So...whats for dinner?
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I have*tried* several times to freeze meatloaf. What happens is...when it is discovered I'm making meatloaf, the other dinner plans stop and we eat meatloaf... :-)
I have a 28 cubic foot freezer and I'm always looking for ways to fill it up.
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LOL at the meatloaf stories!
Our breakfast was a success! It stopped raining just in time, we had plenty of dry chairs. The guys cooked and we met some of our neighbors from a couple houses down. We're going to cool off in the lake (it's hot and humid now) then we'll go fetch my mom and take her for ice cream, then we'll come back and head to the other side of the lake for a picnic at our landlord's home.
Pretty nice day, all in all!
Hope everyone is having a fun day!
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Michelle, sounds like a totally lovely day all around!
Laurie, Your comment about DH's favorite restaurant had a familiar ring to it. We have a place like that right up the street from us, and it is also not my favorite, but defintely DH's (especially because he can also get sushi there). He goes there whenever I happen to be out of town, so I guess he really misses it. So, yes it is really nice to honor your DH's birthday by going there!
I am sorting piles of paper since we are back home and I can't stand the piled up mess. Then we're having lamb burgers (my new obsession) with our next door neighbors.....and guess who is bringing kale salad?!
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Tazzy when is your surgery? And what is a togues. Sometimes I think I would like to take out tongues, but I don't think that is what you mean
Laurie Way to go on the waitressing job! I had 2 but was fired both times, the 1st because I was serving alcohol at 18. The 2d was at 5 points in Denver 11pm -7am.in my 20s. The only people who came in were nuts, and a man who called himself "Greensleaves" kept trying to get me to work for him. He wore a green jumpsuit and gold chains and always came in with women, but I was fired for general incompetance. People don't realize how organized and diplomatic you have to be! What a great idea that was!
Debbie, Yay! on the driving test.
Chemoangle I hope you are having a great day!
Kay, I hope it cools down for you, good for walking anyway
Apple, I would take you up on that except I think you would win. Not because of my lightning fast reflexes, but because of my peice of sh*T car. See you when I get a newer one.
Michelle, you inspired me so I went on a quest. I hope you don't mind!
Hi to everyone else. Here is my latest lazy person stick in the fridge thing
I think I have become obsessed with mason jars.....
fruit on the bottom yogurt parfaits...yields 4 servings
1 pint strawberries 1 17.6-oz. tub nonfat Greek yogurt 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest (about half of a medium lemon 2 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon sugar 1. rinse, hull, and finely chop the strawberries. toss with the lemon zest and sugar in a bowl and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to macerate, or to soften and become slightly syrupy.
2. while the strawberries soften, stir the milk into the tub of greek yogurt to loosen and whip up the yogurt.
3. layer fruit and yogurt into four 8-oz. mason jars or other lidded container of your choice. yogurt parfaits keep in the fridge for about a month.
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It's also time for Gazpacho
Here is a recipe similair to the one I had but lost in last year's move. I don't have a food processor, just a blender so am not sure how to do this. Any suggestions?
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It's also time for Gazpacho
Here is a recipe similair to the one I had but lost in last year's move. I don't have a food processor, just a blender so am not sure how to do this. Any suggestions?
Ingredients
- 1 hothouse cucumber, halved and seeded, but not peeled
- 2 red bell peppers, cored and seeded
- 4 plum tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 23 ounces tomato juice (3 cups)
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup good olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Roughly chop the cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, and red onions into 1-inch cubes. Put each vegetable separately into a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until it is coarsely chopped. Do not overprocess!
After each vegetable is processed, combine them in a large bowl and add the garlic, tomato juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Mix well and chill before serving. The longer gazpacho sits, the more the flavors develop
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Toque... the great Canadian fashion statement:
I love that parfait recipe. I am going out to get some larger mason jars... these are a must.
And Laurie I meant to say congrats on the job front.
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I make my mini meat loaves in a muffin tin sometimes.
Kay- finally got all the kernals out from under my keys this morning so hope i dont have poo floating around here hehe!
Bedo- Those parfaits look yummy! I got fired from a job years ago because they had me working from 7am and i never made it on time. I said, have you met me yet? funny story on greensleves hehe! You could try the gazpacho in your blender or just chop them really fine.
Michelle-Sounds like a very busy day and lots of fun planned.
