Dinner tonight will be leftovers, though I think I'll also steam a couple half-ears of corn to go with it. I need to do dishes this morning, then get to breaking down the 4+lb bulk pack of ground chuck that was on sale yesterday. Gonna have a whole lotta hamburger patties to freeze up.
I didn't get the ground chuck made into patties until first thing this morning. Thankfully I grabbed the bulk pack from a fresh batch the butcher was putting it out after just grinding it, so it's still good. I should have done it yesterday, but my back hurt bad, I assume from twisting weird at the waist as I unloaded the cat food from the car Monday. It's still sore this morning, but the naproxen is keeping it manageable.
Tonight's dinner will be grilled cheeseburgers and chips. Tomorrow will probably be chicken and pasta some way, unless I think of something better.
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Im not sure what's for dinner tonight. I am tempted to drill through the earth's crust and appear at DQs or Ambys.
Which my phone autocorrected to Dairy Queen or Arby's.
Which...well, I mean, I know where my local Dairy Queen and Arby's are located, but I doubt I will get food even a fraction as good as that at DeathQuaker's or Amby's.
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Wait..no. I have octopus in the house. I better make takoyaki before it goes bad.
I have a pot of stir-fry (Ants Climbing Up a Tree, again) that will probably last me to Friday.
Thinking ahead, I have some potatoes that need to be dealt with, and I kind of want varenyky, but don't feel like the fuss.
Frozen minced(?) lobster is on special in my neck of the woods, which sounds like it might be intriguingly old-school to work with, but I'm not sure what I'd do with it. Find a recipe for crab/lobster cakes, I guess?
Dinner last night wasn't chicken. Instead, for Dad I made fish en papillote, a smol baked gold potato, and hushpuppies. I switched seasoning on the fish; instead of the usual Old Bay, oregano, & salt, I used more herbs (oregano, parsley, rosemary, chives) & salt. He ate it fine, but I could tell he liked the Old Bay seasoning better. I had a box of cilantro lime rice in the rice cooker using tetrapack chicken ramen broth (well-seasoned, but salty) in place of half the water, and threw in 8oz of frozen shrimp halfway through cooking. The shrimp were overcooked, but just a bit chewy and not tough; I'll half the leftover half warmed up for lunch.
Tonight, I'm just planning to throw together some chicken & pasta. The four-cheese dry pasta pouch I got on sale + coupon for only 4/$3. The chicken is a 12oz refpack (precooked & fajita-seasoned breastmeat strips) that was on sale because it was two days from it's "best by" date, and I threw it in the freezer until now. I'll just make the pasta per instructions, add in the thawed chicken to heat through together, and stir in some some extra parm at the end. I'll fix some frozen corn or carrots as a side.
Tomorrow will likely be a chuck pot roast and mashed potatoes & gravy.
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Wait..no. I have octopus in the house. I better make takoyaki before it goes bad.
Cousin Earl! NOOOOOO!!!
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Wait..no. I have octopus in the house. I better make takoyaki before it goes bad.Cousin Earl! NOOOOOO!!!
Cousin Earl knew the risks he undertook in being delicious.
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The grocery store had fresh cherries from Chile. Yeah, I got some. I did not look at the price tag. They’re good for me olde gout. They were actually pretty okay. Still have some.
Monday night's dinner was just (from frozen) turkey pot pies. Last night was non-fancy tacos.
Tonight I was thinking of (from frozen) fried chicken breast fillet sandwiches and (from frozen) french fries. Hadn't had either in a short while, and it'd be quick & idiot-proof to fix. I'm unfortunately out of kaiser rolls though, so it'll need to be non-sandwiches. Or maybe we'll instead have leftover chuck roast & mashed w/ gravy from Sunday night. I'll ask Dad his preference when he wakes from his nap.
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Huge shopping run yesterday.
Made a pair of wagyu beef burgers for lunch cooked into a cube of curry with sliced onions, garlic, carrots and at least one other veggie. This was served with white rice. I also had a side of cup ramen because it was cold in the office and I needed to warm up. I stayed home yesterday due to not feeling well because the office was absolutely freezing cold on Monday(45 degrees) and breathing in all that cold air did not do good things for me. This is me talking. Freehold. The guy who loves the cold. And yet this was too much.
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45 degrees in the office?! Did you burn through your Christmas extra piece of coal already? Serves you right then. Bah humbug!
Tonight Dad will finish off his leftover great northern beans & ham and cornbread for dinner. I also hard boiled a half dozen eggs this afternoon so he may have an egg too.
