So...whats for dinner?
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Dinner with a friend tonight. Made a lamb stew served with roasted vegetables over polenta. Topped with gremolata to add a touch of freshness. Very nice supper.
New Orleans is a town I must visit. I bet that the Christmas lights are beautiful.
*susan*
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I have been to New Orleans many many times, but never at Christmas. I bet it's lovely.
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Michelle, thanks for the update on Apple.
Apple, I hope you start to feel better after RADS are done, and that your strength keeps up til you are done.
Eric, when I had something I couldn't read, I copied it much darker. Sometimes that helped. If some spots were TOO dark, try erasing the copy where there is too much toner. Sometimes that works. But you have to play with it, and I had good luck with some carbon copies from my mom and dad. Good luck.
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Hello everyone! Apple, you are truly missed. Sending you healing thoughts and prayers. (((Hugs))))
Debbie, enjoy the visit with your dad. Also sending good thoughts and prayers for good news. (((Hugs)))
Deborey, our cheerleader, you do post the best pictures! Thank you. Bedo, you're the comedian. Thanks for the laughs.
That ravioli looked good Susan. I am still trying to get back in the swing of things, but now am adding some more into my routine. I think I am going to do the vaccine trial SpecialK is in Baltimore. It's an hour and 40 minutes each way from home. I am at six months from tx, so it's now or never.
Boy, New Orleans at Christmas sounds good. I bet the weather is perfect too.
The only thing worthwhile reportingon the dinner front was a Hanukkah dinner at my in-laws. We had some cheese first, then a good salmon recipe, with some spinach and some noodle kugel, then chocolate cake and pumpkin bread. The kids had tater tots and gluten free chicken nuggets. My 7 y.o. Nephew has celiac disease. One niece made chocolate chip cookies that were gluten free with rice flour. They tasted good!
I am also heart broken about the school shooting. I have never even held a gun, but do understand hunters wanting it, or people who go to a range and shoot pistols, or someone who knows how to handle it and wants a gun to feel safe in their house. But I don't get why anyone would have or want automatic weapons except for some kind of mass shooting. Is there any other purpose? Why are they allowed?0 -
Kay, your Hanukka dinner sounds very interesting. Completely outside my experience. You pose the question many of us are asking: Why own assault weapons? The answer to why one can own them in the USA is simple. The NRA, which is so powerful that the politicians in Washington are scared to oppose the organization. The NRA has shown its muscle by going into states and waging campaigns against candidates it opposes.
My bil is on facebook this morning stating that the problem in the Conn. school was not enough guns INSIDE the school to shoot the shooter! He advocates everyone carrying guns! I do not kid. And he's a big NRA member and wouldn't miss a gun show. He does keep his guns locked in a safe. To his great dismay, IL is not a concealed carry state. Here in LA, you can bet that a lot of the cars in the parking lot have guns inside them. And a certain number of women have small guns in their handbags. I do not object to hunting guns and revolvers that aren't rapid fire. We always had guns in the house when I was a kid and dh owns several guns his uncle gave him. The problem there is that I forget about them and occasionally we do have children in the house.
Susan, the weather in New Orleans this time of year could range from 70's to 30's. This year we've seen a lot of the 70's, which doesn't make me happy. I look forward to some 50's and 60's in Dec. and Jan. Our cold weather never lasts longer than 2 or 3 days, then back into a warming trend. It is nice that we have blossoms in winter. My sansanquas have been gorgeous this year. The yellow cassias are blooming and most people plant pansies in the fall to bloom through the winter and into the spring. The camellias are blooming. I have all those blossoms in my yard.
Happy Monday.
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I'm home from my port surgery, but not before stopping for breakfast - I had banana stuffed french toast smothered with strawberries and whipped cream. It's probably not what they had in mind when they told me to stick to a light diet today...LOL! I feel fine - no nausea or any other after-effects. And my port site feels fine (could still be numb) but I am icing it as instructed. We had an exciting ride to the hospital as the roads were full of slushy greasy snow. But we made it OK. I'll be spending the rest of the afternoon relaxing on the sofa; and if I'm really lucky, I'll take a nap. I stayed up way too late last night watching football.
