So...whats for dinner?
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OMG... I am laughing so hard at the 'crap' cake typo.... Deborye, you posted a picture of the 'bat leaf'... Not sure about posting a picture of the latest one....lol!!
Momine,
Sounds like you were VERY good yesterday! We've been eating a lot of salads here too! That and soup....0 -
I agree Deb, if your husband doesn't want meatloaf, give him crap cake.
My kitties will help too.
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/kitty-litter-cake-for-halloween
I'm sorry, I seem to have regressed.
Will be out of town for next week for work while a friend stays here, so have a good week ladies! I will have hotel food for dinner. Yippee!
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I was wondering why everyone was LOL, MY BAD! TYPO, LOL.
Crab Cakes & My yummy baked beans. I take 2 cans regular Friends beans add some onions and 5 to 6 tablespoons of pure maple syrup. Simmer until onions are soft.
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OMG...too funny that you didn't realize why we were having so much fun, Deb!!! I really need to make some homemade baked beans. In Kansas City, it's all about barbecue beans. i was never a big fan, but I've always liked New England baked beans. Anyone have a recipe for making them from scratch?
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I believe the recipe is on the bag of the dried beans. Or just GOOGLE.
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We had the CRAB cakes and beans for supper tonight, in fact I had crab cakes and DH had fish cakes. I'm full.
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Michelle- My Memere made a killer pot of baked beans, she left behind no recipe. We have all tried to duplicate it and can't come close...
We had friends over today and their grandson is the same age as our oldest so they brought him along, as they usually do. What a great afternoon! DH made an awesome pot of chili, our friend brought some meatballs and chips and dip, the guys had sausage subs. The boys all played in the basement playroom with each other and got along while we watched the game. It was actually a relaxing afternoon! We decided we will do it every Sunday, football or no football. Pot luck! It was a great day.
I will add as a foot note- today is the anniversary of my mothers passing. 7 years- it does not seem possible it has been that long since I hung out with her. I had some tears over the last few days. Yet, the way I spent the day today would have made her happy. She was all about having a good time and relaxing and enjoying life. So here is to you mom, I miss you, remember you and think of you every day, grateful for the time we had together. Truly blessed.
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Laurie - so glad you had a good day. It must have been incredibly tough to lose your mom, especially while both of you were so young.
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My Dad turned 84 today, I went to visit him but before I did I picked up a nice Patriots hooded sweat shirt which he loved. I asked him if he wanted to wear it while he watch the game and he said yes. So I took off his sweatshirt that he was wearing and he said, you just want to look at my belly. LOL Some times he comes out with the silliest comments. I posted some pictures of him of FB. I wanted to light a candle and put it on the cupcake I bought him but I don't smoke so didn't have a match of lighter. I tried to light it on his electric stove, all that did was stink up the apartment and had the nurses come in to investigate what that smell was. It was the wax that was burning on the burner, so don't try to light a candle with an electric stove it only works on gas stoves. LOL
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Laurie - you're right, your mom was smiling down on you yesterday as you enjoyed a "family and friend" day! And Deb - I am sure your dad loved the sweatshirt and the game. That is such a funny comment about seeing his belly! And yes, I'm pretty sure it would be hard to light a candle on an electric burner...lol.
Oh my, did you hear Steven Tyler's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner? What a mess! He's going to take well-earned crap for that.
We had a great time with our kids and their friends yesterday. The game was incredible and you could hear a collective roar across New England when Baltimore missed that final field goal attempt. We ended up buying wings at the grocery store rather than me making the chicken legs. My oldest son was disappointed so I promised to make them for Super Bowl Sunday. Now I am on the hook!!!
My mom has a doctor appointment this morning. It's flurrying but it's supposed to warm up. I hope the roads aren't too nasty. It's a lot of driving to go get her, take her to Nashua, then back to her place and back home for me.
Laurie - my Memere made great beans, too. And that recipe is also long gone.
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Laurie So glad you had a great day. the best kind of winter day, staying in, and staying warm with good friends and food. Your mom is looking down and smiling
Gonna try to find some low fat alternatives for super bowl Sunday. Yesterday was popcorn and a beer. Funny mixed up day.
Finally broke down and got groceries...OMG it is expensive to eat healthy...fruits and vege prices are out of sight.