I made up a boxed (Italian dressing seasoned) pasta salad mix, but used mayo instead of the olive oil, and added in finely-chopped onion, celery, and red bell pepper that I had cooked until softened. Then I cut up a pack of surimi (imitation crab aka pollock) and stirred it in. It's chilling in the fridge until dinner, and I'll dig into it then.
Tomorrow? Maybe Cuban mojo pork, I dunno.
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It was Mardi Gras today, right? And the lunar new year, and Anthesterion (though the Anthestheria as such, the festival proper, start at the end of our month this year), and Ramadan starts tomorrow, so busy time of various calendars. :)
So, pancakes this evening for me! Nothing fancy, though I did add a handful of frozen raspberries. And there are some left over for breakfast! (So, uh, I suppose one can guess which of the above occasions is most salient in my house. ;) )
Tomorrow? Maybe Cuban mojo pork, I dunno.
No mojo pork today. I first need to grab more limes (for the mojo criollo marinade) and some fresh cilantro, and I don't wanna leave the house today. So instead for dinner we'll have meatball marinara subs and potato chips.
No mojo pork today either. Tonight was a boxed mix of creamy blackened chicken & rice. Instead of cutting the browned chicken into strips, I split the breasts into quarters, dry-brined them for an hour, grilled them, and then added back into the simmering rice for the last 10 minutes. In making the rice, I replaced half the water with chicken ramen broth. Dad won't eat the rice, so I baked him a potato. Dessert is an apple pie I baked earlier.
It came out pretty good. I was worried the rice might end up too salty from the ramen broth,vbut it was just right.
Tomorrow's dinner? Who knows.
Disintegrating Kreplach Saturdays are back, o dear.
I should have fried them rather than boiling them in broth, or maybe left them longer before boiling them. They still tasted OK, and the others were still from the pizza and dough balls they had for lunch (I didn't go), so no-one missed out.
No mojo pork today either.
Do you sing 'Got my Mojo Pork-ing' to yourself when you do make it?
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No mojo pork today either. Tonight was a boxed mix of creamy blackened chicken & rice. Instead of cutting the browned chicken into strips, I split the breasts into quarters, dry-brined them for an hour, grilled them, and then added back into the simmering rice for the last 10 minutes. In making the rice, I replaced half the water with chicken ramen broth. Dad won't eat the rice, so I baked him a potato. Dessert is an apple pie I baked earlier.
It came out pretty good. I was worried the rice might end up too salty from the ramen broth,vbut it was just right.
Tomorrow's dinner? Who knows.
Please leave it on the windowsill to cool.
I have a very, very long fishing pole I would like to try out.
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I don't know how you feel about sweet potatoes. I generally don't much care for them (and have been known to throw around phrases like 'abomination unto the Lord' when I see a sweet potato pie mixed in with pumpkin pie in the grocery store). However, I have recently found that dicing them into small cubes, tossing with olive oil, salt, pepper, and diced jalapenos and then roasting them at 450 till just starting to blacken is pretty good. Sprinkle with feta cheese at the end for an extra bit of interest.
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Sweet potatoes do caramelise very nicely. I got good results from slicing them very, very thinly with a potato peeler and then stir-frying the strips.
No mojo pork today either.
Finally got an early enough start on Saturday to make mojo pork. Couldn't find bitter oranges (or the juice), but used fresh orange juice and juiced some limes instead. I also found a shaker of mojo rub seasoning and used a rounded tablespoon of it as a rub on the 3 lb butt roast. It was very good, but the seasoning blend had a bit too much hot red pepper in it for Dad to have enjoyed, so I kept the au jus separate for him. Served with baked beans (Dad isn't a fan of black beans *sigh*) and garlic bread. Had leftovers on Sunday.
Monday's dinner was baked red snapper, baked potatoes, and hushpuppies.
Tonight we had chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese.
I don't know how you feel about sweet potatoes. I generally don't much care for them (and have been known to throw around phrases like 'abomination unto the Lord' when I see a sweet potato pie mixed in with pumpkin pie in the grocery store).
I prefer pumpkin pie over it, but sweet potato pie is delicious, at least to this amphibian's tastebuds.
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Last night was salmon & roasted broccoli with rice. I cut the broccoli up into ~1 inch pieces, toss it with salt and sesame oil and then put on a baking sheet and bake at 450 degrees. I start the rice in the magical rice cooker I got at Target for $25 that somehow always knows exactly how long to cook rice. After ~20 minutes I take the salmon, sprinkle with salt, cilatro add a squirt of lime juice, and put it on the same baking sheet as the broccoli (I like my broccoli super crispy--depending on the oven and personal preference, you might have to play around with roasting times). 10ish minutes later, the salmon is done. Right before serving the rice, I stirred in some grated parmesan and salted, roasted pumpkin seeds. I like how that makes the rice more interesting.
