I drink water constantly at work, and I’ve had several glasses of water today. So it’s not dehydration.
No to both. Although my sister gets auras and migraines. I often get these “pressure headaches” when the humidity and temps are high, as they have been and are again today. Aggravated the headache today doing my errands, so Im inside taking it easy for the rest of the day.
Leftovers from many days of FOOD were wfd last night (uncle visiting after almost a decade and mom wanted to feed him All The Things).
Tonight’s farewell dinner was perhaps his favorite of our family meals, and one of my dad’s favorite dishes to eat and to feed family and friends: jumbo prawns with peas. There were a lot more prawns than I had anticipated when I made the masala and the peas, so it was a bit more skewed than dad’s version
Shrimp sauteed in the chili/garlic oil I made earlier with some romaine/pickled vegetables/tomatoes/Parm Reg and tossed in a red wine Dijon vinaigrette.
I made the chili oil with fresh chilies that I assumed were hot(gifted to me by my seester) but I’m not sure as I didn’t taste them before I cooked them, maybe they need time to mingle.
I made mushroom wafu pasta from the NYT, but reducing the garlic and oil and using pappardelle. I deglazed the pan with mirin, which added a sweet-savory dimension, and topped the final dish with a sprinkle of furikake and sliced scallion greens. The mushrooms were chanterelles I foraged, shitake, and button.
Hot and humid with lots of rain and thunder expected.
Shrimp cocktail and shrimp/scallop cakes from Whole Foods. Homemade cocktail sauce with lots of horseradish and lemon, Iggy’s bread, tabbouleh from a local shop. Red and white wine.
A nice summer meal.
Yes, we have had them before. Pretty good. Already cooked and we reheat in the fry pan or toaster oven. An easy meal, squeeze of lemon and green salad.
The crab cakes are pretty good too. Andover MA store.
The ongoing headache continues. Errands in heat and high humidity didn’t do me well. Hopefully the rain and change in temp overnight will help.
Because of the headache, I didn’t go to friends’ BBQ cookout tonight. Had some sausage to freeze or use, broccoli to use, and the basil is going bonkers. So dinner on the fly.
Cooked cellentani pasta (corkscrew), adding broccoli florets at the end, and drained it all.
Sauteed sausage squozen out of their casings, minced garlic, Aleppo pepper, added a cup or so of Muir Glen chopped roasted tomatoes and sauce, heavy cream, and pasta water along with a large handful of grated Parm-Reg, then added the pasta and broccoli. Chopped green onions added at the last minute, then torn basil and a sprinkle of more Parm-Reg.
Corn on the cob for openers. Followed by Alaskan sockeye filet, pan-roasted with a homemade rub. Cukes in sour-cream, cider vinegar and dill. Kugel made with russet potatoes, sweet Spanish onions and Kurobuta bacon fat. Chive-butter and basil-chive sauce optional.
Corn, cucumbers, spuds, onions, herbs and berries from the garden.
Wings and beans and slaw. Baked wings sprinkled with bbq seasoning and brushed with a combo KC Masterpiece and Nando’s Peri Peri sauce. Canned Ranch style beans with jalapenos, I added onion and orange bell pepper. Cabbage, carrot, snow pea, green onion slaw with Carolina dressing. There was a g&t and wine.