So...whats for dinner?

Tonight is an oldie but a goodie...sole amandine. I love it and haven't made it in forever. I will make some rice and haricot vert and call it a day.

We have leftover beef barley soup that I made this weekend so that is what hubby and I are having for lunch today. He had total knee replacement last week and is home recovering. He can microwave the soup easily enough and there is some baguette that he can eat with it.

Have a great day everyone!

April - funny - saw the new avatar and started to welcome you again. Wonder what that says about my brain, which apparently looks at the picture w/o the name?? Anyway, I love sole. It was the first fish my parents introduced when we were kids (not counting canned tuna or salmon).

Freya - the broccoli sounds good with the pine nuts & cheese.

Today is Fat Tuesday, and I'm craving pački. Was going to hit the Swedish Bakery (last day in business) but they are so crowded that they cut off the line, expecting to sell out of everything. Don't feel like doing the same thing at the only other place on the north lakefront (Bennison's in Evanston) that has them, besides having to pay to park two blocks away. Bob has office hrs. tonight, in a heavily Polish neighborhood near a couple of bakeries and restaurants that do their own baking (and all year long sell their house-made kolačky). Usually his patients bring some to his office, but last year he forgot to save a couple and he let his nurses bring them home. (Fortunately, I had waited at Bennison's that morning). I told him “come home with pački or don't come home." (And no cheating with ordinary jelly or bavarian cream donuts from Drunken Donuts, either).

For dinner I will make gumbo—found a packet of Panola mix, have some frozen crawfish tails in the freezer, and a couple of bell & poblano peppers I need to use up. (Will also wear green, gold & purple together—the one day of the year I do).

Had a clean out the fridge night with a salad

Couldn't find the gumbo mix, so I bought some fresh shrimp on sale and made jambalaya instead (cheated with ready-rice). For late lunch, had some leftover Israeli salad mixed with a bit of tabbouleh and baba ghannouj. Also briefly reheated a samosa. The jambalaya is simmering, as is the kale.

And just in case Bob forgets the pački tonight, I went to Bennison's and stood in line 20 minutes to buy some. Decided against a king cake, though.

Wearing a purple tank under a green shirt with gold-studded collar, gold necklace, and my purple glasses. (Purple frames, not lenses).

Today must be shrimp day, lol! Tonight I made shrimp and orzo salad with carrot, yellow pepper, scallions, parsley, and a lemon vinaigrette

Stir fry chicken dish tonight. Have leftover rice from yesterday which will work well with this. Lots of veggies.

packi! Yummo! Have not had in a long time...sigh.

Happy anniversary!!!!

Happy Anniversary, Nance!!! Hope dinner was yummy!

DH loved the paczki - lots of Polish bakeries in the Detroit area, not so much here in Spokane. I can't stand to even go into a bakery BUT CinnaBons call my name and I find them hard to resist.

HUGS!

Sandy, when you posted about your purple glasses, I had a little cry. Before I was dxd, I lost a darling friend to ovarian cancer. She was a 6' tall, elegant, vivacious glamazon. The last 2 years of her life she was on constant treatment, so bald. She went au natural, no wig or head covering but always with a fabulous pair of glasses. We scoured antique shops and online for beautiful ornate and or colourful ones. I have found a few for myself now.

Wear purple, a red hat, and wild glasses - grow old playfully

Oh Val, I want to come eat with you. And homemade wontons? Yum.

Funny - Both Carolina's have always been on my bucket list - and now we have Happy Hammer and Valstim. One of you from each state.

My lunch was the left over roasted root veggies from earlier this week. Supper will have to be the California Roll I bought at the grocery sushi bar yesterday.

Decided not to tempt fate, so I froze the leftover jambalaya (Gordy ate the shwarma) and pan-seared the salmon. Sauteed some broccolini and nuked the leftover greens.

For lunch, some tabbouleh with cuke & tomato and a bit of tahini dressing. Jonesing for fried oysters tonight—may order out, may head to the Fish Keg in Evanston. Too cold out and too much chance of snow to risk driving somewhere. Tomorrow night, since we'll be seeing Carmen, the Lyric Opera's restaurant's menu will likely be Spanish-themed (paella, tapas, etc.). For The King & I it was Thai.

Update: None of the takeout options floated my boat. So I found an unopened package of kraut in the fridge, rinsed & drained it, stirred in the remains of a crumbled slice of bacon and caraway seeds to taste, and am steaming it with two veal hot dogs, a chicken bratwurst and a duck sausage to make a choucroute garnie.

Went to Yoga this morning then walked on the treadmill. (I'll share about my new exercise program another time). Then went to electrolysis to remove the stubborn hairs that hide below my chin in the wrinkles on my neck. Stopped at Central market (oh LuvMyGoats - were are you). Picked up some Robert Rothchild Lemon Wasabi and some pumpernickel bagels (the only place in town that they are "real"). So of course I had to get some smoked salmon cream cheese spread. From there went to the hand orthopedic surgeon for another cortisone shot for my trigger thumb. I'm still trying to find the new "Lemon Grass Asian Meals" Supposedly they are in the frozen section and I have a ($2.50) coupon. Anyone else seen them yet? I don't usually buy frozen dinners but these really look good. Then I stopped & used a coupon and a Target gift cert to snag a bottle of Cera-Ve Lotion for $3.97 - usually $13.97. This is the only lotion my dermatologist will recommend. Truly great stuff. Not greasy when you put it on, and it stays on through at least 3 hand washings.

Got home to find 5 messages on my answering machine (yup - I'm a luddide) that a neighbor had died. So finally, guess what dinner was? The rest of an open bottle of Savignon Blanc from the fridge along with a pumpernickel bagel with salmon spread. Tomorrow I have a lymphadema treatment at MD Anderson at 10am, then I'll walk on the treadmill again out on that end of town. Whew!!!

I haven't figured Jessiecat our. I put down both canned cat food and dry food from a bag. He ate all the dry food, sniffed at the canned stuff and walked away. I put out more dry food and he ran back over to eat (only the dry food). He is totally ignoring the canned food.

The dogs, however, are circling very closely to the bowl of canned food.... :-)