So...whats for dinner?
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laurie - seems as though you are also fearful of your dad being hurt, as well as just not liking her, which sounds pretty legit!
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I agree...that does sound weird......
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Chiming in: fishy.
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Laurie Gotcha...yeah maybe some alterior motives there. this thing kinda happened to my father-in-law, but the funny part of the story is...they were both in a nursing home! Families thought she went after him because he still had a car and she wanted to escape the nursing home. He bought her a diamond ring and took her to a really fancy resort/hotel and no one knew till my sister-in-law came to visit and he was gone. Long story short he was located and promptly moved to a home closer to his daughter where she could keep an eye on him. He had LOTS of money that could have been lost!! Her daughter was fully aware that she did this to several of the men in the home....maybe a little dementia?
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Laurie, given those details, I empathize with your concern and disapproval.
For dinner tonight, chicken breasts flattened and lightly breaded and browned in a little olive oil and butter. Carrots steamed in chicken broth and then sauced with small amt of butter and splenda brown sugar. Chopped salad of iceburg lettuce, tomato and cucumber dressed with vinegar and light mayo.
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Laurie, sorry your Dad's engagement is a complicated, not so savory one to witness. Maybe if she's that flighty, she will not make it to the altar. Re: the gold digging part, would he be open to you and your brother having a chat with him about his wedding plans and talking about pre-nup agreements that older folks with assets often have? Or does that sound too bold?
Michelle, hoping for you that Gemzar is a true "gem" for you! Looking forward to the food porn when you get the chance to post. It will probably be way before I get on to my computer and figure out how to post pix of our visit to the grandkids and the "grand house" , which we finally experienced....and enjoyed. So now, our house here feels cozy!
Today I had a wonderful lunch out.....BLT and amazing "frites" with salad at Petit Robert Bistro in my town with a few friends. Am stalling about dinner....tired, and not in the mood to go food shopping which is required for us to eat homemade tonight. Maybe we'll "order in" which seems rather obscene after having lunch out.....but I am really tired....did I tell you?!
A very happy thing that happened with the grandkids was that our little six month old diva LOVED her new pink taggie I made for her, and when she got fussy was easily distracted by playing with and sucking (she is a very oral baby) on the ribbons. Now....DGS has had two wonderful taggies which I made during his infancy....a Red Sox one and a Celtics one, both very colorful, which, to my knowledge, he has never touched. But now that baby Ava loves hers so much he is thrilled with his (and hers....sibling rivalry prevails!). I am now a happy GM that my labor has not gone to waste.....even tho I was willing to suck it up. I make those taggies for so many babies, I couldn't not do it for my own......Thank you little Ava for loving yours!
Expecting some more snowy weather this weekend. Wish a bit more had melted first.0 -
Laurie - I can only say that I hope things work out for the best - it doesn't sound good.
For dinner, leg of lamb (I cooked last night), rice and salad.
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Garden, wish we were at your dinner table!
As I was about to order pizza, recalled that I had a Trader's Greco-Roman pizza taking up real estate in the freezer, so heated that up instead....not the most sating....but dinner nonetheless! This is a rarity in our house, where we basically must eat too much!
In fact DH heated up the rest of last night's broccoli rabe/sausage lasagna leftovers (also from the freezer), since the pizza wasn't enough. Last night, the lasagna was wonderful after being in the freezer for a month.....or I was just really hungry!
By the way, Yellow Tail Merlot goes really well with Trader's Greco-Roman Pizza! Very high end
Reminds me..... our little dry town has just granted six liquor licenses to new stores...major town change! It will be so interesting to live in a non-dry town...and with all of the new stores looking for business. I think I've spent my young and older adult life driving to town borders to buy a bottle of wine. Too bad the MO says one 4 oz glass of wine daily, max. I expect my town stores will be offering lots of wine tastings.
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Lacey- Your story of the taggies made me smile. Awesome, they are so lucky to have you. Also 4oz has to be wrong for wine consumption?
Carrie- OMG! Hard to believe the elderly can be that crafty?! Thankfully the e mail did include the fact that he will do a pre nup, what it includes/excludes Lord knows. At this point he knows how I feel and am staying my distance.
