So...whats for dinner?
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Joyce - please wish your dad a happy birthday for us! And happy anniversary, Lacey and DH!
So did I mention that DH and I are going to Las Vegas the Friday after Thanksgiving? We will go on a hot air balloon ride and scatter my mom's ashes on Mt. Charleston overlooking Las Vegas. Mom loved Vegas and it will be a fitting place for her.
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I took someone from this board to the Weathervane several years ago. They flew into Manchester and wanted fish by the ocean. Well, this just had to suffice. I believe she loved it.
My husband ate a huge amount of pizza for lunch so HE wants a light supper. I ate less than half the amount he did and I want something a bit more. So I am making an Asian noodle soup with chicken broth, and adding some small pork meatballs. I don't have any water chestnuts for crunch so I might substitute a bit of green onion. Any bets of whether or not he wants some of the meatballs? We try to have homemade soup [brothy kind] at least twice a week. Must be working, lost another 2 lbs since my last treatment day.
*susan*
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I found some Jasmine rice....and I have a bunch of chicken......and some onions...and some cilantro that needs to be used up.
I learned "don't have money or possibly energy to go food shopping" cooking in college and it's been farther developed with Sharon. Now, it's an energy issue instead of a money issue.
Apple, you've had me laughing most of the day. Just so everyone knows, the last time I looked at my birth certificate, it said "male" in one of the boxes.
Try to enjoy the 'Vegas trip, Michelle. Those kind of trips can be bitter sweet. My last trip like that was May 26, 1984 to Rocky Point, Mexico. I'd rather not do another one any time soon.
Kay.... Is your son doing OK? That's got to be quite a shock for him.
Joyce, tell your dad happy birthday. 92!
I'm curious about those spider cookies. I can see how they are put together except for the eyes. What are the eyes made from?
Eric
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Specialk-Glad you had a good time and those cookies are cute and look good.
Joyce-Happy Birthday to your dad. Lobster pie has me drooling.
Lacey- I guess I missed your post, Happy Anniversary to you and DH
Michelle- What a great tribuite to your mom. The hot air ballon ride I bet will be beautiful too and like Eric said bittersweet!
Susan- Congrats on losing the weight. Your soup sounds yummy!
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I got the ideas from a bag of rice, my idea of "fried rice" with chicken and the suggestion on a bottle of rice vinegar about it and oil adding flavor to rice dishes...... The vinegar bottle even had a helpful "use this much vinegar and oil with this much rice" charts. They didn't say what kind of oil to use, so I used olive oil. Sesame or peanut oil might do well, but I didn't have any.
I chopped a large onion as finely as I could and sauteed it in a couple of tablespoons of oil until the onion was soft. To that, I then added 2 cups of chicken broth, 1 cup of water and a 1/2 teaspoon of salt (I made up for the low sodium broth), some sugar (a teaspoon or so) and 2 cups of jasmine rice. I cooked this for 15 minutes.
I had dissolved a teaspoon of salt into1/2 cup of rice vinegar and a couple tablespoons of oil...to this I added the rice/onion mixture, 5 pieces of cooked shredded boneless skinless breasts and some chopped cilantro...and mixed it all together.
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We had a half-lovely meal at Rialto in Cambridge. I felt so-so about
the antipasti appetizer since it was full of salty meats next to the lovely fresh fig.(DH's problem for choosing it for me), and the obviously homemade ricotta on the plate was less special than I'd expected. I keep thinking that I want to make my own ricotta (i'll bet you do Susan) but if it tastes like that I will pass on making the effort. My salad was less than exciting with packaged mixed greens as far as I could tell, which I would not have expected. The duck I had looked ominous with its very black crust....worried it would all taste burnt....but underneath was a wonderful slow cooked duck that was tender, tasty and plentiful (for which DH was thrilled, since he had a smaller, tho succulent whole fish selection). Overall, it was a nice experience to celebrate our anniversary. Thanks for your well wishes!
Michelle, I love your plan for your mother's ashes. Sounds like she would be so pleased, and your hot air balloon ride will feel spiritual. Glad you and Joyce got to get together while she is home.
Joyce, Happy Birthday to your dad. No one in either of our families has lived that
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I just lost a long post, sorry I can't post everything I wanted to say. Just know you are all loved.
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Lacey,
I have never eaten at Rialto but have heard that it is a lovely room with somewhat inconsistent food. Sounds like your meal! Yes, I make my own ricotta. Why? Because I can decide at 6 that I want some ricotta, and by 6:30 it is ready and I can just make a little bit. [Assuming I have milk of course.] It is the easiest cheese to make at home. It should have a nice flavor, but it really needs some salt to bring that flavor out.
