So...whats for dinner?
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Why yes... I do know a couple of good pickling recipes, and they use no special ingredients:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/kinda-sorta-sours-recipe/index.html
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/abs-b-and-bs-recipe/index.html
Don't bother with Alton's dill pickle recipe. It isn't worth wasting your cucumbers on. you might also consider a German cucumber salad. I can eat two cucumbers at any meal with this pickle. 1 cucumber thinly sliced, 30 ml vinegar, 20 ml vegetable oil, 20 grams sugar, and some salt. I always top with some dill, cause I love dill. Here is a cute young woman demonstrating the method.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpi-qD8kqkI use much less sugar, just cause I need much sugar in my life.
*susan*
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I am striking tonight. I have found some way to eat ALL the vegetables, both the ones I bought and the CSA box I was given, from the fridge and I have decided that someone should cook for me tonight. Tomorrow, we will start all over with a trip to the farm.
*susan*
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Trying to get caught up - with this thread, with cooking, with life in general. Hopefully it will be soon. Meanwhile, I picked a pork loin roast of the freezer thinking it would be easy to fix and am out of ideas. Can someone suggest a quick, easy and delicious way to prepare? Too many pain meds have dulled my brain. Thanks!
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2nd time- Put the loin in foil, top with onions salt and pepper and bake wrapped inthe foil pack for about an hour. Serve with brown gravy and what ever else. If you have more time do pulled pork in the crock pot.
Michelle- I missed earlier that you are getting an RV yay! Keep us posted!
We head out tomorrow for camping. We are stying on the Saco river and are excited about trying somewhere new. I have everything packed except for last minute things so tomorrow will be easy. We will leave by lunch time. Tonight my MIL, SIl BIL all came over and hung out pool side and brought things for dinner. I made a big salad with chicken on top and half a baked potato- delish!
Camping this weekend we are going with basics. Hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork, balsamic chicken, salad, french toast, sausage, bagels, muffins, fruit, yogurt etc. Super easy and ready to go. DH will do most of the work while we are there
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Thanks, Laurie, was going to make it tonight but switched at the last moment because I had a hunch DD will be here tomorrow night and that will be something she will eat. So, will try tomorrow! Thanks!
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I tried my hand at crabcakes for the first time and they turned out great! The recipe was easy...just crabmeat, mayo, one egg, a pkg of Zatarans CC mix (I added some green onions) form into patties, refrigerate for a half hour so they don't separate, and saute in pan. Serve with a spring mix garnish for color. Easy, and my BF said they were the best he had ever eaten, and he's had a lot of low country dishes. They could be made smaller and served as appetizers as well. I made a spicy mayo and dijon mustard based sauce to serve with them.
Spending time in the mountains today...rainy and foggy....same as usual! Nice day to just relax on the porch, read a good book, and watch the rain come down. Flowers love it!
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Grilled pizza with grilled veggie toppings tonight. Also got some local peaches which I peeled and sliced. Wow, are they good. Small but extremely juicy and peachy. I'll finish what we didn't eat tonight with Greek yogurt for breakfast.
I picked another yellow squash today. I found a few tomatoes starting to blush, can't wait for those. I also have a large green pepper and two cukes that will be ready to pick in the next day or so. Eatin' good in the neighborhood!0 -
DD is driving....... Very.....exciting...... :-)
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Congrats Eric!.LOL. auntie, sounds yummy. Karra, if crab cakes didnt have mayo, id love them. Had a blick party today. DH got stuck working. I took a fruit bowl. Found a fruit I didn't see before, they called them Pluots. Plums and apricots. I got the yelliw ones, and the raspberry ones. So good. They look like plums, but inside the yellow one was gold, and the raspberry one was so sweet. Yum
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Moonflower, I make crab cakes without mayo. They don't hold together as well but they are delicious.
I've been lurking on this board forever and now I'm going back to the first posts and bookmarking recipes that sound great. You women are fantastic!
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Last night's dinner started with grilled bread, rubbed with garlic, and topped with an herbed goat cheese. I buy the cheese from the "goat" lady, but found it a bit plain, so tonight I whipped the goat cheese with a bit of buttermilk and added herbs from the garden. Delicious. Main course included smoked salmon, lentil salad, and local corn. I had expected raspberries for dessert, but yesterday's yield, six berries, somehow made their way from my husband's hand to his mouth, bypassing the collection bowl entirely.
