So...whats for dinner?
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SpecialK, very beautiful box, the way the tree structure shifts the color, and he made it all by himself, very impressive. You have a lovely home, this is hard to believe that somewhere it is warm and sun shines, we have snow and below zero here. What was that black sliced cake by the picture of your ILs? Very beautiful dishes by the way.
My husband and I powerwalked 12 km in 1,46 hours, my feet are killing me, really killing, especially the left one where I think I have a case of plantar facsit. Dinner today was orange chicken, spaghetti with mozzarella for the youngest and artichokes barigoule for me and DH. Well, he also finished the youngest’s spaghetti and did not eat that much of the artichoke blades so there are some leftovers for me to eat tomorrow. The stew turned out very well but the blades were even better, soft, tender and sweet with the garlic lemon mayo. I have some ripe bananas and wanted to bake a banana bread but the youngest did her out dessert tonight, vanilla ice-cream between two Digestives and caramel sauce on top. I did not touch it, these 12 km and the scale wouldn’t even move down anything(
Btw, today I slept late and decided to have some salad for lunch. I was standing there massaging my kale until it reduced in size, I added romain, spinage, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell pepper, onions, selery, corn and tuna, dressed it with olive oil, sherry and balsamico vinegar, started eating and half way to the bottom I realized that something was wrong, someting I did not like, and it was allkale, it spoiled my salad, it was like I was chewing some fabrics. Well, I have to google some more recipies.
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Hi everyone I went back to work this week and as predicted....so much less "me" time!
I came back to these pages and it was as if I've been away a month!
SpecialK I'm glad all went well at the ceremony. The photos are lovely. You must have had your hands full.
Chi-Sandy you got me interested when you wrote about the baked annelini that I looked it up. I do a very similar dish very regularly. Only I've never used annelini before. I usually use large pasta forms like macaroni tubes or cellentani (curly whorlies) or fusilli. Or else I use long grain rice. I make it at least once a fortnight and when I make it, I make double ad it freezes well. I can give my recipe if anyone wants it.
With all the previous talk of kale, I managed to get lots of fresh kale from my local store this week. I tried boiling a small amount.... but no go we decided it was too bitter and it got thrown away. So I made another big pot of smoothie using a bunch of kale, broccoli, 1 red and 1 green apple, 1 pear - I simmered these in water with a little honey and then added the water instead of adding apple juice - a banana and frozen pineapple. Yes I liked it and very low calorie count. Also very filling!
So Friday I made a big dish of baked rice and yesterday we ate the remaining half. Today we had lightly fried minute veal steaks with thinly sliced oven-baked marrows, aubergines layered with tomato, mushrooms and mozzarella, and potato mash (the real thing). Tomorrow I will likely get something out of the freezer and probably the rest of the week too! My freezer is currently full of prepared meals so I dont have to cook after I come home for the next week or so.
I'm still settling in at work, after a few weeks away.... and I always find it stressful rebalancing my life! Wondering how to fit into time for walking, pilates! At the moment I sem to be back to walking up to the washroom!
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SpecialK - Echoing AuntieNance's words. Lovely of you to facilitiate such a nice tribute.
Sandy - Be careful out there in the snow - hope you enjoy the food and adult beverages!
We had an early dinner at 2:30 pm - Maryland Crab Cakes (on sale at Fresh Thyme & could not resist at 2/$5), plus homemade remoulade sauce, roasted brussels, roasted carrots w/herbs.
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Tonight is Lasagna and The Alienist.
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Special - it's a beautiful box and the food on the table is also gorgeous. Thanks for posting.
Nance - I sent you a PM in case you are going to be anywhere near Houston.
BringOn - yes I'd like the recipe for the pasta that freezes well. Take it easy at work. Remember - just because you "can", doesn't mean you "should". Same for you Cherry and all others going through or recovering from active treatment
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Thank you, Minus) I know that but I just get so depressed when I sit and do not do anything. My cooking and bow even my attempts to exercise are bringing some normalcy into our family’s life. I usually sleep as long as I want in the morning but today is my first day of rads and I woke up early and fixed my youngest’s pizza leftovers grilled cheese and I saw how she looked at me being ”back” in the kitchen in the morning.
