So...whats for dinner?
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Kay, Happy Anniversary, and hope your dinner was delightful!
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I have a 2 blenders, food processor, mini chopper, magic bullet and steamer. I hardly use them. I mostly use my cheap miracle slicer and something my Dad had that chops food real evenly.
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Time to have a YARD SALE!!
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Deb- Can i borrow one LOL! I love my food processor it is the one thing i would take on an island with me if i had to make a choice.
Kaara- Its probably not that strong for things like kale so i may have to invest in a vito mix
Fixed DH chix and rice in a mushroom cream sauce, its what he wanted but for myself i made cod, asperagus, yellow squash, spincach and sweet potatoes. Then brownies for dessert.
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Yikess, i just priced the vitamix machine and it runs starting around $300 up to and over $600 pretty spendy i might have to just buy a new juicer.
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Deb, that first do-dad, it was sold on TV down here, and they called it the "Nicer Dicer." Dd and I used to watch the infomercial and scream with laughter, because one of the people selling it was a German lady speaking in English, but with a heavy German accent. We still say "nicer dicer" with a German accent and crack up. Yeah, I know, it doesn't take much, lol.
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debbie: There are machines that do almost the same thing a the Vita Mix for much less money...you can find them at Walmart and places like that. One that comes to mind is Ninja. I think it's only $199 or something like that. The Vita Mix is nice because you can make soups with it and it heats them right in the container. It will also make bread dough and grind seeds for flour (something I will never do), also you can make nut milk like almond milk (not likely for me either). It comes with a huge recipe book.
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i am going to be mostly gone all day and then from 5 until 8
I'll stick a chicken (peeled) in the crockpot.. maybe buy a packet of curry sauce mix and coconut milk for the kids to make a curry thing and see what happens. I wonder if they'll bother to make some rice.
or it could just be soup.
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Debbie you are pretty funny when your tired...wonder what your like drunk? ha ha Your meal of cod and all those veges sounds wonderful...have been craving some fish lately.
Deb I think I might have some gadgets in my house that I could sell you....they never work like you expect them to. My DS took my breadmaker, smoothie maker, toaster oven(brand new in box) and my chopper. He is a mechanical engineer and loves anything with moving parts! Definitely a gadget geek. He did a skit in high school with his buddy called "set it and forget it" with a microwave.
My DH just announced that I should not cook tonight because he has his leftovers to finish up from the weekend....ok with me!
Kay good to see you here...Happy anniversary!
Laurie Glad to see you got through the weekend and even found some laughter.
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My DH is on a plane heading to Mobile, AL until Wednesday. My DS is here with me. We moved out his furniture yesterday and today we will go back and finish cleaning out his apartment. Oh how I hate moving! I think I'll cook some sausage and peppers for dinner. He likes that and there will be leftovers for DH.
Debbie - I have a large and small food processor which I use all the time,and a mandolin slicer which comes in very handy for making onion soup. I haven't used a blender in years - but I do have a stick blender.
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Thank you, ladies, for posting the picture and providing the names caption. You all look happy with your meal and the company. It would be great fun to have a big gathering of the What's for Dinner posters.
The redbud tree is quite common here in our southern zone. It's usually an early bloomer and makes a glorious display. But it's not a long-lived tree. I planted one in my yard 19 years ago when we moved to this house. It has since died.
Another gorgeous spring blooming tree that grows wild in the woods is the dogwood tree. White blooms. It is gorgeous especially blooming in its natural setting.
I started cooking kale about a year ago. At first I tried sauteing it in EVOO with garlic. It was tough and bitter. I read about kale in America's Test Kitchen cookbook, VEGETABLES, in which it's classified as a bitter green. The recommendation is to blanch it first in salted water for a few minutes. I tried that technique and it worked for me. Actually the kale is tender and good enough to eat after the blanching. But I usually saute it with the garlic and EVOO. Can't imagine eating it in a salad, but maybe the kale I buy isn't young and fresh enough.
Laurie, I'm glad your sad day ended with the company of friends. That's a neat idea--whole family sleepover.
Michelle, your home in the midwest is lovely. We find the New England area very expensive when we travel there with our rv. Beautiful but pricey. And also crowded because of the nearness of Boston to the favorite vacation spots. In contrast there are very nice states in the midwest that offer a better value to summer rv'ers like us. We particularly enjoy the nice municipal golf courses in MI and MN where we can play golf for a reasonable price. Not so in NE, although we love Bethlehem, NH, which does have a reasonably priced golf course along with the quaint village atmosphere.
