Ann_T

@Duvel That lamb looks amazing. Perfectly cooked. So many great Christmas Eve/Christmas Dinners. We had our traditional Christmas Eve Tourtiere for dinner last night. This is Moe's plate. He had his with the Chile Sauce I made him earlier this week. I had gravy on mine. The all butter crust was so flaky.

@sartoric, love your plate.

Thanks @liamsaunt Not sure if I will be able to find EverCrisp breader here. But I will look for it.

A couple of breakfasts. Yesterday's breakfast - Chicken in Black Bean sauce for Moe and I was working yesterday so I took the same for lunch. This morning Moe asked for more biscuits So I made Cheddar Cheese Biscuits. Warm with butter.

@liamsaunt, your batter looks so light and crispy. Would you please share your recipe.

Thanks @kayb. Breakfast is served. Cheese Omelette with buttermilk biscuits and Chile Sauce.

Pre-breakfast. Moe requested buttermilk biscuits this morning. He had one just out of the oven. In a little while I'll make him breakfast. Requested scrambled eggs to go with the biscuits. But the real reason is he wants to have some of his Chile sauce.

Yesterday's late lunch/ early dinner. Hot chicken sandwiches with roasted potato wedges done in the CSO. I also canned a half batch of a friend's chile sauce. Moe loves chile sauce on his Christmas Eve Tourtiere and I usually buy a jar of someone else's at the local farmers market. But I decided to spoil him. I'm not a canner so this was a big deal for me. I used the 10 pounds of tomatoes from our garden that I had just tossed into ziplocks and froze. Netted three 750 ml (25 oz) jars and enough to almost fill a 473 ml (16 oz) jar.

Moe's appointment late Monday afternoon with the surgeon went well. The doctor was happy with his recovery so far. Strong pulse and blood flow to the foot. The surgeon removed the staples which apparently didn't hurt too much. Moe said about 10 out of the 60 stung a bit. We stayed the night in Victoria to make the day less stressful. Had a nice lunch in Victoria before heading home yesterday. This morning I made Moe breakfast using the leftover chile verde and a fresh pot of black beans, cooked in the Breville PC. Butter basted fried eggs, salsa and avocado. That should keep him going most of the day while I'm at work. Monday morning's breakfast. Cheese filled egg white omelette. With toasted homemade baguette. Moe actually likes egg white omelettes, especially when the whites are whipped.

I love my 10.25" lodge pan. Perfect fit for the CSO.

Roast Beef dinner. Sterling Silver Top Sirloin. Simple with mashed potatoes and peas. And of course au jus/gravy.

@blue_dolphin, beautiful pitas. Made baguette dough at 70% hydration on Sunday and baked last night. Saved enough dough for Matt to have a pizza tonight. Sliced this morning for breakfast.

@IowaDee, Knowing the wonderful meals that await him, he probably healed at warp speed. So glad your story had a happy ending and I look forward to reading about many more amazing meals. There hasn't been a breakfast you have posted that hadn't made my mouth water! @JoNorvelleWalker, Best wishes for a full recovery. @kayb, Glad to hear he is recovering. I feel certain several loaves of fresh bread will help immensely! In all seriousness, so glad you took him to ER and that medical intervention was so prompt! Best wishes for continued, and speedy, recovery. @Shelby Oh @Ann_T I'm so glad he's home and recovering. Your cooking will get him back up and going in no time! @suzilightning Oh @Ann_T good for you for being the strong spouse and INSISTING it be checked out. I have a good friend the same thing happened to and he was in the hospital but it wasn't until his girlfriend(who works in the field) pitched a GIANT fit that it got diagnosed. It is so heart stopping when life happens.... @Kim Shook, @Ann_T - I'm so glad that you have Moe home now and that he is doing better. I'm sure that it will have to be watched, but I'm so glad that it was caught when it was. Please know you are both in my thoughts (actually, you all are already in my thoughts - I talk about your bread and Moe's breakfasts a LOT😊). Thank you all for your kind thoughts and best wishes. Moe is feeling not to bad. Just tired and his appetite is improving. Just not as very hungry. I was out of bread so I made two batches. My baguette dough that went into the fridge for a longer fermentation and a home style white bread dough that I baked the same day. Wanted some sandwich bread to go with the turkey breast I was roasting for dinner. For hot turkey sandwiches. Comfort food. More soup on Monday night and last night I tempted his taste buds with one his favourite meats, Grilled rack of lamb. Served with pasta - Pappardelle with asparagus.

