Saturday Six (aka "what are you coooking tonight?") ;o)

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dawnnys

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Yippee, new refrigerator. Happy that my food is cold again, sad that it is too deep (sticks out from counter) and the floor is hot in front of it. Is that normal?

1. Up to my earlobes in tomatoes. May share some with the food pantry and/or library, but the tomato thread above will come in handy too!

2. Finding raw chicken in my freezer when I cleaned it out (still frozen) so will cook that this week, if still safe. It's been in there about a year I'd guess, so it'd still be ok, right?

3. In any case, will be making chicken and biscuits tomorrow for dinner. Epi's basic recipe with tarragon. Cooler, so we feel like eating again!

4. Lobster rolls tonight for supper. Forgot about how nuts I was about them last summer.

5. From scribd.com: made butternut-squash risotto to go with fry fry take-out last night. Thawed from freezer (sssh, don't tell anyone, but I think it was really pureed pumpkin).

6. Gotta get that sorbet/ice cream maker now that I have a big freezer! First creation will be a lime-mint sorbet. mmmmm

 
I am making a pork loin on the Set It And Forget It aka

rotisserie. I seasoned it with Montreal Steak Seasoning. Rounded up by a baked potato and green salad. Easy after the market.

School starts Monday, so I want to get a head start one some frozen breakfasts.

I ended up making pasta sauce with all my tomatoes. I put in mushrooms, onions, celery, red bell peppers, zucchini, yellow summer squash, onions, and lots of basil. Then I pureed it with my stick blender and into the freezer it went. Thanks for all of your recipes and advice.

I have cucumbers to take care of tomorrow. I am going to make some sweet pickle relish and hot dog relish, to sell.

I need to make some more pickled jalapenos, but the last couple times the store didn't have them in a large quantity (or good quality, for that matter).

I am meeting with the health department at the new kitchen, on Tuesday. I have to come up with a sample menu to show her. The other kitchen fell through, and I found this one. I can actually cook in it, on top of a stove even!
Note: Make sure you have a contract or lease because sometimes a person that you thought would never screw you, does. Lesson learned. And as it turns out, this is actually a better location, and I can actually cook in it. Woo Hoo!

 
Dinner for lunch...and five other disjointed thoughts.

1. Yesterday's lunch was: cod with risotto and spinach salad.

2. I keep craving cinnamon rolls or pecan muffins, so I bought the last one at Bouchon Bakery yesterday (much to the chagrin of all the other late risers in line) and we had it for breakfast this morning. The thing was the size of a sofa caster. Very tasty, though--packed with pecans.

3. Went to a party given by my brother and his fiancee last night for a friend of theirs, and my brother had made bruschetta topping in the finest dice I've ever seen! Very tasty. NFRC: Their place was so clean that I came home and looked at our pre-war, permanently dusty apartment and wanted to cry. We have three months to spruce this place up before our tot arrives and thinks, "Jeez, you people had nine months to dust. What the heck were you doing?!" We seem to be the last people in the world who really, really like paper. We have a lot of paper. Mostly in piles. Send help.

4. Supposed to go to a late-afternoon picnic in Prospect Park today, and am thinking of taking these, which are always a hit: Raspberry Shortbread Bars. Of course, that means I need to get in gear, go buy preserves, and make shortbread.

5. Ergo, lunch is completely up in the air. Edited to add: lunch was a chorizo, cheese, and zucchini omelet with spinach and avocado salad on the side. (Am I the last person to realize that it's possible to keep spinach for almost a week if you rinse it, roll it (single layer) in a kitchen towel, squeeze gently, unroll, lay it in a single layer on paper toweling, roll up, and bag it? It's time-consuming, but it stays fresh for days.)

6. Likewise, dinner. I'm not a very good Eat.at-er,these days, I fear. smileys/frown.gif

 
Erin, my house loves paper too, it multiplies here, not sure how and that dust...

chalk it up to pre-war, aka not tight fitting house...that's my story and I'm sticking to it! I keep thinking what would happen if I just tossed ALL the paper out?

 
Glad to know we're not the only ones! smileys/wink.gif

I should just go through every three months and toss papers and eliminate piles. But my default position is: Time to buy another bookshelf! smileys/wink.gif))

 
I am so with you re: the piles!!! Completely relate. If you find a solution, let me know! : )

 
Last night we had cheese fondue and dipped veggies as well as bread to make it

seem healthier. Big green salad along side. When it was time to light the sterno, we belatedly remembered movers don't pack matches. Not a match in the house and no gas cooktop to help. Thankfully dh remembered the grill ignitor.

Tonight will be Sandy's version of the crab and shrimp stuffed portobellas that Sandy and I loved at a restaurant in Florida. Sandy posted it at the link.

http://www.eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=156679

 
Fascinating about the African dust! Mine is boring old Hell's Kitchen exhaust fumes, I think. smileys/frown.gif

 
Last night was peppercorn-crusted Angus filet mignon with spiced, roasted potatoes. Green salad to

start. Homemade deep deep dark chocolate ice cream for dessert.

