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.
We are having breakfast for dinner tonight.Fried baby red potatoes with English muffin breakfast sandwiches for a change.
I'm sure you can find even a good food truck in El Paso with short rib tacos 🌮
Hard to believe its Monday again. I had the most delicious salad with citrus dressing. Mixed greens with almonds, feta cheese and dried cranberries.
The best Mexican restaurant here is a hole in the wall, very cheap by local standards, and only open for weekday lunch! Don't think you would find them on Trip Advisor. Nope, not on TA, just checked.
As a finale, my niece said, "We have Taco Bell here, too!" {groaning. I don't like Taco Bell...} Because some of you have been mentioning Mexican food, I am sooooo curious on how it tastes! So, I tentatively asked her, "Do they have REAL Mexican food there?" Oh, yes,... but it's very crowded, long line and expensive.... sigh.... I'm going to have to Google on best places to eat in El Paso....
Then he deserted the kitchen, said he couldn’t think what to do next. That’s because we had no canned tomatoes or premade spaghetti sauce. I found a can of tomato paste. That with vegetable broth made the sauce part.
We’ve lost our ability to cook! So today’s meal turning out well was nice. We used to be great cooks.
Those and a loaded green salad or a bowl of clam chowder would be all you'd need.
Will put it on the grocery list now. Thanks Lu. ;)
I love Red Lobster but haven't been in a very long time. I am having a craving for their cheddar biscuits.
Family was over last night and I'm still having leftovers. It was pizza, chicken and mushroom penne with marsala sauce and a garden salad. I hope the garden salad makes up for the pizza and pasta.:-)
Believe it or not, there ARE refried beans on Mexican pizza in Mexico. I live in Tijuana and you can order them on it, also jalapeños and chorizo. (Ugh! Mexico has the world's worst pizza, IMO.)
My Mexican husband would have no trouble with any of that (he calls himself a frijolero (bean lover) but I draw the line putting refried beans on a pizza. Some things are just sacred.
I finally made the green Thai curry with veggies and rice. It was more than spicy, but, hubs abided by the mandatory "one bite taste test" before dumping 1/3 of a bottle of (Mexican) hot sauce all over it! Sigh, so much for cultural cuisine diversity.
Though hang on. How many pieces in a "small" container?!
There was a limited supply of brands, often just one brand. I couldn't complete all my grocery shopping there. It also wasn't in the best part of town.
I had to go back to Von's for the stuff they didn't have. Too bad, they were cheap.
As for dinner, hubs said he was SO full at lunch, (huge hamburger on a french roll with all the trimmings. I had half of an English muffin with a slice of avocado), he didn't want dinner. Ha, yeah right!
I was 'going to' make Thai green chicken curry with veggies and white rice BUT, his highness declared that he was "starving" (really?) right this minute and he threw a frozen pizza in the oven. He's out there right now, grumbling about not knowing how to "cut it". hahahaha
You probably won't like salmon cooked the Norwegian way
Poached in a little vinegar water and served with homemade tartar sauce and boiled red potatoes
It was tacos tonight. I had spicy chicken and pork as fillings.
You can't get better groceries for less money in the U.S. You can get more options if you go to a larger grocery chain. You can get more types of cheese, for example, at a Trader Joe's or other larger grocery, but Aldi's has very good offerings for very cheap.
An aldi market opened where fresh n easy used to be
I'm not familiar with them - what's their niche?
I made a fancy salad tonight. I always make salads because they are easy and they agree with me. They had artisan lettuce (that makes me laugh just typing that... it's baby lettuce heads) on sale at Aldi so I bought a couple. Chopped up some artisan lettuce and added sliced button mushrooms (ok, I could've used fancier mushrooms for my fancy salad), green onion, prosciutto pieces and feta. It was good with an Italian style dressing.
I try to get creative with my salads since I eat them so often. It's nice to try different combos, but always have to have protein in them these days. Anyway, it was tasty. I like all the cooking comments, tbh. Who cooked tonight, what did you make??? :-)
I'm sitting bedside with the Viking for a bit and have only had a small piece of candy
I might need to hit the gringo taco stand on my way home but they don't have the radishes jalapeño carrots and green salsa like my other place
I've been reading about a New Orleans deli in downtown that I want to try - they serve gumbo but only on Saturdays