So...whats for dinner?
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Take out pizza tonight, my last frolic with pizza for a while. Serious carb, fat and portion control in order before my next blood letting in August.
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Oh Nance, I have been vicariously enjoying your recent creative carb fests. What will I do now!?
At my shared retirement party least evening, there was a really extensive buffet that included bountiful grilled vegetables, chicken marsala, chop choi (sp?) chicken, grilled tornadoes of beef over spinach and feta risotto, french rolls and mixed greens salad and a zillion beautiful and delicious desserts on a buffet table. I was amazed that a hotel provided such a wonderful buffet.
The program for the three of us was delightful since our principal is a born performer and knows all of us well, and likes us. In addition to my regular retirement gift, she read and presented me with a book created by many of my former "young clients" about what they learned from me. Parts of it were hysterical, and the "out takes"were particularly amusing. God, was that touching.....and is fun to have in my memoirs. Sure loved that too big job! 
Would probably have stayed in it were it not for the big C.
Carole, glad your surgery went well. I'm eager to hear about your new pasta attachment adventures!
Hope our sisters on chemo are having gentle treatment.
Grilling steak that's been marinating, and throwing a few cobs of corn on for good measure. Rounding out with salad and maybe a few brussels sprouts if they are still in the veggie bin. Gotta reconnect with our fridge....Glad to be in charge of my own meals after our NJ trip, which was a carbo loaded experience.0 -
Minus...hope you keep the Superwoman...even after the steroids wear off.
Susan, hope you're feeling Ok after your treatment.
Sharon is doing well. She forgot about not picking up heavy things....She was reminded. No harm, just a, "*&^5&%$#! That hurt!".
I've been working from home this week. So back to work.
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I guess adding to the previous post without editing to it...
I'm hoping things are OK in OK. I'm on call until midnight MST tonight. (fingers drumming). I hope everyone else in tornado alley is not having to worry.
Dinner tonight was a pot roast that I started around 11:30 this morning--took an early lunch. The only other thing Sharon wanted was a salad...so other than the rolls that I snuck in there, that was it.
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Nancy - I got on here esp. to check on you. Hope you are safe tonight. I pray we don't get the nasties tomorrow.
I had the blood frolic today though he does not test my cholesterol. I will have to jump on MO next week or PCP who declined to do it in March. And the OMG weigh in. I think our last frolic with pizza too tonight though frozen not take out. Do not think I could do without pizza for 2 months though. I need to love vegies/fruits and not bread. BUT I do intend to make English Muffins.
Dang it Minus they do feed you good. Hope chemo is treating you lightly. You scrubbing dynamo you.
Eric - Glad Sharon is doing well.
Carole - hope the shiner heals up for you. Are you going to attempt church Sunday? UMM Raspberry Collision. I need to see if I have any frozen berries. It's a risk because I have a very old blender. It is avocado green. Can you say 70's???
Speaking of fish swimming up we are now on 2x/week watering restrictions not that recently we have needed it. But I do see the handwriting on the wall.
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Eric - I have KOCO TV playing on the net and Weather channel on TV. They might have just dodged major damage. Weather Channel vehicle tossed 200 ft; only minor injuries. Sounds like might be more damage in St. Louis area and east of there. We supposedly per local weather have only slight chance of tornado tomorrow but more for wind/rain. If I have to have a storm, give me that. We do have flood insurance since we live on a creek and a bar ditch.
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Luv, thanks for checking on me. Apparently a tornado touched down just south of us about 3 hours after we were just there. Right now, we're just getting lots of rain (3 inches so far) and thunderstorms. We are under a tornado watch. Can't believe Oklahoma is getting hit again, those poor people! Take care out there!
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Nancy. One of the situation reports I'm being "fed" mentioned St. Louis and I immediately thought of you. I'm glad you chimed in here.
Eric
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All of you in the weather please take care - praying for no more!
lacey - your dinner and party sounded super special! I am so glad you had a nice time!
