So...whats for dinner?
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Sounds like a great meal.
I got a treat yesterday. My dh was home we went to Newport Shores, a restaurant on the Lakeshore. Yesterday was beautiful, and it was nice watching Lake Michigan. They had a seafood special, two small 2 oz lobster,, and two prawns. The prawns were as big as the lobster. so good. I use a lot of lemon and yes, I eat the drawn butter. But I had a small salad and just a baked potato, I use the rest of thethe lemon and butter on potato, then I dont use salt. All this foe $25 bucks. Not to expensive. I have had more lobster in the last tweleve months than I have had in the last ten years. I think my DH is making up for lost time...... LOL. Much love to all0 -
auntienance: That sounds great...I would love to try it (probably not for a crowd the first time). Will the meat cutter take out the bone if you ask? I don't think I could do that myself...would probably cut myself..LOL! My DD wet brines her turkey and it's always good. I guess the idea of roasting the turkey whole is no longer that important because almost no one displays it on the dinner table...at least we don't. It's carved and served buffet style for our large family group.
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Kaara, I cut the backbone out myself with a good pair of kitchen shears that I bought just for the occasion. With that size bird, it was not terribly difficult. If you bought a fresh bird, your butcher may do it for you.
I wish I had taken a picture, because even though they weren't as prettily presented a Deb's bird, they were still very attractive with their golden crisp skins.0 -
Auntienance, is the turkey meat salty? I followed a recipe by America's Test Kitchen that called for dry brining a pork roast (actually a mixture of salt and brown sugar) for 24 hrs prior to roasting. I brushed off all of the salt before cooking but the result was salty-tasting pork. I stick to low sodium because of bp issues.
As Rosanna Dana famously said, "It's always something!" My exercise walking on pavement has led to sore right heel, dx'ed as return of plantar fasciitis. So back to stretches I should never have discontinued and other treatment. This morning I was researching shoes recommended by the podiatrist, fitflops and Alegria. The fitflops look like a suitable replacement for my Birkenstocks, which I wear around the house. Barefoot is a BIG no no.
Happy Sunday to all. I plan to take my mother to the contemporary church service and afterwards we will have some home-made burgers for lunch at her house.
Safe travel to Eric.
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Bedo the good thing is that maybe you can get a good deal with some of the Christmas specials. You cant NOT have a computer we will miss you!
Deb That bird looks lovely too bad to have to carve it up.
Eric So glad you are heading home, I bet your family really misses you.
Stayed home last night ..kinda snowing and blowing out. Made turkey salad sandwiches and soup. Gotta get some groceries today so we have something other than leftover turkey.
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Carole, the skin was but the meat was not salty. It was perfect. You can rinse the salt off and dry the bird before you cook it but I did not because I wanted to see how salty the skin would be. I doubt that rinsing would affect the meat though.
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The current word may have been a lie... :-). We're still here.
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Thanks Carrie, I turned it off and upside down for the night and voila! I think water spilled on it.
Soups On! Log is on fire! Cat (not mouse killer cat) purring on lap. Life is good in this moment.
Cheddar Cauliflower Soup
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/cheddar_cauliflower_soup.html
From EatingWell: January/February 2010
Start your meal off with a bowl of this satisfying, easy cheesy cauliflower soup.
8 servings, 1 cup each | Active Time: 35 minutes | Total Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large leeks, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced and rinsed
- 4 cups chopped cauliflower florets (from 1 medium head)
- 2 1/2 cups low-fat milk, divided
- 2 cups water
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white or black pepper
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups shredded extra-sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Preparation
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring, until very soft, about 5 minutes. Add cauliflower, 2 cups milk, water, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the cauliflower is soft, about 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 1/2 cup milk and flour in a small bowl. When the cauliflower is soft, remove the bay leaf and stir in the milk mixture. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until the soup has thickened slightly, about 2 minutes more. Remove from the heat. Stir in cheese and lemon juice and serve.
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Hi Michelle in the sky! You have probably landed by now, but I have an airplane joke for you.... A coyote walks onto a plane with a squashed racoon under his arm. "You can't bring that on here!" says the Flght Attendant
"But it's my carrion" says the Coyote.
