So...whats for dinner?
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Paradox; "Hsppy cake"=pie; "Boston Cream Pie"=cake!
The bakery on the corner, "Edge of Sweetness," is closed 1/1-12 ostensibly (so the sign says) so that "the staff can enjoy an extended holiday with their families." I think the truth is a bit more ominous: the owner is an ER nurse, and she's probably been pressed back into service, as she was in spring 2020.
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2022 isn't starting off that great. I did this to myself.
Ok, heres the big reveal.
Ready?
Picture is This morning, Jan 5th,
2 days ago,
I got out of bed.
Walking to the bathroom, about 6 feet or so from the end of the bed.
Floor is perfectly clear,
No cat around
And I trip. On,
No kidding,
On
My
Own
CANE.
Which is still in my OWN HAND.
Almost go splat, but somehow manage to stay upright.
Then I proceed to the bathroom cursing myself, and limping, because it MF HURTS.
THE END.
Hope you've all enjoyed this little trip into my life...
Dinner was Culvers again. LOL
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SK, I think your cooking method would work fine.
Sandy, I remember that chicken and noodles (slicks) recipe on ATK or Cook's. Nance has cooked the dish. She may chime in.
DH and I finished off the chicken and dumplings last night and the scale reflects my carb indulgence. Morning tv was full of lines of people picking up King Cakes from a famous bakery in NO and I asked dh to please not bring one home. Every supermarket will have stacks of them from now until Easter Sunday. We love the "filled" ones with goey cream cheese and berry jams. I can resist the plain version with cinnamon flavoring.
Moon, your post brought to mind "an accident waiting to happen." Ouch on the bruised foot.
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We're at the cabin for two weeks, so dinners will be easy. We've precooked chicken breasts, ham & beans, veggie sides, turmeric cauliflower steaks and soup. Planning pork chops and fajitas next week and I brought some quick and easy stuff, like boca “burgers", vegetarian fried chicken patties and sandwich fixins'.
The weather here is great. It's currently 54 degrees but feels warmer, low humidity and bright sun.
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Oh Moon, I do hope you'll feel better soon...between the foot and the resp. stuff...blech. Gotta say how much I miss Culvers! Kopps was THE best custard...EVER.
We ended up having frozen burgers with the last of the leftover carbonara and some broccoli. The cod did not thaw enough. We'll have it tonight with the leftover broccoli.
We're having a heat-wave here, LOL. All my snow is gone...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!
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Moon - so sorry about your foot. Hope it's only a bruise.
Mae - what a gorgeous view. You can see forever.
Special - the 'rice-a-roni' salad sounds interesting. Where & when I was growing up, salad was never pasta or rice - only greens w/a tomato added. If my Dad was out of town, maybe something like carrots & raisins or a pear half with mayo on a lettuce leaf. Potato salad was an occasional exception. Oh - and the ubiquitous molded jello salads with fruit - at least twice a week.
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Thinking of making the stuffed Chicken breasts tonight
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Yep - much of my adult cooking life has been spent trying to replicate my great grandmother's dumplings. I have finally gotten close to it or at least as close as I'm likely to get. She never measured anything, much less wrote any recipe down. They are definitely a carb indulgence that "stick to your ribs" and are more doughy (similar to Cracker Barrel's) than a traditional flat noodle. The Pennsylvania dutch ones may be somewhere in between. And now I'm going to have to make some.
The area we moved from last year has a very large Amish and Mennonite community. Walmart even built a covered "buggy port" for the horses and most businesses in town have a hitching post. No restaurants but they often take baked goods to local farmer's markets and fairs. I found them to be mostly too sweet. I used to buy fresh chickens and honey from one of the local Amish farmers. You ordered them ahead of time and drove out to pick them up the day they butchered.
Tuesday night's dinner was senate bean soup. Last night was a choucroute garnie using some bratwurst, kielbasa and country style ribs. It was delicious though the bratwurst was sort of lacking in flavor I thought. Next time I'll try a different type of sausage. Definitely into cold weather cooking now.
Tonight I think it's going to be chicken cacciatore. I have a few mushrooms languishing in the fridge that need using. Sides will be a tiny bit of pasta and a small salad.
