What's for dinner?

[jp1]

Do you use fresh beets or canned beets in your beet salad?

Fresh. The are abundant at the farmers market currently.

[jp1]

Tonight is lobster risotto using parmesan rind broth. A friend found the recipe for the broth. We’ll see if it’s any good.

[iris lilies]

we had beet salad tonight, baby beets from the garden. I cooked them, sliced them and put freshly harvested white onion, sliced thin with them and mix in a vinegar and oil salad dressing.

[jp1]

we had beet salad tonight, baby beets from the garden. I cooked them, sliced them and put freshly harvested white onion, sliced thin with them and mix in a vinegar and oil salad dressing.

That sounds awesome!

[happystuff]

Fresh. The are abundant at the farmers market currently.

Thanks for the reply.

[jp1]

Tonight was garlic chicken and rice. Wapo suggested it and since we had leftover rice that needed to be used…. It was easy. And reasonably tasty. Would do it again when we have rice that needs to be used but it wasn’t the best thing I’ve ever made.

[jp1]

Not sure what we’ll do tomorrow. We normally go out on Fridays to celebrate a week survived. SO suggested the new BBQ place in town that we like but they seem to be permanently closed…

[rosarugosa]

Happy: We use these: https://lovebeets.com/ A salad with beets and goat cheese is a great combination of flavors.

JP: That's too bad about your BBQ place. We had always wished for an Indian restaurant to open near us. One opened late last year right in our town. We tried it and it was great, but then they closed, supposedly temporarily, due to owner's health issues (at least that's what I heard). They are still closed, and I don't know it they'll ever re-open. I almost feel like the restaurant was a dream I had or something. At least I'm no longer getting Facebook ads for them, which felt like I was being teased.

[jp1]

Happy: We use these: https://lovebeets.com/ A salad with beets and goat cheese is a great combination of flavors.

JP: That's too bad about your BBQ place. We had always wished for an Indian restaurant to open near us. One opened late last year right in our town. We tried it and it was great, but then they closed, supposedly temporarily, due to owner's health issues (at least that's what I heard). They are still closed, and I don't know it they'll ever re-open. I almost feel like the restaurant was a dream I had or something. At least I'm no longer getting Facebook ads for them, which felt like I was being teased.

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised they closed. The five or six time we went the year they were open it was always packed and the food and service were always good. I was especially inclined to like them because they gave me two Racer 5 pint glasses. There were 9 of them on a shelf behind the bar and I half jokingly asked the bartender if she'd sell me a couple. She said "I'll give them all to you if you want them." I took two. There was another BBQ place where the ambiance was not fancy but the food was pretty spectacular but they also closed. That wasn't as surprising since the place was never especially busy when we were there. Apparently it's tough to make a living running a BBQ place in Marin County. We're going to try a Chinese place we've not tried before.

Regarding Indian food SO is not especially a fan so we never go and rarely make it at home. I wish he liked it more because I really love it. There are two Indian places in town but I've never been to either one.

[happystuff]

Thanks again for the beet info. Have been thinking of eating more but just not sure how.

Today will be lunch/dinner out to celebrate what would have been my child's 31st birthday. Something close and not too expensive - maybe Chinese buffet.