AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 09/21

Good evening all,
Not much happening here today. We went grocery shopping this morning but it was really only a few things - we spent under €30, including meat! Tomorrow we’ll have lunch at Oktoberfest, so we won’t need a proper dinner and the DH is not home for dinner again until Saturday, so we don’t need much, especially as we’re going away in less than 2 weeks.
I’ve been knitting, talking to my sister and watching football (muted) for the afternoon, so a good day!
DH is now organising dinner. We have two beautiful looking pork steaks and a load of vegetables which he is roasting, so it will be yum as usual.

Have a great weekend everyone

Not my photos, but this is from the opening of Oktoberfest today

The Mayor arriving


And doing his most important job - tapping the first keg

The most excitement I'm having today is doing laundry so I'll join you on the boring bench KelleeM and leannec! I need to out down my phone for a while and get into some kind of a project.

lucyg the mashed potato queen! I'll be at your house for dinner right around 5. You best make double if you want any leftovers. 😂

I'm finally going to make those crunchy beans with sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts.

I saw pantsonfire made this last week on Instagram. Although I love it, I have never made it myself. Maybe she can help you out.

Happy Saturday!

So let me tell you about my morning.(PVM coming up!) My mom texts and says she has to go to the ER because she stubbed her toe last night and it still hurts. I was getting ready for the day but told her lets see how it goes today because a toe isn't an emergency and they don't do anything for them. She texts back 'sure' so I finish getting ready and call her to say let's go. She's like...oh I called my friend and she's going to take me. So passive-aggressive and manipulative since I wouldn't jump right when she wanted me to. She also told me that her 'sure' was sarcastic. So at this point, I'm pretty pissed because my sister and I take them everywhere all the time.

Guess what- the toe is fine.

She really likes to go to the ER and have them fawn all over her so we take "emergencies" with a grain of salt and if she had to wait an hour to go, the toe wasn't going to fall off. I'm actually surprised she didn't call 911. She likes to do that.

I'm drinking a mimosa and going to binge some TV. I had planned to go to a movie but that's kind of out the window now.

Hope you all have a great day!

Ugh, I hope you feel better soon! Take it easy!

Right? In hindsight, I should have just taken her to urgent care up the street but that woman loves herself an ER. 

Now I need to know what Southern style dumplings are because I've only ever seen regular ones. I'm 99% sure I made them once using Bisquick and would love to see what recipe you come up with Kellee. 

I've also never made Swiss steak, lucyg . 

I grew up with a dinner rotation that was meat, potatoes, vegetable (green beans, corn, carrots, peas) with very little deviation. My sis and I were talking about chili the other day and trying to figure out how it came into the rotation. She must have had it somewhere outside of our house because it became her go-to meal on her dinner night. I pushed the boundaries bringing stir-fries to our table after getting introduced to them watching Wok with Yan.

This is one of my favorites! 

sueg , I really need to add opening day of Oktoberfest to my bucket list. I think it would line up perfectly with the end of a trip to Greece. 

Unless blood was involved, a stubbed toe isn't getting a trip to the ER from heartless me, Tearisci .

Are your crunchy beans from Rainbow Plant Life, jeremysgirl ? I had some blood work done earlier this week and the only issue is high cholesterol. With that and inflammatory issues, I'm thinking of doing a plant based eating experiment similar to what you have been doing. DH and I did it for almost 6 months in 2019/20 but never had our "after' bloodwork done because it was scheduled for April 2020. 

Dinner tonight is beef & gai lan (AKA Chinese broccoli) with rice.

jeremysgirl , I don't think anything is broken.  I can move and fold my arm and knee.  The bruises do look bad and are sensitive to touch.  Once they're gone it won't look so bad. I do walk slower because I'm in some pain but I think or hope it will feel better soon. 

While we were away, my mom was messing around with our smart tv trying to figure it out. (She just has an antenna at her apt building). She accidentally ordered a new release movie for $24.99. DH saw the charge on his account while at the cottage. So guess what I watched last night - Twisters!! It was okay but not worth $24.99!

I’m procrastinating packing for the cruise. I’ve been watching the weather forecast and it keeps changing. I have no idea what to pack - pants, capris, shorts, long sleeve, etc. I’m only taking a carryon so I need to be selective.

Supper was grilled steak, baked potatoes and Greek salad.

I'm glad to hear that nothing is broken but that still sounds pretty brutal.

leannec I missed yesterday so I didn’t see you were having a date. Better he’s a friend since he lives so close.

Pretty sure I’ve never had southern style chicken & dumplings. We must eat northern style ?🤷‍♀️

I have another secret. Dd1 is also expecting. She’s keeping it in he downlow because of her recent miscarriage. 2 babies close together. Dd2 wants to keep it a secret still because she’s dreading mil’s invasion. She will post every detail on social media. I have myself hidden from dh’s family to avoid all that.

Came to the lake and had fried shrimp at the local dive bar.

@bklyngal I hope your soreness resolves quickly

Tearisci I’m surprised your mom wants to pay the copay all the time at the ER

teddyw 2 grandbabies at nearly the same time would be awesome!