So...whats for dinner?
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Hello friends, last night was salmon and sweet potatos. Tonight ravioli in rose sauce. Not feeling very inspired lately but we're eating 😉
Mae, agreed, that roast looks fabulous!
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I stood and pondered whether to buy a lovely rib roast yesterday at Rouse's. I didn't buy it because it would be a lot of roast beef for two people.
I had no idea that other people ate gravy on bread! My father also liked bread and milk with some sugar added.
The leftover mustard greens were delicious last night. We finished them up and also the leftover cornbread. The side was butternut squash.
Now I really must get back to a WW style of eating and try to lose some weight. The prospect is not enticing. Tonight will be thin sliced chicken breast. I may use a recipe that calls for spreading mustard on the chicken and pressing grated romano or parmesan on both sides. Then cooking in skillet on medium heat until the cheese forms a browned crust.
I also want to introduce more roasted veggies into our menus. AND, very important, cut down on portions for myself and encourage dh to do the same.
Illimae, you could be a "food stylist." Your photos of your meals are always very appealing.
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Meal portions - it really did work for me to start using smaller plates. I've started using 9" plates instead of 10-1/2". Even eating by myself, I found it embarrassing to have a plate overflowing with food and no room to cut your meat so I served less. The other thing that helped is to serve my plate from the stove. My Mother would be appalled, but if there are no serving dishes on the table, it's harder to reach for seconds.
In my memory, plates were smaller, but that could be just in my head. My Mother was so excited to find large plates she called "chop plates" in the early 1960s to use when Dad served 1/2 a chicken for everyone from the BBQ. Replacements.Com says chop plates are 13"; dinner plates are 9-1/2 to 11; luncheon plates are 8-9"; salad or dessert plates are 6-8". I just measured one of the old Limoges plates I have from a grandmother. I was fortunate to get six of them. They are 9"
I know for a fact that towels were smaller. I still like those old smaller towels to wrap my head after I washing my hair & used to look for them at elderly neighbor's garage sales. (oops - now that's me) And there was no such thing as 'bath sheets'.
Nance - good news. I can't believe you are already cooking full meals.
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auntie - yay for a smooth move! So glad you had a professional crew to help out - makes all the difference. One military move from Alabama back to Virginia I had the very nice guys (or so I thought) wrap my white sofa, which they politely did. We bought them lunch, and we all shared the popsicles left in the freezer just before we left - it was hot, July in Montgomery. Then they stole that nicely wrapped sofa, my Oneida flatware, the computer, and my Farberware pots and pans - a wedding gift. That stuff never made it off the transfer truck onto the moving van.
minus - my neck can't handle a bath towel wrapped around my head after I shampoo so I started using Turbi Twist towels, have you seen those? I like them because they stay on and are super lightweight. I also like a smaller plate for daily use, I have some larger salad plates from Crate and Barrel that have a slight upturn at the edge, and I like those but also often use a pasta bowl as a plate. I have a couple sets of four of various sizes and depths that are about 8" across. I use the Crate and Barrel 11" coupe bowl for main dish salads because they are shallow and wide - you get to see all the pretty salad stuff spread across the dish. Those are also big enough to use as serving dishes for sides, particularly if the side is something that looks good kind of piled up.
https://www.amazon.com/Turbie-Twist-Super-Absorbent-Colors-Vary/dp/B00TUPFFTM
Last night was a chuck roast in the slow cooker with french onion soup and mushrooms, sides of egg noodles and broccoli. I removed the liquid and cooked it with a cornstarch slurry, then added some sour cream. Haven't decided on tonight's dinner but I think it will involve chicken. Tomorrow DH has some minor eye surgery on one eye, next week the other eye, and will be home through the holidays - need to stock up on stuff as it has been several weeks since the last grocery shop.
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Carole, thanks! I love pictures and had 3 years of photo in high school and I very much eat with my eyes too. A beautiful and delicious meal is so appealing, especially after not eating for so long. I find plating almost as exciting as the forking, lol
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illimae - agree! I am a very visual eater too and have said to others that the plate aesthetic is my form of artistic expression. Don't ask me to paint or do ceramics - I am not good! As a caterer I was all about the lemon twists and strawberry fans and tomato roses as well as the food itself, lol!
