So...whats for dinner?
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Just found this thread on the active threads----LOVE it! I'm somewhat of an amateur cook. Always looking for new recipes to try and tweaking the old ones.
Tonight was boneless pork loin chops pan seared (I use a cast iron skillet) in olive oil w/garlic, salt, pepper and thyme (NEVER overcook pork!), roasted butternut squash, baked apples and steamed kale w/dried cherries, raisins and seasoned w/cumin and cayenne pepper. Great fall weather food!
Happy cooking!
Sharon
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Welcome pupfoster!
Your dinner sounds really yummy and perfect for Fall!
I grew up on pork that was cooked waaaaaaayyyyy past the point of being done as was the norm back in the day! Still can't talk my parents into eating it less done.... Funny, but they are just fine with rare beef....0 -
pupfoster-Sharon- Welcome and you sound like no armature! Sounds delish!!! This is a fun thread I'm sure you'll have fun with us, and it looks like you might have a thing or two to share and teach us!
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Laurie-It is 3 hours, but all of my friends know not to call me until 11 am- I stay up late and sleep in so actually my breakfast was brunch LOL!
Michelle- Have a safe trip back
Pupfoster- I agree you dont sound like an amature to me either, your dinner sounds good. I also had pork loin chops tonight, apple sauce (Motts) brussel sprouts. easy dinner but good.
Seaside- Here is the recipe i use, i hope you enjoy it.Hope your DS and DH get better and you dont get a repeat of it.
Pumpkln french toast
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup of half and half or cream
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 8 slices whole wheat bread or french toast
- chopped walnuts (optional)
- 2 teaspoons butter
Directions
- Beat the eggs, cream, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and nutmeg together in a bowl. Dip the bread slices into the pumpkin mixture until coated on both sides.
- Melt 1 teaspoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place 4 of the bread slices into the skillet and cook until browned on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Repeat with the remaining bread and butter. Top with walnuts if using and your favorite surup. ( I use maple)
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debbie6122
I am getting alot of wonderful recipes from all you ladies.I print them out to save .Everyone have a great week:)
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Thanks for the warm welcome girls! And Debbie that Pumpkin French Toast sounds incredible! May have to try that one soon!
Sharon
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Thanks Debbie!!
That French Toast sounds delicious! I will be making that soon.... Who knows maybe tonight along with a Richard in the Mud....lol
Michelle,
Hope you have a safe trip home!! Look forward to hearing from you!0 -
Seaside- LOL! You will have sugar overload for sure haha!
Joyce- Are you staying in florida for awhile? If so lucky you!! Thanks for keeping us updated
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We are home and I have been hanging out on the couch all afternoon! That 5 a.m. wake-up was too early!
Joycek and her DH are wonderful hosts and we had a great time. We stayed at their lovely home last night and her DH made breakfast and provided "limo" service to the airport. Last night we went to a restaurant that was a combo diner/deli and Joyce's hubby ordered something called the "Ginormous." Yup, it was...and here's the proof.
That thing was big enough to feed all four of us, but you can see that he was just delighted! To be fair, he took at least half of it home.
HHere's a picture of JoyceK and her DH at dinner a couple nights ago - we were at a French restaurant, sitting outside and enjoying the fantastic Florida evenings.
And here is my DH with me on the same evening. I went topless almost all the time and the Florida weather seemed to encourage my hair to grow. If I could stay there for a month, I'd probably have a "style" at the end.Tomorrow I have to go for my pre-surgery clearance, and Wednesday I go in for my TE removal.
Debbie - pumpkin french bread sounds yummy...I actually had cinnamon challah almond french toast one morning. I don't usually indulge in such a carby breakfast, but it was "oh, my!" good.
I'm ready for some pork chops...might be tomorrow night's dinner.
Michelle
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Welcome back!
That is one hell of a ginormous sandwich. WOW!!
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Michelle- Welcome back!! and good luck with your appointments tomorrow. Your french toast sounded really yummy too!
