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 love having chorizo in my tacos.
Hard to believe Easter is around the corner.
I have a craving for burger and fries tonight. See what I can find.
Regular pork chorizo is pretty fatty. You'll get a lot of grease in the pan after frying it. They have soy chorizo that has half the fat of pork chorizo. I think it tastes good because it's the same spices as the pork variety. The texture is a bit softer but I think people eat chorizo for the seasoning flavor. Probably wouldn't even notice it's from soy in a dish like nachos.
Chorizo is usually pretty flavorful so nothing else is necessary. Hubs fries some and adds it to scrambled eggs and makes breakfast burritos. Yum!
I forgot to wear green and my husband pinched me! He forgot to wear it too and I got to pinch him too.
I was lucky enough to have breakfast at my MIL's house- a typical Mexican breakfast of chiliquiles and refried beans.
Then we went to a friend's birthday party and they served posole and birthday cake.
What a treat-both meals out! That doesn't happen too often.
goden23 - I'm glad you like your pc, I hope I will like mine, too.
for dinner - not much but I will be sure some of it is green.
I've had 2 Bloody Mary's at work today, as everyone is in a festive mood. No more Bloody Mary's even though I do like how we make them here, nice and spicy with a skewer of banana pepper, cheese, sausage. This is the only place I've ever known that adds a bit of merlot and a bit of Guinness, and the taste is very good. We're off to the west of the downtown area and a couple people have come in who went out to see the Chicago River dyed green. That's a fun Chicago tradition.
I'm going to go have some barley soup and in 2 hours I'm off. It's been a fun day. I wore my green bowtie. 😁☘️
B.b..b...but. the instructions...on the bag...
Ok. I guess you're right. 😃
Yes. Drain it, rinse it, then soak it overnight in cold water and drain it again. Then cook it.
A friend of mine makes bbq rib in hers. She said the meat came out moist and more flavorful. I might give that a try.
Maybe I'll cook the corn beef I just bought on sale last week. I bought 4 bags of corn beef. Cooked one. It was SO SO salty. Maybe I should dump the liquid that comes in the bag and wash the meat to get some of the saltiness off.
Hope you all enjoyed your dinner.
Ali- most people do not even peel the armenian cucumber, But I do, and eat it fresh. I enjoy marinating mine in some italian dressing and eating it that way. I have also made cucumber bread, as I had an abundance of cucumbers last year. It was not bad, different, but not bad.
Golden, your dinner sounds tasty and well balanced. I was in the mood to stuff my belly and relax from a tough day. Goal accomplished. I have today off and want to stay in bed late and relax... but I cannot. Womp womp. I will take car in for some needed service and should be a nice day, anyway, relatively low key and productive. Wishing same for you.
Smeshque, I really should've saved the lamb until the next day because I wasn't hungry by time it was done, but I ate it anyway and was too full after. It was very good. The slow preparation with lot of liquid in the baking made the lamb come out very tender, falling off the bone.
Smeshque ~ do you always eat the Armenian cucumber fresh?
Armenian cucumber is interesting. I've never seen it. Says online that it tastes like cucumber, so that must be how it got the name. But also, it comes up in a couple of places under "types of cucumbers" even though it also says, in so many words, "technically not a cucumber but closely related."
Ali, I love roasted root veggies, I just cut up enough carrots, parsnips, rutabaga, potatoes and or sweet potatoes to fill my 9 X 13 pan, drizzle them with olive oil and sprinkle with an italian seasoning mix. Oops, forgot the onions,lots of onions, and you can throw in cloves of garlic too. Cover with foil and roast about an hour, if you want them to brown take the foil off and pop them back in under the broiler.
Dinner-Anasazi beans(the best bean ever), salad(lettuce,cucumbers,green olives,flax seed, sunflower seed,tomatoes,italian dressing)
Anyone ever have an armenian cucumber? We grow them and they are the best cucmbers ever.