Edited to add - I always forget to take photos though! Too excited about eating, ha!
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Found a new 'used' bookstore today. The last one close to me closed for good in April. This one isn't as conducive to wandering around the shelves and grabbing exciting finds, but they do have everything on computer so you can ask for a particular book. AND - they have shelves of 'bargain' books out front.
This was right by "Chicken Salad Chick". Bought large broccoli salads for a neighbor who's wife used to make them and another friend recently out of the hospital - and for myself. I also bought myself a chicken salad sandwich with cranberries & almonds on a croissant. Side was pasta salad which was not memorable.
Eric, you'll be interested to know even after shipping you all those cook books, I still can't stop looking. Bought a book for $1.00 from 1963. A Cook's Tour of San Francisco - The Best Restaurants and their recipes. Since I left the Bay Area in 1962, I know a lot of the places. Looking forward to reading this one. BTW - if anyone has fond memories, the Cliff House closed forever this week. Huge 'fight' with the National Park Service.
Special - thanks for the link. I'll check out those twistee towels.
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Special what a terrible ending to your moving story! In this case the virtue of sharing had to be its own reward. 🙄
I love the turbie twist towel! Mine is so old it has a little button to close it . I'm not sure newer ones have it.
Tonight was semi-homemade personal pizzas and salad. I used Mamma somebody's pizza sauce and mini crusts. 🍕🍕🍕
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minus - I saw an article about The Cliff House closure. Also, the turbie towel things are also at Bed Bath & Beyond in case you have a coupon.
reader - 28 years of military moves means something will be stolen at some point. They didn’t move liquor initially, so most of us had parties right before a move to consume it. They began moving it though and the first time they marked a box “alcohol” it disappeared between the pick up and the delivery. Unfortunately, it also contained cut crystal highball glasses - another wedding gift. My turbie towel has a little loop of elastic and I pull the little end of the towel through it
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When we moved in July we thought the movers stole two boxes of liquor. DH thoughtlessly labeled the box “LIQUOR “ in big black letters. . However, today in a visit to the storage unit, we found both boxes. Yay! They did, however, steal a cordless drill and hand cart. But e also found the Christmas decorations in the storage unit. Double yay!
More box unpacking today. Dinner was an uninteresting but easy oven fried cod and potato slices air fried in the oven. The only other side was applesauce.
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auntie - a little nay (drill and handcart) with your yay (liquor and decorations), but we have to celebrate the wins, right? What did you end up doing for appliances, I remember you were making decisions a while back, correct?
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Special - we ended up getting all GE appliances except for the fridge which is a Whirlpool almost identical to our previous one that we liked a lot. I’m very pleased with the stove particularly. The microwave and dishwasher are nothing too fancy but are adequate for our needs and do what they’re supposed to.
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I can't imagine stealing another person's "things." I hate to think of thieves living in my world.
Minus, I enjoy reading cookbooks but now resist buying them. I think about re-reading my collection which I seldom use. When I need a recipe, I usually just turn to Google. Somehow I have never become a Pinterest fan.
Yesterday at the dermatologist's during a two-hour wait between application of a product to my face and the blue light treatment, I investigated oven roasting veggies on my phone. For dinner I assembled broccoli, carrot, onion chunks held together with toothpicks, parnsnip, and cherry tomatoes and roasted them on a sheet pan. The meat was pounded chicken breast slices as described in my last post. But I spread only one side with mustard and pressed the coarse grated romano into the surface.
The parsnip and tomatoes were particularly flavorful. I should have held the tomatoes back about 15 minutes. The chicken was delicious. DH, the condiment king, had some chutney with his chicken.
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Seafood feast, DH for the win
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Bithday dinner last evening was take out chicken Olivia for me and chicken enchilada with mole sauce for DH. Tonight was the second half of each meal.
Illimae, another gorgeous plate of food!
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Seafood envy there illimae!
It looks like we’ll be spending at least Christmas Eve alone. The kids will probably come for a brief visit Christmas Day, possibly something like brunch. It’s disappointing but I’m ok with it. It’s going to be hard to get the house together by then anyway so a simpler meal will be easier on me. They are worried about exposing us and I worry about that too. I think DH is pretty disappointed about it all. Here’s hoping for a better 2021. DH took some kind of on line survey that showed us in phase two for the vaccine with 55 million people in front of us. And we’re geezers with underlying conditions. Not encouraging.