OK I am done whining.... I think turkey burgers tonight and those oven fries supposed to be almost 50 degrees today maybe light up the grill
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OK, I made myself an early dinner and it was pretty good. I turned on the oven to 425. Then in a roasting pan I tossed 1.5lbs halved baby roma tomatoes, 1.5lbs artichoke bottoms (frozen) cut up a bit, 3 large onions, sliced, 5-6 cloves garlic, sliced, zest of a lemon, salt, pepper, parsley, olive oil. Roasted that for about 15 minutes, then put a large piece of boneless fish on top and cooked until fish was done.
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Momine- You are being so good! I am hoping you'll rub off on me a bit
Carrie- Enjoy your turkey burger and home made fries. I am going to buy some fresh sage and try them this week too. I ended up having my turkey burger the other night and it was delicious. I hadn't had one in so long, it hit the spot. I made an extra and had that for lunch the following day.
My younger son seems to have gotten a stomach bug, though now that he has thrown up on everything, seems to feel much better. Supposed to finally roast that chicken tonight. At the moment I am still grossed out. Bleck.
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Michelle- Stay safe on the roads, temps are supposed to drop later.
Carrie- I couldn't agree more about how expensive it is if you want to try to eat healthy. I let the kids pick three fresh fruits a week, I can't afford to buy more than that. It bugs me because they actually eat them and love them. We get two fresh veggies a week besides that it is frozen veggies. Some weeks I can only do 1. It's stupid, the fattening stuff should be expensive, we'de all be skinny!
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Tell me about it. I got a big bag of clementines yesterday fit $5, and I thought that was pretty good. But brownie mix was on sale for $1, and I did get a few of those. It's great that your boys like fruit though. They'll like it their whole lives.
My DD drinks juice, and that's the same way. It costs like $3 for half a gallon of juice, but you can buy soda for $1. I like it best when she drinks water, but I'd much rather she drink juice than soda.
Going out to Uno's with some friends today. I really love their deep dish pizza, but I'll try to practice moderation.
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mmmm- Kay I wish I was going to Uno's! Enjoy!! And you are right, a gallon of milk- 4 dollars, 1/2 gallon of OJ-3 dollars, soda is so much cheaper, I guess because it is fake?
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here's to your Mom Laurie !!
I miss mine too... tons.We're having oriental chicken soup with oriental dumplings in it tonite (potstickers, frozen from Costco).
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Old fashion Meatloaf tonight, just popped it into the oven. one egg, couple of hand fulls of garlic bread crumbs, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper. After I form the loaf I mix up half cup of ketchup, 2tbl spoons of wocestershire sauce and half cup of water, poke 3 holes about an inch deep on top of the Meatloaf and just pour all over it. Bake at 350 til done.
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Deb- I am a big fan of meatloaf, enjoy.
Well, DS #2 was sick again. Thank God for mothers intuition. He was sitting on the couch and had a look on his face and I grabbed him and ran for it. I saved the couch, not the rug. Thankfully I have a carpet cleaner and just finished washing the area rug in the living room. Dinner was scrapped- calling in a pizza and going to pick it up.
Kay you were no influence on that at all
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Laurie, it is a lot easier when you don't have little kids in the house.
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Hi Everyone, Im bacK and missed you!! My sucky phone wont let me d/l bco so wasnt able to post here. So many pages to read through tomorrow when im not so tired but wanted to poop in and say hi! I had a fabulous time, did a sail on the ocean on a cateran, drove around the island, took in a great dinner show, ate not so healthy but wonderful food, and of course had tropical drinks, and either layed out on the beach or poolside, got a great tan but wont be able to show it off here because its so darn cold.. My grandduagher was there for a week, which was our graduation gift to her, she didnt want to leave, as did we but it is always so good to be home in your own bed. I know i gained 10 pounds because my returning home pants wouldnt even zip up let alone button. I guess all the walking we did, didnt help one bit!