Joyce- Love the pictures of you and michelle and your husbands, wow, that sandwich looks good as well as big LOL!
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Turkey BLT (w/o bread). Yum.
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Joyce - stay out of the way of that hurricane. I see it's strengthening and will probably wreak havoc somewhere in the US. It's good that you'll be back home before it fouls up all the air travel in the southeast! Hopefully it will weaken and steer clear of southern Florida.
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Tried to eat healthy last night w/a big salad w/apples, walnuts, dried cherries and crumbled BLUE CHEESE---buhhhhh---really didn't put that much on, and I figured it would give me a calcium boost---lol!
Going out to buy LARD of all things today----going to try to make my own pie crust instead of the usual store bought and all the good recipes I find have a bit of it in it, so I figure I'll try it at least once. I'll let you know how it turns out. Oh, btw, apple pie---good friend our ours Dad goes to market every now and again and buys stuff in bulk, got about a bushel of yummy apples. Been making applesauce, baked apples, apples in the salad, now pie! Actually not burnt out on them yet.....
Have a good day ladies!
Sharon
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Sharon - your salad sounds yummy! I've also had it with pears, which is also delicious. Blue cheese is one of those cheeses where a little goes a long way! Yes, I have heard that lard makes the best pie crust, but I have conceded defeat to pie crust making and always opt for the Pillsbury refrigerated version. Many, many years ago a friend of mine tried to help me make pie crust using lard (which was her shortening of choice) and I still managed to screw it up. So now I just don't bother. And my next apple pie will be deborye's recipe for Swedish apple pie - no crust involved!
Traveling into Boston should be pretty easy today with the mid-day appointment and good weather. Hopefully, there will be no traffic mishaps.
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pupfoster - welcome.. save this thread in your faves.. your recipe sounds awesome.
my sourdough bread was absolutely splendid.. a little flat but hay, one learns.. i think i will get some pots or dishes to cook it in.
lurving.. your husband is CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU te
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Michelle and Joy thanks for the pics, what fun! good luck Michelle on your up-coming surgery, hope it is a breeze.
Gonna start making some butter cookies, pumpkins and ghosts to give to the chemo nurses Thurs as that is my last Herceptin. Will be so glad to only visit them maybe every 6mo. I think they are tired of seeing me also. A year is a long time
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Thanks, apple! I think he's pretty cute, too!
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i don't know.. i think pie crust with butter is pretty awesome. I am going to try with lard tho.. very soon.
did i mention that my sour dough bread was awesome? I'm going to get so fat if i keep having these bread and butter snacks. Next time i will add more salt, cook it quicker, perhaps in a pot or something so it will rise higher.
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Carrie- Yay that Thursday is your last herceptin!! How sweet of you to make the cookies to bring in. Congrats!
Pupfoster- I agree, your salad sounds yummy!
Michelle and Joyce- WOAH! What a sandwich is right! That is almost so big it's silly, how do you eat it, fork and knife? lol!
Last night I made home made chicken tenders, scalloped potatoes and some corn. I made banana bread during the morning and used up all my butter! Oops, with the two little ones a quick trip to town is not a quick trip so I had to come up with a dinner that does not involve butter.
I have no idea for tonight.....
Have a great day everyone!
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does anyone have a good recipe using shrimp? Tomorrow is fishtastic Wednesday and I am trying to plan ahead- google searches give me scampi or appetizers.....
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just found this...
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/shrimp-and-mushroom-linguini-with-creamy-cheese-herb-sauce/detail.aspx this...
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Laurie - the first shrimp recipe that popped in my head was scampi. I see you found another one. My second option is shrimp cocktail, so that's not much help either! As for that sandwich, he definitely split the meat on half of it in two. He had them bring more bread so he'd be able to take it home and make a couple of sandwiches from the leftovers. That's two steak knives holding it together, instead of the usual sandwich toothpick!
