So...whats for dinner?
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Clam and pasta dinner was a success! I used fettuccine and Susan's recipe and threw in some red pepper flakes. My friend, a French-Quebec(ien?) loved it and said that she wanted the recipe emailed to her ASAP. ( She asked 3 times) and we forgot about the movie and just cooked and drank wine. It was really simple. She said that she had never made pasta with real clams in the shell before and would make this again and again. Really, it took no time. So, being kind of French, she was in charge of the pasta, because she goes psycho if it's not al dente. In RI we have really good clams this time of year. A simpe salad, some french baguette, which we ignored, and we were all set!
Thanks, all!
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Bedo: Glad the clam dinner was a success. The best reason for the baguette is to mop up all the wonderful juice. (but then I love all bread all the time) I plan to make it soon.
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Hi MinusTwo, for some reason we didn't have a lot of sauce and were feeling 'kind' of guilty about the carbs...Not.
So we did have some, but since Jules put in only 1/2 of the pasta, we decided to go all Protein. I love garlic naan with my mussles! Yumm for sopping up the sauce!
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Michelle.. i must say you are really amazing. People have heard about my nonappetite and have been sending over smoked meats and such.. it keeps 'the boys' happy.
i eat yogurt and applesauce.
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Bedo,
The pasta and clams sounds sooooo delicious!! Glad it turned out well for you!0 -
Bedo so glad your dinner turned out great and you had such a nice night.
Michelle I agree with Apple , you are amazing!
As far as camping goes, we have a travel trailer, bathroom oven etc. It's older but clean and has a new oven, fridge and toilet. We can bathe the kids in the bathtub / shower. I could never tent it with a 2 and 4 year old for days. We all love it and I'm glad DH pushed for us to get it and try it. We have friends with kids that we go with and it makes it even more fun that its a group thing.0 -
Laurie- You have been through so much, with the lightning hitting your house last year and causing so much damage and now it hitting your house again, weird how you were the only one who's house it hit again. Jeez, i think enough is enough already! Ok time for things to start getting better for you and your family. Have fun on your camping trip!
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Laurie. Since your brother is a master electrician..it's under control! :-) I work for a cell phone company and some cell sites (the tower and building) get more than $30,000 worth of lightening protection....it *usually* works..but not always.
The pot roast turned out pretty well. I couldnd't find a real Port wine in the grocery store so I used a "it's a Port even though they can't call it one" wine. The sweet from the wine really helped out the meat's taste. I think the next time I do this (hopefully before I'm 81) I'll add some rosemary.
I had my 94 year old mom over (she lives alone a couple miles away and won't move) to eat. She liked it too.
Since there were four of us, we'll be a bit short on left overs for when the steroids make Sharon want to eat everything in sight..but not feel like cooking.... With no leftovers she'd head for the junk food and I'd rather not have that happen... I'll figure out something..Maybe she likes clam sauce on spaghetti.....
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Bedo, glad the clams were a success. If the raw materials are good, the food usually is too, with minimal fuss.
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Bedo: That clam dinner sounded fantastic...I must try it if it's that easy.
Eric: Way to go on the pot roast...your mother sounds amazing....living alone at 94! My BF's mother is 97 and going strong but she lives with his brother.
Laurie: Enjoy the camping trip...we used to take the kids on trips like that..it was great!
Deb: Sounds like you had a good time at the reunion...I've never been to one of mine. I moved around so much I lost touch. The closest I can come is a company reunion I attended last year.
I'm up early because I have to take DD back to the dentist today...she developed a dry socket where her tooth was pulled and it's very painful. The dentist has to go in and work on it, so she will have to be put out again. She's not a happy camper.
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Oooh Kaara, your poor DD, that sounds awful! Hope she feels better when she wakes up!
Laurie - i just saw the long-range forecast for the weekend and it looks mighty fine! Where are you planning to camp? We spent many a weekend at Greenfield State Park near Keene - the lake is very nice and the campsites are large and wooded. We also enjoyed Winhall Brook in VT - it used to be free and the sites were grassy and well-maintained. And I hope both boys are on the mend and stay that way!
Bedo - I'm so glad everyone enjoyed the clam dinner. My DH likes mussels but won't touch clams...I really don't understand that but whatever, I save it for Italian restaurants. It sounds like it was a great time!
Eric - you rock, sir! Great dinner for your wife and your mom!
Apple - what are we gonna do with you? Yogurt and applesauce sounds like a good snack. I think you're taking something else to help with your appetite, hope it makes you hungry as a horse!!!
