So...whats for dinner?
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I haven't been here in quite a while but it's nice to see that my mom, LuvRving is still mentioned and thought of. My sister just got engaged yesterday and I am suffering my mother's loss today as I think about how happy she would have been.
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LovinMyMom,
Congratulations to your sister. I can only imagine how hard it is for these benchmarks of family life to pass without Michelle at the other end of a phone. This group thinks of Michelle often.... never far from our minds. Thank you for sharing this happy news.
*susan*
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LovinMyMom, wonderful to see your post and hear your family's good news! Your sister seemed to be such a sweetheart....best to her and your family, although a bittersweet event for sure since your mom would have been so thrilled to be here for this exciting milestone. I think of her often....she left us all with so many wonderful memories, not just about food....about courageously living life.She did that! (((HUGS)))
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Christine, so nice to hear from you and what a happy occasion! We think of your mom often. I can imagine how much you miss her. Her spirit is very much with us here. (((Hugs to you and your family)))
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Christine, your Mom would have been over the moon. So many topics bring up a memory of her and I only knew her fir and bout a year. The best e can hope or is o be remembered with live, and you Mom surely is.
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Iit was supposed to rain today. Right now it's 85 and sunny. Lively day. We have a light breeze so it's comfortable sitting here on my porch.
Susan, I am so happy for you. Praying for an easy and safe pregnancy for her. Hugs to all!
Costco membership is usually worth it. I also share with my daughter. She was living with me at the time we got our memberships. We just keep renewing them. We go for the more expensive membership for one reason, with the two of us, we spend enough to get back our membership fee. You get a small % back on He executive card. And if it's not enough for the lower membership, they give out the difference so it pays off. Even if we don't spend enough to get the lower one, we chip in on it and the cost is still just half for both of us. You can upgrade any time too, so if you get a big item pay for the upgrade. I don't use it enough just for me Though. If I don't get one with her next year, i might just get one with my neighbor.
Supper is rootbeer marinated pork kabobs straight from the butchers.
Much love
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It will be very interesting to see what new program Costco comes up with now that they are parting ways with American Express. The rewards have been great, since it was a straight cash back offer. No one I call seems to know what their new Visa program will offer next year when the associations change.
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Christine - just last week I was looking thru "my favorites" that I've saved to see what is no longer relevant and could be removed. I was so glad to come across the thread that Susan started - Michelle Hall - and to know that it will still stay in my favorites as your Mother will stay in our memories. She was a lovely and amazing lady. I know that everything will go well at your sister's wedding and you know you Mom will be there in spirit.
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Christine - I'm with Moon in that I did not know your mom for that long but I surely came to appreciate her spunk and spirit. Missing her along with others we have lost here.
Thanks for the Costco advice. I'm just going to have to dedicate Friday to eyeglass shopping. Thank goodness the Costco, America's Best and one more that I just never remember the name of are all within about 3 miles of each other. And a pretty good WalMart too.
Moon - rootbeer marinated pork. Tell me more.
OK the enchiladas. I can never roll enchiladas right so I usually make casserole style. It was tasty but the tortillas disintegrated into almost polenta. I probably did wash a lot of the taste out of the peppers, only rarely did I get much of a pepper taste. I found researching you can grow them but opinion is that the NM soil delivers the real taste to Hatch chilies.
http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/kitchen-assistant/...
http://sandiaseeds.myshopify.com/collections/green...
The Sunset Mag. ones looked super yummy but this was more the recipe I followed.
http://www.centralmarket.com/recipe/main-courses/T...
Neither DH or I like flour tortillas in a casserole so subbed corn ones and no Rotel - don't like it much - so used a small can Cento crushed tomatoes dressed up with extra spices. And of course more than 1 cup of cheese. But I will say they were tastier warmed up tonight for dinner. Congealed a bunch and more flavor.
