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Pot roast with potatoes, carrots, leeks, celery, and some rehydrated mushrooms. All home grown, even the roast. Would add some parsnips, but the ground is pretty hard at the moment with the negative temperature we started at this morning. Parsnips are one of the few fresh root crops that keep better in the beds throughout winter. They don’t keep in the basement like taters, carrots, cabbage, and celery do! Homemade bread slathered with butter on the side to round out the plate.
 
The wife wanted pizza tonight. I didn't have any of the ingredients to make one, so we went out. We have a place here named "MOD Pizza" that is decent enough. Not high end, but pretty good for what you pay. You get a pizza, about 12", with as much of anything you want on it for $10.95. You go down this kind of assembly line pointing out each thing you want on the pizza as the guy behind the glass counter builds it for you. Then it goes into their huge super hot oven and it's done about 8 minutes later. It's a thin crust pizza and it's a pretty good crust. But if you only like those super duper 2" thick mega crust ones, this is not the place for you.
 
Weather is warmer enough today to be nice getting out..
Wednesday is only a banana and coffee for breakfast.. Mid afternoon is senior discount and $5 extra off every 3rd visit.. This at the pizza and broasted chicken buffet.. I don't do pizza, but there chicken and creamy potato soup is really good.. There are 2 locations near that we alternate going to.. So late snack tonight is a bit of cottage cheese...
 
I found some tilapia in the freezer. That thaws quickly. So I did the standard flour dredge, followed by dipping in egg, then a panko breadcrumb dredge with a little salt and pepper mixed into that final stage. Air fried the fish after the dredges. This came out really good with rice and salad as the sides.

I want to find some other way to do fish. I have three methods: the one described above, grilling it usually without seasoning, or baking/broiling it maybe with some mixed herbs on it. My wife likes things fairly plain, so I am somewhat limited in how much I can experiment. Does anybody have any other fish preparation methods that would still count as "plain" and "not spicy"? I'd like to try something different, but something that would still be pleasing to my wife. I've just been using common fish - salmon, tilapia, cod, sometimes halibut. I sometimes like a good tuna or swordfish steak (I don't know why they call them "steaks"), but those are my wife's least favorite. I just seem to be missing something in the fish dinner department. Everything pretty much tastes the same all the time, except for salmon which is distinct from other fish.
 
I found some tilapia in the freezer. That thaws quickly. So I did the standard flour dredge, followed by dipping in egg, then a panko breadcrumb dredge with a little salt and pepper mixed into that final stage. Air fried the fish after the dredges. This came out really good with rice and salad as the sides.

I want to find some other way to do fish. I have three methods: the one described above, grilling it usually without seasoning, or baking/broiling it maybe with some mixed herbs on it. My wife likes things fairly plain, so I am somewhat limited in how much I can experiment. Does anybody have any other fish preparation methods that would still count as "plain" and "not spicy"? I'd like to try something different, but something that would still be pleasing to my wife. I've just been using common fish - salmon, tilapia, cod, sometimes halibut. I sometimes like a good tuna or swordfish steak (I don't know why they call them "steaks"), but those are my wife's least favorite. I just seem to be missing something in the fish dinner department. Everything pretty much tastes the same all the time, except for salmon which is distinct from other fish.
I’ve been liking Mahi Mahi. I usually pan fry it and use Coconut Amino to season it. It gives it a sort of teriyaki flavor. I rarely breading coat any fish filet I’m cooking.
 
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I have been given orders (by guess who) to empty the freezer. There is too much in there. Well I don't disagree with that. We have an 8' upright freezer that is a smaller version of the basement. Affectionately known as a goat's stomach. God knows what is in there. I politely explained that the only thing I put in that freezer are loaves of bread that are constantly rotated. You bought everything else. Doesn't matter. Find something. Note to self: Hoarding is not restricted to dry goods.

It is getting to the point that I get frostbite before I find something I can nuke for dinner. I better start looking now. Whatever I have it will be frozen.
 
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