Tomorrow the kids will hang out with their grandparents for awhile (hooray!). Lots of stuff to get done while I have the time. I started going through the list of dinner ideas with DH before he headed to bed, he stopped me on the firtst one- eye of the round. So a roast for dinner tomorrow it is! And left over pepper steaks for the weekend
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Laurie, I hope your dad finds someone special that is both good for him and good to him.
I managed to luck out twice in that regard.... :-)
Dinner tonight was chicken & jasmine rice...I put a little bit of cinnamon onto the chicken before I put it into the dutch oven..... I got home "early" at 7:30 and Sharon was looking tired from teaching, so I volunteered to cook and decided it needed to be fast so we wouldn't be eating at 10 o'clock. Jasmine rice cooks in 15 minutes so it's done slightly faster than the chicken...0 -
Lacey Those are so wonderful for the little ones....my kids had the blankets with the satin edges that they loved to touch and put next to their faces. I really thought my son would have to take his to college, but no, I found it all folded neatly in the back of his closet. My daughter just wore hers out.
Daughter comin home from the big city tonight YAY! Have to pick her up from the bus station at 8:30pm so we will stay in town and go somewheres to feed her.
Laurie Wish my hubby liked roast...maybe its the way I cook it? but he is not thrilled. I am not sure if I am needing a boost to my red blood cells or not, but I crave red meat...cant get enough steak. I was never like that before ca.
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Carrie - hubby and I both love beef and I can eat rare beef because it's nice and moist. Have you tried the recipe with the eye of the round? It's easy and produces a tender, medium rare roast.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/High-Temperature-Eye-of-Round-Roast/
My RBC are lingering outside the low end of normal so I've been indulging in beef - burgers, especially.
Hubby announced that his best friend from Kansas City wants to meet him in Phoenix to play golf soon. Since he won't leave me home alone, I will go with him, which is perfectly OK with me! Nice to have something else to look forward to!
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Carrie, I love red meat, too, and a good hamburger is a major treat. DH has 3 stents so we try not to eat red meat often. His cardio dr. would just as soon he didn't eat it at all.
Michelle, that's a very easy recipe. It just requires timing to have the roast ready for meal time. I seldom ever buy that cut of roast. Our beef choice is a good ribeye, about 1 lb, which we share. Winn-Dixie supermarket sells prime. Fresh Market also sells a very good ribeye.
Eric, was that a whole chicken you cooked in the iron dutch oven? Stove top cooking or in the oven?
The dinner menu is full of blanks at this point. Maybe pork loin medallions. Maybe lamb chops. Maybe a quinoa side.
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Food has been rather uninspired around here lately. Thank goodness the husband has had a few cravings. Last night I did a lemon, garlic chicken with mushrooms that came out very well. I invited the kids to stay for dinner after our tax session this afternoon, so now I have to actually figure out what to serve. Needs to be something that doesn't require too much tending. Have I told you I am having a wedding reception at my house in March? The planning meeting is this afternoon before the tax session. And the kids need to be at a dance [they love swing dancing on Friday nights] by around 8pm at the latest.
I have, perhaps, over-promised once again. When will I learn?
Michelle, really hope that the new drug is the magic bullet and that your red meat diet helps those blood counts improve.
Laurie, who knows what this woman offers your dad, but I suspect that your gut reactions are accurate. Maybe you can collect a few of your mother's items so that they are discarded? The whole situation is complicated.
*susan*
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This time it was already thawed boneless skinless chicken breasts (but I have done whole chickens too). I put a bit of chicken stock (left over from the Lebanese Couscous) in the dutch oven to speed things up. I think it took 15-20 minutes on the stove top to cook.
I'll put the dutch oven in the oven, but I usually reserve that for things that will be cooking a long time....such as a pot roast.0 -
Michelle- Maybe it is a french thing? We always do eye of the round as well and cook it the same way.
Susan- can you share the recipe for the garlic lemon chicken with mushrooms?
Carrie- Yay for your daughter coming home!!
Have to run!
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Dinner menu more definite at this time of day. Lamb chops, baked sweet potatoes and either chopped salad or cole slaw.
We're going to try the same cooking technique for the lamb chops that we've been using with ribeyes. Sear the chops in an iron skillet that has been heated in the 500 degree oven. Finish cooking the chops in the oven, 1 or 2 min. on each side. We usually marinate the chops a few minutes by rubbing olive oil and fresh rosemary and black pepper on them. I'm wondering if the searing would burn the rosemary.
