So...whats for dinner?
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Big salad for dinner tonight. Dessert was hot chocolate and a little snickers leftover from trick or treating. Not much remains but it will hold me over until after thanksgiving, which is when I order my annual box of See’s.
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Wally, I hope your DH’s numbers improve next month. I’d join you for wine if I could but chocolate has to substitute now.
Carole, Sounds like your DH is recovering very quickly. It’s great that he can drive now.
Minus, Two meals in a day from the same good restaurant is quite the coincidence.
My appointment today was in a building like a five star hotel a ten minute walk from the hospital. The signed photos on the wall from famous singers, actors and other celebrities explained the luxury. I felt a bit out of place but had to have my vocal cords checked before repeat thyroid surgery. The laryngologist told me she could help me sing again but I’m OK with just being able to talk.
We ate at an Irish pub across the street. DH loved his Guinness beef stew and apple crumble with custard. I had a roast beef sandwich. Even though it was many years ago I still haven’t recovered from the monotony of Irish/British food. I’d return for their weekend brunch to have rashers and Irish breakfast sausage, however.
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Refried bean nachos tonight.
Carole, that is wonderful how quickly your DH is recovering.
Maggie, I hope your surgery goes well. I smiled reading your line about singing…I'd volunteer for surgery if they could make me sing decently. My dream was to sing but with my voice, I'd be good at scaring things.
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Mae: I heard the See's Christmas candies will be available Nov 11th. Oh…Victoria Toffee. Did you know you can buy See's at the Specs Liquor store on 2020 Fountain View? I think it's the only place left in Houston. They have 'pre-packed' boxes and a counter with a lady in the traditional uniform where you can choose each piece individually. Saves a LOT on shipping if you going to be back in Houston before Christmas. That way you can buy more boxes.
Finished the last hot dog tonight. I grocery shopped today and had a coupon for a pumpkin pie. I forgot to buy "Quip", but I had real heavy cream in the fridge. So I ate a slice that was 1/4 of the pie….
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We had the home-made pizza last night. I used the same simple recipe for thin crust and had some of the home-made sauce in the freezer. The toppings were Mexican cheese blend, Italian sausage, Kalamata olives, yellow bell pepper (sauteed with sausage) and pepperoncini.
I'm about to visit the WW site with the hope of following Sharon's example. Eric, any helpful tips are welcome.
Maggie, I wondered about your health issue that had you at the hospital so often. I have underactive thyroid and take a med daily. My younger sister and her daughter have had surgery.
I can't sing at all as an adult. I remember singing in lower grades at school and wonder whether I was able to "carry a tune" or just didn't worry about it.
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Minus, I stopped at that Spec’s last year for a few pieces but I prefer ordering a custom box, now that I know my favorites by sight. I have my cart ready, just waiting a bit longer to place the order.
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Carole, Your homemade pizza sounds good. Rare SEs from radiation, including my previously excised thyroid growing from nothing to compressing my trachea in five months, added another six specialists to my doctor list. It’s an example of the cure being worse than the disease. I'm happy I'm still here and Boston is a good place to hang out if you have to travel for medical care.
Wally, I still have a few more hoops to jump through to qualify for thyroid radiofrequency ablation. It's scheduled for the first week in April.
Illimae, My favorite annual Christmas present is the box of See's my sister sends from SF.
Minus, Pumpkin is a veggie so that dessert has nutritional benefits, lol.
WW works wonderfully for many people; my sister did well like Sharon and even worked for them during covid. I get better results on keto but am limited to a couple of month long stints annually by my endo (can be harmful to thyroid.)
Dinner tonight was chicken and asparagus in cream sauce.
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I will have to order some See's candy if it has dark chocolate choices. DH and I are not milk chocolate fans.
Tonight's dinner was Pork Chops Salsa. Made with the same ingredients as Chicken Salsa except for the meat, a can of black beans and a jar of salsa. Served with brown rice and a side salad.
No martini but a 6 oz glass of Chardonnay. Precisely measured. Sipped slowly. LOL.
