So...whats for dinner?
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carole, thank you, I wish I ever can pay forward the kindness I received on these boards. I am trying to land in all this situation telling myself that this is what the life is going to be from now, there is nothing we can change but it does not need to be bad either. I hope this new anti-depressive will help an I definetely hope all these treatments were not underwent for nothing. And for what it worth let us make every day count.
My potato pankakes recipe is, I actually have two. The first one is rösti and takes only potato, salt and pepper and oil, and to achieve the best result some restaurants claim you do not wash the potatoes, in order to keep all the starch, you just peel them, grate them on the coarse size and squeeze all liquid, them lay a layer in the pan and make it as flate as possible.
My Russian recipe takes grated 3-4 potatoes, 1grated onion, 1 beaten egg, 1 cup of wheat flour, s&p. Everything gets mixed and you pour it on the pan and fry from both sides. And with eat it with sour cream. You know, I believe this is a national dish of Belorus)
I did not go for a power-walk today, even though I was fully dressed when I went to the store to pick up my new Asics Gel Nimbus brought them home, and they turned out to be small! I mean, how is it possible that two different manufacturers cannot get one size the same? I know, I know, but still, it shouldn't be this way! I ordered exactly the same size my Nike Air, but they are toosmall and I sent them back. But they were all that I can tell you, the cushioning is amazing, it is literally like walking on clouds. My size was sold out and I really wanted this particular model and I checked another sites until I found them and ordered a new pair. I did not dare to power-walk in my old Nikes, it is below zero outside and the ground in the forest is like stone, not exactly what I can take right now with my plantar fascitis.
DH is very sick and I got to drive the DD2 to the training and DD1 is in charge for dinner, I got them all supplies that the BF helped me to carry home and we will see what we will be eating.
Cherry
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Came home from the DD2 ballet class, she has a crash on a boy there, how sweet) DD1 made hamburgers. Not for me though, I made chicken broth and will now cook a chicken soup.
Carole, Happy Birthday!
Eric happy anniversary!
Lasey, my pshichiatrical team is great, something up to the level I did not expected it to be. Like people always are complaining here that they cut the budget and we are getting worse and worse healthcare. Well, this specific part of health care still works like a clock and it should be because they are litterally saving lives. I cannot ditch Tamoxifen and I have no intention, MO made it perfectly clear that this is a very important part of my treatment, I just want to find some balance. My psychiatrist said that she always recommends some anti-depressives with Tamoxifen because the studies show it causes depressions, and I was depressed prior taking Tamoxifen, so..
I hope you will not be losing power again, I did not watch the news, I did not even know the East cost had storm, hope it is over now and you do not need to freeze anymore. That sounds so awful, I cannot stand when it is too cold at home
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Going to Cellars for its Oscars party--there will be a buffet of Best Pic-themed dishes. Will report back later!
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Thank you to Nance and Cherry for the potato pancake recipes. Cherry, I was surprised at the 1 cup of wheat flour. Nance, your favorite recipe sounds very interesting with the cooked riced potato combined with raw shredded. Did you add green onion in addition to regular onion? I think the green onion sounds like a flavor I would like. I will be shredding potatoes tomorrow night! DH will be tickled. We need to buy apple sauce for him.
We drove to Biloxi, MS, today to meet a couple who spent last summer in Pine Hollow Resort, where we go in MN. They'll be back at Pine Hollow this summer except for a 2 month trip to Alaska. They are wintering in Navarre Beach, FL. We met up at the Hard Rock Casino. Awful place. Noisy. Smoky. We went next to our favorite casino, Beau Rivage. DH and I had a late lunch/early dinner at a café in the casino. The same one where we ate lunch with you and your dh, Nance. We both ordered the bacon cheeseburger, which was delicious but very large. Good bun, burger cooked juicy. Blue cheese on mine. The fries were lightly battered and very good but I couldn't eat many of them. No room in my stomach.
Eric, I always enjoy hearing about your daughter. Happy Anniversary!
