So...whats for dinner?
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luv my goats- Thanks! I will add the tomatoes and onion :)Have fun with your doggy bath!
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Dinner was a thumbs down. Very bland. I added 3/4 of a jar of stewed tomatoes and onion. It would have been very dry without it. I sprinkled some mozzarella cheese on top at the end. I was disappointed in it. Dh said it was pretty good and had seconds. I won't make it again though. Live and learn.
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Dinner tonight - my mother's tomato and cucumber salad with crusty bread - a summer staple when I was a kid. Couldn't be simpler- slice up the tomatoes and cukes, pour on a little oil (olive or vegetable), sprinkle on some italian seasoning and salt. Let it sit for a while, so the tomatoes give up some of their juice, eat and sop up that juice with fresh bread. My mother always served it ice cold, from the fridge, but I prefer it at room temp. No protein, but so good. My landlord has generously let me help myself to his garden, so the tomatoes were fresh. The cucumbers haven't done well, so I had to settle for store bought.
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I have to go to get dog medicine tomorrow so going to a little town I very rarely go to and actually used to work in. I hope - fingers crossed - to stumble on a roadside stand. They're too small to have a true farmers' market. I would love some tomatoes. I did finally get a canteloupe from the local field that is on the way there. It was good and goaties enjoyed the rinds. I hope the roadside stand is open.
As a matter of fact I think I'll slice a grocery tomato and eat part b4 I make dinner.
Laurie - sorry the dish was bland. Maybe not enough basil/thyme. Maybe some garlic. It did sound interesting. DH tolerates eggplant because I like it; not his first choice for food. He likes corn, frozen is fine. I might have to make some frozen with his chicken whatever it turns out to be. I might just put in skillet with BBQ sauce.
Hauntie - your tomatoes/bread sound good too. Icy cold sounds real good.
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Tonight I made a Lebanese Tabbouleh. Wow was this a lot of lemon, but really good. Took forever to chop 7 cups of herbs. I made a cooling yogurt-cucumber dip to mellow it all out a bit. Tomorrow maybe I will get to grill all the eggplant and zucchini. The herb choppage took so much time, I didn't have any time left for this grilling.
*susan*
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They are saying here in Ny that the cucumbers are not good this year....hence the prices for them is high/ I got a large basket of them to make pickles and they were 19 dol for the lot. Made 20 jars of dill pickles. the kids will be here for labor day and take most of them home.
Home late...dinner was eggs over easy and toast.
Hauntie We like sliced cukes and tomatos with sourcream and spices...the sourcream gets real thin when the cukes give up their water and it can be used as a salad dressing or just eaten in a bowl.
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susan - I like the verb "choppage"
carberry - love, love, love breakfast for dinner. Sadly, no one else in my family does - they rigidly feel that eggs can only be eaten before noon. So, whenever I am by myself for dinner and the mood strikes, guess what I have?
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I love tabbouleh. Haven't made it in years though. Costco sometimes has a pretty good fresh version. Even DH likes it.
Tonight was a pasta primavera, tomato, cucumber and green pepper salad, and garlic rolls. Dbil and Dsil arrived just in time for dinner. In the morning I'll be making blackberry and cherry handpies for the weekend. Pate brisee is all ready in the fridge.0 -
Yesterday for supper I had mashed potato and meatloaf with green beans. It was the only dinner that looked like it could be warmed up when I could finally eat something. Got to eat it at 10 pm. Edible. But it beat the jello they gave me at 7 pm... LOL. Guess when you're sick in post surgery room they make you wait...LOL
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carberry and specialK - I always laugh when I see people who say they love breakfast for dinner. I don't like breakfast for breakfast, and whenever possible eat something different. I'm definitely NOT a bacon and egg kinda gal, and cannot eat anything with wheat, so pancakes and waffles are out, too. I do, however, like stew or soup for breakfast.