I need to get my breakfast going - greek yogurt with blueberries and blackberries. Then I'm off to my daughter's. I am taking her and myself to the ortho this afternoon. She'll have an xray to be sure that her knee fracture is still in good position. I'll probably have both knees xrayed and then get cortisone shots so that I can stroll Paris without pain. My knees have been bad for more than 10 years and it's time to do something besides take a daily anti-inflammatory. I want this trip to be memorable for all the right reasons!!!
And...again, thanks everyone for your kind words. I'm doing OK now that I'm past the initial shock. I feel just fine and I hope that continues for a long time. Someone posted on a thread somewhere, maybe in the stage IV forum or maybe in the Waiting for a Diagnosis thread, that if you spend time assuming the worst, if it happens you will have lived through it twice. I've always been an optimist, now would not be a good time to change my attitude!!!
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"If you spend time assuming the worst, if it happens, you will have lived through it twice". I love that quote Michelle and must pass it on to my DS who is always on my case for imagining the worst! He will love it!
We have our two grand's graduations this week....both early in the AM! What happened to evening graduations? It will be an hour and a half drive so we'll have to get up early to get there on time, then parties for both on Saturday. At least they live within miles of each other so we can get to both parties and spend some time.
This week I'm packing up for NC! Trying not to take too much this year..that's jeans and shorts country!
Have a good day everyone!
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Michelle Love that quote. Undo anxiety and stress wil get us before the cancer. I asked my onc about tumor markers and he said all they do is cause anxiety for everyone and are not accurate anyways, says they are not recommended by any cancer society and discouraged because of their unreliability So basically he was telling me to stop worrying and go out and live my life....easy for him to say!
Bedo Yummy..thats all I have to say.
Eric Good job on the roast. Prepare a large bowl of cut up fruit and keep in the fridge, and when your wife needs to raid the fridge it will be all ready. this is my new go to snacking or desert option.
Kaara NC is one of our pics for retirement. Trying to find a home there, although I do have a little time, my DH wont retire for 5 years, if at all. Just exploring options at this point.
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The problem with the fruit bowl is that I'll eat it all :-) Fortunately she loves melon type fruits and those don't "do much for me".
We're leaving in about an hour for her AC #4. She likes glasses of Jamba Juice. We get a couple of those and put them in a cheap ice chest with a few pounds of dry ice to get them "super cold". Sharon says the cold fruit drink tastes good and the oncologist says the cold drinks help prevent mouth sores.
I saw some mellon fruit bowls at the store...I'll get a couple when I'm getting the dry ice. Thanks..... I may stick some of the fruit in the dry ice and make some "melon slice ice cubes" and "grape ice balls".
She ends up shivering a little bit from the effects of both the room temp IV fluids during the pre-meds (they go in at pretty much "full rate") and the cold drinks, but so far no mouth sores.
Michelle--enjoy Paris!!!!!
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Michelle- I read that saying too some time ago and just love it. Hope things go well with your DD knee and get yours in good shape too for that fabulous trip to Paris for you. You will make great memories to always cherish there.
Kaara- Ohhh a dry socket can be painful, hope when she awakes she will feel much better. I bet the seniors had something to do with graduation being in the morning so they can party all night LOL! Congrats to both your DGC on there graduation
Eric- wish my DH would cook like you, your awesome. Hope the SE of your DW last chemo are gentle on her.
Me and DH went for breakfast this morning we never do that unless we are out of town, but had a gift certificate i wanted to use. It was called. Pig n pancake, i had a crab benedict with hollandaise sauce, fruit and hashbrowns it was so yummy. I asked the server if the cook would share the recipe for the hollandaise sauce, she said, they make everything from scratch except the hollandaise sauce and that it was Knorrs, I couldn't belive how good it was and it came from a pacakage. they must doctor it up because it was the best i had ever tried.
It has been so beautiful here, but today is rainy and very windy. :-((((
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Debbie, I've used Knorrs Hollandaise for years because I have never found a recipe that could beat it tasted one elsewhere.
Knorr's products are generally good. Their soup base makes a stock that is better than most homemade I've tasted...and if you ever use bullion cubes will convince you to throw away you may have on hand.
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We got home about 30 minutes ago. She's all done with the AC and has the four Taxol infusions to go. Each time before she felt sort of OK until later it hit later in the evening...not this time.. She had a piece of sourdough bread and fell asleep.
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Hope she sleeps well Eric.
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Chabba- I had no idea that knorrs made a stock base too, i will def check it out and also buy a package of the knorrs hollandaise sauce and see if it tastes the same as what i had this morning. How have you been? I bet busy as usual, are you getting the same rainy windy weather there too?
Eric- Hope she feels better when she awakes.
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To make the knorrs taste good, add some fresh lemon juice and a pat of real melted butter. Not as good as the real thing, but not bad at all.