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Carole, the simpler batch I made last night only had green onion. I've never used them before in potato pancakes but we liked it.
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carole, I am not going by the measurements when I am doing this Russian variation but they do contain flour as I remembered. I checked on the internet, here comes an authentic recipe that is very similr to mine:
https://natashaskitchen.com/2011/02/28/deruny-ukra...деруни/
I have also used both green onions and chopped dill and parsley in the batter and ws pleased with the results. The ideal is though to mix sour cream with dill, parsley, salt and pepper and serve to the pancakes.
I even can make them using grated beet roots, carrots and parsnips, the potato ones are way better though but I saw a recipe with beet roots mixed with potato I want to try, feels like a good combo.
Dinner today will be beef tender loin with fat coat, was looking for the name in English but could not find one exactly. I will rub it with some spices, sear it in the pan from both sides and then let it roast in the oven, with roasted potato wedges and veggies. Or I can let DD1 make it, she enjoys making beef because she wants it so medium rare that it is almost raw. We will send the BF to the store for Bernaise sauce and I will make a green salad. Sounds like a plan, and I will stick to it. My egg sandwich from yesterday. I have not yet had any breakfest before going to my rads and I am thinking about something meaty, like jamon, or any other ham, or a asparagus omellet. Is there any contraindications for asparagus for hormone positive patients? Someone in my chemo group mentioned it and I was, oh, no, I like asparagus so much and I happen to have a bunch in my fridge.
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I've never put flour in potato pancakes. My mom's recipe was to put the grated potatoes into a fine mesh strainer over a bowl, and then pour out the liquid, leaving the potato starch as a thickener, and using that in lieu of flour. If the mixture (after adding onions & eggs) was too wet to hold together, she'd add some boxed potato starch or maybe matzo meal ground even finer. Then a bit of minced parsley, salt & pepper to taste, and shallow-fry in olive or vegetable oil. That's what I do when I'm not feeling lazy enough to use Manischewitz or Streit's mix.
We were up till all hours last night after finding Call Me By Your Name was finally on Amazon. Beautifully shot, but interminably sloooow. By 90 minutes in, Bob & were getting silly and starting to heckle a la Rocky Horror midnight shows or Mystery Science 3000. (One of the perks of watching at home on your couch). It was a touching and wrenching story in the end, and a great adapted script (deserved its Oscar), but took forever to get there. About half the gorgeous scenery and metaphorical nature shots could have been truncated without affecting the story. (E.g., show them driving away down a winding road--but once they disappear over the horizon, we get it. Cut to something else instead of ten more seconds of static empty winding road).
Oscar buffet was a blast. Pre-show, there was popcorn, pretzels, guac., salsa & housemade tortilla chips. For Darkest Hour, bacon-cheddar "bombs" on skewers. For Shape of Water, deviled eggs and key lime tartlets (obvious only if you'd seen the movie). Phantom Thread had English smoked-salmon/cucumber tea sandwiches. Dunkirk? Fish & chips. Lady Bird had "Thanksgiving ravioli" (made with smoked turkey), after a pivotal scene in the movie. Two dishes for Call Me By Your Name: insalata Caprese (obvious) and grilled peach salad (another inside joke). The Post got two Vietnam-themed dishes: Vietnamese meatballs on skewers and summer rolls (plus lemonade, after Bradlee's enterprising daughter's stand). For Get Out, carrot cake (after a line in the film). And Three Billboards' homage to MO was KC-style BBQ'd St. Louis ribs, plus Rice Krispies treats (after the son's cereal food fight)--but studded with dried craisins and dipped in dark chocolate. In the contest, the restaurant owner & I tied for second place--had I gone with my gut and chosen Blade Runner 2049 for cinematography rather than my "safe" choice of Shape of Water, I'd have tied with the couple who came in first. This year, though, first place carried with it just bragging rights and signing the inflatable "Oscar (Mayer) Wiener" (which Bob got to do twice), no bottle of wine. (Last year, Bob also got a bottle of prosecco, a half-bottle of vintage port, and a double magnum of Caymus Conundrum white. Still figuring out what the heck to serve with it--maybe pork tenderloin, "angels on horseback"--bacon-wrapped scallops & marinated water chestnuts--or smothered chicken thighs--we'll Coravin it and try it out with various dishes, and when we hit on a match, pop the cork and throw a dinner party).
