So...whats for dinner?
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WOW laurie all that lobster.....yum! So much fun to have friends so close and enjoy a day like that. Sometimes the unplanned, impromtu parties are the best.
Hang in there Lena and enjoy the non-cooking, there is plenty of time to catch up later when our weather turns and we are stuck inside more. My energy has somewhat returned post rads, still have some days where a nap is required...dont know how thats gonna go over when i return to work in a few weeks...they kinda frown on sleeping on the job, LOL
Had a blast at the art festival at the winery....bought a painting of a quaint little church that was done by my girlfriend. the church is located in our community and my brother was married there. My friend did an awesome job...gorgeous watercolor... and she cried when I bought it.
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Carberry - that is really cool that you could buy a painting done by your girlfriend that had such personal meaning to you! Sounds like you had a lovely day!
Lena - looks like you've got a handle on the "easy" food! But perhaps you could add a few fruits or raw veggies to your mix (sorry, it's the diabetic in me!). I'm finding very juicy fruits taste really good right now, especially watermelon, cherries, grapes and blueberries. And they help insure proper hydration at a time when some of my favorite beverages (like diet soft drinks) are not going down so well. And you might even try some of the frozen entrees - extremely convenient and there may be a few that would appeal to you. Just nuke and eat!
It's a rainy, gloomy day here today, and meat loaf is sounding like just the thing for dinner. DH has to go out for a meeting and he is going to pick up the ground beef and tomato sauce, along with a whole watermelon (on sale at one of our local chain grocery stores). I'e eaten my weight in watermelon this summer!
And my energy level seems to have returned quite a bit. We ended up going to my daughter's yesterday and going out to lunch with her and the grandkids, then on to my mom's to deliver a chair and set up a display shelf for some of her pictures, then on to my other daughter's to hang out and watch the PGA Championship (that was for DH). Got home around 9 and managed to stay awake until 11:00! Much better! We'll see how I feel after doing a little cleaning today. I like to get it done before chemo on Wednesday. I'll just take my time, this place isn't that big
Hope everyone is having a good Monday!
Michelle
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Yeah I said various kinds of fruit, Michelle! I'm not diabetic but I LOVE fresh fruit, and it falls in the "easy food" category too! I have oranges, canteloupe, grapes, nectarines and plums now (recently ate up all the apples, cherries and blueberries) -- will pick up more apples and probably pears or maybe bananas when I'm close to eating up what I have here now. Fruit is good as either snacks or dessert. I just love it.
Salad is easy too and normally I'm a salad (and other veggies especially broccoli) fiend, but somehow I'm just not in the mood for it of late. The same thing happened when I was on chemo -- I ate fruit but not salads...so I suppose I'll swing around eventually.
carberry I hope your energy comes back in time for you to go back to work.
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Oops, sorry Lena! I totally missed the fresh fruit comment. That will teach me not to try and be the food police...LOL! It's funny, I am usually big into meats; but lately, the veggies, salads and fruits have been more appealing. I'm hoping tonight's meatloaf strikes a chord. My recent labs have shown that I am anemic and have low protein levels, so I don't want to cut back on the meats. But I am starting to understand my 81-year-old mom's feeling that a big plate of food is an instant turn-off. Last night's pizza at my daughter's didn't appeal to me at all, so I microwaved an ear of corn that we had in the car from a veggie stand run, and ate that while everyone enjoyed the pizza. When I got home I had a nectarine and a mini ice cream sandwich. Hardly a "normal" meal for me, but it was what I could stomach. No nausea, just no desire. So I understand where you are right now.
Michelle
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I had 14 12 year olds over last nite for a dinner/birthday party for my daughter and have 10 hamburgers left over. I quickly refrigerated them and will have taco salad unless someone can think of a better use for that grilled ground meat. I guess I could make some sort of rice or pasta dish.. (kind of sick of pasta tho.)
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Michelle- I'm going to make meatloaf for dinner tonight too! I have a craving for it with the cool temps today and all the rain.
Carberry- The painting sounds wonderful and it sounds as if the whole day was great, so glad you enjoyed yourself!
