So...whats for dinner?
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Laurie - I found salt pork today at the end of the meat aisle (Shaw's). I bought everything and I am going to make these beans tomorrow...which means they need to soak tonight!
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Welcome back Debbie! I missed you too. I made the chicken piccata tonight. DH and I liked it, but my DS and DD did not
. Oh well maybe next time. We had Brussels sprouts, salad and leftover rice with it.
Hauntie, that sounds sore. Good luck finding a new PCP. My onc had a baby at the end of November and I am missing her, so I know how you feel. But at least she will be back. And good luck with your knee surgery. When do you get that done?
Kaara, that recipe does sound good! Hope rads goes easy for you.0 -
Hauntie - hope the burn heals OK. I've had to find new doctors more times than I can count because we've moved around a bit. Get some recommendations and have an "introductory" appointment before you have something that requires urgent care. I think I got lucky this time with my new PCP. She is part of the Eliot Hospital system, they use e-records and I can see all my information online, I can even request an appointment through the system. And she has access to my Dana Farber records. All in all, a very good fit.
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fresh tortillas, black beans, vegan cheese....w/ a side dish of mexican style corn and jalapenos!
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It was Taco Tuesday in our house tonight. My DH and I were reminiscing about the brand of white corn tortilla shells we could buy in Missouri but are not available here - La Tiara. They are extremely light and crispy and were our absolute favorites. I could order them online but they would end up costing about $6 a dozen, which seems high. I may still do it...
Welcome Vivirasselena! Love your avatar!
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Kay- thanks, DH dosnt like capers so he dosnt like it, you have to love capers and lemon juice which i do to really like this dish
Hauntie- Ohhh that sounds terrible hope it heals ok, sorry about your pcp hope you find someone just as good or better
Joyce- Hope you are having great weather in Florida!
Michelle- The beans sound good, is the salt pork the same as ham bones?
Vivi- Your tortillas sounds so good. I love the vegan cheese i buy for my dad when he comes to visit but it seems to have to much sodium in it so i go easy on it when i do use it.
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Vivi- I agree your tortillas sound great! Love to hear more ideas from you!
Debbie- way to make a girl feel better, I had no idea about the pork salt- felt kind of dumb
Hauntie- I hope you have luck with the Dr situation, sorry I don't have advice. Hope your chest heals well, stupid numbness- I have issues with it as well, but to date have not burned myself. Hope you're doing ok.
Kaara- Love your recipe!
I wish I could make some of the stuff you ladies post, it is right up my ally. Too bad I have to please the crowd. Michelle- my kiddos would have been thrilled with your taco Tuesday!
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Debbie, salt pork is from the same part of the pig as bacon but has not been smoked, simply cured with salt to preserve it. Good in beans, lentils etc. Lots of old world peasant dishes call for a bit of it for seasoning and richness. Even our little grocery store carries it most of the time. Just ask your meat man if you don't see it.
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Chabba- Thanks for clearing that up, i sure learn new stuff on here all the time :-)))
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Vivi welcome! looking forward to some good ole southern cooking. What is mexican corn? do you buy it that way frozen? or mix up your own mix?
Last night we finished up the last of the tilapia from the freezer, made it on top of the stove with a lemon caper butter sauce....I love capers with lemon....maybe because they add a saltiness. Had a side of rice pilaf and oriental veges mixed together. My DH was not impressed.....said he was still hungry. Having a really hard time getting him to lighten up. LOL this morning he asked me if I wanted to go for a big juicy steak tonight.
Hauntie Good luck with your knee surgery. Good luck with your Dr. finding....word of mouth is usually a good indicator of who is good in the area. I personally like female physicians..I think they have more compassion....just my opinion.
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I bought a giant jar of capers at Costco. Bedo posted a recipe for pasta using it. Don't think I'll be making the chicken piccata much since DD and DS don't care for it. Even though I thought it was really good, and so did DH. How did you do the fish Carrie? I would make flounder that way. How is your mom doing?
