So...whats for dinner?
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Carole, your oysters sound outstanding! I'm heading to the gulf coast in a couple of weeks and I'm already salivating at the thought of fresh seafood!
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Minus, the sauce brought me back to Mele's (Amelia's) kitchen! It was always interesting to me that all of her seven Italian sisters (the three brothers never cooked!) had their very distinct spaghetti sauce recipes. Growing up, I could almost tell with my eyes closed whose house I was in by which spaghetti sauce was served.
Knowing she would be happy to share the info on this little food-stained card, Mele's recipe was like this:
1 large can of tomato puree (I didn't have any yesterday so used plum tomatoes in juice added to the blender)
1 large onion
1 small carrot
1 stalk celery (not in my kitchen since I'm allergic:)
1 clove garlic
1/2 fresh green pepper
2 large bay leaves
1 Teaspoon sugar (cuts the acid in the tomatoes)
Salt and pepper to taste
Place puree in a large pot. Fill empty puree can about 1/4 full of water, getting the remaining puree out by stirring the water. Pour that into a blender. Clean and cut up the vegetables, and add to blender. After blended, add that mix to the pot. Add the bay leaves, sugar, salt and pepper. Mele also put a teaspoon of fennel seeds in a metal tea bag, and hung that in the sauce, which to me, was her signature flavor. You can certainly add other spices to your liking, like basil, parsley. Bring to boil and reduce heat to simmer. After an hour or so, she would add cooked meatballs or cooked sausage (some people add raw meatballs...learned that from a friend's Italian mom; they just end up a little softer). I put a bit of olive oil in mine, since I don't often add meat to it. If you want meatless, just let it simmer by itself on low for several hours, stirring occasionally. Tho I have to say....her sauce with meatballs on a plateful of spaghetti was a very happy eating experience!0 -
Debbie, thinking of you. ((((( hugs)))))
I have a few blocks for the Super Bowl, Lacey! I love that. We do it at work. We do it a little differently, every time the score changes the person with that block wins $20. The person with the ending score wins the rest of the money. It's $5 per block, so total payout is $500. I am feeling lucky!
The camper sounds great Laurie. Hope it all works out. I also think you're making the best choice. Your 5 yo will come around when he camps in the more spacious camper.
I also envy your food choices in NOLA, Carole. i am dying to try an oyster po' boy.
Just had an omelet for dinner tonight. Making a chicken chili recipe on the whole foods website for the Super Bowl tomorrow. Wish DH wasn't working all weekend
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Good luck Kay!
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Lee - this is the view we got from the Mediterranean Gourmet when we were there in June 2010. We were bemoaning the fact that we were missing the sunset from the St. Regis until it started raining and we got this beautiful rainbow. Everyone ran outside to take pictures!
Haven't tried the Hemingway cafe but will seek it out.
You'll get pictures, I promise!!!
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Michelle, that's beautiful! I just sent a link to your post to my husband. We're going back in September but we may add in another trip before then. We are addicted - plus we have some Hawaiian Air miles we can use toward part of the airfare.
When we were there in 2011 we stayed at Pali Ke Kua - which is close to the St. Regis. This is the view from the balcony of the unit we stayed in (zoomed in as much as possible):
This is the same view from the beach in front of the house we rented on Haena Point/Tunnels beach in September.
I can't wait to live vicariously through you when you get there!
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Michelle~~~I'm excited for you.
Laurie~~~I love camping, never had a trailor but my parents had a motor home, I went with them to NY for the Hot Air Balloon festival a few times. We did a lot of tent/tent trailor camping.
Hope everyone that has the flu or whatever it is has a speedy recovery.
(((HUGS)))
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LeeA and Michelle, those are some awesome pictures.
I haven't posted much the past couple of weeks. THe past couple of weeks have been crazy at work and then last Saturday and Sunday and this Saturday I was, from 8am to 5pm, taking a training class for job #3.
I'm hoping that I can help dig out from the housework, get over to mom's house, take care of her stuff and then bring her over her and cook some dinner for everyone.....
Cooking is my relaxing time..and unfortunately, it's the first thing to go when I get busy......
Laurie, I hope your camper purchase works out for you. They are lots of fun. Chrissy remembers our tent trailer trips and is always ready to go on another one.
