So...whats for dinner?

I am going to try to join here...I am on page 33 of this monstrous thread...LOVE IT!

Last night I made lamb shanks oven roasted with canned cherry tomatoes, garlic, spices, etc. and a splash of balsamic vinegar. The tomatoes ended up like tomato jam. SO delish. Served with a butternut squash and slaw. (I used all that oven time...3 hours...to roast the huge squash). Leftovers tonight

I have chicken breasts (almost never buy them unless they are on sale; we prefer dark meat) and am dying to make the salsa chicken I saw posted somewhere on page 3 of this thread. Debating if it will be in the crockpot or the oven. I also want to make mac and cheese. I use America's Test Kitchen recipe that uses one pan for everything and love it. I used to make the Alton Brown version with an egg, but ATK's recipe is easier and one less pan.

This is the last week of fishing season out here and the weather has been very uncooperative, as have the fish.

Finally, I found a "better than take-out" recipe for pork/udon noodles on Bon Appetit's site and it is beyond easy. I used that sauce to pan cook diced tofu that I add to my salads.

Week before last, I found a soy-butter recipe on Milk Street and instead of stir fried veggies, I used it to pan cook some Rock Fish. Wonderful!

ChiSandy, I do not miss mosquitoes one bit! Nor the humidity, but I do miss the Midwest quite often otherwise.

I successfully talked myself out of having pizza tonight, twice (scans tomorrow, wanted tasty comfort)

Dinner is a seared tuna steak, broccoli and mixed veggies. The healthy meal will be followed by a mini pineapple upside down Bundt cake.

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Mae - best wishes for good scans tomorrow. You'll be in my thoughts. Maybe pizza tomorrow night?

Wallycat - welcome, welcome. Seems like we used to share more recipes, but no rush to read through everything. I'd love the recipe for the pork/udon noodles if you care to share - either the recipe or just the link. I was in your area the year before Covid - staying with friends in Sequim & meeting other friends in Port Angeles. WONDERFUL trip.

Beaver - thanks for the turkey tenderloin recipe. The addition of vanilla is surprising & interesting. I don't have a grill anymore so I'll cook in oven.

Mommy - I have both potatoes & carrots that are on deck this week but I'm planning on a swiss steak.

Eric - sounds like your MIL is making progress. Glad she shooed you two out for 'date night'.

Thanks WallyCat. Sounds kind of like the Ramen Noodle Slaw/Salad that my SIL used to make - except that's cold. I will definitely try this next time I have leftover pork loin.

Minus, the recipe calls for ground pork, but any protein will work...ground or chopped. I just happened to have leftover pork tenderloin to use up at the time.

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Dinner will be NY pizza for a local place run my a family that appears to be Italian and still sound like New Yorkers (Brothers Pizzeria).

Scans were ok overall, nothing in my body but I have two new spots in the brain. Fortunately, they are tiny, so we’ll hit them with radiation in November.

Mae - sorry about the new new brain spots but glad there's a plan to GET them.

I had a bag of gourmet fingerling potatoes that I'd ignored for a week. Tonight after I cut out all the eyes & growing brown spots, I decided the better part of valor was to boil instead of roast, Then I tossed with melted butter & rosemary There are enough left to toss with sour cream & dill tomorrow. - but I will likely add green onions & serve cold. The partner to my potatoes was a huge batch of skinny asparagus. I cut them in half & sauteed in olive oil, garlic & onion powder - then added a bit of water and steamed until done. As is my habit - I ate all the bottom, more woody halves and saved the top halves to add to a salad.

I'm working up to a real pizza instead of the Naan Pizzas I've been making the last year.

Edited to add - hope Special is having a great trip. Nance? Lacey? Hope things are OK with you. Carole - I expect you're on a count down packing for this weekend.

Beaver - LOVE breakfast for dinner!!!

Illimae, bummer about the new spots, but at least they're tiny enough to be zapped.Had major scanxiety leading up to my ab MRI/chest X-ray Tues. night--and the manifestation was carb-bingeing in the wee hours for several days. At least last night they were keto-friendly sweets & starches (albeit way too much). Reports came back as "no evidence of mets;" but my vertebrae are getting "spurr-y," and my aorta is slightly "calcified & tortuous." MO says it parallels my scoliosis (which was dx'ed at age 12) so likely congenital. He sees most patients on statins have calcifications--which is why they're on statins. Tiny hepatic cyst, but he says by my age most people have at least one. 1.1cm adenoma in one adrenal gland and tiny lung nodule---all stable since 6 mos. ago.

