So...whats for dinner?
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Minus, it's quite easy actually. Here's the recipe:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/French-Lentil-Soup-236772
I'm using French green lentils but this recipe doesn't specify so I don't know what makes this one"French".
As usual when I'm stuck in the house, I baked -- cinnamon bread and rolls. Tomorrow is whole wheat and rye breads for sandwiches.
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My friend and I spent this afternoon on the car transmission... I don't think it made it to Minus' 72...probably 70..but laying on the cement kept giving us chills and we'd go stand in front of a heater to get warmed up. I think another couple of hours will be all that's needed to finish it up.
Nance, I have my sourdough starter out and will probably start some bread tonight...so you aren't alone on the baking front.
Carberry...Sharon is quite happy with the overtime win by Syracuse.
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Thanks Nance.
Laurie - hope your kiddos are better & neither you or your DH caught the bugs. Good luck w/superbowl food. I know you'll make some great stuff as usual.
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Eric that was an amazing game...two very equally matched teams. did not stay home to watch it. DH wanted to be where the action was. Went to local bar with friends (and all of the town). Lots of cheering and noise. good time was had by all.
Guess we are headed to Super bowl party tonight. was not planning on this, but I guess DH is in a party mood this weekend. Will make a spinach dip to take, based on the fact, that is what I have on hand. I am kinda excited to see the inside of these people's remodeled old farmhouse.
Minus A way back, Ellen did interview with one of the actors, previews and it looked like something I would want to see. Probably wont happen here though.
Nance I can just imagine the smells coming out of your house...mmmmmm.....Heaven
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Well, the groundhog did not have a happy prediction for us....but we are experiencing a heat wave today! Yay....51 degrees!
Off for a walk, then baking some cookies since DS2 is stopping over before heading to a SB party, and I can send him off with some sweet stuff for his friends to enjoy. These days, I always have to find some willing victims to eat my baked goods, so I don't have them here tempting DH and me!
Have a fun day everyone!
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Serious attack of vertigo today put me out of commission. I had such plans to make bread and meatball subs today. Instead have barely managed to choke down chicken noodle soup and some crackers. Shades of chemo.
Dinner will be whatever dh can scrounge up.
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Hope you feel better really soon, Nance.
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Thanks Lacey. Me too, this is no fun :-(
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Nancy- I hope it passes quickly. No fun at all
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Nance, add me to the list of those hoping it goes away quickly.
Eric
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Hope it goes away soon. I hate that feeling.
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Nance that is the worst feeling, I once had an episode (before BC) and thought I was having a heart attack! I have since had a few more minor episodes and have figured out that it is caused by fluid in my ears and head. An allegra usually clears it up for me. Hope you feel better quickly.
Super bowl was a bust...didn't care who won..just wanted a good game. Bruno Mars was a great halftime show though.
DH ran outta steam, so we stayed home. I made a pizza
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Yesterday was a little annoying. The transmission is finished but it took a couple hours to undo two bolts. Then on the way home, the car I normally drive almost caught fire. If too many wires are burned, I'll just scrap it...It has 238,000 miles on the odometer and is 20 years old.
If I do get rid of it, DD wants a picture of it....It brought her home when she was born...
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I made 1,000 burritos and froze them for work. It's always about 40-50 here in the winter
My hat is coming along we always bring snacks to the group. I'm bringing mozzarella balls, cherry tomatoes and basil in skewers with an olive oil dipping sauce.
Nance, I'm sorry about that feeling but,
yes , you Can try this at home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK2Zj_TrBhE
I'm getting a crockpot
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auntie - vertigo is the pits, hope it goes away soon! I have known several people who have battled it and they all have said it is no fun at all!
bedo - 1,000 burritos is a lot! That is like a burrito factory!
Normally we have people over for the Superbowl and have snacks galore, but my SILs were here for a race that we did on Sat., and BIL and wife came over for dinner Sat. night, so by the time all left on Sun. we just sat around. I ate nothing and DH had leftover pasta. I stopped watching the game and went to organize my closet after half-time. Very unusual football-related behavior for me - must be the diet, lol!
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Thank you for all the well wishes! I am nearly back to normal today, just very tired. Maybe the inactivity or the meclazine. I am forging on though!
Have 3 loaves of bread rising and am starting on the meatballs and sauce for the meatball subs. Trying to make up for a lost day and it helps to keep busy.
6-8 more inches of snow tomorrow. On top of the ice we already have. Aaaaaacckkk! Take me away from here!
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Glad you are returning to normalcy, Nance. I've never had vertigo, but think I can live a full life w/o it! Sounds wretched! Love that you are already baking! Wish I lived next door to you.
Special, I can appreciate your wish for a "closet diversion" (:) during the SB game. Maybe it was the diet.......or more likely the totally lopsided game! Kind of makes me happy that our injury-riddled Patriots did not try to face the Seahawks! Congrats to Seattle!
Tonight I made my way back from the gym in our first snow storm of the week (am paying attention to your weather, Nance, since it is heading here!) and baked some eggplant which I then turned into a very non-greasy eggplant parm (tho I really do love the ones that are fried, then baked...the yummy oil laden versions of my Italian aunts). Made a garden salad to go with it....and I almost forgot....first course, my chicken pastina soup, from my mother's recipes. Made it yesterday, and the flavors were so much better today. DH was the first to mention that.....POINTS!