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Speaking of sweet potatoes... I visited my Dad a few days ago and made a dinner that was super easy and he adored.
Cut up sweet potatoes into long strips and tossed in oil and seasonings and laid along either long edge of a baking sheet. Cut up red onion into half moons and mixed with oil and seasonings and spread all along the middle of same baking sheet.
Baked for 15 minutes at 400, during which time I got out a 2-4 serving slab of salmon my dad had bought, patted it dry, seasoned it, and laid lemon slices atop it. Once the roasted roots had their 15 minutes, put the salmon on top of the bed of onions and put everything back in the oven for another 15 minutes (you might need slightly more or less time based on thickness of fish and how done you like it; the sweet potatoes and onions can take a little less or more).
During that 15 minutes, sauteed spinach in a little oil and butter and garlic powder, then finished it with lemon juice and lemon zest. (Only takes a few minutes to cook. Probably takes longer to zest the lemon!)
With about 40 minutes from prep to plate, it was super easy and delicious. And plenty of iron for my anemic dad. He said he would pay to eat it again in a restaurant. I probably should have asked for tips, but decided against it.
Lemon curd over vanilla ice cream for dessert.
*drools; shorts out keyboard*
That sounds amazing.
Lemon curd over vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Last night was salmon & roasted broccoli with rice. I cut the broccoli up into ~1 inch pieces, toss it with salt and sesame oil and then put on a baking sheet and bake at 450 degrees. I start the rice in the magical rice cooker I got at Target for $25 that somehow always knows exactly how long to cook rice. After ~20 minutes I take the salmon, sprinkle with salt, cilatro add a squirt of lime juice, and put it on the same baking sheet as the broccoli (I like my broccoli super crispy--depending on the oven and personal preference, you might have to play around with roasting times). 10ish minutes later, the salmon is done. Right before serving the rice, I stirred in some grated parmesan and salted, roasted pumpkin seeds. I like how that makes the rice more interesting.
That sounds delicious! Ina Garten had a similar recipe for roasted broccoli that Mom really liked. Haven't had salmon in a while, especially with crispy skin.
Speaking of sweet potatoes... I visited my Dad a few days ago and made a dinner that was super easy and he adored.
Cut up sweet potatoes into long strips and tossed in oil and seasonings and laid along either long edge of a baking sheet. Cut up red onion into half moons and mixed with oil and seasonings and spread all along the middle of same baking sheet.
Baked for 15 minutes at 400, during which time I got out a 2-4 serving slab of salmon my dad had bought, patted it dry, seasoned it, and laid lemon slices atop it. Once the roasted roots had their 15 minutes, put the salmon on top of the bed of onions and put everything back in the oven for another 15 minutes (you might need slightly more or less time based on thickness of fish and how done you like it; the sweet potatoes and onions can take a little less or more).
During that 15 minutes, sauteed spinach in a little oil and butter and garlic powder, then finished it with lemon juice and lemon zest. (Only takes a few minutes to cook. Probably takes longer to zest the lemon!)
With about 40 minutes from prep to plate, it was super easy and delicious. And plenty of iron for my anemic dad. He said he would pay to eat it again in a restaurant. I probably should have asked for tips, but decided against it.
Wow, that sounds amazing. I wonder how the roasted sweet potatoes would do blended together with Garten's roasted eggplant, red bell pepper, and onion spread?
Lemon curd over vanilla ice cream for dessert.
O M G !!!
Tonight I made cheeseburgers on the grill, and we had it with potato chips.
Tonight was ziti. I got the proportions off, so I shoulda used more red sauce/marinara and less ricotta, but otherwise it was pretty good. Served with garlic toast.
Have plenty leftover for dinner tomorrow. Will split off everything not needed for that dinner and freeze up for a quick reheat dinner in the future.
Ah, yes. The Future. I’ve heard of that place… I wonder what it’s like.
I fried up potatoes, onions, red bell peppers, yellow squash, and pork sausage. Then rolled burrito after burrito. They will be my breakfasts for the week. Had a couple for my evening meal tonight. May have been a bad choice. Pork sausage is not at all gout friendly.
