So...whats for dinner?
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Went to Pickity Place Sunday with my DD and Grandchild to be. Had a beautiful baby shower Saturday. Pics on FB. Going to Pickity Place brought back memories of our few times with my BCO sisters.
Here is me, my DD in her 7th month. This quilt was handmade by a friend I graduated with. She does beautiful work.
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Big Bump Baby Nebard.0 -
Thank you for all your replies, I am better. The deep tissue on my back and tata are still a little pink. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. Second thought, LOL
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Debbie so cute. DD and blanket! LOL
Glad your back is better.
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Deb, how sweet to have the shower at Pickety! Your daughter is a beautiful mommy to be! Thanks for sharing the pix. Gorgeous quilt! Glad you are healing well. So excited for you to have this joy in your life!
Nance, I know what the ambivalent feeling about a CSA is. I know I'd love it, yet start to feel it to be like the Sorcerer's Apprentice with all the produce showing up regularly. So I keep putting off joining one.
Tonight we went to the last Celtics' game ( of a miserable season indeed!) and had dinner at a pub near the TDGarden (the sports venue). Probably the most awful meal I've had in a while.....was hankering for just a blt, and they had a chicken club sandwich, which I ordered minus the cheese they put on it (since I do not do dairy now!!!:). It was on white bread that was not toasted but actually stale to the point of being toast hard....and since they left off the cheese, they decided I also did not want mayo, so I ate a dry chicken club on stale white bread. My bad that I didn't ask for a side of mayo half way thru the sandwich. Ok....So I practically NEVER eat potatoes, let alone french fries. Well, I scarfed down a whole lot of 'em tonight that came with the paltry sandwich. I think I was just needing the ketchup condiment fix! DH had the fisherman's platter, which seemed fine...and he too ate all of his potatoes.
I am much preferring the sound of food choices you mentioned ghat you'll be having with your DH's nephew, Carole. Enjoy!
By the way, glad to hear you can re pop those un popped kernels without anything exploding in the microwave. I was worried about how hot the bowl was, so we tossed them rather than wait until it cooled to re-micro anymore in that bowl. Will have to be more intrepid.
I actually still have the large thick pan that we used to make popcorn in while I was growing up. Makes me realize that the pan is more than 60 years old, and it is still in good shape except for dark burnt grease marks on the outside.....oh and the handle is a tad loose....all that shake shake shake!
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Great pics Deb!
Lacey- I loved your pic on facebook of you in the Celtics shirt. You are so damn cute!
So....we finally have a place booked to stay and plane tickets. We arrive at 9pm Saturday and fly out at the crack of dawn 8 days later on Sunday. The stress level is depleting a bit. I still have a few last minute errands, cleaning and packing to do. I jut keep trying to focus on the good things. I have the best family ever....
dinner tonight is meatloaf and mashed taters. One kid will be happy the other miserable. Such is life
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Laurie glad the stress is decreasing. Hang in there.
Lacy anx Nancy, I like the idea of CST but I'm alone most of the time and even a half share is too much.
Wish me luck. Just saw my ortho. He agreed to do one of my knees! Yay. June 18. 3 years delayed by 7 reconstruction ops and BC and various SES and scenic detours. He says he's nuts but he's up for it. I'm scared but I really need it. The image tech saw the first X ray and said "NO wonder you have pain" LOL. It is pretty obvious. Bone on bone and tendons shot. LOL. I must be nuts to be happy to have another big op but also excited. LOL
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Moon, totally understandable that you don't want to avoid a necessary knee surgery. Is this an arthroscopy with repairs, or a replacement? Good luck in either case!
Laurie, it sounds like you are in good shape for the trip to FL. You are so organized! Hope the hurt doggie paw is only a minor distraction.
Spent tonight cooking....an eggplant chicken casserole ( cheese on just half ....dislike this dairy avoidance!) for us for tomorrow night.... Made a nice fruit salad and banana/ date/walnut bread for a friend who is coming for coffee in the AM, and muffins from the same bread recipe for the neighborhood gathering we will go to on Sat morning. DS2 coming for Easter dinner, so beed to plan a menu for that....we are very casual.....just us three.