I had my husband’s artichoke petals with garlic dip in the morning, delicious but maybe not very smart as I later came to the clinic and had to talk to all these people.
Banana bread is on my baking schedule for today and all these possible leftovers for dinner. Here comes pics of my artichoke barigoule.
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Yesterday afternoon our neighbors Belinda and Rodney dropped in and announced laughingly that they were there for our Super Bowl party. It was a joke because dh was watching the golf tournament and there wasn't a snack in sight! They stayed and visited a while. DH changed the channel to the football but we didn't pay the game much attention.
After they left we did watch the game and were surprised and pleased at the outcome. I ordered a pizza online and dh picked it up. Thin crust, extra Italian sausage, extra cheese, extra black olives, normal robust sauce. Also a brownie pizza.
When you order online, you state the time of pickup. A graph shows you the progress of preparation, oven, ready for pickup. Before dh arrived back home, I knew he had the order in his possession!
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Great game, great party. Will not discuss the adult beverages, except to say I'd better not drink at all till next Sunday. (Yup, blew my 3-drinks-per-week max in one evening). Food: chopped salad with garbanzos & green beans; brisket chili; mini-bratwurst; Italian beef with giardineria; gouda mac & cheese; pickle-brined chicken tenders; chips & guacamole; and fruit salad (pineapple and melon chunks) for dessert--plus one Hershey's Special Dark miniature.
Not sure about tonight. Gordy will stay home with me, but if it's snowing at Christ Hospital as hard as it is up here, Bob will probably head to the Oak Lawn Hilton again. Not sure if I want to tackle the annellini tonight. Will bake skillet cornbread. Will also rifle through the freezer to see what I can cook--although with a variety of sausages & a can of sauerkraut I'm thinking choucroute garnie. I have a grocery delivery coming tomorrow--including a container of shucked oysters which I will coat with flour, egg and panko to deep-or-air-fry, and whatever veg I feel like making. Also in the order are salmon fillets and frozen calves' liver--haven't had liver & onions in ages.
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Whoa--it's been years since I made cornbread. I followed the directions on the cornmeal canister to the letter, but the result was more of a quickbread dough than a batter--I quickly learned how useless most of my rubber & silicone spatulas are. Oh, my aching arms. I used a whisk to blend the dry ingredients, but perhaps I should have trickled in the wet ingredients gradually--took forever to stir thoroughly enough to discover the pockets of dry stuff and integrate them into the batter. (First tried the whisk for that, but had to bang it on the side of the bowl and use a spatula to dislodge the blob of batter stuck inside it). Not just that, but half my dry measuring cups were missing, the rest were covered in grime (so they're in the dishwasher now)---tells you how long it's been since I've had to use an actual recipe--and I had to use a liquid one, banging it on the counter to level. (I know that's wrong, and I am mortified at having to admit I'd resorted to that). By the time I could have dragged out my scale and converted volume to weight, it'd have taken forever). At least my measuring spoons are intact and clean. If this turns out like lead, next time I will just fly by the seat of my pants.
Off to ATK to determine and order their recommended best dry measuring cups and silicone spatula. I know I'd sworn not to buy any more stuff, but...
Will check back in once the science project is done & cooled. (And yes--my grocery order contains a box of cornbread mix).
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Shocked to announce that the cornbread turned out great! (Still ordered a set of measuring cups & silicone spatula).
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Sandy, I'm not surprised at all. I dearly love cornbread and make it often. I frequently just dump things in willy nilly and it comes out great nearly every time. The only real fails I've had were the result of my baking powder being past it's prime.
Tonight was Trader Joe's (fresh) tamales - chicken for me, pork for dh, with a side of pinto beans.
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A lot of the cornbread is, to me, much too sweet. The cornbread I'm used to eating is basically a bit of bacon grease to coat the skillet, eggs, white flour, corn meal, buttermilk, "sweet milk" (regular milk), baking powder and baking soda.
About the only other thing I remember is to mix the dry stuff apart from the wet stuff and then slowly mix them together. My mom copied my Aunt Hattie's cornbread recipe. I will have to find it for the "usual and customary amounts" of ingredients.
We both like it for "mopping up" chili or soup, but unlike me, Sharon doesn't like it by itself.
