So...whats for dinner?
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MO said today that my survivor ship plan is "nothing" (no thing) now that I'm 8 years out from the first diagnosis & 6 years out from the recurrence w/HER2+ w/chemo & more surgery & rads. No imaging. Monitor the CA 27-29 blood tests but don't worry. I should call him if I note a problem. Like... well duh, my knee hurts? My tooth aches? He says I'll know... Anyway, I did talk him into ordering an ULS and MRI based on the fact that I have Allergan 410 textured implants. He doesn't know if insurance will approve or not. So WTH. Just go on sitting on the porch rocking & knitting....
Sorry - I do know this is a dinner thread. For my meal of the day at the med center I had a 4" tall California Club sandwich - turkey, bacon, avocado, tomato, cheese, lettuce. I ate half & brought the other half home.
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Eric, dog barks, lol. Mine used to do the same until he lost most of his hearing, after that, not a peep.
Minus, no plan is certainly frustrating but quite common. I know they don’t want to over scan but piece of mind would be nice.
My only meal today was a big NY style slice of pizza from Brothers (NYers run it) and salad from Salata. I had my usual (every 3 weeks) IV Herceptin & Perjeta and did not feel like cooking afterwards.
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Sharon has essentially the same observation "plan" from her MO.
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We get used to and take comfort in a "plan" for our survival. At nine years out, it's up to me to make an appointment with my bc dr.'s NP for an ultrasound of the chest and armpits. There was no appointment available for the annual checkup in May. I forgot one year and went two years without a checkup.
Dinner last night was a hot dish that started off with cooked black beans in the refrigerator. Black bean chili: ground chuck, onion, garlic, Rotel mild tomatoes, roasted jalapeno and hatch chilis, chicken broth, cumin, chili powder, s & p. Last minute addition was cooked macaroni. Condiments: sour cream and grated bag cheese.
I will be staying after women's golf today for the meeting and early dinner. DH will probably heat up a bowl of the leftover chili hot dish.
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Eric, your “storm meal” description reminds me of our last pooch coping with the many thunderstorms she shivered through in NH, trying frantically to incorporate herself into the side of the bathtub...even while wearing her “thundercape”.
Finally off the pasta train, last night we had marinated, grilled pork tenderloin, corn on cob, brussels sprouts, and garden salad. We then indulged in a wonderful cherry pie DH insisted we buy when we were at Volante Farms on Sunday. Clearly he is as hooked on these particular pies as I am...and with even less restraint. I can make myself walk past them if shopping by myself. Tonight will be our last cherry pie dessert after having grilled chicken, a veggie sauté and salad.
I’m presented with a meal prep challenge this week. I’ve been asked to prepare some dinners for a woman in our community who requires a gluten and dairy free diet. For all of my previous menu planning “stretches” to accommodate the varied diets of my family members, I have never made gluten/dairy free dinners. So I picked up some gluten free pastas and have been perusing recipes online.
I’ll probably make some chicken dishes to go with the pasta. One pasta is made from red lentils. Looks interesting...tho both pasta varieties advise using parmesan on them to improve taste. What??!! There goes my dairy free dish! I think I’ll make a chicken with veggies recipe using coconut milk in the sauce. I’d like to avoid buying more items like expensive cashew cheeses that I’m allergic to (one of the many reasons I won’t ever be a vegan). I think I’ll also make a big pot of my favorite kale soup...tho her portions will need to be made without the parmesan rind that renders such a lovely flavor. I’m feeling badly for this person who is limited to such a diet. I’m also suddenlyway more aware of how much we use wheat and dairy in our food choices!
On the family front, DDIL returns to work next week after a four month (!!!) maternity leave, so she started DGD in her family daycare last week. Well, two days later, DGD had her first cold and by Saturday, her first ear infection. She already missed childcare yesterday. Next week will be interesting...
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DD has a dairy free pumpkin soup recipe that looks to be gluten free.
We use pasta made from chickpeas/garbanzo beans and find that actually works better than the normal pasta.