Now I must get on the phone and call Roto-Rooter. Last night when I was running the dishwasher, we had water rise in the hall bathroom tub. Not good! This house was built in the 1970's and the plumbing is in the slab foundation. We've had Roto Rooter out before in past years.
Happy Monday to all.
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I had a wonderful time with everyone at Pickity Place. The food was fabulous and the companionship and conversation couldn't be beat. I came home exhausted and was in bed by 7:00. Pretty much lounged around all day yesterday, even though there was a ton of stuff I should have been doing at home instead. Another very busy week ahead. Just snuck in to say "hi" while I'm eating my lunch.
Lynda
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Kaara- I have a bread machine, so wouldnt need the vita mix machine i guess i will go on the hunt for a less expensive model
Apple- Your soup sounds yummy
Carrie- Well im def a Kook when i drink lol- I had an episode a few months back when i went out drinking came home and accidentl took more ambien than i thought and for some reason didnt pass out i stayed on the computer and when i woke up the next morning and read what i had written the night before i was horrified i didnt remember writing all those things and it didnt make any sense either i was so imbarrassed i had to erase most of it LOL! Now i drink responisbly but i do have a great time LOL!
Michelle- I have a stick blender too and have never took it out of the box yet i keep forgetting i have it i have to get it out and try it. I bet you are exhausted from moving all day hope you didnt over do it, boy, like Joyce says your the energiser bunny LOL!
Carol- When we first moved to kentucky and had met new friends they decided to take us out during christmas (it was snowing) in there old antique topless car to drive around and look at all the dogwood my friend barb made some hot toddies (driver didnt drink) and brought some blankets to keep us warm it was one of my favorite nights i had with them i just loved the dogwood trees. Sorry about your water problem hope it gets fixed soon.
Lynda- Glad you got some rest wished i could of met you and everyone else in person
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If you go to this link it will show you pictures of the trees here on the oregon/california coast they are the tallest trees in the world they are called redwoods and sequioa trees
www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/coastredwood/coastredwood/
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Debbie - I have been through the Redwood forest, just spectacular! We drove from San Francisco up the coast all the way to Oregon then over to Ashland. My daughter went to college at Southern Oregon State. Just beautiful out there!
Another day of moving stuff. Bonanza! I found $1500 worth of uncashed checks that DS had misplaced, or forgot, or whatever! They are all old but I deposited them in my checking account. They'll either all sneak through or he'll have to go back to the payor and ask for a new one. He needs the money, you'd think he'd pay better attention to his finances. If they make it through, I'll give him the money before he leaves this weekend. Then we had dinner because this energizer bunny needs to be recharged! I am pooped!!! I had pot roast, mashed potatoes and squash. I've got half left for lunch tomorrow or Wednesday. I will sleep tonight!
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momine~when my Dad lived in his house, he mostly watched TV and bought a lot of stuff off the infomercials, almost tapped out all of his CC's. Buy one get one free was his weakness. Now he is in assisted living, I should of seen the signs of dementia when he was living here, I live in the house now with DH. This is the house I was brought up in. Seems weird to be back, we have been living here for 3 years now. That do=Dad was a buy one get one free so now I have one and DD has one. I love it.
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Michelle- What?? $1,500 misplaced LOL! oh boy i wish i could find that after cleaning my house hehe! good find though sure hope he is able to cash them. Oh i didnt know your DD went to oregon state, and i love ashland when i lived in Grants Pass it was only about 40 minutes from there love that town. Hope you get some rest sounds like you did a lot of the work.
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busy day for me...
my last WBR zap then an infusion of abraxane.. doin the cancer thing.. but feel good..
then i drove to my country church job for a special Mass on Monday the fam totally screwed up the crockpotted chicken.. i told my husband to add mushroom soup and sour cream and cook ONE cup of rice after removing the bones and stuff. .. he added 3 cups of rice to the stock and it tastes like chicken.. i don't even like chicken now.. i can't eat anything but yogurt, apricots, applesauce, and sometimes cottage cheese and smoothies anyway.
i guess i will feed my crow friends.. a set of parents and a daughter. They'll love it., I love watching them visit. Sometimes they are joined by a flock of about 10 crows. i love them.