Nothing planned today we pretty much did our celebrating over the weekend but i will be able to see the fireworks out my window tonight that will be in a barge in the ocean, was suppose to go to a parade this morning but did not wake up.
I always forget what i read on the previous page so will just say have a great fun day everyone!
Oh and love the hat Tazzy!I thought a toque was what you took off a joint hehe!
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LOL @ Deb tokin right along..... LOL. Love the hat tazzy, but a bit warm to wear it here. Looks like supper will be kabobs. I bought them premade so all I have to do is cook them. I am alone today as DH is at his folks, I didn't feel up to the 6 hour round trip. Well, everyone enjoy today. Much love.
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that looks like the perfect breakfast for me RIGHT NOW
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.. a great idea on the muffin tins for mini meatloaves.. I just passed on buying llarger muffin tins at a garage sale. (do you spray the interiors of the tins Debbie.?
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Another good idea for muffin tins is to make scalloped or au gratin potatoes. Making them in a casserole dish takes forever, but I think it's about 20 minutes in a muffin tin!
Yesterday's breakfast was great! The weather cooperated and the guys cooked. I had made real hollandaise sauce (for the first time) but they couldn't pull off the poached eggs. So I used a little of the sauce yesterday on my scrambled egg sandwich and then this morning I made a real eggs benedict with a poached egg. First time I've ever attempted it, and the hollandaise sauce tasted better today. I had put dill in it, and it had definitely had a chance to hang out and flavor the sauce.
Deb - we took my mom to Doc Davis's yesterday in Pepperell. Have you ever been there? The Doc Davis special is your favorite flavor of ice cream, mashed strawberries, banana slices, hot fudge, whipped cream, nuts and a cherry. That was lunch! The place has been around since 1939 and they make their own ice cream. It was so yummy!
I was thinking about going to the beach today, but it will be crowded. I might wait until mid-week next week when it's hopefully less crowded. We'll see...I reserve the right to change my mind any time today
Or I could just float in the lake! Tough choices, I know!I don't make the parfaits, but I eat Greek yogurt with berries most mornings. Mason jars are so useful! Someone gave me one a long time ago that had all the makings for brownies. You just added an egg and some liquid, poured all the rest of the fixings into the bowl and stirred. Nice way to make homemade gifts with whatever your imagination can come up with!
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If you enjoy gazpacho, you may also enjoy Salmorejo which is a cold, creamy tomato soup made with tomatoes, bread, oil garlic and vinegar and topped with Serrano ham and hard-boiled eggs. It is delicious! Here is a basic recipe:
Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 oz Serrano ham (substitute prosciutto)
1 (8 oz) baguette, stale
1 large clove garlic
2 lbs (1 kg) ripe tomatoes
8 oz (250 ml) extra virgin olive oil
2 oz (60 ml) red wine vinegar
salt to taste
Preparation:Hard boil the eggs. Place in ice cold water to cool. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Cut off hard crust from baguette, then cut into slices approximately 1/2-inch thick. Pour about a 1/4-inch water into a large glass baking dish. Add bread slices and allow bread to soak for 30 minutes. Squeeze excess water out of slices and place in a blender or food processor.
Peel and mince garlic and place in food processor. Peel tomatoes and remove seeds. Add to the food processor and pour in vinegar. Process.
Slowly pour in oil while processing. Continue to process until smooth. If mixture is too thick, pour in a bit of cold water while processing. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
When ready to serve: Dice Serrano ham. Peel and quarter hard boiled eggs. Pour soup into four bowls. Sprinkle ham over bowls. Add two egg quarters to each bowl.
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Welcome, Mods! That sounds very yummy and perfect for these warm summer days!
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that sounds yummy mods.. i've read about gazpachos from Portugal which often do not even contain tomatoes and always have bread.
maybe tomorrow i'll try that.
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Another idea for muffin tins is individual bread pudding. Just fill the muffin tins with the recipe and put it into a larger pan and put hot water in the outer pan (bain marie) and bake until set.
On gazpacho - I like mine chunky - never puree all the veggies, maybe only half - which you can totally do in the blender. I also like it with spicy V8 instead of tomato juice and some avocado on the top for garnish. Now I am hungry for gazpacho!
For mini meatloaves I believe that there are also mini loaf pans in an all in one pan - I think it has 6 loaf-shaped spots. I usually do meatloaf on a foil lined jelly roll pan so the fat comes away from the meatloaf. Then again, the favorite family meatloaf has bacon all over the top of it, lol! It is spectacularly naughty but man, it is delicious!
