So...whats for dinner?
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Lacey12..thanks for sharing the recipe. That looks great and I am going to try it soon. I love cabbage!
Always looking for different things to eat !
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we're going out to dinner with out of town guests tonight, but dessert's back at our house, I'm serving this: Vanilla ice cream with Cherries and Valrhona chocolate pearls
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Looking forward to hearing about the birthday dinner. I checked out the menu today. Garden Gumby is from Seattle. Is she the 3rd twin?
Dinner tonight will probably be pan-seared catfish fillets, coleslaw with fresh pineapple and either steamed yellow squash or blanched and sautéed kale. Probably the kale. In honor of Lacey's b'day!
The eggplant dish is made but I'm thinking I'll save it for tomorrow night.
Susan, hope you're doing ok so far on the new med.
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Lunch was some Pho stock with all the add-ins made this spring. Tonight's dinner will be dan dan noodles with lots of mustard greens and more of the water spinach. A little carb heavy, but I know from experience that my stomach fights nausea better with some carb loading. Not sure how I feel, but it is different. Almost like my femara side effects are now on steroids, which makes sense if you read the science behind these targeted therapies.
I refuse to eat any fake sweeteners. I am not a sweets person, but yea, I probably eat about 3 tbl a day between iced tea and my coffee. All food turns into sugar in the body, so the fascination with sugar amongst cancer patients just makes no sense to me. Overall, it is best to eat foods that are not processed, which clearly sugar is, but I just have to go with the whole eat all the colors of the rainbow, all in moderation, with a lot of stuff that grows from the ground.
*susan*
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Susan is right, everything we eat turns to sugar - and every cell in the body needs glucose to function. I don't eat sugar or sweeteners, except very incidentally, because of the inflammatory action and wish to limit calories. I have found less joint pain with less sugar.
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I just went back to page 450 (spring 2013) and skimmed forward to find out about the Gemini triplets - Lacey, Seaside Memories and Debbie6122. So happy b-day to you three. Laurie's B-day was 5/27.
But oh my, I found so many people I remember fondly who don't post anymore. Some are still active on other threads and some have moved on to other interests and some - like our dear Michelle - have passed on. In addition to those above & no particular order, here are some of those who used to share dinner menus on a more regular basis:
Garden Gumby, Kaara, Carbury, LuvMyGoats, Moonflower, Chabba, bobogirl, deborye, Dolce, 2nd_time_around, Joyce K, jenjen, science gal, KayG,
If you're still out there - give us a shout!!
And thank you to all you fine ladies and gentleman for making my life a richer place every single day!!
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Lacey - forgot - Happy B-day!!!
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So, the birthday has passed and the memories are sweet! Here's the dinner review:
First of all, we learned yesterday that the owners of La Morra were opening their new very special restaurant/inn last evening, so we were a bit worried that service and food might be grossly affected in this smaller restaurant. It turned out fine...
While DH went to park the car, I let the hostess know we were there, and she replied, "Oh, yes your table for six". I had to correct her since we were really only a party of four...and she kept saying six...finally saying, "...well why don't you get seated and either way is fine." I walked upstairs to our table, and to my surprise, our good friends from the lake (and another suburb of Boston) were sitting at our table. That was my surprise!! It was especially meaningful since they had dinner with us on my 50th and also on my 60th. So a nice treat for me. Then DH came in with DS2 and DGF. We had a great time. I was a bit nervous about so many unfamiliar Italian speciality foods being served but it worked out well.
We decided to share tastes of appetizers of: meatballs with porcini and prosciutto; fried risotto (aroncini) stuffed with braised beef and smoked mozzarella; then a red lettuce salad with cherries and I forget which cheese; after which we passed around a dish of homemade tagliatelle with the best bolognese sauce I have ever tasted (no ground meat...wonderful tender chunks...oh my! And I always thought I disliked bolognese). So those were our small plates. Oh we also were brought an amuse bouche...something fried and tasty, but I have no idea what it was and the wait staff last night was green, so neither did they.
Amazingly enough, after all those "small plates", we all ordered entrees. DGF probably wonders who these voracious people to whom she finds herself connected are! I had hake (white fish like cod) with some root vegetables and herbs, DGF had the grilled cornish hen which she ate almost all of...but who was watching?!
