So...whats for dinner?
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Special, I, too, am glad to hear you're getting better. And yes, we did enjoy the potatoes..unfortunately there weren't any leftovers. :-)
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wally - my cat incident was pre-BC as well, thank goodness. I am diligent about using the left arm, but it has very mild LE as well with two nodes removed. A complete ALND only yielded a total of 12 nodes from the cancer side, I am not a node-y person. Foreshadowing of my propensity toward LE, I think, was that my hands swell markedly during walking and exercise, and hands and feet swell, also markedly, when I fly. That said, I have had MOHS surgery on my shoulder and wrist of the cancer side arm, that definitely has LE, with no long-term problem, and I have been fortunate that almost everyone I have encountered for vitals or blood draws is always cooperative. I did have a nurse anesthetist try to set an IV in my right hand before one of my recon surgeries. I just let her go as she checked my hand, looking at the veins, etc. Then I asked her if she had read my chart, did she know I was here for a breast cancer related surgery, and did she happen to notice that I had a ALND on that side, and have diagnosed lymphedema? She was so rattled when she set the IV on the other side that she blew the vein and raised a bubble on my hand. IV had to be re-set in my wrist, which hurts. The plastic surgeon - who I knew well by this time - said "you should have seen your face..." I was PISSED. No medical professional should ever tell a patient that they are "past getting LE" because they absolutely don't know, right? I probably would have given a more snarky response than you did - you were polite! After all, we are the ones that have to live with the consequences.
On the dinner front - I had some pulled pork stashed in the freezer. Will give that to DH tonight on top of a baked potato, topped with coleslaw (made from a half of a small Napa cabbage loitering in the crisper) and BBQ sauce with a drizzle of Ranch dressing. One of his faves. I may have a salad - I am turkey-ed out, our leftovers are done! We had yummy Chinese food on Sat night, and that is now done too, just packaged up the last for lunch for DH tomorrow. He is funny - referred to this week as a five-shirt week. He had days off throughout November for Veteran's Day, T-Giv, a dentist appt, and a derm appt. so had abbreviated weeks with fewer than five shirts that needed to be ironed.
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Today's meal is leftover poached chicken breast sliced on pumpernickel bread. I popped the stuffing in the freezer so the fridge is clean for my trip tomorrow.
Since we can't do preview & look back, I'm not sure if I posted that I leave for CA tomorrow to visit my son. I haven't been out there since August 2019. In the mean time, they moved from San Francisco back to Marin County again. Now in San Rafael. We've had lots of email discussions about crab & cod & salmon etc. I'd like to eat seafood every meal, but his DW is vegetarian and he doesn't care for crustaceans. I know Special agrees - I just want to touch the Pacific. Well that's not true. I want to sit on the rocks and watch the waves for the entire time, but that's not possible. At least we have several 'walk on the beach' days planned. Hope everyone has a great week ahead.
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Big piscine news is that Whole Foods will no longer be buying Maine lobster (they will still sell stock on hand) due to MSC's allegations that right whales are getting caught in the ropes used to lower and haul up lobster pots. The entire Maine Congressional delegation (bi-partisan) and Gov. are up in arms over this--no actual right whale deaths have been definitively attributable to lobster-fishing. Sigh--and we have reservations tomorrow for The Palm's 4-lb. lobster/8-oz filet surf & turf special. (Bob insists). No idea where to put leftovers, as the fridge is chock-full of those from last night's dinner from Chengdu Impression. ("Numbing" peppercorn sole filets in an insanely hot broth, courtesy of serrano chiles; Yu Shiang chicken; and Cantonese vegetables).
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The Thanksgiving dinner from Whole Foods was quite good. Warming everything up took a while. I especially liked the herb dressing. I'm not a fan of turkey breast but enjoyed a slice. The pecan pie was delicious. There was also a sweet potato dish and mashed potatoes and gravy. And a bottomless glass of sauvignon blanc.
DH's 90 year old Aunt Doris, who lives in Clearwater, attended with her daughter and son and sil. It was fun visiting with them. DH's brother lives about an hour away and he was there. All in all a memorable Thanksgiving.
The nephew and wife have been eating vegan for about a year. She made an enchilada dish for them. But he ate some of the traditional Thanksgiving sides. During the weekend she indulged in a pastry that she liked. I did some reading on vegan diet last night and I'm not convinced it's a healthier way to eat than vegetarian. It seems more of a philosophy of food. I am skeptical of the imitation condiments and meats.