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ChiSandy, this how it goes, one has to see the movies to ”get” the food? Hillarious! Never heard of it even though Oscars is a big thing here too. I have not watched it though, had my rads early and we have bot seen any of the movies( Although I am planning to go and see Call Me by Your Name, it was the only one I knew was nominerad for an Oscar and only because Armie Hammer is in it. I am absolutely not up to date this year. But I will watch all of them and will go back to your post just to see if I would ”get” it)
Dinner today was not as planned at all. DD1 said she would make the steak tomorrow and today they wanted pizza so I had an excuse to use my KitchenAid and to try to make a dough. It went very well, once again DD2 and I was standing there and watching in owe how the machine works. Pizzas were great, I will go and see if I can make it 40 min on my thread-mill today
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Cold and rainy day here calling for comfort food. It will be boneless short ribs (pressure cooker) with mashed potatoes and a couple of baked campari tomatoes with boursin.
Good idea about the potato starch Sandy, I'll have to try that. I only use flour because I didn't have matzo. It's an item I have to get in the city and didn't plan for.
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We got about an inch of cold slop, but the ground was too warm for it to stick. More of the same through Wed., and then again next Sun. a.m. I can accept that March comes in like a lion, but around here it goes out like a lamb...a rabid lamb...with anger management issues.
That being said, I met with our new landscaper on Sat., and as long as there's no snow on the lawn or in the garden, he's going to get down to power-raking. We cleared away a little of the schmutz that built up since last fall and found that the crocuses, tulips, daffodils, semperivivens (hens-and-chicks), hostas and even some strawberries are struggling to break through. Out front, he's going to seed the grass but the back lawn's a lost cause. We're gonna have to sod.
Pot luck tonight. Leftover fries and Brussels sprouts, coupled with cherry tomato-basil salad and pan-seared pork chop.
Cherry, anyone who came to the restaurant's party and paid the $20 got to eat their fill of the food. It's just that every year, the dishes on the buffet are matched thematically to the Best Picture nominees. (We were among the few guests who actually did see all 9 films).
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I should be slapped for venturing to propose the most exciting thing in my February was a new toilet. Oh no - now it's March.
Had a funny smell in the garage yesterday morning. Determined it was not the car or in the attic or etc, so I went ahead and ran my errands - including the grocery store. It still smelled funny when I got home so I popped the hood on the car again & checked the water heater. Nope. When I started to put the frozen foods away in my garage freezer I discovered that the compressor had blown. Spent most of yesterday afternoon trying to cram food into the tiny top freezer on my kitchen fridge. Took bags to two different neighbors to stick in their freezers. Most everything was OK except the ice cream. Then started cleaning up the mess. Yes, of course it was not a frost free model. Then I started trying to find a replacement.
The stairs to the attic were built with the old freezer in place. New freezers have more insulation & so are wider & taller. I can not get a comparable replacement in w/o cutting out part of the stairs or calling a plumber to figure somewhere else to put the water heater (outside? LOL) After numerous hours on the web and calling stores, I finally had to settle for a model that is only 1/2 as big as my current freezer (which was only 12.1 cu ft). No one in town had a floor model & I am NOT good at envisioning things that I can't physically see & touch. But really no choice.
By the time I finished mopping up melting ice last night it was 10pm & I realized I'd forgotten to eat. Sigh. Just had two glasses of wine and a candy bar. So today I went to have a patty melt with my nephew on his lunch hour. Then I stopped at the store & gave over my credit card & something is supposed to be delivered Friday. Granted - it is something I settled on but I hope I don't hate it too much.