Dinner tonight was ribeyes with mushroom gravy, yellow squash with red pepper and red onion sauteed with some red pepper flakes in EVOO, loaded baked potatoes and a green salad with balsamic dressing. Made some quickie lemon tarts with raspberries. I should have had plain steak with just the green salad - did I do that? No, I did not.
Went with DD to the ENT doc this afternoon - not good news and she is freaked out! Tonsils out mid-July - he said they are so big he does not understand how she can breathe at night, also discovered she has a deviated septum which must be fixed - one side of her nose just does not work at all. Doc feels this is why she is constantly sick - that will wait to be fixed in January. This kid passes out during a blood draw so this will be a challenge! We probably need to drug her starting NOW!
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Tried to post this unsuccessfully last night. The good news is they're taken the severe weather threat out of the forecast for today:
Thanks Eric. Right now we're getting lots of thunder and lightning, Yike! Quite a bit of damage in St. Louis and St. Charles counties but no more high winds tonight, just lots and lots of rain. Looks like we're in for more of the same tomorrow. Enough already!0 -
auntie - so glad to hear from you and glad you are ok! This kind of weather is so nervewracking for the people who live in that area, and there has been so much of it! I sure hope the threats pass by soon.
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Nancy, so glad you're ok. Nothing scarier than the threat of tornados. At least we get advance warning of an approaching hurricane and have time to evacuate.
Special K, I completely understand your NOT having the streamlined steak dinner!
This morning I'm poaching a chicken to make chicken salad, which will be part of a picnic supper tonight. We're going with another couple to Jazz in the Vineyard. It's a take-your-own-chair-and-picnic-supper event at a wine vineyard out in the country. Of course, you buy your wine there!
My brown rice and broccoli dish turned out really good. I got the ingredient ideas from a South Beach recipe. The sauce was low-fat mayo, low-fat sour cream, sweet curry powder, a little hot curry powder, a little lemon juice, and grated cheese. I had a chunk of mystery cheese that turned out to be fontina. I heated the concoction (cooked brown rice, chopped cooked broccoli, and sauce) in the oven then browned the topping of bread crumbs and extra shredded cheese under the broiler. I could have skipped the pork chop. But didn't. I think I'll have a helping of the leftovers for lunch.
Started reading a fascinating article in the latest Smithsonian magazine, which is a food issue. It's about the scientific theory that cooking is responsible for the development of our large brain. Not just the addition of meat to the human diet, but cooking food. We get more nutrition from a diet with cooked food than a diet of raw food, which requires more energy for chewing and digestion. The raw food apparently provides more nutrition for the microbes in our intestines than it provides for us. That's why people on a raw food diet tend to be underweight.
Being underweight is not a problem I'm currently dealing with!!!
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wow carole that brown rice recipe sounds yummy. When I lived alone my favorite meal was long grain brown rice with sauteed mushrooms....just that for dinner, nothing else needed.
I have a cousin that lives near OK city and had to leave her house this time around. Said it was dificult to get back due to the intense flooding. She doesnt seem to panick, as this has become a common way of life for them and she maintains that she absolutely loves living in this area.
dinner last night was vodka and cranberry....got my fruit in.
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Last night's dinner was tandoori chicken [on the grill since I still don't have a tandoori,] lentils, rice and naan bread. I made extra in case the "kids" wanted to eat with us, but they didn't. Enough leftover for all four of us to enjoy the meal a second time tonight.
Today is moving day. My daughter, the boy, and the two cats are moving into the house. My daughter came by twice this week and put up her bookshelves and hemmed and hung a HUGE set of curtains across the top of the stairs to their "apartment." She chose well. The curtains have enough fabric that they aren't pulled taut. The goal is to let the cats imagine that this area of the house is where they should live, and to reduce the sound transfer from their TV to my office.
