What's for dinner, part three.

Thank you, Dustiin.

Agree with R1! THANK YOU, Dustin!!! (I was candidly wondering when the last thread was done...)

Tonight I made roast chicken with a dijon bechamel, mashed potatoes with smoked gouda, and peas sauteed with garlic, shallots, and diced pancetta.

Sounds delicious, R3

We had pan roasted salmon with a lime dressing, roasted potatoes, corn on the cob and our guest brought two pies from a greenmarket in NYC. They were incredible, from a place called Noble Pies in Tarrytown, NY. One was a peach/raspberry, the other was a pineapple cream pie.

Cod baked with cherry tomoatoes, scallions, lemon, olive oil and tarragon. Steamed corn and steamed asparagus.

Make that tomatoes. It was WF 365 frozen cod fillets and quite good as well as economical.

Vegetarian night (early) - Zucchini and onion frittata, cauliflower gratin, and stuffed mini peppers.

The zucchini was one we grew! Four ingredients make the most delicious frittata. Cauliflower gratin topped with panko that I made yesterday and had ready to go today. Also, a couple of the stuffed mini peppers that I made yesterday also.

My partner said he doesn't miss animal flesh at all on vegetarian night!

Pasta puttanesca

Sautéed beet greens with parmesan and white pepper as a side for broiled Spanish mackerel with Old Bay seasoning.

[quote]Cod baked with cherry tomoatoes, scallions, lemon, olive oil and tarragon. Steamed corn and steamed asparagus.

No prunes? LOL

Sorry, couldn't resist. Your dinner sounds delicious.

My partner's handiwork. We're in the midwest, not Massachusetts. I just bought the fish. Dieting and giving up processed food and meat is a challenge.

Steak and mashed a baked potato. Not sure what kind of steak. It's just something my mom but in my freezer a while back. Probably a cheap cut, but it looks fine to me.

[quote]My partner's handiwork. We're in the midwest, not Massachusetts. I just bought the fish. Dieting and giving up processed food and meat is a challenge.

What meat are you giving up? Beef? Pork? Chicken? All of it?

Still eating poultry, fish and seafood. Gave up all meat when I had colon cancer last year. Partner has steaks and lamb chops every so often.

Pork schnitzel with cider-braised cabbage, apple, fennel, amd pomegranate seeds. Crispy duck fat potatoes with dill crème fraîche.

Salmon burgers, fresh cole slaw, corn/bean salad. Fruit and yogurt for dessert.

Me too, r15. It's been years. Have been eating red meat (I include pork in that category for some reason) one a month. Last week was half a roast beef sandwich. I don't miss it and it's hard to digest.

Wish I could find Tilapia or catfish that wasn't farmed in the polluted waters of a second-world country.

Agree on the farmed fish quandary. It is challenging to cook, even more so to try healthfully. That said, I judge no one and wish everyone well.

Think I need to add a yogurt dill sauce to the salmon burgers.

Sichuan shrimp and an eggroll. Traveling tomorrow - I generally don't cook the day before trip. You'll have to carry on without me for the next five days. LOL.

Of course, I'll check back.

[quote] Wish I could find Tilapia or catfish that wasn't farmed in the polluted waters of a second-world country.

FFS tilapia is full of mercury and contaminants wherever you find it. It's the worst fish you can eat along with tuna. You think farmed fish in first world countries is fine? Google for five minutes and you'll vomit. You're an ignorant racist.

ALL FARMED FISH IS SHIT. There is no such thing as 'wild-caught' Atlantic salmon either. It's farmed tumor-filled shit.

r21, this has nothing to do with race. The fact is that aquaculture intensive countries like Indonesia and Vietnam have fewer environmental regulations than we do in the US and Canada. I wouldn't trust today's USDA under Dump to be doing reliable inspections of imports.

Your vitriolic presumptions already make me nauseous.

Sounds like you've been consuming a lot of lead and mercury, yourself, along with cheap booze.

I can get sustainably farmed Rainbow Trout in California but it is expensive. Looking for alternatives.

The salmon burger recipe. They freeze well.

R22 I grant you I went too far with the racism insult but I fear you're the one consuming cheap booze. And fuck off with your sustainable shit, you don't know what you're talking about. You types love reading labels and congratulating yourself that you're saving the planet.

Tilapia is the least healthy fish no matter where you get it from. And you did imply that farmed fish is only suspect because it comes from Asia, as if the good ol' USA and developed countries are super-duper free of contaminants. Fucking dream on dear. Have you seen the videos of Scottish fish farms with the deformed creatures flailing around in murky liquid? Again, google. They will make you puke, unless your cheap American booze does it first.