Minus - check out Chowhound.com next year. I think many other grocers roast them around you though may not be making the specialty items CM does. This is the Houston specific board.
http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/67
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I love Costco. I have storage, and we have four people, so we buy all the "paper goods" which include paper towels, TP, ziplock bags, and the occasional napkins [we mostly use cloth.] I buy red meat to grind into our own burger meat. I have been known to buy one of the beautiful rack of lambs to celebrate life. We buy parmesan, romano, buffalo mozzarella, Dufour feta, and cabot aged cheddar cheeses. I like their haricot verts, pineapple, avocados, tomatoes [during winter], lemons, limes, and sometimes, I buy a flat of fruit. Smoked salmon. Did I mention the smoked salmon? Or the flats of Seltzer water that I drink when I am too laxly to make my own with the sodaSTREAM. I buy English muffins, crackers, and pita bread. We enjoy the frozen raviolis, and five cheese tortellini for salads. They carry an organic oj that Mr. 02143 must have in the fridge. Sometimes, I will pick up some salamis. Down the dry goods aisles, we like the Kirkland organic PB [though not often], oatmeal, organic honey, ground cinnamon, and I am sure more stuff. We have bought window blinds. I buy all my RX's there. Not only are they the cheapest, but I speak with the same pharmacist each and every time. We have the executive membership [though I have my AMEX through a different program.] We always get a check back that is far greater than our yearly membership.
I love Costco. I use it as a supermarket since it is so very close to my house.
I have had some high fevers over the past two days, so didn't have the energy to make a fresh dinner. I pulled out some Dal Makhani from the freezer and Mr. 02143 made some basmati. And that was dinner. It was so very good.
I do miss Michelle, She was the most happy and bright woman I have known. Remember that wonderful picture of her with the pink rabbit outfit? Who else could have pulled that off?
*susan*
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For you susan:
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I like that picture of Michelle too.....
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I actually think that was the first picture of Michelle I saw. I think it was a reposted pic. LOL. Made me smile and figured this group wasn't all stuck up and food nazis! LOL
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Christine, congratulations to your sister. I know Michelle will be there in spirit. She is still here with us. Hugs.
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lovinmymom - congrats to your sister, and I am so sorry her happy announcement has triggered missing your mom even more than usual. It is such a feeling of unfairness, and so hard for you as you celebrate life moments without her. Your mom was one of a kind, and we love her and miss her a lot, it was a privilege to have met her in person here in Florida. I just went back and watched the slideshow again to see her beautiful smile.
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Thanks Christine.....love that picture!
So we will head home later today, after enjoying a wonderful, really hot Labor Day. After our midday walk, yesterday,we indulged in enormous ice cream cones being given out free at the local ice cream take out spot. Then took off in the boat and spent much of the afternoon swimming in the middle of the lake....where it is 200' deep and really refreshing. The lake was unusually wave filled, so keeping close to the boat was a challenge....but I figured that all those ice cream calories were being worked off. The scene when we returned to the beach was a teary one with school-age kids saying sad good-byes to their summer friends before heading to the highway.
Last evening we planned to go out for dinner and we foolishly repeated the scene we enact every Labor Day....search for a restaurant that is open. Practically none in this town! We should know by now.....:/
So we drove north to Plymouth and knew we'd find something open since there is a college in the town. We chose Six Chimneys, a pleasant "victorian house style" restaurant where we've had some nice dinners previously. We had calamari with thai chili sauce, but it was poured over the calamari which was gross. Think we'd skip that selection next time. For entree we both had grilled sirloin over mesclun greens salad with blue cheese. The beef was done perfectly and tender, so we really enjoyed it.
Who knows what dinner will be.....I've gotta start packing and get to cleaning and clearing out the fridge, packing up my deck plants, etc.
Something to look forward to tomorrow.....dinner with our friends who moved to LA and are visiting....at La Voile. Can't wait! Will think of your family celebrating DD's wedding there, Susan. And not so happily remember that our last dinner there was the night before DH fell off the ladder in Feb. Yikes!
I think I'll be back to my regular cooking at home habits by next week!
I've already been contacted by the teacher in whose kindergarten classes I taught social/emotional skills last year....so I won't be idle for long. Sounds like she has larger and more challenging classes this year No wonder I heard from her so quickly!