Carole - three years ago we went to New Orleans for NYE, then cruised out of NO on Jan 2. It was in the 20's when we came back into port a week later. I didn't think it got that cold there but that was a really cold winter everywhere.
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luvrving - glad you are home from what sounds like a smooth port-installment - and wow on the breakfast! I am still in that period of no appetite from anesthetic, so have not been eating much.
carole - I also live in a concealed carry state - I assume that everyone I see driving or walking around has a gun. It is truly crazy and it does make me nervous. I see absolutely no reason for the average, non-law enforcement, person to have an automatic weapon. Some people say they hunt with them but until the animals start shooting back I think it is overkill - so stupid, and one of the reasons things like this happen.
kayg - yay on the possible trial enrollment - it really was easy and I am so glad I did it. I felt good doing something to advance the science and potentially get a personal benefit at the same time.
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Michelle,
Mmmmmmm your breakfast sounds really yummy!! Glad to hear that the port surgery wasn't too bad. Yuck, on the snow... It's just kind of gray here today but no precipitation!0 -
Michelle, I remember that winter 3 yrs ago. DH and I went to FL in Jan and towed our 5th wheel camper to Lakeland, where our rv friends have a hookup at their house. We visited Epcot and nearly froze our "arses" off. When we were ready to depart and slid the slides back into the rv, sheets of ice fell off.
Wonderful aroma of pot roast wafting through the house. DH went to the supermarket, consulted with a butcher in the meat dept., bought the roast and is cooking it with veggies. I'll cook some greens that need to be cooked and may make a salad.
I finished up the last of the Christmas shopping today and the REI gift card I'd ordered for a gift arrived in the mail. Ho, ho, ho.
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Michelle....too funny about that "light" breakfast! Glad the port procedure went well, and hope it is still pain free.
Carole, I love that your DH has such independent food shopping and cooking skills!
My DH is getting a "bit" closer in that he is signing us both (!) up for a cooking event with the resident chef at Volante Farms in town. I guess that's a start. He is the kind of guy who embraces new things, so this could be the start of something good!
Kay, I hope the trial possibility works out for you!0 -
Volante Farms sure has grown since I lived out in those suburbs. Cooking classes? Wow.
Dinner tonight was a leek and potato soup with a tiny amount of sausage. I love this soup. True bistro, cold weather food. I topped with some fresh chives, and made some croutons from a stale loaf of sourdough bread. Perfect supper. My only regret is that I didn't have enough leeks to make a double batch.
Michelle, your light breakfast sounds like the Friendly Toast. Too funny.
*susan*
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I ate a late breakfast. So supper will also be late. I'm thinking noodles and eggs.
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Yes, Susan, you would not recognize Volante Farms. Young Dave (their oldest kid, my son's friend) and his two younger sibs have taken over the business and expanded it in many ways...and they now have a chef preparing meals for people to take out..and they've had two "dinners in the fields" events. I learned this past weekend however, that they may not do it this year since it is a money loser and a huge undertaking.
I cleaned out and organized another couple of kitchen cabinets and a three shelf pantry today, more food circa 2004-2010. Makes me glad that I am now home and can keep better track of my inventory...this was really wasteful!
Then I baked some biscotti and also made dough for mexican chocolate chip cookies, which I'll bake tomorrow. At dinner time, since DH wasn't here, I decided to try a can of soup that I found in my pantry. The date was fine, the soup was awful...so I threw it out!
Tomorrow I'll make a nice kale sausage soup, while doing some more baking.
I saw a nice recipe for smashed pea/ricotta crostini with mint, which I think I'll also make for the "meet the baby" gathering this coming Sunday. This will give me a chance to make my own ricotta later this week...wish me luck!0 -
Lacey, good luck with the ricotta, hope it's as easy as Susan says. I plan to try it myself.
Yesterday was a baking day. Made a fruited nut bread, English muffins and cookie doughs. Will bake the cookies on Wednesday as well as some soft rolls for a Christmas ham I'll be having. I had planned on pepper steak for dinner but DH was craving breakfast so we had eggs and sausage and a big treat of a waffle. Now it's pepper steak tonight.0 -
Auntie, your baked goods sound delicious.
Tonight's dinner is "same song second verse"--warmed up pot roast and veggies. Warmed up greens.