Dinner tonight was the remainder of the stuffed peppers.I need to figure out what to cook tomorrow, but it will be a bit of a challenge compared to usual. One of the regular school bus drivers went home sick today with the flu, so (I'm the substitute driver) I'll be driving their bus tomorrow. There is also a field trip tomorrow, so I'll be gone most of the day.
I'm looking through my recipes to find something that won't take too long.
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Here's what I did: greased a 10" cast iron skillet with coconut oil (I don't have shortening), and used flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder (a fresh can), salt, one beaten jumbo egg and skim milk. No buttermilk or baking soda. Only 1/4 c. of sugar--tastes nicely neutral w/o being bland. I do save bacon drippings, but I preferred not to use them this time because there was so much pork flavor in the entree, choucroute garnie: in a large nonstick skillet, gently cooked some chopped pancetta till it browned; dumped a jar of Bavarian sauerkraut (which already had wine in it) on top of it, sprinkled 2 tsp. of juniper berries and 1 tsp. caraway seed; and for meats, last week's remaining BBQ rib-and-a-half (off the bone and coarsely chopped), one chicken bratwurst and one Vienna Beef "Polish" sausage (for East Coasters, a slightly coarser version of a Kosher knackwurst or "special"). Simmered covered till the sausages were heated through. Drank an O'Doul's Amber (non-alc) with it--didn't dare have any Riesling, given that I had three drinks yesterday,
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Cherry, I’d love to share the bourbon glazed salmon recipe, but it isn’t mine. I order it from The Harp restaurant when we eat there before Cs’ games. All I can say is that I can taste a wee bit of bourbon, so nothing is overpowering. I bet Pinterest has loads of similar recipes.....or you can just google it for a ton of variations. When I make salmon, I mainly bake it with a ginger teriyaki marinade. Also, I so admire your level of energy and the way that you are gradually re-integrating your more typical family routines into your days, even tho you are stillgoing through active treatment. As I said, admirable! None of this is easy....
Special, the box is so beautiful and I loved all your food options and their presentation. Your family and visitors must have felt very nurtured. I’m glad the service went as planned this time.
Last evening, to watch the SB, we gathered at the home of the friends with whom we usually share Christmas dinner. I brought potato skins as well as hummus and baba ganoush with mini pita rounds. I won’t be making potato skins again any time soon....waaaay too many steps for the yield, and not as tasty as I’d like. I used small potatoes, oiled and baked them, cooled and scooped them, then re-toasted them and ultimately stuffed them with veggie chili that I’d made, melted blended cheese over them, then topped with sour cream or avocado and an olive. They were all eaten by our friends, but not my faves. I am just not really someone who does well with any potato recipes, so I will not offer same anymore. I actually still have the potato that was scooped out for the skins. Maybe potato soup? I’ll post a pic of the appetizer buffet table (which I didn’t think to take until half the guests had made a significant dent in the offerings). Our host also made a delicious veggie chili chuck full of portobello mushrooms, which we had again tonight since our friend sent us all home with take out containers.
Speaking of corn bread, one of the guests last night made a casserole topped with cornbread that she cut into squares for finger food. When she arrived and opened her casserole carrying case, we were all swooning over the corn bread aroma and look of the dish. They were really tasty squares...some meats, cheeses and peppers. I suspect there are many recipes online that have a cornbread topping. I might explore.
I was more into the food and socializing than the game last night. I’ve not really followed football much this year, mainly because it feels too much like watching gladiators destroy their brains for our entertainment. I was happy for the Eagles winning for the first time. I recall the elation of Red Sox fans who experienced their first World Series win after a drought of many many decades.
I tried toreduce the pic, so I hope it comes out that way. In previous posts, my reduced pix regrow!
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Lunch was a sort of grilled cheese sangy - pumpernickel bread with leftover thin deli turkey & cheddar. I cut it in quarters rather than "soldiers" so the melted cheese wouldn't all run out.
Does anybody else here do toast "soldiers"? My Mother broiled slices of bread topped with butter & cinnamon/sugar before cutting. As a child, I liked it better on white than wheat.
Late supper was vegetarian Yakisoba with crisp Vegetables courtesy of my freezer. These come in 6 individual packages by Ajinmoto from Costco. I added a bit of sweet chili sauce. Just enough for 10pm so I won't be too loggy to sleep. But not too hungry either
Lacey, the cod is still on tap for tomorrow. That was a delicious idea for any firm white fish.
