So...whats for dinner?
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Carol, loved your RV story. It reminded me of my wedding/honeymoon when we motorcycled up the Yukon and Alaska, got married along the way. Thankfully, DH (then fiance) said I should fly into Bellingham, and fly back after our 3-4/week motorcycle trek. I think back on that and wonder how I made it; I was no spring chicken (relatively speaking)...36.
Leftovers tonight. I used tagliatelle pasta, which worked very well. I may add a can of organic chicken, or better, a can of tuna and call it a spiffed up tuna noodle casserole
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We have a Lance as well, but without the slideouts. I'm hoping it won't be for too long, although we spent about 6 weeks in the camper while going to and from Michigan and it was okay.
The hospital where MIL is being treated has a one visitor per patient per day policy. I won the coin toss, so I took MIL's cell phone and charger up to her room. ...I get there and there is a big yellow sign on the door to her room, plus a shelf stacked with full PPE next to the door.
C-diff.
Sigh.
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My ex-DH came up today to bring a building project he had completed for me to protect my pipes from winter freezes. The least I could do was take him to lunch. We went to Denny's and I had a delicious patty melt & fries. Milestone... The first hamburger I've eaten in 18 months. I've cooked one or two ground beef 'steaks', but this was amazing!!! (I know, I know - it's just a burger & wouldn't win any awards, but...)
Carole - love the gardening saga. You and I are of an age. When I moved into my house 40+ years ago, I used to go out in the garden in the morning & still not be ready to stop at dark. Can't do that anymore. I need to do a serious weeding (on hands & knees) after our next rain, then bank with mulch for the winter. And soon I'll need to think about yanking the Plumarias out of the ground for the winter. I thought I'd given away all of the big ones, but I still have several that are over 7 ft tall and 5 ft around.
Eric - so sorry to hear about your MI. Glad it's not "c-diff".'
Mae - I LOVE shrimp & you've inspired me. I have some shrimp & some fresh spinach and will try to replicate your butter/wine sauce linguine next week. I may add some fresh mushrooms too.
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Eric, so sorry to hear your MIL is having such a rough time, as are you and Sharon as a result. Can only hope her infection can be cleared up this time.
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Tonight was fajitas and ritas 😁
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Eric, I’m so sorry about your MIL’s worsened condition, and hope that she can fight this off. Not easy for any one. Fortunately you are close to the hospital.
Wallycat, I was also curious about succa, and had a nice time researching it, and finding some recipes I am eager to try. Then could not locate chick pea flour at the three stores I tried, so just ordered it from Amazon. It will be here on Sunday, so the experimenting can begin. I was thinking about making an herb bread to have with a soup I’ll make when a friend comes for lunch this week.
Minus, I also miss Susan, whose birthday just passed. And last week, as I was trying to log in to a care group to select a date to cook for a neighbor who just had a mastectomy, I was asked for my password when I did not know I had participated in the group before. Well, when I got in, I saw that I had brought a meal for Michelle. A few of you may remember her. Such a lovely woman, I was honored to get to know in person. She is probably still pictured in a bunny costume (not that kind!) early on this thread’s pages.
DH and I celebrated our 48th anniversary this week, and decided not to trek into Back Bay to an old fave haunt, (where we would have to dine indoors) but to order food locally, and stay here to watch the Celtics play Miami. Obviously we are crazed loyal fans of this team that has struggled during the first six games, and has yet to even win at home. We had a pretty good meal…Italian, seafood themed, and were rewarded by a big win for the Cs over what was the best team in the East so far.
Last weekend we brought pizza dinner over to DS2’s and joined our little toddler dinosaur, and friends for her first trick or treat experience in their neighborhood. It took her two houses to realize that all she needed to do was ring a bell, say the T or T words, and obliging adults would give sweet treats. I chuckled as she closed out each “visit” with…”Okay, next house!” A pragmatic sweet lover!