Monica - are you sure nothing's broken? When I broke my toe, it looked much like yours. Big ouch!
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Wish I could find a filled King cake in this area. Local bakery only makes the dry as dust ones (cinnamon) so the one we ate in NO and then brought one home is what I really want.
Moon: hope your foot heals quickly. Try arnica on the bruise, it does work.
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Ouch, Moon. No breaks, I hope.
That is an awesome view, Illimae.
I have less than zero energy today, so I'm alternating between reading a book and reading on the computer screen. I got my hair cut yesterday, so maybe that's the problem. :-)
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View envy from looking at Illimae's beautiful photo.
LOL at your lack of energy, Eric.
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Ouch, Monica! Hope it's only a bruise. At-home accidents seem to be due to embarrassingly incongruous causes. In late Oct., I broke a toe as I was using my Rollator walker and was wearing sandals indoord. (I had a really bad back sprain, and the walker not only helped me get around but the seat held stuff like my food plate & coffee cup). I stopped short to avoid running into an Amazon box (which my cats had moved themselves!) and my foot rammed into one of the walker's rear wheels. On July 4, I opened my fridge door and a bottle of wine fell out onto my shin; it didn't spill or break, but left a nasty bruise and goose-egg. And a couple of years ago, I was climbing my carpeted inside stairs while wearing backless sherpa-lined clogs. I hadn't realized when I reached the top step that one had fallen off--the lining felt like carpet. When I got to the wooden second floor, the height discrepancy between legs threw me off-balance and I fell forward, breaking my fall with my L hand and tearing my TFCC (wrist cartilage). 2 months later, as I was en route in the hospital corridor to my orthopedic clinic for another cortisone shot, my rubber-soled shoe "caught" on the terazzo floor and down I went--breaking my R elbow & L scaphoid (inner palm) bone, not to mention my cheap Zenni glasses that flew off my face, cracking one of the temples off.
Dinner tonight will be a ribeye (on the stovetop in cast iron--too cold to grill outdoors), sauteed mushrooms, roasted Brussels sprouts, and another Caprese salad.
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Our cod turned out just so-so. Not sure if it was "old" when we bought it..."open nature" from safeway and we thought it would be great. I used Illimae's linked recipe. Not bad, just not as amazing as the last time we made it. It couldn't have been too bad as we ate a very healthy amount. We have a small amount left and I think I will make a rice "mac & cheese" base and flake the leftovers into the cheese sauce with the leftover broccoli for tomorrow.
I'm having a small pour of bourbon. I want to love bourbon. Maybe with current prices, I should stop trying, LOL.
Sandy, YIKES. Glad you survived it all. The worst experience (well, second worse) was when we lived in WI and DH fell down a flight of stairs, trying not to wake me so the lights were off, and he landed on the marble bottom. I had ear plugs in (he snores) and still heard a thud so loud it frightened me. I'm glad I took the plugs out and walked down...he was paralyzed but speaking. I called 911. By the time he got to the hospital, any paralysis was gone (thankfully). Scans showed nothing. He was never on any meds and the doctors did not believe him. I had to mention the doc I worked with at the time, and they sped things along (sad commentary that you need to "know" someone...so I envy you, Sandy...'cause you KNOW a lot of people!) and by 5am, we were released. Worse than the time his ladder broke while he was patching our roof and slid down the shingle/asphalt-stuff. No bad accidents in WA...either of us...yet.
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Eric - love the Sampson reference. Glad to hear you're taking a lazy day.
Dinner was leftover turkey tenderloin and mashed potatoes with Trader Joe's turkey gravy. I'm thinking tomorrow I'll make a quiche. Or fried rice. Something to use up fresh mushrooms, celery, onion and the last tiny bit of the turkey (at least the half that i didn't freeze earlier this week).
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Wally, I'm not well-connected enough to "jump the line" when it comes to my health care, as those I "know" (Bob's colleagues) are not in either of my own health systems. So any strings I try to pull many well result in unraveling.
Dinner was a ribeye, broccolini with garlic & lemon, and sauteed mushrooms. Dessert was a square of Lindt Excellence 85% dark chocolate. But because it's so chilly in the front room, I also had a mug of chicken broth.