So Dance Moms was on last night. DD watched it, but DH opted for the state of the union. It was a particularly nasty episode with one mom arguing with a mom from another studio. They were talking about it on live with Kelly this morning. Kelly's daughter watched the show and after seeing the moms fight like that, asked if she could take dance lessons. LOL.0 -
The French Canadian baked beans are in the oven...they cook for 8 hours so they should be ready just in time for dinner tonight. It was very easy to throw together. You might be able to cook them in a crockpot but I went for the oven. I have an MO appointment at 2, should be nothing but routine. I'll have to check the beans before I leave - you don't want them to dry out at all.
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Today I was need of some comfort, so decided to skip the goody-two-shoes. I made cornbread from coarse polenta, yogurt and eggs. I stuffed it with sauteed onions and spinach. It was good.
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welcome Kaara -
tonite i am building a dinner around 6 perfect avocados. probably corn tortillas, guac... etc. no meat to day
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SIX perfect avocados! I have trouble finding one here.
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Momine, that sounds good! Apple, I envy the variety of food you make. Seems like I am always making same old, same old.
This is restaurant week downtown. Heading down to a snooty restaurant my MIL gave us a gift certificate for a year ago. I haven't been to a snooty restaurant in quite a while. Hope it's good.0 -
Apple- 6 perfect avocados sounds like heaven! Enjoy!!
Kay have fun tonight, don't forget to hold your pinkie put while you sip something expensive
I feel the same way, I make the same old thing all the time.
DH requested grilled chicken sandwiches for dinner. Kind of random, but I am good with that, easy and haven't had one in a long time. Wish I had an avocado to slice and have on it....oh and some of Michelle's baked beans!
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Kay - enjoy your dinner!
I tried finding one almost ripe avocado to go with our tacos last night and I think I got the only one in the store. They had them in 3 different locations, and they were all hard as rocks.
The beans smell delicious, but I think they are just a bit too sweet for my taste (I've sampled them a couple of times). I would reduce the syrup by at least 1/3.
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The last time I bought avacados to make quacamole I couldnt get the darn things scooped out they were so hard. Could not find one riper in the store.
I just put the fillets in a sautee pan with a couple of pats of butter, (seasoned first with lemon pepper), added the capers and a splash of lemon juice and let simmer...they literally only take minutes to cook. Had the leftover one for lunch today.
Congrats to all of you that can do the baked beans
Cant even get past the smell of them. My husband loves them but will never get them served in this house!Off to hump with friends...new place tonight called Fuzzy Guppies, they are having a half priced wine special....yahoo. I must be good though, I have a Dr. appt tomorrow and dont want my bld work to show an elevated bld alcohol...LOL
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I read a tip on ripening avocados- put them over night in a bad with bananas in a warm place or cover with a towel, most should be ripe by morning. I tried it once and it worked!
Have fun Carrie!
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Laurie - that trick works for other hard fruits, too, like peaches or pears. Of course, it means you can't be buying the avocado in the afternoon for dinner that night...lol!
Enjoy, Carrie!
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So, the beans were good but too sweet for my taste. DH really liked them, so maybe it's just me. Laurie - if you make them, consider whether or not your boys will like the pepper. It's a nice contrast to the sweet but may be more than they would like. Next time I will use just half the syrup.
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The galric roasted potatoe wedges, are a big hit in our family and a new favorite. Tonight I was out and about running errands, and was naughty and bought a KFC bowl ( with the breaded chicken pieces, mash potatoes, gravy and corn), and when I came home and went on line to look up the ingredients,,,,,yikes 680 calories for one bowl. that won't happen late at night again. I have been so good all week , oh well.
