So...whats for dinner?
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still can't ever get to "my favorites" once out of 10 tries. When I can get to 'active topics', I can search for the dinner thread. But it doesn't come up on the last post so I have to back track a page or so, and that doesn't always work. WAY too much trouble.
Eric - yes, I too am sorry about Evil Twin. Hope there's a good treatment plan coming. Nance - glad you're rehab is moving forward. I finished 6 weeks with a new LEPT. It's amazing that the cording is gone after 6 years. I always kept the breast & truncal lympnadema swelling under control but couldn't get a grip on the cording.
Dinner was my leftover sandwich from the med center today. A 3-4" high California Club - turkey, bacon, avocado, tomato, lettuce on 7 grain bread, However I still have to cook the chicken breasts I thawed Tuesday or throw them away, so Laurie's salsa chicken is in the oven. That will be leftovers on Saturday, since tomorrow I'm going to to lunch with a friend who REALLY needs to get out of the house. Trying to take care of a husband with lots of different medical issues can be the pits, especially when he starts drinking martinis before 7am!!!
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Minus, you are having more trouble with the site than I am. Once I log in and go to Community, my Favorites is visible with a number. So aside from the different appearance, everything is pretty much the same as before. Glad you're experiencing improvement otherwise with your therapy.
I stopped off at Rouses Market yesterday on my way home from Chair Yoga class to buy avocados and blue cheese. A package of mini muffaletas found its way into my hand carried basket. People have these at parties and I've always enjoyed them. DH and I each had two for lunch so there are two left. I may have one (or two) for breakfast! They're like muffaleta sliders.
Dinner was bone-in chicken thighs with the skin removed. I lightly floured and browned them, then cooked them in chicken broth with segments of fresh lemon. The side was fried rice, leftover white and brown, with diced carrot and celery.. The meal was quite good. The small amount of flour thickened the lemony sauce. It occurred to me later that I had fresh thyme growing in a pot on the patio.
No inspiration on dinner tonight. I am in one of those stages where the meal rotation seems very limited.
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eric - I am so sorry about the diagnosis for ET. Please keep us posted as info comes. I feel how you're feeling - two of my close friends, both I've known for decades, have been diagnosed with different cancers in the last six months. It sucks. Big time.
carole - I love, love, love muffaletta sandwiches. I had hoped to get one from the historic Central Grocery as we drove past NOLA in Sept, but the timing was not right - too late in the day. I did research on my phone as we got closer and found a deli that had a good one, but now the name of that spot has escaped me. I picked a whole one, cut in quarters, and we had half of it for dinner once we arrived back in the FL panhandle for the night. We had the rest for dinner the next night after we got home - convenient since we had no fresh food having been gone for three weeks. In a sacrilege my DH had me scrape the olive salad off his. I put it on mine, lol!
minus - I wish you were not having such a hard time with the site, that is a pain. I can see my favorites, and other than the obvious visual changes, my only acute complaint is that I don't stay signed in throughout the day.
Last night was GF minestrone soup and roast beef sammies on Carbonaut GF bread. DH was late getting home and was really tired - so it was fast and easy. Hopefully tonight he can get out earlier - he is acting director this week and next, so he is covering all of his own briefings/meetings, as well as those his boss usually goes to. Pretty sure he is counting the days until retirement, and it is still 21 months away, lol! DH's older sister had her last day yesterday as a nurse for a PS who does recon for breast cancer patients.
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Sandy, I admire you for being able to go through all the medical crap before a fun event. So wish I did not have medical PTSD. If your MRI is with contrast, you may want to take NAC after the procedure. I asked our onco and when I showed her the peer reviewed article, she said I could give it to DH. We were shocked how much his kidney labs improved. My BILs are coming in May, which is when I need to redo my labs for MGUS and I'm already having meltdowns. I'm a broken toy. I may push them out till after they leave just so it isn't a constant worry for me...I know, like worrying will alter the outcome...sigh. I hope the wedding will be a blast and everyone will be safe, have fun, eat and drink enough to be happy and may the new couple have many joyous years ahead of them!
AuntieNance, was it a recumbent bike? You'll have to let me know how your hips feel after using one of those. Maybe it would be good for DH here. So good to hear on your improvements.
Eric, yes, the waiting is always bad. Again, so sorry about her situation.
Finished up the last of the pizza I made with the no-knead crust yesterday, and fleshed it out with a side of broccoli since there were only 2 pieces left.
Tonight will be udon noodle teriyaki (of sorts) with the leftover broccoli and tofu.