Omelettes with gruyere, leeks, and asparagus.

I picked up a calzone on the way home.

I had a big mixed green salad with Thousand Island dressing and lots of shredded Cheddar cheese (as we do in the Midwest).

Grilled-out lamp chops, corn-on-the-cob, boiled Yukon Gold potatoes, boiled asparagus and a mixed green salad.

I made Lucy's goulash. It's very good.

R28 - yum

Roasted cauliflower topped with caramelized onions, gruyere, sharp white cheddar. Chicken sausage. Sauteed spinach with garlic and lemon.

A chicken pesto wrap from Kroger.

The plan is WF 365 squash ravioli, sage butter, parm. Steamed broccoli. Fresh cherries.

I had a bacon cheeseburger.

I cooked even though we're visiting - which is great!

Thursday night, my partner and I babysat, and let my son and DIL go on a date night. I made sausage, potatoes, peppers, and onions for dinner. My granddaughter LOVED it, especially the sausage (which she called chicken, "mo chicken!")

Then Friday night. I decided to make dinner for my son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and my daughter-in-law's sister. Korean was the theme. I made six pounds of Korean chicken wings, and for banchan - cucumber, spinach, and kimchee. I made a shit-ton and it all got eaten! It was a big hit.

The Three Meat combo platter with Cole slaw and onion rings fed both of us.

And to answer their question? It was incredible.

Tonight I'm making miso-glazed pan-seared cod over a wasabi white sweet potato mash and maybe some kind of spicy Thai cucumber salad on the side.

Green smoothie. Falefel in a pita with tahini sauce.

Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, canned corn, boiled broccoli and a mixed green salad.

Mushroom basil pizzas from the Ooni oven, spinach salad with dried cranberries, toasted pistachios, cherry tomatoes, and avocado chunks. Ice cold watermelon balls in sparkling wine for no particular reason.

On the way back home from Publix this morning I stopped at a fruit/vegetable stand a farmer runs every summer. They only sell what they grow. I bought some of his Elberta peaches, tomatoes, Vidalia onions, cucumbers, okra, and some small red potatoes. They also had freshly boiled peanuts (I'm crazy for them) so I bought 2 1 lb. bags and have been noshing on them on and off all day. They are just heavenly. For dinner I decided to slice one of the tomatoes, a cucumber, and an onion and made a nice salad. Tomorrow I'm going to make 2 peach cobblers (one for my neighbors/friends across the road and one for me)

A Patty Melt on grilled sourdough, shoestring fries with garlic aioli and a mesclun/arugala side salad. With the “Evolution of Hip Hop” Festival going on next door.

And peaches are everywhere. We had them skinned, sliced, soaked in a brown sugar and rum syrup and served with cream.

Saturday night: A turkey burger with cheddar cheese on white bread - I add pickle slices and ketchup. Arizona sweet iced tea and Pepperidge Farms coconut cake.

I don’t know. I need veg and I have a freezer full of meat.

A classic tuna salad sandwich on white bread.

r44, did you win at the Meat Raffle down at The Elk's Lodge?

I get an auto delivery every three months and I’m only one person.

P.S. I had beans and franks.

Did you have gas afterwards, R47?

Currently in my oven I have a French onion pot roast with Gruyère sprinkled on top at the end.

Plus I’m making mashed potatoes and some broccoli.

Are you 12 years old, R48?

R50: I won't be 12 until next summer.

An Everything Bagel with jalapeño cream cheese and an ice cream drumstick.

Marinated boneless turkey tenderloins, mushroom gravy, whipped sweet potatoes, roasted broccoli.

Roast cod w/brown butter lemon sauce served on sizzling platters, steamed red potatoes and asparagus hollandaise.

More peaches, this time homemade peach ice cream.

Bake breaded pork chops, rice pilaf, sauteed squash and onions, green beans, and a mixed green salad with cherry tomatoes from our garden.

Sunday night: Simple ham and cheese sandwich on white bread w/mayo. Sweet iced tea and a slice of cake.

So the pot roast came out delicious. So, so tender and the Gruyère on top was amazing.

I also baked 4 different breads that I get from Wildgrain. Those are always good.

Oh - I forgot: our daughter made a spice cake for dessert. YUM!