I went for my pre-op physical today and everything was fine. It was kind of a waste of time as the PA didn't do anything that my MO hasn't been doing every two weeks throughout chemo. Since it's been less than 30 days since my last one, a letter from her would have been adequate. The only other thing I needed was an EKG which could have been done much closer to home. Oh well, live and learn. They told me they don't "like" to use a port (WTH???) so I told them I'd be drinking clear liquids until 4 hours before my scheduled surgery. Otherwise, they have no hope of getting a vein for the IV. My date with the OR is now scheduled for noon.
I guess DH doesn't want to do any cooking over the next few days. I went to the grocery store and he told me not to get anything for making dinner. I got breakfast stuff and some fruit. You'd think he'd be tired of restaurants after being on vacation. But I guess not. I wonder how he'll handle dinner tomorrow night when I'm not going to want to go to a restaurant. I guess that'll be curbside pickup...lol.
Apple - I love sourdough bread...yummy!
Carberry - a year is a very long time, I'll bet you're tired of showing up there every couple of weeks! I'm sure they will love the cookies!
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Carrie- Congrats on your last herceptin!
Joyce- I heard about the hurricane and thought about you, glad you are leaving before it may get to the us.
Sharon- Your salad sounds yummy,
Laurie- I see that you found a good recipe for your shrimp- Another good one I like is bacon wrapped shrimp you can grill, broil, bake or fry it- Then i serve it with a apricot horseradish glaze, just mix apricot jam ( as much as you need) with prepared horseradish, and add a little ginger and lime zest or rice wine vinegar to it, its yummy.
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Michelle- Hope every thing goes smooth tomorrow will be thinking about you!
Love sourdough bread with lots of butter
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shrimp wrapped with bacon? yum
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That's a hit when I have a Christmas Eve Party. Not this year, DH and I are going to visit DD in Bermuda over the Christmas Holidays. Maybe we better get our passports before we book the flight. Next week for sure. Had toasted tuna sandwiches for supper. Got home late from visiting my Dad who is miss behaving with the CNA nurses, yelling and refusing to do things that they ask and somewhat confused at times. I am told it is only going to get worse. From what I read in the log book he took a swing at one of them. This really upsets me.
I am taking the day off tomorrow for 2 appointments, a bone density and eye exam. In between those appointments I am asked to shop for festive decorations for the Q3 meeting at work. Oh well, it's OVERTIME.
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Deborye- That is so rough with your father, I'm sure he is heavy on your heart and mind tonight. Dementia and Alzheimer's can be such a terrible disease, it makes the people we know not know us and at times make them unrecognizable as the people we have known. (I hope that made sense.) (((hugs)))) to you tonight.
Thanks everyone for the shrimp ideas. I am not a big seafood person but I try. I did a scampi this summer that my DH loved- me not so much and the kids hated it, too much garlic. Maybe I'll try that recipe I found. I'll admit I am not feeling very creative:/
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Oh! Deb- good luck with your tests tomorrow, the whole thing with your Dad got me to thinking.....sorry!
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We'll be heading to the hospital in a few minutes - need to be there at 10:30. I was awake at 5:30...gaack! But that gave me time to have coffee and drink about a quart of other liquids. Hopefully I am hydrated enough that they won't have a problem starting an IV. I can't believe they don't want to use my port.
I have to laugh at the pre-op instructions. They gave me a bottle of antiseptic soap to use in the shower, supposedly for three days. Of course, I got it yesterday so I only used it this morning. What they don't tell you (and I have to think it would make a difference) is to sleep in clean sheets, use a clean towel, put on clean PJ's and put on clean clothes after the morning shower. If you don't do these things, you have spoiled the antibacterial effects. And then the staff will come in to my hospital room, wash their hands and then touch the germy curtain that probably hasn't been washed in months...lol. One of the Boston network affiliates did a story on those curtains - they are contaminated with every imaginable bacteria, including MRSA. Yuck! This is why it's good to get out of the hospital as soon as possible!!!
Michelle
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