So...whats for dinner?
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Kara good news for you too. I keep hoping. Someday. Much love to all.0 -
Congratulations on the new babies!!!
Quick and easy tonight. Sea shell pasta with ground chuck meat sauce and lots of melted cheese, garlic bread and salad.0 -
My Grandchild.0 -
Amazing!!!!0 -
I'm happy and sad at the same time.0 -
Congrats Deb and Kaara- nothing like the anticipation of a baby!
DH is working late again. I had left overs for dinner. Yuck- I hate left overs. DS1 woke up vomiting last night- in our bed. Yay. He is still running a fever and we spent the day in bed. I have gotten nothing done for this trip. I am thankful my in laws took DS2 for the day. He was off the wall and that allowed me to give DS1 the attention he wanted/needed. However DS1 took a long sick boy nap today and now is still up as he is not tired.
Feeling frustrated. Instead of doing laundry to get everything clean for the trip I was washing all my bedding, comforter etc. But I suppose things could be worse- so should still be grateful.0 -
OK Laurie, I am trying to think about how things could be worse....
Ah, maybe if DS2 had come home from school with lice so you would have to vacuum and/or wash every piece of fabric in your house. That's my pathetic offering to help you feel relieved.....and I can hear your gratefulness from all the way across the border.
Seriously, I hope DS1 rallies tomorrow and that you can have at least one day to pack. Soon you will be basking in the sun!
Tonight DH grilled boneless teriyaki chicken thighs. We had a big garden salad, brussells sprouts, and red rice with the chicken. Recently, DH and I have been avoiding bread consumption at dinner....a real favorite bad habit of ours. So....Mr. Lacey is not even given a roll these days. He might want to eat at your house, Susan!0 -
lacey - lol on the "Mr. Lacey was not given a roll" - too funny!0 -
This is being typed on my phone, so it'll be short.
Congratulations on the grand-babies. I very much hope I get to wait another decade...DD is 15-1/2.... :-)
Laurie...sorry to hear about your sick boy. Unscheduled bed cleanings are no fun.
DD and I are baking a strawberry cake. It's an odd size/thickness, so we're having to closely watch it and test it. It's for her school tomorrow.
Eric
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DS1 did not go to school again today, he is still having belly issues. But he had to come to work with me for a bit. Thank goodness for the kindle and a heating pad. I have myself and the boys 90% packed. I just need to deal with errands tomorrow and the carry on etc. I like camping better!
Dinner tonight is shake and bake pork chops hoping since it is DS1's favorite he may eat something.0 -
Laurie - I love shake and bake. I bought the new Pretzel Crunch but resisted the Panko. One at a time. One good thought about Florida at least if you forget something there is most likely somewhere close to buy it, not so much when camping. LOL. Have a wonderful trip. Hope DS#1 is feeling better.
Don't have a clue what is for dinner tonight. Maybe the Kodiak flapjacks. Anyone use a good syrup they can recommend? I have been to every store - Tom Thumb, Central Market, Krogers, Sprouts looking for something enticing. DH is not a maple syrup fan and I could not afford much. I save what I buy in the refrig. for cooking. We eat French toast frequently. I made a whole loaf of day old French bread into it a while back and froze it; think he's eaten most of it. I'm using Log Cabin high fructose free at present. Amazon has 22 pages, maybe some surfing coming up. DH is always ordering something and asking if I have something I need.0 -
Laurie, When traveling to a first world country, you can always buy anything you forgot! So sorry that sonNoOne is still not feeling well. Maybe he will perk up tomorrow just to make your life easier.
Luv, I live in New England, syrup is real maple syrup by default. But, if pressed, I might make something syrup-like with raspberries [but that might be even more expensive than Maple Syrup. Frozen blueberries would be good too. Ina Garten seems to make these fruit syrup/compotes all the time. Check her recipes on food network.com
Last night my client kept me forever so I stopped at my Korean market for some thinly sliced bulogi beef and made beef with broccoli with our "house" stir-fry recipe. Only had a head of broccoli [last of the locally grown I fear] so I shredded a bunch of napa cabbage and placed it in the bottom of the serving bowl. When the hot stir fry was poured into that bowl, it wilted perfectly. Another night where 90% of the plate was non-meat. Served with some sticky rice. Tonight there is one ample serving of the beef/broccoli so Mr. 02143 gets that. I also have a cup of butternut squash soup to which I will add some fresh chicken stock, chickpeas, and a bit of spinach. Tonight _I_ get a roll! I have been very, very good.