I thought it would go with the mouse, and turkey carcass theme. Have a great trip!
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we make french onion soup quite often...wish I had a budget for brandy (i'd drink more than my share).
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Brandy..... I wonder what soup I could make with brandy. Beer is cheap and goes with soup...
Can you post your recipe for onion soup? I don't have the traditional soup bowls for it but I'm sure it would still be good.
If not, good to see you.
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So, bedo, since you are a vegetarian, you would want a Lyon onion soup which is made with water instead of beef stock. This is one of my favorite soups. You can do the melted cheese with some bread, but you don't have to gratinee. Instead, broil the cheese on the bread, and serve beside the soup.
http://ruhlman.com/2011/10/french-onion-soup-recipe/
Enjoy!
*susan*
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Carole - I had plantar fascitis many years ago - it took a long time to recover, so be sure to wear the right shoes!! I lived in Birkenstock, Danskos and Naots. And, to be honest, I still wear that assortment primarily - though I've now added in Keens. I don't think I would have been able to wear Keens when my foot was actually sore, though, as the arch isn't quite as high as it is with the others. Sounds like you're well aware of the primary thing not to do, though - which is go barefoot (or even worse, just wear socks....).
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We are on the bus, heading to New York City. It will be nice to not have a police escort when showering.
We were at Nassau Community College, providing medical coverage at a 1000 bed shelter and at the same time we were also providing medical coverage for the evacuees from several skilled nursing homes.
There was a Norovirus cluster at the shelter. It is very hard to avoid, so we all went through lots of protective gear. It isn't fatal for healthy people, just VERY unpleasant for a few days. For the nursing home folks, it would have been bad. We've been told to avoid people for a few days.
I was the communications unit leader. Myself and three others took care of setting up and running the 2-way radio and computerized medical records systems. Because of all the isolation rooms opening and the building construction, it was quite a challenge to get the wireless stuff going, but we did it.
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Eric, If you have to avoid people for a few days, will they let you come right home? How do you avoid them on a plane?
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i make some mean pizza - a great simple crust - scrispy on the bottom thanks to the pizza pans, great pepperoni from the deli, i really is good, brown button mushroom, artichoke hearts, a little green pepper and onion. it's actually super easy to make.
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Apple I am up for a simple crust....short of buying it premade from the store.
Eric what is the status of getting those nursing home patients back into a home somewhere? It makes me feel so helpless!
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Apple- Make that two of us that would love a simple crust. I never had success with Carols- I think I need to buy a pizza stone....
Eric-Stay safe and healthy!
We went to a friends for the night this weekend and all had a great time. Last night was left overs and tonight is meatloaf. I'm starving!!
Started doing home made ornaments with the boys today. I am trying a few different ideas this year. Today we did candy canes made with tri beads. The kids loved doing them. I have been going nuts googling ideas and have so many!! We do them up to give away as presents from the boys to just about everyone.
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Laurie, my kids are between 36 and 27 and I still hang this canes on the tree! LOL they last forever. However the favorite one we made is the Christmas catapillar. Yep. Just took pompoms in Xmas colors, glued them into a catapillar,added googly eyes, and pipecleaner reindeer antlers and set on the tree branch. Not too many people have one of those! I'll post a pic when I find it in the ornament box, I haven't put any on the tree yet. I want to do that wed. Much love
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As places were able to take the nursing home folks, they were transported to the new places.
I stayed away from the nursing home folks because of the danger of being contaminated with the norovirus. Besides I was "crazy busy" keeping up with the computer and radio communications needs as the isolation needs increased.
We are being put up in a hotel, 1 per room, instead of 2 per room, and if anyone gets sick, a special team comes in and cleans up. The virus is simple to kill...0.5% hydrogen peroxide, 1 part bleach to 4 parts water, or any of the hospital room disinfectants will do it.
I have the feeling we won't be leaving for a couple of days. We don't have to isolate ourselves unless we are sick, but we were asked to limit our outside contacts...which we are doing.
We did go eat...it was the 2nd decent meal since the 11th. Baby back BBQ ribs. Before that, except for Thanksgiving, it was MREs, takeout Chinese food or fast food from the school cafeteria.