I gave teacher gifts one year that were all the dry cookie ingredients layered into a mason jar with the recipe on a tag tied around the jar. It was cute and easy and inexpensive! I have also done hot chocolate mix in a mason jar with a cello bag of mini-marshmallows ties on for my DH's office holiday gift exchange.
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Apple- Yes i spray my muffing tins with a little pam even though i have non stick i still use a little.
Michelle-Those tins sure come in handy i also make mini lasagnas in them too! MMM on the eggs benedict one of my favorite breakfast i could put hollandaise on just about anything even fried potatoes sounds yummy on a sandwich with scrambled eggs. I bet you have a nice tan going on about now!
Hi Mods good to see you posting here- That soup sounds like a keeper!
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I still feel so good off Arimidex! I want my estrogen baaack! I almost feel manic I feel so good, I thought it was working that was making me tired, but after missing a few days, I realized it was the drug. I called my MO and told him I would be off it for another week, total of 2. It's really hot, and that makes me more tired. And no, I've never been manic, I just feel like myself. They hired someone else to help at work so that will be great, and then are hiring a third person. I had my parfait thing for lunch and then ginger ale
Tazzy, by the way is Canada Dry Ginger Ale REALLY made in Canada? An irish man I met had never heard of Irish Spring Soap.
Anyway, for dinner, out with a friend. My goal tonight. Find out where Grand-dog peed on the rug when she was here and spray it with Nature's Miracle
Oh, and I picked mint and spearmint from the garden and put it in my Brita water purifier for 24 hours. So good and refreshing! Even putting mint in cold water tastes great! Another lazy idea.
Hi to everyone!
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I did my stuffing one year on Thanksgiving in a muffin tin. Took no time at all to cook.
I planted some Plum tomatoes and Peppers that are long, skinny and yellow and they are starting to form already.
My basil is doing well so when my tomatoes ripen I can make my tomato, motz and basil salads.
Yes Michelle, I have been to Doc Davis's many years ago when I lived in Townsend. I used to drive a school bus for over 8 years and one time my route was in Pepperell. I would drive by it while picking up the little brats and dropping them off. LOL
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I tried making Pesto with my basil a few years ago, I did not like the taste, even when I by it in the store, some people love it.
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We went to Hampton Beach this afternoon then went to the Beach Plum for lobster rolls. Yum! Then we went back to the beach because DH wanted fried dough. We sat and listened to some live music for a little while. The weather was beautiful and the sand sculptures from last month were still there.
It was hard to take really good pictures because the sun was low and everyone's shadows were reaching the sculptures. Plus I didn't have my real camera - took this one on my phone.
Hampton Beach is one of the top four cleanest beaches in the US...pretty nice...but the water is so cold!
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Michelle Dang - great picture for a phone!!! Looks like fun. Ever see any little kiddies try to knock them down or are the walls tough enough to keep them out? What is that one way on the end with ??wings?
Fried dough??? Would that be like a donut?
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Michelle and luvmygoats, what would you recommend for a camera, digital that I can post pictures with. Don't have a lot of money and don't need fancy stuff. I haven't ever owned a camera, (except my Brownie when I was less than 10?)
(decided to edit in order not to appear crazt)
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Bedo - Not a camera buff. So excited that I have a work cell that has a camera. We have 2 old not so hot digitals that don't even have batteries in them. Need a pic, grab my cell.
Back on topic - DH made a dinner last night from McCormicks. Seasonings in pkg, chicken strips, tomatoes, bell peppers, and spaghetti. It was quite good and best of all I didn't have to cook it. Found it at WalMart, my bestest place to shop. Worked all day on call driving around yesterday. Have yet to get to the new Trader Joes. It has the tiniest parking lot ever. By the time I finish my day I just don't have the energy to fight the parking.
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So.... can I use the blackberry that they let me use for work? he he. Or my metro PCS $40 a month phone that takes pictures? Thankss
Love spaghettie and trader hoes but don't have one around here, so go with a friend and stock up!
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Deb, I drive a school bus as a substitute driver. It's fun and the kids are good--principal is an Irish nun. :-)
I have some mini bread pans..about 1/4 the size of a small loaf of bread. I guess that would do for meatloa for two.
