So...whats for dinner?
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Lacey - so glad to hear from you. Hoping you can take a little time now t get YOU better. Your dedication to healthy meals all through this is amazing. I probably would have been calling out for pizza.
Magari - oh my, 3 weeks in France !!! The food sounds delicious and I would gladly have walked the 7 miles a day to keep eating. Did you go just for fun or was business involved?
Beaver - I like your thought about having them cook. That way they can be sure to get just what they require. You can toss in a roast or a turkey or a salmon and they can do ALL the sides.
Carole - my only argument with crab cakes is, once you've tasted them made with Dungeness Crab, the plain old Blue Crabs will never be the same again. On the other hand, if you have Dungeness Crab sitting around it would be tempting to just eat it unadulterated and it probably would never make it into the 'cakes'.
Well I failed an MRI yesterday. Geez - I thought since I've been doing chair Yoga and deep breathing for a year I wouldn't need any meds to lie still. Not so. You all know how horribly uncomfortable those stupid, rigid, plastic tables are with the holes for the breasts (or implants), protrusion in the ribs, and the head rest from hell. She did 30-40 minutes of those nasty booming tests while I lay there hurting - several of them twice because there was motion and then said I'd have to re-schedule. Apparently at least my muscles were twitching. Or maybe the problem was I was breathing (LOL). I was willing to take a Xanax and hang around for a cancellation since I already had the IV in place for the contrast, but nothing available. The cute tech finally said if I'd sit in the lobby she'd just eat a quick bite for lunch and re-do my tests. I have 0.25mg Xanax for this purpose but hadn't taken one since 2013. Hooray - it worked. Needless to say I spent several hours eating (an unremarkable burger & fries) & walking around the medical center before driving home. Thank heavens for sunshine. Now to wait for the results.
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Wow, Minus, I'm glad you got the MRI completed after so much of an ordeal. Having a flexible tech was great! Hoping for boring results!
I'm also envious of your trip to France, Magari. What a dream! And how nice that your walking helped burn the calories, which would have been worth it even if you had returned with a few extra lbs.
Last night, I made pork cutlets piccata, with sides of brussels sprouts, sweet potato, and salad for me. We just learned yesterday that DH us experiencing internal bleeding from all the anti inflammatories he took while awaiting 6 months for surgery (unintended consequence of waiting for ONE doc to perform it!). So, we are keeping him on a bland diet (the piccata had just a touch of lemon rind) along with a Prilosec regimen, and hoping to escape a hospitalization.
If any of you have ideas for salad dressings without acid, I'd love to hear. We eat salad nightly, and while professing that he could eat it “dry", DH turned his in after a bite.
Tonight we are skipping a neighborhood dinner party, which is too bad since we rarely see this collection of folks now that our kids are grown. DH is just dragging. I'm pumping him with raisins, walnuts and tuna! Ha!
I plan to head out for a walk now just to get some fresh air, since my cold is getting better. I'll make some turkey cutlets for dinner.
Oh! I came across the most beautiful arugula and kale salad (maybe on Yummly?) which I'll post next time, since I need to get out before sundown.
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Lacey - So sorry to hear about DH's new issue. I know you generally eat vinegar & oil dressings, but would he be amenable to switching to sour cream or mayo based for awhile? Blue Cheese comes top mind or the ubiquitous Ranch. Yeah, yeah more calories..
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Lacey, would a drizzle of flavored olive oil work or at least help? Such as one with herbs or garlic, I like one with lemon but that's acid.
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lacey - maybe a green goddess type of dressing that has mayo and avocado as a base.
minus - glad you worked out the MRI, thank goodness for an understanding provider! I just had my annual with my PS and we discussed MRI as I too have textured implants. She did a very thorough physical exam, found no issues, and indicated a willingness to order an MRI, but I decided to hold off until next year as I have some other medical fish to fry right now.
Sorry to all, I have not been posting dinner stuff because there hasn't been any - have been in bed all week with strep. Like, literally, in bed, lol! DH and DD had to fend for themselves - they did fine. Actually, DH was right next to me Mon, Tues, Wed not feeling well himself. We were a pair.
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Oh my goodness Special - sorry to hear about your strep. But isn't it amazing what the others in the house can do when you're really down for the count. Hope you're feeling a turn for the better.
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Minus, glad your MRI got worked out; now for the results to be so too. Also glad you made it home safely.
SpecialK, sorry you had to deal with strep, that's a nasty one, and glad to hear you are on the mend.
When I posted dinner plans yesterday I had totally forgotten we had reservations for a wine club pick up party with a hearty appetizer(braised pork on parmesan polenta, green salad, a square of lemon bar-- not really dinner as servings were very small but we made do) so yesterday's plans were served tonight!
