So...whats for dinner?

SO supper tonight was spaghetti - made with fresh garden tomatoes, basil, garlic and Italian sausage over spinach noodles.  Lovely tossed salad with homemade vinaigrette of olive oil and apple cider vinegar with herbs.  De-lish!

Tonight making Kalbi (Korean barbecued beef short ribs) which are home marinating as we speak and so will be ready for grilling. Because it is 9 gazillion degrees tonight (really only 93 and very, very humid), I'm making the entire meal on the grill. Grilling asparagus and ears of corn as well as "tin foil potatoes" It will still be hot work. The ribs only take about 8 mins per side so should be ok. Enjoy your evening everyone!

I like the new dimension that April has brought to our kitchen table. Now I have two new words to google.

Long day, no lunch. I did get to the gym for my second day this week on the treadmill. Trying to work up to 3 days a week but I'd so much rather read. Went to a friends to take guacamole that I'd defrosted for our dominoes game that got cancelled. They plied me with a bloody Mary. First one in ages. I was too tired to fix what I'd planned so I had toasted fresh Pugliese bread - three slices with just butter to assuage my hunger then one slice open face with tuna. Well, it was a mini loaf. Then for good measure, 1/2 a Pumpernickel bagel toasted with more tuna. No carbs there... ha ha. For starters I had 5 or 6 radishes as I was cleaning them.

Grocery store had a "buy 3" deal for $0.99. I don't usually do that since I live alone, but this was a good one. $0.99 each for 1/2 a gallon of milk, 18 eggs, and a package of Mexican shredded cheese. I froze the cheese & I think I made out like a bandit. Deviled eggs in the plan for this weekend with the dozen that were already in the fridge.

I had to take some vacation so I wouldn't go over the "you lose it" maximum, so I took off 1/2 the day today, ran 5 miles and then took one of the cars to the tire store for new tires.

Dinner tonight was Sharon's Jenny Craig, nuked to perfection in the microwave oven. I had home made beef chorizo and a "microwave nuked" baked potato.

Sandy, your description of the vision change reminds me of my grandmother's comments. She was in her very late 80s when she had hers done and once the "it's so bright it hurts" went away, she was thrilled beyond belief with how well she could see. She was an avid bird watcher and it was again easy for her to identify the birds.

As for the tomato plants, it's cooling off enough that my tomatoes are starting to look lively again. Unfortunately they will die out in November when it freezes. They are in large pots, so I suppose I can cover them and put an old style incandescent light bulb under the cover, but I don't think it's worth that much effort.

I, too, am having to look up some of the new food names. It reminds me of my college days, looking in recipe books and having to go ask the neighbor, "What does ..... mean?"

Susan, Sharon and I have a favorite bed and breakfast place in Bisbee, AZ. They have a world map on the wall and guests can put map pins to show where they live. The map is amazing, especially since Bisbee is not a big city.

If I were stuck on an island....eating the same foods for long periods of time doesn't seem to bother me. If pressed, I would miss nice crisp and somewhat tart apples, but that's about it.

I have a problem with the pantry moths. The first time I found them, I pulled everything out of the pantry, cleaned, vacuumed and wiped everything down, followed by putting everything not already in glass jars or cans into Tupperware or gallon pickle jars or those resealable plastic bags. The moths returned in a few weeks...I wish I knew what they were eating. I never wanted to use any pesticide in the small area with foods and the regular sticky traps did nothing. I'll have to try some of the kind of traps you all have mentioned. Thank you everyone.

Eric even when you take a break you work!

April that looks so good

Today I am going to try to find some fresh lima beans to make succotash

None around here in CT that I have could find either. Most of the farms do not grow them or if they do, they don't sell them to the public that I have seen.

Bedo's next career, lima bean farmer.

hahaha you are all so funny I could not find any either and they are supposed to be in season :0 next year I will try to grow them in the garden?

Wish me luck. Ok now I'm hangry, i'm going on line

We are having grilled ribeyes, a green salad and mashed potatoes - menu specifically requested by DH. I am glad there are some fellow lima bean lovers - I find we are a rare bunch! I have always liked them, but I like almost every vegetable - except eggplant!

happy - I am really, really sure - I don't like the taste or the texture, but I am glad you like it! I think it is actually a big favorite of many on this thread!

