What's for dinner?

Tonight was a comfort food hotdish, with chicken and broccoli and mushrooms and carrots, a chicken sauce, and a biscuit crust. Granddaughter had been to apple orchard yesterday and left us some apples. We had apple wedges with caramel sauce for a side.

I was at Costco today and checked out the crabs. They had two medium in a package for $28. Sigh.

My mother's name is Jean. :)

The quiche sounds very tasty jeanne, did I mention my mother's name is jean, thus the Jeanette? :) I saw an episode of "The Chew" last week where Clinton Kelly basically made a quiche inside a french roll. Looked so good I may try it tomorrow with the ingredients you used... I have those handy. My last batch of tomatoes...

Yes, I do have access to FRESH dungeness crab...fresh from Oregon Coast. I can buy a giant whole one for 7 bucks. I do like the more stringent taste they have vs the sweet.

Bob, try frying up some gizzards, make a brown gravy from the oil....use season salt if you have it, simmer till gizzards are tender, pour over rice.... stick to your ribs food.

BUMMER is right.... it's up to the 90's during the day but 40's in the mornings.... this is it... last week of warmth. I dread another winter here...
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i snacked around last night and never fried my chicken livers so i just floured em and put em on to fry .
bummer -- had to light up the woodstove tonight for the first time . i could have done without this for another month ..

Ah, Jeanette, is that a benefit of living in a state that borders on an ocean?

Tonight's menu was fresh fruit parfait and bacon-spinach-tomato quiche, with Swiss and cheddar cheese. It was an especially tasty combination. Each time I make a quiche I wonder why I don't do it once a week. It is easy, moderate cost, and fairly nutritious. We all love it. Why not do it more often? I guess just because there are also a huge number of other things we like.

Granddaughter stopped over and had dinner with us. She loved the quiche. I gave her the recipe. I wonder if she'll ever make it. She was visiting her brother afterwards and I sent the leftover pie to him for breakfast.

Captain, ever consider combining your gizzards or liver or bacon scraps into a quiche? Cook one time and eat for three days, with better variety than plate after plate of gizzards. :)

Well, there was an awesome sale on fresh/whole dungeness crab.... CRACK!!

good question jeanne . in my family being rigid trumps being " right " every time ..

My siblings love Korean food. For me, it's an acquired taste..which is basically the Kalbi ribs. Period. And I only acquired this taste because when siblings are treating, I'm not about to turn down free food. Today, for lunch, was.... Korean food. Sis decided to be adventurous and added a side order of spicy beef soup (don't know the actual name). Sis didn't like it - seafood flavoring with the meat beef. She said it didn't go together. As for me, I love soup if I can add white rice into it. She put gave me a small bowl of soup and I added the rice. Yum!!! Weird though because as I ate it hungrily (even though I was full from the Kalbi, the soup's flavor was yummy.), I kept looking for the octopus. Because the seafood flavor - to me - tasted as if it had octopus in it. Sis kept telling me that I didn't have to force myself to eat the soup. She wasn't going to pack up the leftover soup but I said that I wanted it. That was what I had for dinner - the left over soup with rice. Yum!!!

Chorizo skillet for dinner. Wonderful. I almost opted for carry-in. My brother can over and helped me clean my family room. We moved every heavy piece of furniture. There are a lot of homeless dust mites in the Midwest tonight. I am not used to doing physical work for three hours straight, but I'm glad I held up through dinner. Homemade is almost always better than purchased. :)

Captain, does it bother you at all that you are taking advice from a deceased woman you considered nuts? Just wondering. :)

jeanette,
those chops sound much better than my chicken livers . damm near bought pork this week . 1.50 a lb . then moms voice sed " i aintta payin it , let em keep it " .. of course mom was nuttier'n squirrel s*it . the damm livers were 1 . 89 a lb ..

Yay! It came out great. So tasty & filing. You can get almond meal (ground up almonds) at trader joe's, or make your own. Thanks everyone for great supper ideas.

Health: just came back from my doctor who is a Naturopath. He "muscle tested" my supplements and I bought some new ones for my endocrine system, a new multi vitamin and another one to dissolve certain fats in the body. He is a very knowledgeable doctor when it comes to Functional wellness. I am hoping to lose weight, have better digestion, and put my endocrine system back in balance.
Been plagued with headaches, parasites and other things since I moved to this apartment four years ago. Yes, it's on my list to move out of here maybe next Spring.