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Oh yes - See's has dark chocolate. I was raised in Northern California and a box of Sees for the family was a true Christmas treat. It was usually mixed - dark and light, soft centers & nuts & carmels. When I was a kid, I only liked milk chocolate - which worked well since my Mother only liked dark. Now I'm a dedicated fan of dark. But prices are steep no matter what. My son doesn't appreciate that I'll pay an arm & a leg for a box of Victoria Toffee when it's available each Christmas.
Carole - I'm impressed that you're doing "precisely measured". I find my free pours are much more expansive this year.
I made both egg salad & tuna salad this morning since I wasn't sure what I would want for dinner. Ended up having a can of Campbells "low sodium" chicken noodle soup (ugh) and scooping some egg salad out of the bowl with a spoon. Desert is a dram of Costco's Kirkland Irish Country Cream. Sort of like Bailey's but made with wine instead of Irish whiskey so not very potent.
Sharing here since the book thread isn't active. I picked up J. T. Ellison's Good Girls Lie at random last week. Started reading this morning & that was it for the rest of the day. H.S boarding school but based on Randolph Macon Women's College. Oh my…..
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Drooling over all the food, booze and CHOCOLATE posts.
I made tuna steaks last night, with cauliflower and sweet potato. DH will eat the last tuna steak tonight and I am thawing the last of my scallops for myself since DH is not a huge fan.
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I am cooking salmon tonight and cauliflower mash. DH will have leftover meatloaf and mac and cheese. He is not a salmon fan though he will eat it without complaint. I will also have a side salad.
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Carole, it's remarkable Hope quickly out DH is progressing. It was several weeks before I could ditch the walker for the cane and they thought I was making a fast recovery. Kudos to him!
I'm definitely going to make it to the Sees pop up here this year. The thought of Dark chocolate toffee makes me swoon.
Illimae and Maggie - Hope the treatments are kind to you. Same for your DH Wally.Tonight's dinner is a remake of some rigatoni previously made, with additions of ricotta and mozzarella then baked.
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Tonight is slow cooker chicken legs with mashed potatoes and broccoli. Definitely making this again, sooo good.
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When I taught at a Scottish school for musically gifted students, choristers in the middle school grades would immediately spend the money they earned from funerals and weddings at a nearby sweet shop that made the most delicious chocolates. I let them eat the candy in class if they shared with everyone so they always brought me violet creams, a Victorian candy made of fondant infused with violet essential oils covered in dark chocolate. They were so good I occasionally bought some for myself.
Wally, I also love scallops but make them only for myself as you do.
Carole, Cooking two different meals sounds like lots more work but I remind myself there is much less going on than when working in a commercial kitchen.
Nance, Very creative of you to make your leftovers into a different meal.
Minus, Sounds like a gripping book. I'm reading The Direction of the Wind by Mansi Shah, not her latest but an older (and cheaper) book. Reading goes well with booze, snacks and chocolate.
Illimae, That chicken with broccoli and mashed potatoes looks melt in your mouth good.
Dinner tonight was beef and butternut squash in a tomato/pumpkin pasta sauce over penne. I used a small 2 qt dutch oven from Aldi's bargain aisle which worked well and is a better size for two servings.
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Magggie - LOVE your comment that reading goes well with booze & chocolate. Of course for me - reading goes well ANYTIME. I'm going to look up the book you are reading. I prefer older, paperback books since the new hardbacks are too heavy to read in bed.
I found a Dutch Oven Potato recipe I'm going to try. I'll post if it turns out to be a keeper.
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I continue on WW at a very slow rate. It's helpful ( again) for me, so far. 2lbs down. Should be more by now but I'll take it.
I am reading Lisa Jewell's "The Truth about Melody Browne" and Louise Penny's "The Grey Wolf." Mystery fluff. I'll look up those minus and Carole mentioned.
I'm worn out from some recent family dy-ramics (drama and dynamics 🙃) we will travel at the end of the week and it will be a good break and time to catch up with some old friends 🧡
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Maggie, dh's meal was already cooked and was heated in the microwave. My meal was easy and modified from original menu. I switched from cauliflower mash to baked sweet potato, which was sweet and delicious. Instead of the usual yogurt/dill/Dijon topping on the salmon, I mixed Dijon with honey and spread on top of the 1 lb fillet that I had bought to serve both of us. The salmon was sooo good. I ate about a third of it so leftover for lunch options. DH enjoyed his meatloaf and mac and cheese.