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You guys are making me hungry for a big hunk of seared meat!!! AARRGGG I feel the beast in me coming out...I may have to have a big burger when we go out tonight. Maybe a tall beer too...geesh I must be turning into a man, now that my hormones have been deleted!
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We're heading to a wine tasting party tonight! So dinner tonight will be...... umm... wine? lol.....
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This carnivorous talk also has me drooling! Beef and lamb, yum! Gotta try both of those cooking methods....soon!!
But DH is at the store getting shrimp that's on sale. He promised he'd clean it since my hands are totally dysfunctional today....had planned to sew...not a chance. I would really like to stop this Tamoxifen!! We will probably have the shrimp with pasta and maybe asparagus, salad, and crusty bread.
Carrie, my sons also had those Carter's blankets with the satin bindings. DS1 loved his and chomped on one corner then known as "favorite corner of bu (blue) banky". I had to keep downsizing the blanket since it was a weave, which shredded over the years. It ended up 4 by 4 inches, by the time he abandoned it! So that "satin comfort" is just what inspired the moms who invented the taggies.....wish I had been one of them! I just love making ones with interesting colorful patterns, sports teams, etc. I have a few in the hopper with one side Red Sox and the other side, Yankees, for children of mixed marriages! Now if my hands would work, I could finish them before the opening pitch!
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Oh, and Carrie, have a fabulous visit with your daughter! Those times are precious....
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Michelle and Laurie I wish the best for you
My brother has stayed with me since he is living in his car, My daughter has stayed with me too, as she lives 40 minutes away from her job which is 1 mile from my place. My 2 cats, my daughter's dog and the landlord's dog, have also loved staying here. This is a one room cabin.
I finally broke down and called into work sick and slept until 12:30 because I was finally alone yesterday.
Tonight for dinner I had wasabi peas and wine with my landlord, as she and her partner-guy were back
The wasabi peas were really good.
So was the wine
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Good to have you check in, Bedo. Sounds like a meager dinner, wasabi peas! I bought a can of those a while back and ate them as a snack. They were peppery. I could never decide whether I liked the wasabi taste.
The lamb chops were good last night, but DH and I agreed that we prefer them cooked on the grill.
Tonight's dinner will be a combined cooking effort at the home of another couple. They're doing an appetizer, fresh brats and a dessert. I'm cooking German potato salad and thawing out some home-made baked beans that are in my freezer.
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Dessert alert! I have not been feeding myself well lately, I admit it. Starting the whole process of having a new lump checked out. I had a fresh veg juice for breakfast.
Getting a dessert ready for my daughter's 'human circus' event today (!): blueberry cobbler with organic wild blueberries. But I forgot the sugar and it was already in the oven. Not for long, though, so I took it out, dumped it into a bowl, whisked in sugar, back in pan, then returned it to the oven!
Now it looks like a hot mess -- it's not out yet -- so I'm throwing together a Moosewood six-minute chocolate cake with cacao and a chocolate glaze. Please note: I will not be eating either of these things. I just thought you ladies -- all of whom sound like you are excellent cooks -- would like a glimpse into the chaotic world of what I'm "having for dinner."
I used to be a pretty good cook myself, but it seems I am seriously off my game.Bedo, I loved the wasabi peas story. Congrats on that 'me' time!
{{{{hugs}}}}}
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Carole, those lamb chops sound delicious! I just copied your post.
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Carrie, enjoy your daughters visit.
The lamb chops sound do good. I had chicken with peanut sauce yesterday. Today the leftover chicken, or possibly tacos. What ever thrills me when I think about it again. Much love0 -
Tonight is going out. DD's old school is having a get together for the parents of the former students...so we're going to that and will eat there.
In the mean time, I'm cleaning some more of the old cast iron that my mom gave me. Lye (and my personal protective equipment) and later, electrolysis, to get rid of rust....
My mom suggested flax seed oil to season the cookware. She said that it worked better than anything else she tried. I found some at the health food store.
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Kauai pictures and links are on my blog:
www.mch-breastcancer.blogspot.com
Enjoy!!!
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Eric, a blacksmith told me once he seasoned his cast iron for edibles after he formed it when it was almost red hot, with bees wax. He said it worked the best. Just FYI.of course he did it outside.
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Michelle: beautiful pics of Kauai. Never been to Hawaii.?? On my never ending list of places to go. You look great too.
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