So...whats for dinner?
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MOmmy - good to see you. Hope you & your family are well.
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We are. The heat waves we have gotten lately have been terrible. Even with air conditioning its been hard to sleep.
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Uneventful ride down to UIC. Bob was able to go home, as the surgeon called him with a time frame. I was awake for the whole thing (albeit with some "happy juice" in my I.V., and an anesthetic block to the eye). The block wore off around noon--and I am in considerable pain. But the surgeon told me what pain I will feel (especially when blinking) and why, so it's a bit easier to emotionally tolerate. He explained that the plaque was placed at the front bottom of the eyeball, and the gold edges are slightly visible along the lower lid. I look like a creature from Alien landed on the right side of my face (dressing, lead shield, pressure dressing held in place with a stockinet headband, which I clipped up above my L eye so I can see). I have my reading glasses on, so I can type & read via my L eye to some extent, but I'm still kinda tired (Sleep-deprived, though I did get in a brief nap when I got home). So I will be taking a break from posting for awhile (which is why I'm posting this on 3 threads). I got an Rx for Tyl. #3, but I am saving those for when the pain starts getting worse and I need to sleep (1 Tyl. #3 and 1 extra strength, q.6 hr. 4 hrs. into extra-strength Tyl. x2--counting the hours till 7pm....
Have to keep the dressings & lead shield on overnight, then start the various drops & ointments tomorrow, with the lead shield in place, covered by a regular perforated stainless shield (like after cataract surgery). Mercifully, I have a slightly later arrival time for Monday's removal surgery. Surgeon/onc says I shouldn't have too much vision loss--maybe no worse than 20/100 and may improve down the line. I need to wait 4-6 weeks before being refracted. Of course, my depth perception is not great, so no driving till I get the go-ahead. (My follow-up appt. is 8/26).
No alc. while on codeine, of course. Dinner tonight will be some nuked leftover eggplant parm. (Breakfast was cranberry juice & shortbread cookies in post-op, followed by black coffee at home. Dessert will either be a couple of Girl Scout Thin Mints or--if he goes down the block to Lickety Split--some frozen custard with toppings.
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Get well Sandy.......lots of snoozing is in your future to help the healing.
DI
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Sounds like everything went well Sandy. Yes, relax & take care of yourself.
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Sandy, thanks for posting. You have been on my thoughts all day long so glad to hear you are back home and counting the hours until Monday. Keep ahead of the pain, as you well know. Looking forward to having you back, when you are ready. In the meantime, take it easy.
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Take it easy Sandy.
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Hoping for a great outcome, Sandy. Take care of yourself.
SpecialK, a restaurant here has a delicious fish entree, Pecan crusted walleye with lemon butter sauce. With that said, I'm a little embarrassed to say that dinner last night was hot dogs with Nathan wieners. DH also had a salad of tomato and onion.
We rarely go over to Mary's deck for happy hour but we did yesterday. She made jalapeno poppers and had made a point of telling me by way of invitation. We don't feel comfortable with the lack of social distancing, plus the gathering starts earlier than our time for cocktails. And we enjoy sitting on our own deck.
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Heal fast Sandy
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Gotta go freezer diving to see what I feel like making!
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Thinking about you today Sandy. I hope your pain is being able to be controlled. In your pocket.
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Sounds like things are going ok so far. Take it easy, rest and here's hoping for a relatively pain free recovery. Hanging around in your pocket and wishing you healing thoughts.
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Carole - don't be embarrassed by hot dogs. I wish I had some. I've been working outside most of the last two days as the painters are here replacing warped boards & painting the outside. Yesterday it was too hot to consider eating at all. At 9pm I had a bowl of watermelon & eight crackers with spinach/artichoke cream cheese dip. I expect tonight will be about the same.
99 degrees and 109 heat index. Got old window coverings off the garage door windows today and installed new light cream colored panels. I use a staple gun so they don't swing when the doors open. I think the garage was hotter than the front porch, where I was using clorox and a wire brush to scrub over spray from the last painters many years ago. They started last Saturday and are doing a fantastic job. Looks like tomorrow they'll finish up.
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Hope your recovery is going gently and quickly, Sandy.