Lena, I hope you're feeling better. To me it sounds as if what you're eating is just fine! Most of it actually sounded good to me
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Michelle, I totally LOVE meatloaf but even that's "too much" cooking for me now. That's OK you missed my original mention that I eat plenty of fresh fruit. I still have holes in my head and I finished chemo 2 years ago!
Laurie, thanks but nope, I don't feel better, but at least I don't feel WORSE (yet! LOL). And yeah I'll keep eating what I'm eating, which isn't much but I guess since I do eat SOMETHING every day and MOST of it is "healthy," I could be doing a lot worse. I had a bowl of raisin bran and a strawberry yogurt for breakfast this morning before going out for rads (21/33 today) so I'm not hungry yet. But I took the canteloupe out of the fridge so I know I'll be having some of THAT at some point today. I like my fruit room temp so I generally take some out of the fridge and put it in the table fruit bowl the night before. Ohgarsh I know what I want -- and don't have....
COTTAGE CHEESE!
But I'm not going back out in that downpour again. I'll pick some up on the way home from rads tomorrow.
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Ah, cottage cheese. One of those foods that I wish I liked. I don't know what it is about it, maybe it's too much like milk, which I absolutely detest. I have tried it every way, plain, sweet, savory, and it's just a no-go for me. It's such a good low-carb high protein staple and would be perfect for a diabetic. Oh well... And it's still raining here, too...it's been an all-day event! Ick!
Apple - if you can crumble that meat enough, you could make stuffed peppers, sloppy joes, or chili (well that idea is almost like your taco meat). You could make hamburger stroganoff or "beef" burgundy. I guess basically any idea that uses beef, just toss it in the pan and add all the other stuff, adjusting the cooking time because the meat is already cooked.
Michelle
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Laurie- What a great get together you had, all that lobster and clams, yum, I would say that would be the best pot luck i had ever been too!
Lena- Hope you get your engergy back soon
Michelle- Glad your starting to feel a little betteer
I had such a great time this week-end, but im pooped! Friday we went to lunch at the golf course, then went to the casino, gambled, then had the buffet there, then went to a night club where our friend sings- Saturday went to the beach and watched them build sandcastles and had a picnic with some of the food I made, our other friend who sings, sang on the pier there- Went to the casino at 3 pm and didnt leave until 10 pm I won over 400.00 and my dad won almost 5ooo- We all went to the beach yesterday again and watched these giagantic kites being flown. Still have a bunch of left overs from all that food I made, I have been eating it all day, Will have to freeze the rest.DH is on a directors getaway so it is nice to finally have the house to myself and have some peace and quiet (Yay)!!
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Wow, Debbie! Now that is a good casino trip, especially for your dad! Did he win that on slots? Sounds like you had quite a weekend, and now you can sit back and relax!
Laurie - that is quite the shindig you pulled off! You do know how to party!!!
Tonight's meatloaf recipe was compliments of Ina Garten. It was really good, I made just one substitution: where she called for chicken stock, I used tomato sauce. DH loved it and the recipe made enough for another whole meal plus leftovers.
Michelle
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i love cottage cheese.. I pulled some out of the fridge tonite to protein supplement the leftover burgers from my daughter's party.. which we ate as the hamburgers they were.
good luck on the rest of your rads Lena.
debbie6122,, buy a lobster with some of that 400 dollars.. No one will ever know.
Off to soak my feet.
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Debbie- Sounds like you had a great weekend and won some good money! Enjoy your peace and quiet:D
Michelle- Can you share the recipe? I do the old fashioned, as I call it diner meatloaf. ie- brown gravy. We had it tonight for the first time in months and it was good. I cooked mashed potatoes and steamed some zucchini to go with it.
Apple- Enjoy your foot soak, it sounds pretty darn relaxing!
I think I am going to head to bed early tonight and curl up with a book. The rain is continuing to come down and it sounds nice outside the window, might as well make the best of it!