Okay all you lima bean fans....I have a total aversion to them...mainly a textural thing. My Italian mother made them frequently. I shudder when I even hear the word succotash! Now eggplant is another matter...I could eat it in any form! Susan, given my distaste for lima beans, I was worried about the heavy use of those yellow beans at Erbaluce...but they were thinner, so my aversion to limas was not a factor.

Love your food pic, Happy! I am totally unfamiliar with that food style, but it looks wonderful!

Since I last posted, I finally went to Santarpio's Pizza in East Boston, where, I recall our Michelle going before leaving on flights out of Boston. We went with friends, after a wake for his mother. I am happy to have done it and will not feel compelled to return. Is it actually possible that a new restaurant in Rumney, NH has pizza superior to Santarpio's! Yes! My guess is that in the heyday of this East Boston icon, there were few other New York style, thin crust pizzas with more interesting toppings than "meatlovers". I am also not a fan of cracker style outer crust, so I will continue to enjoy other chewy pizzas, where the parking is also easier.

Last evening, we finished up our grilled chicken thighs, with the last bit of paella rice...tho I hardly ate because I was busy making zucchini/meyer lemon iced madeleines and a fresh cut fruit bowl for the tailgate we were attending today with DS2, DF, and his UMASS cohorts and their young families.

Re: the madeleines.....as one of the guys approached them, he observed the green flecks and asked me if they were "broccoli cookies" since he knows "that I always bring something healthy"! LOL!! They actually all enjoyed them, so there were few left. Interestingly, fewer young 'ens delved into the fruit bowl, so we will enjoy the rest of that this week.

After sitting thru a hot rain shower, then a steamy, sunny, hot second half, we were exhausted! Not sure how the folks who were drinking managed all that.

On the way home we stopped to pick up ingredients for a cuke/pepper/tomato salad to bring to our "return from summer" first church service tomorrow morning. At that store, we also got a pork tenderloin which I marinated and DH grilled for dinner. It was especially tasty...maybe because we have not eaten pork much at all. I made a caprese salad and some tarragon carrots as sides.

I alsobought a bag of tomatoes with intention to make gazpacho.

Well, I'd better get these veggies cut up tonight, so I can dress them tomorrow morning.

I agree with Special. Eggplant will not touch my lips - and not even my plate. Everyone I met when I moved here tried to get me to eat it their secret way, but I never could get through one bite.

Early dinner at Katz Deli. My nephew & wife who I visited in Hawaii in January have moved to Houston. But he was only here 2 weeks when he was sent overseas for 2 months. Wife went back to No.Cal with the baby to spend the entire time w/her folks. Anyway, they got back last week. This is one of those REALLY good little ones. She will be a year old next month and was perfectly behaved for almost 2 hours. Wow.

I had a delicious patty melt on 2" thick rye bread served with onion rings. Neph had corned beef & cabbage. Niece had pasta of some kind with strips of steak. I ordered a side of potato latkes assuming the baby could eat some. Turns out she ate little bites of all of our food, including the sour dill pickles.

I don't like lima beans at all (texture for me too) but hubby loves them! I do adore eggplant though and your "eggplant parm" sounds great Susan. I am guessing it does not get as soggy as traditional eggplant parm does. I may have to steal that idea.

Bought some gorgeous country style pork ribs at the butcher shop today and will grill them tomorrow with peppers and onions and tomatoes. Then I will make a potato salad for hubby. I am good with the veggies and meat. I am baking some bread in the bread machine so might have a piece of that with butter.

Have a great night all!

Works for chicken parm as well. And yes, the whole point is to keep the crunchy. You can always serve more sauce on the side.

Tonight is lamb kebabs which are already marinating. The kids are coming to eat with us with Olivia. Not sure of the sides just yet. Have to make a weekend run to Market Basket, which is above and beyond. We hope to get there as soon as we finish our morning coffee and maybe get there before the crowds. Will also make Merguez sausage today. Those chunks o' lamb have been hanging out in their very flavorful spice rub for about 24 hrs. Today, I will grind and link those for future meals.

The only limas I can eat are the very baby ones which haven't yet become mealy. Sometimes we can find them frozen. Mr. 02143 loves limas, so I do try to serve them once in a while, even when the baby limas are really teenagers.

*susan*

Susan- thanks for sharing the parm recipes.  AM going to try it and freeze some.  How long can you keep the processed eggplant in the freezer?

Eric- hope you will post pics of your jarred jam.  Sounds delicious. To clarify- we like the baby butterbeans...not the big ones!