So...whats for dinner?
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tonite? tomato fresh basil soup with sour cream and goat cheese on top. I am waiting for mr. apple to get home. He kindly went to pick up the girl child.
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GREAT News, Joyce! Very happy for you!
Joined WeightWatchers today. Must lose some of the lbs gained since BC and arimidex in 2009. Made a WW recipe for Mushroom Leek soup today.
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Doin the Happy Dance for Joyce also.
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Had my MRI, won't know the results until next Tuesday when I go for my F/U with my BS. This was just a precaution plus I was over due for a MRI. I should be getting one once a year along with a mam. My onc said I have dense breasts.
Dense in the head also, LOL. I'm sure it is nothing. I just HATE breast MRI's.
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That is really, really good news Joyce! I think most of us on here have been holding our breath! :-)
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Joyce - serious congratulations are in orders! You go girl.
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I must be grumpy these days since my husband offered to make dinner. He used to cook about 50% of the time, but now feels that my skills have outstripped his, and he has conceded the kitchen to my experiments. He is, in a word, a meat-whisperer. Tonight he made baked potatoes, steamed broccoli and grilled lamb chops. A good and delicious meal.
Since I didn't need to make dinner, I played with my new toy- a pressure cooker. Made some beef stock with neck bones. Also prepped a bit for tomorrow night's dinner which will be a Short Rib chili. Can't decide if I want to serve it on top of black beans or polenta, or homemade corn tortillas. I am soaking some beans just in case I decide I want beans. This is not a dish I make generally, so I am torn.
*susan*
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Deb- Don't know why it always takes some places so long to get tests. Hopefully they will call sooner. I hate MRI's too. Not only are they nerve wracking but LOUD!
Apple- I always get a giggle out of "Girl Child"
Carole- Good luck with the weight watchers. I too have been dieting I gain more weight in the winter so I thought i better be serious about it now.
Susan- Your dinner sounds wonderful. Love short ribs on anything, but polenta sounds good too.
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Joyce, you must be so relieved. Great news, very, very happy for you!
I've been in Kansas city the past few days and have done no cooking whatsoever, nor have I eaten one piece of barbecue. What I did have was some garlic truffle fries that made me very happy. The casinos, not so much.0 -
Apple Yes I agree funny on the "girl child" but I got a giggle out of "Mr. Apple" If your last name is really Apple and mine is Berry then we came from the the same "fruity family" LOL
Auntienance Gotta get some barbecue before you leave.. garlic truffle fries sound pretty tasty though.
Tonight no cooking again as we are going out to celebrate yet another friends birthday....lots of birthdays this time of year. Must go get a cake for the occasion.
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Morning ladies! Woke up to another beautiful day...leaves are finally starting to change here in NC, so we will get to see some really nice colors before we head back to Florida for the winter.
I was all prepared for my eye injection this morning and then got a call that they had screwed up the app't, so will now have to wait until afternoon...ugh! I just wanted to get it over with.
Last night I made a turkey breast with cornbread and cranberry dressing, some mixed vegatables and a salad. Enough left over for lunch today..yea!
Tonight I think I am going to make my asian lettuce wraps.
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Last nights dinner was Beef Enchiladas... figurered that was as far away from turkey that I could get.
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Tazzy, that's funny, we almost always crave Mexican food after the holidays as a break from the traditional fare.
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We spent the weekend very near the US-Mexico border and there was a huge selection of Mexican restaurants to choose from. Mexico is a huge country that goes from jungle to desert to high mountains and the food styles are equally wide. Lumping it into one name isn't really "fair".
And, like any place that has become a "crossroads" of cultures, the food is even more interesting. In one taco, there were elements of what one would call Chinese, Italian, Mexican and German cooking......along with the influance of the Apache Indians' foods... :-)
Mining brought immigrants from all over the world, the native Indians were already here, Mexico is only a few miles away, rain is quite plentiful in the summer and by moving a few miles up or down a mountain, the proper climate can be found for growing just about any crop one can imagine, so it's easy to see why the food is such a blend.