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Dinner last night was a pork steak, breaded with seasoned bread crumbs, and cooked in the air fryer. Sides were romaine tossed salad and butternut squash, peeled and cubed, cooked in the microwave. Everything tasted ok and was filling.
I did the Zoom questionnaire today through my Facebook account and stopped when it came to payment. Has anyone used Zoom? It sounded a lot like WW.
What's for dinner? I think I'll search some vegetarian recipes for inspiration.
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moon - crap, girl! Gotta stay upright! That said, I have had my share of those same type of falls (am I surrounded by a gravitational field?) One resulted in a broken ankle (2 locations) that needed 12 weeks in a non-weight bearing cast. On my right leg, so I couldn't drive. Had two teenage kids without licenses and a lot of extracurricular activities. And lived in a 3-story townhouse. Bleh! Hope it is just bruising for you, cause the other is no fun and you've had your share of no fun lately!
illimae - um...the view...spectacular!
carole - Zoom or Noom? I have lately been enjoying buying the butternut squash that is pre-cut - I hate trying to cut the whole ones, so take the lazy way out - and roasting it in the oven after tossing in olive oil, seasoned salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Sometimes I add potato. Makes a quick and easy side.
eric - yes, funny Samson reference!
Yesterday was an adventure. I have two skin cancers that need(ed) MOHS removal. One that is recurrent on my wrist, and one on my face. I scheduled the appointment for yesterday with two MOHS slots so I could do both at once. When I had a MOHS on my shoulder last year I needed a Covid test prior, which was arranged by the derm office - I was just told where to go and when. Because that didn't happen this time my assumption was that with more people vaccinated - and they can see I have been fully vaxxed and boostered on my patient portal - no Covid test was necessary because not one word was said about getting a test! So, derm office called two days before this appt and said I didn't need a test for the wrist MOHS because my mask could stay on, but I did need one for the facial MOHS because the mask has to come off - the cancer is on my cheek. Arrgghhh! So, I checked CVS and Walgreen's to see if I could get a rapid test - nope - all full for the next week. Briefly considered going to the city and/or county testing sites in the park for a walk-up rapid test, but then regained sanity because there is no social distancing, likely the people in the line have symptoms, and I have been too careful, for too long, to risk that nonsense. This is Florida - where people are mask-less and silly, and don't care. So, I had the wrist done, the incision is larger than I thought it would be, goes across the entire top of the wrist - and maybe I am crazy - I watched my doc do the closure, which was fascinating. Usually these are in spots I can't see while they are being treated. I was alone in the MOHS waiting room for the first time. They had a bunch of cancellations. which would have been the perfect time to have done both... I now have an appt for a drive-thru rapid test 48 hours before my cheek MOHS, which will take place two weeks from now on the day when the wrist stitches come out. You can be damn sure I will be asking if I need another rapid test 48 hours from the cheek stitch removal appt since my mask will have to come off again for that. Sheesh!
Dinner tonight is TBD since I can't really do any slicing with a knife, the downward pressure hurts my wrist. I have some cooked Italian chicken sausage, baby bella mushrooms, and leftover marinara, so may cook some penne (chickpea - which I haven't tried yet) and call it a day.
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SpecialK, for me, the main drawback for chickpea pasta Is the foam created while it is cooking. However that rinses off so the finished product is fine.
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beaver - I find that with all "alternative" pastas - they seem better when thoroughly rinsed. I feel like that runs counter to the usual advice to never rise your pasta after cooking, but this is not regular pasta, right? I have also discovered that, at least for me, almost none of them are good as leftovers - the texture seems to get rubbery. Do you eat any brown rice or lentil pastas as well?
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Our preference is for GF pasta made with more than one grain (often rice and corn). They seem to do better as leftovers. Chickpea pasta makes the most foam and yes the GF pastas do need to be rinsed!
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I've found that of the "alternative" pastas I've tried, the only ones that even approach being al dente are the shirataki noodles. You do have to rinse them like crazy and since they're already cooked, you need to cook them only enough to be palatably heated. Otherwise, if I can't have real al dente pasta, I might as well just spiralize zucchini.
