So...whats for dinner?
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Laurie, the zebra squash are shaped like yellow summer squash but are two-toned in color. Half is yellow and half is green. They're really cute and the division line between the yellow and green is line a line drawn around the squash. Nature is incredible in its variety.
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OK I have to ask caroleh - what is CSA? I googled it and got Canadian Standards Association or Canadian Space Agency ????0
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CSA Community Supported Agriculture a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Great for organic farmers.
Mary
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What a wonderful idea... I am not aware of anything like that here. Will go to our local produce store and ask though. Thanks
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Susan3- Welcome! You joined a great group of ladies/gent here. Glad you have your cousin to help with those kinds of things it makes it so much easier
Chabba- Have you asked any of the local casinos to donate food? I know My DH does all the time. We both go work there on Thanksgiving and Christmas and bring tons of food from the casino there. But for all the other days I will buy foods and take it to them. wish every one did!
Joyce- Have a good trip tomorrow to Florida! I think Michelle is actually leaving from LA to hawaii today? Hope she has a wonderful time.
Yesterday morning got a call that a dear friend passed from a car crash. She lived in Paducah, kY was on her way to work (she worked for my best friend) Someone ran a red light and hit her on the drivers side. She had just turned 50- I just don't understand how people drive so recklessly! So very, very sad!
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OH Debbie that is horrible...I agree about the reckless driving. People need to put theor phones down and everything else they do while driving and pay attention...nothing is that important!
Laurie Your little ones are sooo cute. I love to sew and would make my kids costumes, but only because it is what I like to do. i just acquired an old stuffed chair that I am going to take apart and recover...just because. I have a passion for fabrics..have to touch everything in the stores, drives my kids nuts.
Lacey hope you are feeling better soon. All good advice about the yogurt and fluids, but remember if you get a fever, or it doesnt go away, you may want to go with the antibiotic.
Got some tilapia filets for dinner tonight, not quite sure what to have with them, maybe just salad.
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Debbie, so sorry about your friend. It is a sad story indeed.
Tonight's dinner will be oven-cooked pork chops with a panko breading and roasted veggies.
I cooked a lb. of black beans in the slow cooker today. Soaked them in water overnight. SO easy! I'll freeze them in 1 cup portions to use in recipes.
Greetings and best wishes to everybody.
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Carole- When you freeze the black beans or any beans after you cook them do you put a little water in with them before you freeze them or make sure they are dried first? Probably a dumb question but never froze them before unless it was in a soup base.
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Burgers on the grills and cheesy potatoe wedges.
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Joyce- I don't blame you to wait until next week, so much stress going on for you. Hope you get rested up before your trip.
My dad's last chemo was today!! So glad about that. He also had 2 radiations today too. He went in for rads this morning and then chemo then suppose to go back to rads so he wouldn't have to go back again tomorrow for the last rads. He has really been having a really hard time with this. Losing about 6 pounds or more a week, very weak and throwing up a lot. But I just hope he will feel better enough to eat, it is so hard to see him like this. He actually has an appointment set up for late November to see a surgeon but I really don't think the surgeon will do surgery on him because he was told by another that he is not a candidate but wants to do anything he can. Thanks for asking.
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debbie, thanks for the update on your Dad. I continue to pray for him, you and the family. Hope he is able to eat better. We all need an intake of nutrients in order to heal.
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Debbie - so sad about your friend. Best wishes for your Dad and you and the family.
Dinner is going to be chicken & garlic tortellini served with shrimp in a garlic white sauce (can you tell we like garlic) with fresh warmed cheese sticks.
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Debbie, really hope the last of your dad's treatments let him turn the corner and start feeling better soon.
Had my 3 month appointment with the mo today. Other than the side effects from the letrozole, all appears to be well. Good to go for another 4 months and dancing with NED for now!
Tonights dinner was rotisserie lemon chicken, buttered noodles with parsley and the last of the garden green beans.0 -
kidsandlabs what are cheesy potato wedges? Anything with cheese sounds good to me.
Debbie So glad your Dad is done, now on to the healing and hopefully he will put his weight back on (unless of course he doesnt want to)
Auntienance what is the letrozole that your on? Not familiar with that, hope the side effects are mild and Congrats on dancing with ned!
Daughter coming home tomorrow...let the games begin!!! She has so much energy....wears me out, but love seeing her.
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Carrie, letrozole is the generic for the AI Femara. Lots of potential side effects but most common are hot flashes and joint pain.
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Thanks everyone for your well wishes!
tazzy- I am stuffed from dinner but your dinner still had me drooling yummm!!
Nancy- Glad you get to dance with NED! Keep it up! Your dinner sounds good too, maybe I didn't eat enough lol!
Carrie- Have fun with your DD, I bet you wear her out! LOL! You always seem to be having a good time.
Ate the last of my chicken dinner it was so good. Then snuck 2 oreo cookies that i had hiden in the back of the fridge so DH won't eat them. NOt good for the diet maybe I should hide them from myself. ha!
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Carberry - they are very unhealth potatoes, but very good.
