love the heat.:)

Beef and broccoli stir fry tonight. I usually make a half recipe, but tonight due to a large amount of ingredients, I made the full one. Oh my was that wok heavy! We have enough left for ample lunches tomorrow, in addition to the three servings tonight.

So, I have a French cousin who is going to arrive with about 10-days notice! She is 18 and I am scrambling to figure out how to fill the month plus 4 days that she will be here. This is going to be complicated! So far, I imagine the Freedom Trail, a harbor cruise, the Peabody Essex museum, a water park [just cause it is so American], clam shack, a Red Sox game...... other thoughts? I have never met this young lady, though I know her parents and grandparents.

Lacey, are you out there?

*susan*

You are coming to Boston?????? Can I fete you, along with Lacey? I know the city pretty well. And Lacey knows other parts of the city VERY well. Between us, we can steer you in the right direction. Bounce ideas with us as you come up with a plan.

Oh, this is the kind of stuff that gives me joy!

*susan*