Had my mammo on Monday and despite the new regs for safety at the hospital (aka…get the patients out as fast as possible!) the tech was kind enough to ask the radiologist to read mine right away since I almost always need more pix, and didn’t want to find that out in a letter two weeks later. Good news, all was fine!
I am envious of all of you walkers since my darn back issues make it very difficult to continue our walking regimen. Minus, I had to reread the sentence describing trash being deposited out of car windows! Do “no litter” laws not exist in every state?! I well recall growing up in NJ when the litter laws began. What a difference on the roads to the shore! I love your idea of introducing littering unit to the local elementary school. The kids would probably embrace it! Maybe you could do a show and tell with pictures of “yield” from your walk/clean up efforts.
Carole, I appreciate your enjoyment of the infrequent steak dinner. We pretty much avoid eating mammals, but get the hankering for beef or lamb every few months. This week, we had that hankering for lamb burgers, but the store was out of ground lamb, so DH bought bison meat, and I prepared burgers in the same way, with fresh garlic, rosemary powder, and crumbled feta. Boy did we enjoy them!
Tonight was back to roasted chicken, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and our typical garden salad…my idea of a boring meal0 -
I was ready for a non-meat-centered meal last night. I found a bag of Camellia great northern white beans in the pantry. True, I did cook them with meat, slices of smoked ham hock ($7!!! thanks to inflation) as well as onion and garlic. The beans were delicious served over brown rice. Our only side was buttered slices of store baked French bread heated in the oven. A very satisfying meal on a fall night.
I recently read a newspaper article reminding me that rice contains arsenic that is in the soil.
Tonight's meal will feature a whole chicken that caught my attention yesterday at the supermarket when I stopped to buy blue cheese and left the store with several bags. It's a small chicken but I think I will split it open for roasting.
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I'm making refried bean nachos tonight.
Tomorrow, I'll roast some turkey thighs. LOVE dark meat!
Eric, I am so sorry to hear of your MIL's plight. Fecal transplants have helped many people with c. diff...life saving.Lacey, let us know how you liked the socca.
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Recycled leftovers. That's using leftovers creatively - with enough for yet one more meal. Brown rice & quinoa re-heated slowly with butter & once frozen rotisserie chicken breast pieces and covered with grated Mexican Four Cheese. (wanted Monterrey Jack but was out of that). Served with Brussels Sprouts. I think the third time the rice & chicken will go into a green salad. Or I'll dress it with it with green chili salsa & re-heat again.
Oh - forgot to say - raspberries with heavy cream early this morning. I made guacamole salad with chopped tomato for tomorrow. And Jello Pudding. The idea was banana pudding since I had a fast ripening banana, but the jello was Cheescake flavor so I'm not sure how this will turn out.
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The small roasted chicken was good. Sides were cooked fresh cranberries, cauliflower mash and stovetop dressing, a last minute addition when dh commented that he liked the "gospel bird" with dressing. I had planned to make a romaine salad. I usually have a box of lower sodium Stovetop in the pantry.
Tonight will be leftovers.
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eric - sorry to hear about MIL's resurgent infection woes. Keeping you all in my thoughts.
Rinsing the rice before cooking is thought to potentially reduce the arsenic content by up to 30%, and basmati or jasmine are thought to have less than regular brown rice.
Am considering minestrone soup with GF pasta (or maybe even pasta free, but then would it still be minestrone? Had to Google. Yes, the word means thick vegetable soup in Italian) with broccoli salad for dinner tonight. Currently I am cooking for the dog - rice and chicken to supplement his prescription canned food. DH has an appt on Thurs morning to have the screw implanted in his jaw in prep for a new tooth - yay! Probably won't be doing a lot of cooking after that though since he won't be eating much in the way of solid food and I can live on salad.
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Exhausted from finally being able to switch out my summer wardrobe for my winter one (we had an Indian Summer here for a bit), so I have some chili leftover from a couple nights ago. Just gonna cook up some pasta and mix in the chili.
