Then lunch at our local All You Care To Eat Chinese / Hibachi Grill restaurant.  

I really like this place but obviously don't go often… just not a good health choice.

Although… they do have good, fresh sushi, which isn't too bad health-wise.  And they have a hibachi grill station, where

you can pick your ingredients including tons of fresh vegetables and they "stir-fry" it in front of you.  HAD to share our

"fortunes" and Shannon's was the BEST (the one on the bottom).. Ooops.. Typo !  

Then off to Arundel Mills Mall for some shopping: first stop - The LOFT … a pretty pink shell and black cardigan for Shannon

and a purple dress and purple cardigan for me.  Next, Lane Bryant.. a swim suit for each of the girls, a couple skies & tops for

me and a top for Angela

My actual goal was to get shoes.. with only limited success: the sandals on the right for me.. the fun Bow'd sandals in the

center for Shannon and… well, I HAD to get the pumps - they were just too cute.  Next - The Limited: Purple striped button-down

for Shannon, pretty purplish-blue shell for me, and a beautiful and well-fitted color block (black on the sides with a white panel in 

the middle) pencil skirt for Angela

Deal of the day?  From the GAP - vivid orange cardigan for Shannon and bright blue cardigan for Angela… Cost: FREE!!!

I had a coupon that covered the cost of Both..!!  Yeah!!

Falafel Platter includes Baba Ghanouj - which my son's girlfriend loves

My Hummus n' Meat Shawarma - sorry it is blurry but it was delicious

My Heart had the Beef Shawarma wrap which includes thin slices of marinated beef strips, tomato, parsley, onions and tahini sauce

Beef Shawarma platter was my son's choice

My daughter had the Appetizer Combo - Hummus, Mediterranean snack rolls, falafels, Lebanese salad, and Tahini sauce

AND… Had to have the dip sampler with Hummus, Baba Ghanouj, carrots, cucumbers, and pickled turnip

Now for dinner!  My son's girlfriend, Shannon,  and my son cooked up my favorite Korean feast including chap chae, which has glass noodles so it is gluten-free and lots of vegetables..

I Love this soup: Sundubu Jjigae - YUM!

Fresh Kim Chee - traditionally kim chee is aged and fermented but it can also be made Fresh and this was the FIRST Time that Shannon ever made this (and the Chap Chae) - it was delicious!

Dessert?  how about some vodka marinated marshmallows

fancy cookies and gourmet chocolates (both dark and dark with orange) 

A little can of sterno in the center of the table and...

Browned ground beef combined with fat-free refried beans and fresh, store-bought, spicy pico de gallo

We bought this seasoning (JD's Salsa in Seconds) at the Sugarloaf craft festival - definitely the Best buy of the day - very versatile. It can be combined with a can of chopped tomatoes for salsa but can also be combined with sour cream for a creamy "salsa" topping

The company's recipe recommends mixing with sour cream and mayonnaise but we just used low fat sour cream and it worked fine

It has "heat" but is also a lovely foil to really spicy pico de gallo

The top layer was a corn tortilla cheese quesadillas 

The bottom layer - toasted corn tortilla

topped with the beef mixture

Cut a "pocket" in the Chicken breasts and stuffed each one with a ball of the creamed cheese mixture

Then wrapped each breast in defrosted pieces puff pastry 

then "painted" each packet with beaten egg before placing in a 400-degree oven for 40-minutes

There were extra bits of puff pastry which soon became part of my Heart's dessert creation - baked with the same egg wash

Vegetable side: succotash = corn, baby lima beans, red bell peppers with just a touch of butter

Plated - served up with creamy mashed potatoes (potatoes mashed with with sour cream and butter)

Cut a "pocket" in the Chicken breasts and stuffed each one with a ball of the creamed cheese mixture

Then wrapped each breast in defrosted pieces puff pastry 

then "painted" each packet with beaten egg before placing in a 400-degree oven for 40-minutes

There were extra bits of puff pastry which soon became part of my Heart's dessert creation - baked with the same egg wash

Vegetable side: succotash = corn, baby lima beans, red bell peppers with just a touch of butter

Plated - served up with creamy mashed potatoes (potatoes mashed with with sour cream and butter)

Baby bella mushrooms, sliced

Red "hot" pepper for a little heat but this wasn't very hot - will try something different next time

Candied ginger - bought it for the dessert we had for Sunday Roast but now that we have some - seemed like a good addition

Sauce: Hoisin and Oyster sauce

Sliced firm tofu - pressed as much liquid out as I could without squashing the tofu

Touch of oil and chopped garlic in the bottom of the wok

Next peppers and onions

As the vegetables were cooking, grilled the tofu

Vegetables cooked and sauce added

Relatively finely chopped hot house cucumber - I actually like my Tzatziki sorta chunky so this wasn't just laziness.  My Error?  I was rushing, which is always a BAD plan… I put the marinated fish in to cook and then proceeded to mix the sauce for the Tzatziki in the SAME Bowl… at least I realized what I had done BEFORE I added in the vegetables!  Wasted the Tzatziki sauce ingredients though - so sad!

So I took the chopped cucumber and also added the chopped tomatoes (which I had planned on adding to the rice) and combined it with this wonderful Garlic Basil Parmesan Dipping oil - it made a great salad dressing