So...whats for dinner?
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Oh Laurie I hope your kids feel better. Puking kids is one of the worst parts of childhood.
Kay, here is a link to an easy crockpot chicken recipe that my neighbor uses and her kids love.
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/282/Busy_Day_Roast_Chicken55582.shtml
Debbie about your phone call, you crack me up. I'm glad that there are at least two other people who have "I love Lucy" moments in the world!
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Michelle, DH and I both loved the cacciatore recipe tonight...and will another night. Thanks again for the inspiration. It wasn't even too bad starting it at 6PM since it was a Friday meal. Had asked DH to get the chicken pieces ready for me to "transform".
He is paralyzed in the kitchen, so the set table is ready for the cook every night...but I have to say I have never heard a complaint about anything I prepare. It would not go over well. It is not easy for 60 somethings to work daily from 8 - 5:30 providing direct service and come home to prep meals. During and since radiation, I have been trying to cook on the weekend so I have less of a meal "start up" nightly. I'm a bit more skeptical about take-out now that I want to be sure to eat foods that are really healthy. I feel like I can be more in charge of what I'm eating if it comes from my kitchen. That is both comforting and a curse! I'm sure we will be having our favorite take-out when I'm dog tired some nights and the leftovers are gone!0 -
Debbie~that is funny about you phone call, LOL
I did not cook tonight, we had Chinese food from the Mango Grill in Ayer.
My brother is going to call my fathers PCP Monday and request BW. All my Dad wants to do is sleep and when they wake him up to eat, he yells at them to leave him along. He is hard to wake up. Last time that happened, he needed a blood transfusion. We'll see what happens next week.
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Lacey - glad the cacciatore was a hit. My DH claimed kitchen paralysis, too, until I went through chemo and then somehow he managed to cook all kinds of things. Turns out he is quite competent!!!
Deb - hope your dad is OK and they can figure out what's going on very soon.
We went to see Red Tails tonight - very good movie.
And we got some good news - our house in MO is leased again for 18 months. We won't have to worry for a long time. And my DH knows the renter husband - he is a member of the golf club that we belonged to. Such a relief!!!
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Laurie and michelle- I hope your kids and grandkids get better! Flu season sucks!
Thanks Seaside!! it is good to be back except when i step outside, brrrrr!
Deb- Said a prayer for your dad! Hope he is going to be ok!
Michelle- Great news on your house!
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Hope all of the kids and grand kids get past these bugs. The stomach cure has been rampant throughout my school since the holidays. Poor kids, they are so easily wiped out...poor parents, wiping up vomit Has to be the worst chore!
Michelle, DH has an interesting relationship with the kitchen...gets up and makes delightful breakfasts; is the chief griller after I do all the kitchen prep; and about once a year plans, shops for, and creates a special meal (lobster paella, rack of lamb), but it is such a laborious process since he needs to follow recipes rigidly and doesn't understand recipe language. The final result is always wonderful (except for the Christmas afternoon he left the gas jet open on the stove....last time we had Paella!), but not sure we would ever get to eat if he was the daily chef. I've obviously enabled over the years since I'm a "cook", but I can see how chemo would change that! Fortunately, he's a great clean up guy, so once the food is on the table I know I'm done for the evening! Glad to hear about your rental relief!
Kay, when my boys were teenagers we did try a "take turns" approach to dinner prep for a while, and it was fine until sports schedules interrupted the master plan. But now as adults they are both able and willing to make meals in their homes. So, I'd say let DD try her hand at meal planning/prep once a week! Just watch out for open gas jets!
Deb, how difficult to be going through this time with your dad. Hope you have a good team to sort out what he's experiencing, and what he needs...and hope there is some support for you as you care for him. So hard to watch parents decline.0 -
More soup Crockpot vegetarian mushroom barley soup
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw pearl barley, rinsed, drained
- 7 cups vegetable stock (boxed is okay, too, just watch the salt)
- 1 tsp salt (watch the salt if your stock has sodium, mine doesn't)
- generous amount of ground pepper
- 3-4 Tbls dry sherry (I used 4)
- 3-4 Tbls soy sauce (I used 4)
- 3 Tbls butter or oil (I used butter)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced (I used Christopher's jarred)
- 1 medium yellow onion, peeled, diced
- 1 pound mushrooms, sliced and diced (I used brown)
Place the first 6 ingredients in the crock pot. Using a large no stick skillet heat the butter or oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until softened. Add mushrooms and saute until moist and they begin to give up their liquid. Pour this mixture and all liquid into the crock. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours. (Drink some sherry. Waste not want not.)
I'm getting my "new" old car today since my 16 year old volvo's timing belt destroyed the engine. Now I will have a spring chicken 13 year old volvo!
Deb, can you ask for a palliative care consult? It seems that so many people our age are going through this. I wish things were better.
I have given up all pretense of being a good housewife (to myself) since I went back to work and now order peapod grocery delivery, have my laundry done at the laundromat (no washer/dryer) and am having a 'green' cleaning service consult on Tues. Hey how much can it cost, it's a one room cabin?
I still make my bucket of soup every weekend for the week.