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Fever broke today and I had a craving for a pork chop after my second client session of the day. Stopped at the "so expensive you shouldn't have to ask" butcher and picked up two bone-in center cut chops that look gorgeous. Bit pricey at $10 for two, but still a ton cheaper than eating out. I have some local red cabbage braising as a nod to German fare, and Mr. 02143 is making the one prepared food he still eats: Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice, original. Not my favorite, so I won't have that, but there is just a touch of potato salad lurking in the fridge that I might enjoy.
Lacey, Six Chimneys can be an absolute home run, and then sometimes it is like a second, not as excellent, restaurant. When I used to perform in Plymouth regularly, we often would head there for a post-rehearsal, pre-concert dinner. Been a long time since I have eaten there though.
Hot as blazes here today. Zapping everyone's energy except for Rascal Cat No 1 who found my stash of q-tips which are now spread throughout the house.
*susan*
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susan - the cat with the q-tips made me laugh, although you probably didn't.
I ate half a roast beef sandwich and some roma tomatoes and cucumber with blue cheese at about 4 pm so I think I will skip dinner and just do chilled shrimp over romaine with a Louis dressing for DH when he gets home from the gym. Not very exciting ut it gets the job done! I am cooking tomorrow - all the stuff for DH and DD to nosh on while I am gone in California (yay for me!)
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Moon - I love the food nazi comment. You haven't been patrolling my menus, or Bedos.
Last night was 1/2 an avocado, 1/2 a tomato, 1/2 a can of shoestring beets, & a handfull of black olives with Hidden Valley Ranch new Sweet Chili dressing - accompanied by a 1/2 of a leftover pumpernickel bagel heated w/lots of butter. As you can see, no lettuce in sight & still eating leftovers. Tonight I never got around to dinner, but managed 2 glasses of a lovely Malbec wine from Argentina while I was working on spread sheets. Dessert will be popcorn. I have two lovely T-bone steaks in the fridge for tomorrow.
Susan - so glad to hear the fever's gone. Lacey - bittersweet indeed going back home.
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Susan, I totally agree with your comment about Six Chimneys. We've had some good meals and some undesirable ones there, and actively avoid risking that most times we are in Plymouth....but took the chance last evening since choices were few. I hope you enjoyed that pork chop
We ate early this evening after sweating bullets all day cleaning and clearing out for the return home. Using anything that was left in the fridge, I made a big salad and added slices of avocado, then unveganized the pasta salad I made a few nights ago. Thankfully, our trip home in separate cars was the fastest of the summer, very little traffic and we made it in less than two hours...an elusive time with the highways being more crowded and having road work this summer. So we are home and the gym awaits before eating out again tomorrow.
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Sunshine, here's a pretty good tutorial for yogurt making. I add powdered milk to mine and strain it for Greek yogurt. Although I have yogurt maker now, I made it successfully for years using a covered pot and a heating pad.
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-yogurt-at-home-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-125070
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Susan, so glad the fever broke and you were hungry. A healthy sign. How do you braise red cabbage? I have a beautiful red cabbage in the refrigerator that I bought at a farmer's mkt because it was beautiful.
Lacey, hope the scale isn't cruel.
I don't think I would bother to make yogurt. I like the Fage plain Greek yogurt that I buy. Also another brand. But I just use it in breakfast smoothies. Maybe I would change my mind if I tasted the home-made. I know the home-made ricotta is 90 per cent better than the kind available to me in the supermarket.
Last night's dinner was red beans (kidney) cooked with onion, garlic and bacon as the meat seasoning. I started the beans in a pot and transferred to a slow cooker. They were delicious, the beans tender and a creamy gravy. Served over brown rice. Side was a simple slaw with vinegar and mayo dressing, cabbage out of a bag.
Tonight will probably be fish out of the freezer. UNLESS we catch some fish this morning and we'll have fresh fillets. We were going out yesterday morning but the outboard wouldn't start so we played golf instead. Beautiful day for either fishing or golf. It's fall here in northern MN.