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Minus, I do hope that your new freezer finds a handy space to live in your available garage space, and that you end up living a new model! I was exhausted reading your mopping up experience.
Somehow, I missed your Anniversary, Eric, and your birthday, Carol, so belated best wishes to both of you!
Sandy, the Oscars dinner sounded like fun...such a nice variety of food. If there were an abundance of war movies, would they offer C-rations?!
Reading about the potato pancakes reminded me of using the leftover potato innerds that I had left after making the potato skins for the Super Bowl party to make a “fried mashed potato with green onions” and I firget what else, which we gobbled up like latkes. I never fry things, and I won’t need to make them again since the potato skin offering was a “one and done” effort.
This Saturday, DH and I are hosting three couples for the Paella dinner, I may have mentioned. He really loves making paella a few times a year. So this time, we are trying to make it a total Spanish theme meal. I will do lots of non heavy hors d'ouvres, a green salad with olives, Spanish onion, and tomatoes with a light lemon/olive oil dressing, and possible a baguette I will bake. For dessert, I am making a Spanish version of creme brûlée, and some small lime shortbread cookies I made tonight.
Of course we are being hit with another Nor’easter tomorrow and Thursday, so I hope I can get my food shopping done before traveling is a mess....AND....it will not do to be off grid anytime up to and through this event! So keeping my fingers crossed...
I am worried about my cockeyed vision since the last cataract procedure, and hope it will adjust better than what it is currently. Feeling impatient.
A few food pix:
A delightful “winter salad” I had last week at a restaurant called the Back Deck on our way to the Opera House to see “Waitress”.
One of my favorite cod dishes...baked with garlic and topped with sauteed spinach, onion, mushroom medley.
I think I’d better turn this machine off! Best to everyone..
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Love your food porn, Lacey! The restaurant hadn't yet opened when Saving Private Ryan was a nominee, so who knows about the C-rations? Even though Cellars was around in 2009 when The Hurt Locker was a nominee (I think it won), the restaurant's Oscar party tradition hadn't yet started; and if it had, I think Cellars would have drawn the line at serving MREs.
It's been awhile (maybe a decade or more) since I made paella, though I've eaten more than my share of it, on both sides of the pond (including Barcelona and Valencia). I judge an American tapas restaurant largely by the quality of its paella--and if it's too wet, without that crunchy socarrat, I'm not returning even if someone else is footing the bill.
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Minus, it sounded like a lot of work, I hate when things just broke at home, I go on nagging on DH like crazy telling him that it is his job to secure that everything does functio. I know, I know, but do not forget about my totalitarian regime origins) I think a new toilet is a bug deal and now a new freezer, it can only be better from now on))
Lacey, this cod looks yam but the Nor'Easter sounds really like s lot of trouble. We do not have any hurricaines here, it is usually something we see in the Hollywood movies and having you all reporting from different states every now and then makes it surreal. I love paella, as ChiSandy says, that soccarat (!) It is interesting that you can order it basically at any small beach restaurant in Spain and it always turns out great. But once we were at all-includive hotel in Mallorca where we only had breakfest and dinner, no lunch, their paella was hideous even though DH loved it, so instead we ordered it for lunch at a tiny restaurant on the beach, it was so good.