Tonight I fixed beef stew in the pressure cooker. Really good and leftovers for lunch. I picked up some dinner rolls at the bakery of a local grocery but found when I got home that they were moldy. This is a higher end store so it was aggravating. When I picked them up a guy was standing in front of the shelf talking on his phone so I couldn’t get a good look at them without getting close to him. I just reached around and grabbed them without looking. Clearly a mistake.
I hope tomorrow to find time to unpack my clothes. At least I packed my underwear separately in a recognizable box.
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Is there any free spot for me at the dinner table? Mae, that dish is delish! What seafood is the one in the middle? Beef stew sounds wonderful. I feel I can even smell it
. We are locked inside the house because of a major snowstorm. DH made a couple of steaks my kids and him devoured and I ended up eating the salad. I'm glad I put boiled eggs, chickpeas, tomatoes, and avocado in my salad.
Meantime, I'm watching British Baking Show.
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Tonight I reprised a ham potato cassarole i had made, from the freezer. I had a few small tomatoes i needed to use so I baked them (cut in half, butter, panko, parm and parsley). Also had to use up some fresh cranberries and my husband has loved me making some just for dinner in a mini-crockpot. I keep reducing the sugar each time. Not a bad mish-mash.
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Oh, Illi--first prime rib and then that seafood fest! You're making me drool all over the keyboard!
Last night we ordered out from our favorite Italian restaurant, Calo, in the Andersonville 'hood a mile south, where we used to live. We've been going there since we moved to A'ville in 1979. It's the neighborhood gathering place--block club meetings, pizza parties galore, bringing Gordy there first in his baby carrier, then stroller, then walking up the block and learning car brands from their hubcap logos... It's takeout only now, since they never did put up a patio. Bob had rigatoni Barese & pizza bread, and I had the grilled seafood assortment (calamari, octopus, shrimp, scallops) over spinach. We shared a salad. Tonight, more of the same. Tomorrow, who knows? So far so good avoiding the late-night carb-crave cheats.
I've been using Turbie Twist towels too--I actually sew buttons on them, poke a hole in the other end and loop a ponytail elastic through the hole. Lately, though, I've discovered a bit larger waffle-terry microfiber hair towel that's not only more absorbent but has an elastic loop on the back to draw the twisted end of the towel through. I stopped using bath sheets in favor of those foam "swim chamois" quick-dry towels--super absorbent. Then I rinse & wring them out and store them damp in their containers. (I ruined my first one by letting it dry out. Ooops).
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Lilly, those were crab cakes. I thought about blackened snapper too but knew we already had more than I could eat, so I’ll do that another day.
Tonight we’re going to finish the rib roast.
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The multi cooker came out of the cabinet yesterday. I made beef stroganoff with a slab of London broil. I cut calories and carbs by using a small amount of Zanthum gum as a thickener before adding some light sour cream. Instead of egg noodles I made cauliflower mash and we spooned the creamy sauce over the cauliflower. The side was a romaine salad of many ingredients with vinaigrette.
The beef strips were overcooked by the time the stroganoff was done. Using a tender beef with a minimum of cooking would probably be better.
Tonight will be pork tenderloin, probably with pan roasted root vegetables.
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The leftover rib roast was wonderful again. I added a small corn cob, garlic bread and an individual scallop potato that I found at Phoenicia (a specialty market of mostly foreign foods), which was a real treat, creamier than I imagined. Very satisfying.
The plus side to all my trouble eating earlier this year is that my portions are small enough that I can basically eat whatever I like without concern for calories, my main interest now is all about taste and so many things taste great!
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Oh and dessert is 1/2 a piece of Chocolate Delight from Mandola’s. One of the best things I’ve ever tasted. The 1st layer is mostly finely ground pecans mixed with butter, 2nd is a cream cheese/sugar/whipped cream blend, 3rd is a mix of chocolate and vanilla pudding, 4th is whipped cream topped with chocolate shavings.
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I haven't been to Phoenicia since Covid but Ilove the idea of an individual scalloped potato.