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SpecialK, I hope your DH's implant goes as smoothly as mine did...I was eating anything I wanted right away. May he have the same.
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Pulled some beef & broth from the freezer that was going to be French Dip - but the wonderful Artisan Cibatta rolls I bought on Wednesday have way too much mold. Disappointing since I only got to eat one of the 4.
So beef heated then broth drained, made a light gravy/sauce, beef tossed back in, mixed with Gemelli pasta with some broccoli on the top. Weird but great flavor & certainly filling. The "banana pudding" made with cheesecake flavor pudding is delicious.
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Special, I hope your DH has an easy time with the implant. As I recall (tho my pre-concussion memories can be unreliable of late) the anchor screw phase of my implant process didn’t require much change in my diet for very long afterwards. Hope your DH’s process goes smoothly.
I was wiped out by dinner prep time today, after we spent the day keeping up with lively little DGD who was here so her dad could catch up on work after having her home sick two days this week. Boy, can we appreciate how they get nothing done when she is at home…a very busy (and so much fun!:) kid! So after he picked her up, I was thinking we might default to take out, when suddenly, I saw that Amazon delivered my chickpea flour. I couldn’t resist making the socca, which was a subtle star next to our leftover roasted chicken, and garden salad with apple cider vinegar dressing.
I made the socca with rosemary powder, sauteed mushrooms and onions. It seems to lend itself to many variations/inclusions of spices and vegetables, and a plain chickpea “pancake’ didn’t appeal to me. Now I’m trying to warm up to the attempt of using it as you do, Wallycat, for pizza crust. I’m so in love with yeast and 00 wheat flour, I’ll have to have a mental/sensory shift to appreciate it as a “pizza” base. To be determined…..For tomorrow night, I’ll decide how to cook the chicken breasts we have awaiting use.
Thursday, a friend of mine who loves to cook is coming for lunch, and we will again have DGD here since her daycare is closed for Vets Day. My friend is eager to meet her, and they have in common that they both love food! We’ll probably have chicken red lentil soup for lunch, (we do eat a LOT of chicken!) and if I can keep the tiny force out of the kitchen, make another socca. A sizzling cast iron pan coming in and out of the 450 oven not a good environment for curious "I want to do it" fingers. But I do think they would both enjoy the socca.Eric, thinking about your family and hoping that your MiL is improving. And thanks for your service!
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Lacey, that looks lovely. I agree, you cannot conflate "pizza crust" with socca otherwise you will be disappointed. I consider it a healthier alternative, and easier, since I have not mastered a good 'za crust with flour. I have tried the no-knead version and it works OK, but not great. I may have to try kneading the flour dough ball in a processor...maybe. Any tips you have for a thin crust, crispy 'za are most welcome.
The French version of Socca is more like a crepe, but I use all of the batter and treat it like a crust or side dish/bread. When DH comments that something "isn't like the name it implies" I ask him if it tasted good. If it is a yes, I tell him to name it something else
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Bob got home early enough last night to want to go to Calo, our old-standby Italian joint for the past 43 yrs--got there just in time to order before the kitchen closed. I had an appetizer-size portion of scampi de johnghe, which was listed as having spinach and a butter sauce. Little did I know the spinach would be pureed and mixed with (sigh) bread crumbs to make the butter sauce. Oh, well--it was a small portion anyway. I had a hot dog with kraut on a keto bun a few hours earlier anyway. And when he called to say he was on his way, I had just spiralized the leftover half of a zucchini. So I'll have that tonight with pesto and diced homegrown tomato.
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Lacey - lovely to hear about the grandchild. I would be tired even if I were 100% healthy. So sorry you're still dealing with some memory lapse. But it sounds like physically you're doing much better? Great that you & WallyCat are trying something new.
Special - hope your DH's implant goes as smoothly as mine did. But you're right - you'll get a break from cooking.
