So...whats for dinner?

Dinner was Firecracker meatballs with less fire because I don’t care for siracha it chili flakes on cauliflower rice since DH is going low card. DH had more fire and green beans, it was a hit.

My DH made this salad with red beets, purple carrots, pomegranate, cheese, parsley, and olive oil. It was delicious. He is a wonderful cook but he cooks once in a while. I was in a panic when I went to the bathroom to pee and then I realized, SE of red beets

Carole - I have several neighbors with Meyer Lemon trees. One just brought me 10 lemons last night - as big as huge naval oranges.

Lilly - welcome. You salad sounds good and LOL about the red pee.

I took some homemade red sauce with ground beef out of the freezer yesterday & decided I'm going to try to make my first flatbread pizza tonight. It's unlikely it will look as pretty as Mae's, but here's hoping for good taste. Thinking about black olives, fresh mushrooms, avocados. Hmmmm - maybe some spinach? Perhaps I'd best start smaller and see how it goes. I'm using flatbread from the store instead of making my own, so looks like approx 10 minutes at 425??? Anyone have better times or temperatures or other tips?

Oh.....welcome, Lily!

Minus, I would love to hear about and SEE how your fb pizza turns out!

Meyer lemons get me to thinking about Susan and her wonderful uses for them. I haven't been to the store lately so have missed catching sight of the few we get shipped up here. Maybe I'll add it to DH's list since he braves the grocery aisles...tho I hate to make his shopping task any longer or more challenging.

chisandy - thank you for the Hanukkah info - very interesting. I had a number of Jewish friends/neighbors growing up and was present at their homes for some days of Hanukkah and for occasional Friday dinners. I really enjoyed participating in something different from my usual Episcopalian doings, although my mom frequently made latkes, just because they are fantastic! My kids, and my husband and I growing up, all had exposure in elementary school to dreidel and latkes as well. My kids went to school in Fairfax County, VA which has a diverse population and I am glad that their public schools were so inclusive and knew there is much for all to learn.

eric - Happy Birthday! 60 seems young to me too, although I was 60 four years ago, lol! Next stop Medicare!

lilly - beautiful beet salad!

minus - I have found that with pre-baked flatbread I do better when my sauce is pretty sparing. It isn't like a pizza where the dough bakes while the toppings heat so too much sauce may make the flatbread soggy. I have used jarred pesto more than marinara and I like how it turns out.

My brother and I used to get a kick out of our dad saying he was turning 39 every birthday - it wasn't until later that I realized that he stole that from Jack Benny!

Just got done making a monster batch of caramel corn with smoked almonds to bag up and place in cute Flip and Tumble wine bags for DH's office gifts - have to make eleven of them!

Mmmm.... biscuits and gravy. Yum chisandy!

Tonight’s dinner is Chicken sausage stuffed peppers with Israeli couscous, roasted carrots and sautéed yellow squash/red onion. DH’s plate is prettier as I choose not to top mine with the tomato/parsley/chive mix.

Today was final prep for the movers tomorrow. Still have to unplug and pack up computers but otherwise I think we’re ready.

Of course we’re exhausted so Door Dash delivered chicken wings and garlic bread for me and toasted ravioli for dh. We split a house salad which was nothing but lettuce, provel cheese and croutons from a bag (won’t be ordering that again). New York cheesecake for dessert. We haven’t eaten the cheesecake yet but everything but the salad was delicious.

I don’t like a lot of sauce, or cheese for that matter, on my pizza. I’m all about the crust. DH is just the opposite. He likes LOTS of stuff on his especially sauce. Flatbread pizza works better for me than him. Although truthfully, if I put anything on his plate and called it Pizza he would like it.

Nice food pic illimae!

Lacey, I have the exact same feelings about Christmas. I’d dearly love to see the kids but we’re so close to getting through this stuff, I would hate to jeopardize any us now. I feel like we’re taking a risk as it is with the move. It’s a dilemma that we need to make a decision about soon. Good luck with your marvelous pizzelles Lacey!