Feeling kind of "off" today (no fever, no congestion, no aches, 98% O2 sats--just a little more post-nasal-drippy than usual and not "up to par"). Intermittent-fasted till 2 pm, when I had a couple of keto waffles. Cooked two nights in a row--don't want to go anywhere (especially in the near-zero cold). I wouldn't mind ordering out for pizza and just eating the toppings--or maybe phô. Will wait till Sunday--if I don't feel better, then I will self-test. My last possible exposure was dining out Tues. night. (At my manicure yesterday I was double-masked: surgical over KN95). Rapid tests often don't detect a high enough viral load early in the disease (especially Omicron), so they recommend waiting 2-3 days after onset of mild symptoms. I'm vaxed and boosted, as well as flu-vaxed--and this doesn't feel like flu either, since flu tends to hit suddenly with fever and sometimes GI distress. Even as colds go, this doesn't feel as bad as the colds I'd always had. Feels like a bad allergy day except for the "blahs." Was hoping to be able to hold out long enough for Paxlovid to become available. Stay tuned.
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Special - what a PITA about your cheek MOHS. Glad you got the wrist done & hope someone else will decided to do the slicing for awhile. Hey girl - you can play the injury card. It's valid and you NEVER use it - and you deserve a break!!! I have to be careful that my "shoulds" don't overpower my days.
Since I got involved discussing Hardy vs.Dickins and assorted feminist 'lit crit', I ended up with a quick dinner - 2 fried eggs, one English muffin & one apple. Sometimes discussion is more important than food.
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Special, agree about the PITA with the MOHS.
Sandy, so sorry for the blahs. With a cat + litter, we are always a little sniffle-y here; hope you feel better soon.
The leftover cod with rice and broccoli in a "newburg-esque" sauce turned out great. Don't have enough leftover for two full meals so I'll pan-fry 2 eggs with leftovers for tomorrow. We are thawing some turkey thighs and DH will try his new sous vide.
Incredibly ugly winds all day. I was terrified listening to the windows rattling. Reading about quantum physics while listening to gale winds = unpleasant.
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Special, we tend to forget how much certain injuries can affect our ability to perform some of the simplest routine tasks...until we get those injuries (whether from trauma, repair of trauma or seemingly minor surgery). Hope you can find a workaround until your wrist Mohs incision heals and the sutures are removed. Was watching "Worst Cooks in America," and one of the contestants insisted on using only one hand for everything--wielding a chef's knife as if it were a hatchet, and not even anchoring the food with the other. Perhaps I see a mandoline in your future (anchoring the lower end of it with the elbow of your Mohs hand)? I'm trying to recall how I coped when I didn't have an opposable thumb on my L hand for a couple of weeks before I could get the cast-brace re-molded.
Still no fever, throat not scratchy or sore, just feels like it does on an "allergy day" as the postnasal drip descends. Have a little bit more energy after I ate some of the dinner Bob brought home: one slice of meatloaf, a cup of green beans, and five small fries (just to remind myself how good well-executed fries can be). Nursing a square of Lindt Excellence 85% during the commercials--sound off--of the US Figure Skating Championships. It's not my imagination: I did some Googling and found several articles on how loud sounds can blunt our ability to taste sweet and salty. I think it's because when any sense besides sound & vision competes for our attention, something's gotta give, and the brain assigns that "something" a lower priority of perception.
No pizza, because the restaurant at which he'd planned to stop for a martini and then pick up from is closed due to COVID in its staff. The place he finally went to checked the front and the back of the vax card plus photo ID. Their food is just OK but their vigilance is reassuring,
Even if I don't feel any worse or test positive, the weather will make this a good weekend to hunker down: freezing rain tomorrow and plunging temps Sunday. Good thing I'd made no plans to go anywhere or do anything..
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Sharon is very wary about the mandolines and I'm *extremely* careful, especially when cleaning them!
I did a bit more work today. I'm probably 75% of "all better". Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel "all better".
In a couple of days, DD will be 24 years old. In my film scanning project, I have on the desk some waiting to be scanned images of DD when she was less than an hour old. The time sure went fast!