Happy Anniversary. Did I miss how many years you were celebrating?
*susan*
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Susan Make your own ricotta? I have just elevated you to a new level!!
this morning I did eggs benedict and made my own hollandaise sauce ...YAY ME...I can learn new things. It was delicious
Tonight will be all the leftover pasta from last nights dinner party. Oh my goodness we had so much food.
Michelle enjoy that balloon ride, I know you will have your camera running.
Lacey Happy Anniversary how many years?
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eric - the eyes are little candy eyes that you can purchase, I got them at Target. However, we ran out and still had a dozen or so cookies without eyes. I ended up using white chocolate chips and making the eyeball with a little dark chocolate and a toothpick that we had been using for the glue to attach the candy eyes and licorice legs. The most labor intensive part was unwrapping all the Reese's cups!
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For those who missed an earlier post, we celebrated our 39th anniversary.
I think I will try to make my own ricotta, Susan. The recipes I have make it sound as easy as you describe. I have mixed feelings about Rialto's atmosphere. It is in a very busy hotel, and last night we literally had to push through crowds of people (members of a huge gala being held at the hotel) to enter the restaurant which is a series of small and larger sized rooms divided by glass walls with sheer curtains. The upholstered seating is very comfy.
Carrie, I think you should feel really good about making hollandaise sauce! Not the easiest sauce to get right. Your pasta party sounded great, and I'll bet your NJ friends were so appreciative of your nurturance.0 -
Lacey,
The only special item you need is some muslin for the draining, though probably two layers of cheesecloth would suffice. I like making my ricotta with either lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Al Capone, yes really that is his name, taught me a "restaurant" trick which I use when company is coming. AFter the ricotta is drained, add about 2-3 tablespoons of heavy cream and whisk it in. Especially nice if you are using the ricotta for a dessert.
Thirty-nine years is very impressive. Congratulations!
*susan*
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lacey- 39 years! That is awesome hope you had a good night.
I made some delicious pumpkin pancakes for breakfast with sausage patties and a cheese omlet so good.
1-1/2 cups of milk- 1 cup of pumpkin puree- 1 egg (2 if you like them fluffier) 2 tbl veg oil- 2 tbl of vinegar and tea vanilla- 2 cups of flour- 3 tbl brown sugar- 2 tea baking powder- 1 tea baking soda- 1 tea ground allspice- 1 tbl ground cinammon- 1/2 tea ground ginger- 1/2 tea salt- 1/2 tea ground nutmeg-= In bowl mix milk, pumpkin, egg, vanilla and vinegar combine. In another bowl mix flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, allspice, cinammon, ginger, nutmeg and salt mix then stir into the pumpkin mixture just until combined- Heat a lightly oiled griddle over med-high heat. Pour 1/4 cup of batter spread out slightly with back of spoon.
I have made these useing the above ingredients and they are delicious, but for simplicity today I used about 2 cups of Krustez pancake mix ( or use any one you like) adding all the same wet ingredients and the spices i used today were pumpkin spice seasoning, cinammon and nutmeg. If you use a pancake mix you can leave out the b soda and b powder. Dh really loved these too.
Hope everyone is having a good day!
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Wow, lots of stuff going on here!
Michelle, what a lovely thing to do for your mom. I love Mt. Charleston. I've told my DH to sprinkle my ashes in a compost pile and use it to plant something that blooms.
Lacey happy anniversary! 39 years is a wonderful accomplishment. We are working on 33 but truly, it has seemed like no time at all.
Susan, you are my idol. I would love to make ricotta. So many times a recipe calls for whole milk ricotta and in my little town, it can't be found.
Lots of good cooking going on on this board. I get hungry just reading about it. I'm calling yesterday Adventures in Hand Pies. I found a store that carries tart red cherries (frozen) which for some inexplicable reason is impossible to find in our area. I've been wanting to try cherry hand pies so I used my regular pie crust, one of which I already had frozen. Big disappointment. The filling was wonderful, but the crust is an all butter pastry crust and the result was too greasy. I will have to try a different crust with less fat. I'd say it was a waste of good filling, but I'm sure DH will finish them off anyway lol. It seems to be a weekend for kitchen misadventures, because I put some tomatoes in the oven to roast and forgot about them. Ugh. Crispy critters! Fortunately, I have about two dozen more ripening in the window sills so I'll get another chance. This time I think I'll set the timer.
