What is/was for dinner?

[Gutwrench]

Can I inspire you to add some sallad too. It's good for you. I mean all that cheese is really cheesy
But enjoy, cheese is good. But I prefer balancing to reward the health.
And usually I don't feel the need to have so much cheese on my pizza's to make them delicious.

Certainly! How’s about Cesar salad with parmesan? There’s a place set for you, @Scepticalscribe & mum, @kazmac, @LizKat (if you have room for her Corona), and anyone else who’s in the neighborhood.

 

[Lioness~]

Certainly! How’s about Cesar salad with parmesan?

Indulge yourself by all means. Glad I'm not your dietist
Personally I'm going very green here now due to Ashtanga, I certainly want to take advantage of it as much as I can.

I just had a glass of Wheat and Barley grass power as a kind of dessert to the pizza that was covered with ruccola as most pizza days
I also have found a really great recipe to the cabbage pizza sallad, That I often do.

 

[Huntn]

It's in the ballpark of a "regular" flour based dough, 425 for 8 minutes, remove, add the toppings, another 8 minutes. That's parchment paper which is incredibly helpful for the initial cook (to avoid sticking), then I saw some folks say they remove that and go right onto the pizza pan, and even one person who said they go directly onto the oven rack for the last 8 to make it crispier.

We're going to experiment with those variations a bit - it's so tasty, I think we're going to make just a crust for dipping into olive oil and/or to eat with hummus!

Speaking of pizza like creations, We plan on trying the Milton cauliflower crust pizza found at Costco in the near furture. Both the wife and I have cut back on our bread consumption. This might get pizza back in out diet.

https://www.thekitchn.com/costco-new-cauliflower-crust-pizza-reviews-258556

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Certainly! How’s about Cesar salad with parmesan? There’s a place set for you, @Scepticalscribe & mum, @kazmac, @LizKat (if you have room for her Corona), and anyone else who’s in the neighborhood.

Thank you, kindly, sir.

Caesar salad is very welcome.

For dinner, chateau nous this evening, sautéed aubergine (eggplant) with garlic, roasted tomatoes with roasted carrot and garlic will be served; there will be rice for the carer and myself and fish fingers also for Mother.

Not sure whether Mother will also be given potatoes.

 

[kazmac]

Certainly! How’s about Cesar salad with parmesan? There’s a place set for you, @Scepticalscribe & mum, @kazmac, @LizKat (if you have room for her Corona), and anyone else who’s in the neighborhood.

Thank you. You’re on. I’ll bring guacamole and chips (not blue ones, promise!)

@Huntn Please do report on the cauliflower crust. I admit after so many gluten free cardboard pizzas, I am skeptical of cauliflower as a crust (not as rice though).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Thank you. You’re on. I’ll bring guacamole and chips (not blue ones, promise!)

@Huntn Please do report on the cauliflower crust. I admit after so many gluten free cardboard pizzas, I am skeptical of cauliflower as a crust (not as rice though).

I am skeptical of cauliflower full stop; in my experience, it is best steamed and then smothered in cheese sauce (not only the standard ones, gorgonzola also goes well), or else stir fried with garlic, ginger and chilli.

Dinner was very tasty; the roasted tomatoes, carrots and garlic went very well with the sautéed aubergine (eggplant) with yes, generous helpings of garlic, olive oil, and some soya sauce.
[doublepost=1540240377][/doublepost]Or parboiled (yes, I am still pondering on the challenges of cooking with cauliflower - remember Mark Twain's remark that cauliflower was cabbage with a college education?) and then put into the oven to roast with a cheese sauce.

 

[kazmac]

I am skeptical of cauliflower full stop; in my experience, it is best steamed and then smothered in cheese sauce (not only the standard ones, gorgonzola also goes well), or else stir fried with garlic, ginger and chilli.

Dinner was very tasty; the roasted tomatoes, carrots and garlic went very well with the sautéed aubergine (eggplant) with yes, generous helpings of garlic, olive oil, and some soya sauce.

Dinner sounds fabulous. Not sure what is on the menu for me tonight, outside of no beans or eggs. Maybe sautéed string beans and onions with a protein.

I like cauliflower streamed & dripping in butter; but I enjoy Broccoli more (even the stems & leaves). I can visualize cauliflower as ‘rice’, but not as a bread substitute. Sorry @Huntn!

Actually pizza crust and pumpernickel bread are the only two bread things I eat these days. I was so bummed when I accidentally flung one pumpernickel mini bagel onto the floor at work last Thursday, but at least there was a second one for me to inhale (Oh, work place bagel drama: the only office drama I can roll with. And roll that one bagel did).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Dinner sounds fabulous. Not sure what is on the menu for me tonight, outside of no beans or eggs. Maybe sautéed string beans and onions with a protein.