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Last night, after (yet another) friend's wake in the SW burbs, we went to dinner at the Oak Lawn branch of Cooper's Hawk winery. Started with wedge salad (I packed 2/3 of mine to go). Then came the uh, "fun." Wanted fish but not salmon (we're loaded with that), so I opted for the "pistachio-crusted grouper with mustard sauce," after the server assured me the crust was only pistachios. She came back a few minutes later and apologized--the chef told her the crushed nuts were pre-mixed with bread crumbs; would I like a plain piece? I agreed, stating lemon & butter were fine. Out came a piece of suspiciously golden and crispy-looking fish. I told her it looked like it had been floured before cooking, but she said "oh no, that's from pan-searing; but I'll ask the chef." Back she went and came back, saying it was "lightly dredged" in flour. I reiterated I can't have carbs--which I mentioned when she first took our orders (and the reason why I didn't order the lobster bisque, which she admitted was roux-based). She agreed to take it back and get me a plain piece with only lemon & butter. The new piece came back looking just like the first but with darker edges, yet she was adamant that the golden appearance was from the pan. I knew when I was defeated, and reluctantly ate it, hoping there wasn't enough flour to derail my diet. (The garlic spinach & steamed asparagus were fine).
Tonight will be leftover wedge salad & surf & turf (grouper and Bob's remaining filet mignon). No wines, though--we have a winemaker dinner coming up at Cellars tomorrow night.
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Lunch was leftover french green lentils & spinach w/pecans from my Saturday rainbow trout feast. Dinner was left over 1/2 of California Club sandwich from my day at the med center yesterday. There was so much turkey on this sandwich that I could have made it 4 meals instead of two.
Lacey - sorry your DGD is experiencing her first bout sharing other children's illnesses. Hope the cold & ear infection clear & everything is OK by next week.
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Tonight was Figgy Balsamic Pork with Roasted Potatoes and Squash. It’s a Hello Fresh meal and came with green beans but I don’t like them, so I substituted. I got a great deal on the service and I enjoy these on occasion, this one was certainly delicious.
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lacey -I am frequently dairy and gluten free, and I have found a smallish container of dairy free Parmesan. Depending on how many meals you are making you could prob use the whole container. I use lentil pasta periodically and like it, usually just put regular marinara or bolognese over it. The gluten free aspect makes it seem more al dente to me so it can handle a hearty sauce. I also often do a Greek Village type salad with peppers, cucumber, tomatoes, kalamata olives, garbanzos, red onion, and a zesty vinaigrette. You can add cooked chicken or shrimp.
Dinner tonight was take out from our fave Chinese place - BBQ pork, fried rice, crab Rangoon, Gen Tso chicken. I had none but was pretty excited not to have to cook tonight!
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Tonight I made pan seared chicken breasts with white wine herb sauce. Served with leftover rice from a couple of nights ago.
These were "airline" chicken breasts cut from a whole chicken, which were enormous. So one was enough for both of us and we have the other for another meal.
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Hi all tonight I made an easy crockpot chicken tortilla soup. Black beans, fresh corn off the cob, tomatos and tomato sauce. DH and I both really enjoyed it; mine with leftover freezer cornbread he with tortilla chips. Oh and a big salad first. ❤
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Dinner with the golf group at the club last night was a make-it-yourself chicken salad. Nice salad greens, chicken, chopped onions, topped tomato, grated cheese and packets of salad dressing. I skipped the onions, of course, and used a packet of Caesar and a packet of blue cheese. Quite enjoyable.
DH had warmed up black bean chili hot dish. He was happy.
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Tonight was Chicken Sausage Spinach Ravioli. It was a little on the spicy side for me but very good and I’ll have leftovers for days.
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Looks delicious Illimae. I have some spinach raviolis in the freezer that I need to pull out.
Magari - I've occasionally had chicken breasts that big. I'd hate to face the fowl in the barnyard.
My dinner was a ripe avocado with tuna salad on the top and a side of English cucumber spears. Accompanied by a class of True Grit petite syrah.
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I made BLT’s and garlic fries ...yummm
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Welcome to the dinner MissMom. Looking forward to sharing meals & recipes.
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Tonight was a Piemonte-themed winemaker dinner at Cellars (the winemaker was young and definitely eye candy). First course was caponata bruschetta, melanzane involtine (ricotta-stuffed eggplant rolls), salumi (prosciutto, salami, provolone) and footlong thin breadsticks. I didn't eat the toast or the breadsticks. Second course was definitely keto-friendly: vitelllo tonnato (thin veal slices with tuna-olive oil puree), deviled egg, and caperberry. Next came braised beef ravioll in long-cooked tomato sauce with sauteed spinach & roast carrot & cipolline onion (I ate two ravioli and packed the other two). Main entree was balsamic-glazed duck leg over polenta with green beans (I managed to avoid most of the polenta). Dessert was my Waterloo, however: a "bunet," or chocolate caramel custard terrine with amaretto cookie crumb crust and a mini-amaretto cookie. (I ate the cookie and 2/3 of the bunet). It was partly that I was in carb-danger-land, but more that I was full. I could barely handle more than an ounce of each wine (of which there were five).