Our friends both had a lovely looking veal item, DH and Ds2 enjoyed the scallop special with polenta and arugula. I was glad my fish was light....so much so that I could not resist ordering the rose water panna cotta for dessert.....mainly for research about how I can use my new rosewater, of course! It was delightful....as was the entire evening. Many thanks to DH for arranging a fun birthday to help me enter the new decade! Here are the visuals minus the food (apologies):
Oh, and I realized why the owners moved the Big Night venue to a function hall. This restaurant really is quite small. Now they will have Big Night on their own new property in Sherborn, which might be back up to or close to par since they will at least "know" their kitchen, which has not been true the last two years at the rented venue. I am eager to try out their new restaurant and am awed at their renovation and multi dining room and speciality shop undertaking! Check out the Heritage Inn and Restaurant at Sherborn...hope I got that name right. I'm old afterall...;)
So Sula, I was not aware of the chocolate pearls that you use. Googled 'em! Very cool!
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Lacey,
What a wonderful evening that looks like! Happy Birthday!!
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Thanks again for the birthday wishes!
DONE!
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Lacey - it looks like a good time was had by all. And by the way, new decade or no, you look mahvelous!
Well the garden is now decked out in razor ribbon and barbed wire. Ha ha, not really. But we did reinforce the tomato cages with hardware cloth so no little critter hands can reach in and snag the tomatoes. On the way to purchase said hardware cloth, as we were passing the garden I saw a groundhog wander out. I made DH stop the car so I could chase the critter. As I ran toward him whooping and hollering (now there's a video) he initially ran then abruptly stopped and hunkered down in the grass. I got within a foot of him and he just sat there! I picked up a metal fence pole to urge him on his way but he wasn't going anywhere. When I poked him gently, he snapped at the pole (understandably) but refused to budge! This was a new experience for me. The two of us just stood (well he sat) and stared at each other. Finally DH said let's go so I left the beast laying in the grass. He was gone when we got home so I guess he took the opportunity to high tail it. Weird I tell you!
Tonight will be some pieces of beef tenderloin left from cutting a larger piece that I got at Costco into steaks. I'll make a sauce and have them with homemade noodles. I also have some peppers and yellow squash to be sauteed with an onion as a side. I cooked and pureed some sour cherries that I had gotten at an Amish store here that I'll make into some cherry ice cream tomorrow.
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Lacey, That looks like such a fun evening!!! Did the girl-one find food to eat? And how were the arancini? I love a good arancini and most of them are really mediocre.
Nance, I would say that Mr. Hedgehog thought that YOU were the intruder and felt the need to defend his spot. After all, there is food at stake and he is very hungry. But, shouldn't he be scared of humans? Any chance there is rabies in your area?
Dinner last night was really good. Dan dan noodles is a favorite and I found some fresh noodles at the Chinese market. Had more of this for lunch today after walking to and from the farmer's market. Then off for a bone density test. Tonight we are taking the kids to the Legal on the Mystic to celebrate the boy-child's promotion! This is a big deal, and we are so proud of him. Historically, his family has not ever celebrated his accomplishments, and I think all major accomplishments should be celebrated with gusto! He is old enough to feel good about himself and his place in the world. After all, he was smart enough to marry my daughter!!
*susan*
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Lacey, you do look pretty and young! No one would believe you're 70. I like your dress.
Susan, the young man has married into a supportive family. Congratulations to him for his promotion. Give us a report on the celebratory food.
I made myself buckwheat pancakes with chopped walnuts for breakfast. I have been craving pancakes and could wait no longer. DH didn't share because he was off early to a monthly wood turners' club meeting. When he returned at noon, I sent him off to Firehouse Subs for brisket subs for lunch. Tonight we'll have the menu that was supposed to be dinner last night: fish, pineapple slaw, and kale. We had half of the eggplant lasagna dish last night with a scrumptious salad of romaine and avocado with Caesar dressing and grated parm.
I cooked the kale this afternoon. It was a plastic bag of pre-sliced organic kale. I blanched it and then sautéed it in olive oil with garlic and coarse red pepper. It was still a bit tough so I cooked it longer with chicken broth and then splashed in some really good balsamic vinegar. It's pretty good now. Has a kick with the red pepper.
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Susan, the rabies thought crossed my mind. Had he still been there when we returned I would have had to call someone about it. LOVE LOVE LOVE dan dan noodles. Bet yours were spectacular. I make the dish sometimes but not often enough. Congrats to the boy and kudos to you for celebrating him.
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lacey - what a lovely b-day girl in your pretty dress! Yay! The food and surprises sound great!
susan and carole - yummy sounding food! Susan, so glad you are doing the congratulating for your SIL - it makes me sad that his accomplishments weren't properly recognized previously.