Hope everyone is well and just too busy to post.
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Totally exhausting day following a night of not enough sleep. [Totally forgot my pills last night and felt like crap all day.] On my way home from my client's office, I stopped by Bob's Italian Deli. I was planning to buy some of their frozen meatballs, but "settled" for some freshly made pork sausage. Dinner was some cooked tiny little pastas mixed with the leftover ravioli cheese stuff. I simmered some simple marinara sauce, mixed that in and threw it into the oven. Browned the sausage and simmered in the remaining tomato sauce. Not a bad simple supper. I just couldn't do anything complicated tonight.
*susan*
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We made tacos for supper and now we're watching A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott. It's DH's favorite version. Big day tomorrow - PET/CT scan and appt with the RO. Port site seems to be healing nicely, I can remove the bandage tomorrow morning. We'll probably grab a late lunch after my scan which will screw up suppertime. Might be a popcorn night.
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Michelle,
Now that you are the master of your own popcorn once again, that sounds like the perfect supper. All the best tomorrow with your appointments tommorow. Will send good thoughts while I am managing my ping-pong client.
*susan*
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Michelle - All the best wishes coming your way for your tests tomorrow. Think dinner will be an apple with caramel dipping sauce.
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Oh Luv, I LOVE Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's caramel apple covered with pecans. We don't have one nearby, probably a very good thing! I could easily make that my supper tomorrow night! I've had them from other vendors and they are just not as good - RMCF uses crispy Granny Smith apples and that tart apple is so yummy with the caramel and nuts!
And thanks for the good wishes, everyone!
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Michelle,
My thoughts and prayers added to all those expressed here for nothing short of spectacular news tomorrow!!! You are in my thoughts tonight and will be thinking of you tomorrow!0 -
Well, blow me up...I mean down.
What do you all think of this, my nieces love it, they are RN's.
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That's hysterical, Deb! I couldn't make this stuff up....and you find it!
Caring thoughts going along with you tomorrow, Michelle. And have a great late lunch!
Was baking cookies all day, so we ordered pizza and Greek salad for dinner to avoid having to shift gears and cook serious food in the midst of cookie dough everywhere.0 -
Too funny Deb!
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Hi everyone -
I'm salivating over susan's ravioli photo!
I haven't been reading/posting much since Friday so I just spent the last few moments catching up on the thread.
Michelle - thoughts and prayers from here as well!
My Moisturel came in the mail yesterday. Tried it on my hands but haven't tried it on my face yet. And re: popcorn . . . I am a popcorn addict. My latest favorite way to make it is to pop it in a paper sack in the microwave (no oil) and then sprinkle on extra virgin olive oil and pink Himalayan salt AND my very latest favorite addition: fresh lemon juice. And then, I eat it with a spoon!
The other day hubby brought home four treats from the office that his former assistant had grabbed for him (he only goes into the main office one day a week). Four popcorn packages shaped like ice cream cones filled with four different popcorn flavors. (1) chocolate covered (it was REALLY good (2) caramel (pretty good) (3) kettle corn (hubby ate that one (4) cheese flavored (hubby ate that one as well).
This is the website - Popcornopolis in El Segundo, CA.
http://www.popcornopolis.com/?irsrc=adwords_search&gclid=CJCS-K_upbQCFUxxQgodpkcARw
The one I liked so much is called Zebra chocolate.
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Tonight's dinner for us was Panda fast-food Chinese. I had the Firecracker Chicken - only 240 calories - with vegetables and a teeny bit of rice. Pretty good! Lots of hot peppers and yellow peppers.
We made homemade soup yesterday. Vegetable with brussel sprouts, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, carrots, garlic, basil, salt, pepper. I had made up a large pan of quinoa the day before so for leftovers, we stir in a big spoonful of quinoa with the soup and it really makes for a nice flavor/texture.
The other night we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner and we both ordered a new salad on their menu:
Arugula
Quinoa
Sun Dried tomatoes
Feta Cheese
Asparagus
Red onions
Champagne vinaigrette (hubby went with that - I chose my favorite CPK dressing instead - dijon vinaigrette).
