So...whats for dinner?

Minus, you are 100% correct...fishing is pleasurable in and of itself. The fish are pure bonus. And that I can still have DH by my side, priceless. But...it was PACKED. We lucked out with a parking spot. Seems the tourist crowd/camper folk are still in full force. We try and fish during the week but with tides and temps at our mercy, we take what we can get.

Sandy, I hope you're feeling better. What is up with your HK? Hope nothing serious. I know you mentioned her DH has health concerns.

Your mention of the keto-fake stuff got me wondering if similar to imitation sugars, the body reacts to imitation carbs in the same fashion. It would be a wonderful study to see if anything unexpected is going on.

I have leftover bacon and depending on what we do (might be an evening fishing opportunity at Marrowstone Island), I may make carbonara or have the leftover pizza....

Sandy, what foods will your kitty eat. Mine is so finicky. The worst is that the one food he will eat consistently isn't always in stock. Anything your cats like routinely, please let me know!!

Now back to human stuff. Test #2 was negative--so thus far what I'm feeling is hay fever (sky-high molds & weed pollens) plus my admitted allergies to my cats' dander (especially my fluffy ginger-patch boy Happy). My symptoms were really bad at the farmers' market today, but disappeared when I masked up and went into Petsmart (reappeared when I went to load my car & removed my mask). Was able to offload a couple more tomatoes to Leslie (DDIL).

Brunch (2pm) was a couple of Birch Benders keto waffles with Lakanto maple-oid syrup. Had an unsweetened oat milk breve cappuccino out on the deck before giving the cats their lunch and heading out. Bob is working very late so my dinner was fridge-foraging. Reheated my leftover salmon (not much in the way of veggies, as I ate most of them at the restaurant). Also had sn "eggplant parmigiana pizza," with sliced eggplant and half a tomato on a low-carb tortilla as a crust and thin-sliced provolone instead of parm & mozzarella. Seasoned with Penzey's Tuscan Sunset blend. Surprisingly good & filling. Dessert was 1/2 c. of Rebel triple-chocolate keto ice cream, finished at 9:30pm. So no more food till at least 11:30 tomorrow.

Minus, you had me with the fruit-marshmallow salad but lost me with the bananas. Dunno why I've always hated bananas (except fried & caramelized à la churrascarias, or Foster). Not a symbolic thing (nor even because the ether they gave me to put me under for my childhood tonsillectomy smelled like bananas)--my mom told me that as a baby I'd reject strained banana baby food and even reconstituted powdered dried banana. As a kid, I refused to eat banana Turkish taffy. I don't even like banana bread or banana cream pie--and I can smell & taste bananas in a smoothie, which makes me queasy.

Bob tested again tonight when he came home at 10pm--he, too, is still negative. We're on the fence about testing a third time.

Good luck with the neuro & ophtho. I hope Houston isn't getting the Biblical deluge plaguing Dallas. (My DDIL Leslie's folks live in Katy--half a mile uphill & dry from the Harvey flooding).

goldie, here’s a link to the zucchini casserole recipe, and I will post a couple screenshots for it as well. A few tweaks I made include slightly decreasing the bread crumbs to 1/4 cup, and increasing the cheddar (I used sharp cheddar) to 1/2 cup but of course that’s personal preference. It bakes in an 8 x 8 dish. When a recipe calls for something like “2 quart pan” I have to google the measurements because my mind is wired for length and width, not volume. Same with “pounds”. I used about three or four average zucchini. The blogger arranges her slices beautifully in the pan, but mine were tossed willy nilly and it turned out just fine. I like the squash and zucchini combo but this could easily be made with just zucchini or just squash.

https://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-squash-casserole/

I'm at at training conference. Dinner last night was Korean BBQ. I'm not sure about tonight.

So, I typed out a post about cat food dinner (for the cat, lol!) and people dinner, and thought it posted - but it disappeared into cyberspace...

In the cat food discussion, I too have a picky cat who actually eats very little in terms of volume but is a pretty poofy cat. He likes Fancy Feast only - and only two flavors - and one of them not as much as the other. Cod/Sole/Shrimp and the ones with the gravy center, pate style - it comes from Chewy in a variety assortment. He eats the non-grain kibble from Blue Buffalo, chicken flavor. He loves cat treats, but I started to sub a Meow Mix kibble in his cookie jar and so far, I am fooling him. He adores people chicken - becomes obsessed if I am cutting up cooked chicken for any recipe. The dog gets supplemental chicken/brown rice/veggies on top of his prescription food, so the cat is always trying to get in and run off with a morsel.

Dinner Mon. night was grilled ribeyes (DH grilled because he was off for his onco endocrinology annual appt), oven roasted petite red potatoes tossed in olive oil with garlic powder/seasoned salt/pepper, which is my house spice blend - a third of each thing in a shaker jar. Also in the mix was broccoli roasted along with the potatoes, tossed in lemon olive oil and lemon pepper /salt. Last night was chicken enchiladas with grated firm goat cheese and onion in almond flour tortillas, topped with red sauce, more cheese and chopped green onion. Accompanied by brown rice with a spoonful of salsa stirred in, and a corn, black bean and red onion salad in lime based vinaigrette. Tonight is TBD.

cyathea - what is the brand of almond flour ravs? My friend just tried the Capello's pasta and said it was good, but there is also a brand called Taste Republic here locally that is GF but also has plant based cheese filling. They also make a butternut squash variety. I have not tried any of them yet but DH loves ravioli so I am curious about what you found! I hope you continue to test neg for Covid.

chisandy - how is your HK doing? Is her DH still ok? Glad you and DH tested neg.

goldie - wow on your exploding oven! What in the heck? Glad your bro is ok!