No dinner in my house tonight - DH, DD and the dog all got into the two seat sports car, pretty comical, they went to DH's office for him to do a few tasks and DD cleaned his aquarium. Then all three went out for a late lunch. DH is now at the gym and DD is off to watch the hockey game with a friend at a pub nearby - exciting for Tampa. I planned vegetable pasta with turkey meatballs and a new jarred marinara I am trying - will have it tomorrow.
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Rain everywhere around me. Drove 2 counties over this a.m. and darned if on the only "clear day" predicted it didn't darken over and storm. Drove home in the rain, grass needs mowing, but no way.....Dinner was grilled salmon (in doors in the broiler) baked potatoe and asparagus.
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Nance, I am half laughing, half crying for you about the groundhog. You are a determined farmer....and deserve (I rarely use that term!) to enjoy the majority of your produce!
I'm happy for your DSIL that his current family happily acknowledges his accomplishments. Have a wonderful evening!
Your meals all sound great. We just had some grilled chicken breasts that I marinated in a oil vinegar concoction with some cumin and garlic. I served them with salsa that I mixed withcorn, and we had lemon pepper marinated grilled asparagus and cuke salad with mint, red onion and feta cheese. I figure we covered a few countries with this mix and match dinner
...and it was pretty low cal. 
Not pictured is the piece of carrot cake I am scarfing down since I saved so many calories with that dinner! LOL
No plans for tomorrow's dinner since we are going to Fenway with DS2 and DGF (who by the way, tried a few of the appetizers and her cornish hen last night....she is a solid chicken eater) to watch the Sox struggle. The game is my bd gift from DS2. I will be lathered in sunscreen as we will be in the upper deck, it's going to be a bright day, and I have yet to sit anywhere near the sun this Spring!
I have to look up uses for tamarind since I impulsively bought a concentrate of it at the Bazar yesterday since it was just two bucks. Talk about impulsive!! But I planned to expand my horizons.
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As someone on this thread has said, hard to be susan in a restaurant that doesn't always hit all cylinders! But, it was a great night!
We started with some cocktails.... gin & tonic for me since it is National Gin Day, and sweet things for the kids. DH chose ginger ale. Next up, appetizers.... Rhode Island Calamari for the 02143's and a crab cake for the kids. Mr. 02143 also ordered a chowder. When they arrived, the chowder was MIA. We ordered the entrees, for me, grilled trout with cole slaw and seaweed salad, the girl-child ordered grilled salmon, Mr. 02143 chose the shrimp tacos with salsa verde, and the celebration-boy ordered the clam pizza. Three entrees arrived.... poor Mr. 02143's placemat was empty. His chowder and tacos arrived at the same time. But, the tacos had the wrong sauce. So back they went. In the end, they comped two appetizers and an entree.... and you know what? We had a great time anyhow! Some of the food was excellent; some of it was just good. Our waitress was doing a great job with what she had to work with. We left smiling. Great night.
*susan*
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Lacey, beautiful pictures!
Well I made an #ss out of myself today. I was shopping in a little store shopping for clothes when I heard a customer informing the owner "Oh, yes, Negative thoughts play a HUGE part in developing breast cancer, and you know, most of those people have repeated trauma and stress and drink WAY too much and blah blah blah..." I held my tongue until I couldn't stand it then went up to her and said in a sweet voice, "I'm not an alcoholic, I don't think I'm negative, I've been vegetarian since I was 16 until I started eating fish a liitle while ago but I had breast cancer." and was that enough, why, of course not, I had to go on and on and inform her irrelevantly enough that I was "three courses short of a Master's in Epidemiology, which of course is statistics, you know, and you have to be able to determine what study is a good study and which isn't "and blah blah blad. You would think I was done, but NO. Then I started Lying and told her that I Meditated -I don't know how that lie popped out of my mouth. Well she backed off and then I had to try to be super nice and advise her on which clothes looked good. And hide in the dressing room. And to top it off this was not some Random customer, why NO it was a friend of the owner in a store I go into all the time. I can't go into that store again. My daughter always tells me to stop talking to cashiers etc. I will keep my mouth shut.
For dinner Lobster, corn on the cob, salad, wine and ice cream with strawberries with friends.
I bought halibut and squid at the Farmer's Market. This has been a reckless day.
I'm also going to make cold cucumber soup with buttermilk.
