So...whats for dinner?
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MZ - I missed above that you are done with rads - yay for you!
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MZ, congrats on the end of rads, and hope you don't keep being flattened by the herceptin! I am glad for you that you have such good family support through this whole ordeal....and a DH who cooks.....Fabulous! Feel better.
Susan, sending positive vibes down route 9 and up Brookline Ave.....and hoping for the best possible results too.
Red, ugh! Hope you have a compassionate PT who can help you get past this phase of your recovery. And, yes, as others have said, don't worry about the alien looking arm....it will change over time. Be nice to it...;)
Heading to the dentist (the less favored one, but only she had time, and at thisnpoint I can't be choosey) since I broke a tooth, that I worry will have further breakage over the weekend. Then my electric rollers died, so I am quite the straight haired broken side tooth sight! Ha! Clearly a first world problem...as I do get to go the dentist for a fix.
Nice dinner out last evening with our next door neighbors who we wanted to thank for their support during .d.h's hip crisis. Had grilled watermelon steak...more on that later....off to the dentist
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I'll put the ham in the oven to heat up. It doesn't actually need cooking. Some of you remember that my family like boiled smoked picnic hams but it would take a heck of a big pot to boil this baby. Dh used to get one of these huge Smithfield hams for Christmas from the company who employed him and we heated them in the oven with the same prep I'll be using, cloves, glaze, pineapple and cherry decoration. One of my sisters loves the glazed pineapple slices. The hams are never dry.
There will be a wonderful bone for cooking beans or potato soup.
This morning I made buckwheat pancakes (Hodgson Mill mix) with walnuts. Love them. I pour sugar free syrup on mine and it tastes good, like a light maple. I made a big batch and froze the extras.
Dinner tonight will be fried fish dinner at a benefit dinner for an old friend who is battling cancer. The dinner is at a community center out in the country where I grew up and knew this boy and his whole family. His local cancer dr. told him he was terminal. He went to MD Anderson for a 2nd opinion and they apparently gave him hope for survival.
I hate cancer. My friend Mary whom I met on an rv trip in Prince Edward Island some years ago just died of peritoneal cancer. She was a bc survivor and the new cancer was ovarian not bc. What a great person she was, upbeat all the way. But she had a Ph D in computer science and was analytical as well as emotional. She told me her odds were against her as soon as she was dx'ed.
Happy Friday and Happy Good Friday to those of us who are Christians.
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Thanks for more congrats.
My mom took the kiddo to school and my DH is coming home to be with his "flattened" wife. Today won't be so bad with all that. Carole--I'm truly sorry to hear about your friend. She sounds like she was quite amazing and the world will have a hole that can't be filled. I hope everyone affected by her passing can find comfort and peace.
There are few things I can say I hate. Very strong word. But cancer is one of them!
I've always wanted to go the Prince Edward Island. Isn't that the home of the fictional and infamous Anne of Greene Gables? It sounds like a beautiful place.
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Haven't been on much. Only cooking was stir fry. Back to back days of doc appts but letting up a little bit.
Susan - wishing you good vibes for today.
Red - congrats on getting the cast off. Hope your ride showed up to take you to PT. Take your pain med to take the edge off. PT is rigorous but will be worth it. Did you doc encourage you not to wear the brace? Good question for PT. If no reason not to and it feels better I would prob do it at least for a while. But -- there might be a good reason not to.
Summer struck yesterday. 92 degrees. But cold front blew thru now 67. Looks like a beautiful weekend until Easter Sunday then rain which we still surely need.
Mommie - congrats on finishing rads. The drag of doing it got to me, the planning of getting there, but then I was still working. Onward you march - YAY!
Sorry if I missed anyone. Reading in BCO in big batches then forgetting what I've read.
(((Carole))) for the loss of your friend. Sounds like a truly lovely woman.
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carole - I used to make big batches of pancakes when my kids were little, and freeze the leftover ones - made for a quick hot breakfast for them down the line. We just bought a new small waffle iron so I have to test it out. I watched a segment on The Kitchen where they waffle ironed unusual things - biscuits, apple pie filling in puff pastry, and hash browns!