Off to the housework. The dogs are blowing their coats and it's looking like snow drifts along the sides of the hallway....even through I swept last night!
Eric
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Eric, hope things calm down for you....Got a kick out of your "snowdrift" description of the dog fur. Must have been for us northerners.....we used to call it " tumbleweed" when it got plentiful which feels more desert-like....tho maybe your dog is white.....my sister's was a golden
Just made three roasted vegetable lasagnas ....two for the gathering we are heading to and one for us....I ended up having a lot of ingredients....and worked it out to three casseroles full, and just a few leftover roasted eggplant, peppers, tomatoes to make DH a real yummy sandwich tomorrow.
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Michelle, and LeeA!! Wow...So beautiful. Love it!! Keep posting pics! (as DH and I cant afford to go)!! But camping is awsome! Laurie, good luck with the camper! Those are some of my best memories...camping with the family!! (love your posts', and your DS' comments) LOL!! SO FUNNY
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Beautiful pictures, Michelle and LeeA.
Lacey, with all that cooking energy since your retirement, you may have to start a catering business!
Eric, I hope life slows down a little for you, enough that you can get in some cooking time.
Debbie, caring thoughts sent out to you.
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the camper was a GO! It is in new condition, incredibly clean and well maintained. We purchased it for 5K below blue book value and brought it home today. It is heads and tails nicer than our previous camper. The 12 foot super slide makes all the difference. We are very excited and can't wait to start booking our trips for this summer!
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Hi Ladies: It's been a long time since I've been on the site so will have a lot of catching up to do.
Laurie: Your camper sounds like fun...we did a lot of camping when my kids were young...now my idea of camping is the Holiday Inn;)
I've been cooking a lot lately but not my usual healthy fare....new guy....new food choices, but I'm slowly getting him into healthy eating...LOL! Last night we went with some friends to a Mediterranean restaurant in Greenville and had one of those sample platters with many things to taste...it was great...my favorite was the rack of lamb with yellow rice and cranberries...delicious! I think I can make the dish at home with skewered veggies to go along. Tonight I made meatballs in sauce that was served over rice...quick and easy for the Super Bowl game.
Headed to Florida on Tuesday after a month in S. Carolina enjoying cooler weather. It's time for some warm weather and beach time! My new friend is looking forward to meeting my family...hope he survives..LOL!
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LeeA and Michelle Those pics took my breath away!
Laurie so good on the camper....
Speaking of life recipes ....
I have found myself having to let some friendships go
One, life revolves around money
Two revolves around looks and money
Three life revolves around pretty trivial "health" problems
My two best friends are not typically beauties (although I think so)
But they are there for me. And they say they love me. That's a lot, when a friend says that before hanging up the phone.
Most of all I believe in them and trust them.
I seem to be cutting a lot people from my life that don't meet the criteria of true friendship
It is somewhat lonely, although I am basically a hermit anyway
Speaking of hermit crabs, I'm not having crab tonight, but
Herring in wine sauce out of a jar with crackers
I hope that everyone had a really nice weekend.
Debbie I am thinking of you
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Bedo - We are having unhealthy Shake N Bake (sort of, a knock off) and Birdseye Steam Fresh corn something, DH's choice. Quick and easy. Had earlier verrryyy unhealthy Key Lime Pie Martinis. I rarely have any alcohol but these sounded good and were good. DH has his Corona beer, I have a rare glass of wine.
I have not had herring of any kind. But I seem to have 5-6 cans of sardines that I guess I'm going to have to eat up. Sure that I bought them for their calcium content. Dog would help me but seems to barf with anything but her dog food and even then sometimes only with that. I think lunch tomorrow wiil be crackers and sardines.
I, too, am pretty much a hermit. Have church friends but no close friends. Friends in the big city we see every 2-3 months for dinner but no one I would really call to confide in. But one of those city friends had BC about a year and a half before me so I could and did call on her.
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I referred to myself as a hermit on the January chemo thread just a few days ago. On the other hand, cancer sure gets me out of the house...I've felt "busy" since I was diagnosed. I've never had any girlfriends, per se, since moving to California; however, I've met one of the BCO members and she is great. We've been to lunch twice and she has definitely been one of my rocks through this.
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Awesome news on the camper.