I'm up 5 lbs on our evil bathroom scale this morning and yesterday my ankles were swollen a bit on our drive home. That hasn't happened since the long flights to and from Australia some years ago.
Count me happy to be back in my comfortable chair and routine.
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The leftover t-breast was quite good, and like Carole, I'm not a fowl-breast preferred person. Good to have that in my arsenal incase that is all that is available in the future.
We may see 60mph gusts tonight/tomorrow. Ugh. And Seattle may get snow. I'd much rather have a ton of snow than those damaging winds.
CA and parts of Oregon put a stop on Dungeness crabbing; not sure how long that lasts.
Have a safe and enjoyable trip, Minus. Welcome home, Carole. Sandy, drool on your surf-turf.
I'm with you on the vegan diet as more a societal statement or over-the-top animal lover statement. In some respects, it is less healthy unless you know what you're missing and supplement it.
I need a pair of blue jeans but trying to fit an "old woman body" is depressing. Haven't owned a pair since my dx, 15+ years ago and depressed just thinking about it. I need to order on line and hope something would fit since we have no "dept. stores" to try things on; not locally anyway.
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Dinner last night was pan seared steaks, rainbow veggie and roasted potatoes.
Tonight will be turkey leftovers, either sandwiches or soup.0 -
MIL is in hospital with COVID (I probably brought it home) and apparently had a "small" heart attack. The doctors say the heart issues won't cause her any issues and she's improving. I'm guessing she'll be back home by Friday.
It has been quite windy here, but that is a normal thing.....45-50mph winds. it's sort of calm now. As soon as it's more calm I'll get outside with the kerosene stove and canner and can turkey stock. This will take care of the last of the turkey left overs.
We (Sharon and I) were following a vegan diet for awhile. My cholesterol numbers greatly improved, which is good, but we've modified it a bit by mixing in some meats, eggs and cheeses. It'll be interesting to see what happens with my cholesterol levels.
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Here's a photo of our TG dinner. Fresh herbs (rosemary, sage, thyme) still "alive" in our garden provided some great flavor. Used an organic baguette for the dressing and roasted a kosher, brined turkey breast (both from TJ) on a bed of mirepoix, with thyme butter, salt, pepper on the outside. Made some great drippings & tasty gravy. I roast sweet potatoes the night before, then mash using butter, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger - goes into a buttered casserole to heat up on the day. Scalloped potatoes and roasted brussels and carrots as additional sides.
Have been noshing on leftovers ever since. Tonight, will polish off the last of the dressing, turkey breast & gravy along with roasting some brussels and a glass of Gewurtztraminer.
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FINALLY made the Mapo Ragu. I got the recipe from an e-book library loan. OMG it was pure heaven. I did tweak it because I wanted to use the mustard greens and instead of ground pork, I diced up the last of the turkey breast (which is STILL moist using that crockpot method).
LOVED the recipe. Super easy with my tweaks and I loved the mustard greens. Well, I used gochujang in the recipe, so hard to know for sure, but it worked very well. Less woody and thick than the called for kale. Definitely a repeater. I used Somen noodles. leftovers tomorrow.
Eric, I hope your MIL mends quickly.
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Life's been busy lately and I haven't been on this thread for awhile. I read up on everyone's Thanksgiving meals and now I'm hungry again for mine! Celiac, I'd eat everything on your TG plate!
eric, I deal with higher cholesterol, too, even tho I take a statin. It's hereditary, all six of my siblings are on statins, too. Not sure what dietary changes I can make tho I try to watch eating certain foods.
SpecialK, sounds like you're on the mend from the cellulitis. Glad to hear the ER experience went well.
Our Thanksgiving dinner turned out so nice. I enlisted dh and ds's help with the prep and made some of the food on Wednesday. Ds requested sweet potato casserole which I never made. Tried a great recipe using canned sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, vanilla, with pecan/brown sugar topping. So easy to make, I halved the sugar and butter measurements. It was a huge hit! Definitely will be making that again. From reading here, it seems like many of you have sweet potatoes on your Thanksgiving menu.
We are big on Waldorf salad so I also made that as a side dish. I used Tango apples. I only recently tried them, and yum-oh! It is my current favorite variety of apple.
