December 7, 2023 Brunch - PPI Eggplant Parmesan with Spaghetti. Dinner - Grilled T Bone Steak with Roasted Creamer Potatoes and Steamed Broccoli and Hollandaise Sauce

December 7, 2023 Brunch - PPI Eggplant Parmesan with Spaghetti. Dinner - Grilled T Bone Steak with Roasted Creamer Potatoes and Steamed Broccoli and Hollandaise Sauce

I woke up at 6:30 and watched the news until 8:00. The market turned positive today, so I knew it would be a good day.

I had a glass of lemon water at 7:00 and then at 11:00 I heated the PPI Eggplant Parmesan with garlic bread with a glass of water.

Then at 3:00 ate two cookies and walked a mile around the inner loop that is the farthest I have walked in the last year. I had no pain but did not push the pace. 

When I returned at 4:00 I watched Ari on the Beat for the latest news.  The big news is a Texas District Court judge in Austin granting a woman the right to have an abortion because she was bearing a non-viable baby.

I had thawed out a steak in the morning.

When Suzette came home at 5:00, I filled a baking pan with quartered creamer potatoes, garlic cloves, and  and I filled the steamer with broccoli flowerets and water.

I then lay down to rest and napped until 6:15. Suzette baked the potatoes at 6:00.

When I returned to the kitchen I minced a shallot and made a hollandaise sauce using the Julia Child’s recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. 6 T. of melted butter, a cold T. of butter,  1 T. of cold water, and 1 T. of lemon juice added to 3 whisked egg yolks and the 1/2 shallot, plus a dash of salt and white pepper and 1 T. of minced parsley.

Willy arrived at 6:30.

I combined the ingredients over low heat until the ingredients thickened while Willy and Suzette grilled the steak and steamed the broccoli.

Around 7:00 everything was ready. Willy and I sliced the steak while Suzette filled three plates with steamed broccoli and roasted and I opened a bottle of Malbec from Argentina and poured three glasses.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner.

We talked about Christmas plans for Billy and Elaine’s visit and we packed a bottle  with a bottle of white vermouth and an orange for his office Christmas gift exchange.

After Willy left we watched a rather exciting finish to the Pittsburgh v. New England Thursday night NFL match up. New England won by 3 points.

Suzette went to bed at 9;30 and I stayed up to blog.p, sip a cognac and drink a cup of tea.

Bon Appetit

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