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My soup was a total home run! It was ample [more leftovers], delicious, and filling. There was no reason for that roll, but since I had already thawed and warmed, I fell on my sword and ate it. I do things like this for my family. :-)
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Susan, I admire you for eating that roll!
Laurie, soon you will be in FL and can relax and enjoy yourself.0 -
Somehow I got unsubscribed from this list AGAIN! I'm starting to get a complex.
It was my lucky day today. I scored veal shanks at Costco, so it's osso buco and risotto on the menu tomorrow. Tonight is baked ravioli and a salad.
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Nancy- Both dinners sound wonderful!! My mother was a HUGE fan of osso buco. She would always make it for her New Years dinner. Except the one year she made duck. Yuck- too many bones.
So- I am packed. I will shower tonight as we are leaving before 6am tomorrow. I have all sorts of things for the boys for the plane including tablets for them to play on. Not to mention tons of snacks. I woke up with a fever in the middle of the night last night but am feeling much better now. I brought our dog to our friends house who is watching him for us, he seemed quite happy, both our friend and the dog. As I have let the food run out as much as possible I am thinking pizza for dinner.
Have I mentioned I hate flying???
Ds1 went to school today, yay!0 -
Laurie, you and your family have a fabulous trip!!0
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Laurie have a safe and wonderful trip.
Auntie N, I keep hitting the unsubscribe button too. On various threads. Then I think wow slow thread and duh. I go to it and see 10 or more pages.... LOL. The other thing is on my phone the "report this post" is so close to where I slide my finger I hit that a lot too! LOL. Thank goodness there is a pop up box to confirm! LOL woke up to some snow this morning but today was beautiful and melted most of the snow. Have a great weekend everyone and Much love.0 -
Have Fun and enjoy your vacation.
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Wah Wah I want to go too. Ice on the trees and fences. 32 degrees. Talking about significant ice storm on Sunday. What happened to our fall? This sounds like Jan/Feb not Nov. Seriously Laurie you and your dear family have a great time.
I think tonight hamburgers that is if DH can get home from work at 11:30 tonight. He has his eye on a hotel room at Hampton Inn not too far away. He packed an overnight bag. I bought 2 eggplants today "on sale" 2 for $3. Pretty tiny but I know those are usually sweeter. I'm thinking sauce, cheese, penne pasta, red bell peppers. Maybe tomorrow night. If no DH tonight I see tomato soup for me.0 -
Nancy, unsubscribe for you will NEVER do! Both your meals sound delish.
Luv, I fear your freezing weather is headed our way. Hope your dh stays safe.
Laurie, have a wonderful time in FL.
We were supposed to go to a free dinner tonight for volunteers at the Wooden Boat Festival, but dh didn't feel like going out. That suited me so I'm getting out some frozen tomato sauce and frozen ravioli. I'll also make a green salad.
A belated question for Susan: do you spread butter on the roll? LOL!0 -
Ate more beans again. LOL Along with Kielbasa. Up up magnesium! LOL luv my goats I woke up to snow today here. But weather was wonderful today and melted it all. Much love.0 -
Tonight's dinner was Veal Scallopine with lemon, Mushrooms with rosemary, and soft polenta. The veal is from the same farm as my lamb and really shouldn't be called veal. These little guys don't just hang out in a cage, but instead meander the pastures foraging for greens for months before slaughter. It is really young beef. Does mean that they are "tough" and the meat is not white. No matter. A little pounding makes the meat tender enough and because they frolic, the meat is actually flavorful. Both the Veal and Mushrooms were from Hazan's Essentials and Mrs. Hazan is NOT scared of a little butter. Me on the other hand? I feel that I have had my butter quota for the week! We once again fed the boy. It is becoming pretty routine to feed him on Friday night.
My turkey parts [2 HUGE drumsticks and 2 HUGE wings] are now defrosting on the counter. Tomorrow I will roast them, and then make stock. Since we smoke our bird, I need stock for T-Day gravy. What I really need to do is make some mole so we can have turkey enchiladas, but I doubt I will have the energy for that. However, if one of you has a spectacular mole recipe, I am all ears.