Back in NH after two day trip home for med appts and tending to things needing tending...and more stuff that cropped up. Hoping to stay put here for a while...even brought more sewing supplies so I can make masks on rainy days.
Sorry I wasn’t here to address Carole’s request for my favorite cod dinner. But Minus and Special did a great job remembering it. Thank you, ladies! I think it ends up being different every time I make it...basically sautéed veggies with garlic, Puttanesca sauce added to those, then add the cod (which I sometimes have cooked in oven first for a firm texture), and once it is all piping hot ladle over orzo or orchiette pasta. I also really like cod baked in the oven with a simple bread crumb/garlic/ parsley topping.
DH outdid his new food shopping passion today by hitting three food stores for basic groceries, a farm stand for corn and tomatoes, and another farmers’ market (which is really more of a weekly craft fair) in search of fresh eggs which he missed. Tonight we will have grilled salmon, and I might make a recipe called disappearing zucchini since I have some needing to be used. It is basically shredded zucchini sauteed with onions, garlic, and spices mixed with orzo and parm cheese. Seems like it will go well with the salmon. I’ll also make a salad.
Trying to figure out a nice way to celebrate DH’s 75th next weekend. We have yet to go out to eat here...or anywhere. His BD is Sat, but I think I might just take purchased cupcakes to our Friday Cocktail hour on the beach with our socially distanced neighbors, which ends up being most attendees dinner. So cupcakes could be dessert, and a chance for DH to get the birthday chorus! If I can get reservations on Saturday for the outdoor deck of the nicer restaurant that overlooks the lake, perhaps we’ll go there. Otherwise, it will be an unmemorable Covid birthday dinner at home and we will just celebrate his being alive at 75! Not bad at all,these days!
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Thanks for the well-wishes, sisters!
Tonight Bob will go foraging for dinner at Whole Foods. I had wanted to grill lamb chops with fresh mint, but it's supposed to storm at dinner time. I will have to start using up the cherry tomatoes that fell off during the storm, as well as those split & ripened, so whatever he brings home I will supplement with a Caprese. (Picked some basil earlier today). No wine, of course, until 24 hrs. after the plaque-removal surgery (and that's assuming I also will no longer have codeine at bedtime).
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Lacey - if the zucchini recipe turns out to be good, I'd like a copy. Seems like I always have a stray zucchini hanging around. Can't believe how great a shopper your DH is becoming.
Painters finished at 2pm I'm trying to move water every 30 minutes since EVERYTHING is dying in this heat.
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Last night was fresh green beans cooked with new potatoes cut into chunks. Meat was flattened chicken breast fillets breaded and pan fried.
I thawed a small pork roast overnight and will cook it in the slow cooker today.
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Minus, the zucchini orzo recipe was less than exciting....but I was in a rush making several things at once, so wasn't paying much attention to how bland it was. I think it has possibilities if spiced up more. Will post pic of the recipe later, and you can decide if it looks worth trying. Apparently it originates from a Barbara Kingsolver book. I'm glad to hear that the house painting is going well! How does anyone do that in such heat!
Our new refrigerator was delivered last week....a week later than scheduled. We joke about NH meaning “No Hurry". Anyway, it is nice to know that our food is being held at the right temp, and ice cubes are made quickly, but the quality of the machine is so inferior to our 34 year old one. Now I see why the life expectancy is only ten years! And we had no other choice for a better model given the space in which it needs to fit. I will stop with the first world complaining....but I do find planned obsolescence annoying now that I'm an oldie!
Two pix to share...
First, of Amelia not looking amused at the idea of trying out the lake water. She did not like the wate but had a ball playing in the sand. Next, paella DH made for last evening of DS2's visit. It was a very full meal...paella, salad, ratatouille, and garlic bread. Finished it up over the rest of the week!0 -
Beautiful meal Lacey and cutie patootie grand daughter! Can't believe how she's grown already!