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Will try that too Susan. I almost thought i tasted a hint of chx stock in theres too, so might try a little that way as well. I make a good hollandaise sauce from scratch but if knorrs is that good and that easy i will use that all the time.
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After that huge meat laden dinner yesterday, we are having a white bean and kale soup tonight with a salad. I've had hot flashes all day that I assume are diet related:(
DD was in so much pain when the dentist finished with her today that she was crying. I felt so bad that there was nothing I could do for her. She called me a little while ago and said she took some pain meds and felt a little better. Her BF will wait on her hand and foot tonight I hope.
This will be a busy week...graduations and parties...doctor and dentist app'ts and then one more eye injection before we head off to NC, plus all the friends who want to get together before we leave. I'm starting to get stressed out over it all. To top it off, I found out the kid's father is going to be at the grad parties...ugh! I was hoping I would never have to encounter him again in my lifetime after the last wedding where he acted like such a jerk. I'll suck it up and play nice, but it won't be easy. I actually like his wife..she is a sweetheart...don't know how she puts up with him!
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I love eggs benedict and I love, even more, the tip about the Knorr package stuff. I am going to have to try it, I love hollandaise sauce.
I am back from the ortho...both knees shot up with steroids. My xrays were pretty ugly - moderate heading towards severe osteoarthritis according to the doc. He's talking a knee brace, PT, and Synvisc shots in three months if the pain comes back. Can't wait to see the glucose reading in a little while. I told DH we'll be eating very low carb tonight. I think we're having omelets, and probably soon because I'm starting to get hungry.
Eric - chemo side effects are cumulative, especially the fatigue. Don't be surprised that she wants to sleep/rest/do little or nothing much right through the Taxol treatments. It's best to just go with the flow. I remember one Sunday morning after my second Taxol, I was making breakfast. All of a sudden, I just lost all energy and had to sit down. My hubby took over, and afterwards we went for a nice ride to the ocean. I didn't want to just sit on the couch, but I couldn't do much, either. Rides were great - I could always take a little nap on the way home!
Debbie - your breakfast sounds delish!
Kaara - hope your daughter feels better soon!
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Debbie, one thing about the Knorr sauce, it holds and reheats easier than the scratch. And yes, I think I did add a bit of lemon and butter--not much but some.
The Knorr soup bases are pastes that come in a tub about the size of a Greek yogurt container. We get them from our restaurant supply sources. Haven't looked for them at the grocery store.
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Tuesay, the day after the Memorial Day holiday, Sharon and I would be enjoying breakfast at the El Tovar Hotel at the edge of the Grand Canyon. We would be celebrating (and recovering from) another successful straight through rim to rim to rim (walk over and back) hike of the Grand Canyon. I always ordered the eggs benedict.
Next year......
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Eric, your mother did a great job with her son.....it must be gratifying as a 94 year old to see her son nurture the women in his life.
DH is back from his little East coast road trip, so tonight we are back to real meals (actually my spontaneous egg salad roll up with kale was pretty tasty last night....with a side of nuked cauliflower....love those weird meals when I'm just feeding me)... grilled chipotle/lime marinated chicken, kale/cranberry/pear salad, and balsamic/garlic/evoo roasted brussells sprouts, cauliflower, and vidalia onions. Tasty and healthy except for the Baltimore Famous Berger's cookie DH imported from his trip that I just could not resist!
Thanks for the Knorr hollandaise tip!
Kaara, I really feel for your DD....hope she is feeling better tonight.....mouth pain is so miserable.
Michelle, glad your knees got their maintenance so you can happily flit about Paris!
I recall my mother having a synvisc shot which was very helpful to her. I'm sure I'll be in line for those in future years. At this point daily Celebrex keeps me walking pretty happily.
Glad that the Celtics got a spurt of energy to win their playoff game tonight. They always keep us on the edge of our seats! I cannot imagine how those guys play through all of their injuries....I would surely not want to live in their bodies once they hit 50+.0 -
DH cooked braised lamb shanks today. They were delicious with rosemary polenta and a salad of napa cabbage, radishes, cucumber, yellow bell pepper and spring onion with a coleslaw dressing.
The last supper before dental surgery tomorrow! Three implants.
The best eggs benedict I've ever eaten was in Anchorage last summer. Crab cakes benedict. It was sinfully good.
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Never had Eggs Benedict, didn't care for Hollandaise sauce, hate clams. Went camping as a kid many times at Greenfield State Park, have not been there in years.
Had some left over Pumpkin spiced chili for supper, DH had Italian calzone.
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Preparing for DD's surprise bridal shower.
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Deb - are you going to Bermuda or is your DD coming here for the shower? Sounds like a lovely time, regardless!
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Carole - hope everything goes well tomorrow and you are not in too much pain after your surgery. I hate dental procedures, I know the implants are a big deal.
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