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Thank you, thank you, ladies! i was trying to think about what I could create with mayo, and sour cream is definitely another idea. Maybe I unconsciously knew that since I picked up sour cream at the grocery store this week, which I hardly ever do! I'm needing to research this since I have not used any creamy dressings in over ten years. Really appreciate tour ideas!
SK, I hope you heal soon! And yes, it is nice to see that our families can survive when we are not rattlin' the pots and pans!
It seems like lots of infections have arrived early this year. Happily mine seems to have passed. Yay! But this afternoon DS2 called and let us know that DDG has another ear infection. Seems odd that a child with such a sizable head would not also have generously sized eustachian tubes to drain her cold fluids. Poor baby. Hoping that she doesn't end up needing tubes, a suggestion by one of the pediatricians.
After my walk I felt less interested in cooking a recipe, so cleared out all the leftovers of meals from this week, and we had that!
Oh, a link to the pretty salad I mentioned...
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tonight is leftover night.
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Thanks guys, on the mend but still coughing. This was a fairly miserable experience, have not been this sick in 15 years. Then again, I’m 15 years older so maybe I’m less resilient. DD and DH managed to feed themselves, but of course, nothing else was accomplished, lol!
lacey - great looking salad - I love a pretty salad and we often do main dish salads for dinner since it is warm here so much of the year.
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So Lacey will probably be horrified, but.... I cooked her cod dish with only one piece of cod last week. There were LOTS of veggies left. I had thought of adding a poached chicken breast. But tonight I re-purposed and added some TJ's flame cooked meatballs from the freezer. Served with rice & finished off the leftovers. Yummy.
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Grilled chicken in the dark - marinated in buttermilk and hot sauce, then only brushed with blood orange olive oil and seasoned salt and pepper. Sides were roasted tiny potatoes and a salad with thousand island dressing - another less acid choice Lacey. DH's dad never cooked a thing in his life but for some reason would make thousand island dressing. It's one of DH's faves. So I make it from time to time. I like it because there's so much stuff in it it's like a salad all by itself. I never get it in restaurants unless it's the house dressing (which it never is.) Of course my version always has extra olives lol.
Oh no Special , sorry you've been under the weather. I agree with Lacey, seems a lot of stuff is hitting early this year. All of it needs to be gone.
Minus, joining in hoping for unremarkable results - what an ordeal. The only MRI I've had was on my knee so I was only half in the machine, thankfully. They blocked the leg so much it was was easy not to move but the sled was hard and uncomfortable. And the noise - ugh. I think if I had to have one now I couldn't lay there without getting a charlie horse.
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Last night was pizza from Domino's just down the highway. Thin crust, Italian sausage, banana peppers, black olives, mushrooms, extra cheese. It tasted very good to someone who likes pizza and seldom eats it. We also got the brownie "pie." So there are leftover brownie squares to resist.
No dinner menu for tonight. Yet. I did see an ATK (or Cook's Country) segment with a black bean enchilada recipe with home-made green sauce that looks good. The green salsa is made with poblano peppers and tomatillos.
Our weather has been beautiful. Cold at night and sunny and comfortable during the day.
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My trip to France was strictly for pleasure. A friend I've known for about 25 years has always dreamed of living in Paris and is currently doing it, so an invitation to visit her was the initial motivation.
We spent our belated honeymoon there 12 years ago, and just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary in Bordeaux. Went to areas we hadn't been before, including Toulouse, Sarlat, St Emilion and Bordeaux. It was lovely.
Last night I made chicken schnitzel with carrots and thyme on the side. I pulled some starry flounder from the freezer and will make that tonight, perhaps with sunchokes to go with it.
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magari - first, my phone autocorrects your member name to Maharishi, lol! Second, I’m officially envious of your France trip. We had initially planned a trip to Great Britain and France for early October, and were trying to incorporate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game in London, but it became too complex so we abandoned that until next year. I’m fortunate to have an aunt/cousins there, and I need to see them soon.
Dinner tonight was cheeseburgers and sweet potato fries for everyone but me. Eating causes coughing if any little particle of food gets stuck in my throat, which is starting to turn into spasms, which is not fun. I feel better overall, on day 5 of antibiotics, and resuming normalcy, except for the coughing
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Aargh, Special, hope you are able to eat sooner rather than later. Know well the food/coughing interaction, especially when allergies are at a peak.
Dinner tonight was a sheet pan meal: salmon burgers, green beans and oven fries. Easy to cook after a busy day.