Just returned from a three day visit with DBIL and DSIL. Haven't been to their house in a couple of years. She is my cooking and pasta making partner and currently has custody of my pasta machine while we're in the apartment. For the past few months DSIL has gone mostly gluten free and has jumped on the "feed your bacteria" train. I don't mean to sound like I'm denigrating that - on the contrary I believe there's a lot of merit to it and feel that our over processed diet is probably causing us lots of problems that could be avoided by a simpler diet. But frankly I don't like the way a lot the dishes taste. She made a "quiche" with an almond meal crust and some gluten free banana nut muffins that were utterly forgettable. We had a lot of things with lentils, which although I like, I'd rather have beans. Don't know why she's focusing so much on lentils when there are so many other options except that I know she's found a place to buy them in bulk. I'm not versed in the theory so perhaps lentils have some magical quality that I'm not aware of. Anyway, other things we had were a short rib ragu with some pappardelle pasta (wheat flour - she's not totally rigid about it), lots of salad (unfortunately heavy on the kale lol) and fresh veggies, a nice grilled pork tenderloin with chimichurri and "refried" lentils, zucchini fritters (don't know what the binder was - it wasn't flour - probably lentils) and grilled peaches for dessert. Many of the cooked items were too heavily spiced in my opinion, I think to make up for bland taste. I hope this doesn't sound too judgy, it's just that the experience was so far from the usual. My DSIL is a wonderful cook so perhaps she'll get a handle on this and find out what works and what doesn't. I think she was experimenting with us, as we often do with each other, and that's ok and I appreciate the effort she made for us. She has some severe skin issues so I certainly can't fault her for looking for resolutions. Besides, I think I'm mostly disappointed that there was no blackberry pie - one of her specialties - lol!
Tonight's more conventional meal will be pinwheeled flank steak stuffed with spinach and garlic, green beans and tiny potatoes and our second beefsteak tomato from our plants.
I'm off to repot orchids.
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Nance, I totally “get" your response to your relatives' new eating style... especially since it represents a loss of some foods you loved so much. Sadly, I think our society has so destroyed healthy eating patterns with the focus on fast and processed foods (and valuing profit over health)that many folks are doing a needed “about face" with good choices for their health. It does take getting used to, tho and that doesn't happen in a brief visit. It also is easier to adapt to a specialized diet if one needs it to improve their health. I would have a difficult time adapting to a gluten free diet, but vegan really throws me since so many foods include cashew nuts/cheese to which I'm highly allergic.
I totally understand my DS1 and wife being religious about being vegan, but when they visit, extended family meals are always a challenge for me to construct...between the vegans, the omnivores, the “Non-mamalvores", the allergies, and one VERY selective eater. Not easy! But then, Covid-19 has changed that a lot with no extended family visits... esp with the docvegans.Today is cloudy and quite cool here, and we are on our porch being amused by the 8-10 hummingbirds who are competing for our many feeders, swooning, darting, hovering in twos, perching, attacking each other and intrusive bees,and jetting around like Star Wars figures. Such entertainment!
Minus, I'm posting the article and recipe for the zucchini orzo
After trying this last night, I would definitely increase the spices...a lot!0 -
Thanks Lacey. I often saute onions & zucchini. I'd just need to adjust the spices and add orzo. Sometimes I toss in tomatoes that need to be used, but prefer without. Love the grandbaby AND I want to be at your nice blue lake!!!
Nance - I agree about treasured family recipes getting tossed. Even if it is for health reasons I miss them. I've been trying to eat more lentils. I like them but always forget about them. I forgot - are you actively house hunting?
I find I've been eating less & less meat. Maybe beef once a month, maybe pork twice a month. Maybe it's the heat? I still usually have chicken or fish once a week - but usually not both the same week. Today will be salmon patties. No salad greens in the house so I'm thinking broccoli. Carole's fresh green beans & new potatoes sure sounds good.
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My eating low-carb is (except for the ultra-low-carb whole wheat bread) pretty much gluten-free. I find myself eating smaller portions, and except for a slice of bacon or prosciutto with my egg a couple of times a week, I eat more fish & poultry and less red meat (beef, lamb, pork). I could never be a vegan, though--way too carby. And I would have to over-season, especially spice. I am still eating a bit more carbs until my surgery is over. Last night I had sushi, and then Bob had a chicken scallopine from Whole Foods. I had two dark chocolate salted caramels yesterday and one this afternoon with a cappuccino. Made a homegrown cherry-tomato Caprese & whole wheat toast this morning, Will share leftover Whole Foods salmon tonight, with whatever veggies I can scrape together. But no more waffles or rice, certainly no white-flour pasta. Back on the wagon tomorrow. The pity-party has to end.