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Apple- Congrats on finishing the WBR!!! I have to admit I am laughing a bit at he measurement mixup on the rice. But, hey, they try, so you have to shake your head- eat something else and feed it to the crows I guess
My mother went through WBR, all she wanted to eat was yogurt and fruit too. Kind of weird? I hope your next scan shows a whole lot of success and nothing else.Michelle- I agree 1500 of forgotten money? WOW! I am guessing he is single? lol
I hope you get some rest after all of your help with the move.Tonight I made spaghetti and meatballs, but I bought the wrong tomatoes and wasn't very good which was kind of maddening. This morning we met friends at a local science center where we are members and ran around for a bit. After such a busy weekend I even got my oldest to take a nap with me. I told him he didn't have to sleep, just to snuggle. He was out like a light in under 5 minutes!
Tomorrow I have to work in the morning, take the dog to the vet and then get what I need to come home and make some chicken pot pies. Drop one off at my friends and we will have the other for dinner. Today I talked with my friend for a bit and I am very proud of her, I dared to ask the question if she was mad at the girl who hit her sister. She didn't hesitate, she said no, she's young and an honor student and a good person who made a mistake. I feel bad for her that she has to live with it for the rest of her life. She doesn't need me to hold this over her...the poor girl will hurt herself enough. I wish I could help her if anything. OMG! Such perspective in a time of such hardship.
Anyway good night all!
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Apple- Congrats on your last WBR !! I hope the abraxane is kind to you with minimal SE and you get your taste buds back soon. Sorry the chx dish didnt come out good i dont think i would trust my DH to make dinner LOL!
Laurie- I used to do the same thing with my DD when she was younger made her think i was the one who wanted to nap while she just layed there with me worked everytime LOL! What kind of tomatoes did you use that messed up your dish? Aww that story brought tears to my eyes not to many people would feel that way, im glad she is not angry all it does it hurt the person thats angry. So very sad for every one. Hope you get a good nights sleep for such a busy day tomorrow.
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next time i will just buy a pizza.. what was i thinking? We do try to be frugal.. but a pizza would have cost less and the kids rather than the crows would have eaten it. It you have crows, read up on them.. they are soooooo very interesting and have the most beautiful 'family setting chat mode language ' .... i couldn't believe that crows made such a beautiful song when i first heard and found it. definitely not the caws you hear when they communicate long distance.
i bought some gorgeous zuccini and may find an eggplant if i stop at the store.. I'm thinking poached salmon. or some meat (maybe awesome meatballs and garlic bread) for males and rattatouie. (lots of olive oil, slow cooking and salt makes a really good one) i bet it will be very appealing to me. (eat your hearts out.. i really don't want to lose weight - i lost 8 pounds in two weeks.. i have absolutely no interest in any food at all even thinking about swallowing is nauseating.... thank goodness for smoothies, soy and almond milk and the cans of apricots i found in my pantry yesterday...- i guess it's the chemo.))..
the rattatoulle. (pick your own spelling), does sounds pretty good.. maybe with some ricotta and parmesan on top.
trying to think of a special dessert for Easter dinner for my extended family.. I am serving a brisket that I've had in the freezer for a while.. my mom's special marshmallow, sour cream and canned fruit salad, home made yeast rolls, and dessert.. I could make some flan, coconut cake anything really.. anyone have ideas?
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There is a good and easy white choco mousse recipe in Joy of cooking. If you bake a brownie base in a springform pan and then put the white mousse on top of that, you end up with a fabulous cake/torte or whatever you like to call it. Then you can throw some frozen raspberries in the blender with a little lemon and sugar and serve that as a sauce over the top. It tastes good, looks great and is very easy.
The other thing to make with squash and eggplant is moussaka. Slice the veggies, brush or spray with olive oil and spread on baking sheet in one layer at a time. Bake the veggies in a hot oven till slightly wilted. Meanwhile make a good meatsauce, using lamb or beef ground meat, tomato, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, some wine and lots of parsley. You can add other herbs too, like fresh oregano and/or mint.
Put an overlapping layer of eggplant in baking dish, then a layer of squash. Add meat sauce, top with a layer of squash and a layer of eggplant. If you have more veggies, add an extra layer. Top that with a thick bechamel that you have beaten an egg or two into. Bake in a medium oven for 45-60 minutes. You can sprinkle cheese over the top, if you like. let stand 10-15 minutes before cuttting in squares and serving.
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Apple: So glad you are finshed with your WBR. It must be the chemo that is causing your appetite to fail, so just keep doing those smoothies. You can add protein powder or anything else to them to boost your nutrient levels. I do mine with all kinds of leafy greens and veggies with a few pieces of fruit thrown in to sweeten, then I add the protein powder and other vitamins that I don't like to swallow, and down it goes. Too bad about the chicken dish...it sounded really good, so I think I'll try it. I've never done much in the crockpot but I should learn. I'll try to look at the crows differently...right now I hate them because they wake me up every morning with their cawing!
