So...whats for dinner?
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Tonight's dinner will be at the music jam. One couple is bringing homemade chili, we are bringing the garlic-cheese biscuits (by request of the hosts) and the hosts are providing cheese and crackers as well as the place to jam.
Special, I hope the MOHS (that is also a unit used in electrical engineering) goes well, as does the "unzipping".
At the store, we picked up TWO large (23 fluid ounce) bottles of the Frank's. We go through it quite quickly and don't want to run out. The bottle that we had was close to empty and it almost caused a panic.
Senendipity, I'm sure the cupcakes will be appreciated by all. I just can't imagine anyone not liking cupcakes! :-)
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Special, thinking of you and your skin-stuff. Hope it all goes well. DH gets Denosumab (same as Prolio or xgeva) injections monthly. Our onco (we share
) wants calcium, phosphorus and magnesium levels in range.Eric, I'll have to try my Frank's again. I'm just addicted to Crystal--that's the hot sauce
Minus--good luck surviving the frost. States not used to cold temps are usually ill-prepared. If you have any outdoor pipes, cover those. If you can't cover them, leave a tiny few drips of water dripping so your pipes don't freeze. Yeah, I still miss wisconsin winters!!
Leftover copper river tonight. I have some leftover sweet potato and maybe I'll use a bag of frozen broccoli.
Editing to add: bought the wholly guac at costco and though it is heavily seasoned, I like it! I should have bought more while they were on sale. Easy to use, freeze and don't have to fight with getting brown-inside-avocados.
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Today's meal was the last leftover Naan pizza and 6 strawberries dipped in sour cream & rolled in brown sugar. I had popcorn as I raced through a Harlan Coben novel I couldn't put down. Beef is thawing for meatloaf tomorrow.
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I turned the leftover chicken salsa into a Mexican casserole with corn tortillas and a can of chopped chilis and shredded cheese. It was hearty and edible. Side was large tossed salad.
Dinner to be decided. I have potatoes and leeks if I decide to make potato soup.
My laptop tells me it's 33 degrees and cloudy outside.
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Used udon noodles and made a chicken broth based asian noodle "egg drop" soup with carrots, red onions and broccoli.
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Got busy with Civic Association business and all of a sudden it was 6pm & I'd neglected to make the meatloaf. So dinner was Ivar's Clam Chowder with sourdough bread. Meatloaf is prepared now and in the fridge for tomorrow.
And for Meatloaf.... RIP. Do you all remember the Bat Out of Hell album? "I Would Do Anything for Love" is on a locked loop tonight as I type & check my emails. There's some discussion on the www about exactly what it is that he "wouldn't do".
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I made the potato leek soup yesterday. Dinner was the soup and a tossed salad. The soup is a bit bland for me. No doubt cream and butter would make it richer but I am battling the wicked bathroom scale.
The temperature just went up to 28 degrees from 27 degrees! According to my laptop. We ran a dribble of water in the kitchen sink last night and it's still dribbling. The sun is out and we're supposed to warm up to 50 degrees today.
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wally - I had Prolia for 6 years and I suppose my MO didn't ask for specific labs because I had them done as part of my routine draw before I saw him and he ordered the injection right after that - I had CBC, CMP, Vit D, CA27/29, and CEA before each appt. He ordered all that same stuff before I was receiving Prolia so I was trying to suss out what other docs do, and particularly for my friend because she has a few other issues - which are weird (elevated liver function results, but she has had normal imaging and a normal liver biopsy - no fatty liver either - she doesn't drink and it is not cirrhosis, elevated A1C with normal/low blood glucose, but she is definitely osteoporotic in several spots) so her endocrinologist does a number of labs - we were trying to figure out what went with what, lol!
carole - sounds like you improvised some King Ranch chicken out of the salsa chicken!
minus - Paradise by the Dashboard Light, awesome Meatloaf song, loved it. Tribute by you to him that you were making meatloaf! I am thinking there are several things he "wouldn't do" that possibly contributed to his demise. Frustratingly sad.