My enthusiastic neighbor has been keeping bees in his backyard but didn't know enough about beekeeping to split the hive. The damn bees are swarming everywhere, searching for a new home. Have I mentioned that I am deathly allergic to honeybees? I had planned to spend the cooler morning hours taking my sprouted seeds and planting them in the beds, but will wait until my backyard isn't full of bees. Instead, I am writing a treatis on the internet!
Thinking of you Deb. So thankful that all the Midwesterners on this board were safe yesterday.
*susan*
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Carole, you participate in the most fun sounding activities. Your dinner and susan's sound really good (yours too Carrie ;-) That may be a good way to get DH to eat broccoli.
I LOVE brown rice. Unfortunately the variety I like best is the most difficult to find -- short grain. When I'm lucky enough to find it, I buy LOTS of it.
On our way to see my dad today, so dinner tonight is in the slow cooker - Italian beef on ciabbata rolls with a huge salad.0 -
Nancy - So glad that you are safe. Sounds like scattered damage around the city. Watching new conference - well it's on as background noise - from OKC. Storms building along TX-OK border but I think mosly will be east/NE of us. I think we'll have our weather in the next couple of hours though sun trying to come out.
What do you find special about the short grain brown? I'm not the "fluffy rice" person. Mom loved rice that stuck together and that's how I make it. LOL. I've bought a Lundberg brand called "Golden Rose Brown" medium grain at one of the obscure health food stores. I have 2 large bags because I rarely see it. It makes a yummy pilaf. DH would eat rice over potatoes. I have been on looking for vegeterian recipes - well let's say less meat recipes. But DD coming out this afternoon and we're having hamburgers, cole slaw, corn on the cob. Do those last 2 count with lettuce/tomato/onion on burgers??? LOL
Carole I agree with Nancy you go such fun places. DH just had 2 days off and he spent part on couch and part out working on house/mowing. I wish I could get him out but must admit I'm a homebody too.
OO - google says short grain sticks together. I think sushi rice is short grain. Makes sense.
Susan - do you make or buy your naan? Bread is my downfall more than sweets. But DH does like naan esp. the garlic. Enjoy having your DD back. Mine is almost 26 (next month) and I was shocked when she said she was coming out this weekend - now "out" means about hour drive. She spent 3 day weekend in her apt. playing online computer game. I tell her she needs to get out and make friends. Her work has young retailers/IT professionals but she says they're all married. No hope for grandchild here but then I was almost 35 when she was born.
Carrie - glad your cousin is safe. I agree, people just accept it as a way of life. I think I'm the only one on this cul-de-sac (8 houses multi-acre) that has a tornado shelter and I'd think most could afford it. And we are not in city limits so no building codes for it I don't think. At least not when we built ours.
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Carole, your jazz picnic outing sounds delightful. Have fun!
Glad your got through the dangerous weather safely, Nance. I am reminded of my trip to St. Louis with our sudden steamy 90 degree weather, which will hopefully break tomorrow. One week ago we were shivering with 40's cold and heavy rain.
I awoke early this AM to the sound of road construction equipment resuming work on our sidewalks and curbs. I don't envy the workers doing paving in this heat. Right now the tar/oil aroma has wafted into the house ( no central ac here!). Yuk....we get the full experience...and it appears that our cars are temporarily paved in. Glad we aren't planning to hold any graduation parties today!
Carrie, I like your brown rice/mushroom go to medley.
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Thanks auntinance, glad you are okay! Did anything affect the Soulard area of St Louis, do you know? My Wasband, who is still our good friend, lives there with his new wife and we havent been able to get ahold of him. Maybe just bad phone reception.
They are not showing anything about STL on the news here this morning and I was at a banquet for teenage scientists until late so couldn't follow last night.
We had banquet chicken for dinner by the way- non-nummy but it was an adorable evening and there was a great salad and lots of coffee.
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Luv, the short grain has a very nutty flavor and chewy texture. Lundberg is the brand I get when I find it. I need to look at whole foods next time I'm in the city. Hope you escape more storms today. It's only 71 and cloudy here today but about 200% humidity.