Having leftovers from last night's pork chops. Gonna let them simmer in my homemade pork gravy for awhile till they are fork tender.

It's gonna be in the 90's until late next week. Cold foods from now on!

Trying to lose weight and go gluten free: how many ways can I substitute vegetables for grains?

I am making eggplant parmesean but instead of frying and using bread crumbs I am making it with almond meal. Eggplant dipped in eggwash, then almond meal, sprayed the glass baking pan with coconut oil, layered them in, baked them. Then made a tomato sauce; mixed an Indian Simmer Sauce with an Italian sauce, sliced layers of sliced garlic, onions, fresh tomato, fresh basil, goat cheese, jack cheese, and topped with the last of the almond meal. Wow, this place smells good! Can't wait to try my invention.

I used to think stir-fry needed water chestnuts, but now I like jicama better. Same crunch with a fresher taste. (Maybe that is because I can buy jicama fresh and water chestnuts only canned.)

Had granddaughter, her husband, and their two kids over tonight. We had tortilla chips, salsa, and guacamole, small bowls of gazpacho for starters, then fish tacos (cabbage, tomatoes, cilantro, and an awesome sauce), followed by cookie brownies. A success.

looloo,
stir fry needs water chestnuts imo ..

Got the ingredients for a quick stir fry, but worked late, wasn't that hungry, so will do that tomorrow. Tonight was just Triscuits with hummus and Sriracha hot sauce. Weird? Maybe, but I love it.

im exonerated .. i had a piece of chicken at lunchtime at nh ..
your pork chops sound good , jeannette . try em layered in a bread pan someday with light apple stuffing between each . a can of whole kernel corn doesnt hurt the stuffing one bit .. tramadol and beer for side dishes ..

Hmmm....seems to me, el Capitano, that the middle ground would include at least a piece of chicken. Simple self medications is not middle :)

I must be hungry because, even though it's hot as h*ll here, I'm broiling thick cut pork chops dusted with caraway seeds then baked on top of sauerkraut, green beans, beets and cottage cheese. I must be nuts!

tramadol and beer .. ive seen too many people die from clean living , im gonna find the middle ground .

We are having homemade Mac and cheese and hot dogs on a cool rainy night.

Tonight is Nopals (catcus) and shrimp salad with a pico de gallo salas on tostadas.

assandache7, I haven't had American Chop Suey since I was a little kid and my mom made it. Haven't had meat in 25 years now. My mom was an amazing cook for all us kids. Nice blast from the past. Yes, I'm from New England!

Last night was "crack slaw" - a burger and cabbage dish that you can change up about 1000 different ways - spicy, creamy, tomato-y, etc - I went the creamy route last night and tossed some cream cheese in there and topped it with colby jack. YUM.

Thats cause "I'm on the highway to hell" ....... the highway to hell ..... now that song will stick in ur mind.

Costco pizza. Very, very long drive back front doctor visit/nh today.

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shes got a tou -- ouch , a touch too much ..

im having iced coffee and chicken pumps . there is some serious rain about to start here .
d*mnt hadnuff . your screenname compels me to listen to " touch too much " by ac dc .. i had some kind of cracked out salad at nh yesterday . i recognized mayo , raisins , broccoli . it really wasnt bad ..

Asian pears are great in a salad also. I use spinach and asian pears and maybe some toasted walnuts in a light dressing. Delicious.

i love pears . i have a dwarf japanese pear tree .
i had jail food tonight -- from ednas nh . chicken salad sandwich . it wasnt very good , too sour, but it brought back a great memory of moms last 3 months of life . i was making some kicka** chicken salad and serving it on halves of brotchen rolls . mom and the hospice visitors complimented the food after they were done eating . they were so good that nobody said a word while eating them ..
i took edna a slice of restaurant coconut cream pie this evening . an old lady who was sitting in the hall with edna said she loved coconut so i gave her half of ednas slice of pie . i made two people happy for 3 bucks and 55 cents . thats pretty good economics ..