Sharon cooked tonight a vaguely Chinese dish. Fresh ginger root, soy sauce, roast beef and broccoli with some corn starch to thicken things up and served on a bed of quinoa. It wasn't really chinese, but I loved it. I had 3 helpings and so did Chrissy (DD) She said she was able to cook it even after the steroid buzz ended from Monday's chemo.
Right now she's getting the twitches and pain in the soles of her feet--probably from the Taxol. I'm glad there's only one more of those things on the schedule.
fixed some spelling errors that my "poofreading" missed.
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Bedo - any phone that takes pictures will work, but you need a way to get them online. I usually just email a picture to myself then copy and paste. That's about as easy as it gets. If you want to buy a camera, any digital camera will work. The important thing is the little memory card where the pictures are stored. It's the camera's little hard drive, if you will. You can take it out of the camera, put it in the little slot on the side of your laptop (if you have one) and copy the pix to your computer then upload them to Picasa, Shutterfly, Flickr, Photobucket, or one of the other online storage sites. Or you can post them on Facebook.
Luv - the sculptures were cordoned off with some netting. Not very secure in truth but it looks like no one has bothered them. I think they are coming down after this weekend. They were all imaginative and I didn't pay attention to their names. But, of course, everything can be googled and this is no exception:
http://www.hamptonbeach.org/sandcastle-competition.cfm
And oh, fried dough is well...here's a description that pretty much says it all: "...it's a slab of pizza dough deep-fried to order. Depending on your mood, choose from cheese, garlic, pizza sauce and mozzarella, sweet honey walnut, peanut butter, chocolate, or, for traditionalists, the classic dusting of powdered sugar. They are popular out here as beach and fair food. Yup, really a giant carb/sugar/fat fest!
I went for caramel popcorn with peanuts, it's my favorite beach treat. And somehow it seems at least minimally better for me than fried bread slathered with butter and sugar.
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Very cool sand sculptures, Michelle. For sure your protein laden (albeit sugar/butter coated) peanuts trump that slathered sweet dough for "health" possibilities.
Heading back to the lake tomorrow...wasn't my first choice since we are driving to the outer Cape on Monday for the week, and I am feeling like I have not stopped packing, driving, unpacking, shopping, packing again, cleaning, driving more, etc. etc. since leaving work last Thursday. However, DS2 is coming up to check out the boat (and we will be checking out his docking skills!) in preparation for having some friends up next weekend. I hope they are all comfortable with Faust the fox showing up a lot.
Tonight I made a very tasty fruit salad that was featured on "The Chew" on Monday.
It had: pineapple
cantaluope
honeydew
kiwi
mint leaves (chiffonaded)
simple syrup with ginger steeped in it
Peel, Cut and combine all the fruit.....squeeze the juice of a lime over the fruit pieces.
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Bedo - that is a great question... and I just looked it up. Canada Dry Ginger Ale was originally made by a John J. McLaughlin of Ontario in 1904. Today it is owned by the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group in Texas. Isn't the internet a marvellous source of of information eh? Talk about learn something new every day. Happy to hear you are feeling so much better too. Thanks for the tip on the mint. Oh and I used to own a Sony Digital camera - kind of idiot proof point and shoot one, reasonable on price too.
Michelle - those sculptures are amazing. And the weather looks so beautiful too. The fried dough sounds absolutely decadent... I have never seen that, maybe a good thing. Great pic for a phone.
Lacey you are one busy lady. That salad sounds delicious I will try that one for sure.
Hope all you wonderful ladies have a blast of a weekend. Going camping with 4 other friends this weekend. First time since chemo DH and I have done anything remotely ‘normal' like this. Now it is time
Really looking forward to it. So will chat after the weekend. Oh! we went out for chicken wings and a beer tonight.
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Michelle- Those Sandcastles are so cool. I love fried dough they have a indian flat bread similar to that here but in hawaii they have what is called Malasadas or Masaladas i always get it wrong but they are scumptuous! Sounds like you had a wonderful day!
Bedo- I went to a male review years ago i laughed through the whole thing they were chippendales but these guys were scrawney, i enjoyed watching the women get all nuts on them hehe!
Lacey- That fruit salad sounds good. I make a simple surup for my strawberry shortcake and tea among other things and love ginger so will do that next time. Maybe when you get to the outter cod you will be able to relax!
Tazzy- Have a great fun and safe trip camping!
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