<p>I (conveniently) forgot to defrost something for dinner tonight, so we had takeout. Yum. I LOVE not having to prepare anything every once in awhile! 
;)</p>
<p>My mom made something from her father which apparently my father has loved forever but I haven’t ever had - Brisket with Kasha Varnishkes. I have to admit it was okay. The meat was really good. I just can’t do the kasha thing mixed with bow ties. And it took forever to make. I hate it when the house smells sooooo good and you have to wait 5 HOURS for the meal.</p>
<p>Miso- glazed salmon with wilted spinach</p>
<p>Tonight’s dinner! A restaurant!</p>
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That rigatoni looks fantastic! Did you stuff all those noodles? I don’t think I have that kind of patience.</p>
<p>Oldfort posted --</p>
<p>* Pan cooked lobster at a restaurant in Chelsea with a glass of white wine.*</p>
<p>Brilliant. Sublime. I want that dinner tonight!</p>
<p>My 17 yr old son has finally reached fast food saturation. He has been so busy that, instead of eating the quick sandwich that I offered, he’s been going out for fast food after school. He announced last night that he wants to eat every meal at home this weekend. So, looks like we’re having his favorites - steak frites tonight (may add some sea scallops on the grill for me and H) and spaghetti bolognese tomorrow.</p>
<p>Laketime, I used my Pampered chef decorator tube thingy - put the ricotta mixture in there and it was a pretty quick process - my D helped me - really good - I did turn the oven to 400 though - 350 seemed too low.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to make chicken soup with matzoh balls for tonight.</p>
<p>On the menu tonight is macaroni with homemade gravy (most of you would say “sauce”) with meatballs. Looking forward to it. There’s four of us - H, S1(17), S2(13) and me.</p>
<p>I changed my mind. It’s supposed to be icky weather so I’m making crock pot Mac and cheese! Hoping we don’t get botulism from the outdated canned evaporated milk!</p>
<p>Chicken stir-fry over brown rice.</p>
<p>Homemade quiche - ham, cheese, mushroom, onion, spinach.</p>
<p>We just had veal chop, white string beans, sauteed spinach and baked sweet potato.</p>
<p>The other night when we were at a restaurant in Chelsea, H had macaroni and cheese. He thought if they were ballsy enough to have it on the menu it must be pretty good. He was right. I had lobster and he had mac and cheese.:)</p>
<p>Leftover braised pork made into sandwiches with baby spinach, whole grain mustard and chutney on whole wheat rolls; a slew of roasted vegetables (plum tomatoes with balsamic, rutabaga, asparagus, cauliflower, and carrots); and homemade pickled red onions and pickled beets.</p>
<p>We are all still stuffed from copious amounts of ballpark food at the Red Sox spring training game we went to this afternoon. Nothing but lemonade for dinner!</p>
<p>That sounds like a blast, laketime!
My H left earlier for Ds college town to do some skiing with her tomorrow.
I contemplated going to an auction, to hear live music or see a movie, but I think I might take a bath & rent a movie while eating ice cream & peaches.
( I had a grilled ham & cheese sandwich on rosemary bread for dinner)</p>
<p>Laketime --</p>
<p>Wish I was down there in sunny, warm FL right now.</p>
<p>We made coq au vin which was heavenly.</p>
<p>Is anyone making a special Oscar night dinner? I am looking for healthy low calorie ideas.</p>
<p>I know low carb is the craze right now but I just don’t want any meat in any form for dinner tonight. I may make scrambled eggs, soy sausages, hash browns.</p>