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Even though I've lived in the South for 25 years, the only cornbread I've ever made was boxed "Dromedary" mix. And I haven't made any in at least 20 years. I'm not even sure they make Dromedary any more, but I do have a box of "Jiffy" mix in my cupboard. Maybe I'll make when my son is here.
Lacey - looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Below is the latest word on wine, so I had 1-1/2 glasses tonight.
It turns out that "clean eating" should include a glass or wine with two at dinner. According to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center, low levels of alcohol consumption actually keeps inflammation at bay and clears your brain of toxins — including those associated with Alzheimer's disease. "Low doses of alcohol are potentially beneficial to brain health," Maiken Nedergaard, lead study author, says in a statement. "[Alcohol in moderation] improves the brain's ability to remove waste."
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My cornbread has no sugar. Stone ground cornmeal, flour, buttermilk, egg, baking soda, baking powder, salt and 2 tablespoons of butter melted in the cast iron skillet. Awesome.
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Minus, I see that your tumor was hormone-receptor-negative. So you can safely have that daily glass of red. But those of us who had ER/PR+ tumors have to limit our intake to 3 drinks (12 oz. beer, 5 oz. wine or champagne, 1 oz. spirits or fortified wine) per week--apparently alcohol interferes with the liver's ability to clear estrogen from the bloodstream. (Although for those of us on aromatase inhibitors, the liver secretes aromatase, which is the catalyst in the conversion of androgens to estrogen, so who knows--might be a wash)?
Wish I'd put buttermilk on my Peapod list for tomorrow--too late now. Too cold & snowy to go out to the grocery tomorrow too. (I love Bob, my DH, but for safety's sake I hope he doesn't try to drive home from the SW Side on those slick roads tonight). I don't have stone-ground cornmeal, just plain ol' Quaker yellow. Had looked at Bob's Red Mill mix, but it's gluten-free--way too high-glycemic for me. My a1c is down from 6.1 six months ago to 5.9 now, and I'm hoping to keep that downward trend going.
Dromedary? What a blast from the past! When I was little I didn't know a dromedary was a kind of camel--I actually thought it was a cake mix! Haven't seen that brand in decades--wonder if it'll show up in the Boneyard of Brands Past: the Vermont Country Store catalog. Jiffy is the cheapest cornbread (actually corn muffin) mix out there, but it's got too much in the way of processed stuff in it. Krusteaz has a bit less. Thought about doing "hot water cornbread," until I found it's just basically johnnycake--griddled corn "cakes" that aren't quite fritters because there's not as much oil. I dug out my old cast-iron corn-stick plaque pan, and it's so rusty I'm going to have to take it to a machine shop to have it restored to the point where I can re-season it. Good thing I never let my skillets get to that point.
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I don't like sweet cornbread, either. DH does. He's happy with Jiffy. It's so cheap it's almost giveaway. We usually have Jiffy on hand.
Waiting for the Menu Genie to whisper in my ear about dinner tonight. DH picks up his brother at the airport mid morning. The two of them will have lunch while I go about my usual Tuesday and visit my mother at the nursing home. We'll go to bingo in the dining room at 2 pm.
Last night was corn meal breaded catfish fillets oven "fried." Lima beans and spinach salad. The catfish fillets were just the right size, not too big, not too small. Crispy and delicious.
Off to the gym with a go cup of coffee.
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All your talk about cornbread and I went to the grocery store after my rads to see whether they even sell any corn flour here. Got home with a full bag and completely forgot the reason I went there in the first place. Well, it must be my chemo brain, still.
Lasey, these potato skins did sound as a lot of work, you are right, but they look very appealing.
Minus, buttered bread with sugar and cinnamon on it then dipped into whisked egg and fried in the pan is very popular in Sweden and is called ”fattiga riddare” that literally means ”poor knights”.
carolehalston, that pizza delivery tracking program is amazing never heard of anything like this here but on the other hand we are ordering our pizzas from a small local place.
ChiSandy, we have a support group on FB where our BCO August chemo group moved eventually. We just had a discussion about how much alcohol one should and should not drink so I posted your comment there. Very appreciated btw considering that we all are relatively new to all these bc stuff.