Kara, I stil can't get used to the idea of a "stick in the eye"!
I'll have to try the "girl child" line on Chrissy and see how see she reacts!! :-)
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I hope everyone is doing well! It sounds as though a lot of you have been having fun with friends and getting out and about which is wonderful. Camping this weekend was great. They have a ton of activities for the kids the whole time we were there and there is no charge for them. Two craft projects a day, pumpkin carving, hay rides etc. The weather held out for us and it did not rain until late Sunday night. It was a blast. My youngest won second place in the costume contest for cutest! He was very excited. For food we had burgers and hot dogs Friday night and a lasagna Saturday night. On Sunday when the Patriots were playing we brought steak and chicken fajitas to contribute to the "party". Others brought pulled pork, sausage subs, ribs and chicken wings along with lots of appetizer foods. We had the tv outside one camping area and could watch the kids run and play and ride bikes while we all socialized. We can't wait until next year!
Tonight my father is bringing over pizza and wine and having us meet his girlfriend. My brother and his GF will be coming over too. It should be interesting. Before that DS has soccer and they said they are still a go even though it is pouring rain. Hopefully the kids still have fun even though they get wet.
Here are some pics of the boys costumes.
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A bunch of the kids about to eat dinner.
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Great pictures Laurie, what fun!
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Too cute Laurie... adorable.
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Those are some adorable kids in adorable outfits. Such lucky kids to have the camp and the memories.
*susan*
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Nancy-Garlic truffle frys sounds good never tasted them before that way.
Carrie-LOL! At the fruity comment.
Kaara- Hope those shots went as smooth as the last one, if I remember right you said the last one wasn't as bad. How many more do you have to go?
Tazzy- When I make turkey dinner we eat it for days it seems like, including sandwiches ect..
Eric- Sounds like you are enjoying yourself. love mexican food!
Laurie- Those outfits are adorable did you make them? No bq ribs on the menu? LOL! Looks and sounds like you had a great time.
Been busy cooking a whole chicken to cut up and freeze for DH lunch everyday been buying the little cans of chicken for his lunch and it is so expensive that way, almost 2$ a can, so decided this would be far cheeper and probably taste better anyway. For dinner making the belguin chicken, smells so good cooking, this time I put about 12 shallots in there and more musrooms.
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Debbie - I often buy chicken salad from the deli not so healthy prepackaged. Now I try to go by the salad bar on Fridays and get small amt cut up celery, peppers, red onion so I can at least make it "kinda" from scratch even if I do use the cheaper canned chicken. I usually have lunchbox with cool pack. DH packs my lunch for me. Usually yogurt and nuts/granola. I did poach some frozen breasts from Walmart and added to a dried soup mix - Chicken Tortilla. Spicy!! I had to add sour cream to tame it down. I also have a Minestrone same brand. New kind I've not seen before. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.
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Laurie, what a fun weekend ....and the boys were so adorable in their costumes! Glad you ended the week really well!
Way off topic.....has anyone ever taken an antibiotic named nitrofurantoin mono mac (generic for macrobid).
I awoke with a beginning UTI (I think the third one in my 67 years, so I wasn't sure what to do), and was prescribed this meds. Researched natural treatments before heading to the doc so I have been drinking a lot of water, serious cranberry juice, and a bean tea I know a friend uses, and I'm not sure that it is getting worse, and maybe even better, so I wonder if it is worth the risk to take this meds. I am so sick of what Tamoxifen does to me that I am gun shy to take yet another med if I can avoid it. Any advice?
Kaara, hope the injection went well. You are a trooper!0 -
Day 1 on WW went pretty well. I had enough "points" for a vodka martini tonight!