HK tested neg. yesterday & today and wanted to come back today, but I told her to rest one more day--then we will mask around each other, just as we did in spring 2020. Her DH lives on their first floor (he is a brittle diabetic & weak due to kidney disease) and she on their second--and she masks around him. Amazingly, when he caught it at the V.A.'s dialysis center in Apr. 2020, she never caught it and he recovered.

Special, until 2 years ago neither of my cats would go near the foo-foo Fancy Feast or Sheba--they wanted the cheap stuff. Heidi is nuts about the Cod/sole/shrimp variety...until she gets tired of it. I find if I never feed them the same stuff more than 2 meals in a row they're less likely to reject it. My vet told me the same thing that Gordy's pediatrician told me when he suddenly became finicky at 18 mos.: they will not allow themselves to starve. When they are hungry enough, they will eat what they can.

Now for people food. Last night I baked halibut in the grill on a makeshift foil pan lubed with grapeseed oil spray. Seasoned with S&P, then dressed at table with Legal Sea Foods lemon-dill aioli. Grilled an ear of bicolor corn napped in salted Irish butter (I cheated with the 3" tip of the cob). Took my 2 ripest tomatoes, a handful of basil, and one slice of mozz di bufala (Buf brand) per tomato slice and made a Caprese dressed with DOP balsamico, flake salt, and Greek EVOO from the farmers' mkt.--from the vendor's family's farm. They also sell dried oregano and sage leaf tea they grow there too, and their own "pastina" (sort of like orzo but smaller) made with the semolina they grow.

This aft. for brunch a 2-egg omelet with poblano, red onion, mushrooms and homegrown scallion, with sharp cheddar. Early eve. I toasted a low-carb tortilla, blistered 6 shishito peppers (only 2 had no heat!), 1T. taramosalata, a stick of string cheese and 6 feta-stuffed olives. Bob is bringing home salmon from a drug co. dinner (I was hoping for steak, because my other Hooked on Fish purchase was Atlantic cod--so unless I freeze the latter it means I'm eating fish 3 nights in a row.

I miss risotto, pasta & NY pizza. Cauliflower & "zoodles" don't fool me at all: it's not so much the tastes but the textures of the real-deal I crave. No desire for candies, cookies, cake, pies, pastries, mousses--but oh, if only I were allowed tropical fruits!

Bob just came home with salmon (Atlantic) au poivre, steamed spinach and a petite fennel salad for me--and his entire filet mignon dinner (he had filled up on pass-around appetizers and key lime pie). As much as I craved steak, filet is his favorite; so I nuked 1/3 of my meal and accompanied it with a glass of Pinot Grigio.

Gone most of the day at the medical center again. Then stopped with trunk full of donations for the Cottage Shop which supports the battered Women's Homes. I did get to the grocery store, but was too tired to cook. So today's meal was macaroni and butter with microwaved (frozen) Brussels Sprouts added. I couldn't believe medium/small avocados are $0.99 EACH. I've been waiting for the price to come down but that looks like a non-starter from the news I've been reading. And the news sounds bleak about the corn crop in the west. I read some of the fields were so brown that cobs never even formed.

Minus, Taylor sweetcorn is in if you want to make a trip to Snowflake!

I had some things to use up, so I made Devine's Zuch. Casserole. Added much more tho. Thought I took a picture on my plate, but guess I was too hungry and forgot. The whole casserole dish wasn't picture worth.

Zucchini, of course. Maple sausage links that needed to be used and the same with a little roast beef. Tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, panko, cheddar, parmisan, dill, Italian season, garlic, salt/pepper. I think that's all! But it sure was yummy, ate at least a 1/3 of it.

Cyathea, I WILL NOT eat at Wendy's. 2 different times, 2 different locations, burger at one, salad at another. Ended up throwing up both times! Nope, never again. I'm not a big fast food eater, but others I won't eat at are Arby's and Taco Bell

Yesterday I was fancy and tried making Coquille St. Jacques. Basically scallops I had vacuum sealed in the freezer, sauted and covered in a tomato, garlic, onion and butter sauce. I overcook all meats and seafood and this was no exception. But the sauce was very tasty. Had that with some leftover side dishes ( corn off the cob and some toasted potatoes).

Tonight I was tired from all that effort yesterday ( ha) and we went out for Thai. Shrimp pad thai with steamed dumpling appetizer. This isn't the thread for it, but washed it down with a delightful Stella pinot grigio.

...too much restaurant food....

I was at a training conference/session all this past week on providing disaster medical care.

I do logistics, computer networking, medical records system setup, 2-way radio and satellite communications stuff and whatever else "they" want me to do.

It was very hands on..my work gloves are *dirty*

I played Chickenfoot with some neighborhood friends today and we ordered sandwiches from a local deli. One of the guys had purchased a chocolate meringue pie (sorry, I like chocolate cream) and one of the ladies had made a delicious chocolate cake to celebrate the August birthdays. I was very disappointed in my 'California club' - dry, old bread, smushy avocados and cheese too hard to bite through. I only ate half, but I'm full as a tick.

My parents taught us to play bridge but never played any dominoes games, so I never learned as a kid. But one of the women (who has since died) started these games when I was going through chemo. The weekly games with 4 or 5 trusted neighbors were a large part of what helped me get through treatment. We only played once or twice a year after she died, and this is only the 2nd time since 2019 & COVID.