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When in doubt, thaw a rib eye. We had a ribeye, baked potato and tossed salad last night.
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Nance, I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of Thousand Island dressing first, since my mother served that often when I was growing up. One of my faves until I steered clear of creamy dressings. I think it might need to be resurrected.
At DH's PCP visit yesterday morning, he didn't seem as rigid about DH eliminating all acidic foods from his diet at this point, but we'll see what the GI doc has to say after findings of his scope today. Ironically, the GI doc performing the scope is the same one I had to cancel my colonoscopy with last week, (and have to wait until Feb for next soonest appt!). But I'm glad he fit him in today so we can learn what is going on since the bleeding symptoms and anemia are very much present.
Back to topic..... my food choices yesterday reflected my current “disordered" state. Since we were up at the break of dawn to race to DH's PCP appt, I suggested we stop for “coffee" on the way home. We went to a little mom and pop restaurant DH knew from when he worked nearby. While he thoughtfully ordered whole wheat pancakes, I ordered french toast with cinnamon and walnuts!! Can't even think of the last time I had such a carby breakfast....and I drenched it in their syrup that didn't even have the faintest hint of real maple. In a few hours that carb loading resulted in my seeking more sweet and savory food, and I snacked on peanut brittle while making meatballs, (a dinner request by DH to help fight his anemia!;) We'd stopped on the way home to buy ground beef, which usually never enters our kitchen. I hunted up my mother's meatball recipe, and made enough to freeze in various sizes (are we really going to eat our 1950's style meal again?!) and two really big ones to top his bowl of linguini with Rao's sauce. He's been losing weight significantly these past few weeks. We also had salad and pieces of a baguette I'd picked up. When (if?) I do the spaghetti and meatballs menu again, I will make my own sauce with my mother's recipe...a staple when my boys were growing up.
Tonight I will finally cook up the turkey cutlets since their “date" is nearing expiration. I think turkey tetrazzini might be good...haven't made that for ages, and “creamy" should work well for DH.
Special, I hope that cough abates. I'm sure you are ready to enjoy good health again!
Carole, envying your described good weather. We've ad a number of cold, raw, wet days, forecasted to continue for much of this week.
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Lacey- Hope DH gets a helpful report and that he is on the mend soon!
Special- strep is a bear. Glad you are regaining normalcy but sorry about that cough! Hope it is better soon as well.
We used to have homemade 1000 Island dressing every once in awhile growing up. Haven't thought about it is ages.
I think my family enjoys the "after" the holiday menus as much or better than the actual holiday meal. Turkey sandwiches with homemade cranberry sauce, mayo, lettuce and s & p first. The, turkey tettrazini a few days later. We actually get a bigger turkey for Thanksgiving than needed so we can accomplish this.
I am at my sister's for a round of chemo. Yesterday was the first day which is usually a good one so....dinner was homemade nachos with all of the toppings. Some folks had more than others. While I didn't ever do it- they sure were good! I am trying to stay at current weight and have added walking about 1.5 miles most days- so need the calories. I cannot really EVER think of a time in the last 30 years that I have "needed" calories. LOL!!!
Finally getting back up into the 50's and clear here after a week of rain and low 40's. Looking forward to it.
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Omelettes, salad and toast.
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Special, sorry about the strep. Don't push yourself once your abx is done--it can take 3-6 wks to regain your strength. Rest & hydrate--lather, rinse, repeat.
Long exhausting rehearsal last night; long late. train ride home (made longer & later due to unexplained random signal-clearance stops--at one station where we sat forever, we saw a bunch of guys running down the platform with brooms & vacs)--then the train ran express all the way to one stop past mine, a mile north of mine (which is 1/4 mi. n. of me), too far to walk home. It's a weird station with separate NB-SB platforms a block apart that require going down to the mezzanine & back up because of a barrier between them. And while waiting for the SB train back to my stop, I heard a mugging going on in the alley below. Ah, city life! Good times...
Of course, all the restaurants on my walk back from my station were closed so I couldn't get takeout. Got home and was going to heat up some faux-phô but saw half an avocado in the fridge, along with half a mini-tomato in the countertop "keeper." So I made lo-carb guacamole toast instead. Tonight will either do the phô, keto pizza or nuke some kosher BBQ brisket and make a salad. (Unless Bob brings home leftovers I can eat or wants to go out).
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MinusTwo I can relate, I had an MRI the same day that you did! I found it very stressful because I am still recovering from bronchitis/tracheitis, and didn't realise how long it would go for, so I started to feel the urge to cough, boy was it hard to suppress, and I did actually cough a number of times in the end, plus my muscles twitched involuntarily once. I haven't heard back that it needs to be redone, so hopefully it was OK as it was my ankle they were doing images of.