We had a discussion about Bob's mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. He wants me to continue to buy them for him as side options since they're so easy to prepare. I haven't zapped them with my app scanner but I figure they're not recommended WW fare.
I learned from experience not to overcook salmon. I pull it out of the oven at 125 to 130 temp.
Mae, that chicken does not look like slow cooker chicken. Recipe?
Tonight may be a skillet dish with turkey Polish sausage, cabbage and carrots.
Maggie, you have had such an interesting life. I enjoy the snippets of insight from your posts.
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@carolehalston Here’s the recipe, simple and tasty.
https://cookingwithkatiecross.com/crockpot-smothered-chicken-legs/1 -
Carole, I’ll have to try the Dijon mixed with honey on salmon.
Dinner tonight was Italian sausage meatballs in spinach cream sauce on bucatini. I don’t bake often but made banana bread at DH’s request so as not to waste the bananas he bought but didn’t eat. I tried a different recipe using brown sugar; it tastes good and slices easily.
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Dinner tonight was rice krispies & a banana.
Reader - I LOVE Louise Penny. The new book is on my Christmas List (whether I receive it or buy it myself). And I enjoy Lisa Jewell.
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I'm a big Louise Penny fan too. The latest book is lined up on my kindle waiting for me to finish the latest Jack Reacher book which is slow going. The quality just hasn't been the same since Lee Child stepped away.
Illimae- thanks for the recipe. I plan to make it soon as it's right up my current alley.
Tonight was oven baked ribs and baked beans. The beans were good, the ribs so so. They needed the grill.
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Nancy - I agree about the Lee Child/Reacher books. I believe I've read them all until he "retired", but haven't read a "new" one yet.
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DH is a Louise Penny fan. I prefer stand alone books over books with continuing characters. Most of the time. I did read all the alphabet murder mysteries. The author will come to me after I post. And I read some of the Bosch books but tired of him. And the lawyer with the dog whose author writes excellent stand alone stories.
Mae, thanks for the recipe.
The skillet sausage and cabbage and carrot dish was good. I was surprised that I liked the turkey sausage which was a WW choice for sure. We both used grainy mustard as a condiment. I had such an active day yesterday that dinner had to be easy prep. I was tired.
So far I'm content with skipping my vodka martini and having just a glass of Chardonnay. Minus and I seem to be the only regular drinkers in our kitchen. In the interest of honesty, I'll confess that I measure a couple of extra ounces of wine over the WW allowance of 5 oz. LOL.
Tonight will be lamb loin chops. Sides to be decided.
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Carole - we may be the only "regular" drinkers, or we may be the only ones who talk about it. Or it may be our age!!! I do have either a gin & tonic or a glass of wine pretty much every night. And I have to agree - the 5 oz measure is a little short. And on that note - looking forward to egg nog for Christmas.
Ex-DH just called. He is coming to my end of town for a dentist appointment so offered to buy my lunch.
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Hi all - I am back from CA. My BFF's surgery was successful, and she is free of the radiculopathy and chronic severe nerve pain. Of course, she had post-surgical pain, and the first week was a bit rough, but she is on the mend and walking daily with just OTC meds now. She had to spend an additional night in the hospital due to a repair that had to be done where the cyst was removed from the spine. Not unanticipated, so at least it wasnt really a surprise. I am glad she was there because she also had some pretty severe PONV that was unanticipated. I spent most of my time cooking/assembling things to eat, doing dishes, and laundry. Pretty much like home, lol! It was chilly in No Cal the second week, I was actually glad to get back to FL - maybe my blood has finally thinned…
I received some birthday gifts while in CA, not the least of which was a custom box of See's! Timely convo here! My favorite is milk chocolate bordeaux. Every year I send my fellow Cali friend in Vermont a custom box of dark vanilla buttercream - her childhood fave - which I thought was interesting as not many kids like dark chocolate. I will only eat it in chocolate emergencies, I definitely prefer milk chocolate.
I am about to leave for the grocery store, we are out of all fresh produce! I managed to put it off as long as I could but today is the day.