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I am so mad, I just lost a really long post. Any way, Lena, sorry you're experiencing fatigue with the rads. I am starting them in about 6 weeks. From what I read, everyone experiences that. I hope you're feeling a little better at least. I think what you're eating sounds just fine. I like all those things and hate clean up so it is a win/win.
Michelle, I was anemic on AC too, but bounced back with taxol/taxotere. I went to below 9 on AC and was up to 11 on taxol/taxotere. Hope you will feel better on the T as well. I know the anemia takes everything out of you. You have some great ideas on the hamburger. I have some in the freezer I will try some of those on.
Hope you enjoyed the party Apple! And your foot soak too.
Debbie, congrats on your casino trip! I've never done any where near that well on a casino trip, I guess that's why I don't enjoy casinos. I certainly would if I won $400! Good for you!
Michelle, I hope you enjoy your book. I just started The Help and it is really good.
Did a lot of cooking today. Made ratitouie (spelling?) to use up a lot of the veggies we have from the CSA. It was really good! Also cooked up a huge pot of meatballs and sauce to have and to freeze. Surgery is scheduled for Wed, so want to get some food in the freezer before that. Planning to make the lasagna cupcakes tomorrow. Not sure if there is anything else that I can make and freeze. A lot of what I usually cook doesn't seem to freeze and then reheat well. But DH is off for 12 days after my surgery and he likes to cook when he has time, so we shouldn't be getting take out too often.
We're getting all that rain here too. I can't believe how much. I think we got 4.5 inches here yesterday, not too far away, they got over 7 though. Yikes!
Have a good night everyone.
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Laurie - here's the link to the recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/meat-loaf-recipe/index.html
I substituted a small can of tomato sauce for the chicken stock, and I didn't use quite as much onion as the recipe states. And we used 93% lean ground beef. I wondered whether or not it would actually cook in the specified time, normally I would use a higher oven temperature. But the meat thermometer headed right to 160 and it was perfectly done.
Lena - hang in there! You're 2/3 of the way to the rads finish line!
Michelle
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Wow, I actually had lunch (2 PM and a snack (8:15 PM). Finished the second half of yesterday's can of Chunky NE Clam Chowder and had a quarter of a canteloupe for dessert. Snack: Peanut butter and jelly and most of the rest of my fresh grapes. I DEFINITELY have to remember to buy cottage cheese tomorrow!
Laurie, did you make meatloaf? I think I could eat and enjoy a small piece, if someone else would cook it. LOL!
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Kay,
Just read your post and took a peak at your other posts (no, not a stalker, but couldn't remember if you had posted here about your surgery)!
Just wanted to wish you well on your DIEP on Wednesday and to let you know that I will be thinking of you!!! Please post when you feel able to let us know how you are doing!
We have been having some pretty dreary weather here as well but, don't think we have had quite THAT much rain!! Hope that hasn't led to flooding in your area!
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Oh Kay, I didn't realize you were having DIEP on Wednesday! Sending you love and healing thoughts! You'll probably be away for at least a few days. And then you'll be able to tell us all about it.
It's not raining this morning. I think we must have gotten 3-4 inches yesterday. Everything is just soggy! Some sun would sure be nice now.
Have a great day, everyone!
Michelle
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Kay good luck on the diep, had mine on mar 31 and recovered quite well..and fast...Will be thinking of you on Wed.
Michelle... I always like to chop up the leftover meatloaf and add to spaghetti sauce..makes a really good meat sauce.
Rain here also for the last 3 days. Going to go and wander through the second hand shop today with a girlfriend. Want to re-do my sons bedroom while i am still out of work, he is in his last year of college and only comes home on the holidays, so cleaning out all the stuff. He is 22 and i am still finding legos and army men!
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Here is a simple soup I make when I am either in a rush or just don't have the energy to make something big:
Take a can of Primo beef n Barley soup (or a can of campbells barley soup and a beef oxo), a large can of diced tomatos, and to your liking of frozen veggies, onion, salt and pepper.
Put in a pot and heat for 45 minutes until veggies are tender to your liking.
It's quick and easy and isn't as boring as just opening a can of regular soup.