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"Alternative pasta." I learned the term for the pasta I tried last night. I looked for the box this morning in the trash but it must be buried. I think it was red lentil and was a "whim" purchase along with another box of some other alternative. The boxes were attractive and the pasta viewed through a plastic window in each box was colorful. So why not try it in a pasta primavera? I decided yesterday. It tasted like cardboard, or what I imagine cardboard might taste like. The leftover, not used in the dish, went into the garbage and might be hiding the box.
I'm thinking the other box in the pantry will go into the trash, too. Or maybe I'll cook a small batch and see if it tastes any better. I might have undercooked the pasta but it didn't improve after soaking in the sauce. I guessed that overcooking wasn't a smart move. I can't see how rinsing would improve flavor or texture.
The veggies in the primavera were yellow squash, shitaki mushrooms, yellow bell pepper, asparagus and the white part of some green onions that were soon to be thrown away. The sauce was creamy, made from sour cream, cream cheese and grated asiago.
DH didn't comment until I said "This stuff doesn't taste good," and then he agreed. He's not much on alternative foods but he tries to be cooperative when I get a "notion" to try something.
SK, I did mean Noom.
Eric, good that you're feeling better. Your DD has definitely been a joy to you.
Sandy, I take two meds for head cold symptoms like drippy nose and congestion and always keep the tissues handy.
I dreamed last night that tonight's dinner would be salmon with the yogurt/dill topping, using fresh dill from the patio herb garden. So I'll need to go to the grocery store. It will be Atlanta salmon that the seafood counter manager promises is farmed according to the best practices. Hmm. I would eat it more often but dh is not a salmon fan. When we visited Seattle he always ate cod when I was eating salmon.
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I realized this morning that it had been 48 hrs since I'd remembered to use my OTC nasal sprays (saline, Nasalcrom, steroid), which should be used on arising & at bedtime. So it'll take a bit of time to dry up the postnasal drip (especially with both kitties literally "in my face"). I also take nightly Zyrtec & montelukast (the latter for asthma prevention, but it also helps with other allergy symptoms). No oral decongestants--I have hypertension, albeit well-controlled with medication; and they can cause strokes (which happened to an acquaintance at only 36--being a folksinger without medical insurance, she didn't know she had HBP, and took Sudafed for a cold). Nasal decongestant sprays can be addictive, develop tolerance, and cause rebound when stopped. I learned that almost 40 years ago--so there's no Afrin in my house.
This a.m. Bob is walking to Beard & Belly for a chicken hand pie and will be bringing home quiche & salad for my brunch. Part of the food he brought home last night was salad with apple slices & pomegranate seeds. So if I fill up on salad I will be less tempted to eat any of the yummy crust. By the time dinner rolls around, the streets will be too icy to go out (even for people to do food delivery). So dinner will be fridge-and-freezer-foraging.
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I made a small cherry crisp to use up the can of tart cherries in water that I bought in error. Because of the small quantity - I cobbled together 3 recipes from the web & added just a dash of almond extract. Delicious warm w/whipped cream.
While it was baking, I chopped & prepped everything for fried rice. But of course I had to taste the crisp. Yay for desert first. After eating a small bowl, I'm not hungry at all. Maybe I'll make the rice later. Or not.
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Moon - hope your not is better!
illimae - enjoy your time a the cabin, looks beautiful.
Eric - I've had some major cuts using a mandolin, haven't learned my lesson as continue to use it. Happy Birthday to your DD!
MinusTwo - I'm with you...yay to desert first! Cherry crisp sounds good!
I made lasagna soup, with garlic breadsticks and a chocolate silk pie, all were my boy's request. I already had a small bowl of the soup and am anxiously waiting for the pie to set.
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Tonight was gyros with tzatziki and a Greek salad. Enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Cherry crisp sounds delightful. I normally make apple crisp but never think about cherry. Unfortunately, I’ve lost my source for frozen sour cherries and have yet to find another.
After grating off a piece of my thumb a couple of years ago, I’m a believer in cut proof gloves and using the safety guard on the mandoline. .
My SIL is a fan of alternative pastas, particularly chickpea and red lentil. She keeps trying to convince me that they’re good but I remain unconvinced and definitely not a fan.
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