What’s for Dinner Tonight?

We also had a 2-hour delay, and I set my alarm for 2 hours later, lol! Feeling rested today!

Tonight's dinner will be gluten-free spaghetti with jarred tomato sauce and sauteed ground bison—a lighter version of my favorite comfort dish!

We try to substitute ground bison for beef when it's available at the store. It costs about $2 more per pound compared to organic ground beef, but it's worth it to us.
We ordered bison several times on our trip to Montana & Wyoming. Unfortunately, we haven't seen it since.
 

Got a lot accomplished today and think I’m back on track, party-wise.

Rescheduled a p/t visit for tomorrow which is to my medical benefit but really is messing with social time. “Weezle”, my co host and I, meant to spend the day making dumplings and such but I made a hard for me decision and canceled.
Needed to face reality that at least for now my wonton/dumpling pleating time is over. Sure, I can make the filling but the joy is in the dough manipulation and it’s too much work for GF to do alone. Solution? Buy them pre made; found some via WF with rave reviews and good ingredient lists.

With that in hand, I turned my time to fine tuning the apt. space and by 6:00 pm I finished and fell into bed for what should have been a nap but became 1/2 my night’s repose, lol.
Don’t feel like cooking so it’s a couple of celery sticks with peanut butter and a bottle of seltzer water.
Now, do I get lost on YouTube for the next 1-1/2 hours or do I try to sleep until 3:00 am and wake up refreshed for word games? Time will tell 🤭
 
We ordered bison several times on our trip to Montana & Wyoming. Unfortunately, we haven't seen it since.
I shop in SE Pennsylvania/Northern Delaware and most of the shops I go to carry it. Usually just the ground bison. Occasionally I see steaks.
Haven't tried them, but a friend told me they buy bison meatballs at Trader Joe's that are very tasty. I made a note to pick up a pack when I next shop there -- but keep forgetting anyway.
Ooo! I will look for those. Thank you!
 
Marinated 2 racks of St Louis ribs in a hoisin-ginger sauce concoction; they’ll stay there overnight.

Defrosting precut meat and veggies in fridge.

Mixed various sauces and dry ingredients to store in fridge. Will make life easier for tomorrow.

Duck is defrosted so “boil steamed” it, loosened the skin and seasoned the bird today.”Weezle”can roast and slice it up tomorrow.

We decided that it was too cold to bypass soup so I started making a spinach and tofu soup. It’s a really simple dish and takes little time. Going to put everything except the spinach in a crockpot surrounded by small bowls near the apt entrance. That way everyone can grab some as soon as they come in.

The cocktail mixtures are made minus the booze and the wines are either out to be decanted or in the fridge getting cold.

The paper plates arrived as did the disposable flatware; nowadays, I buy Caspari napkins and plates for any time there are more dirty dishes than I want to clean. Saves on needing to store them too. Can’t break the love of drinking from crystal though; still makes me feel like a grownup 🤭.

Sometimes when I’m around a lot of food it lessens my appetite. Today was no exception so I put a few slices of roast beef on a plate, popped open a jar of marinated artichokes, added some roasted asparagus and called it dinner.
 
Ran a bunch of errands and stopped for a late lunch. I had cheese enchiladas. I won’t be hungry for dinner so I’ll just have a snack later.

My dad requested cherry almond jam and I use frozen cherries so I grabbed a bag at Costco last week and made it for him this morning.

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