If you would rather chicken and noodles or brown rice, that's good too.
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meatloaf spaghetti sauce.. sounds awesome.
tonite we are having stir fried vegetables with lots of cabbage.. i have two heads. something else too.
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I must admit that meatloaf spaghetti sauce is interesting. And my usual meatloaf recipe is seasoned with an Italian herbs, so I think it would taste like meatballs and sauce.
We're having grilled steaks, asparagus and Caprese salad tonight. It would be very nice if the sky would clear out so we're not grilling in the rain.
Rushell - I haven't made this in years (for no good reason), but my paternal grandmother had a recipe for hamburg vegetable chowder that included barley, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, celery and onions. Your soup is very similar.
Michelle
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I too have done the meatloaf/spaghetti sauce thing. Though I will confess it was my husbands idea. It is good and makes a nice quick meat sauce.
Michelle- thanks for the recipe, it looks like a meatloaf my mother used to make. I'll have to try it next time. I hope the skies clear for you to grill your dinner. The sun is poking out up here just a little and I thought I heard it is supposed to keep getting better.
This morning it was still rainy and cold so I planned another cooler temp dinner- chicken pot pie. I'm about to get the chicken cooked so I can shred it for the pie. On a separate note, my dad brought me my first garden tomato last night and I had a tomato sandwich for breakfast. It was wonderful! I had to laugh when I offered my son a bite, who LOVES tomatoes, and he said "no I don't like lobster." lol! I guess it was the red:) I told him what it was and the little bugger ended up taking half of it from me!
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Laurie - that's funny! My 4-year-old granddaughter loves tomatoes, they grow a cherry tomato plant just for her! The sun is trying to pop out, I think grilling will happen.
Check out my new avatar...I'm wearing the gorgeous headwrap from Franceluxe - their Good Wishes program. They even enclose a greeting card individually signed by the entire staff. It's an amazing gift to people who have suffered hair loss for any medical reason. DH prefers me with a wig but I have to say this thing is way, way more comfortable than even my really good wig. And when he turns the ceiling fan on, my head won't be cold...lol.
Michelle
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Michelle- I love the wrap! You look really good in it, if it feels better go with it!
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Michelle you look like a teenager with a cool headband awesome picture! I never could rock the scarve/headcovering thing, so just wore my wig out and went topless at home. Didnt really have a conversation with DH of which one he preferred, but he never complained of me being topless.
Doing grilled chicken, potatoes and corn on the cob. Seems like we are getting the corn in at least once a week...gotta do it while its here.
love the tomato sandwhich story, kids are so funny! Wish mine were little again.
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Thank you for the well wishes on the DIEP tomorrow. Seaside, LOL on the stalker comment! I would not think that.
Michelle, you do look great in that scarf. I am still basically bald (about 3 mm of hair), and have never worn a scarf. I just can't pull it off.
We had hamburgers on the grill, corn on the cob, broccoli and a salad. Am going to have some ice cream later before my 12 o'clock curfew for eating and drinking. Didn't get to make the eggplant parm, too tired today. Maybe it's from the Hercepting from yesterday. Have a great night and next few days everyone! I don't think I'll be around for a little while. Eat a little extra for me tomorrow.
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Laurie,
This picture is for you
I bought the tomatoes and mozzarella at Idylewilde's in Acton, MA. My DH could eat this every day. 
Thanks everyone for the compliments on the headwrap. DH says he prefers my pink ballcap
I told him I prefer seeing him in a polo shirt instead of a t-shirt...lol.Michelle
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oh Michelle- that looks like heaven!
My brother stopped by witch more tomatoes from HIS garden, I am a spoiled girl! So with our pot pie my oldest son and I ate cucumbers and tomato- this is what I have been waiting for!!!! YUM.
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Oh you'll all love what I had for dinner tonight --NOT--! A bottle of Ensure Plus, a handful of grapes and a piece of cheese!
That looks really yummy, Michelle.
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Lena - no cooking with that dish, just a little assembly! Well, you've got a lot of the food groups there.
Michelle
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