No R47. But I’m jet propelled after dried fruit.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Ina's easy roast chicken stuffed with lemons and rosemary sprigs because we keep forgetting to plant a thyme bush. Potatoes, carrots, and onions are in the pan with it. Going to make Stovetop stuffing "elevated" with sauteed onions, garlic, celery, and mushrooms. Have some peaches and nectarines that I could grill but not sure about wanting to clean the BBQ just for that. Also, the peaches were stolen from a neighbor's tree that's leaning into our back yard and don't want to draw attention from them.

What’s not moving!!!?

I had a Romaine salad with Thousand Island dressing and lots of onions.

I bought some veg and fresh fruit to go with my freezer full of meat. And a baguette and Kaiser rolls.

Baked potato. Vegetarian chili. Lots of shredded Tillamook extra sharp cheddar. Cherries for dessert.

I had a craving for chicken paprikash today, no idea why. hardly a summer meal. Made it with chicken wings and leg quarters, it came out great. Used some smoked paprika as well as sweet Hungarian and all fat sour cream - so filling.

We got up at 5am Eastern to catch our flight home. We did make grilled chicken thighs with shawarma seasoning last night for my son and his family. My partner is really outstanding at grilling. They were perfectly grilled and so juicy. For some reason, I've been really tired the last couple of days. It might be too many carbs (pizza twice, birthday cake, cookies). Anyway, I'm just exhausted from doing nothing except some work today. We're getting Chinese - but kinda light, soup, potstickers, and egg rolls.

R66, OMG! I miss my Mom's chicken paprikash! Anyway, I went for comfort food today: Kraft macaroni and cheese, with real Cheddar cheese, cream, white pepper, nutmeg and Hungarian sweet paprika. And lots of Frank's Red Hot sauce.

Comfort food night. Thick pork chops stuffed with leftover "elevated Stovetop stuffing" and some canned smoked oysters, seared then baked, pan graxy, steamed broccoli, Toast R Oven baby New Potatoes tossed with rosemary, olive oil and lemon, "Black Magic Chocolate Cake".

Homemade chicken noodle vegetable soup and grilled cheese sandwiches - and spice cake for desert...

I got takeout Chinese food -- chicken w/broccoli and white rice, with an egg roll and wonton soup.

Lox, sesame bagel, cream cheese. Tomatoes and cucumbers. Peach rugulach. Carby,

Flounder meunière, crab cakes, vegetable soup, and fennel gratin Finally back in my kitchen. It seems I've gained ten pounds in two weeks. A lot had to do with trying to finish up stuff in the refrigerator before we left, and then a lot of carbs while up north. I'm trying to get back to our schedule of chicken (3), fish (2), meat (1), and vegetarian (1) - (days per week). My supermarket had fresh flounder that they scaled, filleted, and skinned for me.

I had an urge for soup after all the carbs. I made a big pot of vegetable soup, which included butternut squash, celery, carrots, onion, some chopped fennel tops, potatoes, turnip, tomatoes, romano beans, corn, spinach, and peas. Garnished with evoo, grated parmesan, pepper, and parsley. Very good, but I've got like two gallons of it.

Crab cakes - I never used canned crab before, but I wanted to try it. It wasn't bad. They were a little dry, but that might have been my adjusting the proportions of my recipe, which calls for a pound of crab, and the can had a net weight of four ounces.

Add the gratin to that, and it ended up to be a big dinner.

A salad tonight and a salad tomorrow night. I’m cleaning out the pantry this week.

I made nachos grande - ground turkey seasoned with cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, oregano, paprika. The cooked meat was scattered over tortilla chips, then some cheddar cheese. Heated in the oven for about 8 minutes and threw on some chopped tomatoes. I always make too much - my eyes are bigger than my belly as the saying goes. I toss the leftovers cause I'm sure reheat nachos are gross.

Dustin: you NEVER cease to amaze me. WOW! What a meal

R76 ProudPapa: Thanks - I enlisted my partner to help. He made a good part of the gratin, and helped chop vegetables for me for the soup. The big thing he helped with was dishes and pots, of which there were many. I don't often have him help as much as he did tonight, but I knew I was underwater - lol.

LOVE your follow up post, Dustin!

I made Shake-and-Bake pork chops with roasted carrots and ginger-soy green beans.

Veggie chili with shredded cheddar. Fruit salad.

[quote]Veggie chili.

"How to eat like a frau."

Neighbors are still harvesting tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Made Gaspacho, will be topped with hard boiled eggs, and Greek bean salad, to which I added grilled yellow squash and zucchini. Both are chilling now. Watermelon for dessert is also chilling. Looking for a low-sugar corn bread recipe and will spike it with a can of creamed corn, which I hate on its own but makes the cornbread moist.

Leftover baked ziti.