For dinner last night we had leftover Ropa Viejo that I made and froze 1/2 of last week, with some fresh zuccini. For dessert, hubby had some raspberry gelato and a piece of dark chocolate. I just had the dark chocolate. Tonight I was going to make a meatloaf, but just now realized that I forgot to take any hamburger out of the freezer, so now I'm not sure....
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Yeah last night was chicken breasts in BBQ sauce and corn. I added canteloupe to mine. Quick/easy.
Today is coolish so on goes oven for meatloaf. Was going shopping in that little town but getting UPS delivery that I don't want to get wet with our slight but continued chance of showers. DH will get dog med on his way to work and I will shop next week.
Moon - did I miss something? Post surgery? Hope you are recovering well. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes sounds good. I may make homemade mac and cheese - no potatoes only instant.
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Moon- I agree- I missed what you were having surgery for? Hope you are feeling well and resting.
For those of you not on Facebook- Debbie posted that her father passed away, she was with him.
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Surgery? I don't remember this Moon. Hope you are recovering well.
Oh Debbie... I am so sorry. Having just lost my father 4 months ago, I regrettably understand how hard this is. Glad you could be with him.
*susan*
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Debbie, condolences on the loss of your Father.
Minor surgery, I had a TE placed for the third time. Trying again, hope third times s charm! It's now twenty months since my right one was placed at my bmx. This left one was removed twice already. Keeping fingers crossed for this third try! LOL now if only the right one doesn't pop when he starts to fill it again! LOL.0 -
Debbie, may your heart be eased through this additional loss. Bless you.
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Laurie, Thanks for letting everyone know about Debbie's dad. I feel so badly for her.
Moon, I also missed your anticipated surgery. Hope your recovery is speedy and better meals are on the way!
I am often in the company of tabbouleh made by my Lebanese neighbor....however, I have an allergy to parsley, so don't risk it. It had not occured to me to try to make it with just the mint but I should.
The last two nights we ate a shrimp pasta toss that I made with large shrimp (thank you DH for cleaning them!) several large-diced colored peppers and a large-diced onion, minced garlic cloves, black olives and chopped kale (snuck it in!)and a chopped cup of cilantro. Added a bit of cumin, some red pepper flakes and topped with parmesan cheese since that is what I had. We liked it a lot, so I wrote down what I did....or it would be gone forever. Laurie,I bet some spices would have made that dish more interesting...and some red pepper flakes? 
Back at the lake today and plan to have dinner with friends at Giuseppe's (I will probably check outntheir pizza!)before seeing THE FANTASTICS, performed at the Winni Playhouse....their first musical! I got a kick out of learning that Jimmy Fallon named his new daughter Winnie after the lake. Lucky for her that her parents' fondest memories were not created here at Newfound or worse yet, Squam!0 -
Debbie, so sorry to hear of the loss of your father. My heart goes out to you. My Dad died 19 years ago. I still miss him.
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Lacey enjoy the lake and the food with a night out! I laughed at the Jimmy Fallon comment- there are a lot of worse lakes to be named after for sure!
Tonight my brother is coming to watch the boys. DH and I are headed to a work party with friends for the evening at a brewery in Portsmouth. So no need for me to cook tonight! Tomorrow we are headed back to our friends place on the lake to spend the day/night. This summer is so quickly coming to an end
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Debbie - so sorry about the loss of your dad - it is never easy, sending you strength.
gardengumby - I am trying to stay away from wheat/gluten also but couldn't resist the other day! I know a number of people who are egg/bacon averse, you are not alone!
laurie - enjoy your party and spending some time with your DH kidless! What a nice brother to watch your kids!
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Debbie: My thoughts & prayers are with you on your Father's passing and in the months to come. I'm so glad you could be with him. Holding you close.
Laurie: Thanks for posting for the 'facebook deprived'.
Moon: The third times the charm. Hope the recovery is easy.