DD bought a new horse over the weekend. She is building a herd, lol! So now she has 3 horses, 2 goats, 2 barn cats (these are re-homed feral cats that come from a program that makes them "working cats" and they actually had a medical emergencies while I was gone - too many things in too short a time - spay, de-wormer, vaccines, etc. before they came to her, but they are ok now), 3 indoor cats, a small parrot, and an aquarium full of saltwater fish.
I think I am finally in the right time zone, my eating pattern was not coinciding with DH's. Compounding that was football watching snacking for him, lol!
Funny coincidence on the Daisy dog name - DS and bride fostered a Boston terrier for several months - named Daisy.
maggie - Happy Bleated Birthday!
carole - glad DH is on the mend! I used a silicone product for scars called Biocorneum. I got it from my PS for the mastectomy scars. It is a pump bottle and you use a small amount and glide it over the scar daily once the skin has completely healed. I have used it on many of my skin cancer incisions, which are often in visible locations and it works great.
auntie - how is your back? I made Mississippi pot Roast while my friend was here when we volunteered with Mercy Chefs after the hurricanes. It was great since I could throw everything in the crockpot and it was ready when we got home. We also had the leftover meat on rolls afterward - I found some great telera rolls with jalapenos at Sprouts.
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I like to read stand alone books rather than series but will look out for those by authors whose previous books I enjoyed. The novel I am currently reading (the author’s first) is not as good as her second book, The Taste of Ginger, which I really enjoyed.
Minus, I hope you enjoyed your lunch out.
Special, Good to see you back. Sounds like you were instrumental in your BFF’s recovery from surgery. We never owned more than three horses at a time but I often had one on loan from various friends. The vet bills could add up but our vet would supply the syringes for the shots and DH and I would administer them. Once I had to stitch a horse's leg when all the large animal vets were at a state conference. The small animal vet who was terrified of big horses just handed me the suturing supplies and watched. I haven't had a good telera roll in a long time so I’ll be on the lookout when we go to FL this winter.
Dinner tonight was sour cream and onion chicken (sherry is one of the ingredients.)
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Eric - hope you aren't snowed in. The pictures of record snowfalls in NM and CO are amazing.
Special - so glad to hear about your adventures and that your BFF is on the mend. My niece has 3 horses, a donkey, some longhorn steers, a flock of sheep, a goat or three, 4-5 dogs, x cats, and 15-20 chickens. How she can manage that when she and her DH both work full time and they have 3 kids under 10 - I just can't imagine.
Nance - it's almost time me to do ribs. YUM. Mae - hope you're feeling good this week. Maggie - sour cream & onion pair up with EVERYTHING. Reader - thanks for adding in book thoughts & recommends. Wally - you are nice to cook your DH a separate dinner. How is he doing? Hi to everyone else.
We tried to find a cafe named Barnabys for lunch, which supposedly has everything from steaks to hamburgers to salads and breakfast all day, but we never saw it. Ended up at Angie's Kitchen with patty melts for a very late lunch at 2:30pm. Delicious as always.
Yearly oncologist visit tomorrow. I don't expect any surprises but it's still not fun to go to that doc.
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Chicken divan and cranberry sauce was dinner. I parsed out the cranberry sauce sparingly due to WW points.
I forget to share drinks much but recently had a completely delicious apple cider martini - thankfully lighter and less sweet than I expected.
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DH grilled the lamb rib chops perfectly medium rare. Side was butternut squash. He added small amount of butter. I had mine with salt and pepper. I also had a side salad with romaine, compari tomato, Kalamata olives and avocado. Vinegar and olive oil dressing.
DH said last night, "What about stir fry?" Not my favorite but he likes making and eating stir fry so stir fry it will be for tonight. Chicken breast fillet and a variety of veggies that we have on hand. I'll have him go light on the soy sauce for my serving. For WW light on oil, too. We have soba noodles, too.
He traces his taste loss/change to bout of either food poisoning or stomach virus during the summer. It's weird. He no longer likes avocado or blue cheese, which he previous liked a lot. About that time he stopped his blood thinner (name?) and started Eliquis. This week he was told to stop Eliquis and resume previous med.
No appointments today! No excuse not to do some cleaning around the house. Yuck.
Plavix. Blood thinner.
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Thinking beef tips in gravy over mashed potatoes
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