Grilled lamb rib chops, white bean salad (piyaz), creamy cucumber salad.

I went to the Middle Eastern store yesterday and bought thin-cut lamb rib chops. They sell halal meat, which tends to be tough. At $11.99/lb, my expectations were kinda low. I trimmed it up, bludgeoned it with the flat side of my meat pounder, and then hit it with some meat tenderizer and vermouth to get it edible. I let that sit for a couple of hours before hitting it with my za'atar blend, a bit of extra cumin, and olive oil.

Meanwhile, I made the white bean salad which I linked to, and added some roasted red peppers and pepperoncini...because they're tasty. She says it takes ten minutes, but it took me longer. The creamy cucumber salad recipe is on the same website.

My partner did a bang-up job grilling it. The salads were tasty. Everything came great.

I was candidly wondering if anyone would make mincemeat out of English by combining the words "candidly" and "wondering."

But I didn't have mincemeat for dinner, not out of that kitchen.

I had meatloaf (beef, veal, pork) with a baked potato and grilled vegetables.

Crabcakes, potatoes au gratin and roasted brussels sprouts. Delish.

R84 That sounds and looks absolutely amazing!

R69 Sounds delicious! Foreshadowing more Fall dinners I am sure.

Rib eye steak cooked under the broiler, with corn on the cob. Ginger ale and a piece of carrot cake. The corn was so good - perfectly sweet.

I had a BLT and made a carrot pound cake that came out beautifully. I put so many spices in it it actually tastes like pumpkin bread.

Caramelized zucchini sauce and spaghetti.

Roasted stuffed chicken thighs, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, tomato salad, potato and green bean salad.

[bold]tl:dr part[/bold]

Okay, I'm insane. I worked like hell today and we got a lot of shit knocked out for our business. At four o'clock, I decided to make a chicken dinner. I found some ground beef in the freezer from last year(!). I vacuum sealed it so it was perfectly fine. I had six chicken thighs And moo glue. I decided to take the bones out of the thighs and moo-glued them together. I had a bag of Pepperidge Farm stuffing cubes in the pantry. I made stuffing from the meat, the cubes, celery, onion, and a bit the chicken stock I made from the bones. I laid the stuffing out on the thighs, rolled it up, and tied it up with string. I roasted it, and made a gravy from the remaining stock.

I broke out a can of jellied cranberry sauce from the pantry also. Yeah, the jellied stuff. I like it. I posted the picture for the skeptics (I'd be skeptical too). It was like early Thanksgiving. The chicken didn't look the way I wanted it to. It stayed together, but it needed it bit more skin (I cut some off the thighs too soon). And while it browned on top, the skin was pale and a bit flabby on the bottom. Next time, I'll glue it together better using some of the extra skin, and I'll turn it over halfway through. But the taste was outstanding. Yes, I'm a fat whore. And obsessive too..

[bold]Carry on[/bold]

Thai ginger soup, Caesar salad, jerk chicken breast, dirty rice, green beans and crème brûlée for dessert.

Grand Cuvée Dining Room onboard Celebrity Silhouette off the coast of Maine last night.

I love a dinner that mixes different cuisines, R93!

Fish and chips (ATK recipe) and cole slaw.

BBQ chicken sandwiches, grilled asparagus, grilled corn.

A ham and mayo sandwich and some spicy gazpacho.

Last night I made an asiago roasted garlic cauliflower soup and panko poached eggs. First time making the eggs and I was worried they'd be a disaster, but they turned out perfectly crunchy with just the right amount of creamy yolk drip--delicious! Like a lighter scotch egg.

Here's the recipe, if anyone's interested. I grated some asiago and herbs into the panko crumb mixture before frying to tie it into the soup's flavor profile.

That looks awesome, R98

Grilled-out pork tenderloin, steamed rice, corn-on-the-cob, and boiled bok choy with just a little spicy soy sauce mixture sprinkled on it.

It was a record 96 degrees today so we cranked up the AC and baked! Husb make enchiladas with leftover roast chicken, black beans, sauteed onion and Bell peppers, canned olives. Canned red sauce, jack cheese. Survived without sour cream. Cucumber, tomoato, and basil salad. I made two batches of pate brisse, so easy in the food processor. Made a spinach, mushroom, onion quiche for tomorrow, and a French apple tart using apples from our tree for the first time. Haven't tried it yet. The apples are small and green. This is Gravenstein country, so that's probably what they are. Also baked a batch of snickerdoodle cookies. Yesterday I made base ice cream from a Salt and Straw recipe that's been chilling in the fridge. Will freeze the ice cream in the machine and add crumbled cookies (no - NOT right-wing Mormon outed Crumble Cookies) then let it set in the freezer for tomorrow.