I need to go to the grocery store - we are out of perishables! The fact that it is Easter on Sunday got away from me - I was distracted by DD who came home Mon night, left yesterday very early - she took her Captain's license test and passed - yay! On her briefcase of study materials it says "You May Call Me Captain" which is hilarious. Now she has to file about a million papers with the Coast Guard to get the actual license. Back to the grocery store - it will just be DH and I so I am thinking a tiny ham (hamlet? hamster?), some scalloped potatoes, and asparagus.
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hamlet, hamster? I'm laughing. thanks for that hahaha Somehow I don't see much meat being on a hamster. Yay for DD and Captaincy.
I keep batches of waffles in the freezer like you do the pancakes. My kiddos love that.
Cooking ahead and freezing stuff is a favorite trick. I have a year's worth of chopped onions from my garden. I confess that I get tired of the chopping for that, but I'm always happy later. DH always grows enough garden to supply an army. I have to do something with all of it.
When we get sick of zucchini and run out of ways to use and get rid of it, we let the last of the crop grow to monstrous size. Then we carve out "Viking ships" and decorate them with veggie people. Then we have our annual Zucchini Boat Races. My DH is a living contradiction. He grows a huge garden that he doesn't like to eat. He hates eating veggies!! LOL The boat races are what he feels is the soul purpose is for zucchini being on the earth. hahaha
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Sk, congrats to DD! Your menu is identical to mine except I'm adding deviled eggs. I vote for the hamlet. I think the hamster would only be enough for one person ;-)
I tried hash browns in the waffle iron. Worked pretty well!
Carolyn, I hate that about your friend. I've lost too many too, one in her thirties with 3 little kids.
Good to hear from you luv, been wondering about you!
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Hamlet it is then! And where is the ham on a hamster anyway? And why are they called hamsters?
auntie - oooh! Deviled eggs - my fave - must have those too, so we will be twins on the menu front! I decided to roder the waffle iron - I got it on sale at JC Penney and it was more expensive to buy it in the store than to order it from them online - so DH was disappointed since he is into immediate gratification. I will surprise him with something waffled this weekend since it just arrived. My hairdresser has a recipe for making waffles with oats you grind into flour - I need to get her recipe.
mombie - the zucchini people are a riot!
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Love the zuchinni people.....I think yu must have a fun family.Prince Edward Island is the home of Lucy Maud Montgomery who was author of Anne of Green Gables, and her books are set there--she never left the area, but her books were translated in 27 languages....Great place to visit. The Lobster and Mussels were to die for. And in July, the mosquitos are the size of the Minnesota Black Flies....
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Yep, we have lots of fun together. I sometimes don't realize that until I'm sharing the pics and smiling over memories. I guess we are pretty lucky.
I loved reading those books. So funny. I hope I get to visit that Island some day. I'm not much for mussels, but I adore lobster. Sounds like July is NOT the time to visit though. I had a very silly dream about giant mosquitoes once. They flew into my bedroom and sucked fluff out of my mattress until they exploded in a flurry of white puff. I doubt the giant mosquitoes on the island are craving mattress fluff though.
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Love the zucchini art! So imaginative.
The problem with devilled eggs is they're good and so easy to eat. My mother mentioned making some for Easter.
Luv, I have been missing you, too. Are your dr. apptments routine stuff?
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MZ so glad you're done with rads Rest Rest Rest To get your strength back! I know you know this, but I think it really helps to do nothing.
Red, my right thumb was the thickness of my pinkie and stood straight up when my cast came off. It took massaging it for 1/2 hour then bending it and pain meds to even get it to bend on it's own in the morning, then only writing for max 1-hours a day until PT fixed it. It looks great now! It took about 3 months after cast came off... can't remember
Susan I am hoping that your scan turns out all right. Every time I've had to wait for a medical result that Tom Petty song goes through my head.. "The waiting is the hardest part" I am putting my thoughts out to you for the best result.
Here is what I want to make. My rib still hurts, although I went back to work Weds, I still take pain meds when I come home. Walk like the crooked man, or whatever that poem was.
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Bedo, that looks yummy! Thanks for the link.
Whim cooking today. It was kind of rainy and gloomy this morning so I decided to make French onion soup. I had some oxtails in the freezer that I thawed and made into stock. For the first time I tried carmelizing the onions in the slow cooker. It worked surprising well! I finished them in the soup pot and it's all simmering happily on the stove. I even had baguettes in the freezer and gruyere on hand. Dh will grate the cheese, the thought of it gives me new years eve flashbacks. Ugh!