After the MOHS - thanks all for the good wishes, went fine - two passes but this incision is larger than I thought it would be - I thought I would prob not want to stand long and cook. I made an old recipe of my mom's that I have mentioned here before. Stew beef on the bottom of a casserole dish, sprinkle an envelope of Lipton onion soup mix on top, smear an undiluted can of cream of mushroom soup over. My mom always stopped there, but I add sliced mushrooms and sliced onion. Low oven at 250 F. for at least 6 hours, but you can't really overcook this. I nuked a Seeds of Change brown rice envelope and steamed some green beans with dill. Boom! Dinner! Last night was leftovers of that with another rice envelope, and cooked some baby spinach. I am removing the bulky dressing today from my cheek today so I think that will be more comfortable.
Dinner tonight is TBD. Maybe chicken/bean tostadas with cilantro lime rice, and salad. Or maybe a main dish salad with napa cabbage, chicken, and toasted rice ramen noodles. Will have to ask DH if he is feeling hot or cold food. Either way, it seems chicken is happening.
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Special - I remember my Mother making similar 'stew'. And I love Seeds of Change. Always have several in my cupboard. Glad the MOHS is done. Sorry it's larger than you hoped but at least with MOHS, you know the bad stuff is gone.
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Special, glad to hear the MOHS is over. Supplements can sometimes affect liver labs. A host of stuff, as we all know...I hope she can figure it out. That her A1C is elevated is interesting if her glucose is normal/low (was it a fasting glucose? Low after a meal could be reactive hypoglycemia).
We bought a costco pork loin (yes, large) and I divided it up into pork chops, a small loin-roast and some thin (to pound out or make stir fry with) pieces. We have the small loin-roast in the sous vide as I type. It will be interesting to see if it is moist or dry, which I associate with pork loins. I'm soaking some mexican dried chilis and some dried mushrooms and will make some concoction using pearl barley with that...a sort of risotto/paella/spanish-rice-y thing. First try and hope it is edible. Maybe some frozen broccoli, steamed.
Carol, I hear you on the dreaded scale. I miss my 20s when I could out eat football line backers and stay thin
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I'm staying away from the scale and even the tape measure. As long as my size M/Chico's size 1 tops fit (and the buttons on the blouses don't pop at boob level) and my size 1.5/M jeans & leggings fit, I'm ok. Gotta focus on behaviors, not results. Of course, the time to get fitted for my outfit for Gordy's wedding is drawing closer, so I'd hate to find myself "busting out all over."
Tues. night Bob brought home frozen "Tom Tom" tamales (the owner of the factory is a patient). They are classic "Chicago style" tamales--just beef-filled masa extruded into paper wrappers and tied off like sausages. 21 gm carb, 0 fiber, 190 cal apiece. Not worth it. They form the foundation of a Chicago (and Portillo's) staple, the "Mother-in-Law" sandwich: essentially a Chicago chili dog "dragged through the garden" and topped with cheese but with the tamale substituted for the hot dog. Bob nuked a couple as a late night snack last night and confirmed that if I'm looking for a tasty carb cheat, this ain't it. If I'm gonna blow my carbs & calories on a tamale, it's gotta be handmade and steamed in corn husks or banana leaves, with the proper sauce to match the filling.
Wed. night we went to L. Woods (because we could, despite the subzero wind chill). We split a wedge salad, a side of creamed spinach; and I had beef ribs (dry rub) that came with over-steamed broccoli. Took home leftovers, which I had last night (put Hollandaise on the broccoli). Thurs. night we went to Calo and split "linguine frutta di mare:" we split the seafood, I gave Bob the linguine and ate sauteed spinach instead. Tonight we're going to Regalia for an early birthday dinner (tomorrow is the actual day but the restaurant is closed Sundays and Gordy will be working). Carb cheat will be part of a portion of cacio e pepe, and probably whatever dessert they flambé or into which they stick a candle (and of course it will be shared). Their focaccia is wonderful but not worth filling up on.
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The pork in the sous vide was like BUTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The barley turned out great. I did use some frozen turkey schmaltz from Thansgiving (Mary's turkey is to-die-for) to saute the onions and 'shrooms. Not sure the chiles or the 'shrooms did more than add texture, but the combo was a hit. I added some green beans. Repeats tomorrow.