Dinner today is fried breaded cod file for the family and nothing for me, I already ate my boiled beet root and will only drink water. I am desperate to lose my weight and since I now can control my hunger I am prepared to eat very little because it is not only that I look awful, I have never been so heavy and I am uncomfortable to even move. On top of everything my feet pain is plantar fascitis rhat is worse on my left foot and my PT told me to stop running, the threadmill should be ok though, so, no food for me, but I always love to read about others’ dinners)
I know I have been talking about my coffee service like few times too many, but... I promise this one will be the last. A lady on the local site posted a picture where she was selling these two for something like over 10 Euro and I could not resist. Turned out she only had these two and did not know what to do with them. There is no way she did not know that they costed way more than that, she just wanted to sell them quickly.
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Cherry, I have had plantar fasciitis a number of times. It is very painful. I guess your dr. showed you the exercises to stretch your hamstring? The runner's stretch. Before you get out of bed in the morning, you should flex your foot upward and downward. The exercises really do work and you have to continue doing them. There are also insets you can place inside your shoes to raise your heel slightly. I once had special "sports othotics" made to wear inside my tennis shoes and exercise shoes. I actually played tennis with plantar fasciitis years ago when tennis was my sport. Now I play golf with "play" in quotes!
I'm sure your local pizza place is very good. We have a Dominoes Pizza about 3 min. from our house and a Pizza Hut about the same distance on another highway. There's also an Italian restaurant about 5 minutes away and it makes good pizza. We find that when we pick up the pizza order, the pizza is hot out of the oven and the service is quick. If we order for delivery, it usually takes 45 min. or an hour and an extra fee is added on, plus the tip. Being cheapskates, we pick up.
Now I can imagine all the grimaces at the mention of Dominoes and Pizza Hut, but they both have thin crust options now and pizza is a treat for us. We seldom indulge because it's so salty and "fattening." We quite enjoyed the last two pizzas we've ordered and picked up at Dominoes. Maybe one plus is that we order simple toppings. I don't like a lot of "stuff" piled on my pizza.
I am ER positive and I have a cocktail every night. Sometimes I have a glass of wine, too. Consuming alcohol regularly was one of my risk factors. Also, no children. I was never overweight until post bc and I always exercised and kept myself fit. That didn't do squat to keep me from having bc, but maybe it helped me make a recovery and pick up with my life. Personally, I think it's all a mystery taking place in our bodies. Luck of the draw like whether we avoid disaster every day and return home intact.
Enough--or too much? philosophy!!
Dinner will be...meat loaf. Maybe a diner's special with mashed potatoe and peas! That wouldn't break my dh's heart, Midwesterner that he is.
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Sandy, I use Hodgkins Mill. It's gluten free but I have no idea about the gi count because I never look at such things. Which is why your A1c is 5.9 and mine is 6.5 lol! (Congratulations on that achievement btw.) Your dietary diligence is inspiring and obviously pays off. I count carbs and am fairly successful in practicing moderation in my food choices but confess that I am prone to whims. I can never ever pass up a cupcake.
Cornbread cornbread. Now I must have it. Ham and beans tonight to go with it.
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Hello Everyone
I've been on a hiatus from the boards. I've been cooking up a storm (whatever that means). Today is oven broiled burgers on toast, spicy cole slaw.
Sunday I made a scratch blueberry cobbler. The old fashioned type where you make a 'dough' cook some in the blueberries, and make a lattice top for the rest. DD3 is pregnant. 14 weeks. She is a tiny thing, but has been hitting up all our left overs. DD4 is in the country from France so I've not had much sleep. We have a lot to catch up on (Lifetime movies etc) . Plus all the kids dropping in to eat and visit, has helped me to feel normal again.
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Val - great to hear from you. Yum for the Blueberry Cobbler.
Cherry - over here, bread dipped in whisked egg & fried is called 'French Toast'. Sometimes it's topped with powdered sugar and usually served with syrup. In some areas of the country it's just 'fried bread' w/o the egg or syrup.