 
Sunday/Weekend Six

Ok really just Sunday because I have no idea what I did yesterday because, well that was yesterday...oh wait that was partly a Katheryn Hepburn marathon on the tele. Did you know in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Kate/Spencer go to Mel's Drive-in of American Graffiti fame? Well now you do.

1a) Hand washed car and considered sorting papers Erin made me think about, but instead successful braided my hair in a 5-strand braid -- can you tell I can't wait for Game of Thrones to be back on the air?

1b) Went to the Farmers Mkt. Late. Late is sometimes a good bargain type thing. Today however they rearranged the whole layout so it was twice as big and really much more difficult to navigate. Scored some freestone peaches reduced to $1.50 a lb (hope they're good as others I tasted weren't) for jam or pie - maybe both, some strawberries, and at the last booth that hadn't closed asked about the tomatoes, was told they had a case price for canning of $12, but it might be reduced since it was end of the day she really wasn't sure (they must've had 20-30 cases still). So instead of buying then, I was nice (because I was feeling all nicey, kind, and loving toward the world given it was Sunday and gotten my fix of Super Soul Sunday from Oprah and all) so instead of taking them right then for $12, offered to wait for the other person working the stand to return just to be sure, who with a stern frownie face upon arrival told me they were $25. So no tomatoes for me. smileys/frown.gif

2) Headed to Sprouts for some fresh OJ and vanilla beans I needed to try out making some jelly for the first time. This Creamsicle one. They had neither. Or a least I suspect it. When I asked about vanilla beans, the person had to go ask, then directed me to bakery, which of course didn't have it buried in a loaf of bread. So found someone else, but as I waited right in front of them apparently became invisible because they helped 4 people who walked up after - right in front of me. Given my new found transparency, I decided waiting for assistance was futile so departed on to...

3) TJ's. No vanilla beans, so skipped the non-organic fresh OJ from an unknown country and headed to...

4) Whole Foods. Their "fresh" organic squeezed OJ was nearly $10. For ten dollars that stuff should be hand squeezed by virgin nymphs riding unicorns in nowhere but the good ol' USofA. Apparently it wasn't, or at least it wasn't labeled as such, so one doesn't really know does one? Also I was now hungry, really hungry and their deli section for some reason today of all days had nothing a low carb girl could eat for dinner. Not one thing. Fine. FINE. Whatever. Fudge whole foods and their long lines and too many people. Also, I forgot to look for vanilla beans. Yeah, that one was on me. Sooo...

4) Off to Safeway. I hate Safeway. Always. Ok, strongly dislike. Especially the new mega one near me which has lots and lots of all the same thing. Given the lack of selection, I have no idea why it needs to be so big. Of course, it's the land of you must be kidding if you think we might have fresh OJ. Yes, I pretty much knew this going in, but thought I might get lucky with vanilla beans if they had a good international section. No surprise, they did not. It's been awhile since I bought them but I see they now come one to a glass jar. $6 for one. One. Shirley we can do better can't we? (And don't call me Shirley.)

5) Grocery Outlet, because it was close by and I recalled a bigger dried international section. Lots of chiles, but no vanilla bean. Did I mention I was hungry and this place has a cornmeal bbq chicken pizza for $3.99 I love? Oh and looky over there - also a big container of my favorite flavor Bryers ice cream for $2.99.

6) = Low carb meltdown. No fixin's for jelly, but I had ice cream while watching The Newsroom!

Note: no oranges were harmed in the utter failure of attempts to make above jelly.

 
Now THAT is one busy day! And you ended it the best way

possible...Ice Cream and Newsroom! Heaven!

 
very fun post Maria! my weekend six

flew down to our cabin(9 passenger puddle jumper---you have to give your weight when checking in, painful)Friday night for dinner out at Louie's in Kenai---superb steamer clams.

then dinner on Saturday was leftover creations from the shrimp boil dinner my DH had(without me) on Thursday night. we made an awesome clam chowder with the take home clam broth from the restaurant(yes, it was that good that we asked for a carryout container)adding the leftover potatoes and corn from the boil, and shrimp arrabiata with homemade fettuccine that we made that afternoon. we are having fun learning our hand crank pasta machine which was buried somewhere for years. big tossed salad for something green.

onion dip and chips for appy, with caramelized onions added to the regular lipton dip. always popular.

s'mores for dessert----try making them with reeses cups or the ghiradelli squares(caramel---oh so decadent) or with a schmear of Biscoff spread(we have these now in our Fred Meyer stores(Kroger)) I do not like the giant Campfire marshmallows. In theory they might sound good, but they brown up before the insides get sufficiently gooey and are way too big for a single s'more. IMHO

the char siu will have to wait till next weekend.

Sunday I baked a chocolate bundt cake with ganache icing for work today, left it in the garage while herding dogs into the car. bummer

 
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