Love Naan, but then I haven't met a bread I didn't like.0 -
Science, most of the damage seems to be in the st. Charles and north st. Louis county areas, not the city. There may be some power outages elsewhere though. I'm driving thru those counties (well, DH is) right now and seeing some downed trees and signs. The tornado was very narrow and went through several subdivisions leveling houses on one side of the street and leaving the other side intact. One scary incident was that one of the casinos where I often stay when I go see my dad as it it's just across the river from where he lives, lost power last night. Guests were not allowed to leave their rooms and no one was allowed on the casino floor. This was after the storm. No AC, no lights, no elevators. Scary!
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Oh gosh I am so sorry to hear about those subdivisions but glad the city is okay- thank you for the update. Stay safe!
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Why drive to a store when the rice of your dreams can come to your door?
Last night, I used purchased naan bread. Sometimes I make it; sometimes I don't.
*susan*
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Oh I wouldn't want to be with no lights, etc. away from home. One thing at home but scary is right.
I'm with you about bread. Though my grocery has an apple crisp bread I don't like. Go figure since it sounds great. Don't even want to think about gluten free.
Try some health food stores esp. the big ones that sell a good amount of groceries but I would prob. call first. Oddly enough this health food store where I bought it is in a small town and does most of business in vit. and stuff. Only small amt. grocery. I love to scout out health food stores too. There is a large one in FW actually one of two, one is out near the airport and they don't have the Rose Brown. World Market is another fav. place for me to shop for offbeat stuff.
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Thanks Susan, I just added it to my wish list for my next order.
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Susan - talk about Rice Dreams. Thanks. Drooling. I, too, have some things to add to DH's next Amazon order. Lundberg seems to have good collection of rice recipes. Bookmarked for later browsing.
We must have the Mexican cap in place or something. Storms fizzled just north of me though never really got going. Looks like draped line S. Ark. to Miss.
Waiting for DD to show.
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Did up some sausage with pepppers and onions and warm german potato salad to use up the 2 bowls of leftover potatoes in the fridge.
Very warm today so did some boating before coming home to dinner, but winds are picking up and I think we are gonna get some rain tonight. Cant keep up with the yard work with all of this rain.
Science what is a "wasband"
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Two words I have NEVER put in a sentence together: leftover, potato. leftover Indian food tonight. So glad to have something I could warm up without heating the kitchen completely.
Living room and entry are filled with boxes. Still waiting for the arrival of the cats.
*susan*
p.s. Found Deb's husband's obit. Don't think posting it publically is acceptable. PM if you would like the link. Can't be too careful with other people's information.
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Deb,
I am just so sorry for all that you and your daughter are going though... Addiction is a slippery slope. Praying that he is finally at peace and that, with time, you and Rebekah will find your peace. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family....0 -
Carrie,
Your post from yesterday about the vodka and cranberry dinner cracked me up... We had margarita's... Limes are fruit so I'm also going with I had fruit for dinner! It's been so flippin' hot here... Who wants to eat? lol!
To all in the continuing path of these storms... May you stay safe! You are in my thoughts and prayers...0 -
Wonderful gentle rain here this morning. The plants needed it and look happy out there. I'm looking forward to a restful day.
Susan, you seem--hm, I don't know if "happy" is the word--with having your daughter and her household move in. She is placing herself close to a kitchen where delicious and varied food is prepared!
Nancy, I had to chuckle at your preference for short grain, because my preference is for long grain! When I find the brown basmati rice, I stock up on it. The more expensive brown rice seems the best. The Texmati in the plastic containers is always good. But Walmart sells an organic brown rice that I have success in cooking. Not all rice is equal! Even the pricier rice is a good buy.
I grew up eating white rice and it took me a while to make the switch and develop a preference for brown.
I am up 4 lbs on the scale and MUST stop the upward trend. I see fish in my immediate dietary future. And steamed veggies and salad with good oil and vinegar dressing.
So what's for dinner? Hmm. Fish?
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