Been such a busy couple of weeks with granddaughter visiting from St. John's (vegetarian), and different visitors and "babysitting" 2 granddaughters every day the past week. I was exhausted by Sunday!
Vegetarian granddaughter wanted mainly plant-based burgers, tofu, gai lan, ramen, Everything Bagels and cream cheese, and pie!
Hubby and I enjoyed the tofu and gai lan, but we also need our meat! LOL!
Some meals:
Picked up a couple packages of Marinated Short Ribs on sale @ SS. Took a long time in the IP! Beets, green beans, and some leftover chicken and rice.
Have been making a lot of wonton soup for lunch with company. Eating leftovers for supper. Granddaughter had noodles and veg in the broth and banana cream pie that I had made for guests- her
favourite, from a family recipe
While looking for the Nagano pork shanks again, didn't find any (for the ingredients list!) but did see the pork chops, again marked down. They were good, just simple seasoning of salt and pepper onto the cast iron skillet. Again, too expensive on a regular basis ($7.00 / chop before the $3.00 markdown), but the quality is definitely better than regular chops. Romano beans, the only veg in my garden producing lots!
Supper with the carnivore granddaughters, their Dad, after he finished work. They DO love their steaks - medium rare! One loved perogies; the other loved Cantonese noodles. Made their favourite dessert: Canadian Cheddar Cheese Apple Crisp, warm with Vanilla ice-cream
With just the two of us, Home-style Chinese food! One of the Chinese elders gave me a big bunch of Goji stalks, the leaf ones for soup. Have fond memories of the soup, with pork and a salted egg swirled in just before serving. Had picked up small chickens on sale at Walmart, $1.99 / lb. Usually pretty safe on the first day of the weekly sale. Did a big dish of bone-in chicken steamed with lap cheung and shitaki mushrooms.