Baked potato with homemade ranch dressing. Grilled asparagus. Strawberries

Well, oohkay. Snickerdoodles are the most boring cookies I've ever tasted. To the ice cream base I added a dash of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and cardamom. I guess that's Pumpkin Pie Spice, which I want to hate. But it had to be done.

I have a feeling I posted this in the wrong thread, because I came back here and my post isn't here. Well, this was it.

Chicken Pizzaiolo - at least that's what my sister and I call it.

It's a dish my mother made. It's chicken and potatoes, braised in tomato sauce, water, garlic, olive oil, parsley, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper - in a Pyrex baking dish (as she always did). My sister and I started adding peas at the end of baking to make it a one-pot meal. Of course, some Italian bread to sop up some of the delicious sauce. A lot of memories in this dish.

spaghetti with eggplant sauce. chopped salad. lemon sorbet with raspberries

Grilled Middle Eastern lamb rib chops, wheat berry salad, stuffed zucchini, and homemade pita bread.

I like the lamb chops I made a couple of weeks ago that I picked up some more. I'm linking to the wheat berry salad recipe. The only substitution I made was pomegranate seeds instead of dried currants. I had them in the refrigerator and had to use them up. It's pretty tasty. I only used some of the ground beef I defrosted the other day for the chicken stuffing, and I also had some Campari tomatoes that were past their prime. I mixed them with some rice, allspice, and ras el-hanout, and stuffed some hollowed out zucchini. I braised them in tomato sauce. I made that yesterday, so just heating them up. Homemade pita. Okay, the Middle Eastern market is nine miles away. Between gas, tolls, and time, it would cost more for me to go buy them than to make some. So I made some. Came fine.

Salsa Chicken: chicken breasts seasoned with taco seasoning, browned in skillet and covered with salsa. Simmer 20 minutes, then top with cheese. Side dish is garlic chili rice from a package. Beverage is ginger ale, then some chocolate pudding with Cool Whip.

Sunday evening: Brik w/shrimp, egg and harissa; spinach salad, roast cod, fingerling potatoes, broccoli and carrots, and three sorbets in a spun-sugar globe for dessert.

Lobster lunch yesterday ashore in Charlottetown PEI. Saw an emergency transfer from ship to shore for an elderly passenger very very early yesterday morning.

Onboard the Celebrity Silhouette in the St Lawrence River en route to Quebec City and awaiting the Aurora Borealis sighting tonight.

Pad Krapow Gai, aka Thai Basil Chicken, made with ground turkey because we have it. Steamed broccoli slaw. Peanut satay sauce. Raspberry sorbet.

Jamaican-style vegan stew/soup with a PB&J sandwich. My "Ital" is a bit more basic, more like a veg curry.

A box of frozen potato skins. It says you’re supposed to share with friends, but get serious.

Leftovers: spinach and mushroom quiche, Greek bean salad. Apple tart with snickerdoodle ice cream, iced coffee.

Leftover roast chicken, gravy, and stuffing, cranberry sauce, leftover wheatberry salad, leftover stuffed zucchini. I did make mashed potatoes.

Canary melon for dessert.

Monday night is homemade pizza night at our house: pepperoni and cheese with basil. Kids love it - we love it - and we get a big mixed salad: lettuce, cucumbers, corn, cherry tomatoes from the garden

I picked up a frozen burrito from Circle K when I was buying Powerball tickets earlier. I have some leftover Mexican rice to go with it.

Leftover kielbasa with potatoes, onions and peppers, and a lettuce/tomato salad with ranch dressing. Sweet tea to drink and some fresh cherries.

R115: enjoy your farting!

Home-made white bread, butter and cheese.

Spinach salad, veal piccata, vegetable platter and peach tart with raspberry coulis.

The Aurora Borealis was visible if not spectacular starting about 10 pm. Maybe it’s the destination, maybe it’s the time of year but even with a nightly LGBTQ gathering our presence is minimal but the old straight people are friendly enough and a good thing, too. The demographic skews old.

Docking in about an hour in Quebec City.

Omelets, asparagus soup

r119, that actually sounds wonderful, despite being on a cruise. We're going to Montreal in 3 weeks, then renting a car to drive through New England for leaf peeping. Had to ditch an excursion to Quebec City due to logistics. How far North were you to see the Aurora Borealis? Have only been on one cruise, years ago. It was an RSVP cruise. Loved the food and variety, but was mostly bored while at sea. Veal Picatta is now on my to-do list.