My DSIL gave me a recipe for a bread using the sour dough starter that you can keep in the refrigerator and use at will within a week. It makes about 3 good sized round loaves. I made cinnamon rolls with it today and I will be making some parker house type rolls to go with the braised short ribs that are cooking away at the moment. I'll use the last of it to make a loaf with caramelized onions, peppers roasted tomatoes and parmesan. My SIL made a similar loaf during our visit and it was wonderful. I'll have to use the roasted tomatoes I froze (see Crispy Critters above.) She gave me a humongous bag of green peppers from their garden though, so I've got the peppers covered. If this bread ends up as tasty as hers, this could become a very bad habit
Hope everyone has had as good a weekend as possible and those of you who were impacted by Sandy are managing to cope.
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Ricotta seems to be one of those cooking/science things like peanut brittle. Here is a link to Ina Garten's ricotta recipe. I watched that episode and it looked pretty easy and I would imagine it has to taste fresh, since it is!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/homemade-ricotta-recipe/index.html
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Susan, forgive my bad memory, please. How did you become such a talented cook/chef?
Michelle, the balloon ride memorial sounds like a really neat tribute to your mother. I like to think of your doing that.
Laurie, what's happening with you?
Lacey, I'm glad you enjoyed your anniversary dinner.
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As always, Ina used far more fat than required. 2 cups of cream???? Oh my. I can't afford that many calories. I am still feeling guilty that I use whole milk. I generally use between 1 and 2 quarts of milk since I am only cooking for two. Ricotta doesn't store well, so I only make what I need for that dish. I never boil the milk either. Boiled milk makes my stomach hurt. I bring the milk to just under a boil, about 200 degrees if you have a candy thermometer. Then off the heat, I add my lemon juice or cider vinegar and stir in a circular motion with a wooden spoon. I then let the mixture sit covered for 10 minutes. Then I scoop off the whey and save the whey to make bread.
Took longer to type than to make!
*susan*
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Susan.....as long as a spider doesn't sit down beside you! :-)
Happy 39th Lacy and Mr. Lacey.
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Happy 39th Lacey! That is how long we've been married too. 1973. Long time ago. I am glad you did something special for your anniversary.
Eric, nice reference! LOL. Oh, and, please tell Sharon congrats on the job.
Michelle, that will be a nice thing to do for your mom.
Susan, does the homade ricotta cook up like the other kind?
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Morning ladies: All that homemade ricotta and other stuff sounds really good...for some reason I just don't have the will to do it from scratch even though I know it would taste and be better for me.
Michelle...nice what you are doing with your mother's ashes...I want mine spread over the Blue Ridge Mountains...so beautiful.
I had a wonderful day Saturday with my 3 year old DGD...she is getting so big! We went to the playground and then to Target where she tried on every pair of shoes on the rack and had to pick her own pairs. We ended up with Dora the Explorer tennis shoes, some Ugg boots and a pair of Mary Janes that I managed to slip into the cart..LOL! Then it was off to buy some warmup suits for her and she knew exactly what she wanted. She is definitely Grandma's girl! After that she wanted a cupcake...DS said absolutely not, so she pouted all the way home! It was fun and exhausting!
Today is my app't with my OC just for a check up. I expect everything will be fine!
Have a great day everyone!
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Auntienance your kitchen must have smelled devine with the short ribs and the bread all cooking away.
Kaara Heres to all good at the onc!
Not sure yet about dinner tonight...my creativity has run out.
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White chili for dinner tonight. Ground turkey from Fresh Market and home-cooked cannolini (sp) beans out of the freezer, plus onion, garlic, peppers sweet and hot, cumin, s & p.
WW weigh-in this morning. No weight loss this week, says my scale. Maybe a slight increase. A SE of aromatase inhibitors is NOT ease in losing weight!
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Carrie, so has mine, I think I used it all yesterday lol. I have another pie crust in the freezer, I think it's going to be quiche and a salad.
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Hi ladies. My mom is LuvRVing. I know she posts here often and many of you think of her as a friend and BC fighting sister. I wanted to let you know that she's been having some trouble focusing and typing the last few days. She's at Dana Farber right now for testing. Of course they'll be looking for those ugly scary brain mets, but we're fairly confident and hopeful that this is just "chemo brain" caused by the clinical trial drug. Either way, she could use your love, support and good wishes. I'm sure she'd love to see your comments here or on her blog so don't hold back and send your thoughts her way. Thanks ladies! Good luck and love to all of you!
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Lovin,
I am right here in Boston if there is ANYTHING I can do. Sending my best thoughts, and hopes that this is just a blip.
*susan*
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Michelle, sending nothing but positive thoughts your way and hoping this is just a temporary glitch! (((Michelle)))
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[p.s. I have just reposted this on the Stage IV boards where she is also well-loved.]
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Lovinmymom: Sending prayers and positive energy! Your mom is a real survivor and an inspiration to us all!
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lovin: (((hugs)))
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