So...whats for dinner?
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Carole, you are intrepid! I have been coming to this lakeside town for 26 years and have yet had the courage to enter a local hairdresser shop. Of course no one here cares how long my roots get , and home stylist is only two hours away....a different situation than yours.
Good luck....you may come out with a "new do" that you love for a good price!0 -
Isabelle- Nice!
Carol- How do you cook your pork chops? I only do mine the one way with gravy in the winter. Would love some tips for a summer chop
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I'ts almost finished and it's not even 3.!!!
a son will grill the pork chops, I made Waldorf Salad (doesn't that sound good?) and cut vegetables to grill on the grill including sliced sweet potatoes..
healthy and delish.
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I often sautee pork chops in olive oil with garlic . a few drops of soy sauce. maybe some miso if you have some, blended with water (y'all have to try miso.) it rocks
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Apple, I love miso, especially on grilled salmon. We get a lot of fresh salmon and grilling it is so good. With just a bit of lemon butter, soy glaze, or miso. Doesn't need anything else.
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We cook our chops on the barbecue whenever possible and ...for a real treat...cut a fresh peach in half & barbecue it too & sometimes a slice of fresh or even canned pineapple. Both go great with pork chops or chicken. Yummy! In fact that is what we are having tonight.
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oh peaches.. good idea, but mine aren't ripe yet.
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OMG, Isabelle!! Those are some beautiful pies!! I think I just drooled a bit...lol. I never seem to be able to make a pie that looks attractive. They taste good but, they look a bit more, shall we say, homemade.... Not like those beauties in your photo.....mmmmmmmmm! Great idea on grilling fruit to go with pork chops... I've had pineapple with ham but it never occurred to me to pare pork chops with anything other than apples... not sure why...lol
Apple,
Actually waldorf salad sounds delicious to me. Haven't had it in years.... Will need to remedy that soon.... Do you have a recipe that you follow that you'd be willing to share?0 -
Seaside- Glad you did pop in to say hi! Sounds like you had a great vacation. good for you!
I had to share the stupid thing I just did, I was in the laundry room spraying my DH good suit shirts with "Shout it out" did 3 of them had to let them sit for 5 minutes so came back and saw them turning white on some areas so i looked and i had used the spray clorex bleach instead! OMG! I had the bleach in there earlier bacause I was spraying the door knobs and walls and left it in there. LOL! I just hope DH understands I am a mess right now and wasn't thinking! ha!
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Laurie, I cook pork chops the way DH likes them. I season the chops and press them into bread crumbs or panko crumbs mixed with grated Italian cheese, Asiago or Parm-Reg. Then I brown the chops in olive oil in a saute pan. The outside is brown and crisp and the inside is moist. We have tried grilled pork chops but don't like them because they're dry. My technique is very fast. Oh, and the pork chops with the bone are the best.
Tonight's dinner was one of those easy ones that turned out to be really good. Center cut chops cooked as described above. Pole beans (green beans) cooked with bacon and potatoes and chicken broth. Two slices of bacon cut into pieces and sauteed. Add the chicken broth, beans and potatoes, s & p, garlic and onion powder. A salad with heirloom tomatoes (purple), cucumber, romaine lettuce, Greek olives. Dressing a mixture of EVOO, wine vinegar and bottled caesar.
The hair appointment today was fun because I got to talk to a lot of local women. The cut is really short, but the color is ok. I'll be good to go until we get home in early Oct.
Hope everyone had a good day.
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Carole sounds good, and, tummy!
Debbie, when I read your post I thought it said suits! I was like OMG! When I looked again it said shirts I could breathe again! LOL. So, tell your DH it could be worse. Like you could have flushed a 300$ set of keys as, um, someone I know, did! LOL0 -
Ah, pork chops. My DH's favorites can be found at Stroud's in Kansas City. What he likes - they are loaded with garlic! So I marinate them in Italian dressing and I add a few teaspoons of chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Then he grills them for just a few minutes so they are not overcooked. Sometimes in the winter I saute them, add some apple brandy and butter for flavoring, and make a waldorf salad. Actually, I make it almost every time we have pork chops. It's very easy - I cut up a Granny Smith apple and some red crispy variety if I have one around, so 2 apples, about 1/2 cup of chopped celery, 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts and 1/2 cup of dried cranberries, cherries, raisins, whatever you have on hand. Sprinkle the apples with a little lemon juice and then bind the salad with some mayonnaise, just enough to sort of hold it together. I use Hellman's Light - no other brand exists in my book!
I got the call from Dana Farber today and I go in on Friday for my pre-trial testing (EKG, CAT, labs, etc). And if I pass everything, I will start the trial on the following Friday. I do need to go count backwards from our trip to Hawaii and make sure I won't need to show up for a visit in mid-trip, that won't work! I think it's just a matter of starting on the right cycle.
