October 30, 2022 Brunch - sliced Gravad Lax, capers, and red onion on Bagels spread with cream cheese. Dinner - Stir Fried Chicken, rice, and Vegetables

October 30, 2022 Brunch - sliced Gravad Lax, capers, and red onion on Bagels spread with cream cheese. Dinner - Stir Fried Chicken, rice, and Vegetables

When I awakened at 7:30 Suzette had already gone out to the hot tub to do her aerobics.  I made a cup of chai and watched the news programs and Willy came over at 9:30 for brunch to watch West Ham v. Man Union.

At 10:00 I removed and cleaned the Gravad lax from the remaining curing nog medium of 2/3 cup of salt and 1/2 cup sugar with a tsp. of ground Cumin with fresh Fennel fronds layered n each side of the skin out sides and between the facing belly sides facing each other.

Suzette and Willy wanted to try the freshly cured Gravad Lax so we toasted five slices of onion bagel and smeared them with cream cheese from a fresh package, and garnished each bagel with slices of red onion and gravad lax and capers.

Willy made a fresh brewing of Earl Grey tea with milk for him and me and  Suzette made her usual Sunday Bloody Mary.

After Willy left I watched the Cowboys beat the Bears handily, 49 to 29.

Then Suzette made squash bread using her zucchini bread recipe.  

When she finished her bake at 3:30 we walked to the park where the Neighborhood Fall Festival was being held but there were very few people there, so we walked home.  I maintained a good pace by put felt some pain as we neared our house.  I judge we covered 1/2 mile and I felt some strength returning to my leg muscles along with the pain.

At 5:30 Suzette fetched the red onion, a zucchini, ginger, garlic, the bok Choy, four mushrooms, the remaining baked chicken leg quarter, and the remaining 6 or 7 stalks of asparagus. I sliced all the ingredients and Suzette stir fried them in the wok with some PPI rice and a seasoning/thickening sauce consisting of hoisin sauce, soy, mirin, and dehydrated chicken broth mixed with hot water and cornstarch to make a delicious sauce for the dish.

After adding the seasoning sauce the liquid in the stir fried ingredients began to thicken and Suzette ladled the dish into bowls and we ate to warm healthy meal with chop stickers.

Some food items have increased in cost, but not most of the ingredients in our dinner.  The zucchini and onion were $.50/lb. and the chicken was $.89/lb.  I bought five leg quarters for $3.40 and we made three meals with them.

We drank water with the meal but afterward I made another cup of Earl Grey tea.

We watched 60 Minutes, Stanley Tucci Discovering Italy and finally, The Magpie Mysteries on PBS.

Suzette went to bed at 9:00 and I followed at 10:00 after reading more of the Shelters of Stone and then blogged this blog until 11:30.

Bon Appetit