I am determined not to make too much food this year for T-Day. It is time for me to sit down and calculate how much food 10 people will actually eat and how much I am willing to have as leftovers. I already know that I have too much stock, so must be careful. According to my notes, I made 2 quarts of gravy last year and we only ate 3 cups, as a perfect example. This year will be 4 fewer people around the table. See what I mean?
For those that are interested in my roll consumption. I did. I had unsalted butter on my roll and it was GOOD. I eat so little bread these days that it was like having dessert, which I also never eat anymore.
Off to calculate how many pearl onions I really need....
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Susan, I do admire that you take notes on your t-day meals.
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I wouldn't think most people would use say more than 1/3 to maybe 1/2 cup of gravy. We only have my brother, his wife, one son then me, DH and DD. Small Thanksgiving but I am grateful for the family I have left. We go to Mid-Cities, get DD and she drives us over to DB who is north of Dallas. Works out great; she navigates the twisty under construction parts by the airport much better than DH. I have been assigned sweet potato casserole minus the marshmallows, a fruit salad prob. 24 hour salad and a cheese plate. I think I can manage. LOL.
I saw a lady come out of WalMart on Tuesday with at least 4 turkeys and maybe 5. Don't think they had that great a sale. Maybe she was donating them.
Looks like DH will make it home. People have been zooming up my country road so guess they are OK despite the iced over trees. If you hear someone talking it is me at midnight making hamburgers. Not sure he got dinner tonight.0 -
Laurie, have a wonderful trip!
I think we'll be receiving lots of that cold weather you sisters have been enduring. I guess I can't complain....we have had a gorgeous fall.
Small T-giv here....DS2, DH, food and football. I'm thinking I may go very light on food this year, and just enjoy it as a relaxing day. Tho I have no notes that include volume or amounts of anything. So I'll be winging it!
Tonight DH and I went to a meet and greet for someone who plans to enter our gubernatorial race. The couple holding it are Indian and Sri Lankan and make delicious food. In addition to passed hors d'ouvres they made individual rice packets called something like Lampries (spelling?). Delicious! I bet you know it, Susan.....a Sri Lankan recipe.
Hope you all have fun with the many T- giving recipes. Did anyone else see the Kelly Ripa recipe for brussells sprouts? She cooked it on the show earlier this week, and It was an interesting dish with dried cherries and walnuts in it ( among other things). If anyone is interested, it is on the Kelly and Michael site. Even tho I love plain brussells sprouts, I might make this doctored up recipe for interest on turkey day.0 -
Lacey - late night for you. I have those hamburgers cooking on the stove. DH just called and no he did not get dinner. Good thing I'm ahead of the game.
The brussels sprouts sounds good, read the recipe. I bought some roasted sweet potatoes in the deli. They were delish - cubed not too soft, dried cranberries, red onion, olive oil, parsley, orange juice, brown sugar, white wine vinegar, celery. I kept the label to try to duplicate. And the price was - well let's not even mention the per lb price. The price for convenience.0 -
And so the prep begins. I have two turkey drumsticks and two turkey wings in the oven roasting. This turkey must have been a frankenturkey because these parts are HUGE! When they have finished roasting, I will make the turkey stock using the oven method. I have no idea what I will do with all that meat on the bones however.
For some reason I have this idea that I should make the rye cocktail bread myself. Why do we even have appetizers is a good question. One I will ponder another day, but people have come to love the bread topped with an herbed cheese, cucumber, and smoked salmon. I also do some on cucumber slices to keep the carb count down. Also silly given the shear number of carbs on the dinner table later in the day!
I also need to make some plain old rustic white bread for the stuffing, but I think that will wait until tomorrow.
We don't have brussel sprouts with or without dried fruit on the table. I can't stand brussel sprouts. I am a "bitter" taster and those little suckers taste just awful to me. Strange since I love the rest of the cabbage family.
I was not familiar with this Sri Lankan dish at all. Not a cuisine I know much about, but I did find this: http://infolanka.com/recipes/mess1/144.html This woman must have worked for days to hand them out at a gathering! What did you think of this potential-govenor-candidate? The field could use some new blood, if you ask me.
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p.s. SpecialK.... do make sure you whisk Laurie away for at least a day and find her a really excellent marguerita!0