I like cauliflower streamed & dripping in butter; but I enjoy Broccoli more (even the stems & leaves). I can visualize cauliflower as ‘rice’, but not as a bread substitute. Sorry @Huntn!

Actually pizza crust and pumpernickel bread are the only two bread things I eat these days. I was so bummed when I accidentally flung one pumpernickel mini bagel onto the floor at work last Thursday, but at least there was a second one for me to inhale (Oh, work place bagel drama: the only office drama I can roll with. And roll that one bagel did).

Yes, yum, dinner was delicious; I had seen that the carer was preparing her (legendary) aubergine/eggplant dish, and it struck me that we have tomatoes (organic), carrots, (ditto) and lots and lots of garlic (I don't understand the word "moderation" where garlic is concerned), so I said that we should have the tomatoes and carrots and garlic roasted as well.

A stir fry dish I have made occasionally is one of broccoli (leaves and stem included) with cauliflower (as florets), a steaming hot wok, garlic (lots), in big chunks, ginger, and chillies - with a dash of soya sauce; that - served with noodles or rice - can actually be very tasty.

 

[Gutwrench]

An Old Fashioned dinner tonight because bourbon isn’t just for breakfast anymore.

 

[RootBeerMan]

Made gluten free lasagna for the family. You really cannot tell the difference between the gluten free lasagna noodles and the wheat variety.

 

[kazmac]

Glad your family dug that lasagna @RootBeerMan.

That reminds me,

(side tangent warning)


I need to try to the raw lasagna at Double 00 and see if it even remotely compares to the version at the late, much missed Pure Food & Wine. I remember when I took mom there for her birthday in 2006 and we tried the tasting menu. I was so bummed when the waitress put the raw lasagna in front of me (I am not a pasta eater - sorry, please do not kick me out of this thread), but I utterly scarfed that dish. I ordered it every time I went afterward (often).

Loved it so much so that I make raw zucchini spaghetti (stupidly called zoodles at some restaurants) and sun dried tomato sauce which mom adores. Of course, I am lazy when it comes to raw food so anything I can cut, dice or spiralize and throw in a blender is about all I have patience for. Dehydrating and sprouting and all that, nope. I'll pay the sticker price for good, raw veggie food (which sadly doesn't exist in Manhattan anymore. Salads and desserts are easy. Main dishes are hard which is why I miss Pure Food and Wine so much).

(side tangent over)

Okay that tangent aside...tonight. Overdone chicken, lettuce and my sliced almonds which have yet to team up with the vegetables I bought them for.

I was twilight dreaming of fresh, pumpernickle bagels rolling away from me on the train home. I am so glad I do not do drugs. That's a cry for carbs. Or something.

 

[Huntn]

If you like lobster, Costco currently has 5lb boxes of North Atlantic lobster tails (Canada) for $115. We got 16 tails, enough for 4 dinners for 2 people. We like lobster...and you can’t go wrong with that price.

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Speaking of pizza like creations, We plan on trying the Milton cauliflower crust pizza found at Costco in the near furture. Both the wife and I have cut back on our bread consumption. This might get pizza back in out diet.

https://www.thekitchn.com/costco-new-cauliflower-crust-pizza-reviews-258556

We picked up a double pack of the Milton vegetable pizza for $13. I added pepperoni. This crust was Delicious! Now I need to start sending suggestions to Pizza Hut!

https://ifoodreal.com/cauliflower-pizza-crust/

Customized with pepperoni*
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They may have a pepperoni version of this pizza, but our Costco did not have it. Find it in the frozen section.
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Dinner sounds fabulous. Not sure what is on the menu for me tonight, outside of no beans or eggs. Maybe sautéed string beans and onions with a protein.

I like cauliflower streamed & dripping in butter; but I enjoy Broccoli more (even the stems & leaves). I can visualize cauliflower as ‘rice’, but not as a bread substitute. Sorry @Huntn!

Actually pizza crust and pumpernickel bread are the only two bread things I eat these days. I was so bummed when I accidentally flung one pumpernickel mini bagel onto the floor at work last Thursday, but at least there was a second one for me to inhale (Oh, work place bagel drama: the only office drama I can roll with. And roll that one bagel did).

The cauliflower crust on the pizza I mentioned, is a very good substitute for standard pizza crust. But, I won’t say it is a good substitute for bread in general, but it is healthy..

 

[kazmac]

Glad to hear you enjoyed your cauliflower pizza crust @Huntn

 

[Scepticalscribe]

A friend of the carer's (another Filipina, an excellent chef, - whom I like - who works as a carer for an elderly lady in a house not too far away from ours) turned up this afternoon bearing gifts. Delicious gifts.