I started some dill pickles yesterday. They are curing. Will taste in a few days to see if they are sour enough. Also did some B&B pickles. Good price on kirby cucumbers at the farmer's market. Tonight I am thinking flank steak, pico de gallo, an avocodo, with some beans. Not sure just yet. Will depend on if the kids want to have supper with us.
Welcome Peggy!
*susan*
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If I get enough cucumbers this year, I may make lime pickles. Haven't made them in a couple of years.
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I am loving hearing about the good stuff everyone is getting from the gardens and such. I too should get ready to make some pickles.
Nance How do you make the lime pickles? Sounds interesting.
Today we are grilling on the boat for my birthday. My friend the cook is doing a stuffed chicken breast...not sure how she is making these but I know they will be great and everyone else will just bring whatever. LOVE cooking on the water...standing in the cool lake and eating with our hands, with lots of great friends.
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Carrie, a lime pickle is a sweet pickle using spices and picking lime. They have a nice sweet tart flavor and crunch. If you like sweet pickles, you would like them.
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Happy birthday Carrie.
This afternoon both moms/grandmothers are coming over for a late lunch (or early dinner). We haven't decided if we're going to do somethng new or a tried and true thing.
Since the sourdough is gone, I'm going to make another batch. I've always made round loaves. This time will be somewhat of an experiment...I've got some *big* bread pans...so I'm going to try it that way as it makes it easier to use for sandwiches and such.
I've got a few pickeling crocks around here, but.....the paint tests positive for lead...so...they are for display purposes only.
Carole...with beef, I found that if I didn't sear it a lot....that it would come out dry and stringy...I wonder if pork is the same way......
I'm being called...bike problems....
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Carrie, totally overlooked this, happy birthday! Have a grand day!
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Susan, I ran down to the garden after the rain and only saw 1,000,000 pickle blossoms! But I'm ready. From the one I've seen I have a question, do I have to scrub off the "spikes?" Can I use these recipes for spears? Your last recipe sounds yummy
I did bring in some crookneck yellow squash for the little boy next door.
The one flower I planted were giant zinnias they are coming in, I can't wait. and the beets!
I made pesto with walnuts
Happy Birthday Carrie!
Oh! and the mint and spearmint! Yummie in my Brita or plain ice water.
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bedo, dry some mint for mint tea. I also love mint in lemonaid!
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mmmmmm fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, I cannot wait!!
Carrie- Your boating description sounds WONDERFUL!
We had a great time camping. Very laid back and had a ton of laughs. The food was super easy and good. The pulled pork I did turned out great. We were on the Scao River and did tubing and a lot of swimming. The boys actually told us it was time for them to go to bed last night, they were exhausted. We were psyched everyone slept until about 7:30 this morning. We took our time packing up and I made a big breakfast of eggs, sausage and grilled english muffins, fruit too.
We are truly so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family.
Carol- I told everyone about you and your camping adventure, everyone was jealous!
Michelle- Any new news on the RV?
Eric- Congrats on your DD and driving, exciting!
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Tonight we did "family dinner." My kid worked until 6:30 so I knew that she would need a well-balanced meal. The meal was actually pretty darn good. We grilled a flank steak. I made some black beans, avocodo halves filled with pico de gallo, steamed local corn, and for the child who doesn't eat beans or avocado, an orzo salad with basil and sund-dried tomatoes. Oh, and a lettuce salad using the last of the garden lettuce.
The temperatures are rising. So pleased that I have at least three meals in the fridge. Leftovers will be gold this week.
Keep your fans plugged in!
*susan*
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I guess I got in a rush earlier...the dry stringy beef was when braising it without searing it. I've always noticed a lot of fat atop the braising liquid and the only place it can come from is the meat.
By popular demand, the dinner tonight was the jasmine rice-chicken-pine nuts-onion dish along with a potato salad and "made by mother in law" strawberry shortcake.
I actually did get the sourdough bread made. The starter is very active. This dough is not much slower than regular yeast dough. If the dough turns out not sourddough enough, I may have to cool the dough the next time so it can develop a "more sourer" flavor. Each starter has its own quirks and since I have two starters in the same place, I'm sure that I will have to adjust as the two starters marry.
Susan, DD here would be in a quandry if the choice was between you and I made for dinner tonight. She loves the rice dish and she loves all things avacado.
That is amazing Laurie...young boys admitting they are tired! I guess that is the "power" of camping! :-)
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Hi all.....enjoyed catching up with all the adventures ( from RVing to driving lessons!) and meals.
Back home after a different but enjoyable week in P-town.