Scallops, white bean salad, and creamed leeks.

Central Market had U-15 scallops for $19.99/lb. They haven't put them on sale for a long time. And I had a $2 off coupon. A scallop feast. I seared them, and made a pan sauce from white wine, herbed butter, and lemon juice. I made the white bean salad (piyaz) and creamed leeks (my partner loves them). A glass of chardonnay - all was good.

My doctor said I have low sodium, so I got a Double Quarter Pounder from McDonald's.

Late diner after binge watching TV. Favorite salmon fillets poached in Vermouth, sliced onions, lemons, capers, and dill reduction. Potatoes Anna (a simple potato "cake" with Yukon Gold potatoes sliced with a mandolin), salad of shaved carrots, cucumber, red onion, bell peppers because tonight was mandolin madness.

Shrimp cocktail, mesclun salad (pronounced “mescaline salad” by more than one diner in earshot), lobster Savannah OM, mixed vegetable platter. Sacher torte for dessert. Because we don’t sail until afternoon, the Main Dining Room is closed for lunch so we’ll eat in the Cafe at noon. Old Country Buffet it ain’t.

R119 not sure exactly where we were @ 11 pm Monday night but about 150 miles east of Quebec City.

Macaroni and cheese, Romano beans salad, and stewed tomatoes.

I used my go-to mac and cheese recipe from Fannie Farmer. I used Gruyere and Costco Coastal cheddar instead of just cheddar. I cooked the Romano beans until tender, added toasted walnuts and crumbled feta, and dressed with EVOO. I also opened a can of stewed tomatoes. Does anyone know what one does with stewed tomatoes? The only thing I served them with is mac and cheese. The chef at my old work cafeteria served it with his mac and cheese and I always like it, so I now do the same. But that's the only thing I use them for. Anyone know what people do with them?

I bought another Canary melon, so that's dessert.

Grilled a lean, fresh made, small paddy of ground beef with spring onion. Boiled a serving of peas & carrots.

R126. In SC. Hot stewed tomatoes are served over cooked white rice. When heating the tomatoes, may add a little milk or butter.

I thought I was the only who liked tomatoes and white rice. Good to know I'm not alone.

Okay, I can see how that would be tasty, Thanks, R128

Vegetable and goat cheese tart, 4-bean salad, and lemonade. Tried (and failed) to make biscuits, so we had toast.

Smothered Pork Burritos with lettuce and tomato, emulating Denver's Curtis Street Cafe's (RIP, down by the train station when the area was sketchy) dish that I enjoyed in the early 1980s.l

My favorite memory was when a table of downtown work ladies looking smart were horrified to see a roach crossing their table. One screeched at the Mexican waitress, "THERE'S A COCKROACH ON THIS TABLE!!!!"

The waitress sauntered over, flicked it across the room with an index-finger snapping off her thumb, and said,

"And now there ain't."

Gemelli pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and chicken sauce. Broccoli slaw. Pistachio ice cream.

Make that chicken sausage.

Lemon cappellini and cauliflower with Hollandaise sauce. The Hollandaise was a new recipe for me from Youtube, and I'll be returning to my old Julia Child recipe.

I made Salmon Salad, oh and was it ever delicious.

Made just like you would Tuna Salad, served on top of a tomato from the garden with Town House crackers by the side.

I make Tuna Salad a lot but it hasn't seemed all that good lately so I thought I would try canned Salmon instead and I might never go back to Tuna.

Baked stuffed shells. YUM. I need to put on a few pounds before my physical exam next month so I don't hear "Boardering on severe underweight" again. Excuse me for not chowing down all day long.

I did some late shopping at Costco and I was ravenous. So against my better judgement, I had a Costco hotdog and a coke. I feel terrible tonight. Mostly guilt and some indigestion.

Maybe you're having a bad reaction because you were expecting to have a bad reaction, R138. Mostly guilt? Life is too short to feel guilty over a Costco hot dog.

It's been a while since I had one, maybe three or four years, and I remember them being much better than the one I had last night, R139. The guilt is because I have been trying to eat healthier and have been pretty successful, and the Costco hot dog was a lapse. And then it just didn't taste good. Sometimes if you go off your diet and something tastes good you savor it and enjoy it. But in t his case there was nothing to savor or enjoy. And the mustard was runny.

Lunch was carrot-cumin gazpacho, fried mozzarella sticks and teriyaki duck breast with sautéed leeks and white rice.

Still onboard the Silhouette en route to Sydney, Nova Scotia to see the Giant Fiddle.