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wally - she is not really a supplement person, other than a standard multi vitamin. Her elevated values remain a mystery, and she was thoroughly worked up by her gastroenterologist. They just check with a CMP regularly but are not pursuing any answers at this point. I asked my BIL (also a GI doc) and his opinion was that some people "run hot" and it is their normal. Her elevated A1C - not super high, but higher than normal - is accompanied by fasting normal to low-ish blood glucose - which seems like a conundrum. She just started seeing an endo as her primary care doc doesn't do Prolia in his office so he referred her, and the new doc is a bit mystified by the blood sugar deal - and is continuing to monitor. She is a very healthy eater - gluten free, almost no sugar or fat, no alcohol, low body weight, and super fit. I have wondered if her elevated values are from all the muscle strain - some Ironman competitors have this too. She road bikes and mountain bikes every week, and plays on indoor and outdoor soccer teams each week - which are World Master's Games caliber. On the days she does not do those things she plays pickleball or walks five miles. On the osteoporosis front I shudder to think what that would look like without all of her weightbearing exercise! Conversely, she is also at risk because of all of the activity, and has broken both wrists over the years with soccer falls, one requiring surgery with pins and screws, and also fractured and dislocated her shoulder in a road bike fall years ago.
chisandy - those tamales sound wild, and the tamale dog arrangement - have never heard of them! I too am a tamale fan and have not made them because of the labor intensive aspect and the fact that I am the only one who likes them. I try to order them in restaurants that have good ones. I think DH might like them, but hasn't eaten them, so thinks he doesn't like them. One of those things...
Dinner last night ended up being take-out Chinese for DH - he always gets roast pork fried rice (brown rice this time) and the special BBQ pork from our fave place. It comes with cucumbers, which he doesn't like, so I eat them. They are in a slightly sweet and creamy dressing. I had just a little of the fried rice - was not really hungry. So, tonight will be chicken and bean tostadas, cilantro lime rice, and the leftovers from last night will be his lunch tomorrow at work.
minus - you are right - there is comfort in the MOHS removing known skin cancers. Unfortunately, my tempo has picked up lately and I am having a MOHS or two or a wide excision or two every six months. That is a lot of carving - I am kind of over it, but it doesn't seem to be over me. Bleh. Yay for Seeds of Change - love it - I also always have it in the pantry.
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Carole - skipping threads I know, but I thought about your roses when I woke up. Any problems? I just pulled all the blankets off my plants after being covered 2 full days and nights. They are so happy to see the sun.
Yesterday's meal was (finally) the meatloaf served with roasted carrots w/tarragon and fingerling potatoes roasted w/EVOO, garlic, celery salt & rosemary. Delicious for a cold night. Looking forward to sandwiches, which in my opinion are always better than the original.
Special - oh my yes that's a lot of carving. I'm assuming they are basal cells?? At my request, my derm always freezes AKs & SKs VERY aggressively - like 20+ spots every 4-6 months. So far that's managing to hold further surgery at bay.
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minus - yes, I have been fortunate so far to only have basal cells - although they have been different kinds. I had one infiltrating that was recurrent, which was the one I was most nervous about. It was originally a wide excision removal, but then needed a MOHS. This was on the shoulder of my worse LE arm. This recurrent one on my wrist is as well, and my arm was initially a bit angry, seems to be ok now. Can’t drag a compression sleeve over just yet, it is still tender and about 3cm across. Same length as the one on my face. I have two smaller facial MOHS in less noticeable locations. I have larger ones on my upper and middle back - five of them. Lots of other smaller ones scattered around. I don’t seem to have the AK lesions initially - within six month intervals at the derm they go from nothing to obvious basal cells. Mine present as a very pink spot. Over maybe 30 years I have only had one or two AKs frozen - wish I could catch them before they need a surgical removal. On a side note - your dinner sounds awesome!
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Bob tested positive early this aft. (our cats let us sleep in). He said his sinus-snot was yellow (it often has been over the years due to a deviated septum) and that if he were to infect one of his unvaxed patients he could never forgive himself. So we both tested--his turned strongly positive at 3 minutes, whereas mine was absolutely negative all through the 15 minutes (and a minute more, for good measure). I think my full-strength Moderna booster may protect me (Bob's 3 shots were all Pfizer). He is sorta relieved to have a week to do nothing but read, watch TV and do all his work (telehealth visits and reading EKGs & echoes) remotely. OTOH, since our HK needs to stay away (her DH is immunocompromised though boosted), I have my work cut out for me: cat duty (feeding & litterboxes), taking out the trash & compost, and waiting on him hand & foot, since I will not let him come downstairs except to go out on the deck for fresh (albeit frigid) air. Gotta keep an eye on him so he doesn't overexert on the treadmill (with which he's obsessed), overdrink, or smoke. Also going to have him use the pulse-oximeter (which I've used daily since Apr. 2020, and will alcohol-sanitize after each use). His only symptoms have been a temp of 99.6 and a slight headache--which went away after I made him lunch. (He has since requested "anything but Tom Tom tamales").