Drove to the Woodlands today (45-60 minutes) for lunch with my BFF on a patio. I haven't seen her since March. She is in an "independent living" apartment and non-residents are not allowed in the common areas. I wasn't comfortable in her apartment since she is out & about to restaurants with other friends all the time. Clouds came rolling in & dropped the temperature, so we moved into to her garage. Lunch was chicken salad from HEB on "Bare" bread. Interesting - no crusts like she said her mother used to make for her. My Mother said crusts make your hair curly. Sangys had cranberries & almonds & served with black & green olives, and baked PT chips. Dessert was selections from a box of Sees candy I received from my SIL.
I had to use or toss 3 avocados since today was trash day. I ended up chopping them small then mashing and adding lemon, green chili and tomatoes for a quick guacamole. Some of that was dinner with Triscuits.
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Oh my goodness Mae - that chocolate delight sounds & looks delicious. No calories, right?
Lily - you're always welcome at the table. Glad to have you & read what you're cooking.
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Illi, if you keep making me drool on my keyboard my computer will short out!
Brunch was keto (Birch Benders mix) lemon-ricotta pancakes. (Added the ricotta, lemon and an egg--folded in the beaten white). Filipino leftovers tonight: chicken adobo skewers, one lumpia (mini-spring roll), romaine-and-tomato salad with blood orange olive oil, lemon white "balsamic" vinegar, and Sicilian orange sea salt. Dessert was cottage cheese with monkfruit sweetener, vanilla and cinnamon.
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Dinner was cooked on a sheet pan in the oven. Sweet potato and parsnip chunks on one end and the pork tenderloin on the other end. I put the veggies in first and ended up taking them out and transferring the tenderloin to another cooking dish to finish up to 145 degrees. No other sides except cooked fresh cranberries.
What to do with the leftover pork? Maybe a mixture of soba noodles with the pork, broccoli, cauliflower and a homemade "Asian" sauce.
I am liking parsnips which are not a veggie I usually buy.
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Carole - or thin slices of the loin warmed in a brandy cream sauce over noodles. Or fried rice. Or sliced on sandwiches. I LOVE pork for the ease if cooking and the myriad of things you can do with the leftovers. I've never tried parsnips. Guess it's time to rectify that oversight.
Special, Lacey, Nance - how are you & your families? Any cooking going on?
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Avocado toast this a.m., made with guac from scratch (the 1/4 of the avocado that was still green, a squirt of mayo, 1/4 chopped Fresno pepper, salt, pepper, lime juice, garlic powder & cilantro), topped with more cilantro, chopped shallot & tomato and an olive-oil-fried egg.
Unless we order out from Everest tonight (it's their last meal ever: lobster appetizer, ballotine of pheasant, Alsatian chocolate cake--none of which will likely float Bob's boat, as he's a red-meat guy), I'll likely grill a steak, make a caprese, a green veg. and some sort of starch for him. He got his vax today, and picked out something spectacular at the jeweler (they'll be custom-making it), so I owe him even more. He says he has no idea what he wants for Xmas beyond the e-books he requested and I already gave him.
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Minus, we are all so far so good and hoping to stay that way. After much deliberation, the kids decided to come Christmas Eve and spend the night. We all have mixed feelings about this but we will do our best to socially distance. We won’t be getting together with anyone else and neither will they. We haven’t seen them other than FaceTime since July. Here’s hoping for the best. At least I’ll get the giant rib roast out of my freezer. Sides will be scalloped potatoes, something green (probably green beans) and dinner rolls. DDIL will make dessert. The main feast will be a late lunch so I’ll fix a cheese board for snacking into the evening. Although maybe that’s not the best idea. I’ll have to rethink that. I saw some pictures of individual cheese boards that I thought were clever. Maybe something like that would work. At any rate, it’s going to be a different celebration for sure.
We cleaned the apartment today and moved most everything left there except some clothes which we’ll get tomorrow. I thought it would take a couple of hours but it ended up taking most of the day. I’m exhausted and sick of boxes and second floor apartments Poor DH has done the bulk of the carrying. Because of my wonky knee I can only hold stuff on one side so I can hold onto the stair handrail which greatly limits how much I can carry
I’m spite of this I am fixing dinner although an easy one - frozen manicotti and cannelloni from the Italian market with Raos. I might make a white sauce too to top it off I can drag my tired self to kitchen. A very simple salad with a vinaigrette and a couple of dinner rolls will be sides.
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