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Wallycat, no it is not a bike - it is a recumbent elliptical they also called a cross trainer. I’ve used a recumbent bike for years for knee therapy We’ll see how it does with the elliptical The nurse said that the goal for me was 30 minutes on the elliptical I admire her optimism
Also what is NAC?
Central Grocery is a must stop every NOLA trip. I love that place. Special, the bread and olive salad are the best parts lol.
Minus - FWIW, I have more trouble signing in and finding my favorites on my phone than on the computer I still hate the looks of it
Dinner is the Parmesan crusted grouper from the clubhouse restaurant again. It was delicious last time
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Dinner was an easy, “old favorite”: Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff over egg noodles. The mushrooms were left over from my oven-roasted, Balsamic vinegar tray bake from earlier in the week, so my prep time was very fast tonight
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NAC =
N-Acetyl Cysteine
It used to be Rx only for tylenol overdoses (to spare the liver). These days, it is a supplement you can buy on line and depending on how well stocked, local grocery stores/drugstores.
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Hi all
The weather is finally cooler here and had some rain, not as much as Queensland and NSW with there flooding thankfully.
I felt a bit sick today and thought I was getting covid , I've had 2 RAT tests this week as I went to the hospital twice for chemo. Both negative.
This afternoon felt better and made a nice vegetable soup which I enjoyed. I have a craving for a salad sandwich so will have one for lunch tomorrow. I'd love a Subway sandwich but the last 2 times that I've had Subway I've had a upset stomach after. You have to be so careful while on chemo, they must not keep there salads, meat cold enough.
Hope you all have a great weekend.
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Wallycat, you seem very "medical savvy" like Sandy. I thought of you recently while I was reading a recipe book about Indian cooking. The fried vegetables are floured with chickpea flour. I read this book a few years back when I first bought it and marveled then at the amount of oil and ghee in the ingredients of recipes. I happened to chat with a young woman in India on a Customer Service call. I mentioned to her that I was reading about Indian food. She said, "You wouldn't like it. It's greasy." Her tone indicated she wasn't a fan either.
Our friend Susan owned this same recipe book. I'm keeping it for whatever reason.
On the subject of Central Grocery, I saw their olive salad in the quart size at my nearest Rouses supermarket. It was $15. Rouses own brand was $8. I didn't buy either. I like it but my body does not do well with salty.
Dinner last night was a shared grilled ribeye and a shared baked potato.
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Carole, what is the name of the cookbook. I have several Indian cookbooks. I always tweak my recipes. I smiled reading about the "greasy" comment. I suspect every culture has their share of oily/greasy food. Fat = flavor, LOL.
My background is more science and I do read a lot..and then there were my jobs (undergrad in dietetics; master's in library info science working in a medical library; working for a "wellness" doctor, blah, blah)...and after getting cancer, more research and reading. My oncologist tolerates me when I send her links to articles
. Even my previous onco, in WI, actually thanked me with my research since he said (his words) lost at the Texas symposium but for an article I brought him on cyp2d6 and tamoxifen. Made me feel good at least, LOL.0 -
Nancy, I LOVE recumbent ellipticals (the one at the inpatient rehab centers and the outpatient Athletico) is NuStep4000. Takes up a whole room but it's so easy on the feet and knees. (I like the computerized rower at the gym, but haven't gone back in there since the pandemic started).
My MRI was uneventful--except when the tech hit my inner-elbow vein it was a "gusher!" Didn't think to ask to take NAC afterward--just drink water like crazy to flush the contrast out of my system. When I went for my bloodwork the next day, that vein was still "blown," so they had to use the back of my hand, with a pediatric butterfly needle & catheter. Very painful, and since the needle & cath are so tiny it took forever to get enough blood for the tests.
Results are back: MRI & chest film both stable and negative for anything other than the arthritic changes in my neck, slighly curved aorta (matching my scoliosis), and a fibroid in my uterus. Tell me something I don't know. UA is fine--trace of ketones; but my primary admonished me that though it would be slightly worrisome for most patients, for me "trace" is not enough--it shows I've been carb-cheating, because had I been a good girl dietarily, there would actually have been a numerically measurable titer of ketones. TSH and CBC were fine--so there must be another explanation for why I'm always feeling so chilled (but my MO says he feels chilled too despite having a normal thyroid and no anemia--welcome to my 70s, I guess). CMP fine except my semi-fasting (I had an espresso) glucose was 120, lowest it's been in a couple of years but still too high. PCP & MO say it's fine in light of an a1c of 5.4; cardiologist says that could explain both the weight gain & carb cravings. If it doesn't come down by the end of this month, when I see my breast MO, we may explore metformin or at least the induction phase of Atkins as a kickstarter. As I said, my other docs are unworried. And once I stop letrozole (as my breast MO will likely let me do), my glucose, weight & lipids may go down--I might be able to halve or even stop the statin too. All are agreed I needn't get a lipid panel or a1c done till this summer.