Earlier in the day, today, I taught a child safety workshop at a local elementary school, then went food shopping, then came home and started my food prep fest. It occurred to me tonight, if I were still taking the Tamox, I would never be able to accomplish all that, and would have pooped out mid-task. It feels amazing to have some energy back for a while at least......
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Just lost a long post, aaach!! Maybe later :-(
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Oh, so frustrating, Nance......With ya!
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Sometimes (only) I've been able to hit the browser back button and get the post back. Also, I've Sometimes been lucky and pasted (ctrl-V) the lost post back into the window....
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Moon - great news about the knee. You've been waiting a long time.
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Beautiful pictures, Deb You might have noticed that my facebook has been trashed
Laurie, enjoy the vacation!
Moon, good about the knee
Going to volunteer at the free clinic here one day a week.
So loving not working
But may take a "pregnancy leave" cover at a plant here May-?
I need help!
Where oh where is that website that tells you what you can make with the ingredients on hand?
I want to make soup
I have: onions, sweet potatoes, spinach, garlic, carrots, great northern beans, chick peas, carrots, red and yellow bell peppers and vegetable broth. Oh, and brown rice.
?
Don't know where to start.
Oh, and I have hot sauce.
Thanks!
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Bedo - How did the string group go? Can't remember - do you play violin or viola?
I had chocolate Instant Breakfast this morning w/extra protein powder added. Lunch was cottage cheese with canned peaches and an English muffin with peanut butter. Dinner is looking like popcorn. Or maybe French Toast. Going to play ChickenFoot (dominos) tomorrow & will take brownies. Everyone will bring goodies & we'll munch our way through the afternoon.
Went to Coldwater Creek this morning to buy several pair of pants before the bankruptcy. Since I have no idea what my size will be a year from now & their pants have always been the best fit on the market for me, I bought white pants in my current size and the next size up. Decadent!!
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Minus, those sound great! So yummy!
My first love is viola. It is a tenor violin, without that high e string and with a delicious added c string. It's like a violin but lower. I love the lower sounds of viola and cello. Plus, now my dd is dating a double bass player who plays alternate in the BSO
(So much better than the last one, heh heh, the happiest day of my life was when they broke up. He was an "artist" who never sold a painting)
But, if you want to just have fun and get together, it would be hard to get a bunch of violists together, because, traditionally they either play solos, or harmony
So now I play fiddle, because I don't like to practice.
I really really really stink but have more time to practice. I am NOT like *Susan* in any way. I am a total hacker.
Need soup please!
Soup for the poor! Soup for the unemployed!
Kidding.
Soup for those who are trying to save money until the next job!
Please give soup ideas for the lazy who don't want to leave their cabin and upset the Grand-Dog by leaving her!
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Can't help with the soup recipe Bedo, but here's a really simple pasta recipe. Besides, when did you ever let the lack of a recipe stop you from a cooking adventure lol!
The long lost post was all about this recipe that I've been seeing on pinterest for a while and wanted to try last night. The ingredients are: tomatoes, chicken broth (or vegetable), garlic, onions, fresh basil, oregano, crushed red pepper (I used Aleppo), green pepper, olive oil and linguine. I also added a piece of parmesan rind to the mix. Everything gets tossed together in a big pot and simmered for 10 - 15 minutes. It was really good, simple and quick. DH wasn't feeling the meatless Thursday vibe so I sautéed some Italian sausage and added that at the end. Garnished with basil chiffonade and grated parm. I'm sure if you wanted to take the time you could improve the dish by sauteeing the vegetables and cooking the tomatoes a little before adding the rest of the ingredients to concentrate the flavors, but I gotta say, it was surprisingly good just as it was.
Tonight is barbecued chicken, Italian cole slaw and roasted veggies. It's finally looking a little like spring here so the grill is calling for real. After the gym today, I've been cooped up with this silly computer STILL trying to get it set up to my satisfaction. To complicate matters, DH got a new desktop so since I'm more tech savvy (relatively), I get to help him set his up. Ugh. Damn you Microsoft!!
