So...whats for dinner?

Lacey, were you serious about "light" brie?  I didn't know there was such a cheese.  Your meal sounds delicious.  Good luck with finding a better alternative to tamoxifen. 

My baked cod and brussel sprouts dinner last night wasn't an A plus.  More like a C.  The brussel sprouts were too raw even though I halved them.  I should have blanched them prior to roasting.  Maybe the problem was not tossing them liberally with olive oil.  Instead I spritzed them.  They were somewhat brown when I took them out, at which point I sprinkled grated romano cheese.

I made a butter lemon garlic sauce for the cod and spread it on the raw fish in addition to s & p.  Covered with foil and cooked in 350 oven for 20 min.  Served with the remainder of the sauce.  It was good but not wonderful.    There was a lot of liquid in the baking dish that seeped out of the cooking fish.  Cod is very white.  Any suggestions or comments welcome.  If I buy it again next Fri. I'll try a different cooking method, pan searing.  DH didn't complain and he ate a 2nd serving of the cod.

Tonight is the first Abita Opry performance of the spring season.  Dinner will be a chili dog and maybe a brownie.  I've already figured out the WW points! 

Today I'm making a huge batch of red meat sauce, some of which will be for tomorrow's noon meal at my mother's house.  Spaghetti with meat sauce is the main dish.  I'll freeze the surplus sauce.  Originally my sister and I had decided to have bought pizzas.  But then I figured out the WW points for a slice of meat lovers' pizza and nixed that menu.  Pizza is a rare treat for me and I would have eaten two slices.  Not worth it to sabotage my week.

Happy Saturday!

Carole when I make cod, sometimes I use a salsa as a sauce. But i like the fruity ones like a peach salsa. Serve it with rice and it's delicious.  It goes well with a lime margarita type sauce too like you'd put on shrimp. 

Chabba- So sorry about your DH, I hope he continues to improve. Wow, you have been together for 48 years! That's amazing! Sending you lots of hugs!

Eric- Hope you get your computer back soon. Did you like your fake crab after cooking it? I find that it is better cold, usually make a crab salad with cooked but cold broccoli, cold pasta and some mayo.

Monica- That is exactly what we eat is the 60% chocolate, I buy Ghirardelli And  love it. At night we have one square. I'm finding counting carbs can be quite tedious looking at all the packages all the time. Today we had a turkey wrap on low carb ww wrap, it was pretty good. Is there a cheese that is lower than the rest as far as carbs go? I put half a slice of provolone on it for him and for me I had jack.

Carole- I love cod and cook it quite often that and salmon. I always saute mine in a pan it never gets mushy. I either put a blackened seasoning on it and sear it with a little evoo or I put a lemon pepper seasoning on it (lots) in a little evoo when it is almost done I put in a little butter, capers and lemon juice. 

Specialk- Oh that sounds like it is painful? Seems like you have been dealing with this for quite a while. Hope it heals soon for you. 

Paula- Some times we have baked potatoes for dinner for our only meal- If I have left overs of a meal I will put that in there like chili, strogganoff, broccoli etc.. 

Nancy, since I have missed so many posts I don't know if you found the root of your stomach problems I remember that you were having a hard time with it. Have you been checked for any thing like gluten or dairy? Wish I could help. Hope you feel better soon.

Lacey- Your so sweet to think of your neighbors that are going through a tough time.I have never made an arugula pesto sounds really good though. And OMG on your wedding LOL! If I didn't know better I would of said to you back then is this a sign? But 40 years later here you are!! 

I met my DH in Hawaii I just had gone through a divorce and went to live with my sister, she worked at the Sheraton Waikiki hotel so I would go visit her every day and lay out in the sun, then I would mosey on up to the outside bar and have a coctail or two. I would see Chuck sitting across from the bar from me every day and thought he was so cute, another guy walked up to me and started talking to me and I pulled out a cigarette, ( when I used to smoke) and the guy was getting ready to light my cigarette when Chuck steps in and lights it first. The guy said "What an ass hole" and walked away, Chuck had told me he had his eyes on me as well and the rest is history. Been together 24 years and married 20. 

