Thank you! Just took a look in daylight - everything looks pretty good. The tomatoes are still waaay late, but starting to set. From the looks of it, we’ll make up the difference in zucchini. 
ETA: Lol - DH is calling the squash Ukee-nies (Ukee being the local nickname for Ucluelet).
Wow! I am in awe of your maritime bounty! That’s some good eats!
And what an interesting and sunny face you have 
Hello friends the heat wave has now arrived in Ottawa and I am spending my days going from one air conditioned place to another. We had a big thunderstorm last night and it was spectacular watching it from my 11th floor apartment. The lightning lit up the sky and the thunder sounds really loud from this high up. This weekend is unusually quiet although I’m sure things will come up at the last minute. Onto my menus for this week:
Today: I am having a homemade salad for lunch today since I will be going to a move with one of my meetup groups tonight. We will be going for drinks after to discuss the movie however I won’t have time to make dinner at home before the show so I will stop somewhere for dinner along the way to the movie theatre.
Saturday: I plan on cleaning out the fridge and freezer today. I haven’t cleaned in there in awhile and haven’t been keeping my inventory list up-to-date and I am also hoping to make it to the farmers market next weekend so I will have to organize things and make room for meats. Dinner will be peanut soup with kale.
Tuesday: Pork chop, squash and a random veggie from the fridge.
Wednesday: Hamburger casserole.
Thursday: Rice pilaf from one of my cookbooks (“Seductions of Rice” by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid).
Have a nice week everyone.
I think the heat is affecting my brain 
Too late to edit but if anyone is truly interested about Sunday and Monday, I will be having a salade nicoise for dinner on Sunday and dal and rice on Monday. As you were 
It’s been on the swampy side here in Central Penna since we got back from Berlin, basically, allowing for only one cookout / backyard Q so far, with people immediately retreating inside for central air. Ugh.
Still only cooking for two adultish folks.
Today’s chicken souvlaki & horiatiki had to be nixed due to — you guessed it, MOAR thunderstorms, but also bc we have TPSTOS(liders) left from Monday’s cookout. My PIC’s gonna make meatballs with some of them, I decided to ‘make’ a cheater meat sawce with the rest of the beef & Carbone’s marinara (never tried it) pimped out with the usual suspects (onion, garlic, oregano, fennel seed, cinnamon). A simple salad with Aldi gem lettuce that’s been withering away with a light vinaigrette.
SAT: our HK buddy invited us & a few other friends over to his abode for a feast of roast duck and crispy pork belly 
SUN: usually means Thai, but I might give this recipe from WoL a shot bc I bought more mung bean sprouts 
& I love a good stir-fry.
MON: mayhaps the postponed Thai with another rendition of this fabulous shrimp salad.
TUE: first ladies night since Berlin at a local place for buck-a-shuck oysters 
WED: possibly grabbing a bite down (unless my PIC wants to cook) bc I have another sweltering outdoor gig till 7:30pm, and I ain’t cooking after that. Nope.
THUR: TBD
FRI: TBD
…town. downtown 
Fantastic catch! Congratulations!
Thank you! We’re so grateful for the opportunity! 
As always, I am jealous of your NW bounty! And excellent organizational skills.
The older adults here visited from Boston Tofino area in 2004…one of the best vacations of our lives (New Mexico and Utah national parks came close, with much less good food in the latter)…in late April, when it was not crowded at all. Landscape of my dreams! We had so much good food … oyster burgers included!. I swoon over the seafood and berries.
Do you have a place you rescomend for shipping frozen NW berries? This would be a special one-time treat for a landmark birthday to get berries not available on the East Coast.
Tofino is just lovely! We started there, and after a few visits migrated over to Ukee - preferring the smaller-town vibe. The whole Long Beach area, however, is special and just beautiful.
I wish I could help out with a berry supply, but I’m afraid I don’t have much experience with having them shipped. Maybe someone can chime in here with some advice?
It was 2004… we drove to Ukee and loved it and said we wished we’d started there! Probably much more true in 2025! We came back and in June 2004 I got a new CASA (volunteer advocate for children in foster care) case. I’d been a CASA since 1994…and then in June 2004, met a four year old boy in foster are that we were thrilled to be able to adopt in 2007. So we haven’t made it back to BC!