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Personal pizza for dinner tonight. Thin crust, smeared with Rao's Roasted Garlic Alfredo, chopped 1/2 of a Bilinski's Sun Dried Tomato with Garlic & Basil Chicken Sausage, lots of sliced baby bella shrooms, sprinkled with shredded Organic Mozzarella. Have not had one in quite some time and it was delish. Dessert was some mango sorbet + chocolate mousse gelato.
Have never been able to eat lamb and have not eaten beef in almost 30 years. Usually do not eat pork except for bacon or canadian bacon now and then. Instead of pasta or rice, I use an organic riced mix of carrots/broccoli/cauli or zucchini noodles or TJ's cauliflower gnocchi. Might have 2 slices of wheat bread per week. However, must have naan when eating a curry and warm crusty bread with butter when it comes with a take away.
Picked up some of Costco's Wild Caught boneless, skinless canned salmon this week. It is very mild & I think we will use it in lieu of tuna. Will have to research for a possible salmon loaf recipe. It was a childhood favorite on Fridays. Anyone have a recipe they like?
ChiSandy - In your pocket for the next phase in your eye surgery.
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Leftovers in Missoula, Montana.
The camper's propane furnace should work on the camper batteries or when getting commercial power...but it currently only works when the camper is "plugged in". The warranty repair folks have figured out the problem and it's a 1 hour fix if they can get the needed parts. Tomorrow we will find our if the parts to fix it can be shipped in on Tuesday. If not, we will have to stay in RV parks instead of US Forest Service (no electricity, inexpensive and less crowded) campgrounds and get the heater fixed when we return home....where it's still 117F/48C degrees.
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Since I fractured my right ankle in April, which is now a nonunion fracture my DH has done all of our grocery shopping. I am temporarily off of my medication until my fracture heals.
Tonight we had baked turkey wings with barbecue sauce, macaroni and cheese, roasted okra from our garden! A Ghiardelli chocolate for dessert!
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The pork roast cooked in the slow cooker was very tender and had some flavor from seasonings, but wasn't as flavorful as the "winter" pork roasts stuffed with garlic and green onion and cooked in the oven. I ate more of it than dh did. He chomped down on the fresh beets I boiled on the burner on the outdoor grill, peeled, sliced, and sprinkled with vinegar. We also had a large salad of tomato and cucumber from the farmers market, plus over ripe avocado, blue cheese and Kalamata olives. Onions on his salad.
I admire those changing their diet to be more healthy. It takes a lot of initiative that I presently lack.
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Meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes and salad for tonight
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Celand - welcome to the table. Oh my Ghiardelli chocolate!!!
Celia - I bought some of Costco's canned salmon too. So far I've just added it in to a creamy pasta and green pea dish.. We always had salmon patties instead of loaf. I imagine the ingredients are the same: salmon, green onions, panko bread crumbs, egg, lemon juice, mayo, dill, dijon mustard, S&P. Note - this is a Lacey kind of recipe and one of the few I make that doesn't have quantities. But my notes are to always double down on the dill. If you make as patties - olive oil in fry pan, cook 3 minutes per side.
Carole - I haven't decided if my diet has become healthier because of laziness or because of Covid 19. Or maybe because of the summer heat. Either way, I'm sure not crazy about shopping trips so I make lots of weird combinations with things on hand. And I try not to have bread on hand since it's so tempting.
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Visited friends at a respectful distance yesterday evening and they have basically a "farmette". We came away with a boatload of fresh veggies. I made this simple dish for dinner with a small side of pasta and garlic bread. It's apparently a popular WW dish ' zucchini boats (seeds scooped out) stuffed with mozzarella and topped with sauce. 400 degrees, 20-30 minutes. DH and I loved it. Meat free also.
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Leftover salmon, green beans & broccoli (with bacon, craisins & sunflower seeds) Bob brought home from Whole Foods yesterday. I found that salmon reheats beautifully in foil at 150F for 20 min.
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