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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 08, 2022 - 8:34 am 
Yesterday was Baked Zita or Pork Loin w/applesauce, spinach and tomatoes, roasted potatoes.
I had to pork which was fine, pork is just not my fav and I don't care for baked zita, LOL, the spinach and potatoes, excellent.
Lemon cake for dessert, yum!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 08, 2022 - 6:24 pm
Carne Asada Taco with rice and black beans or Mixed ham and cheese casserole. Pecan Pie for dessert.
Pie excellent, taco pretty good, not sure that that ham casserole was all about. I tried a some and it seemed like a lot of ham with some adobo sauce on top.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2022 - 5:43 pm
Too funny! I had forgotten to get my lasagna out of the freezer, so I went to get carne asada tacos from our favorite Mexican place after work. When I got there, they'd closed their kitchen at 5, BUT they have a nice meat counter. I grabbed their "carne para tacos" and an avocado so we had tacos anyway. DH said my seasoning tasted just like theirs, and the guac I made was the perfect side dish! YUMMMMMM.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, November 09, 2022 - 6:11 pm
Mongolian Beef or Sweet & Sour Chicken with Cold Noodle Salad and mixed veggies ... also they had chopsticks and fortune cookies at every place setting (Only a couple of us used the chopsticks, LOL)
Tuxcedo cake for dessert.
It was yummy, I had the beef.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 6:04 pm
Chicken Caccitore or Beef Moussaka served with rice and roasted broccoli. Strawberry cake for dessert.
I had both, its called a half and half.
Disliked the chicken, didn't care for the sauce, loved the moussaka and cake, LOL.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 7:03 pm
Long day. Tired. 1/2 a leftover burrito tonight.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 9:13 pm
Dipo, I think there are a bunch of us avidly following your postings here every day who do not comment. My worst fear about going into a senior living place, at any level, that provides food would be that I would starve. Even into old age, I remain a super taster, an oddball with more taste buds than most of the population, which is NOT an asset. A lot of the foods most people easily eat taste like poison to me. So, the 50-50 might be an ideal solution for me.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 11:13 pm
Juju, there are also alternates every week. This week it is a Chicken Caesar or Grilled Cheese Sandwich or Baked potato; so you could always get fed, LOL. Some people mix up the stuff .. I think it is Saturday I am going to swap out the fingerling potatoes and have a baked potato instead with the Flank steak.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, November 11, 2022 - 1:14 pm
My husband and I have always said we'll have to be dragged into a place where we can't cook for ourselves. We do mainly vegetarian/pescatarian (probably 6 days a week) and that usually equates to really boring food in any formal institution.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, November 11, 2022 - 2:29 pm
Oh, I have a kitchen, I have cooked one time since I moved here. But you are correct, it is harder for the vegetarians that are here.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, November 11, 2022 - 6:42 pm
Tonight was Tilapia in orange honey sauce or Braised Pork both with farro w/lemon butter and roasted carrots. Dessert was Angel Food cake with Carmel sauce.
I had the Tilapia, it was fabulous and I really liked the farro even tho I didn't know that was what it was, LOL. Cake was great.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, November 12, 2022 - 5:58 pm
Yummy !!!! Flank steak with fingerling potatoes and green beans.. So good, the other option of was some sort of chicken, LOL.
Then brownies for dessert, except they seem to have run out of vanilla ice cream so I had to have Strawberry. I thought it might be weird but it was good.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, November 13, 2022 - 5:52 pm
Farro is FABULOUS!! We frequently use it in place of rice for stir fry, and I love to season it with Italian seasonings and serve it on top of salad.
If there were a kitchen, we'd be just fine. We both love to cook, so that would work!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, November 14, 2022 - 6:08 pm
Tonight was Veggie Lentil Stew or Pork with rice and roasted butternut squash. Lemon cake for dessert.
I had the stew with a side of the squash. Everything was excellent but I have a question ... is Butternut squash always sweet? For some reason I was thinking it was more squashy like zucchini or summer squash.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 9:54 pm
Tonight was Beef Stew or Pork and Beans with wild rice and zuchinni. Dessert was peaches with whipped cream.
Now I had the Pork because at the culinary meeting the Chef said it was Pintos with ham. What it turned out to be was shredded pork with black and pinto beans in a sauce.
It was quite good but not what I expected. Peaches were fabulous
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 7:02 pm
Tonight was Garden Risotto or Chicken Parm with polenta and roasted Broccoli. Dessert was Strawberry cake.
I had the chicken .... broccoli and cake were fab, I don't really care for Chicken Parm but it was ok.
I heard some saying the Risotto was very good.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, November 19, 2022 - 12:22 pm
Yesterday was Beef Stroganoff or Salmon w/lemon butter, barley and peas/carrots. Angel food cake for dessert.
I had Salmon, it was excellent. I am always amazed at the quality of Salmon they get her.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, November 19, 2022 - 7:29 pm
Tonight was Pizza Pasta or Sloppy Joe's with potato wedges and a brownie for dessert.
I can't say how much I enjoy the sloppy joes!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, November 19, 2022 - 7:48 pm
Don't think I've ever gmhad a sloppy joe. Sounds delish. 
Tonight we had some stuffed peppers my sil made. Too peppery for me. I drowned it in plum sauce so I could eat it. Lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, November 19, 2022 - 9:01 pm
Plum sauce cures too hot?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, November 20, 2022 - 10:06 am
Wasn't hot peppers, Juju, just too liberal with the black pepper. The sweet plum sauce was the antidote. 😉
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, November 20, 2022 - 7:22 pm
Good antidote! 
We need pictures of these dishes.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, November 21, 2022 - 5:52 pm
Tonight was veggie lasagna or tuna casserole, with Lemon Cake for Dessert.
I had a half / half and both dishes were great.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, November 21, 2022 - 10:21 pm
Keep them coming, Dipo. And thanks.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - 6:08 pm
Chicken enchilada or Carnitas w/Mexican Rice and Refried Beans .
Churro's for dessert.
I had enchilada, it was okay, I do like their rice and refried beans, LOL. Cracked up because I caught a couple of lima beans in the rice ... they slip in those veggies and it makes me laugh.
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