We had soup and salad here tonight.
Finding good onion rings locally is always a challenge. So many restaurants just buy a big bag of frozen rings from Sysco. They taste bland.
I like the ones at Red Robin, though they're not as good if you order them to go. Dining in just isn't something we're comfortable doing yet, and Red Robin has only a limited number of sandwiches we like anyway; many of their burgers would feed us for 2-3 days! Popeye's used to make really GREAT onion rings, but most stores don't carry them any more. Runza hand breads their own onion rings, but they just don't quite hit the spot most of the time. Buffalo Wings and Rings says they make their onion rings in house but they weren't very exciting to us.
I buy Nathans frozen onion rings at the store and bake them on parchment (they stick to the metal if you bake them directly on the pan), they're not quite as crisp as I'd like but are pretty good for when we have a craving for onion rings. I'm not sure I've had them at a Nathans, the nearest one I know of is at an I-80 rest stop in Ohio.
The rest of the week is supposed to be cool (highs in the mid 60's and lows in the 40's) so I'm making about 5 quarts of potato-leek soup today, with Challah croutons.
We had Reubens for supper tonight.
I also made 'forgotten' chocolate meringue cookies with the left over egg whites from the egg wash on the challah.
I am making a batch of the Challah Prince's challah dough today, I'll probably do two 8-strand braids, because I thought those were the prettiest ones last time.
Tonight's pizza was not my best effort, it got a little more done on the bottom than I wanted and it stuck down in several places. I'm not sure if those two were related.
t was good enough to eat but the leftovers might not be as good. I pureed a little spinach and mixed it in with the sauce, if you didn't know it was there, it was hard telling. That would be a way to add some vegetables to your family's diet.
The Wall Street Journal has an article today (probably behind their paywall) on a Louisville KY favorite this time of year: chocolate, pecan and bourbon pie. But don't mention tomorrow's horse race in conjunction with it, the owner of that pie's trademarked name is very protective of it. (BTW, the 'real' thing doesn't have any bourbon in it.)
Tonight will be pizza night here, we had French toast on Challah for breakfast.
My hand coordination is usually terrible first thing in the morning, too, and some days it doesn't get much better as the day progresses. Good thing I didn't become a mechanic.
I haven't tried an Impossible Burger yet, and I'm not really in a big hurry to do so. They're far more processed than anything else on the menu and I'm not sure they're any better for you based on the nutrition label.
I'm sort of curious to try one of those lab-grown steaks, but I'm not sure where I'd get one yet, and for the price I could buy certified Piedmontese beef. (That's where I bought my last batch of beef shanks and bones.)
Condé Nast is a company dedicated to killing trees (to make paper), isn't it?
Well, the Wall Street Journal said Condé Nast was doing it to 'help save the planet'. But dairy products are still OK, I guess. Wait until they look into chicken and egg production issues! (We hear a lot about both of those because Iowa and Nebraska are major egg production states and Costco has recently set up some broiler chicken production facilities in this part of Nebraska.)
Not fond of sauteed spinach. My mother would make 'wilted' salads by pouring hot oil (usually bacon grease) and vinegar on lettuce and/or spinach, it was nasty looking, nasty smelling, and nasty tasting.
And don't even mention things to do with kale!
My wife had some fresh bread with peanut butter and jam, I had leftover stir fry (and some fresh bread, too!)