I'm with Carole. Hormone positive or not, I didn't ask for BC and I'm not going to live the rest of my life w/o things that make me happy. I do practice moderation in my in my diet - for example I rarely eat red meat more than twice a month. But moderation still means I have one cocktail most nights & sometimes wine with dinner too & lots of chocolate. BTW Carole, I eat Pizza Hut occasionally but I like the cinnamon rolls on their lunch buffet better than the pizza. Haven't had Domino's in a long time because a) that's too much pizza for one person and b) I like thick crust.
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Minus, I've never had French toast made with only beaten eggs--always had a bit of milk or cream in there. We Jews have a version, originally conceived during Passover but often served all year long called "matzo brei." The matzos are briefly soaked in hot water, just enough to soften them so they'll soak up the batter. There are two ways to fry it, each with their own passionate adherents (sorta like regular vs. sweet gefilte fish): either as a whole sheet or broken in two, or torn into small pieces, "glued" back together in the pan with batter, and fried. There is also a rivalry between those who sprinkle it with table sugar and those who prefer syrup. We're a syrup family whether for French toast or matzo brei--but it's gotta be the real thing. The only Log Cabin in our house is the sugar-free kind from my South Atkins Beach days--and it's headed for the garbage because I'd rather have a few drops of real maple than a tablespoon of fake sweet chemicals. I have a friend in rural northwestern OH who has his own maple grove and until 2015 made his own syrup under the "White Kitty Farm" label (named after his late beloved white cat--he has ten cats, all indoor/outdoor, at any given time). We have one precious quart left. There's a maple syrup producer SW of Joliet called "Funk's Grove," that sells its syrup to visitors. There needs to be cold enough temps for a long enough time for the sap to set and then run sufficiently to be boiled. Some years they didn't produce any syrup.
Bob came home last night despite the snow, because he stays in Oak Lawn only if his first stop the next day is Christ Hospital (where he can walk--he usually parks overnight in the doctors' garage and walks down 95th St. to the hotel)--if it's Holy Cross, he'd still have a half-hour commute, 2/3 as long as from here. We're expecting 2-3" of snow overnight, and Christ is indeed his first stop in the morning, so it looks like he'll probably be staying at the hotel tonight.
Was going to fry oysters, but the salmon I ordered from Peapod turned out to be fresh, not frozen. So tonight will be pan-seared salmon with sauteed snap & snow peas...and cornbread (assuming there's any left). I think Gordy's staying put. As to pizza, I don't understand why there are even any Pizza Huts, Dominos, or Papa John's here in Chicago. (Little Caesar's--which I think in Canada is called "Pizza Pizza"--while cheaper, is better than those). Every neighborhood has several independent "made-from-scratch" pizzerias of almost every style, and most of them deliver.
Cherry, please try to eat something! If you fast more than a day, you run the risk of your metabolism slowing ("the starvation effect"). Fasting is no way to lose weight. And on chemo, you need to keep up your strength to repair healthy cells that were "collateral damage."
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Tonight was a cheeseburger wrapped in a lettuce bun and oven roasted potato wedges.
Tomorrow DH is making cornbread and beans, all this talk, I couldn’t help myself
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OK, folks, here we go:
Pan-seared Chilean salmon (Verlasso--sustainably farmed in Pacific Ocean pens) with mixed sugar-snap and snow peas, and my homemade cornbread. Wish I could take credit for the tartar sauce, but at least it didn't come from a jar: it's Broadway Cellars' housemade (lemon aioli mixed with chopped dill pickle and capers), left over from the fish & chips I brought home Friday night. Even though the salmon filets were skinless, I followed America's Test Kitchen's recipe, first brining for 15 min., then applying a thin coating of grapeseed oil to the skinned side; in a cold nonstick pan sprinkled with kosher salt and a couple of grinds of black pepper, place the fish skinned side down, sprinkle a little more s&p on the top, and turn the burner on to medium. Once a bit of white begins to show on the bottom, gently flip and cook 1-2 min. (briefly searing the vertical sides for a few seconds. The snap & snow peas were done in another skillet on medium, with sesame seeds & garlic-ginger oil heated till shimmering. As soon as the veg hit the pan, I turned off the heat, stirrerd, and let it sit for 1 min.
