What's for Dinner ~ Wednesday ~ May 7th

[pinto]

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I've mainly been eating variants of the same sandwich

for most meals over the last week, and it'll probably be again tonight. The ancient grain bread with pepperjack cheese, the red pepper bruschetta, banana peppers, romaine, and sometimes sprouts is not only delicious, but I've been melting off the pounds while eating them. Down over 10 lbs in a week living mostly on those and coffee.

[KC]

10. That

sounds good. What is the red pepper bruschetta?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

12. I don't recall the brand name, but

it has 'sweetypepp' in he name, and is a mix of red peppers, olive oil, and garlic, iitc.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Hamburger with sauteed onions.

The last of the corn from a few days ago.

[pinto]

3. Santa Maria style tri-tip BBQ, beans, grilled corn, salad, garlic bread.

I donated to a local non-profit fund raiser. The meal comes for a donation.

2 meals for $20, so I figure the agency gets at least 50% - 60% of it. Tri-tip is really economical. And I know the restaurant that's donating their time to do up the meals. Local BBQ favorite. The tri-tip was likely donated - that would up the take for the non-profit to ~ 80%.

[Galileo126]

4. Steak fajitas

I'll skip the Mexican rice tonight. Feeling a bit tight under the belt these days.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

5. Back from the Florida Keys...

Where the yummiest meal we had was the "Juicy Lucy" hamburger at M.E.A.T. in Islamorada. Go figure Tonight we had blackened mahi here at home with sauteed veggies and couscous. Strange that we had great beef in the Keys and great fish at home

[bif]

6. Salmon cakes, roasted Brussel sprouts, and baked spuds.

The salmon cakes had been in the freezer for a while. Thought I'd use them up!

[pinto]

7. Where do you get or how do you make your salmon cakes? I love them. Have never done them well.

[madfloridian]

11. Easy to make, very good.

To the recipe below I add a little worcester sauce, a little mayonaisse (real mayo). Adds a lot of flavor.

Ingredients:

1 can (16 ounces) salmon ( I like red salmon)
1 small onion, finely grated
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
ground black pepper, to taste
2 large eggs, well beaten
1 to 1 1/2 cups fine dry bread crumbs
3 tablespoons butter

[fizzgig]

8. took myself out for my birthday

it's not until tomorrow, but i figured why not. asada tacos, refried beans and flan washed down with a margarita. wanted to stop at the dive for a beer, but there wasn't parking nearby and i didn't feel like walking in the rain.

[NJCher]

9. went out to our favorite Portuguese restaurant

The RG just spent 2 days getting the exterior of our house in shape, so we figured we needed a celebratory dinner out at our favorite Portuguese restaurant.

We had two appetizers--crab cakes and chorizos.

I also had shrimp soup that has to be one of the best soups I've ever had in my life. I only wish I could make it myself! You can be sure I'll be experimenting.

We had a big grilled seafood platter for two. It had lobsters, shrimp, and seafood like cod. The exterior of the fish was so crispy, but the interior so delicate.

We had two pitchers of red sangria.

And as an after-dinner drink, almond liquere.

What a great reward. The RG had the entire house power washed and painted. He had a new exterior for the stairway to the pool installed. In addition, the deck, which spans the length of the house, was powerwashed and newly stained. Another deck up by the pool was also powerwashed. A storage shed was relocated . Tons of "stuff" thrown out. And all the gutters and leaders thrown out and replaced with new. In two days!

The bonus to the meal was that Bubble Butt was there! This is a fellow patron whom we find most, um, entertaining. BB was entertaining her um, rather elderly boyfriend, who had a dozen "happy birthday" balloons tied to his bar stool.


Cher