I love breakfast food any time. Or cold chinese food or cold pizza for breakfast. Or leftover steak at midnight. Can you tell - my brain is hungry but my body still says yuck. I'm so tired of buying things & then throwing them away after 3 bites. But I can't stop tormenting myself reading all the posts as I munch on my bananas & applesauce. Thanks to all for your posts.
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Oh Debbie, I am so so sorry about your dad. Sending positive thoughts your way.
Monica, good luck this time around!0 -
Moon, I hope everything goes well with this third attempt.
Thanks for the update on Debbie. I can empathize with her emotions because I was with my father when he died in 1995. He is still very much missed in our family.
A campground neighbor--the same man who invited us to the fish fry--brought us a pizza from his home town. It was delicious and a little different from most pizzas. The crust was very thin and flat, no upturned edges. The top looked like solid light-colored cheese with little balls of Italian sausage. I cooked the pizza at 400 degrees until the crust was crusty. With the first bite or two I discovered that one of the ingredients was pepperoni but it was underneath the cheese.
Today was laundry day. The laundromat wasn't crowded and we enjoyed chatting with a woman who has a cabin on one of the many lakes in this area.
I'm looking forward to my prime rib dinner tonight!
Which reminds me to ask Bedo. How do young teenagers happen to become vegetarians? I don't think I've ever had a friend or acquaintance who was vegetarian. And now it seems to be quite common. There are even lots of vegans.
I enjoy vegetarian meals, like veggie omelets and salads and pizzas but I also enjoy meals that include beef, pork, chicken, lamb, fish, and seafood.
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Debbie, I hope that your Father's passing was peaceful. My thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself. I am thinking of you.
My daughter said the pickled beans tasted like sour Warheads Candy. I wouldn't know, I never tasted them.
Goats,I'm going to inspire you. Take some ground beef and make a hamburger. You can put some Lipton dry onion soup mix in it or put hamburger in sauce over pasta. Or, you can fry a pork chop in a frying pan and put paprika on it to make it look pretty. That's what my husbands got in addition to what I made for myself and they never complained. They liked it! Waiiitaminute, they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, maybe that 's why...... Nah.
Auntie Pate Brisee?= cow liver? =braised liver?= cow liver like goose liver pate? Ahhh, the benefits of 8 years of public school French. My teachers would be so proud.
For lunch my daughter made me bagels with cream cheese and ginger ale. She just moved into a barn apt. A girl after my own heart. Am I a good Mother? Bad Mother? Have I ruined her? She knows I love her though.
Now I'm looking for a recipe for Gazpacho that I can make chunky with tomato juice.
I might break down and buy some fresh scrod at the outdoor Farmer's Market tomorrow. I've been doing that on rare occassion the last few years. It would be good with real green beans and crusty bread.
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Debbie, I hope that your Father's passing was peaceful. My thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself. I am thinking of you.
Moon, I hope you are recovering peacefully and are swaddled in soft blankets watching a good movie and resting!
My daughter said the pickled beans tasted like sour Warheads Candy. I wouldn't know, I never tasted them.
Goats,I'm going to inspire you. Take some ground beef and make a hamburger. You can put some Lipton dry onion soup mix in it or put hamburger in sauce over pasta. Or, you can fry a pork chop in a frying pan and put paprika on it to make it look pretty. That's what my husbands got in addition to what I made for myself and they never complained. They liked it! Waiiitaminute, they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, maybe that 's why...... Nah.
Auntie Pate Brisee?= cow liver? =braised liver?= cow liver like goose liver pate? Ahhh, the benefits of 8 years of public school French. My teachers would be so proud.
For lunch my daughter made me bagels with cream cheese and ginger ale. She just moved into a barn apt. A girl after my own heart. Am I a good Mother? Bad Mother? Have I ruined her? She knows I love her though.
Now I'm looking for a recipe for Gazpacho that I can make chunky with tomato juice.
I might break down and buy some fresh scrod at the outdoor Farmer's Market tomorrow. I've been doing that on rare occassion the last few years.