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i buy my avocados from Sam's or Costco (lucky me) a few days before I will use them.. I had Six huge avocados and a couple extra teenage boy guests. My kids play this high falootin card game called Magic of Gathering. I like it, because I know where they are, they concentrate, are really in it and it is complicated and sometimes girls can play too.\
So i had this leftover meatloaf that wasn't going anywhere, quite low fat, so i chopped it up, added 1/2 jar green salsa, and a bunch of smoked paprika and cooked it for about an hour. I didn't have any, but the guys all said it was the best chorizo they ever had.. he ha heh.
i made pico de gallo, and lightly toasted, fried some corn tortillas and warmed up flour tortillas. The kids (12 - 17) were all singing in fake foreign languages and exchanging jokes. One of the boys is kind of diet conscious, he likes to talk about cholesterol, and he said his girlfriend was a vegetarian and quite skinny.. So my funny son #2, the genius commedienne.. (like everything that comes out of his mouth is hilarious).. said the answer IS.................... Potatoes!!! - lots of curves, lots of starch, good for you" I guess you had to be there. - he is only 14 but sounds sometimes like he's been around the world twice. My 12 yr. old girl was lovin all the manliness. They even all did the dishes.
My guac. is simple, with onions, cilantro, lime juice and salt.
peace and love, apple - aka, Mary Magdalen
Diagnosis: 4/10/2008, IDC, 5cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 4/9 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+0 -
Apple - you're so lucky that your kids are comfortable hanging out at your house. Yes, it makes a little extra work and expense - like feeding teenage boys. But the peace of mind and the interactions are priceless. Your kids are very cool! LOL at the potato comment. Your son may be very wise - there has been talk lately of "resistant" starches, including potatoes. Supposedly they keep you satisfied longer and the starch goes mostly undigested. My glucose meter would argue differently, though.
A simple guac recipe sounds yummy and easy!
Tonight I am going to make chicken cacciatore with the big package of chicken thighs I picked up a couple days ago. This recipe looks good:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-cacciatore-recipe/index.html
And it has capers in it - a way to use them up if you have them on hand.
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At our house the teen boys, all hang out here as well. Sometimes my son has 4 or 5 friends over at a time, and it is like locust. They eat everything in sight. I am a huge fan of making cheap eats for the hungry heard. a 15 lb bag of red potatoes at grocery outlet was only 5.00, so I do roasted potato wedges for them, My biggest cookie sheet packed, and that seems to fill them up
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i do the black bean soup thing for teenagers if i know they are coming. Most of them have never had it. i always have a fresh frozen hambone and soak two bags of beans.. add a pound of dried Mexican (not too hot) peppers, cups and cups of diced green peppers, onions and then sliced kielbasa in it at the end.. a couple cans of tomatoes and tomato paste.. I can feed about 20 - if i make a huge pot.. (good for family get togethers too).. or freezing.
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yumm on the chicken caccotori and the bean soup!
Tonight is chicken and steak stirfry, had a little of both and wanted to get rid of it. I think my body is depleted from a hard (ha) 2 weeks so going to add tons of veggies to it- Been drinking oj like crazy all day too must be all those melting lavas, pina coladas, and mai-tais i drank (LOL)
For lunch i had sliced pepper turkey stuffed with greek olives and feta cheese rolled it up like a sandwich it was pretty tasty and filling!
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Apple those boys are at your house for a reason...your probably the best cook of all the moms! I truly miss having all the kids in the house. they always loved my homemade chicken wing sauce, so it was always mega lbs of wings when they were all there.
Zumbagirl....LOVE the locust comment....very accurate comparison. LOL
Dr. appt went ok.... taking me off the Tamoxifen on a trial to see if that is why I am getting daily headaches. BP also elevated and that may be causing them. Going back to my primary next week to see if I need to go back on BP meds that I took during chemo. Ran into a close friend who is experiencing lung cancer that actually was first diagnosed in his neck and throat, he is now a stage iv. His wife was with him and she is a mess. We talked for a long time in the office, and he is so upbeat and positive, gonna do a round of Taxotere, they have tried everything else......OH this damn disease!
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