Lacey, you have been busy, and it sounds like in a good way ! Laurie, hope you and your family have a good trip even if the reason for it is sad. Minus, we love chickenfoot! Monica, I really hope another surgery will give you some relief. Bad wheels are no fun. You're getting to be an old hand at this surgery thing. Carole, I hope you're out playing golf today!
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Thanks, Nance,
I'm in, with the spinach and whole grain pasta
Have no ideas about portions, but, I'll improvise.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
I hope adding uncooked pasta is OK
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Monica, it speaks to your level of pain that you're celebrating having knee surgery! Sure hope the surgery is successful and that you get relief.
Nance, what an interesting recipe. Did you put all that together with uncooked linguine? Or was it cooked in advance?
Bedo, hope your meal tasted good. You had enough good ingredients to work with. Playing an instrument must be very enjoyable and rewarding. I'll bet you're better than you claim.
Tonight I'm starting with Easter dinner preparations. The first stage of home-made baked beans is cooking in the slow cooker: 2 lbs of navy beans, 2 large onions finely chopped, 3 garlic cloves, crushed, 3 smoked ham hocks, s & p, and paprika. Tomorrow I'll add some other ingredients, including brown sugar, and bake the beans in the oven. On Sunday I'll warm up the beans in the slow cooker.
I'm boiling two smoked shoulder hams on Sunday morning and making a mac and cheese with wheat macaroni. I'm thinking I'll break down and buy some velveeta to add creaminess.
Tonight dh and I will forage. We're enjoying being "home alone" after a houseguest for several days. I may make myself some popcorn.
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Here are the proportions:
15 oz. diced tomatoes with juice
4 1/2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
12 oz linguini (dry)
1medium onion julienned
1small green pepper julienned
4 cloves garlic thinly sliced
1/4tsp red pepper flakes
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tbs evoo
1 bunch basil (about 10-12 leaves) chiffonade
Salt to taste
Grated parmesan
Note: I doubled the tomatoes and reduced the broth to 3 cups.
Place pasta, tomatoes, onion, garlic and peppers in a large pot. Pour in broth. Sprinkle pepper flakes, oregano and half the basil on top. Drizzle with oil.
Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to low simmer and cook covered for about 10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes or so. Cook until almost all the liquid has evaporated (or however juicy you like it). I had more liquid because of the extra tomatoes, which I liked. Adjust seasonings. Top with remaining basil and parm.
And that's it!
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It looks like this
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That's very pretty! I'll save that recipe.
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sounds good. Looks pretty too.
Much love to all.
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Oh my Goodness, Yum!
I winged it
It was OK with a lot of doctoring
I must do it the right way!
Thanks!!
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Nance, interesting dish! Do you suppose when I make one of my repetitive vegetable bean soups that if I add the parmesan rind, I am breaking my dairy elimination?! ;/. At every corner I find this dairy elimination thing soooo frustrating. Deciding if I should pack up a vial of almond milk to bring to the neighborhood coffee tomorrow morning. That feels so absolutely weird!
The banana/date/walnut bread I made w/o milk last night was delicious.....but....it had a whole stick of margarine in it....certainly not good for one's health!! Next time I'll use a recipe that calls for milk and just sub with the almond milk.
Still unclear about Easter dinner menu here...too little pressure with just feeding us and DS2. Will hit the store tomorrow to get inspired....have to, they are closed Easter Sunday!
Nite all......
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They had frozen turkeys on sale today for 49 cents per pound, so I bought one "just because" and I cooked it this afternoon. We didn't eat any of it. Instead I am freezing it in plastic bags so there is stuff to eat if none of us feel like cooking. The bones are being boiled to make soup and tomorrow I'll get the pressure canner out so I can save the soup without taking up freezer space.
Moon, I agree that your knee must be hurting if you're looking forward to *MORE* surgery.