A strange thing. One night around 2:15am I woke up and wondered why. I went back to sleep. Working 12 hour days, 7 days a weeks and not reading a news paper, listening to the radio or watching TV...it's easy to forget the date and even the day of week. It wasn't until later in the day I realized it was the 24th. Mickey died at 12:17am on the 24th. That would have been 2:17am in New York....very strange....
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Quesadaillas last night...was gonna add leftover turkey but just couldnt do it. Onions,mushrooms, chopped tomatos, and gouda cheese.
Leaving for NYC on Thurs with the girlfriends, staying with my daughter and doing whatever is on all of our bucket lists. Seeing the rockettes Christmas show and maybe a broadway show..Wicked. Ice skating in Bryant park, carriage ride through central park. Daughter wants to take us to a comedy place that is one of the originals, and of course lots of shopping.
Got my DH all stocked up with chef-boy ar dee for the 4 days I am gone.
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Eric, what an eerie experience. That date and time must be etched into your psyche. On a mundane level, glad you were able to enjoy a good meal.
Carrie, your trip to NYC sounds like such fun! I visited NYC only once quite a few years ago. Stayed at the Marriott on Times Square for the Romance Writers of America annual conference. I did not attend a single seminar or session of the conference. Just did sightseeing and loved every minute. Would love to go back. It's such an "alive" city.
Dinner last night was pork piccata made with tenderloin medallions, baked sweet potato, and steamed broccoli. The lemon juice for the piccata was from Meyer lemons, which are a cross of lemon and orange. The juice is so mild and delicious. There were several Meyer lemons in my last CSA pickup. The broccoli was also from the CSA farm.
Michelle, I hope you are having fun in Vegas.
Apple, thinking of you and your big family of hearty eaters.
Hi to everyone else on this rainy day in south Louisiana.
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My plane will be landing at home, weather, schedules and airlines permitting, at 5pm. We're leaving around 10am.
My guess is that they wanted us to "cook" for awhile to make sure we weren't going to make a spectacular showing on the trip home, courtesy of the norovirus. Public Health is NOT making people sick.
I wish I had room for a cookbook from here, but my bag and pack are full. I missed good food, but most of all I have missed actually cooking it for/with my family. Unless I'm completely exhausted, cooking is my quiet relaxing time.
Right now, I'm relaxing in my room and looking out at the rainy "ground zero" World Trade Center site. We went there and got a tour. As responders in uniform, we got to the head of the line and a docent showed us around. It was eerie and made me feel sad. Last night the flash from the arc welders working on the building would light up the wall.
New Yorkers, in typical fashion, really took care of us and made our stay downtown very nice.... :-)0 -
Turkey pot pie for dinner. Ho hum.
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Carrie have fun in NYC
Eric congratulations on all you do
I'm taking a day off from work tomorrow. Lots of vacation time. I'm making Susan's onion soup tomorrow!
My DD spent the night last night
On the 5th day after Thanksgiving my daugh-ter gave to meeee
1 frozen goat leg, ??!? (in the freezer)
$200 (Not- that she owes me)
3 doooo-og barfs! ( on the sofa, bed and rug)
4 empty raspberry beer bottles (Ok she only drank three)
And tomorro-ow we will see!
Happy Holidays everyone!
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Safe trip home, Eric! Imagine how happy your girls will be to see you and benefit from your culinary talent.
Bedo, sounds like never a dull moment when DD is on board!
Carrie, have a great NYC visit. I'm envious.....we used to go there frequently during DS1 and DDIL's residencies in midtown Manhattan....seems we never get there now that they live and work in Jersey. We must make the effort to get across the river! Sounds like you have a lot of fun things on your docket.....enjoy!
Making some mini-quiche (spinach/ bacon, as well as roasted tomato/basil with asiago cheese)for a fundraising and food pantry filling "tea" (actually more wine than tea is imbibed in!) that my neighbor is holding tomorrow. She is a nurse who travels to Haiti at least two times a year to vaccinate, and help the families with other health care needs. Here, she helps the Boston Haitian families be cared for. I'm hoping that my energy will return to my old normal so I can be lot more involved in such activities now that I'm not working, where I had the chance to support such needy families.
