Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
I got so tired of never having a good steak anymore (no more nice dinners out for me), so I researched how to buy meat at grocery and make at home.
I buy mostly strip or rib eye, about 1-1 1/2 inch thickness. Allow steak to come to room temp, season well with salt and pepper each side. Sear in tablespoon olive oil in hot skillet, about 1 min each side to get nice brown sear. Put into toaster oven at preheated 375, done in 5 mins for rare/medium rare.
Maybe I just haven't had a good steak in awhile, so my bar is set artificially low, but I'm LOVING the results I get from this easy preparation. :D
Speaking of measuring, my dear Coy made a mean vat of turkey soup, and somehow this evolved into a base for matzo ball soup that we had at our family holiday gatherings. He never measured. One year I went around behind him with a clipboard and wrote down everything he put in it, and estimated how much. Within a few years of that he developed dementia. He could still make his soup (with a lot of supervision) because I had that written record for him to follow. And I can still make it. Maybe this year I'll invite one of the (adult) grandkids to help me make it for our holiday party.
Tonight a nice hot chili is simmering on the stove for later, and a
hamburger soup. Will add greens to the soup tomorrow.
Has anyone made a chocolate cake with spices like cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, black pepper, and cayenne in it? I grind up an orange, rind and all and add that in too.
Awesome!
G's birthday tomorrow - should make one for him. he loves it.
Tonight pork roast again. The flavours of the marinade are coming out nicely. I couldn't make a regular gravy because of the marinade, so I decided it had to be a sauce, and after thickening it I added a little juice from the cinnamon apples. Just the right touch!
I have to taste my way through when I am cooking. G says he can make a chili just right without tasting, I gotta taste everything and figure out what it needs.
Any more tasters out there?
in my mothers last few months i was stirfrying all kinds of vegs together and she really liked em. potato, onion, and a bag or so of frozen broccoli / cauliflower / carrots. since cut up sausage links was the main flavor i have been known to cut up an apple in the mix..
wish she were here, id fry her up some chicken organs . lol
squirrel, ( heads and all lol ) will cook down into some pretty b***hing vittles. ( egg noodles, etc )
but tonight i had fried chicken livaars. lol. theyre so damn cheap the stores almost pay you to eat em.
my mother taught me two things about combatting inflation. " i ainta payin it, and let em keep it " . shes right. ya let em stick that crap in the dumpster a couple weeks in a row and the price will come down.
Yesterday my daughter and daughter-in-law met with 6 grandkids at a sushi restaurant. We had a blast.
Saturday is when I made the cabbage soup. It was awesome with sauerkraut rye bread from my favorite deli.
The kitchen won't be done tomorrow, so we'll be eating out!
Cooking is my solace; the kitchen, my sanctuary. Nothing has the calming effect as does preparing a good meal for my family. Tonight we had baked spaghetti, zipper peas, and a new dessert--caramel apple dump cake. Easy and delicious!
Sending warm thoughts to each of you!
Put me in the "live to eat" category too!
I am curious......what is your absolute biggest most favorite meal ever??????
What about desert? (Do NOT say cinnamon buns,lol)
I'm thinking Chinese delivery.......with Tums for desert.
And a wine toast in memory of my sweet brother who died on this day four years ago.