Dinner yesterday was steak and oven-baked rosemary potatoes with bernaise sause, green salad and carrot slaw. DD1 was supposed to make the steak but she made the potatoes and I did the steak because she did not know how to handle the manual meat termometer. Turned out, me neither. Half way through in the oven we decided the termometer was broken because it did not show any temperature. It is a small thing you stick into the thickest part and then the red pile will slowly climb up, and ours did not. After some time I decided to take the steak out and wait and see. When I cut it it was raw, so nack in the oven, but I decided to give the termometer one more chance and then, after some minutes, it started to show the inner temperature. So the end result got great, I had a tiny bit with fat on it. Still fat but I thought it was ok, I would rather take a little fat than a lot of meat because the fat hasall the taste(
I saw my MO yesterday and asked her specifically about the food and drinking emphasizing that some sources claim that we should cut on carbs, meats, diary, sugar and drinking alcohol to prevent the recurrence. And she said that there is no scientific research that proves that eating all these foods can cause bc and there is certainly no such research that proves that it can prevent bc or recurrence. We should avoid fat food and sugar, not absolutely, but significantly, drinking a glass of wine a day is absolutely ok. There is research that proves that high consumption of alcohol increases risk for bc but no research that proves that it causes it. Her nurse office also recommended strongly to buy the organic products, which I switched to since my dignosis, it has increased, almost doubled our grocery spend but I will try to stick to it. I also mentioned to her that the psychiatrist from cancer rehab told me that up to 2,5 bottles of wine a week was ok for women! MO's Dolly Parton eyes just got even bigger and she asked, did X say so? It does sound too much and I said, you work together, you ask her.
And she gave me a mild deuretic too, so, now I will get out of bed, take a new anti-depressive, a deuretic, a Tamoxifen pill, yay! and will turn into a brand new better version of me) Seriously, only three rads left. New jogging shoes arrived and are amazing but my right foot went numb yesterday while exercising so I only did 30 min, lacing was too tight I think. A new day today though.
Dinner will probably be salmon with pesto or a chicken wok, we will see.
Hope the storm is over soon. Here it got a bit warmer, -1C, still a lot of snow though
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Two nights ago I roasted two pork tenderloins. Last night I sliced up about 2/3 of the uneaten one, cooked a package of soba noodles and mixed the pork and noodles with a sauce from a recipe for stir fried chicken. Yum Yum. Love those soba noodles. Would have been good with the addition of stir fried veggies. Stir fry is not my talent and I wasn't in a mood to dally in the kitchen.
The sauce is 3 T brown sugar, 1 T each of fish sauce, rice vinegar, sambal oelek, soy sauce. 1 tsp of dark sesame oil. 1 tsp of corn starch. A tasty combination of flavors.
Lacey, you didn't miss my birthday. I mentioned it in advance. It's actually tomorrow. Good luck with the power staying on. The paella dinner would turn me into a nervous wreck. I don't do dinner parties at home any more. Seems like too much trouble and not enough fun for the hostess. I would rather bite the $$$ bullet and eat out at a nice restaurant and split the check.
Cherry, it sounds like a productive appointment with your bc doctor. Meal time at your house seems like a good time to be there. The recipe you referred me to says that the onion juice prevents the grated potato from turning brown. A side benefit of crying while grating onion!
It rained so much in the early hours yesterday morning that the golf courses are sloppy wet again so I have a golf-free Wednesday. May venture out to some stores. Not sure about dinner menu. Maybe I'll do more than talk about potato pancakes. Haven't made them yet since I began the discussion.
Happy Wednesday to all.
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I really like this thread!
Carole, once again, Happy Birthday to you tomorrow! Thank you for the recipe, I will try it tomorrow for my wok, I am sure it will work for skinless chicken thigh filets too.
And that recipe about the onion preventing the potatoes from turning brown, it still will though but at a slowlier pace. It tastes really good with grated onions, to me everything tastes good with onions)
And for some time ago I also decided to stop having parties. Especially for the people who then when you get to invited to your place do not even bother to put s decent meal on the table telling you instead that they do not like to cook or having parties at home, they would rather go to the parties and eat at my place because I am such a good cook and truly enjoy cooking food for them))) But this is not because I want to make a point, it is just a lot of stress and work as you said and very little joy for me. I would rather go places now, even on the weekends if I will be able to when I am back to normal.
Dinner tonight was green salad for me and salmon for the family. I also thaw a piece of frozen gravlax and had a thick slice on an organic sour dough rye bread. And some beet root salad on top of that. Now I only have to digest it all a bit and run on my thread-mill. BF went home and DD1 will go to spend next week with him on Friday. Friday is last day of my rads and I intend to taste a mimosa, never did it before
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Sorry for the rant about the freezer. Supposedly a new one will arrive Friday.