Thanks @KennethT, @liuzhou, @Okanagancook, @FauxPas, Apparently it was a clot that caused the loss of pulse and blood flow. We were at our wood shop when all of a sudden he had a pain in his left foot and his calf and he couldn't walk . We were getting ready to leave anyway so he just wanted me to take him home. Wasn't happy with me when I took him to emergency instead. Good thing I did, because his toes were turning blue. A cat scan showed the aneurysm and they immediately started him on blood thinners and got on the phone with a vascular surgeon in the Victoria hospital. By the time he came back from getting the cat scan, blood had started flowing again but they were still having trouble finding a pulse. Ambulance arrived shortly after and he was on his way to the Royal Jubilee hospital in Victoria. They operated on Saturday and he was in surgery for five hours.

I've only cooked once in the last two weeks, while Moe was in the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. Sent by ambulance from Duncan Emergency on November 19th. He had lost pulse and blood flow to his left foot. They found an aneurysm in the Popliteal artery that runs behind the knee. Needed bypass surgery. I stayed in Victoria, but I came home for one night and decided I needed something besides restaurant food. Picked up some fresh halibut. Not local but from Norway. Prepared simply. pan roasted with a lemon butter sauce. Brought Moe home yesterday and all he wanted for dinner was soup. So I put a pot on to simmer. Chicken rice soup. Pulled a baguette out of the freezer.

I looked in Thrifty's Foods and couldn't find self rising, but I did find it in Country Grocer. Not something I am liable to ever buy if for no other reason than the price. They want $8.97 for a 2.5 kilo bag. My favourite bread flour that I buy at Costco is $13.00 for a 20 kilo bag. I decided to bake scones using just cream rather than butter and cream. Red currant scones. Texture is different and no discernible layers but the flavour was good, and the texture light. I used my regular recipe Same flour and same baking powder. Just left out the butter. One plus is the lower calorie count without the butter.

I 'm sure you are right Anna. But since it isn't a product I've ever needed or am likely to need I've never looked for or noticed. Even if a recipe called for self rising it can be adapted by using all purpose flour with the addition of baking powder and salt.

@Anna N , @chromedome I remember seeing flour with baking powder on the shelves in the US when we lived there, but I've never noticed it here. Probably because it isn't something that I have ever had a need for.

Lily white isn't available here. Don't remember seeing it anywhere in Canada. You also don't find flour with baking powder already added. I make biscuits and scones out of the same good old Canadian flour I use for my breads. And I use both butter and heavy cream. No one would call either tough. The secret to flaky biscuits, scones and pastry is not over handling the dough. @DiggingDogFarm, I have always been called Ann. But my first name is Luella. Named after my beloved Grandmother who went by Lilly, but her full name was Lillian Luella. And grandma made the best bicuits, cakes, pastries and breads.

I baked an apple pie this morning before leaving for work. And it became dinner tonight. I asked Moe what he wanted for dinner and his response was apple pie. He apparently had been thinking about it all day. So that made things easy. I made a caramel sauce to go over the ice cream.

Thanks @demiglace.

The CSO is on sale for $199.99 Canadian at Best Buy's Black Friday Sale. This is the best price I've seen it at. I bought mine last year for $219.

Best Buy Canada has the CSO on for $199.99 for their Black Friday sale.

Haven't made Moe poached eggs in a while so that was what he had for breakfast. Farm fresh eggs. And the bread was baked last night. Makes the best toast.

@liamsaunt, I would be happy with every one of your meals. Especially the sausage, white bean and kale stew. Pizza last night. Baked two pizzas. One for Matt, and Moe and I shared another Italian Sausage and Mushroom pizza. I know, I'm boring when it comes to pizza, but sausage and mushroom is what I like.