Having turkey pastina soup for dinner while I make the quiche!0 -
That last week has been a whirlwind of Thanksgiving and my visitor, plus a gig. Yesterday we drove to NY, north of the city. Visited Hyde Park which I haven't been to since I was a kid. It is a really great National Park, but the gorgeous view of the Hudson River is now blocked by tall pines. From there we headed to New Paltz to meet up with another of my "September Sisters, my chemo group, and we all had dinner together. Night at a hotel, and then I was on the road by 7 this morning for a long drive home in the snow. To be honest, I am so happy to be back to our usual routine. Tonight I made some chicken parmesian with a simple quick tomato sauce. I went light on the cheese. After so many restaurant meals in the last week, time to lighten up.
There seems to be a large chunk of turkey breast left, so that will turn into tomorrow night's meal. Maybe a turkey pot pie without the crust would be good. Instead, I would make some biscuits. I like those much more than pie crust and they actually have less fat.
Have I missed a post from Michelle in Las Vegas? Hope she is having a wonderful break.
Eric, you will enjoy being home so very much I would think. I was only gone for 24 hours and couldn't wait to get home!
*susan*
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Eric, thank you for all you do. And be sure to thank Sharon and the girls for sharing you with us, and NYC! And your waking up, was just a little visit to let you know you are loved. Safe travels.
Lacey, I hope you get your energy back soon so you can enjoy.helping others.
Carrie, have fun. What the heck, buy something on a street corner, so you a souvenior with a story! Not some boring store stuff! LOL
Michelle, I hope you have a lot of fun, even if you have to leave it in Vegas and not tell!
Supper tonite was just soupvsnd a hamburger from Culvers. I had my jewelry class, and its enough to drag myself out and try to work on something fun. I still get so tired. And carrying anything using a cane is not easy. but I have some thin sirloin tip steaks I will make tomorrow. I have mushrooms and potatos.
Apple, I fed my four kids this casserole: obrien potatos, 1 large frozen bag, 2 cans creamed corn, at least 6 sliced cooked and crumbled Bacon. (Increase if you like more) add sausage or hamburger, if you have any leftovers. mix all together, Bake or nuke till potatos are soft. will fill up at least 6 big eaters. Add hot sauce if your kids will eat it. No need for salt, but pepper if kids will eat it. You can add more veggies, but only if kids will eat it. Are you sensing a theme here? LOL
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DH had a Woodworkers Guild meeting last night. My dinner was a small bowl of Zapp's salt-free potato chips, which are very good, a paper plate of Triscuits and cheddar cheese, and 12 dark chocolate kisses. Oh, and I had an old-fashioned made with bourbon before dinner. No damage on the scale this morning. Guess I can't be trusted to eat a healthy dinner left on my own!
Cooked a lb of pinto beans in the slow cooker yesterday. Will put together the rest of the ingredients for chili this am and let the cooker do its thing. Ground beef, onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, chopped bell pepper and hot pepper medley from the freezer, cumin and cayenne, s & p.
After two days of rain, the sun is shining and the temperature is mild outside, in the 50's.
Happy Wed. to all.
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Hi everyone, we are home from Las Vegas. Our plane landed in Boston at about 11 p.m. so I'm a little tired today. I'm going to do a blog entry in the next day or two with lots of pictures and a video from about 4000 ft above Vegas. I had to take it easy - my endurance for walking around was not so good after having been stuck in my recliner for a couple of weeks. I felt like I had shin splints by the time we were leaving...lol. The weather was fabulous - about 70 every day and brilliant sunshine.
Today I desperately need to go grocery shopping. I think I'm going to attempt to make spaghetti sauce. We'll see how that goes...
Susan - my son-in-law's parents brought us Alton Brown's curry chicken pot pie and it was fabulous. I am sure it would work with turkey.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/curry-chicken-pot-pie-recipe/index.html
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Welcome back, Michelle. That Alton Brown recipe looks fairly simple. I think I'll give it a try one day soon. Did you have any memorable meals in Vegas?
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