DGS is here spending the night and tomorrow we are heading to Odiorne Point State Park and then to Hampton Beach. It will be a big day for us, especially since he's not really feeling up to par. He had a fever yesterday, gone today but now he says he has a sore throat. And a little rash. He was tested for strep and came back negative which is a little interesting considering his little brother tested positive with the exact same symptoms. I don't think I'm prone to it, so I'm not overly concerned. But I won't be sharing any food or drink with him, either!
Isabella - those pies are just gorgeous! I think our nearby apple orchard has opened up - they also have peaches and make pies...I think I need to make a stop this weekend.
Oh Debbie! You shouted it out, alright!!! Big oops, but I'm sure you'll both laugh it off! Always dangerous to put one cleaning product in another's bottle without good labeling!!!0 -
Oh no Debbie, I feel the panicked pain you must have had upon discovering those white spots. Could you convince DH to wear tie dye?! And yes, glad it was shirts and not suits!
Michelle, glad you are gettin goin, and hope the trial schedule works out well for your trip.
Thought of you today as we drove from NH to Seaport...WOW was 93 a nightmare! Then we learned about the terrible accident in the northbound lanes which tied up commuters for hours, so many just standing in the road, waiting. Sad...
Tonight we had a lovely dinner at Rosa Mexicana for DH's birthday, although we almost postponed it when we found it so hard to drag ourselves off the beach to pack up and leave NH, given the perfect weather.We do appreciate that DS2 lives near the new Seaport area of Boston since it gives us a great destination for eating out with him. We ate outside where the mild temp felt like being in San Diego.....enjoyed their signature guacamole as well as an appetizer of chicken flautas. I had an entree of marinated shrimp on mexican rice surrounded by a lovely fresh "salsa" ( I know it has a different name which I forget), and typical black beans. It was really delicious. I took a photo of it since the colors and plate arrangement were so beautiful! You may see it some day! On the way home stopped at Swizzle for some frozen yogurt and had a small dish of red velvet....yummmm!
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I had a boneless pork loin in the fridge for the last 3 days but been to hot to turn the oven on so after reading Apples suggestion on the soy sauce and garlic I decided to make pchops out of the loin, I first browned them a minute or so then added soy sauce, garlic and ginger (didn't have miso) and cooked them about another few minutes on each side. But I gotta tell you they were fabulous I really liked them alot!
Ut ohh Moon did you do that? Seems I remember something about someone losing keys on here must of been you? ha!
Lacey- Happy birthday to your DH! glad you had a great time.
Michelle- I had both bottles sitting there and was not paying attention I would never put a different solution in a different bottle lol!
Your waldorf salad sounds really yummy and will have to try the apple brandy on chops next time yumm!
I am glad your getting the ball rolling on the trail hope the timing all works out so you can enjoy your fabulous trip to Hawaii. Hope your DGS feels better.
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Lacey- Your dinner sounds wonderful Happy Birthday to your DH!
Debbie- LOL! The clothes mishap is something I would do ;P
Michelle- Yay on getting going on the trial! Hope your DGS feels better and you have a great day today. Sounds like fun! It also sounds like he has the same thing my boys had. Both tested negative for strep, had sore throats and a fever and they both got rashes at the end just as it was going away. It was weird.
Thanks to everyone for the pork chop ideas! I am going to try to grill them this week I think. Today I have to go grocery shopping and down to my dads garden to pick veggies. Yesterday, DS #1 mastered riding a bike with out training wheels! It was a big day for him:) I am thinking our afternoon is going to be filled with bike riding!
Have a great day everyone!
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Debbie, Maybe you could make the shirts "disappear". lol
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Debbie I think a shopping trip is in your future...I remember the day I washed all of my sons white t-shirts that had his college logo on them with a new red shirt (my DH has a habit of throwing his shirts in the washing machine when he comes in from work, because it is downstairs, and he doesnt want to walk upstairs to where the hamper is) Soo my son had some really nice pink shirts. Really sad since I could not replace them, he had to start a new collection when he got back to school.
Dinner out last night with friends, celebrating my girlfriends b-day. Had cajun haddock, cucumber, tomato salad and coleslaw, very light and summery...but then of course had cake!
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All of your ways of cooking pork chops sound so good, but we stopped eating pork awhile ago. Once in a very great while we'll have ribs, but neither hubby nor I fare well when eating pork anymore.
For dinner last night we had Tomato, cucumber and avocado salad with balsamic vinegar and EVOO, Quinoa, and roasted chicken. It was easy and tasty. Tonight we'll have salmon.
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Seriously low on groceries, couldn't drive with the drain in. It's out now, but car is in for work, LOL. Made tuna casserole for dinner last nite, ate leftover for lunch. Gotta either eat frozen or get pantry creative. I'll let you know..... LOL
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Hellman's Light is my mayo of choice, too!
Fresh brats on the grill tonight. Also on the grill (hope they don't char) slices of eggplant, zucchini and yellow squash. Our travel grill is a small gas model that is great for steaks because it burns hot. Hope the veggies turn out edible. We'll brush the veggies with EVOO and grind some black pepper on them.