In the mean time, I couldn't even begin to find anything stuffed in my little fridge top freezer. So lunch was a big salad. Dinner is California Roll sushi from the grocery store. Tomorrow will be chicken cacciatore with the two Rotisserie breasts I had already defrosted.
Lacey - hope your eye(s) are improving. And yes, the cod looks delicious. '
Cherry - I stopped giving parties at home some time ago after I had my swimming pool filled in. I loved having tons of people over to eat but it was usually casual & outside. Now I meet people out for meals, or take the meals I cook to people who are sick or alone. I'll be thinking of you Friday as you finish your last rads.
Carole - happy B-day tomorrow.
Eric - how was your anniversary celebration?
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Carole, Lent, schment--have your own personal Mardi Gras (okay, Jeudi Gras) tomorrow! Happy Birthday and laissez les bons temps rouler!
Don't want to defrost anything or order out, so I think I'll use up the last of my Bolognese sauce and either pappardelle or tagliatelle. Or if Gordy doesn't want it, finish off his leftover moo shu pork and make fried rice again (which was what I did last night). One of my glasses of basil is wilting despite having grown roots (maybe it got shocked when last week's pizza box lid knocked it over). So fot lunch I chopped up the leaves that wouldn't perk back up, along with a few cherry tomatoes that were going soft, and made a bruschetta on the half-slice of sourdough that wouldn't fit in the pan for this morning's French toast. (I mixed the tomatoes & basil with orange-infused EVOO, balsamico, sea salt and then grated Parm-Regg, on top).
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Well, it may not appear that way this week, but I also rarely entertain anymore...just family holiday dinners mostly, and when the doc vegans come to visit, I even try to find a vegan friendly restaurant we can go to. I agree with you Carole, that enjoying a nice meal out with friends is more preferable than the anxiety of putting on a dinner. Since I do rarely entertain, I’m thus out of practice, making it much more of an effort because I have to reinvent the process of planning, finding serving dishes to use, etc. I sort of envy people who entertain often and easily...but that will not be me in this life!
This paella dinner has me worked up since it was DH’s great idea, (since he fancies himself a great paella maker....oh, and I will be sure to check his soccarat.....while he makes no other dinners) but he has planned very little and I have been running around like crazy buying items after researching recipes for making the apps and desserts, in an effort to keep the Spanish theme. So....if we really wanted to, we could offer this for next year’s auction again since we will be all set,with everything we need to have on hand, even have little Spanish flags and some pretty fans for decor. But I doubt I will feel like doing this again, especially given DH’s more relaxed approach to it. He will throw himself into a mini frenzy on Saturday to get his paella masterpiece done. By then I will be totally exhausted....especially since I am doing all of this with post cataract surgery cockeyed vision, so it feels more laborious. Grrr! But I’m sure it will all make for lovely pix. :}
Meanwhile we are in the midst of a very heavy snowfall (hoping we keep power!), and our housecleaner, who now just comes when we call her, will not be able to get here tomorrow....so as I’ve been arranging flowers, I’ve also been dusting, and will recruit relaxed DH to help with cleaning tomorrow once he is finished snowblowing. I’m supposed to teach the social skills curriculum to 4th graders tomorrow, but I can’t imagine they will have school given that this storm is not suppised to let up until mid morning.
Cherry, it does sound like you had a productive meeting with your MO. Her nutrition advice sounds the same as what I have been told by mine...and interestingly, that means that the research has not shifted much over the past five years since I was having these same conversations. Again, it sounds like you are in good hands, and I always think that the emotional support of that impacts curative factors.
You and Sandy have me wishing that DH and I didn’t forego our idea to visit Barcelona this year. Just as we were going to plan the trip, we got cold feet due to the political upheaval. Obviously we are not very intrepid travelers.