In a large paper bag were two plastic containers of a noodle dish she had just cooked. I love Asian noodle dishes.

Meanwhile, the carer had headed out to the French bakery; French bread, cakes, croissants (the ones with chocolate and almond) and waffles returned home with her.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Mother ate all of her dinner, a dinner we three had.

Dinner comprised of a tasty (not overcooked) omelette prepared with organic free range eggs, plus French onions.

Steamed and roasted broccoli, carrots and thinly sliced potatoes (all organic); and a salad of (organic) cucumber and cherry tomatoes, drizzled with olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar.

 

[0388631]

I am skeptical of cauliflower full stop; in my experience, it is best steamed and then smothered in cheese sauce (not only the standard ones, gorgonzola also goes well), or else stir fried with garlic, ginger and chilli.

I prefer it roasted and with a sauce, too. Otherwise find its flavor quite vile. I've had about 20 kilos of cauliflower in the last few months. Mostly served with a raclette. Though did have it with a gorgonzola and spinach cream sauce last weekend. Had to use up the leftover gorgonzola.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Normally, people with advanced dementia lose their appetite; there is no sign of this with Mother.

She has always had a hale and hearty appetite, and always thoroughly enjoyed her food.

These days, she is given what she wants (plus a bit of what is good for her, such as organic vegetables). At 88, with advanced dementia, the days of worrying about cholesterol (stratospheric since roughly forever) and cardiac stuff (she plays host to several stents, and a pacemaker, and her cardiologist, appraising his work with professional pride, informed us happily, "this is not what will kill her") are long gone.

So, to the stupefaction of the medical professionals, Mother's skin is excellent, her healing still good, her grip strong, and her appetite relatively undiminished.

 

[RootBeerMan]

My wife eats the stuff. She usually prepares it for herself as a curried dish. Curried cauliflower definitely smells better than normal.

As for dinner last night....it was sheer comfort food at my daughters request. A family sized box of Kraft Mac & Cheese with a 12oz can of tuna tossed in and copious amounts of fresh ground black pepper. Instant food heaven! Had enough left over that she was able to take some with her to school for lunch.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

My wife eats the stuff. She usually prepares it for herself as a curried dish. Curried cauliflower definitely smells better than normal.

As for dinner last night....it was sheer comfort food at my daughters request. A family sized box of Kraft Mac & Cheese with a 12oz can of tuna tossed in and copious amounts of fresh ground black pepper. Instant food heaven! Had enough left over that she was able to take some with her to school for lunch.

Curried cauliflower (and chilli cauliflower, and, as discussed cauliflower with cheese sauce, or, as a gratin) will all work well.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The carer was out for several hours, so I expect that we shall have organic free range eggs again; we just haven't decided on their form, yet.

However, we have just prepared a version of that apple, pear and plum (all organic) dish that I had put together a fortnight ago.

So, sliced cooking apples, pears and plums in a buttered dish; a very generous hand with butter and organic brown sugar; cardamon pods; a cinnamon stick; a vanilla pod; cloves; grated orange peel. A tiny amount (five or six dessert spoons) of water. A hot, preheated oven. To be roasted.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

"She eat all" reported the carer, of my Mother.

I was afraid of the cloves or cardamon, but apparently, a dish of roasted apple. pear and plum was consumed without incident.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Gnocchi with (homemade) gorgonzola sauce.

 

[0388631]

Duck confit ravioli (homemade), with roast butternut squash (from the garden), and a nice salad with some delicious import Greek feta.

Oh, and a nice cold cava.

 

[RootBeerMan]

The kids wanted ramen tonight, so we went to our favourite ramen joint and had some. My son and I had Garlic Tonkatsu Shoyu Ramen with pork belly. My daughter had her usual Tonkatsu Shoyu Ramen. Both kids had a set of onigiri for appetisers and I had some pork gyoza. All in all a very filling meal! On the plus side, we also saw Andrew Luck there enjoying a bowl of ramen, too. Even NFL quarterbacks like ramen!

Garlic Tonkatsu Shoyu Ramen

Bonito Onigiri

Pork Gyoza

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The kids wanted ramen tonight, so we went to our favourite ramen joint and had some. My son and I had Garlic Tonkatsu Shoyu Ramen with pork belly. My daughter had her usual Tonkatsu Shoyu Ramen. Both kids had a set of onigiri for appetisers and I had some pork gyoza. All in all a very filling meal! On the plus side, we also saw Andrew Luck there enjoying a bowl of ramen, too. Even NFL quarterbacks like ramen!

Garlic Tonkatsu Shoyu Ramen

Bonito Onigiri

Pork Gyoza

I absolutely adore good ramen; and yours looks delicious. Hope you enjoyed your meal.

The challenge is to eat it without creating a mess - something I have not yet quite fully mastered.