So...whats for dinner?

LWe (DD, too) ate dinner on Mackinac Island at a dog friendly place.

We're now at a campground in Mackinaw City, MI.

Tomorrow, DD heads back to Traverse City and we continue into Michigan "UP", cross into Wisconsin, them go across Minnesota into South Dakota and then to Kansas City, KS to visit a school friend of Sharon.

DD is staying with us for "dog time" with the 14 year old yellow lab, Gypsy. She picked Gypsy out at the shelter when she was in 4th grade......

Eric,

I hope you are having a wonderful family time. It is exciting but also wistful helping our children launch into their adult lives. I really loved Mackinac Island and one of our best experiences was riding bikes until we couldn't anymore. Enjoy tonight & your travels home.

I sent my DH to the butcher today. Do any of you remember the cut 'London Broil'? I had a taste for that & it's not a cut that is popular now. The butcher cut him a slab which we marinated & grilled on the BBQ. It was delicious with corn on the cob and a mix of fresh veggies - red pepper, shredded carrots & broccoli. Our temp today was 86 degrees & will go up to 108 degrees by Wednesday. I think cold sliced London Broil will come in handy in a few days.

Bedo - great to see you. What are you doing this summer?

jhl - yes I remember London Broil, although I haven't thought about it in a good while.

Special - hope your recovery is going OK. Please check in when you can. I'm not picturing DD & DH bringing you meals in bed (LOL), but seriously I hope you're not overdoing it taking care of everyone else.

Mae - thought about your liquid lunch when I drove past Berryhill in the Heights Monday.

I remember London Broil but cannot pull from my memory what special recipe I used to purchase one for!

Eric, continue safe travels please. Well remember when each of our sons left home to begin the rest of their lives, mixed emotions of pride and sorrow.

Dinner will likely be burgers done on the stovetop grill, much too hot and muggy to grill outside!

Sometimes it seems like I'm pedaling in place, but at least yesterday and today I feel like I'm making progress!

Yesterday I juiced a bunch of fruits and veggies for the first time in a long time, so I've got two servings of green juice in the fridge. I also finally made an almond-based liver-beneficial smoothie recommended by my dietician, drank one serving and have the second in the fridge. And I have five servings of a yogurt-based peach/mango/turmeric smoothie I made this morning stashed in there as well.

I also made a pot of rice for tonight. Because I very optimistically bought veggies for stir-fry yesterday -- because it's one of the few ways one can get my husband to eat vegetables -- and I'll be darned if I'm gonna let them die a slow death in the fridge (which has happened a few times since my diagnosis). Fingers crossed!

Hi all - I have not been posting due to medicating my allergic reaction - unfortunately the tape used in dressings for surgery have caused a pretty intense reaction. The meds make me sleepy so I have been reading but not posting. I am hoping I am turning a corner now, am feeling a bit better.

Had an avocado that had to be used. Course chopped with a tomato and added a bit of salsa. Delicious on leftover Club crackers.

SpecialK, sorry to learn about the problems with allergy side effects in addition to the surgery itself. I hope your body can recover and heal.

The crappie fillets were delicious. They were small. I breaded them lightly with Louisiana fish fry after seasoning with s & p and cayenne. I used an iron skillet on the burner on the outdoor gas grill and grapeseed oil. Our side was homemade potato salad.

Tonight we'll have the eggplant lasagna again.

Special, allergies can be horrendous to endure. People who don't have them make fun of those of us who do--if only they really knew. Yours are worse than mine.

Monday night I had potluck--leftovers plus gazpacho & veggies from the farmers' market and a scoop of tuna salad. Tues. night we walked to Indie Cafe, our neighborhood Thai/sushi joint. I had goma-ae (spinach with peanut-sesame dressing), miso soup and the chef's choice sashimi platter. Our drinks were delayed, so they brought us some free steamed edamame. It would have been more pleasant had there not been a bloviating conspiracy theorist at the next table who wouldn't shut up.

During the day Tues. I picked up the order I placed Sun. from Hooked on Fish (our local seafood CSA): sablefish and walleye pike. Didn't want to stink up the kitchen cooking the fish, nor heat up the kitchen. So Wed. night I fired up the grill and used it as an outdoor gas range. I pan-seared the sablefish--which was amazingly moist, almost silky--nuked the remaining leftover asparagus & 'shrooms, and steamed some broccoli rabe on the grill in foil with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes & sea salt. Thurs. night, I did the same with the walleye, and sauteed sugar snap peas with ginger, garlic & sesame seeds.