Mommy - I solved the annual "switch out the clothes" by just getting rid of 80% was what was in my closet. What i have left for winter is one drawer of long underwear & wool socks and one drawer of wool sweaters & scarves and several heavy winter coats in the closet.
Starting at 9am today - no cokes, no tea, no chocolate for 24 hours... since I have a nuclear stress test in the morning. I'm already a little grumpy. Then no food for 6 hours before I leave here at 7am - so dinner will probably be broth or maccaroni & butter. It was going to be a Lexiscan, but I really don't need the extra drug for dilation to simulate exercise conditions since I regularly walk 6 miles, especially since there are some FDA warnings for the drug. So fortunately just the radioactive isotopes. If the doc sees something that's equivocal, he can do a PET down the road.
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Made mac/cheese and added the last turkey thigh meat, shredded plus broccoli, to the mix. Leftovers tomorrow.
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Tonight was broiled cod with my favorite rice blend and steamed broccoli. It was really good, DH even asked if I could make him more cod, like now. I’ll make it again soon but for tonight, the kitchen is closed.
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Looks delicious. I love cod. And halibut too.
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it’s a broccoli theme! I had some leftover marinara, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts. I sautéed the mushrooms with some onion, added the sauce and artichoke hearts. I had already baked some chicken thighs so spoone the augmented sauce over and topped with mozzarella, and put it back in the oven with BROCCOLI that I roasted, lol!
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Illimae, how did you prep your cod. We are just getting into white fish...it has been salmon most of the time since we moved here, especially the year we caught 22 fish...I was getting sick of salmon, LOL.
I just have to say how creative and lovely the meals are that are being posted here. Great ideas! Thanks for sharing, ladies and gents.
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wallycat, this is probably our new go to for cod, it was really good. I used the bit of butter and juices from cooking it as a drizzle on top, so yummy.
https://cookingwithmammac.com/broiled-cod/
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Tonight is pork loin chops with roasted asparagus and couscous.
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Illimae, drool. Thanks again for the cod link. So simple and looks great.
I made a cauliflower, bacon, potato, lettuce "salad" with some diced raw onions. Leftovers will accompany some kind of protein tomorrow.
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Yes Mae - thanks for the COD link. Looking forward to trying that one.
Special - interesting theme. Hmmm - will I use my leftover broccoli in fried rice? Or will I add it to Naan pizzas. Fresh mushrooms are on hand for either.
Linner was leftover beef & noodles. Somehow I got into a 'prep ahead' mood after I ate. Made guacamole. Made fruit salad w/oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple, coconut, baby marshmallows & sour cream. Cooked up some of my Natural Grains rice mix to combine with broccoli (?) & Brussels sprouts in a stir fry. Boiled some eggs - probably for deviled eggs. Made some chocolate pudding. And I see potato salad in my near future since I bought green onions, celery & petite red potatoes.
I'm going for an initial appointment with a new oncologist tomorrow. When my much loved MO retired, I got passed along to another doc & we never really clicked. Wouldn't you think the doc might at least be interested in your blood work? Anyway, it's taken 5 months to get an appointment with this lady. I was willing to wait since I'm mostly looking at a once a year "survivorship" appointment & someone to order & review sporadic testing. Hope it's a fortuitous meeting.
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I will try that cod recipe. Looks good and easy. Thanks for the link.
We went out to dinner last night at a popular restaurant that has been in operation for many years. Sal and Judy's in Lacombe, LA. Judy departed long ago but Sal is still there and comes out to greet his devoted diners. We met a couple there and shared their table, which is there for them every Wednesday night at 6:30.
I had a cup of oyster and artichoke soup, house salad, and trout topped with lump crab meat and shrimp. DH had lasagna. Entree servings are large and we left with enough food for another meal.
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Thank you to the veterans, and to their families.
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Illimae, seriously you should start each post with "FOOD PORN WARNING". LOL. Looks great. Thinking of making a cheese pizza tonight. Get the oven going for this rainy dreary day.
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