I've always called the dog hair along the sides of the hallway "snow drifts". We have a black dog that looks like a border collie with a retriever face, a probable yellow lab and a huge Maine Coon cat The hair on the floor ends up a gray color.
I didn't get to cook today. I got done with the chores around the house and went over to my mom's and did chores there. DD went to a Super Bowl party the church youth group put on and Sharon wasn't hungry.
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Debbie - wanted to send you a real bouquet of flowers but didn't have your home address. I hope you like my virtual roses.
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beautiful Roses Michelle.
Thinking of you Debbie.
DH flew out this afternoon so I am on my own for a few days. I am thinking of letting the boys have pancakes for dinner and making a quiche to go with it. I am kind of bummed that I won't make a real dinner until Friday.
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Laurie, you are a true kitchen trooper! I used to love slappin' down those pancakes or waffles for the boys when DH was travelling...and there were certainly no complaints from them. Quiche too?? Amazing!
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Lol! Lacey- quiche is so easy to make. DS2 and I love it so it will make for a more balanced dinner.
Joyce
Thanks! I actually said to D! I commented to him, my parents never did cool stuff like this when I was growing up, do you think they know they are lucky? We both agreed- they have no idea. But someday they should and we will have lots of memories and good times to laugh about. They are only young once, soon they will hate us and think we are lame. Plus, it gets them away from tv and computer screens and enjoying the outside. US included!!0 -
Laurie, I've never made a quiche and don't have them at restaurants because they usually include onions that have crunch in them. How do you make your quiche? Do you use bought crust? I wonder if you can make quiche with eggbeaters?
We're having fish tacos tonight. The fish will be catfish fillets seasoned with Paul Prudhomme's salt-free Magic and pan-seared with a minimum of oil. The slaw will be made of napa cabbage and I'll mix up a sauce of sour cream, mayo, minced jalapeno, and dill relish. DH may want some chopped sweet onion. I'll chop up some ripe tomato, too. The tacos are corn tacos and I'll heat them in an iron skillet. Garnish of avocado slices. Lime wedges for squeezing.
I seldom make desserts but recently I ate a delicious home-made cheesecake. It was so light and creamy. So today I bought cream cheese, one fat-free carton and one reduced fat. And graham crackers to make a crust. And a pretty stoneware pie plate! I plan to experiment and see if I can make a cheesecake with less fat and fewer calories that still tastes delicious. The topping will be fresh fruit and/or berries.
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Sharon's uncle came home from the hospital today...into hospice...and died a little bit ago. Liver cancer....
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So sorry, Eric. Condolences to you and your family.
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Eric - Please give my condolences to Sharon, your DD and Sharon's family. I hope you get to spend some extra time tonight with her seeing how busy your schedule has been.
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Eric, so sorry to learn about the loss of Sharon's uncle . The timing sounded a lot like my mother's last hours. I think she lasted in her lovely Hospice room for all of seven hours.
I hope you all have time to grieve together...life has been so hectic for you lately. Caring thoughts being sent your way.0 -
Eric my sympathy to your wife and family. May you have the time and strength you need to provide the support they need at this time.
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Lacey: Thanks for the spag recipe. Since I usually cook for one, what's the definition of a "large" can? I can cook from recipes, but I'm not gifted like some of you who throw together wonderful dishes.
Eric: Sorry to hear about Sharon's uncle. You both have my sympathy
Carole: I cheat on quiche - but the recipe was my Moms from the days when real men didn't eat quiche. Guess that dates me. It's great for college students, newly weds who both work late & us oldtimers who are busy out playing all day (ha ha). I'll go ahead & share since I expect every one back east is already in bed.
Mix in blender (recipe actually says Osterizer):3 eggs, 1/2 cup Bisquick, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1-1/2 cups milk, 1/4 tsp salt.
Pour into greased 9" pie pan.
Sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped cooked ham & 1 cup shredded cheese on top & push under the liquid. (Or switch meats, or do veggies or mix cheeses or add spices).
Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Makes it's own crust.Debbie: Thinking of you.
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Eric, my condolences to both of you as well as the extended family.
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Carole - there is a product in the freezer section called "pour a quiche" - it's in a carton about the size of a pint of milk. Thaw it out, shake it up and pour into an unbaked pie shell (like Pillsbury that you find in the refrigerated section of the store), add meat, veggies or whatever you want and pop it in the oven. Easy-peasy!
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