Special, that tamale-on-a-bun with chili is called a "Mother-in-Law" because "it gives you heartburn."
So last night we went to Regalia for a pre-birthday dinner (Leslie stayed home with a toothache, for which she had a root canal this morning). Started with the housemade foccaccia with canellini bean dip. App for me was bone marrow with arugula & toast points; the boys had wild mushroom bisque with black truffle balsamic drizzle. Then Bob had a house salad and Gordy & I shared spaghetti cacio e pepe. Bob had halibut over garlic mashed potatoes; Gordy had rigatoni Bolognese. I had rack of lamb with spinach, and asparagus substituted for the spuds. And for a birthday dessert, we split a mille-feuille with mascarpone & berries.
With all the to-do over Bob's positive test, I found it rather easy to "intermittent-fast:" I finally had a couple of olive-oil-fried eggs at 4:45pm. Not at all hungry--too nervous.
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Last night's dinner was the home-made pizza out of the freezer. It was delicious.
Tonight's dinner will be the pasta primavera we were supposed to have last night.
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chisandy - sorry to hear about Bob's positive test - it is indeed worry inducing, right? Hopefully his vaxxing will let him have a mild case. Will be crossing fingers for that, and for you to stay healthy! We just went through a scare here - fortunately DH tested negative on multiple tests over the week after an exposure to a known positive - but we took precautions in my house too - he was banished to a guest room. He is just returning to work today after being off all last week. Also, the name for the tamale dog thing is hilarious! And accurate for many, lol!
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Chi. Hoping that it's a case of "positive test, no symptoms" for Bob...and that you don't catch it.
I like the tamale dog nickname. I must be lucky as my MIL as never given me heartburn. :-)
Sharon made a personal sized pizza last night and I had...nothing... I don't mind the few "nothing for dinner" nights. I don't want to have to go to a CAT truck scale to weight myself!
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Sandy, I second Eric's comment...may he have few symptoms and you, not get it.
The last of the pork leftovers tonight.
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Eric - the thought of weighing on a truck scale has me chuckling. I don't do regular 'fasting' but I generally only eat one meal a day. Well, amended to say that if I want a coke during the day I drink one. And I usually do have two or three cookies in the late evening, or two pieces of candy. Now that I'm only walking one day a week, the weight's likely to creep up.
Today's meal - left over 1/2 a bowl of Ivar's clam chowder and 1/2 a meatloaf sandwich on pumpernickel bread. This evening - two gin & tonics as I tried to resolve Civlc Club/HOA issues on the phone before our ZOOM meeting tomorrow.
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Last night's dinner was veggie and pasta. The veggies were yellow squash, zucchini, colored bell pepper. The pasta was rotini out of the freezer. Thank you, SpecialK, for that great tip about freezing cooked pasta!! The creamy sauce was a blend of cream cheese, sour cream and chicken broth, the latter because there was no cooking water for the pasta. Freshly grated cheese was from a block of Asiago. I probably ate more than I should have. One point for the wicked scale.
Today it's gray and gloomy outside. I will make a beef and vegetable soup from a beef roast I bought on sale yesterday. Or make pot roast. Decision to be made.
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Bob spiked a temp of 101 early Sunday evening but Tylenol knocked it back down to 99.4. This a.m. it was 99.2. He feels much better--and it's a good thing, because the infusion center is not returning his messages so it doesn't look like he'll get that monoclonal antibody treatment--I think they may not have the one that works for Omicron. He's at 98.8 today sans Tylenol. Coughing a little--but he has a smoker's cough anyway. Meanwhile, he's feeling well enough to go out on the deck and sneak a smoke, plus make a drink or two. He's angry that I won't let him go to the Popeye's or Mickey D's drive-through, and in this cold I'm not about to venture out for that either--maybe only put the trash out on the deck instead of walking to the alley dumpster. We have a full freezer and I'm not afraid to use it.