Dh and ds cleaned up the kitchen after we ate which I'm always appreciative of. And with so many left-overs, I love not having to cook for several days!
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Divine, thank you for the memories. A Waldorf salad reminded me of a home economics class in 7th grade. I made the salad in class, although I recall it as basically a chef salad with apples and walnuts, who knows, maybe it was salad week and I misremembered. I do have the actual ingredients currently though, maybe I’ll make it tomorrow.
Dinner ended up being both turkey soup and leftover breast meat with broccoli.
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We're not big fans of candied sweet potatoes, nor is Bob or are our friends. So at Wildfire, those were not among the sides we chose for T-Day dinner. However, I like a simply grilled, nuked or baked sweet potato with nothing but S&P and cinnamon. I'm allowed half of one every week or two.
Brunch today (late, after my video visit with my PCP) was some of Bob's leftover orecchiete with sausage alla vodka--I simply fished out the chunks of sausage and rapini, nuked them, and put the pasta back into the freezer. Last night's dinner was leftover Sichuan food--though I was too intimidated by the numbing-spicy sole soup to try straining the broth and picking the pieces of serranos off the fish & bok choy.
Tonight at the Palm we shared the special for two: split a wedge salad & lobster bisque, 4-lb. broiled lobster, 8 oz filet, and grilled asparagus. We each ate our half of the lobster's tail and plenty of roe (we lucked out, it was a female), our portions of the steak, and half the veg. We packed our claws, knuckles and legs, plus the other half of the asparagus (and half of my half of the wedge salad). No dessert. Will make a Caprese tomorrow night with the remaining homegrown cherry tomatoes (and windowsill basil) to flesh out the leftovers. Only the mint & chives in the garden fell victim to the freeze--the Italian parsley, thyme and rosemary are thriving. (We did harvest chives, but should have harvested the mint. Will harvest more parsley before the next hard freeze). We didn't grow sage or peppers this year.
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I saw Rao's linguine yesterday at Winn Dixie and bought a package. It was so good that I will buy several packages on my next shopping trip. I cooked the whole 16 oz. last night and froze half. Dinner was veggie pasta with white sauce made with cream cheese, sour cream, grated romano, butter and pasta water. The recipe is from a Hello Fresh meal.
The veggies were yellow squash, zucchini, and orange bell pepper. The dish came out really good with the veggies not overcooked.
I could have included garlic and grated lemon zest but didn't. DH commented that shrimp would be a good addition and I agreed.
The local veggie market had Meyer lemons yesterday. I bought a basket of 6 large lemons for $3, a great price. Winn Dixie had eggplants that looked young and fresh so I bought a couple of them for my simple version of eggplant lasagna, which I plan to make for tonight's dinner. We'll also have our romaine salad with favorite ingredients.
I ordered soba noodles from Amazon since I haven't found them in my two supermarkets that are conveniently located.
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illimae, my dad made Waldorf salad at the holidays. He was a mailman with Sundays off which is when he'd sometimes try new recipes. He loved Julia Child. My dad was a very typical man of his era so my mom (a very good cook) did the majority of cooking for our large family (teenie tiny kitchen) with no help from him. For him, it was a hobby. When he did make something it was usually good so he did have a knack for it.
I add craisins to my Waldorf and leave out the lettuce. My sister makes a version where she adds shredded cabbage (coleslaw) to the apples/walnuts/celery/craisins, uses coleslaw dressing and calls it party slaw; it's pretty good.
I'm a fan of craisins and will mix them with pecans for a snack and sometimes pistachios when I really want a guilty pleasure. It took so long for dh to realize Craisins were dried cranberries. Not sure what he thought they were. I'd ask him to pick up the generic of craisins at the store and so many times he's say, “all they had was dried cranberries." How many times I explained it to him till he understood I lost count. But I'm happy he is willing to pick up groceries if necessary, so I accept those little foibles of his. Lol.