Deb, those are great pictures! I'm glad you're feeling better. Quilts are awesome gifts.
Lacey, those food avoidance "tests" are no fun. I did allergy testing and the food avoidance stuff...the allergy tests were much easier.
Bedo, what did you come up with for a soup? That used to be a common thing of mine...."what can I make with...." When I was in college. Some of the stuff was pretty good, some was, well..... I still smile when I think about Mickey (Denice) scrunching up her nose and making a face, while...with an indescribable tone of voice, "When we have company over, let's not make this." And then we'd both laugh.
Nance, that looks good.. Thank you for posting the recipe.
I know I forgot some folks. I get so far behind that it's hard to catch up. My apologies. I know someone (Special?) asked about the Jasmine rice recipe. In a minute, I'll get the recipe out and pass it along.....
Eric
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Jasmine Rice and Chicken Salad
I toast a 1/2 cup of pine nuts in a small skillet with a little bit olive oil. I basically heat the skillet until the oil is shimmering and then toss in the nuts and keep stirring until they look like toasted bread. I dump the nuts out on a paper towel and let them set. I've never been able to do anything else while toasting the pine nuts...even stopping stirring for 10 seconds ends up burning the pine nuts.
I slowly cook a couple of pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a dutch oven. I used to poach the chicken, but the dutch oven seems to do a good job as well and the dutch oven is easier to clean. After the chicken is cooked, it gets shredded...I aim for a quart of shredded chicken. For what it's worth, I've tried using chicken thighs, but I don't like the taste as much as I do with the chicken breasts.
I finely chop two large onions and saute them, in a pot with a couple of
tablespoons of olive oil and a teaspoon of sugar, until they are soft.
I constantly stir this so it doesn't get scorched.Once the onions are soft, I add 1-1/2 cups of chicken broth, 1-1/2 cups of water, and 2 cups of Jasmine rice. The instructions on the rice bag...bring to boil and simmer covered until some...work for me...so far this has always taken about 20 minutes.
I put a 1/2 cup of olive oil, a 1/2 cup of rice vinegar and a teaspoon or so of salt in a large bowl and stir until the salt is dissolved.. I then add the rice, shredded chicken and toasted pine nuts and mix it all together with the oil and vinegar. I then stir in some grapes and *finely* chopped cilantro. When there are grapes on the vine outside, I use them, otherwise I use whatever (red or green) is cheapest.
The day after I made the chicken rice salad, I got a phone call while I was on the way home.
"Dad, are you going to cook tonight?"
"No. The plan was to eat the left over rice and chicken salad."
"I ate it all."
"There was a couple of pounds left."
"I had some at lunch too."
"There's a couple of pounds of pork.
"I ate that too."
"The meatloaf?"
"It's gone and I ate the hot dogs too. There were only 5 left."
"!???!!!!?????" :-)
"I'm too tired to cook and mom says she's that way too."
"Dad, P l e a s e ! ! ! ! I'm starved."
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Eric, funny conversation with your DD! She sounds like a teenaged boy! I had asked for the recipe. It sounds very good. I recently bought a small sack of brown jasmine rice that is grown in Louisiana. Haven't cooked any yet.
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Since DD started swim practice again, she eats a ton of food.
Sorry Carole....I remembered the request, I just couldn't find or remember the who part.
I left the turkey bones simmering all through the night. I've strained out the "chunks" and now I'm letting it cool so I can skim off the fat..and later today I'll get the canner out. I have almost a gallon of stock, so it will make up quite a few pint jars.
Today my mom is 96. She likes to watch and help where she can, so I'll probably take the stock, canner and a portable stove to her place and do it there while I work around her house. The canner has the jiggle weight so I can just listen while I do other stuff. We'll have her over tomorrow for dinner.
Eric
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Happy birthday to your mom Eric! Question, how did you thaw a turkey and cook it in one day?
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Grilled brats, oven frIes and a salad with feta dressing for dinner.
It's beautiful here for the next several days, highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s. I'm afraid to hope that this might truly be spring. The birds sure seem to think so!
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