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So the saga continues..... Bad agent Irene evidently was not happy that the "profit" on this building was already reduced by $200,000 [yes that is a real number] and started to fantasize about keeping what commission there is going to be all to herself. In fact, she never presented our third offer to the owner [or its resubmission] ever hopeful that some young [and stupid] group would come to her many open houses and use her for both sides of the sale. Good agent April got in touch with that office's broker, and when even that failed, started discussions with the Boston Board of Realtors about ethics violations. We resubmitted for a fourth time last time, using bad agent Irene's precise wording as sent via email OVER a week ago. As of noon today, we have a signed offer. We made our first offer on August 18th! What a saga. Now we have to move quickly since they insisted on a very fast closing date. Already started to move our money around to have it in place when needed.
Dinner is grilled chicken thighs, three lonely fingerling potatoes and a huge green salad. Mr. 02143 will mop the chicken with our latest batch of Inner Beauty sauce which is fiery hot! Can't wait. I do hate how much much taste buds are dulled on this drug protocol, but spicy just appeals these days.
I did a riff on this cabbage recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-ki.... It wasn't perfect. I substituted Apple Cider vinegar which makes more sense to me, but I had to increase the amount dramatically since as written, the recipe was on the "too sweet" side for my tastes.
*susan*
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susan - glad you finally had some good condo karma, and hoping everything goes smoothly from here. Our situation fell apart - but I am bothered by our agent also representing the prospective buyer, thus selling her own listing and maximizing the profit for herself. How can she possibly adequately and faithfully represent both sides of the transaction. Even though it is legal to do this it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Am leaving for California in the morning so doing some cooking for DH and DD today, as well as running errands, etc. Just made some sausage and peppers over brown rice, chili, pasta salad, bean salad, red potato salad. Will cook and freeze portions of chicken breast and steak to put over salads. Last week I did some stuffed shells and sauce and already put it in the freezer. I will also get some buns for burgers and dogs, they go well with all of the salads.
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Special, I know.... doesn't seem that they can actually have both parties' best interests in mind. It was very common for many years of course, but it doesn't feel quite "kosher." I can't believe your trip is almost here! Gosh I hope you have a brilliant time!
*susan*
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I agree about the double agent issue, although our agent represented us and the builder of our house and did a very excellent job for us. Perhaps because it's a small town. At any rate, I'm very happy for you and your family Susan, and like special k, wish you smooth sailing from here on.
Had a nice visit with DSIL and DBIL with some very fine food. I have to stop this marathon eating. We are heading to the gulf coast on the 20th for a week which will help.
Tomorrow we are washing the outside of the house, a yearly chore, then Friday the Geezer Brigade is heading to SIL's for one last go around of work.Fortunately it will only be in the 70s this time.
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Monday night DSIL fixed a roasted pork loin seasoned with sage and garlic with roasted shallots and tiny new potatoes, a salad with a delicious mayo based dressing and her French bread. The next evening we had Italian beef sandwiches, again on her French bread, more salad and sauteed Brussels sprouts with bacon. Dessert both nights was fresh blackberry pie with ice cream. It was awesome. I hit the jackpot by getting to bring home two large jars of strawberry freezer jam that she made this spring from her crop. I really don't eat much jam but I love this on French toast which we had for breakfast this morning. Yesterday morning was a tomato bacon quiche and biscuits.
Dinners may be salad for the next few days except I promised dh pizza and he's not likely to forget.
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Glad your fever broke Susan and it sounds just like just in time.
Been 17 years since we bought out here. Is it still the case that the realtor whoever it is is representing the seller? I know there used to be buyers' agents but we never had one. We did pretty good out here. Our realtor listened and did not show us stuff that we clearly would not wanting price wise. She learned quickly - we drove up to one house, DH took a look at the neighborhood and said "we're not even getting out". Pox on your agent Susan. May fleas infest all of her open houses lol.
Not sure what set my insides off but not well yesterday. DH fine so just my IBS probably. Better today. Guess it's ham steak and new potatoes with dill. Dig in freezer for some non starchy frozen vegies.
Have a great trip Special.
Ah Carole Fall. We had a hint this morning but back to heat this afternoon.
Pork roast - I think I may have to do some freezer digging lol. Sounds great.
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Luv, not my agent.... the seller's agent. :-) My agent is the good agent April. *susan*
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