Cheesy Potato Wedges... 4-6 Potatoes 1/4 c. Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Pepper, your favorite Seasoning Salt, 1 c. Sour Cream, 1/2 c. Ranch Dressing, 1 c. shredded Cheddar 1/2 c. shredded Mozzarella, 1/2 c. Real Bacon Bits, 1/4 c. Green Onions, Cut potatoes into wedges. Place on foiled baking sheet. Mix alltogether in a bowl, Bake 400* for 30-40 min til fork tender.
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Debbie, thanks for the update on your Dad...keeping him in my thoughts. Strong guy to go through all that! Very sad story about your friend. Life is precious and so fragile.....
Saw my surgeon for what I though might be my last follow-up today. Instead I learned that she really wants me to have an MRI next month (alternating with my mammos), since she feels I'm not old enough yet to just do the yearly mammo.
I decided to ask her if my plan to treat myself with cranberry/yogurt/water, and bean tea potion is realistic in my effort to avoid the anti-biotic, and she said it could work....not to worry if I felt a lot better. I'm usually not headstrong about doing my own thing but definitely the symptoms have abated, so yay!
Carrie, I totally share your fabric fetish...and also made my kids costumes years ago. Tho I think today I'd be tempted to buy them with the great selections you got at Old Navy, Laurie.
I try not to go into fabric stores since I can rarely come out without more to add to my large fabric collection. This week I cleared out a ton of clothes (hope I didn't already bore you with this) in my effort to create an uncluttered environment for next weekend's houseguests. I ended up donating 7 huge bags of good wearable items, and feel like it was the start of a necessary purge in our house. Unfortunately, my sewing room may just to have it's door closed next weekend since fabric overload prevails! During the clothes clear out, I came across some very very old long skirts I had made (and saved!) and was stunned at how thin I was once upon a time. Yikes! I took a picture of them so I could part with such memorabilia.
Chabba, you did well on the lean budget. I love your creative cooking. Your "customers" are so lucky to benefit from your talent and nurturance!
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Thanks Lacey! They must have liked it. Almost every plate came back empty, except for those who didn't eat the skins. I though I had made enough chili beans for tomorrow too but enough of them had seconds that all that cook gets is a good soup base. But I made a big batch of bread pudding so he has almost half a pan of that. 0 -
Lacey- Your not boring at all,. love reading all your stories here. (and everyone else's too) 7 bags of clothes is a lot of clothes. I have trouble parting with my clothes what I don't wear I put in the other rooms closet. Have you ever noticed when you buy some new clothes you wonder what you wore before? LOL! Interesting that your surgeon said you weren't old enough to have just mamo's most Dr don't want to do a MRI. Sounds like you are in good hands that your surgeon wants to be cautious. I have been trying to get a MRI with my dr for a month or so and they keep dragging there feet. them and the insurance. ARGhh!
Chabba- I agree with Lacey you are so creative and have had some great recipes here.
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Debbie, my high school drama coach once told me she knew I had a special creative talent my first year of Senior High when I was in her English class. She had never had a student who was such a creative speller. At the time we were commuting together to summer school. It just after my Freshman year and it was a special graduate class taught by a visiting professor from Yale. The head of the Drama Department had given me a waiver to take the class and I was the only under classman in the class.
I gave up theater when I married--for me it was too all consuming and would have interfered too much with home life. Since then my creative instincts have been devoted somewhat to crafts but mostly to cooking and baking--for 46 years. Enough time to learn a little bit. Have been a bit limited by my DH's somewhat limited adventurous instincts when it comes to things culinary.
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Debbie, I sure hope your dad's chemo and rads makes him better. He has a strong will to live. About freezing the black beans, there was liquid in the crock pot. I measured two cups of beans into each ziploc bag with some of the liquid. There were three bags from a lbs of beans. This is an experiment. I'll let you know how successful it was when I use a bag of the beans. Here's hoping I remember the beans are in the freezer! I often "discover" items in my pantry!
Hello to everyone. Sending responses to your posts. I must get ready to drive to the club for my Friday golf.
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Morning everyone!
Carole: It sounds like your new diet is working well for you.
Laurie: The kids in their costumes are precious
Debbie: So glad your Dad is done with his treatments
Joyce: Enjoy Florida...we're headed back there soon!
For all who asked..my eye injection went well again...my next one will be back in Florida with my retina specialist there. The latest scan showed that there was much improvement in my macular...blisters and fluid were all gone. I have no idea how many more I will need...my Fl specialist originally said about 8 and the last one was 5. Sooner or later it will spread to the other eye and I'll have to begin shots on that one as well. Just something I have to deal with...certainly better than going blind!
Last night was "date night" we went out to dinner and a play at the local little theater. The play was "Zelda...An American Love Story" about the marriage of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the love of his life, his wife Zelda. It was Broadway at it's best! I couldn't believe the talent of these actors. The venue is small, so it is much more personal. We both enjoyed it! Next week will be Rascal Flats in Greenville.
Fall is in full swing here so we're going to try and visit some of the higher elevations this weekend and see the leaves at their peak.
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Joyce so glad about your good news!
