Since we bought plants last weekend we skipped the plant sale we were going to go to and got steamed crabs and cupcakes instead. Both places are near each other but not near us so it makes sense to pair them up! Even if it isn’t a birthday.
They had a special Preakness Black-eyed Susan cupcake with pineapple curd that was really good.
The crabs were good!
They had soft crabs so I cleaned and made them for dinner. On the said we had coleslaw Matt made, shrimp & mac salad and potato salad from the seafood store.
The place that sells the club sandwiches and pasta dinner specials is under new ownership so we tried their club for lunch. It was good! They were out of chips (which comes with it) so they gave us fries instead which was nice.
For dinner we were going to get pizza but there was an awful storm that apparently included a tornado in the shopping center where I bought bagels this week. No people injuries but a very odd event for Baltimore City! is We were fine and pivoted to what was going to be tomorrow’s dinner of José Andrés new beef in sherry sauce from Costco. It was solid! We had it with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts.
I’ve been looking for something like that for a quick meal. So often the prepared meats are for meals that will require ingredients to go with them that we we don’t always have on hand like tacos or gyros so I’ve wanted a meat that could go with pretty much any vegetable and something we always have like potatoes or noodles. There was a lot of gravy so we did cook the whole 2 lb box and have leftovers.
The plumber came today and then at bedtime we noticed the faucet is no longer flush with the wall so I guess we will have to have them come back! Matt was working when they were here and I guess didn’t notice. I was at the other house with the dogs.
Lulu was dropped off at the vet this morning for tests about her cough. They have you drop them off before they open and then pick them up in the evening and wait around for the vet to talk to you which is a little odd but I guess works. It was awkward because she couldn’t eat or drink this morning in case they needed to sedate her for an x-ray so we tried to let the dogs sleep until she had to go and I fed the other two later. They howled and howled when she left.
I had paperwork and printer drama around lunch so I ended up having soup and pretzels/cheese and Matt picked himself up something.
For dinner I made baked potatoes and we had with leftover beef, leftover chicken and salad.
A potato exploded in the oven! I’ve never had that happen before. I almost thought it was a myth.
For lunch I had the last bagel and the last of the cream cheese. I also heated up leftover pilaf and baby potatoes as a snack, there was not much of either left but too much to toss.
For dinner we chopped up leftover beef and had it on rolls and made coleslaw and fruit salad to go with.
We were going to go to Annapolis for the plant sale but it was freakishly cold and windy this morning so we went to this native plant nursery instead. It moved to a golf course since we last went and it was a big hike. A good walk spoiled, indeed. We got a lot of plants for both houses.
We needed something at the Italian market so we got that and some sandwiches for lunch.
Matt did a little grocery run and we had salmon, corn muffins and salad for dinner.
Fruit salad for dessert! It’s been a long time since we’ve had berries.
I did some cleaning and organizing at home that took much longer than expected.
Lulu is still coughing a bit so we got some new longer acting meds for her and the vet wants to do some X-rays next week. I hope she’s okay! She’s been really perky and playful outside of the cough but the cough keeps waking her up at night and we are all tired.
We saw Some Like it Hot tonight at the theatre and it was right at dinner time when we’d have to leave so I ended up having my eggplant leftovers early and then some leftover Chinese food in the afternoon. Matt had lunch at work and then came home early to have a chicken sandwich.
The play was fun (I was a little skeptical!) and I could see where it needed some tweaks but it was cute. The over the head mask was really comfortable. I saw some other maskers too!
Rachel Eats Dinner 