Nance, thinking of you this next week 'cause we well know that moving is not a one day thing! Take care of yourself. My criteria with a move has always been that so long as I have a bed to sleep in, a place to sit and eat and a working bathroom the rest will get worked out. Glad you are going to be able to get settled in your new digs.

Bob was still carbed-out from brunch, so the tzimmes stayed in the fridge. Used the remaining dark meat from the roast chicken for a stir-fry with red bell peppers, Spanish & green onions, celery, mushrooms (button & shiitake), Coconut Aminos (fake soy sauce), Red Boat fish sauce, garlic, ginger, five-spice powder and a drizzle of toasted sesame oil on top. No cornstarch (and I couldn't find the mirin buried in the cabinet anyway). Side dish was blistered shishito peppers--amazingly, not a single one turned out to be a scorcher. Usually anywhere from 1 in 10 to 1 in 4 shishitos turn out to be incindiary, but you can't tell from the outside.

I already had dinner but Mae's dish makes me hungry again . Delicious!

I too am all about illimae's dinner - love me any kind of crispy chicken.

minus - I get the cranberry english muffins here too, also corn,cinnamon raisin, and occasionally banana bread ones. DH and I traveled to the FL panhandle for a military reunion with our best man and his wife a few years ago and we stayed in a condo on the beach. We ladies grocery shopped while the guys entertained themselves somehow, and we found french toast english muffins and pancakes with syrup english muffins! They were so good, and even though we were shopping in the same grocery store as my local one here I have never seen those flavors down here. Several years ago I was in a restaurant supply store and found some sourdough bread with cranberries - it was super, but haven't seen it since either and I check regularly!

edited to add - eric, DH and I both have birthdays in Oct and mine comes first. For about two weeks I am "four" years older than DH instead of the usual three, and he points it out multiple times over the course of the two weeks. After 37 years you would think he would stop, but no... he thinks he is hilarious. The really crazy part is that when we met he lied about his age because he was afraid I wouldn't go out with him if I knew he was so much younger. About a year later he confessed to being less than truthful, but had forgotten how old he had said he was (I didn't catch on because we were in separate states by that point) so he only corrected himself by a year. I flew overseas to marry him a year later and arrived the day before his birthday so we could spend it together. Someone asked how old he was but he didn't hear them because we were in a crowded beach bar, so I answered. He heard me and said, no, he was one year younger than my answer. Every birthday I got older and he got younger. I carded him on the spot, so didn't learn his actual age until about a month before we got married!

My grandpa loved bread and gravy - my grandma's homemade white bread of course. Thanks for jogging the nice memory Carole. Also he often ate a bowl of bread and milk for supper. We thought he was so funny to prefer that to cheerios.

One of my fave things is either hot roast beef or turkey with abundant gravy over bread with a generous spoonful of mashed potatoes - I think also known as Roast Beef (or turkey?) Manhattan or diner style? Definitely comfort food.

Oh Mae - is it too late to head to your house? YUM. I may have to do that for Christmas.

We’re in! The move itself went quite smoothly with an awesome team of movers - professional, helpful and efficient. Came in at half the quoted estimateand best of all - they didn’t break anything. We had a beautiful day, sunny and in the 40s. Everybody wore masks and of course the doors were open the entire time, so I felt a bit reassured about the whole thing. We managed to get the bed made and find the toaster and coffeemaker so we could have breakfast this morning.

I actually managed to go to the store today. I was able to find and unpack enough stuff to make a real dinner tonight - garlic stuffed pork roast, roasted golden beets and leftover scalloped potatoes. About half of the kitchen stuff is unpacked. I already can tell that I’m soon going to be rearranging the contents of the cabinets I just filled.

I still don’t know what our Christmas plans are but I bought a beautiful standing 5 rib roast. If we don’t get together with the kids we’re going to be eating rib eyes for a long time. I only hope the kitchen will be organized enough to cook it.

DH thinks gravy is magical. He readily pours it over nothing but bread. It pains him dearly when I throw gravy away lol.