For lunch, I'm having NYT Eric Kim's tuna rice bowl. The mayo in question is Kewpie. Broccoli on the side.

Better recipe

Grilled chicken thighs, tomato salad, roasted carrots, and leftover wheatberry salad.

My partner ordered dual-pronged grilling skewers that he was keen to try out. I bought skinless boneless thighs that I cut, pounded, and marinated in oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, rosemary, parsley, and some spicy red Thai chili that I grew. He skewered and grilled it. I reserved some of the marinade (before adding the chicken) and rested it in that after it came off the grill. Tomato salad was standard, oil, vinegar, oregano, garlic, basil, and a bit of green chili I also grew. I mixed the carrots with oil, honey, and a ton of spices (aleppo pepper, ground cloves, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, paprika, just a bit of each) and roasted them. Topped them with a mix of parsley and mint. Typing this out, it sounds really busy, but it wasn't. It had an nice, pleasant, Middle Eastern flavor. I also had a half of a bazlama (Turkish bread, like a thick pita) to sop up the wonderful juices from the tomatoes.

When I stopped at the grocery today, the very nice cashier had a cough. She admitted she had had it for the last several days. So, I washed up carefully when I got home, and made an onion sandwich a la James Beard. I was lucky to have some nice white onions on hand, and I'm now reeking of onion (and cabernet sauvignon). In the old days, I would have planned for it and bought some Limburger cheese to go with the onions, and a nice beer..

Carpaccio w/shaved parm, wedge salad w/ blue cheese and bacon, chicken saltimbocca with ratatouille.

No dessert.

I made homemade minestrone. Hours of chopping. I thought I bought chicken Italian sausage but I couldn’t find it so I looked at the receipt from ALDIs and I was double charged for 2 items for a total of 10.00. Now I don’t know whether to go back, let it go, or wonder if this is something I have to worry about.

You made homemade soup. R147, but it wasn't homemade minestrone, which is a hearty Italian vegetable soup. Sausage? No.

Sorry that happened, R147. When that happens to me, it's usually because I left a bag at the register or in the cart when putting my bags in the car. It's also happened that something has rolled out of a bag and hid itself next to one of the doors (I have an SUV and often have the back seats down)

R147 - I forgot to thank you for the inspiration. I have everything to make a pot of sausage minestrone. I'll make a pot this weekend for lunches next week.

Grilled salmon with compound butter, steamed broccoli, and roasted baby potatoes.

The salmon got topped some compound butter - it's our new favorite way. The steamed broccoli was fixed very simply with crushed garlic, evoo, lemon juice and salt. I roasted the baby potatoes and added chopped fresh rosemary and garlic to them 10 minutes before they came out of the oven. I have a pear, some cherries, and a pumpkin spice cookie for dessert.

Sausages with mustaed, coleslaw, roast corn.

Well I like a little meat in my soup. But I didn’t buy it so it is tru minestrone

R148 - I'm Italian and I also make sausage minestrone. I have been for 40 years. It's called minestrone arricchito - enriched minestrone. I used two sausages, just some to enhance the flavor.

R147 - I made a huge pot this morning. I had some parmesan in the refrigerator so I added the rind. Also, I add Maggi seasoning to my minestrone. Is it Italian? No, but it bumps up the umami along with the parmesan rind.

I put a rind in mine too but it was fresher so it melted into a mass.

[quote]I put a rind in mine too but it was fresher so it melted into a mass

I love the molten mass. Treat for the cook!

Fish tacos

Grilled jerk chicken thighs, roasted sweet potatoes, and Italian zucchini bake.

I used my go-to jerk marinade recipe, which I would link to if I got it online. This recipe has all the ingredients, but in different proportions. One pepper? I use four to five. I roasted the sweet potatoes using the same warm spices, oil, honey, a touch of cayenne, and lime juice. I was amazed I never made the zucchini bake. I've had a similar recipe in a church cookbook I've had for 40+ years (my sister has had hers for 60+years!). The reason is probably because it called for Bisquick, which I never buy. However, the combination of flour, oil, baking soda, and salt made up for that. That gets mixed with eggs, shredded zucchini, onion, garlic, Romano cheese, and black pepper. It had a nice flavor and came kind of light and puffy. My partner really liked it.

Since Pizza Hut and Little Cesar’s are verboten in our household now, we continue to order Marcos Pizza.

It’s pretty good. The supreme is customizable so I add black olives.

That was dinner.

Vegan dogs with sauerkraut, onions, Dijon mustard, and sweet relish. Cole slaw. The condiments hide the fact that they are vegan dogs.