Oh yes just remembered I am in the dinner thread, haha. Last night I made a green chicken curry in the electric wok, and we all nearly passed out from the fumes the curry paste gave off when I was heating it, think I had it turned up too high! Despite that, it turned out really well, quite delicious and very simple to make, just chicken thigh fillets, green curry paste, coconut cream and water, that's it. Served with rice.
Tonight going to make some pork meatballs in a tomato based sauce.0 -
Special, take it easy until the strep is truly gone and the "battle damage" has been repaired.
Lacey, I hope your husband mends quickly.
Tonight it's been raining and neither of us are that hungry, so we had left overs.
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Sunday night, capellini with marinara sauce. I added finely chopped lightly sauteed red peppers, mushrooms and olives, and some ground turkey as well.
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I bought a dozen Artisan Rolls at Costco today. I couldn't get past the haunting smell. Tonight was open face tuna sandwiches on one roll. Tomorrow morning will be another split roll slathered in butter with either raspberry or boysenberry preserves. Tomorrow night will be yet another split roll with cheese toasted & melted in the oven. These are truly wonderful. I gave 4 to a neighbor and froze 4, so hopefully I won't gain 5 lbs.
MRI came back clear. No swelling. No inflammation. No fluid pooling. Implants are in place and in good shape. Hooray. I do have the Allergan 410's that are on alert, so I'm pleased to be vindicated in my decision to leave them installed exactly where they are and go on with my life.
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Thanks all for the strep wishes/advice - I am not good at going slow, it’s good to be reminded that I need to. I did a lot today and I’m tired tonight.
worry - I went to the dentist today - a two hour appt, with a filling, an implant placement, prep of the two teeth in front and behind the implant tooth (molars), and a re-scan of whole mouth to make new Invisalign retainers to accommodate the new implant. Through the whole thing I had to fight the urge to cough with two people’s hands in my mouth, along with an assortment of instruments. At one point I received this instruction - “because we are working with small parts, if you feel something fall toward your throat turn you’re head to the side immediately “ and I thought, if that happens I will start choking and cough and inhale my new expensive tooth! Lol!
When I got home I made chili and cornbread. Got the “on my way home” text from DH. He didn’t eat lunch until 4pm, so not hungry for dinner. Figures...
minus - yay for a good MRI! I will do the same in about six months, I have textured Inspiras.
chisandy - that was quite an adventurous trip! Be careful out there!
happy - I wish I could cook a bigger turkey. I have a single 27” wall oven and I can only go so big. My solution is to cook extra breasts the day before. We pretty much end up using those for leftovers and sandwiches and consuming the entire whole turkey on the day itself. Trying to put the meal together is a choreographed rotation of side dishes after the turkey is done, but the dang oven is so small I have to plan which pans and casserole dishes to use. I don’t know who the builder thought would live in the four bedrooms of this house - the oven, pantry, and laundry room are ridiculously small, lol!
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DH had a woodworkers guild meeting last night and had to eat early. He warmed up leftover linguini and I made a small bowl of pimento cheese and ate it with whole grain crackers.
Tonight will be fish. I bought nice Drum fillets yesterday. Not sure about veggie side yet. I have options.
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My sister, Meg, made spaghetti and a big salad last night for supper. I had a little of both- so good. Tonight will probably be leftovers. Spaghetti is usually better " the next day" anyway. Weather to be sunny and high 50's today. SO glad about that!
What is everyone planning for Thanksgiving this year? Any favorite sides or other dishes you are making or looking forward to making/having? I always like to hear what other families/folks do!
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Happy, our thanksgiving meal is pretty much the traditional. The one exception is that DH requests a pumpkin walnut pie-- he says it is like having two pies at once but saves in the calories. The recipe is from a Diamond walnuts ad years ago.
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A mixture of traditional and vegan dishes are on the menu here.
The garlic mashed potatoes, squash, pumpkin soup, glazed carrots, sourdough dinner rolls and pumpkin pie are vegan. For those that would rather not eat turkey, I also make a squash filled with rice-cranberry-nuts "sort of rolled up like a roast" that is vegan. I make a slowly caramelized onion gravy that is vegan. Somewhere in here is a salad as well.
The non-vegan food is the turkey and turkey gravy, my mom's sour cream-range slices-crushed pineapple-shredded coconut dish and the cheesecake.
I've gone to more of the vegan stuff because when I tried making vegan and non vegan versions of the same dish, the vegan ones were preferred even by the non-vegan folks.
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