Last night we had leftovers from Wednesday: center cut pork chops, baked gold potatoes, and creamed spinach. I dry-brined the chops for an hour, baked them at 275°F for an hour, then finished them on the outside grill for about 4 minutes a side.
This afternoon I finally macerated the pint of strawberries I picked up last time I was at the grocery store. I had a small lemon streusel loaf that I'd grabbed on sale a month ago and transferred it last night from the freezer to fridge to thaw. Not sure I had enough strawberries for the cake, so I also took out to thaw a pint+ of fresh cherries I'd pitted. They were thawing pretty quick, so I stirred them into the strawberries while sprinkling on a bit more sugar. They should be great after sitting for an hour in the fridge.
Tonight for Dad's dinner I'm making a pot of great northern beans & ham. I've got a pie plate of rolls rising to bake later. I'll probably have a frozen burrito or chicken patty sandwich for my dinner.
Tonight for Dad's dinner I'm making a pot of great northern beans & ham. I've got a pie plate of rolls rising to bake later. I'll probably have a frozen burrito or chicken patty sandwich for my dinner.
I remembered I still had a frozen pizza in the freezer so I'll fix that for my dinner instead. I still had an ounce & half or so of asadero cheese left that I'd grated for the ziti, and a couple slices of bacon left from Sunday breakfast, so I crumbled the bacon and scattered it on the pizza with a few dashes of dried oregano.
I know the beans & ham has a lot of nostalgia for Dad from both his mom and then my mom fixing it regularly. Still, I don't understand why he loves it; he'd literally rather have a pot of beans over anything else, including a decent steak or roast.
For last night's dinner, Dad was still happily enjoying leftover beans & ham. I wasn't really hungry all day, and dawdled around until about 8pm when I decided I needed to eat something. I settled on a pack of frozen gyoza (pork) dumplings that I picked up because they were at an introductory sale price + and had $1 off coupon. I was surprised how much they wanted to stick at end of cooking (strictly following the directions), even though it was an unscratched non-stick pan. They were tasty, but they're not anything I'll likely go out of my way to buy again even with their convenience. I had them with a good size batch of fresh french fries I'd made, and the pairing went well together.
Still not sure what I'm making for dinner tonight.
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Tonight is some salmon fillets. Going to salt them, lightly dust with paprika, cumin, and some black pepper then bake at 450 for 8-10 minutes. Probably have lime-cilantro rice as a side.
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Last night I put a few cardamom pods in with the rice while it was cooking in the rice maker. Gave it a nice flavor. Not too strong, just a hint of interest.
Cardamom does work well with rice.
Last night Dad's dinner was tilapia en papillote, baked potato, and hushpuppies. I instead threw a pouch of dried red beans & rice in my rice cooker with 1/3 chicken broth & 2/3 water, and when it was done I gorged myself on it. Was still about 1/3 of it left for my lunch today.
Tonight, for dinner we had a lemon pepper rotisserie chicken, a salad (iceberg, tomato, purple cabbage, Vidalia onion, carrot),cand some bakery rolls. I bought the supermarket rotisserie chicken on sale for cheaper than a raw roaster chicken of the same weight about two weeks ago; I just stuffed the clamshell in a freezer bag when I got home and stuck it in the freezer for a night like tonight.
Tomorrow night will be leftovers.
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I somehow found the spoons for tonight's dinner. At 11:00AM, I started the mostly-thawed 5.75lb turkey breast slow-braising (from an ATK/Cook's Country recipe) in the oven. Between my herb-seasoned cooking liquid and the included pouch, there'll be plenty to thicken with a couple Tbsp of flour into gravy. The gold taters are peeled & large cubed ready to start boiling for mashed (technically, whipped) potatoes. The can of creamed corn is standing by (we like it), the can of cranberry sauce is already chilled, and the rolls from the supermarket bakery (R.I.P., last local Winn-Dixie store) are thawed and just need a few minutes to warm through in the oven.
Will definitely have tonight's leftovers for tomorrow's dinner. Tuesday night, who knows?
Last night was leftover pork shoulder roast from Saturday, plus fresh rolls and baked potatoes. I used that Tabitha Brown Sunshine seasoning as the primary flavor, and it was fine but unexpectedly spicy, so I'm glad I only used half what I'd planned.
Tonight is baked chicken alfredo with garlic toast. Likewise, tomorrow will be leftovers of it. Wednesday? Maybe beef enchiladas and refried beans if I've got the energy for it.
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A friend got me some shrimp, so I made shrimp Alfredo over fettuccine.