Sending love prayers and hugs to all that are going through tough times.

debbie - yes, I have been doing this for a while - too long! But this is the last time I can handle a revision of this magnitude. My skin just can't take it. It appears to be resolving so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed! I'm not in that much discomfort - the one time the numbness comes in handy! I have some muscle pain from the pocket work but its not bad - I'm off all pain meds.

Boy, has it been quiet here. Hope you all are out having fun and/or eating delicious food. 

Tonight is eye of round roast with roasted potatoes and tomatoes and maybe some snap peas for contrast.

We  had (fried) chicken with roasted veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, and butternut squash). I remember why I never fry things (aside from it not being healthy)--my whole house smells like chicken. There are worse things, right? LOL

All your dinners sound good.

I had a noon dinner today, wheat rotini with meat sauce, overcooked brussel sprouts (yuk) the way my mother likes them.  The other family members had white spaghetti with their meat sauce and garlic Texas toast, the frozen bread that you heat in the oven.  One BIL always says that bread is one of the major food groups! 

My food tonight was popcorn with butter-flavored spray and Swiss Miss hot chocolate.  I'm still amazed that popping popcorn is so easy in the microwave, no oil.  Just kernals in a glass bowl--mine is pyrex--covered by a plate.  The bowl doesn't even get soiled!  All those years buying the bags of Smart Pop by Redenbacher.  I did buy a container of his kernel popcorn. 

Ditto on appreciating the microwave popcorn tip, Carole! I must try it since I hate the junk that is in the bags, and that is what we buy. Do you just push the "popcorn" pad and the dry kernels magically pop up as though you had oil or butter in it? Very cool! It is probably worth it to get the good kernels like you do. Silly question....how many kernels in what size pyrex dish?  Thanks!

Happy St. Patrick's day all! Today is the traditional corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, Irish soda bread with some homemade butter (a new adventure), and Bailey's Irish cream cheesecake for dessert. And since dh absolutely hates this boiled dinner, he will have shepherd's pie. Friends are coming to help eat this annual fare and I very wisely made two mini cheesecakes and froze one.

Happy Saint Patricks day to every one. I'm going to be cooking a brisket today after brineing for 5 days never have brined it before so I will see if it makes a difference or not.

Has any one heard from Laurie? She hasn't been on face book either.

Popcorn alternative - I pop my corn in a paper lunch bag.  Cover the bottom of the bag - single layer of corn kernals.  Fold the top down - two small folds.  Put in microwave.  Push "popcorn" button - or approx 3.5 minutes.  Stop earlier if popping stops.  Don't add anything else in the bag.  I'm sure Carole's bowl method is the same.  Once it's done you can add butter, salt, garlic or anything else you like.

The  pyrex glass bowl I use is 2.5 qts.  Yesterday I measured 1/4 cup kernals but you can pop less.  The bowl has to be large enough to hold the popped corn.

Nance, your meal sounds amazing!  I would love it. 

Vivian, yours sounds good, too. 

I have a turkey meatloaf in the oven.  I consulted two recipes and took some ingredients from both.  I added to the bowl 1 lb. of lean ground turkey, sautéed ground mushrooms (at least a lb of raw button mushrooms), large clove of garlic, 1/4 cup egg beaters, 8 green onions finely chopped, 1 T. Dijon mustard, 1 T. Worcestershire sauce, 2 T. chili sauce, 2 tsp fresh thyme, 2 slices wheat bread processed to bread crumbs, s & p.  I think that's all of the ingredients.   No copyright infraction.

Our side will be leftover baked sweet potatoes, peeled, split in half and browned in a bit of butter and grapeseed oil. 

I lost 1.8 lbs this week.  Hoping that by next week I'll be down to goal weight and won't have to pay!

Good going Carole!

Carole, that sounds like a good meatloaf recipe. I can totally relate to your motivation to get down to goal  weight to avoid that pesky weekly fee! Good luck? Do you find that the AI you take contributes to weight gain? My MO wants me to try an AI to see if I might have fewer side effects than I keep having with Tamoxifen. I will be less than thrilled to encounter weight struggles after managing it so rigorously this year.

Tonight, despite it being a corned beef/cabbage day, we had a Mexican style dinner.....pulled salsa chicken and beans over melted cheese on chips, topped with shredded lettuce, green onions, tomatoes, and slices of avacado. Had a side of brussells sprouts.