Last night we had my Regalia leftovers (a large lamb chop apiece plus assorted veggies). I'm about to make him some Kodiak whole wheat waffles with smoked maple syrup & bacon; I'm gonna make mine with Birch Benders and Lakanto fake maple syrup (the best sugar-free I've found, bar none). Lunch for him later will be corned beef hash with peppers, onions, and an over-easy egg. (No lunch for me, as my waffles will be brunch). Dinner will be salmon burgers with snap peas (and a packet of Seeds of Change for him). I don't care if the fish stinks up the house--I'm not gonna attempt to grill.
He's given himself the run of the house (except to sleep in the guest room)--so much for isolating. So we're basically co-quarantining. If I re-test negative this afternoon, it'll be a testament to that full-strength Moderna booster. (He did Pfizer). Once he's over this, he will get his fourth shot at Little Co. of Mary (critical-care health workers are being offered it). I will hold off until either a fourth shot is recommended for non-immunocompromised seniors (which my MO & PCP say I basically am), or the Pfizer adapted vaccine trials are over (or I can get into one) and FDA issues an EUA.
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Bob is at the infusion center in Norridge (hella closer than the SW 'burbs), and may get remdesivir along with the monoclonal. (He's also drooling at the prospect of going to Popeye's drive-thru for a chicken sandwich--he asked what I want there but they don't have anything I csn eat). I just retested negative.
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Get well soon, Bob!
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I'm surprised Bob is not quarantining, but for going for infusion-protocol and back. Tomato-tomahto. I am enjoying reading he smokes (I have given it up for eons, but miss it), enjoys drinking and does fast food...this, from a cardiologist. I will never feel "guilty" telling my doctors anything "bad" that I do, LOL
...Sandy, you have NO idea how helpful this may be for my doc-anxiety. Thank you for sharing.I made scrambled eggs and broccoli to go with the last of the turkey-schmaltzed pearl barley-mushroom-thingie.
Tomorrow is a possible sweet potato curry or I may get lazy and do a frozen pizza.
Hope Bob is feeling better soon.
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Interesting Wally that you still miss smoking. I gave it up 7/11/07 - for osteoporosis and not breast cancer. But I agree, there are times I still miss it or want to smoke. But I know I can not or I'm off to the races.
Most of the time it turns out doctors are just people (no longer the gods of our childhood - just humans with clay feet). So yes, they have the many of the same foibles we all do. Think "Physician heal thyself"?
I was on the computer from 6am to 5pm prepping for a meeting tonight - pretty much non-stop except for peeing. At 5pm I re-heated the roast potatoes from earlier this week and made a 3 egg omlette with Muenster cheese and ate quickly so I could be back in front of my desk top for the Zoom meeting at 7pm. That lasted until 9:15p. Whew..... My eyes feel like slot machines. Time for a tall gin & tonic.
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Minus, I had my last cig. (I'd given it up for months and months) when I lived in Paris for work--I think that would have been 1990-91...and my body did not like it, but the brain refuses to acknowledge how unwell it made me feel, LOL. And I have worked with and for doctors and mentally, *know* they are just humans...but something about sitting in the room or knowing you are going in...for me, anyway, it unglues me. I think I am just PTSD from medical crap and I assume I'll get ugly news all over again. My brain sure likes playing tricks with me.
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The beef veggie noodle soup was/is very tasty. Lots of it left over. Side was one of our delicious romaine salads with a whole perfect avocado and blue cheese.
I thawed a package of two cornish hens to cook for dinner tonight. I always think they're so cute.
I quit smoking cigarettes when I was forty and we went to Europe for a three-week trip. DH left his pipe at home and I didn't pack any cigarettes. I was never a heavy smoker and the only time I missed smoking after that was in social situations, especially parties.
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I've given up nagging him to stop smoking—he's basically down to 2 or 3 cigs per day, and he even went out in subzero temps last night to take a few puffs on the deck. “Physician heal thyself," “shoemaker's kids go barefoot," yada, yada.
Dinner was pickled herring, an almond-flour tortilla and blistered shishito peppers. Dunno how mine seem to be 60% hot ones, because the bag says “1 in 10 are spicy." I did cheat with the last remaining cheese mini-Danish and a single-serve bag of popcorn. (I eat it excruciatingly slowly, nibbling the “spikes" off each kernel. Funny how I'm calling the protrusions “spikes" now. That's COVID for ya). Bob was full after eating a 3-pc Popeye's dinner with all the fixings.
Tonight will be either sable or tilefish (delivered yesterday) with whatever veg I come up with, adding brown rice for Bob.
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