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divine - arm is improved, but not completely normal - yet. I finished the antibiotic this morning, hoping I don't backslide and have a flare. I love Waldorf salad! I usually just combine apples (Honeycrisp), celery, walnuts and a little mayo. I often add cooked chicken with a little extra mayo and put it over romaine for DH to take to work for lunch. As illimae said above - shades of Home Ec! I also remember making ambrosia salad - and I like that too! Lol on the DH craisins story!
carole - I think you mentioned the cream cheese as alfredo hack previously, and I tried it - loved it! It is a great way to make a quick pasta and also use any leftover things in the fridge for a primavera type situation. Where was your FL T-Giv? I am right across the bridge from Clearwater - that is where DD works, or did the Clearwater peeps travel to where you were?
chisandy - you could do a compound butter with chipotle and warm spices to put on your sweet potato if you wanted a little spice with no sweetness!
celiac - your plate component colors match your turkey napkin! Excellent! All looks yummy! I end up taking a photo of my place setting, then the food before we eat, but that just looks like a bunch of casserole dishes - I need to take a photo of the food on the plate, lol!
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Leftover Mapo Ragu.
I also do not like sweetened sweet potatoes.
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Leftover Mapo Ragu.
I also do not like sweetened sweet potatoes.
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Dinner was pan fried pork’s chops with boiled Brussels sprouts and carrots (buttered and salted). Dessert was 3 Andes mint chocolate squares.
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Dinner was pan fried pork’s chops with boiled Brussels sprouts and carrots (buttered and salted). Dessert was 3 Andes mint chocolate squares.
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First & foremost - Special: I made Muir Beach early today & as you asked - touched the Pacific. Unfortunately I was to busy reaching down I missed the next wave, so spent the rest of the day with wet shoes & pants from the knees down. 44 degrees at the time. There are two Meyer Lemon trees in my son's yard. Carole - I found Rao's soups just before I left and bought a jar of "Italian Wedding" soup to try when I return. Mae - OMG - junior high home ec classes. Eric - so sorry about your MIL. Hope she's on the mend.
Forgot to mention - delicious Petrale Sole for dinner.
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First & foremost - Special: I made Muir Beach early today & as you asked - touched the Pacific. Unfortunately I was to busy reaching down I missed the next wave, so spent the rest of the day with wet shoes & pants from the knees down. 44 degrees at the time. There are two Meyer Lemon trees in my son's yard. Carole - I found Rao's soups just before I left and bought a jar of "Italian Wedding" soup to try when I return. Mae - OMG - junior high home ec classes. Eric - so sorry about your MIL. Hope she's on the mend.
Forgot to mention - delicious Petrale Sole for dinner.
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I took Home Ec. in high school. One meal I remember was New England boiled dinner. It was so unlike anything Louisiana cooks would make. Totally bland.
SpecialK, the aunt in Clearwater came to nephew's house in the Jacksonville vicinity. About a two hour drive. This brand new development has miles of paved golf cart trails with golf cart parking at the restaurants and Publix and other businesses. There's a water park and I think there will be zip lining. Pickle ball courts. In his subdivision the houses are 12 feet apart and the back yards are paved enclosed swimming pools. There's a remote control for selecting the color of the lighted pool. It's a different way of life. I was very happy to get home to my comfortable chair and the tv at eye level, not on the wall above the fireplace.
Our hostess, Angie, is Mexican and her parents were there. Her father was glued to the tv watching soccer so I was introduced to that version of football. I even watched the game between US and Iran after we got home.
Dinner tonight will probably be a pork chop dish with cabbage and sliced potatoes. It's cold enough for a couple of days to use the oven.
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I took Home Ec. in high school. One meal I remember was New England boiled dinner. It was so unlike anything Louisiana cooks would make. Totally bland.
SpecialK, the aunt in Clearwater came to nephew's house in the Jacksonville vicinity. About a two hour drive. This brand new development has miles of paved golf cart trails with golf cart parking at the restaurants and Publix and other businesses. There's a water park and I think there will be zip lining. Pickle ball courts. In his subdivision the houses are 12 feet apart and the back yards are paved enclosed swimming pools. There's a remote control for selecting the color of the lighted pool. It's a different way of life. I was very happy to get home to my comfortable chair and the tv at eye level, not on the wall above the fireplace.
Our hostess, Angie, is Mexican and her parents were there. Her father was glued to the tv watching soccer so I was introduced to that version of football. I even watched the game between US and Iran after we got home.
Dinner tonight will probably be a pork chop dish with cabbage and sliced potatoes. It's cold enough for a couple of days to use the oven.
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The only thing I recall from home ec was sewing, which I was lousy at. I have the patience of a mosquito.
I'm super excited. I was able to order the Parish rice and it is on the truck for delivery today! I have a little of the mapo ragu left so will cook up some of the Parish rice; add a sunny side up egg if it needs fleshing out.