My friends' cat died last night so I baked a cherry jumble and took to them to cheer them up. It's been a kitchen day!
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bedo--I have done exactly that today: Nothing. Grateful that I can too. DH came home early and my mom and brother are taking the kids out to a movie for me. I'm glad your rib is mending, but I hope you didn't have to go back to work too soon. That fritata looks wonderful. I don't quite have the ingredients but I think I might ask DH to make me an omelet tonight.
Auntie, that's so sweet of you to cheer up your friend. I had to look up Cherry Jumble, sounds like comfort food for sure.
Carole--I'm glad people are talking about deviled eggs. That's a must at our Easter table and I almost forgot. My mother in law makes them with mayo--nothing else! Boring. What do you like in yours?
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Bedo - great fritatta & interesting site. My DIL is a vegetarian, as it my BFF's daughter. Thanks.
MZ - I'm boring too. Deviled eggs have mayo, S&P and dill. Sorry, I don't like pickles.
Dinner is a left over piece of salmon that will sit on spinach that must be used. Thinking maybe Asian sweet chili sauce. The other left over option is Hatch green chili sauce and that doesn't sound like as good a match.
I will get to have my son for an evening next Monday since he's here for training classes. I only get to see him a couple of times a year so this is an event. I offered him his choice of any dinner his heart might desire. I thought it would be a heavy meat meal since my DIL is a vegetarian and he's not. Nope - he wants Laurie's Salsa Chicken. So thank to our esteemed founder and wishing her a Happy Easter if anyone can access her Facebook page.
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Minus Two--My DH would like eating eggs at your table better then. LOL I actually don't put pickle pieces in mine, only a hint of the juice. It's the mustard I add that he and his mom don't like.
Salmon sounds yummy. I'm glad you get to see your son. Mine comes home in four months. I can't wait to cook him all his favorites before he heads out to college.
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mombie - I do mayo and mustard, salt & pepper in my deviled eggs too. I think my MIL adds pickle, not sure but I know if my DH makes tuna salad he puts pickle in too - I don't. To me pickles and fish are a no go.
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Special--I am a contradiction when it comes to fish and pickles. I only like them with tuna, but the pickle has to be a very crunchy dill, only served on the side. I don't like pickle pieces IN anything. It's kind of silly, but I guess it's a texture thing. My deviled eggs sound similar to yours except my hint of pickle juice and I add a little granulated onion.
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Sounds like I am the only one in this group that doesn't do anything special for Easter. Not sure when we stopped making this a family meal, but since we don't do anything special and the boy's family does, I loose the kids to his family every year. That is part of my justification to "claiming" them for Thanksgiving! His family seems to have claimed all the Hallmark holidays, Easter, 4th of July and Labor Day. And in return, I get Thanksgiving.
Deviled eggs are delicious! Mine are pretty simple, to be honest. I make my own mayo with a bit of extra lemon juice. Then I cream the yolks with both dry and Dijon mustard, salt, and paprika. Pickles can be on the same table, but the two items should not meet. An anchovy draped over the top is wonderful, as are a few chopped chives, but I never actually serve them this way. No one but me will eat those little anchovies.
I prefer to buy smoked hams that have not yet been cooked. Then cook it up at a lower temperature. I did buy a cooked, smoked ham from Costco this year which was boneless. I cut it into pieces and froze them. No way we can eat a whole ham. We get bored long before the thing is gone. I worry about having leftover cooked meat in the fridge for too long. We will see how those ham chunks do when I thaw one.
PET scan was okay. Woke at 4am, finished eating by 4:45 per the instructions. Arrived early since there was no traffic this morning. My poor vein almost failed, but he managed to get that crap into my body. And then I promptly fell asleep. Into the tube, and slept a bit more. Came home, had a piece of toast and fell asleep yet again! Client meeting that didn't go well. Made a pasta e fagioli soup with smoked turkey stock for dinner and found I had no appetite. Think my body is just plain confused! I have either had a very long day, or a bunch of really short ones.
Anyhow, now I wait. And fix the client's files. I had really hoped that today would be the last day of true development work. Instead, I will spend the weekend cleaning this up, and then I will get to the taxes.
*susan*
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My deviled eggs have mayo, a small amount of sour cream, spicy mustard, a little bit of white vinegar, salt and pepper. No pickles. It's a slight modification of an ATK recipe. I use another recipe sometimes that's not much more than mayo and some mustard and paprika. It's all good.