We've been going there during this week for over 32 years and usually park ourselves in the sun like beached whales for the week (with nightly treks into town for nice meals) but the weather was not so conducive to beaching, so we bopped around a bit more than usual, enjoying the Provincelands, local town happenings, emerging performing groups and a pay in Wellfleet. It was fun..... tho I have to say it was tough to leave this AM as the sun finally emerged and the temp approached 85.....and even harder when it was 90 degrees here at home. Our fans were quickly employed!
DS2 enjoyed a sunnier time at the lake house with ten friends and three toddlers. He texted us Sat evening to assure us that no one had become injured in our non-child-proof house there, along with a photo of the whole gang having fun on the beach.
Had a lovely dinner at Napi's (P-town restaurant)last evening of shrimp prepared Brazilian style...a very nice marinade along with flavorful rice and beans, a salsa atop, and a fried banana. More interesting than the meal was the conversation we had with our adorable waiter who helped solve my curiosity about a young man whom we had just seen in a Broadway show tunes performance who looked like and carried the surname of a murder suspect in the area from a high profile case several years ago. Turns out the waiter is a peer of the young performer, knows him well and he is indeed the son of the suspect (who was not charged....someone else was.... but the locals have some differing thoughts about it...). This was all a very strange connection to drama from years past in P-town, that I had forgotten about until I saw the striking face of the singer. The waiter is also a performer and told us of a play he will be in next summer, so now we can look forward to seeing that!
Hit the farmer's market once home and got some "early corn" which DH grilled along with our lamb burgers. It was sweet, but not very juicy. I noticed that our local grocery store now makes up lamb burgers, obviously more in demand....but I do like to make my own so I can put fresh garlic and rosemary powder in each pattie.
Susan, would love to know what you do (I assume a marinade?) when grilling flank steak. I rarely make flank steak but would like to use it more. I was even thinking that I might use it for making a braciole recipe (with broccoli rabe, raisins, pine nuts, etc)for that dinner I am scheduled to make in September in Western MA...if I decide on an Italian menu. Meanwhile learning about grilling it would be great.
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TODAY, I used my cast iron pan to cook a petite surloin steak. Actually cooked two, so I would have leftovers. Pretty good for $4.00! Added a handful sugarsnap peas, nuked and a baked potato, also nuked. Half of it for tomorrow. Oh, and do I have to admit I had a Dairy Queen dipped cone? Well, I did and it was yummy. LOL
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poached salmon yesterday, beet and jicama salad and scalloped potatoes - with a glass of syrah from Novelty Hills. Yummy.
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Hi Ladies,
This is a quick update for you on my mom LuvRVing (Michelle). Mom went to the hospital early Thursday morning. She was very weak and disoriented, and unable to get up. She was given fluids and Magnesium which seemed to perk her up and she went home that afternoon. She was back in the hospital all weekend and though they've continued to push Magnesium and give her transfusions she's shown little improvement. They did release her to go home, but walking is extremely difficult and she has some moments of confusion. As of right now, it seems like this is a reaction to the Gemzar. She had an MRI last Monday that looked good, with everything continuing to shrink and no inflamation. She was supposed to have a PET scan on Tuesday but there was an insurance snafu. Her last tumor markers test had her at 250, which is slightly higher than her low of 165, but the doctors seem to think her current condition is her intolerance to the chemo. Unfortunately we had to deal with on call doctors all weekend, so we're hoping for more insight from her oncologist whom she's meeting with on Wed.
Fingers crossed that this is just a bump in the rode, and that with rest and a chemo-break she can regain enough strength to continue her fight. I know she has so very many of you here routing for her. Please feel free to repost this in the triple-neg and Stage IV threads. It's possible mom will be able to read through these in the next day or so, but unlikely she will be up to posting a personal response.
All my best to all of you strong, amazing women.
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Praying for Michelle.
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Lovinmymom- Thank you so much for posting. I was headed to bed and popped in before hand- I was wondering why your Mom wasn't posting lately. I pray this is a side effect of the chemo and she feels relief soon. We all love her so much and she is such an amazing and strong woman- she will rally. Prayers, strength and love to you and your family. Keep us posted. Hugs to you.
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Lovinmymom -- thank you so much. Praying for Michelle and sending her a big hug.
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Lovinmymom. adding my prayers too. Missing your Mom and looking forward to her return.
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Sending love and prayers for Michelle- I saw the hugs for her on FB so knew something was wrong. Lovingmymom- Your mom is an amazing person and she will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers, thank-you for taking the time to let everyone know. Love and hugs to your family.
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