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You go BEDO!!!!! It is time for people to stop blaming us for this damn disease! I am so sick of this culture of blaming the victim. You should continue to shop in this store, while holding your head high, and to be honest, I am willing to bring my challenged breast in and try on dresses, though my body shape isn't very shop-friendly.
*susan*
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YAY, Bedo!!! Thank you for taking up for all of us here on bc.org. It makes these "blamers" feel safer to find a good reason THEY won't have bc because THEY are better, more healthy people. I find it funny that you made up the part about the meditation. After I was dx'ed, one of the women golfers questioned my friend Norma about my eating habits. Specifically she wanted to know if I ate a lot of sugar. Norma told her that I seldom ate desserts. One of the myths about cancer is that it's caused by sugar consumption.
Dinner today will be a noon meal. Spaghetti with tomato sauce with Italian sausage. A tossed salad. My sister will provide tea and bread.
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bedo - you didn't make an a$$ out of yourself, the idiot who thinks negative thoughts cause breast cancer did. I agree - keep going in that store. And here I thought I was the only one who talks to EVERYONE, lol! My DH just rolls his eyes and smiles, but I feel like I have educated some folks - seriously, I do this all the time.
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nance, I am half laughing, half crying for you about the groundhog
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That groundhog comment was leftover from last night.....
Bedo, I agree with the previous posts...love what you did in that store! And I especially agree with Carole's comment about folks just reassuring themselves by stating such "facts". That is ridiculous! We all know the capriciousness of this damn disease.
Meanwhile, I'm glad ( and not surprised) that you were able to salvage your celebration dinner, Susan. In my experience with Legal, I have enjoyed some wonderful meals at some and some not even passing ones at others. Maybe they SHOULD be a chain and exact more consistency of food and service. If you recall the ad, they pride themselves on NOT being a chain. But it sounds like the evening was still a celebratory one. Yay you!
Off to get ready to go to the Red Sox
. They are abysmal, but the new "promising"young pitcher is on the mound, so that should be fun to see. This is my bd gift from DS2. We are meeting him and DGF there. They met at a Cubs' game on one of his Chicago trips0 -
we win ... no more groundhog!!!
Here's what we do with groundhogs. Don't mess with Rhode Island either
Thanks for your support, guys
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we win ... no more groundhog!!!
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I have no idea what I just did lol, or if you can see the groundhog in the first link.
Going to the garden.
Thanks for your support with the lady in the store,
Special, I'm glad there is another person out there who talks to random people. haha!
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Well I have no idea what I just did or if you can see the groundhog in the first link.
Thanks for all your support with the lady in the shop
I see I've made a mess of the boards so my work here is done, lol, going to the garden.
Hope you all have a glorious Sunday
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Bedo - you go girl. Wish we could all meet and descend on that shop at one time. Thanks for sticking up for us. You sure got that ground hog. Hope that ends the trauma to the veggies. He must be more tame that Nance's fellow.
This afternoon was supposed to be dominoes but the friend's husband feels puny again. He had a defibrillator put in last Tuesday and felt really good since they first shocked his heart. Now she says he feels out of sorts and is taking his BP every 30-40 minutes, so only causing more stress & higher BP. I recommended they call the doc first since they trust him & find out what you're supposed to feel like at this point. At least the doc could call the ER and prepare the way if they do want him to go in.
So since I'll be home this afternoon, and it's raining even though it's climbing past 85 degrees - I think I'll cook a pork loin & roast some Brussels sprouts. Now I just have to decide if my taste buds want me to baste the pork with Apricot Chipotle sauce or Hatch Green Chili "stew" that's already open.
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I vote for the Hatch green chili, but I will NEVER ever vote for Chipolte. Just don't care for the flavor of chipoltes, which is odd since I like smoke and I like jalepenos.
Back to our Sunday routine. Susan starts bread before 8am, done by 10am, pulls stale French bread from the freezer to thaw, homemade bread cool enough for the kids at 11, make the French toast custard, soak bread, before then cooking the French toast. Cut the fresh bread for my toast, get husband to set table and toast my bread, and then in the final moments, cook my egg. Today had the added component of boiling some aging Vermont maple syrup since it seems to have needed it. Sure enough, lots of stuff to skim and I hear it tasted better today.
Dinner will be grilled lamb burgers and I am still thinking about the sides. When the plan was beef burgers, I was thinking about some cole slaw and either potato or a green salad. Not sure that works with lamb burgers with Middle Eastern spices and feta cheese. I just bought a local, organic cabbage at the market and I do want to make sure that gets eaten.
*susan*
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