I treat myself to a steak every once in a while - usually a T-bone. As they were sold out, I opted for an Angus rib eye. It had 2-3 large areas of fat in the center and around the perime?ter, but I figured it would make the meat juicy. Those fatty areas didn't cook right and many mouthfuls were a mix of meat and gross chewy fat. D i s a p p o i n t e d.

A nice caesar salad, iced tea and carrot cake made it a little better.

R157: are you a lezzie?

I do like nut loaf. I'm someone who radically changed my diet post colon cancer. So while you have steak, I'll have vegetarian chili.

Lentil and pasta soup I made.

Homegrown cucumber, red onion, tomato, waxed pepper & feta salad,

Baked spanakopita from Greece.

Brined black olives

Some leftover buttermilk in my fridge kept staring at me and pissing me off.

This time I watched a Chef John video and did a second attempt at buttermilk biscuits due to boredom. They came out well. Had one with sugar-free apricot jam, partner had three with peanut butter (gross!) and I froze the rest. Took me an hour.

One of my last memories of my 81-year old mom was chatting with her when she was doing something in the kitchen, always hyper-kinetic, but stealing drags from my cigarette, which was shocking and funny. Just minutes later there were fresh biscuits on the breakfast table. She would have been 100 years old this November!

I bought some buttermilk for waffles but I haven’t made them yet.

Speaking of breakfast, I am making pozole. I just shredded the pork and am cooking the chicken breasts.

I’ll shred some lettuce and slice some radishes and key limes. I’ll go buy bolillos as soon as the store opens. 🤤

We're going to our Little Italy and getting takeout.. Meatball sandwich for partner, eggplant parm for me, grandmother pizza for later in the week. I'll make a chopped salad.

Friday: Shrimp cocktail, spinach salad, prime rib w/horseradish sauce, green beans, duchess potatoes, and Baked Alaska at the obligatory almost-farewell dinner with the staff marching, the band playing, and one of the dining-room captains singing “I Will Survive.” She was pretty and had a great voice, but it was an odd song choice, we thought. Survive the cruise? The food?

Saturday: Arugula salad with creamy vinaigrette, apple squash soup flavored with cumin and candied sunflower seeds, chicken Chiquita (deep-fried coconut crusted breast of chicken roulade with bananas and ham in a mango-chutney sauce) served with rice and sautéed spinach.

Back home this morning from the cruise to Quebec on Celebrity’s Silhouette. Stopped drinking during past-passenger free drinks happy hours (5-7 pm) last night in anticipation of today’s return to grim reality. I gained seven pounds in ten days and lost an inch off my waist in the gym and by walking five miles a day. Ozempic jab tonight.

Today is Sunday dinner: Home fried chicken breastesses and wings, mashed potatoes/gravy, and steamed broccoli. Dessert will be half the fucking container of Peanutbutter cup ice cream.

Grilled NY strip, halushki, and an eggplant/pepper/tomato dish.

[bold]Useless chatter[/bold] The NY strip is a prime one I bought when they were on sale which I pulled out of the freezer yesterday. We made some compound butter to top it.

I linked to the eggplant/pepper/tomato dish, which was quite good. I had two small eggplant that we grew that needed to be cooked. I also had a bunch of yellow/red/orange bell peppers that were already cut and cleaned (you'll see why), and I used some of the 50lbs of Campari tomatoes I bought (they were $.49/lb, I'll make passata). I added some herbs (fresh parsley, thyme, and basil, dried oregano, ground fennel, and crushed red pepper) because the recipe as written seemed a little bland. It came out great. Mine was also prettier because our eggplant was bright yellow.

I made haluski (cabbage, onions, egg noodles) because I also had a lot of leftover thin sliced cabbage. Why, you may ask. Because I bought a couple of fermentation jars with an airlock. I made sauerkraut earlier, but sliced too much cabbage. As for the peppers, I made giardiniera in the other jar, and I used red, orange, and yellow peppers in it so it would be pretty. Thus, I also had pieces of unused colorful peppers. Yeah, I was busy in the kitchen today. [bold]end of useless chatter[/bold]

I made pork chops and salted potatoes. Salt Potatoes—NY regional food where you boil baby potatoes in super salty water which infuses them with flavor and turns them creamy inside.

Saturday we went to a birthday party where the hosts made a bunch of delicious heroes and salads all with stuff from this fantastic salumeria in Brooklyn. They own a wine store so we drank as well as we ate.

A touch hungover, we had burgers and roasted broccoli at our local pub where we watched the Open. Perfect end to a fun weekend.