More food porn...I hope these stay reduced like I always try to make them omly to see them as giant on the thread.
Chicken in a mushroom, pepper and onion wine sauce over mini farfelle
Arugula salad with mushroom, and apple with a balsamic dressing.
And a cute pic of my grands at breakfasttaken by DDIL today on her snowy birthday when both of her kiddos had school canceled....so they all enjoyed a day hunkered down at home....a rare day for all of them! Fortunately it was the day she does not go into the office or hospital!
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Love the giant food pics Lacey - they all look tantalizing!
Count me in with those who no longer do dinner parties. Even if it's just us and DS and DDIL - I'm exhausted with preparation. Even my after thanksgiving dinner is going by the wayside I think. I informed DH of this last year and to my surprise, he was fine with it. We will continue to go to his sister's house on the day, but the weekend after is going to be much more low key than every previous year since we've been married. We still entertain a couple of close friends -- they are regulars for St. Patrick's Day -- and of course, visiting family or out of town friends, but I'm done cooking for six or eight people I think, unless it's pizza.
Minus - I know how frustrating broken freezers can be. I'm sorry that you had such a mess to clean up. What a hassle.
Tomorrow is my MO visit. I'm trying to decide if I'm ready to go to yearly visits. She told me it's up to me. I think I'm ready, but I'm anxious about letting go of that safety net. Sigh. What do the rest of you do?
Tonight was unstuffed peppers and a very simple salad with vinaigrette.
It's now officially your birthday Carole - Happy Birthday! Have a wonderful day doing something you enjoy.
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i also hope you are enjoying YOUR DAY, Carole!
Nance, it sounds like you might be “cutting down”, rather than “cutting out” entertaining for dinner! But I’m thinking that you are one of the people I admire who do it often enough it’s sort of on autopilot. But I agree that it does feel exhausting....and my back even screams enough from my standing to make dinner almost nightly.
For the past two years, I have only had yearly MO appts. Plus, my MO transferred to Dana Farber....a much bigger production to get to....so I was initially in a bit of an anxious state about the “removed” factor, but in fact, I’ve found that it hasn’t been a bad thing to move on with just a yearly check in. Maybe not having meds related symptoms anymore leaves me more prone to denial? But another schedule shift has been that I have my mammo at the half year point from the MO appt. so I’m never too far from the “net”. Good luck making that decision.
We received a foot of the white stuff, but at least today it is warm enough (40 degreesF) that wherever plowed, the pavement shows, so tomorrow all will be back to winter normal. I am busy getting cleaning done, and figuring out dinner which will need to be creative since I bought nothing in the protein group for tonight’s dinner while out shopping yesterday. Maybe something involving eggs!
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Used up the last of the chili I had made and frozen. Warmed it up and cooked some noodles to mix in with it.
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Nance - my MO told me in December that I have one more 6 mo appointment in June and then will go to once a year. I agree - nice to have fewer doc appointments but I expect I'll be anxious. I'm going to try to schedule a yearly physical with my PDP on the off "6". I'll still have to have blood work done every six months so I can get the Prolia shot.
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Greetings, all!
I love to cook but rarely have dinner parties any more because too many people I know have too many food issues. It is no fun to have to worry about making a meal that does not contain meat/pork/dairy/gluten/soy/shellfish or whatever else people cannot/will not eat. My husband and I are omnivores who enjoy everything in moderation and find a good meal one of life's great pleasures. It pretty much sucks all the joy out of the experience to have to analyze every ingredient and figure out something that will be acceptable to one's guests. Fortunately, my husband is an appreciative audience and it is nice to cook a good meal for the two of us, put on some jazz, light some candles and have a lovely dinner together.
Last night I made chicken schnitzel (with lemon zest and parsley in panko for the breading) and a celery, apple and walnut salad with crumbled blue cheese & dijon vinaigrette dressing.
Tonight we are having fish in a honey/soy glaze over soba noodle salad. It's a new recipe for me and if the soba salad turns out well I will try a version of it with tofu to bring with me to have for lunch during my final (!!) chemo session next week.