Back to dinner. Thurs. night Bob brought me home an entire cowboy ribeye--blood rare because he knew I'd have to reheat it. I cut off a 3-oz. hunk, reheated it in foil and it was a perfect mid-rare. (Had a Caesar salad earlier that evening). I will have another hunk tonight (Bob won't be home in time for dinner), with lemon-steamed asparagus and maybe seared broccolini. (Or a salade Lyonnaise, now that I was able to find frisee).
Last night we went to Regalia with our friends who'd owned Cellars (he was the exec. chef, too). The joint was jumping, with everyone in the neighborhood who could afford it there. Most of them were Cellars regulars who kept stopping by our table. Started with a tiny piece of the housemade foccaccia with cannelini bean dip. Next was ahi tuna carpaccio with jalapenos, followed by a Mediterranean salad shared with the table. As my entree I had the special appetizer of tenderized grilled calamari "steak" with a baby arugula & cherry tomato salad. No dessert except for the complimentary shots of limoncello.
I notice lately that when I stick to my diet at dinner out, I end up carb-cheating late at night. Bad Sandy.
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Wally, the cookbook is Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni.
We finished up the red beans with sausage last night with freshly cooked brown rice. Side was a big tossed salad.
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Carole, of all my Indian cookbooks, THAT book is my favorite. I sometimes tweak the recipes, but most of those are not greasy and very authentic tasting.
Tonight will be an asparagus frittata. Leftovers tomorrow.
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Hello all! Including wh I s ever new here! Glad to be back here, the boards are back up I see. I had a lot of trouble getting in, may have been because I post at weird times when they tweak the tech! LOL.
2022 really is not treating my family well. My oldest son was just dx with tonsil cancer; due, it seems, to HPV. My 2 girls received the vacine, 1 when she was 24, one at 27 (she couldnt at first because she was over the recommended age, but then they increased it to 30). However, its only been maybe 10 years since they recommended it for boys. And hes 45 now, so no , we didnt know. Sigh. Hes on his 3rd tx. I want to cook for him, but his tastes and throat change daily, so will have to treat him some other time. Ive asked his wife if there is anything we can do, but not right now. The big worry is a feeding tube if he cant swallow from the rads sigh. Prayers couldnt hurt.
Supper tonight was a soup that I made from the cooking liquid from our meal a couple days ago when I pressured cooked a small roast with carrots, garic and onion. I had about 4 C of liquid. I used leftover pork roast slices I had in the freezer, and tossed in some veg that needed to be used. Pretty tasty. Also made turkey sandwiches with the last slices from the package, (shopping is tomorrow) The honey fermented cranberries went with it, they were so good. Ill have to start another ferment by next month, if I want them this good for thanksgiving! So sweet, but still firm. It was a good recipe to try.
Much love,
Monica
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Monica, so sorry about your DS. Hope it's less aggressive than laryngeal cancer. Did they do a tonsillectomy before irradiating his throat? My son is 37, in the same age-no-man's-land--they still aren't recommending Gardasil for anyone past their 20s--by the time they recommended it for boys he was already over 30.
Lunch (too late to be brunch) was avocado toast (homemade guac is SO much better than the packaged stuff) topped with a fried double-yolk egg. Snack was nuts & herring. Dinner was the last of the cowboy ribeye (sure gave my floss picks a workout afterward) with sesame snap peas and shiitakes sauteed in dry marsala, butter, shallots, parsley and the steak juices.
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Moon, glad you were able to find us and post. Sorry about your son. Hoping for a good outcome.
Wally, give me some recommendations for recipes in "our" cookbook.
A Rouses tv ad caught our attention on Saturday night. Baby back ribs on sale. DH went yesterday morning and bought a rack. I tenderized them during the afternoon and he finished them on the grill with barbecue sauce for dinner. They were meaty and delicious, done the way we like them, tender but not falling off the bone. The side was a large tossed salad.
I could have eaten the ribs without the barbecue sauce. I simmered them with onion, garlic, salt, black peppercorns and red pepper flakes. DH and I have different barbecue sauce preferences. He likes the brown sugar sweet and I like the Carolina vinegary. We usually have his kind on hand.
Tonight's dinner will probably include the large tube cooked pasta in the freezer. Maybe with a creamy sauce and sauteed veggies.