I get you don’t need frozen berry supplies, thanks for answering!
@Madrid would you consider asking on the Pacific Northwest British Colombia board? Maybe someone from BC might be lurking and can suggest some places that can ship blueberries to you…
Hi, everyone. Cooking for three in the Boston burbs, as usual. The weekend already seems so far away… I have another busy-at-work week coming up (still catching up from vacation!) so am trying to keep dinners simple.
So, remember the washing machine saga from last month, which all started when it leaked and shut off? Well, yesterday morning I discovered a leak detector error code on the dishwasher - arrrrrrggggghhhhh. What are the odds that two unrelated appliances, which are probably the same age, develop leak issues at the same time? The repairman is coming some time on Weds, which means hand washing everything until then. Oh, and I’m disaster-planning by researching what we’ll get next if we need to replace the dishwasher.
Sun (yesterday): I marinated chicken in Italian dressing and then sautéed in in a cast-iron skillet, “roasted” peppers (also with Italian dressing) in the oven, corn on the cob in the microwave. Because I didn’t check the fridge before shopping, I now have not one, not two, but three open bottles of Ken’s Italian dressing. 
Mon: mac and cheese (double batch so we have leftovers for lunch), air fryer asparagus
Tues: I’m going to make some sort of tomato tart, haven’t quite figured that out yet. I also bought turkey tenderloins - maybe I’ll throw them in Italian dressing 
and then roast?
Weds: chicken parm, linguini, red sauce, green beans
Thurs: fish - maybe pan-roasted with herb butter for me, beer-battered (frozen) for the guys. Side(s) tbd.
Fri: burgers, chips, carrot sticks
Next week, no plans - I’m going to England for work!
Work trip to England sounds fabulous!!
I hope it is! I’ve been to London several times but this trip is to Nottingham. People keep asking if I’m going to see the Sheriff while I’m there…
Tonight: leftover slow-roasted pork, mash, mixed veggies
Tuesday: probably black cod pieces and white beans in light tomato sauce
Wednesday: leftovers from Tuesday
Thursday: I’m making a vegetarian pastitsio for a potluck on Saturday, so I’ll simmer eggplant in tomato sauce.
Friday: assemble the pastitsio, maybe have a slice.
Saturday: various snacky things at the potluck.
Had a good Comic-Con. Now for a week of easy meals.
For two adults in San Diego:
Breakfasts: Granola, fruit, and almond milk, supplemented by a few purchased pastries.
M: Purchased potstickers and veggies in broth - soup
T: Eggs scrambled with spinach, cheese, and sausage, served with toast - delayed from last week.
W: TJs green chile tamales and salad - vegetarian
Th: Crab cakes, served on top of creamed spinach - seafood
F: TJs turkey meatballs, red sauce, spinach, and cheese with pasta
Take care of yourselves!
Marry the dressings, a la ketchup!
Yum. I haven’t had a crab cake in far too long.
I like those TJs tamales, but I really miss the sweet corn ones they discontinued for some mysterious reason.
Greetings, People - last post for July!
It’s all about summer this week. The weather is fine. The garden is humming, and if anything is late or missing, the farmer’s market has good-looking veg. We’re home until fall. Relaxed, happy, and enjoying each day. I hope you all are, too.
Cooking for two adults in the PNW:
FRI: Leftover North African meatballs from the freezer. Couscous. Chopped veggie salad.
SAT: Budget Bytes cabbage stir-fry with ground pork and garden veg.
SUN: Rolled from last week - an ad hoc dish of sour cherry, honey, and soy-glazed fish balls. If the green beans at the market look as good this week as last, we’ll have those on the side. Rice without a doubt.
MON: Using Saturday’s leftover stir-fry as the base, will add some scrambled egg and make moo shu pork. Homemade mandarin pancakes.
TUE: Either Hawaiian food truck style garlic shrimp, or Milk Street’s camarones zarandeados. Rice. Cabbage salad.
WED: Patty-melt on homemade deli rye. Coleslaw.
THUR: Chicken. Spuds. Salad greens. Manifestation TBD.