Last night I had tomato & basil, sauteed Swiss chard, and seared walleye with lemon aioli. Tonight we're going out (probably to Calo for zuppa di pesce, Italian bouillabeisse).

Sandy, great to hear all clear. med-anxiety is my middle name--my heart goes out to you. I'd sell my eye teeth for walleye. Cannot buy it out here for anything.

We had the salsa-chicken that is all the rave here and enjoyed it. Leftovers tomorrow.

I made these today for lunch/dinner/snacks. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/260622/red-lobster-cheddar-biscuit

I doubled the amount of cheese and instead of just making 6 HUGE biscuits, I end up making about 12 "bite sized" biscuits.

They don't seem to last long. :-)

Hi all, and welcome Wallycat! I have no idea when I last posted but it feels like ages ago.
Minus, this is late in coming, but when we found some turkey tenderloins this summer, DH would cut them into “tips” and I would marinate them in either a teriyaki sauce or a honey mustard approximation of the one “Dom’s Turkey Tips” (a local food vendor that has become popular here) uses. Then we grilled them since the tips cook up quickly.

We’ve been busy since returning home and I really notice my concussion effects since there is so much more for my brain to process here than when we are at the lake. Minus, the PT really helped with the vestibular issues…mainly the dizziness. But now I’m finding that the cognitive (memory, word retrieval) and executive function issues are still problematic. So I’ve started OT sessions with a provider who specializes in supporting concussion healing. Interesting, and very fatiguing work, I guess because my brain really needs it!
Chi, my writing might look okay, but don’t ask how long it takes me!

Meals have actually been made these past weeks, but I barely remember what I’ve put together. Pretty much our typical fare of chicken, or fish with salad and other sides. We did have kale/turkey meatballs with a quick sauce one night, and last night I made eggplant pizzas with a side of cuke salad. We have been on a search for Rao’s puttanesca sauce (since a favorite meal is sauteed veggies and baked cod in that sauce over pasta). But it seems to have disappeared from the Northeast. WTH?! So I ordered another kind from Amazon, and it was never delivered. Finally got a refund for that bust. Not sure why this variety of pasta sauce has disappeared.

Last weekend we had our sweet GD over and she enjoyed the unusual meatballs, as well as some chocolate hummus I offered her as a snack. It’s really good with pretzels! Tonight we had baked balsamic marinated salmon, garden salad with the addition of peaches, and sweet potatoes.

Mae, I too am glad your small spots have a zapper st the ready to contend with them. And Chi, glad your recent imaging results were basically stable.

On a sweet note….Has anyone discovered the Cado frozen dessert that I recently found in NH? Yay, It is also in Mass! It's an avocado "ice cream". I love the amaretto cherry flavor, as well as the Chocolate mud pie. Only problem is avoiding eating it!

Heading back to the lake next weekend for the annual beach lobsterfest….my DH’s favorite event! And if we’re lucky, the wood carver who we hired to carve a bear from the trunk of a tree we just had removed will show up and create it!
I hope Special is having a great trip.
And safe travels home to you, Carole.

I experimented with cooking brown rice in the slow cooker yesterday. Basically a failure but I still used the rice in our dinner dish with pork cutlets and diced tomatoes. Side was a romaine salad with additions.

Tonight's final MN meal will be hot dogs and Bush's beans and a salad with the "remains of the romaine."

I'm always envious at the mention of the lobster fest meal.

wallycat, I love roasted cauliflower, yum.

Tonight was an early birthday dinner for DH (I have treatment Monday on his birthday and I do nothing on treatment day, so it’s now).

Seared beef tenderloin and sautéed shrimp with Brussels sprouts, spinach and a veggie mix.

Hi all - I'm back, just got home tonight and completed the return of the dog and cat from DD back to us. Dinners on the trip were fairly ordinary at home while in Silverthorne, but standouts during the travel were a French dip in Denver the night we arrived and were able to see our son, shredded beef enchiladas Christmas style in Santa Fe, and a brisket taco in Austin that was incredible. I have no food in the house so must shop tomorrow. We had fun but I'm glad to be home too.