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Dad still has some leftover great northern beans & ham, but I picked up a fresh rotisserie chicken** at the wholesale club today while we were buying his replacement laptop*. So either way, we're set for dinner tonight.
* Be gentle with your laptop lcd panel & hinge. Do not get in the habit of leaving a writing utensil on the keys in case the lid gets closed.
** It's cheaper to buy a cooked 3lb warehouse chicken then to buy a raw whole chicken of the same weight that still needs to be prepped, seasoned, and roasted.
Dad still has some leftover great northern beans & ham, but I picked up a fresh rotisserie chicken** at the wholesale club today while we were buying his replacement laptop*. So either way, we're set for dinner tonight.
* Be gentle with your laptop lcd panel & hinge. Do not get in the habit of leaving a writing utensil on the keys in case the lid gets closed.
** It's cheaper to buy a cooked 3lb warehouse chicken then to buy a raw whole chicken of the same weight that still needs to be prepped, seasoned, and roasted.
Oh! Oh no. I'm sorry.
** It's cheaper to buy a cooked 3lb warehouse chicken then to buy a raw whole chicken of the same weight that still needs to be prepped, seasoned, and roasted.
It's the same at the grocery store I go to! I feel like if I could somehow solve that mystery, I'd win a Nobel Prize in Economics. Or unravel the cosmos. Either way...
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** It's cheaper to buy a cooked 3lb warehouse chicken then to buy a raw whole chicken of the same weight that still needs to be prepped, seasoned, and roasted.It's the same at the grocery store I go to! I feel like if I could somehow solve that mystery, I'd win a Nobel Prize in Economics. Or unravel the cosmos. Either way...
It's like an xkcd comic except the loadbearing lynchpin is $1.50 Costco hotdogs and 99¢ cans of Arizona tea.
Oh! Oh no. I'm sorry.Dad still has some leftover great northern beans & ham, but I picked up a fresh rotisserie chicken** at the wholesale club today while we were buying his replacement laptop*. So either way, we're set for dinner tonight.
* Be gentle with your laptop lcd panel & hinge. Do not get in the habit of leaving a writing utensil on the keys in case the lid gets closed.
** It's cheaper to buy a cooked 3lb warehouse chicken then to buy a raw whole chicken of the same weight that still needs to be prepped, seasoned, and roasted.
He got plenty of use out of it (the previous one), and it had several other battle scars. The cracked hinge + slow failing lcd panel was someone else leaving a disposable bic pen above the keyboard and then closing the panel when they were done. I know Dad didn't do it, but that someone else never took responsibility.
I'm just glad we were able to find him a very affordable new replacement, and that he could afford it (if it had been my laptop, I'd be totally screwed.)
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It's like an xkcd comic except the loadbearing lynchpin is $1.50 Costco hotdogs and 99¢ cans of Arizona tea.** It's cheaper to buy a cooked 3lb warehouse chicken then to buy a raw whole chicken of the same weight that still needs to be prepped, seasoned, and roasted.It's the same at the grocery store I go to! I feel like if I could somehow solve that mystery, I'd win a Nobel Prize in Economics. Or unravel the cosmos. Either way...
The worst part is, what I saved on chicken I blew on red yarn, pushpins, color-coded index cards, and an enormous corkboard to explain the price of the chicken.
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Feeling less motivated today than a tortoise after a medicated root canal from the dentist. Dinner is a frozen supreme pizza.
Feeling less motivated today than a tortoise after a medicated root canal from the dentist. Dinner is a frozen supreme pizza.
please heal
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Hope you feel better soon Amby!
This has been ... A month. But things much better. Will share some cooking triumphs and failures later.
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Feeling less motivated today than a tortoise after a medicated root canal from the dentist. Dinner is a frozen supreme pizza.please heal
Thanks. :)
I'm impressed you can eat solid food after a root canal. I was on soup and porridge for days.
I think it comes down to 1) there is only so much soup and stock/broth I can take before my tummy gets the rumblies that only hands solid foods can satisfy, b) I can always chew on the other side of my mouth, and π) the pain is manageable.
Whether my pain threshold is high enough naturally or from decades of my uterus trying to kill me or my dissociative powers are active, who knows?
Anyways, last night was tacos, another quick & easy to fix meal. The house temp was too hot (Dad still refuses to turn the house A/C on yet) after cooking, so I ate a single taco, put away the leftovers, and hastily scurried back to my air-conditioned apartment.
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1) there is only so much soup and stock/broth I can take before my tummy gets the rumblies that onlyhandssolid foods can satisfy
CAAAAARRRRRRLLLLLLLLL!