Fri. morning we awoke to find our neighbor's linden tree had been struck by lightning overnight--it fell mostly in the gangway but also on the front corners of our houses. Until the city crews arrived, our front porch & stairs were totally blocked. (See the Drinking thread for pics). Amazingly little damage. So we were able to walk to the train station to take the L to the Cubs game after all. (First time on transit for either of us since early March 2020). We ate beforehand at Swift & Son's Tavern (formerly Dutch & Doc's, it's the north side branch of the steakhouse where we ate Sun. night). It was oyster happy hour (E. Coast oysters were half price), so we had 6 of them and 3 Hama Hamas from WA's Hood Canal. We also shared a steak salad, which hit the spot. No ballpark food.

Our seats were great--field level behind home plate. The game? I am indebted to the late great Anthony Bourdain for the term "goat rodeo." We gave up after the 7th inning when they were losing 10-2. It was so bad that for the 7th inning stretch, they ran video of the late "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks conducting the crowd singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Really? They couldn't find a living celebrity to do it???!!! Anyway, we threaded our way (Bob painstakingly but gamely hobbling with his bum knee and using a shillelagh for a cane) out the plaza along the barricades to the corner crosswalk and then back the other way to the first restaurant (other than Mickey D's) that was open: Mordecai, in the Hotel Zachary. We shared cheese & charcuterie, with the usual accompaniments.

Today's game was even worse (11-1), so I'm glad I resisted the temptation to buy bleacher seats and go by myself today. For dinner, I fired up the grill again and had a Polish sausage and a pasture-raised beef hot dog, on the last two unspoiled keto buns from a package that wasn't holding up well in the heat & humidity. Heated some sauerkraut and dressed the sausages with it, Creole mustard (couldn't find the kosher-deli-style buried in the fridge) and dill relish I picked up from The Pickle Guy's stand at the farmers' market. Also bought a jar of his olive salad to make a quasi-muffulatta on low-carb whole grain bread tomorrow for brunch. (I'd go to Cellars but they're closed this weekend because most of their staff is out of town--every place is desperate for servers & cooks but nobody wants to work for tips & subminimum wage any more...till unemployment runs out).

Eric - Happy Father's Day. Hope the trip is continuing to go well.

Thank you. We're spending a couple of days in Sturgis, SD (motorcycle mecca). With two cars, we can't split the driving and Sharon, after a week, wants a day to recover-relax-cook-bake-do laundry-shop. I'm doing laundry and Sharon is buying groceries.

DD went to a Detroit Tigers game. The Cubs and Tigers had similar performances.

It's raining intermittently here and the rain is equally welcome.

I looked on the map and when we crossed Minnesota on route MN-210, we were probably 50 miles from Dorset.

Special...hope the "poison ivy tape" quickly goes away. I lucked out with allergies... shots fixed my pollen problems.

Father's Day dinner was salmon with a spicy brown sugar glaze, green peas, and potato wedges crisped in a skillet. Wine was a August Ridge (now closed California winery) Barbera. Cooked with the stove top, microwave, and air fryer to avoid using the oven!

Potluck tonight: defrosted a portion of pulled pork, mixed with sugar-free BBQ sauce, on a keto bun with dill pickle chips; leftover cheese & charcuterie from Fri. night's postgame supper, slow-roasted garlic bulb (like an idiot, at the farmers' market I'd thought it was a knob onion), olives and kale-Brussels sprout slaw. Dessert was a strawberry and a chunk of very dark (88%) chocolate with a pour-over decaf. Waiting for the storms to hit, sometime around 11pm and ending (hopefully) by 2am. Praying for no tornado, flood nor winds strong enough to knock out power. It's been cool enough all day here by the lake that I didn't have to turn on the AC. Got all my devices (and this laptop) plugged in & fully charged so I can stay in touch and in the know. (And have an LED flashlight on a lanyard--hoping the kitties are willing to follow me to the basement if need be).

carole - yay for frozen pasta! Happy to be of service, and yes, it is great to have a quick dinner available just because you cooked extra pasta on a previous night.

DH has returned to work so we should be reestablishing our regular pattern other than I can't drive yet. I have nowhere to go, so it works out... I think I will be needing to think about meals earlier in advance to be sure I am selecting easy things that don't need heavy pots and pans. Maybe I should do a couple of crockpot things this week if I can remember to have DH get the crockpot out. Mine is an All-Clad and it is big!

DH made beef burgundy but I ate it before remembering to take a picture, fortunately this was a really good batch, so here’s round 2.