Debbie, I hope that your dad gets some rest and is comfortable this weekend, now that he has had his last treatment.
I found " The Whole Foods Market Cookbook" at the library last night as well as "The weekend baker" You've all inspired me with your baking stories.
Hello to all of you that I've missed, it's been so busy here it's hard to keep up!
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God help me, I caved and got some sourdough starter from my sister in law. I decided to experiment with some English muffins. My DH has a large family. We are all of the age where we have too much stuff so Christmas presents are usually consumables. I decided that homemade English muffins and jam might make a welcomed present so that's going to be my mission.
Anyway, the starter has had it's first feeding and I'm now officially responsible for another living thing. Probably a bad idea lol!0 -
auntienance Thanks I heard that about the femara. The tamoxifen gives me some pretty harsh hot flashes as well but no joint pain. Counting down to coming off this stuff.
Lacey Love the story. I too have clothes everywhere. I used to be good about getting rid of them, but now that the kids have moved out, I get to use their closets as well. My daughter followed my passion and works in the fashion industry, works for a design company that deals with buttons and trims for all the major stores clothing lines. the two of us can sit for hours and discuss different buttons.....we now call her the button girl. Pretty boring to everyone else, but if you knew where those buttons came from and what they are made of you would look at your buttons more closely LOL!!
Anyways....Tilapia was delish las night, should have done those cheesey wedges with them, but stuck to the salad. I think my DH is gonna love those potatos. He was searching for tartar sauce for his fish last night and I told him he didnt need it as it was in a butter wine sauce.
Tonight going out for dinner....so hard to watch calories when dining out.
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my friend just brought me her garden which i almost finished processing..
a hug bag of swiss chard (i cooked it and put it into ziplocs
a big mess of green beans
a huge sack of tomatoes. (i'm pondering how many we can eat fresh in the next several days. What should i do..? i don't really want to make sauce. Can i quarter them and freeze them for sauces later?
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Carole, we belong to the CSA too. My DH wants to sign up again for the fall. I was much more into it in the beginning and middle of the season. Right now my refridgerator is so full of kale and collard greens and hot peppers, green peppers, a couple of bunches of bok choy, a very large kohlrabi, radishes, beets, a bag of purple and yukon gold potatoes, 4 zucchini, two acorn squash, a few sweet potatoes, a couple of bunches of broccoli and a few different salads. We'll have no problem using the salads and the broccoli. I don't know about the rest. I have been boiling the collard greens for 15 minutes then sauteeing them with a little salt and garlic. They've been good, but we've had a few days every week. It wasn't all from one week, they are backing up on me. And I had to throw some things away that went bad. Any advice on any of it would be appreciated. I can take care of the beets, I think it was Debbie who told me how to roast them. Early in the season, I wasn't back to work full time yet and had more time to experiment. I am swimming in veggies. Any suggestions are welcome. I mostly made gazpacho or roasted the tomatoes I had. I did have a lot, but they're all gone now.
Debbie, so happy your Dad is finished chemo and rads. My thoughts are with him and you. I know how hard it must be. Is Chuck doing well?
Kaara, glad your eye injection is over and went well. I can't keep from blinking just thinking about it.
Lacey, I am always complaining about the clutter in my house. It is mostly the junk mail and junk magazines my DH gets which I complain about. I am not good about decluttering my closet at all. There is no way I would have 7 bags of clothes even if I threw everything away though. I need to get in there and clean it out. I am interested in the comment about the MRI's too. I'm not too keen on getting a breast MRI, but I am a little worried about only getting mammo's once a year. I have (or at least had) dense breasts, and the tumor I had didn't show up, but they did see thickening of the skin which caused them to do an ultrasound. I do think the tamoxifen may have an impact on the dense breasts.
I'll chime in and agree, your boys are adorable Laurie. I so miss those ages. My DD says this will be her last year trick or treating. She's in 9th grade. I thought last year might be, but she wants one last harah I guess.
Went out to dinner last night. It was a three course dinner for $35 and if you bought two of them, you got a free bottle of house wine. My DH and I each got, so we also had a free bottle of wine. It was really good too, it was an Italian red wine. He had roasted calamari (it was much better than I thought), seafood risotto, and tiramasu cake. I had mussels in red sauce, crab and shrimp linquini (whole wheat linquini, and it was absolutely delicious) and chocolate mousse cake that was to die for. It's a good thing we won't be going there too much. Also, it is about a mile from our house, so we walked there and back. Bonus points! LOL
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Now that it's below 100F degrees most of the time, I've started planting a few cooler weather things in some pots....so I can move the more sensitive stuff inside if there is a chance of it freezing.
Apple....
I've never froze tomatoes before...although I don't know why it wouldn't work. My mom always gladly took care of *any* excess tomatoes, so I never had that problem.
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Apple, you can freeze tomatoes with or without the skin. If you keep the skin, wash them thoroughly then remove the stem and stem scar. Bag and freeze (you can cut them up first). Without the skin, blanch and remove skin and core. Bag and freeze. I always remove skin and core because then they're ready to use.
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