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Last night's dinner was half a rack of baby back ribs. They were very good but I probably should have cooked the whole rack. Side was baked sweet potatoes with butter.
Tonight we're taking our neighbor, John, out to dinner at Hill Top Restaurant where I will probably have the prime rib.
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The dinner at Hill Top with John was enjoyable. The popular restaurant was not busy now that the population has decreased in the lake area (summer people having departed). All three of us had the prime rib, medium rare and it was tender and tasty.
Not sure about dinner tonight. So far the scene outside is dreary although the temperature didn't sink as low during the night as forecast, thanks to cloudiness. We may venture to the casino over near Walker. If we eat lunch out, dinner will be light.
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Dinner last night was popcorn - drenched in melted butter. I usually have that a couple of times a week but I need to start cutting out nuts & seeds & etc before colonoscopy prep so I'll miss it for the next week. Meals will be cleaning out the fridge over the weekend leading up to broth & jello & white cranberry juice by Monday night.
In the mean time, a friend just called to ask if I wanted a bowl of clam chowder for lunch. YUM. One of our old time restaurants - open since 1953 - is closing in December and they only serve this on Fridays.
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Our seafood CSA delivered black cod yesterday, so I broiled it with a miso glaze and served with rice and a mixed green salad with sliced up pear in it.
Tonight will be the leftover chicken breast, probably with egg noodles.
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Magari - I so envy your seafood CSA.
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I feel very fortunate to have access to our seafood CSA.
There's quite a good fish market on our side of town, but parking is challenging and my husband likes to keep our weekends as car free as possible. So we weren't getting there very often.
This was an easy way to get more fish/seafood into our diet and support local fishermen at the same time. It's forced me to get creative and find new recipes for things I hadn't cooked before. It's a good thing all around!
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Oh man, tonight was a really good one. The dish was Korean Beef Bibimbap. I replaced the mushrooms with leeks and skipped the sriracha but it had lots of flavor anyway, definitely making this one again.
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We don't have a fish CSA per se--I subscribe to Butcher Box, which ships us grass-fed meats, pasture-raised chickens, and wild-caught Sockeye salmon. We live around the corner & across the street from Whole Foods, which has an excellent fish dept. with wild and MSC-certified responsibly-farmed seafoods. Not cheap, but I can buy only what and how much I intend to cook that night or the next.
Leftovers tonight, supplemented with a Caprese of homegrown tomato & basi dressed with real aged aceto Balsamico and Ligurian olive oil; l and roasted veggies (Brussels sprouts, red pepper, red onion, zucchini & mushrooms) from WF's salad bar. Bob had my leftover ravioli from the Cellars winemaker dinner and we split his leftover filet mignon. May have a scant cupful of berries (straw-, rasp-, and black-) with a bit of cream.
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We had a hamburger and fries at Northern Lights Casino yesterday afternoon about 2 pm. Both tasted good. I was very hungry since breakfast was Wheaties and banana slices. Dinner was peanuts and Dot pretzels with my cocktail, a rye old-fashion with cherries and orange slice.
Last night we had a frost warning. According to Weather Bug the temperature in Park Rapids got as low as 32 degrees. This morning the sun is shining and the heat pump is running to make the camper comfortable. Our date for departure is next Wednesday, the 9th. Not sure why but that's the date DH picked.
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Illiemae - liked the Korean dish.
Carole - I had Dot's Pretzels with my cocktail too. It's probably OK since that was desert after my early dinner of mixed salad with avodaco & cucumber and Asian dressing. I think tomorrow I'll make a brandy cream sauce, saute some onions & mushrooms, add a rotisserie chicken breast from the freezer and serve over pasta. Or maybe serve over a baked potato since I have one of those that's approaching extinction.
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Dinner tonight is chicken and sausage gumbo served over brown rice. I used the multi-cooker on Saute, Pressure Cooking, and Slow Cooker. I think the final product will be good since I sampled the sauce.
We've had the heat on all day today so this is good weather for gumbo.
Meanwhile, Dot pretzels with our cocktails.
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Forgot to comment that InstaPots are on sale at Walmart for $39.
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