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Carol, I forgot to answer how teenagers become vegetarian. First, your Mom must be the World's Worst Cook. You could tell the day of the week by dinner.
Monday =Minute Steaks. Grrrrrrrr! Take those things in your teeth whip it around and pull until a peice comes off.
Tueday = Liver and Onions. You could look at the liver and tell what it was.
Wednesday= American Chop Suey. WT?
Thurday = Chop Suey out of a can.
And on and on. Each day we prayed for something good but it only got worse. One day we relieved Mom of her cooking responsibilities by announcing we were vegetarians. (My brother and I really wanted to be) We were all happy. She worked too hard anyway. We stir fried to our heart's content. (tomatoes, onions and peppers over rice) Canned spaghetti sauce over pasta. We got better and when the Moosewood Cookbook came out I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. But I never learned to bake, only stove top and crock pot for the most part. My sister stopped being vegetarian later, my brother still is. Mom made us Ratatouille, bless her heart, which I hated but ate with gusto as a "special treat" when I came home from college until she died when I was 25. My Dad died when I was 5 and there were no other adult relatives so we "made up" life.
So I can't cook well. It could be worse. I could be an inside trader or something.
Sorry about the two novellas
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Debbie - I'm so sorry to hear about your dad passing. I hope you were able to be there with him and he was peaceful. Thinking of you.
Moon - no surgery is minor. LOL. Hoping for good things for lefty this time. Rest. Is someone there to fetch things for you?
Bedo - don't stop. I love your novellas. Pate brisee is a shortcut pastry dough (thank you Wikipedia). I knew it was a dough of some kind. Think fried pie dough which is what I think Auntie Nancie was making with her "hand pies" or maybe baked instead.
I did get inspired and made the meatloaf with yes - onion soup mix. I bought one of those Wilton meatloaf pans and I love it. It makes enough (yee gads 2# ground beef) for dinner plus leftovers plus some to freeze. My kind of meal. Will probably make some brussel spouts for DH. He tolerates meatloaf OK but loves brussel sprouts. Good combo. I think no energy for mac and cheese. I also made ginger green tea. Simmered some sliced ginger and put it in iced green tea. Very good. I buy vegetarian cookbooks at Half Price books on their clearance aisle but don't think I could do it and think DH would rebel. He's not a salad guy but will eat his vegies. Tall/slim with excellent cholesterol. Can you hear my jealousy through the computer?
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Bedo, LMAO! Yes, it is pie or pastry dough. These particular hand pies are baked and quite a bit better than the fried ones I made a while ago.
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A Poem for My Father♥
I will never say goodbye to you my Father
because I know this is not the end for us to see each other.
You will only be going to a place where there’s no pain nor suffering.
I am happy for you, for you will be with God.
For now we need to go in separate ways.
I remember how your arms hold me and give me strength.
You were always there to listen, love, and defend me in everything.
You were my very best friend.
In my triumphs you were always proud.
I’m very grateful and proud to call you my dad.
Here deep inside my heart you’ll always be.
I would give up everything I have just to hug you one more time.
I remember the last time I held your hand and how you looked at me in the eyes.
If only I could turn back the time I would have never let you go.
I felt the world stop and my heart stop beating when they told me you were gone…….
How I wish I was only dreaming.
Just like the rain; tears fell down from my eyes, I couldn’t speak for awhile.
Thank you Dad….
For always understanding, listening, caring, and loving me your whole life.
The greatest gift God gave me was YOU…….. my Dad…
It’s difficult to let you go but I must…
I must return the gift God gave me…
Till then;
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Sorry for your loss Debbie♥
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Debbie, you are in my prayers.
Bedo, all four of my kids were vegitarian for a bit. In 7th grade a teacher offered at least a B grade to anyone who tried it for at least two weeks. LOL. My two sons lasted the two weeks. My girls for months. The funny thing is one of my sons did not like meat anyway, and the other wouldn't eat veggies.... LOL. I think he survived on mac and cheese....oh, and my DH is actually home with me til Sunday0