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Minus, that's kind of what happened today. I have a mamm and bone density scan in August, an appointment with her, then we will go to yearly. I think I'm ok with that.
Lacey, my dinner party problem is that I don't know how to do stuff simply. It always has to be a production. I am most certainly my own worst enemy (and critic.)
I bought organic sauerkraut and some grass fed beef sausages at Costco today which we had for dinner. Loved the sauerkraut, the sausages were good but taste wise not sure they were worth the $9 a pound price tag.
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Magari - welcome. Always fun to have a new member to share food & fun. Both of your meals sound delicious. I grew up in the SF Bay area and still get out there about once a year. I try to time my trips with the Dungeness Crab season.
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Timely discussion about the onc visits - I had my last 6 month one today, moving to once a year. We attempted that last year but I had some complications and he moved me back to every six months - until today. I remain on Femara but got my last Prolia injection this afternoon - he wants to see what happens by my next DEXA in Jan of 2019. I feel a little guinea piggish, but I can always go back on.
magari - welcome! I will be in your neck of the woods next week! Yay for the upcoming last chemo - it sure is a milestone! Will you continue adjuvant Perjeta, or just Herceptin? Your apple/celery salad is making me hungry!
Tonight was a chicken and mushroom alfredo over egg noodles and a salad. I have cooked and frozen a bunch of stuff for DH, so he is all set. I even made extra popsicles (made out of canned dog food and water - yum!) for the dog! I am going to S. California to meet up with a friend from here who is there for a conference for the weekend, then flying up to N. California to see my BFF who retired last week - we are going to celebrate. DD just flew to Cali, Columbia this evening to be a bridesmaid this weekend for a middle school pal - can't believe they have known each other since they were 12!
Carole - Happy Birthday and belated Happy Anniv to eric!
chisandy - love your new pic!
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Awhile back I made some blackening spice from a mixture of other spices and I saved it in one of the larger empty spice bottles that I kept for this purpose. Tonight I blackened some tilapia and made a salad and some green beans It's a quick simple meal for times when I don't get time to figure out something else....like today....when I didn't sleep too much last night.
The phone rang around 1:30am this morning. Facetime is both good and bad.... It was a Mexico police officer using DD's phone. She wasn't in trouble. Rather the call was to let us know she and a friend had been victims of an attempted robbery and that they were a bit banged up, but otherwise OK.
DD is bruised and scratched up and she has a bald spot on her head. Her friend has a huge bruise on his arm, cuts on his face, badly bruised knuckles and probably a slight concussion.
DD said she and a guy from Arizona State University were walking back to the condominium where the ASU group is staying and they were attacked by a couple of robbers. Her friend was hit with a metal bar, but managed to deflect most of the blow and was able to fight back. DD said she was dragged to the ground by her hair but that she managed to kick the robber (as she put it) "in the nuts".
The police officer said they had received several similar robbery reports and searched the area. He went on to say they think they found the robbers...they matched the descriptions, they were carrying several cell phones and several passports, had a metal bar and were "not well".
Despite this, DD and her condo mates and the guy and his condo mates are all staying until Saturday morning, but they have decided that they will only be going out in large groups.
And another bunch of my grey hair falls out....
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Wow Eric! That must have been difficult to hear about but a relief that it turned out ok.
Tonight was a beef stir fry over cauliflower “rice” and a couple squares of dark chocolate
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eric - OMG! We parents earn that gray hair! I am so glad DD was not more seriously hurt and that she is willing to stay, wisely moving about in large groups. And good for her on the kick to the aforementioned robber body part! How scary though, and I am sure Saturday can't come soon enough for you. Holding my breath as well for my DD - have given the speech about safety, now just have to wait it out until she gets back. The good news is that the wedding is very self-contained at the resort, and she will likely have the groom's fam with her anywhere she goes off-site. I will still be sweating it out though - I feel ya...
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