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Carole, I swear we are living parallel lives. Saturday we had baby back ribs and our DH bbq sauce preferences are the same. I also favor the vinegar based sauces but always have both on hand And last night we had pasta primavera. Tell me what you’re having tomorrow night so I know what to fix tonight lol!
Sandy, yes the elliptical is a NuStep but I don’t know what number. I like that it gives a pretty good arm workout too.
We got our boosters boosted yesterday. No effects except a slightly sore arm and I was somewhat fatigued yesterday. We did some gardening as it was a beautiful day and I hung the hummingbird feeders for the first time. Looking forward to their arrival.
Monica, I’m sorry it’s been so rough on your family this year. Hoping for the best for your son.
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Nance, LOL at our parallel dining!
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Monica, so sorry to hear about your son. I remember having a hissy fit when the HPV vaccine first came out and boys weren't included. DH and I had quite the augmented-discussion. He, of course, siding with the no-vaccine. UGH. When I explained to him WHY it was so important, he still didn't "get" it...then the recommendations changed, thankfully. I can stop ranting at him about this...not that either of us will need to worry about getting the vaccines...still....OY!
Carole, I will go back and see some of the items I've made and post back.
Leftovers tonight (asparagus frittata). I sure hope the winds stop and that we don't lose power. Mount Baker (we can see it but not near it) will get 5 feet of snow today. Anyone say crazy weather?
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Hi Moon. I wish I knew what to say....cancer sucks...and it doesn't matter the type of cancer.
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I prefer spares (aka St. Louis ribs) to baby backs--but for either of them, if there's enough of a "bark" on the surface, dry rub alone is fine for me.
Tonight will be pan-seared walleye and lemon-steamed asparagus with Hollandaise. Maybe start with a salade Lyonnaise if Bob gets home in time and I can split that 8-oz. fillet with him.
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I hadn’t realized I was pages behind, so just jumping back in here. Not much cooking lately, spent last week eating quick and easy meals at the cabin, then adopted two puppies on our way out of town and have been busy with them, so many photos! Tonight was sautéed chicken, squash, zucchini and asparaguswith penne in a white wine sauce and a Cesar salad.
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Those pups are so darn cute and so tiny. I hope they bring you lots of joy and shennanigans when they grow more. Your meals always look so good and O love when you post a photo of the finished product. Enjoy the cabin.
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Sooooo adorable!
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This site is still maddening. Today couldn’t get to my favorites and had to scroll through all the topics. Really?? Shouldn’t this be fixed by now?
Last night was a frittata with broccoli, asparagus, onion, cheese and bacon and a salad. Tonight I think will be grilled chicken breast with some kind of lemon seasoning. It’s another dreary rainy day, dampening my enthusiasm.
Cute pups illimae
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illimae - hey! Good to see you! Yay for your two new little doggies! So cute! They are eating out of a bowl that says meow, lol!
Last night was beef stir fry over rice. I am in grocery store avoidance mode, can't seem to psych myself up to get in the car and go. This is a good thing periodically as it makes me investigate the freezer and pantry more thoroughly looking for meal ingredients, so I use things up I may have forgotten about! I am about completely out of produce though, so I need to just go do it. I have a couple of other errands as well, so I will make an afternoon of it.
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In our freezer shopping, we managed to find some pork roasts with a sell by date of "Jan 8, 2011". I thawed it, cut it into small cubes and put it into the dogs' bowls. They don't seem to mind the freezer burn. :-)
We accepted the offer for the sale of our home and, today, we are driving up to Snowflake to sign the paperwork (contingent on the close of escrow on our current home) to buy the home we have been looking at. The buyers are all "approved". They could back out without penalty in the next now 9 days, but I doubt that will happen as there are so few homes for sale here.
Those are cute puppies. Are those cat bowls theirs?
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The cat bowls are temporary as the pups are too small to use our old dog bowls. We have something better at the cabin, gonna wait until we get back in early May after closing on the sale of our house on 4/29 and scans on 5/2
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Illimae, OMG on the cuties!!! What kind are they? I have guesses...no matter, they are ADORABLE. And it is so great to see your meal pix again!
I'll be doing my labs on 5/2 and I am already in panic mode. I envy anyone who can go through any followups and not lose it.
I've just set the Gigante beans to cook; I'm making a pot of those, will add some spinach, maybe tomato and add in large shrimp that I have marinating in chili paste, garlic, oregano and fish sauce. DH doesn't care if I sear the shrimp first, so they'll just be (easily) added to my makeshift Med. cassoulet of sorts when the beans have cooked through.
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