More on pork chops. A chef on America's Test Kitchen cooked thin pork chops on the grill. She seasoned the chops and then put them in the freezer for 30 min. Having them cold helped to keep the chops moist while they were cooking.
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Carole, I love ATK! I saw that episode too. Next shopping trip, getting pork chops. LOL
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Glad your drains are out. Sharon hated the things.....
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Laurie- Yay on Ds riding his bike with no wheels, I remember how excited I was when DD rode for the first time without training wheels I was nervous but so thrilled.
Isabelle- I thought about that but he wears his shirts on a certain day and new I couldn't say they all dissapered lol!
Carrie- Oh no thats funny! My DH used to do that to and I had to tell him to leave the laundry to me, but guess that was a mistake too hehe!
Moon- I must of missed that you finally got your drains out, yay! I drove with my drains in I just used one of those cushinoy things, can't recall the name of them but it helped with the seat belt too with my port in.
Michelle and Carole- That used to be my choice too until I tried Vegeenise mayo it is so good i just love it on everything. Interresting theory on freezing chops first i would of thought the opposite will have to try it that way next time.
Garden- Your last nights dinner sounded good.
Chabba- (thinking of you) How is your DB doing? (((hugs)))
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My hubby helps with the laundry. I've lost a few good clothes because of it (he's a big believer in hot water and washes jeans with silk shirts), but that's a small downside IMO to having much of the laundry done while I'm at work.
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My gosh... cant believe how much I have missed in a couple of days. Drains are gonzo... woo hoo... but better than that I am NED... still doing the happy dance and face is aching from having a permanent grin. Rads to follow, but hey I can do that no probs
Michelle... happy to hear about your trial, that is wonderful news. all the best to you.
Having steak and sweet corn with some kind of salad tonight (can you guess we love sweet corn) is on our menu a lot in the summer.
((((debbie))) (((((chabba))))
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LOL, Debbie! That's what I get for reading too quickly!
Moonflwr - glad to hear the drains are gone! Now on to expansion, right?
This grandma is home after taking DGS to the beach today. We went to the seacoast marine center (Odiorne Point State Park), stopped and had lunch (fried clams and clam chowder for me, chicken strips and fries for him) and then back to Hampton Beach for a few hours of sun, arcade and ice cream. I'm pooped.
DH isn't coming home tonight so I'll be on my own tomorrow at Dana Farber. Judging from the list of appointments, I'm going to need my running shoes!
My new laptop arrived today and it took me less than five minutes to be up and running. It's just a newer model of the one I had (this one has a web-cam, though) and weighs just three pounds. I have the iPad and I still prefer a laptop. It's so much more functional, and will continue to be so if I don't spill coffee on the keyboard of this one!!!
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Debbie! Quick! Rip them to shreds! (Throw away the white areas) Say the washer ripped them up!!
Good luck tomorrow Michelle!!
Tazzy, you are getting lots of protein, that's great and glad the drains are gone, gone, gone.
Moon, you and Tazzy should throw them in the bonfire of the Godesses
Carole, Fresh brats on the grill... reminds me of when my daughter and her friends were teens. That would have been tempting....But I just "grilled" them verbally instead.
I think I'll smash up some yellow squash with butter, salt and pepper and defrost the frozen shrimp and have shrimp cocktail with some Brita water with fresh spearmint from the garden.
One year mammo was good last week.
I'm sorry for those I missed, it's so busy here!
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I am glad you had fun Michelle. Good luck at Dana Garner tomorrow, hope you test well enough to qualify.
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Yeah Tazzy! You are on your way.
Enjoy that grin!
Michelle good luck tomorrow...hope you get some good rest tonight....such a good grandma! DGS must be cured from all the fun!
Lots of kid stuff going around this summer...our little 6 year old next door neighors are also both sick with fevers and coughs.
Moon, I have to say (embarrassingly) I could compete with you for the emptiest refrig..And no drains here to blame it on. So today while DH was out at meetings and I was writing reports, I defrosted some beef tips I'd marinated a couple of months ago, and at the last minute tonight salvaged the best of the kale that was languishing in the fridge, adding some walnuts, cranberries, red onion and croutons. Cut up an onion to grill with the meat...and called it dinner. Opened up a bottle of Sangria to make it work.
Then thought I'd hit the store tonight and DH said why bother we have a fridge full of food in NH, so I took him up on the pass since we are leaving in the morning to take advantage of the good weather. Wait until we get home next week and he finds we have an empty fridge.:)
Bedo, congrats on your one year results!0 -
Woohoo Bedo and Tazzy!!!
I definitely wore out DGS - he fell asleep in the car on the way home from the beach - pretty unusual for him - he'll be 9 next week. And I'm running on empty, too! I'll get a good night's sleep so I can make my way through all the testing tomorrow. I get to drive myself, and that's a good thing. I swear all my family turn into crazy Boston drivers as soon as we hit Storrow Drive!
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