Momine: That mossusaka sound delicious. I always wondered what was in it and now I know. I will give it a try. It would be great with ground lamb I think. Maybe I'll do one for Easter because it sounds like it could be made a day ahead and reheated. I like dishes like that.
DGD asked me yesterday if I was doing a big Easter dinner and wow...the time is near. I had completely forgotten about it, so now I have to get busy and plan. Amazing how doctor app'ts and such can get you off track! That has been the story of my life lately.
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Apple so glad you are done with the tx. I am so impressed that you are cooking anything at all while going through treatment. I had no appetite either during tx and could not taste a thing....lost 15 pounds. Funny story about dinner, my DH can handle a can of soup and thats about it. We get so many crows around here the towns are always trying to find ways to drive them away. they stay in huge flocks, covering all the trees making the trees totally black, and they are very noisy.
Someone here posted a key lime pie that sounded easy and yummy. Meant tot write it down and now dont know what page it was on.
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The crows make me laugh when I'm out on the golf course. It sounds like they're making fun of you when you make a shot! In my case there's a good chance it wasn't a great shot!
RotoRooter fixed our plumbing problem in about 45 min. to the tune of $170! Inflation.
Apple, you're amazing in that you continue to provide great meals for your family at a time that you have no interest in eating because of the chemo. That's true devotion.
I have never cooked anything remarkable in a crockpot. Or a wok. To me the crockpot food is eatable but mediocre. The wok food has too much calories from oil. I love my Dutch oven and my saute pan!
I don't know what's for dinner tonight.
Happy Tuesday!
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Apple - so glad you are finishing up WBR today! And I hope the Abraxane is doing its job and killing off those nasty cells. Like Kaara suggested, be sure to get enough protein to help build new good cells.
Carrie - Here's the recipe for the key lime pie. You could change it up and use raspberry jello and raspberry yogurt, for example. Any flavor combination works with this.
MINUTE KEY LIME PIE
1/4 cup water
1 package (4 serving size)
sugar free lime flavor gelatin
2 containers (6 oz) Light Fat-Free Key Lime
Pie yogurt
1 tub (8 oz) frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed
1
Graham Cracker Reduced Fat Pie Crust
Mix gelatin with boiling ¼ cup water
until completely dissolved. Stir gelatin into yogurt and then fold in whipped
topping. Pour into pie crust and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
Servings
Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 79.2
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Kaara, yes, you can definitely make it ahead and reheat. When you get it in a restaurant it is usually mostly meat, with a bit of veggie. The traditional way, however, is more like a meat-flavored veggie casserole. Also sprinkle a little salt and pepper on the veggies when you pre-bake them.
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Momine: My mouth is watering...I may not make it till Easter. I think I should try it ahead before I make it for a crowd....hehe!
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Apple- I think your crows like you much more than me, mine seem to be yelling everytime i walk out my door, it irratates me and i tell them to be quite- You have a beautiful way of looking at things which i could see the beauty in these annoying creatures LOL
Here is a STRAWBERRY-PASSION FRUIT PAVOLA- I make it for easter desserts and everyone loves them sometimes i change up the friut to raspberry.
Ingredients
For the Meringue
- 6 large egg whites, room temperature
- Pinch of cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 cups superfine sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon champagne vinegar or white-wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
For the Ricotta Cream
- 1/2 vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise
- 12 ounces ricotta cheese (1 1/2 cups)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
For Serving
- 2 passion fruits
- 20 strawberries, hulled and halved (about 12 ounces)
Directions
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Make the meringue: Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Draw an egg shape 10 inches long and 8 inches wide at widest point onto a piece of parchment. Turn parchment over, and use it to line a baking sheet. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar with a mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in superfine sugar, then cornstarch and salt, beating until stiff, glossy peaks form. Fold in vinegar and vanilla.
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Using egg drawing as a guide, gently mound meringue on parchment; smooth sides. Bake 1 1/2 hours. Turn heat off, and let meringue cool in oven 2 hours.
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Make the ricotta cream: Scrape seeds from vanilla bean, and blend them with ricotta and granulated sugar in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, and whisk in heavy cream until thick and spoonable.
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For serving: Cut passion fruits in half, and scoop out pulp and seeds. With the back of a spoon, crack a hole in top of meringue, and fill with ricotta cream. Layer on strawberries and passion fruit. Serve immediately.
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