I assume the Parish rice is a 2:1 ratio water to rice? If you've used it and that is not the case, please let me know.
Tomorrow will be broiled sockeye and broccoli with the leftover rice (I'll cook extra).
Minus, so happy you are enjoying yourself out there.
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The only thing I recall from home ec was sewing, which I was lousy at. I have the patience of a mosquito.
I'm super excited. I was able to order the Parish rice and it is on the truck for delivery today! I have a little of the mapo ragu left so will cook up some of the Parish rice; add a sunny side up egg if it needs fleshing out.
I assume the Parish rice is a 2:1 ratio water to rice? If you've used it and that is not the case, please let me know.
Tomorrow will be broiled sockeye and broccoli with the leftover rice (I'll cook extra).
Minus, so happy you are enjoying yourself out there.
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minus - thank you for touching the Pacific Ocean for me (and you!) but oh no! That had to be a chilly rest of the day! Hope you were able to warm up somewhere along the line.
eric - I am also worried about your MIL. How are things going?
wally - patience of a mosquito - LOL! Sounds like my DD! Both of my kids took Home Ec and Shop - best of both worlds, they can cook, sew, and use power tools!
carole - ah, that makes sense now. I could tell from your post that the Clearwater fam traveled to someplace. I think there are a number of neighborhoods in FL that are like what you describe - definitely The Villages, with the golf carts and things like Publix contained within the development. Not for me either - our houses are relatively close together but we have successfully screened out the neighbors with large viburnum lining the pool enclosure, and we have a yard beyond that. I am also with you on the eye-level TV - I don't like looking up.
We must have all had pork chops on the brain - I pan cooked boneless ones last night, with baby bok choy, and the last of the leftover brown rice that I added to a chopped whole onion that I caramelized for 20 mins or so. Re-hydrated the rice with about 1/4 of beef stock, for a French onion type situation. Tonight I am making DH a salad with shrimp and Vidalia onion vinaigrette that I am leaving in the fridge. My PS has a holiday gathering in her office every year and it is tonight - I am meeting DD there, we will stay for a bit, then there is an annual Holiday Market downtown that I want to stop at too.
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minus - thank you for touching the Pacific Ocean for me (and you!) but oh no! That had to be a chilly rest of the day! Hope you were able to warm up somewhere along the line.
eric - I am also worried about your MIL. How are things going?
wally - patience of a mosquito - LOL! Sounds like my DD! Both of my kids took Home Ec and Shop - best of both worlds, they can cook, sew, and use power tools!
carole - ah, that makes sense now. I could tell from your post that the Clearwater fam traveled to someplace. I think there are a number of neighborhoods in FL that are like what you describe - definitely The Villages, with the golf carts and things like Publix contained within the development. Not for me either - our houses are relatively close together but we have successfully screened out the neighbors with large viburnum lining the pool enclosure, and we have a yard beyond that. I am also with you on the eye-level TV - I don't like looking up.
We must have all had pork chops on the brain - I pan cooked boneless ones last night, with baby bok choy, and the last of the leftover brown rice that I added to a chopped whole onion that I caramelized for 20 mins or so. Re-hydrated the rice with about 1/4 of beef stock, for a French onion type situation. Tonight I am making DH a salad with shrimp and Vidalia onion vinaigrette that I am leaving in the fridge. My PS has a holiday gathering in her office every year and it is tonight - I am meeting DD there, we will stay for a bit, then there is an annual Holiday Market downtown that I want to stop at too.
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MIL came home yesterday afternoon....she's exhausted, but does seem to be better than when we took her to the hospital.
The hospital was full--almost all of the patient load was related to respiratory issues due to pneumonia and confirmed cases of flu, paraflu, RSV, COVID and 'plain ole cold gone bad'. The hospital had enough staff to keep everything 'under control' without being stressed and it impressed MIL. She normally gripes about hospital care, but in this case, she was happy about the care she received.
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MIL came home yesterday afternoon....she's exhausted, but does seem to be better than when we took her to the hospital.
The hospital was full--almost all of the patient load was related to respiratory issues due to pneumonia and confirmed cases of flu, paraflu, RSV, COVID and 'plain ole cold gone bad'. The hospital had enough staff to keep everything 'under control' without being stressed and it impressed MIL. She normally gripes about hospital care, but in this case, she was happy about the care she received.
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