Bedo, I'm impressed with your burrito volume output. Wow!
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Eric I hope you don't need a new car. My husband has his favorite car too. It's a 98 Concord with about 300, 000 miles. No one else can drive. Um let me put it another way no one else could or should drive it! It's an engineering thing.... LOL
Bedo wow that's a lot of burritos! Hope you have a lot of help eating them!!!! LOL
Nancy that's a lot of bread do you always do 3 loaves?
Lacey chicken pastina soup sounds so WARM! LOL
I had a Bowl of chili. Almost done with the last of the frozen containers.
Much love.
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Moon - I'm so envious that you're towards the end of the freezer stuff. I have at least another month to go to see the shelves & sides of the stand up freezer in my garage. It's not frost free so I hope to defrost it sometime before it gets too hot.
Leftover pork ribs tonight. Appetizer was leftover sushi - California Roll. Leftover spaghetti tomorrow. Or wait - I'm going out to lunch - Mexican food - so the spaghetti may be Wednesday. Or wait - Herceptin infusion Wednesday so I'll probably eat out at the med center. Good thing the flavors will just get better in the spaghetti.
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Tonight was hospital cafeteria food.
My.mother in law tripped and fell. She broke her left arm just below her shoulder...she is left handed. She also "did something" to one knee. An orthopedic doc is coming to the hospital tomorrow to look at it.
Eric
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Prayers for your DMIL, eric! Oh my. Tell Sharon you are all in our prayers.
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Oh no Eric, that's terrible. Sending well wishes her way!
Monica, no I don't usually make three loaves but I was making whole wheat and didn't like the character of the dough of the first loaf (due to some additions I made), so to be safe I made another with fewer modifications. As it turns out, they both came out perfect so one will go in the freezer and the other will be for sandwiches. The third loaf was a new rye recipe using sauerkraut and dill pickle juice of all things. It's very good and lighter than my standby rye but I'm not sure I'll make it with the kraut again. It tends to get in your teeth, which I find a bit unpleasant. I'll split this loaf with a friend who loves rye as much as I do.
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You are all funny, I didn't make 1,000, it just felt like that
Eric, I hope that your MIL is OK
Am waiting for the halibut run
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Bedo 400...1000...10 whos counting? Lots of work no matter the number. Funny how your temps there in Alaska are much better than ours here in NY. Getting a funny visual of Halibuts running...ha ha
Eric So sorry for your MIL,does she live alone? will you bring her to your home while she recoups? Love the car story....DH took our old jalopy in for a wheel bearing fix. My old car, that he insists on keeping around and drives off and on. We are a 2 person household with 5 vehicles.
Nance So glad you are feeling better.
Did a quick stove top chicken cordon bleu, just layered in the pan, chicken, ham and cheese and a garlic sauce. Side of quinoa mix (Aztec blend) with added green peas.
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Carberry, we are 3 people for 6 or 7 cars...depending if I keep the Isuzu as I acquire the Volvo.
Bedo, I believed the thousand...that you were on a roll and just kept the assembly line going...and I figured the 40 or 50 temps were either measured in Kelvin (measured from absolute 0) or was in the heated refrigerated spaces! :-)
Nancy..glad you're getting back to normal. I've had vertigo a few times, but it was in college and had obvious (self inflicted) causes....
MIL lives alone, so I'm not sure what we are going to arrange...Sharon teaches and signed a contract to teach until the end of the year and by then MIL should be better. I work 90 minutes away so that doesn't help....sigh...
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Haha Carrie, now I have the vision too!
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Bedo - I thought wow you must have some freezer space there. What kind of running shoes do halibut wear?
Eric - prayers for healing for Sharon's mother. Gesh, didn't realize your commute was 90 minutes. Knew it was long. Hospital social worker might need to get involved for home arrangements.
Nancy - glad the vertigo is improved. I have an attack not extreme every once in a while, had for years. Think it's inner ear. Yum - rye bread with pickle juice.
I have to make a loaf of bread today for me. Like I said a bit back I have 3 - yes 3 - pkgs of no knead bread mix plus a couple of ones needing kneaded. DH eats yucky white bread that I find good only if stomach is queasy and maybe grilled cheese sandwiches. Whole wheat bread has not been on sale recently and I'm not much for frozen bread esp. commercially made. But I did find a few pieces of bakery bread in there yest. that I ate - not bad toasted. I intended to go to bread store - day old - on Sat. but we did not go that way.
We had boneless thighs shake 'n bake the new pretzel one - OK but not outstanding. I put some sprinkles of the Szeged chicken rub and need to bake some with just it. I found reviews on Amazon of it - it does smell great. Also some frozen broccoli. Leftovers tonight.
Carrie - can you describe in more detail how you made your skillet chicken. Sounds yummy. Some weeks I think we're going to cluck around here.
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I'm glad there are some more families with more cars than drivers! I thought we were the only nutty ones! We have four cars and two drivers - when DD is home it is four cars, one truck and a boat for three people!
eric - sorry about your MIL - it is complicated to take care of them when they are not as near.
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At my last driver license physical, my blood pressure and cholesterol were mildly elevated...and the doctor sent me to a cardiologist for more evaluation. The echocardiogram is normal. What was not normal my extremely high capacity for exercise, which sounds good to me. The doctor said I wasn't kidding when I said I ran a lot.
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Just me peeking in.
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