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ChiSandy, it looks delicious, thanks God, I have already eaten my brunch before leaving for rads, otherwise I could have just go to the fridge right away after seeing this salmon. Yesterday I still had three apples and a few plumes after my boiled beet root but I also did 20 min on my threadmill. I am determined to lose this weight because it is making me uncomfortable in all possible ways. Today I made a large bowl of salad with massaged kale, still tastes like paper, and all possible leafy greens, tomatoes, onions, bell pepper, cucumbers, parsley, spinage and had a smaller bowl of it with some canned tuna, avocado and dry pan fried egg, just couldn't resist it. I also believe I am retaining some fluid but according to my clinic deuretics won't help after chemo, I need to give it some time. I have relatively large breasts, but quite neat frame, if I gain weight it usually starts around the waist and down but now I got this huge fat frame, we are talking calluses where ribs used to show before. It has to go.
Carole, I got my left foot taped yesterday by my PT and I found this foot rotation exercises you have mentioned online and was doing them for a couple of mornings, it does help, you are absolutely right. I also have high arch in my feet so my PT was talking about a device that keeps the foot in 90 degree position during the night. And I bought the inserts too, I hope it will help. I honestly like running and my PT is so great, she is full of suggestions about alternative exercise options like going to the gym at the center for free under her supervision and for very reduced price alone, or swimming, but I am still bald and get so stressed and upset imagining how people will look at me so I will continue with my power walks and threadmill for now.
Minus, how interesting, in France this sort of toast is called pain grille or pan perdu, and of what I can remember it was a kind of a homemade comfy food. In case you wanted to eat a grilled sandwich there were croque monseiur and croque madame, the former with cheese and ham, and the latter had even fried egg added to it. Last time we went to Paris in May 2016 I saw them selling these "fattiga riddare" as a street food in the middle of the city.
Valstim52, four daughters?! Congratulations) Your broiler burgers are still on my list, I might as well do it this Friday I got both organic grounded meat and whole wheat buns ready. My DD2 wants some confy food on Fridays and DD1 will hopefully get here home after staying with her BF for almost a month. I only have two DD and a stepson from my first marriage.
I came to the conclusion that I cannot drink to often because I tend to drink too much, seriously I cannot get any kick from just one glass of wine, I am that tough))) I cannot say I drunk too much before but I did and now I decided, well, one bottle of red on weekend where DH gets one glass and I am the rest and in this way I will not drink more than three glasses a week))) But now while doing rads I will try not to drink at all, especially when this weight has to go.
I have thought so many times why I got this bc that sometimes I just get angry about my doctors not being able to tell me the reason why. I mean all these money pouring into the research, I wish I knew from the beginning that I had 4-5 times higher risk just because I had very dense breasts. No one has ever told me that.
Dinner today will be leftovers and I have thawed Rebecka Katz magic broth I had cooked a couple of months ago and froze half of it. I will cook a veggie soup of it
Off I go to my rads.
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Tonight was air-fried oysters and sweet potato fries (a bit of a science experiment). This is the second time I've tried to air-fry fresh sweet potato fries, first in basket-type air fryer and now in the mesh tray and on the "air fry" setting in my Breville Smart Oven Air. I coated them with a little grapeseed oil, but they still turned out burned at the tips and mushy otherwise. Still tasty, though. Wonder if I should have floured them, let them cool, and done a second fry, the way regular French fries are made. The oysters were a little bizarre. The recipe calls for panko crumbs, which I was sure I'd ordered from Peapod--but not only weren't they delivered, but didn't show up in my order history. Maybe I'd clicked on a couple of brands to compare but not on "add to cart." So the closest I could come was to lightly toast a couple of slices of sourdough bread, tear them up and pulse them in the Cuisinart. Not too bad. But my mistake was doing the fries first while I dredged the oysters (seasoned flour, egg, crumbs)--by the time it was time to add the oysters to the air-fry tray, they hadn't been in the fridge long enough to firm up (turns out they need 30 min. chill time), and I forgot to spray them with grapeseed oil before cooking them. The bottoms did drip a bit into the crumb tray and stuck a bit when I flipped them, but they cooked through and were nicely crunchy, as well as tasty.
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I ran 3-1/2 miles today at a kind of slow pace (10-1/2 minutes per mile) and going uphill the whole way back.
Sharon and I finished off the last of the stuffed peppers.
Tomorrow I'm going to do a lemon-garlic-butter chicken recipe.
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