Today was also the first CSA pickup for the fall membership. I loaded up my bag with tiny yellow snap beans, okra, zebra squash, green peppers, Japanese eggplant, green onions, kale, and Thai basil. I cut up the okra right away and cooked it with garlic and canned diced tomatoes. It was delish. Froze a little package of leftovers for adding to gumbo. Tomorrow night's dinner will definitely include a big pan of roasted veggies. Fruit and veggies are "free" foods.
Laurie, the camping trip sounds like loads of fun. Cute costumes. Was the weather cold?
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Carole,
What a fantastic basket! Now that Fall has arrived, we won't see those kind of vegetables for about 9 months. Maybe longer. Back to buying vegetables that have more frequent flier miles than I do.
*susan*
p.s. the Short Ribs Chili was okay. Served over polenta cakes that I slipped in the freezer in August. The chili needed something to finish like citrus, green onions; something to freshen the flavor. Have thrown 5 meals into the freezer. Hope I can remember to do that when I pull them out the next time.
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Carol- What is a zebra squash? The weather was cool but not too bad. High mid 50's to low 60's during the day and it did get down to high 30's and low 40's at night. But the heater in the camper kept us more than comfy at night and a fleece jacket during the day served us well.
Debbie- I laugh!!! Me? Make the costumes? No!! I wish I could sew but I can't. They came from Old Navy:)
Lacey- I have also been fortunate not to be plagued with UTI infections. Once in high school I started to get one and called home freaked out. (I went to boarding school.) My mom told me to eat lots of yogurt, drink as much cranberry juice and water as I could. I did it and it cleared up with out meds. It sounds like you are doing the right thing, maybe add yogurt to the mix?
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Lacey, I am on abx right now, but 8 hate them and am allergic to sooooo many. I try to avoid them if I can. I use AZO urinary pills if I start a uti for pain, they work on pain fast! I also do the yogurt, and cranberry pills, they are easier than drinking so much. But if it doesn't go away even I break down and get abx. So take the abx if you need too.
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Thank you thank you, Laurie and Moon! I do think my blitz effort of the constant water and crb juice might be helping a lot, and will add yogurt to the mix also......will wait until tomorrow before taking any of the antibiotic. Would love to beat it au natural if at all possible....especially if this is going to be a recurrent condition in my "new normal". Arggggh!
Carole, I envy your CSA membership.....I'll be back to eating those "frequent fliers" described by Susan, soon. Our Farmer's market finishes up this weekend. I'm not sure I would be able to use all the produce from a CSA, but heard of a local one recently. I'll vicariously enjoy yours!0 -
luvmygoats- I was kind of wishing i had bought it from a deli now after all the time it took to roast it, then cut it all up, weighed it (5oz) each bag it and then freeze it, was so much easier in the can. LOL! but I fiqured since I got about 12 baggies I saved about 13$ with what it would of cost to buy the cans. Im learning!
Lacey- Have not heard of that one before. Sorry you are having a problem with it. Have you tried eating Yogurt? It really does help with a UTI infection. Which reminds me when my daughter had an UTi infection I told her about yougurt and she later told me it was cold. I said, honey you were suppose to eat it not put on you. LOL! We still laugh about that now.
Laurie- LOL! I can't sew worth a darn either.
My Belguin chicken was so good tonight. We will be eating that for the next few days made a big batch.
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my cuz and i got together and made lots of individual frozen foods..meatballs, gnocchi, spagett pie, chicken and beef fajitas, taco meat, pulled pork. since its individual, we can eat what we want. we r going to do it once a month. have been loving it and feel better that hubby isnt doing everything
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Today is my day to cook at the Center. Finances are tight so I'm doing a Cheap meal. Someone donated a couple of bags of 12 bean soup mix--using those for chili beans, put them to soak yesterday.
We bought a box , 70 count, of potatoes for $15 so a baked potato bar. They're big Idaho russets. Liquid eggs and some beautiful cinnamon bread have also been donated so dessert will be bread pudding. We also have Chinese Coleslaw from yesterdays IGA "sell by" deli donation.
For most of the people that join us for lunch it will be their main meal of the day. For some of them it will be their only meal.
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