Susan, hope tomorrow is a better day.
Onion soup was really good.
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Yes, Susan, your day sounds more like a bunch of short ones. Wow! Hope you can get a good night's sleep!
We have not in recent years done much for Easter, either, but this year DS2 and girl are happy to come and our niece from San Diego could use a home cooked (vegetarian) meal. It will be fun for her to see her cousin (DS2) and meet (formerly) Chicago girl. This niece has already informed her parents that she intends to stay here and not return to SanDiego once the semester ends so we are eager to learn what the draw is...I strongly suspect she has a love interest who is local.
We have also invited a few friends/neighbors to join us since I am making so much food to cover all the bases.
I never make deviled eggs, but always got a kick out of the fact that DS2 frequently made and brought them to social events with his friends.
Last night, at a restaurant that is noted for its grilled watermelon steak appetizer, I tried that.....for the last time. The texture was like a slippery water balloon, and not something that my sensory system enjoyed. My flank steak topped with a green onion and cilantro relish was much nicer.
Tonight we had scallop and crab cakes (one of each kind) that I picked up at Roche Brothers. They were frozen, but small enough that they heated up pretty quickly. Defintely more bread crumbs than I would hope for, but tasty. We just had a garden salad and faux french bread to round things out.
I made Italian cookies with sprinkles for the annual neighborhood coffee tomorrow morning. Made enough that we will also have them for Easter dessert along with pizzelles and strawberries with sour cream and brown sugar....that's a throwback to the 70's.
Here are some of
the sprinkle cookies that I made with vanilla and almond flavor since the pizzelles are anise. 0 -
MZ - oops - I do put in some mustard but only the original French's yellow.
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Lacey - If those strawberries are a throw back, I'm hopelessly mired in the past. Most of my strawberry intake is dipped in sour cream & rolled in brown sugar. Yum!! Raspberries on sale here 2/$5.00 so I'll get some to drench with heavy cream for breakfast next week. So glad none of these fruit choices have any calories - LOL.
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Lacey, they look so yummy and very festive!
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Lacey, With all the deviled egg talk, I thought your cookie picture was some weird version of eggs. LOL I hadn't read the post yet. Glad I did. haha In the right context those look yummy.
I love all the egg ideas. I might have to try some new things in my deviled eggs this year. Minus--the french's yellow is my stand by too.
Susan--glad the scan went smoothly. When do you hear back?
Sweet dreams all.
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All the devilled eggs sound good. Some people put minced onions in them. A dirty trick, IMHO! I had some recently that had crumbled bacon in the filling. The bacon taste dominated. I can split a boiled egg, spread mayo on top, tiny bit of s & p, and enjoy!
Lacey, I love those round Italian cookies. My Italian sister-in-law's family make them every Christmas and I get to eat some of those that are given to my mother. The flavorings are subtle but delicious and I like the texture. These Italians use icings colored with food coloring.
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I also use French's mustard in mine and forgot to add that I do sprinkle mine with paprika, but I have also made another version when I catered with mayo and spicy mustard and cilantro dusted with chili powder - kind of Tex-Mex.
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Wow. It doesn't take long to get way behind here.
Susan....hoping for good PET results.
My MIL makes deviled eggs. DD would eat 3 or 4 dozen "pair" if we would let her. She loves the things. :-)
Sharon, when she makes tuna sandwiches, puts in relish with the tuna...so I guess that's adding pickles.
Boy dog here is trying to catch a fly. It's kind of fun to watch the high leaps and hear the loud snaps....ohhh he just got it.....Now if I see him chasing a horse, cow, etc......I'll start to worry.
Breakfast is calling...so I guess I'd better go eat. Busy day today...helping a friend with solar panels, get a car smog tested, oil changes and some yard work before we head up to the lake to go kayaking tonight..we fire up battery operated red and green Christmas lights, lay them out appropriately and stay in the slow speed areas.
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I use the mixer to do my deviled eggs-- Mayo, mustard and dill pickle relish (well drained) Then after I tuff them, I put a slice of pimento stuffed olive on type. Looks like eyes....HASpecial, the Ham on the hamster is in the haunch, just like a pig. I think they call them Hamsters cause they are so meaty around the rear---just ask my cat Esmerelda..... They are like the capons of the cat world.
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