It was a very good salad. VERY filling. They had run out of bread and the minute we saw it we were skeptical. As it turns out - they had run over to BJ's (another chain - not sure if it's exclusive to California or not) and bought bread from them. Weirdest bread ever. It was like eating slices of angel food cake! Other than that, it was a good meal and one of the rare times when I deviated from my all-time favorite CPK menu item/craving which is the Tri-Colore Pizza Salad.
Wishing you all the best for the holidays and beyond. I love coming to this thread and reading about the food and moreover, your lives and thoughts...
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Another baking day today. Three kind of cookies - lemon, fig rugelach and sweet dreams (a brown sugar chocolate chip and walnut rolled in powdered sugar then baked) and dough for crusty breads. I also need to make spiced apple rings for Christmas eve dinner. My DH and DS wouldn't think it was Christmas without them.
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Deb that picture is hysterical Someone is very creative.
WOW on all that popcorn LeeA My hubby is the popcorn fanatic in this house, although I like it too. He of course can only do the traditional and wont try anything different. Anything with caramel or chocolate is ok with me!
Michelle Good luck with your scans today.
Last night wanted to use up the ham so made a wine sauce with te diced up ham, onions, mushrooms and a can of diced tomatos and lots of garlic and mixed with penne pasta...very yummy and easy.
Grocery store trip today and probably a big taco salad for dinner tonight.
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Michelle thinking positive thoughts for you!
LeeA I am craving your salad. I don't know what champagne sauce is
Eric your recipe reminds me of something my Mom used to make. It was green and molded with chopped walnuts and maybe cottage cheese and had a dressing that she made that looked like french dressing? We used to beg for it! She also used to make her own cheese balls and roll them in nuts. Now that sounds like fun!
Kay, Yay! On your possible enrollment. That's very exciting and you are so wonderful to advance science, but mostly I hope that it advances your health!
This place smells like damp ashes and kitty litter. I must get off the sofa soon and do something about it. It is another requested day off. Things get out of control in a small space.
Wishing everyone the best
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Hi everyone! It has been forever since I have posted. I get on and read when I can but have fallen so far behind.
Michelle- I hope your scan go well, ((((hugs)))))
I am so far behind on everything. With the kids been sick for a couple of weeks, I got nothing done for Christmas. Then just as they were better I had a fall on the stairs and hyper extended my big toe- which put me in a boot and not driving or walking much for 5 days or so. So now I am trying to play catch up and get ready for Christmas. I am hoping to finish my shopping on Friday afternoon and try to get a bunch wrapped while the boys go to my in laws for the afternoon. A girl can hope right?
We have been doing a lot of Christmas things- ginger bread houses which we went to the library to do. Our town library is awesome and does it for free and the boys had a wonderful time. We have done sugar cookies- which we will have to do one more time before Christmas and we have done both the kids Christmas party at DH's work and the adult party was last Saturday night. We are supposed to go out this weekend again- not sure who will help with the kids?
Food has been simple- pot pies, a ham and tonight will be meatloaf.
I hope everyone is well and I send you all hugs.
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I am back from seeing the Rad Onc and then having the PET/CT scan. I brought home the CD and will soon spend some time practicing being a radiologist...lol. Gotta do it, even though I'm no expert. I think I gave my last scan's CD to Dr. Chen so I can only compare to the May version. Oh well, I'm totally expecting progression - my CA27.29 went from 126 or so to 313. The good news is that my brain mets seem to be either gone or not causing any trouble. I'll have a brain MRI later in January.
And then we went to Five Guys for burgers and fries. Naughty, I know. But I was starving and my blood sugar was really good (they always test before they inject the radioactive glucose) so I felt totally justified!!! Supper will definitely be popcorn much later this evening.
Laurie - you just can't seem to catch a break! Five days in a boot, what a pain! So don't sweat what you don't get done - you've already given your boys many nice Christmas activities. I hope you get that window of opportunity to wrap.
Oh, I got an email from Cleaning for a Reason and they matched me with a cleaning service. I get cleaning for free, once a month for 4 months. I'll probably alternate them with the service I just hired for the 4 months - I do like to get cleaned every two weeks. If you haven't heard of this service, they do free cleaning for women undergoing chemo. I tried once before but didn't get a match. This time it worked out.
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