I hope that everyone is being a sloth this weekend. (Unless you are the organized type in which case I hope you're getting a lot done!)
Lacey that sounds like a plan! I hope you are getting through OK I found that I was really, really fatigued at the end of radiation and that my arms and legs felt like stones when I finally went to bed. I also wasn't exactly up to par mentally. A very wise person who has been through this told me that it would take the amount of time that it took to get to where you are ( the end of treatment) to feel like yourself again. I am back mentally but not 100% physically. I am about 2-3 months out of surgery and radiation. I think that some do it a lot easier, but take it easy on yourself, if you want to sleep for 14 hours, go right ahead. Your recovery comes first.
Sally
PS, the 'kids' stayed here while I was away last week. "Barbie" (my daughter's boyfriend Ken, who I call that and now answers to that) and my daughter didn't change the kitty litter and they peed in the tub!
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mmm. that barley mushroom soup looks fantastic.
homade pizza tonite.. i made the sauce.. i'll throw together the crust etc. at 5.
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Bedo, I'm going to scale that recipe up to feed 20 or so when I cook for the Senior Center next Thursday. Sounds so good and hearty with the barley. Thanks.
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"Slothing" for me So far this weekend, Bedo. That soup looks/sounds great! Definitely worth a trip to the store tomorrow to get some barley. Do you think it would be terribly compromised without the soy sauce? I have become obsessive about avoiding some of the foods listed on the "nix when on Tamoxifen" list. Maybe I'll just try it and see.
I know what you mean about the heavy limbs business. I still feel it when on my stationary bike, and when going up and down stairs at work. Am lucky that my memory has been okay...tho for a few weeks towards the end of rads I could not quickly recall people's names and started to freak out, but a month later that seems a lot better. I'd asked the MO about this and she looked at me like I was crazy and said "how would you expect to remember everything when you are working full time, going through BC treatment and dealing with the holidays"! She was not concerned, and now I'm not.
Lucky for you the cats chose the tub!
Breaking out of my weekend recluse state and going out to dinner with friends tonight.
Enjoy the rest of this beautiful weekend!0 -
OMG, just came back from food shopping at the new Super Stop & Shop right across the street from Market Basket in Chelmsford. They jacked up their prices at least a dollar or more. I'm done with them. Spent $150.00 for just 2 ppl and really didn't get much.
They have a lot of neat foods but pricey.
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Deb-Isnt that ridulous? Thats what hubby and i pay every week and we dont get nothing hardly. And it is so expensive to buy organic that really jacks up the price.
Bedo- MMM that soup does sound good, its going to be a soup week for me as soon as i finish off the wedding soup which was really good, i will try that one.
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I'm a vegan, so tonight was cold sesame noodles! steamed broccoli and cauliflower.
I never ever ever thought I'd actually CRAVE vegetables, but I actually do!
This from someone who used to eat "Captain Crunch Peanut Butter Cereal" by the boxfull!
Rats, I just flung a craving on myself.
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Here is a great DReamcicle dessert that i made yesterday too, it is light and taste like a orangecicle
Ingredients
8 oz container of Cool Whip Free
1.4 oz box of S/F Fat Free Vanilla Instant Pudding (sm. box)
.3 oz box of S/F Orange Jello (sm box)Directions
Make Jello as specified in directions on box.
Stir in the dry pudding mix.
Mix well.
Add 8 oz container of Cool Whip Free.
Mix well (mixer or whisk)
Transfer to 6 containers (1 cup each)
Freeze or refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
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ITAILIAN WEDDING SOUP;
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 3/4 pound ground chicken
- 1/2 pound chicken sausage, casings removed
- 2/3 cup fresh white bread crumbs
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic (2 cloves)
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for serving
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the soup:
- 2 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 cup minced yellow onion
- 1 cup diced carrots (3 carrots), cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 3/4 cup diced celery (2 stalks), cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 10 cups homemade chicken stock
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup small pasta such as tubetini or stars
- 1/4 cup minced fresh dill
- 12 ounces baby spinach, washed and trimmed
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
For the meatballs, place the ground chicken, sausage, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, Pecorino, Parmesan, milk, egg, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a bowl and combine gently with a fork. With a teaspoon, drop 1 to 1 1/4-inch meatballs onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. (You should have about 40 meatballs. They don't have to be perfectly round.) Bake for 30 minutes, until cooked through and lightly browned. Set aside.
In the meantime, for the soup, heat the olive oil over medium-low heat in a large heavy-bottomed soup pot. Add the onion, carrots, and celery and saute until softened, 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the chicken stock and wine and bring to a boil. Add the pasta to the simmering broth and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, until the pasta is tender. Add the fresh dill and then the meatballs to the soup and simmer for 1 minute. Taste for salt and pepper. Stir in the fresh spinach and cook for 1 minute, until the spinach is just wilted. Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle each serving with extra grated Parmesan.
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Bedo, that soup does look and sound good. Probably only DH and I would eat it, but I will give it a try.
Lacey, thanks for the encouragement with DD. she is pretty busy between school and dance classes, but Wednesday is her free day, so hopefully it will work out.