Our flight to seattle was very bumpy, did a lot of praying and the guy next to me had the most atrocious bad breath i actually thougth i would puke
, and he wanted to talk the whole way, i had to cover my nose with my coat, I told him my nose was cold because i didnt want to imbarrase him, but my DH could even smell it from the other side of me. (ick). Then when we boarded to portland sat there on the runway for almost 2 hours because of a computer problem, i already hate flying am one of those white knuckles kind of flyer, one man decided to leave, i wanted to follow but DH wouldnt let me, Then the pilot says well we have one side of the cock pit working we should be fine, Im thinking, are you kidding me right now, let me off this dam plane NOW!!.I prayed the whole way on that one too. LOL! Drove the 2 hours home without any sleep. I will never do the red eye again. Wasnt sure what kind of condition my house was going to be in, seems we missed one hell of a storm here,(yay) roads going in and out of lincoln city was closed for a couple of days because of trees down, snow, heavy flooding and 95 mph winds. All was fine,,, now tomorrow they are expecting a lot more of the same for the next few days ( oh goody) Feels so cold after being in hot sun for 2 weeks, but not complaing, glad to be back.
Cant wait to read all about what is going on with everyone, hope you are all doing fine, MICHELLE, Congrats on your finishing your Rads, checked into fb every once in a while to check on you!!
Good night everyone and hugs!!!!
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Welcome back Debbie!!! So glad you had fun and made it home safely- we missed you!
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Aloha, Debbie! And Mahalo! Just trying to keep the Hawaiian thing going a little while longer...LOL!
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Welcome back Debbie!! We missed you. Back to the old grind of cooking ha ha!
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Laurie - I found this recipe for "Canadian" baked beans...I'm betting this is what we tasted growing up:
I think the big difference is that maple syrup is used instead of molasses. I'm going to make this recipe, except exchange half the real syrup for the sugar-free stuff. Gotta draw the line somewhere
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do they sell salt pork? Great link for the recipe, thank you!
DS #2 is feeling better, thank goodness. The pizza last night hit the spot to say the least! Tonight I am doing the burger with zucchini recipe I haven't done since summer when zucchini was plentiful.
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Hi everyone: I was on this thread several months ago, but got caught up in my dx, surgery and treatment options. Starting rads soon, but surgery went well so I'm ready to continue with my healthy diet and cooking good whole foods. I agree that everything is so expensive...I don't know how families with small children manage. I spend as much for two as I used to spend for my family of six!
Tonight I'm having friends over and we're having lettuce wraps that I make from turkey hamburger, water chestnuts, green onions, shredded carrots, light soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and hoisin sauce. Spoon some in a lettuce leaf and enjoy. Very easy to make. We usually run to the chinese take out for a couple of other entrees with brown rice to top it off.
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Thanks for the welcome back Laurie, Michelle and Carrie. Yes it is back to cooking my own meals now, i was really spoiled but tonight im making a lot of vegetables im craving. I ate a lot of fish and rice, great flame broiled hamburgers but really didnt eat vegetables. Tonight is broccoli, zucchini, and squash with pork chops for DH.
Finally finished all the post, there were lots of great recipes i copy/pasted, One recipe i noticed was chicken piccata i think it is the same one i have cooked and posted here the only difference was i dont use the vinegar, the reason why is it does make it a little sour, someone mentioned that but if you leave the vinegar out it wont be sour at least for me it wasnt. It is one of my favorite dishes also make it with fish.
The crap cakes and bat leaves cracked me up you all are so funny thats why i love this thread so much its so good to be back with friends.
Kaara- Your recipe sounds good, i love lettuce wraps had some at pk changs in hawaii there food is so yummy.
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And the stupid award of the week goes to - ME! I have a nice little burn with a blister, thats a little smaller than a dime, on the left side of my chest. I didn't even notice it until this morning in the shower. How did this happen, you ask? I was carrying a couple of things and one of them was a hot bowl. I held it against my chest, so I could carry more stuff. I knew the bowl was hot, I had a pot holder in my hand. Never even thought about my chest. I didn't feel a thing. I put bacitracin and a bandaid on it. I have an MD appointment tomorrow and I'll make sure she takes a look at it.
Speaking of MDs - Does anyone have any advice on how to go about replacing a PCP that you've had for 20 years? Mine suddenly left and I'm heart broken. She was great. She was the director of the Women's Health Center at the hospital I go to and they've really started messing with the department, so I can't really blame her. I keep looking at the list of doctors hoping her name will suddenly reappear.Tomorrows appointment is for a pre-op physical for arthroscopic surgery on my knee. I just went with whoever had the most convenient time.
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