So...whats for dinner?

Two things that made the radiation treatments easier was the 1/4 mile (2 minute) drive to the place and the 7:30 am appointment.  Had the appointments been in the middle of the day or a long drive to get there, it would have been more annoying.  She liked the vitamin E based creams the best.

No problem complaining about how one feels....it's probably the first step to doing something about it. :-)

Sharon is the dumpling maker here...it's something I've never done...I'm not sure why..I guess because she likes doing it.....

Minus, I join you on the good terms with former husband group

I hope that it goes easily for you. Rest when you want to and don't get up no matter what if you're tired.

I made Vivian's soup this weekend. Very good! I didn't have a masher

I got caught outside without coat, mittens, or,  err, needed support and keys tonight when the wind blew the door shut when I went out for the last of the groceries. Luckily  everyone leaves doors unlocked so I was able to come into one apt and knock on the door of another lady who called landlady and was told where hidden keys  were. Thank God.

Tomorrow I'm making kale, great northern beans and sweet potato soup again

I bought more oatmeal to make Hillbilly Housewife's overnight oatmeal and have the ingredients for cheese, avocado, tomato and whole grain bread for work

I have 4 avocado pits in the window with toothpicks that I'm trying to grow into plants. Does anyone remember that?

Hahahaha Bedo.....we all used to do the avocado sprouting thing in the seventies. Glad you got back inside safely. Brrrrrrr.

Must try to grow the garlic chives, Chabba. They even try to sprout in my very cool pantry.

I have given up on fresh garlic. It seems impossible to find unsprouted ones. I now buy fresh peeled garlic cloves in a huge bag at Costco and keep them in the freezer. They lose texture but work  just fine and sooo convenient. I have garlic chives running wild in my flower bed. Don't ever plant them outside in anything but a pot and don't let them flower unless you want them everywhere!

Freezing rain here today. Everything's covered in ice again. When oh when will it end.

Bedo, sounds like a good supply of groceries.  You seem quite energetic in Alaska.  And happy, too. 

I found a large bowl of mystery soup in the freezer.  I could identify white beans.  So I got it out, along with a smaller container of the same, and am thawing it in the microwave.  We'll either eat it or toss it out.  I think it has ham in it.  I don't like to write in marker on my storage bowls but it would be nice to have things labeled! 

Nancy, do describe the "unstuffed" cabbage rolls! 

Someone left a cookbook outside our back door.  It's supposedly a James Beard award winning cookbook author.  Her theme is low fat and law carb Southwestern food.  She has one really interesting recipe for cornmeal crepes that can be eaten as a substitute for tortillas.  I plan to try it some time.

Tonight's dinner will be pan fried catfish fillets, veggie (maybe broccoli), and tossed salad.  I'm starting off the week with fresh intentions of shedding some fatty lbs.  I went to the gym this morning and the weather looks good for golf on Wed. and Fri. 

Sure hope Susan is ok.  I wish she would pop in and say hi.  Other folks are missing, too.  Hope they're doing ok.

Happy Monday!

Thanks for the warning about the prolific garlic chives, Nance. In a pot they will go....someday. We will get your weather shortly...tho possibly more snow than ice. Then a big thaw....hopefully we'll be spared the ice dam mess. Even our weather forecasters are apologetic! ;/ Pretty funny.....

Tonight we'll have more of my chicken kale barley soup before heading to a friend's to plan a Broadway tunes party. Of course my DJ DH is at the bottom of this idea. The group needs to come up with fun games, trivia,  and other competitions to keep the evening from turning into Broadway karaoke! That could be dreadful.

I don't know what those <st1> marks are and it won't let me edit them out.  Sorry.

Laurie - so glad everything's going well for you.

Hatch chilis show up in Phoenix...awesome peppers....almost as good as the sera no peppers. :-)

Breakfast is a breakfast bar.  In about 5 minutes, I'm driving the school bus on a route.

Pork stir fry last night with sweet and sour sauce.

Nance  My mom did the cabbage rolls, and I remember there was rice in them.  Never liked them as a kid, and probably haven't had them since.  I need to try your un-rolls, as I now have a different "adult" pallet and will probably like them.

Minus  Hope those treatments fly by.  I had to drive an hour each way to get my tx but I was not working at the time, and I treated myself to shopping while in the larger town that had more shopping options than what I have here locally.

We leave on Thursday for our NC home to check on the house and maybe do some painting.(Moon...doesn't it feel good to have nice clean newly painted walls?)  Hope they are warmer than they have been. The sun was shining here yesterday and I was literally hanging my head out the window on my way to work...until my nose froze. My mood needs some sunshine!

moon - I keep all the meds and supps in a large wire basket (bigger than a shoebox) that I got from the Container Store and refill my old lady pill case (the jumbo sized one) each week.  For a while I did a morning and evening, but I changed my calcium so now it all fits in one.  I do keep the wire basket in the kitchen but it is not in an area of cupboards that gets used a lot - it has extra candles and some serving pieces.

I use old-school freezer tape for stuff that goes into the freezer.  It looks like masking tape and I use a sharpie to write what it is and the date it went into the freezer.  I did this a lot when I would visit my mom, I cooked large pans of things and then portioned them into single serving containers and labeled them and stashed them in the freezer.  I usually put an extra piece of tape with heating instructions too - there were rotating shifts of people taking care of her, not everyone was kitchen-savvy.

Love, love, love cabbage rolls!  Must try the un-rolled version - far less time-consuming!  I do the ground beef and rice filling, rolled up in the cabbage leaf.  I put them around the edge of a large baking pan.  I cut up potatoes and put them in the center of the pan, then cover them with diced bacon that has been cooked with diced onion, and the chopped heart of the cabbage.  The sauce is tomato soup combined with sour cream, which is poured over the rolls, but not the potatoes.  My last name has -ski on the end of it, so cabbage rolls are a staple.  For some reason DH's family has always called them "pigs in blankets" but I am not sure why... 

auntie - I had some sciatica issues a number of years ago, and have degenerated disks in my lumbar.  The sciatica happened because of the position of the seat in my car!  My kids were non-driving teenagers, so I was constantly in the car.  I got a new car with an adjustable seat (I tipped it further back) and the sciatica went away quite quickly.  Try some heat, or ice, or both, and some anti-inflammatories, and try a thin pillow that shifts your position when you are sitting.  Maybe it will help?

minus - I did not have rads but I have read on this site that skin to skin contact made the skin irritation worse - I had read about wearing a cotton tank under the bra (if you are wearing a bra) but over your skin creams/oils.  Hope it goes by fast and that your skin holds up well!

Thanks for the tips everyone.

To mark things for the freezer, I use blue 'painters tape' and magic markers.  If you wrap the painters tape around the package or container, it seals on itself an doesn't come loose after freezing.

I loved the food in New Orleans... and those cakes sound particularly yummy!   Unfortunately was not there for Mardi Gras

Tonights dinner was pork loin and stir fry.   I am trying my best to cut down on carbs.   Cheat a bit at weekends

Hope everyone is well as they can be and can find their happy each day !