Michelle, wonderful news on the house! We had an appraiser over today. We're trying to take advantage of the mortgage rate and refinance. I was worried because I was afraid values may have come down, but she said they've been stable. Hope there will be no problems, should know on Monday.
Debbie, you're really getting right back into the swing of things. I always have a hard time right after vacation. Viviraselena, I am impressed you can be a vegan. I actually just bought 5 boxes of peanut butter cap'n crunch cause they were on a special sale and my DS loves them. I confess I do too, but I have been sticking to healthier choices. Trying to do several meatless meals per week. Today we had black bean, tomato, lettuce, jalapeño pepper and cheese on whole wheat soft tortillas. To tell you the truth, they were delicious and super fast and easy. We made them after getting home from seeing war horse and going food shopping at whole foods. I am with you deborey, didn't buy much there and it cost 40 some dollars. But I did see that they are a dollar cheaper for a gallon of organic milk than the supermarket.
Apple, I really want to move into your house. Home made pizza, yum! How is the cathedral coming? Is it finished?
Laurie, hope the boys are better. Deborey, hope your dad is doing better too, you too, Hauntie. And hope your mom is doing well Carrie. Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!0 -
Italian wedding soup is awesome and doesn't need to be as cumbersome as it seems... you can make a ton of meatballs and freeze them.
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Great idea Apple, i usually make half of what it calls for next time i will make more and freeze them.
Kay- Im still feeling sluggish, dont know why i dont do anything all day LOL!
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The soups sound good, both of them. I might try one this week, I wonder if the boys would eat the mushroom one? I love mushrooms.
Michelle- great news on your house, so happy for you! Hope all went well taking care of the grandkids and that they are all on the mend.
Friday night I got the stomach bug. I don't understand how I could get it so much worse than the kids but I did. I went to bed around 9 and was up by 10 sick and only got out of bed for about three hours yesterday. I'm doing much better today but no where near 100%, yet I am function able, so good enough for now.
Last week with the kids sick I never went grocery shopping. This morning DH suggested we all go to the store together. I said ok, we need to go through the fridge, the pantry , freezer etc and plan our meals. He says "never mind, you can just do it tomorrow." LOL!!
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We are here with the grandkids. The youngest has been puking all morning and my SIL has a sore throat. So the two of them went off to the doctors and the little one now has strep. Dad doesn't have it. The grandson that had strep is better, so he is going to Pickity Place instead... It's hard to keep up with the logistics around here!!! My DH is taking the oldest grandson out to the Mall, where there is a setup for the kids to build things using something like Legos. They are going to build things and eat junk food!
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OMG Michelle! You make my house sound like it is calm and healthy!! Good luck with everyone today, it sounds miserable
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Pot Roast, Gaaaalic mash potatoes and carrots with Pop Overs for supper tonight.
I am so glad (knock on wood) DH and I don't have that stomach bug going around, a lot of ppl in work have sinus infections. Last time I was sick with the Nuro Virus(sp) was about a year ago.
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Oh dear, good luck to everyone in your DD's household, Michelle. They are lucky to have you and DH nearby to help out!
Enjoy the calm of your empty nest when you return home....and hope everyone is well soon!0 -
Laurie, I got a kick out of your DH's response to the effort it takes to pan for the shopping list.
What is it that positioned so many men at the end of the line when the "planning and process" genes were given out?!0 -
Lacey- I have no idea!! On the upside apparently the only thing that makes my DH clean bathrooms is either when I am pregnant ( the chemicals could hurt the baby he says- OK!! I say!!) and when I have been throwing up! He scrubbed both bathrooms down from top to bottom this morning and opened all the windows on the second floor claiming our house was like "death valley". I think he REALLY does not want to get it, lol! But hey, I may not have much for food in the house but the bathrooms are clean
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Laurie- LMAO! about your DH and the bathrooms. If i lived closer i would bring you some of my great homemade chx noodle soup!
to make you feel better
My DD and GK live in Georgia they are all sick now too.must be hitting the midwest and east coast, I know it wont be long before it hits the west coast Oh snap! can't wait!Michelle-Sounds like a full house around there, how are things since your rads ended, have you got your energy back yet? Hope your family feels better soon.
Today is mine and my DH anniversary, married 18 years and together 23 we basically had our anniversary and dinner dates in hawaii we are all partied out and decided to stay home, made him a big breakfast and still deciding on what is for dinner, maybe leftover soup...but wanted somthing a little fancier since he bought me some flowers, a beautiful card and 50.00$ worth of scratch tickets all i got him was a card, he really surprised me this time, (must of been the scream cream) hehe!
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Pop Overs are in the oven.
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Debbie- LMAO
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Debbie - you are too funny! Happy anniversary!!! And I am feeling fine, thank you!
Deb - the popovers look so yummy!
We are home, away from the strep house and hoping we escaped without contamination. I think I've had strep just once when I was a kid, so hopefully I am not prone to it.
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Pot roast came out med rare just the way I like it. Enough leftover for hot roast beef sandwiches tomorrow.
Keeping my fingers crossed that you and DH do not get sick.
((((Laurie)))
(((EVERYONE))))
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