So...whats for dinner?
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Viv..thinking of you all in my prayers too.
Nancy, that feast would leave me tired too.
It's not dinner, but I did put the Dutch oven's sibling to work this morning.
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What a great waffle iron Eric! Love me some waffles, yum!
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Yummy Eric. Making me hungry for pancakes/bacon. Made a quick shopping trip after church. Wished I had picked up some bacon.
One more night of the spaghetti. DH has upset tummy so it may be up to me to finish it. He had soup while I was at church. We had lovely rain this morning, little bit of wind. See that storms are setting up some in NM and bad in CO. We are due for that overnight. Maybe some later this evening.
Bought passel of pork ribs. Will make those tomorrow or Tuesday. I still have some buttermilk to use up but I bought the pint containers this time. Will make buttermilk potato salad but I don't think it uses much. I could not pass up another BBQ rub at WalMart the other day "Butt Rub". They got me with the name. Have to make dessert for VBS teachers' lounge. I hope dressed up rice krispies (peanuts/peanut butter chips) and SpecialK's cake mix cookies (with peppermint Andes mints) will do. I think I'm one of 5 or 6 making dessert so surely someone will eat them. Hopefully the guys will (6-9pm so surely will be some dads too).
Vivian will be praying for your family tomorrow. Neurosurgeons are usually a little "different". I never met one that had much personality. I'm a retired RN.
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WEll everyone, I shot my WW points at Breakfast out with the gals I went to grade school with 50 years ago..... I wanted a waffle, but 9 points (I looked it up beforehand) seemed to many, so I opted for 2 scrambled eggs with bacon hashbrowns and rye toast, coffee, cream, jelly--now -by my caculations I only had 4 points left ( I get 26)..... So now I am having a ribeye steak ciooked inside oven because of weather and a tomato and going to dip into the activity points I have banked. I pray this rain we have had in Central Illinois blows out of here by morning so I can get my 2 miles in to earn 4 more points. LOL.
Viv-prayers for you, your SO and everyone involved. Nuerosurgeons may not have bedside manner, but they are very skilled at what they do.
Close your eyes, breath deep and feel all of us there with you . You are never alone.
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luv - make some garlic buttermilk dressing (homemade ranch dressing) with your leftover buttermilk:
Garlic Buttermilk Dressing
1 c. buttermilk, 1 c. mayo, 1 t. onion powder, 1 t. parsley flakes, 1/2 t. garlic powder, 1/2 t. salt, 1/4 t. thyme, 1/8 t. pepper. Whisk together and chill for at least one hour.
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Redheaded, my daily allotment is 26 pts. too. I had a McD's Large choc. shake one day recently. Looked it up later and it's 20 pts! Now when my car drives itself into a McD's, I try to muster the discipline to order senior coffee! Tomorrow morning is my ww meeting but I weighed in for June last Monday and was "legal." So I won't have to weigh in again until July.
Eric, I finished up the rice and chicken salad for my dinner last night. Hardly a grain of rice was wasted! I'll definitely be making it again.
One of my brothers brought boxes of fresh veggies to my mother's house today, where we were gathered for dh's birthday meal. So I have tomatoes (not red ripe), green peppers, cucumbers, yellow squash and eggplants in abundance. The birthday meal was hearty and good but nothing like Nancy's DS's feast. We had giant meatballs in red sauce, linguine (white), tossed salad, steamed squash and garlic Texas toast from a box and heated up. Carrot cake (not home-made) and ice cream (not home-made!) for dessert. Also, pass around stuffed mushrooms for an appetizer. My sister made them and they were very good.
I rarely overeat but I felt too full today. Not a feeling I like.
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DH surveyed the plum tree and it is loaded with tiny purple plums. They are about 2 bite plums but very sweet. I guess I wish I could juice them because there is no way to chop them. The peach tree has a few little ones. Really shocked that the plum tree did with all our late cold snaps.
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wow. You guys were very busy..All I had on my agenda was a graduation party for my nephew and going to pick up some flowers and a few herbs for my container garden. I didn't get them in the ground yet. I'll have to try tomorrow or Tues or Wed. Got a Dr apt (preop) tomorrow. Got Cardiologist Tues. Oh boy. Fun. Little more than a week to go. Have to stop my anti inflammatory. I hate that. My legs swell up and get real stiff. Ug. Food was beans and brats or chicken. I chose the brat. Just one. It was good.
Viv prayers for you and yours.
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Good evening all,
Finally Home. Iggy (nickname) is in ICU. He will stay there at least 24 hrs sedated to give brain a chance to rest. They will allow him out of sedation briefly and check neuro functions. So far, everything looks good. Infection was encapsulated and removed. There appears to be no injury to brain from infection, After Neuro finished Ent Sur redrained/cleaned all sinuses. It's been a long day. I'm exhausted.
I wish I could hug each and everyone of you, thanks you all.
Vivian
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So relieved for you and ylur family, Viv.
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Vivian - so glad Iggy is doing well. Will continue to pray for his recovery and for you and your family. Get some rest sweetie you deserve it.
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Vivian - good news. Sending continuing hugs & prayers.
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viv, happy for you and praying Iggy makes a full recovery.
Joyce that's a pretty awesome DH you have.
Supper tonight was a chicken breast browned in olive oil finished with balsamic and currant jelly. And Stove top stuffing. Can't help it. I live it. I make it with applesauce in place of the butter. Just one of those comfort foods. LOL
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Oh Moon - I love stove top stuffing. never thought of switching out applesauce for butter. I'll give it a try.
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DH loves stovetop. I'm not much of a stuffing person. Once a year is enough for me.
Good news viv!
Tonight was Singapore pork and vegetables with udon noodles .
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viv - so happy that things are looking good for Iggy - I am sure that this was a very long day, hoping you can rest. I just made a bunch of food for my DH to take over to the east coast - we have an elderly friend being released from the hospital on Wed. - my DH is like a son to him, he has no family, so he is going over to get him home and set up, so I cooked for the week - he will probably stay until the end of the weekend. I actually thought for a minute that he should take some of this food to you! He is probably driving right past you!
I love stuffing and cranberry sauce - nobody else in my house does. What's up with that?
joyce - your DH sounds like a prince!
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Last night must have been Stovetop night! I made a yellow squash casserole with reduced-sodium Stovetop. Other ingredients: bulk turkey breakfast sausage (Jenny-O), eggs, chicken broth, onion powder. DH had asked for fried eggplant, so we had peeled and sliced and breaded and fried eggplant. It was delicious as was the casserole. Sliced cucumber salad.
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Nance - The Singapore pork sounds good. Will you share the recipe?
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Yes I second the request Nancy. I have a lot of BBQ pork rib to use up but not cooking tonight since it's cookie baking day for VBS. Making Special's Andes mints cookies and the Salted Peanut Chews that I discovered is an old Pillsbury Bakeoff recipe. Found 4 different ways to make the cookie base - from scratch, from cookie mix, from refrig. cookie dough and from a cake mix. I think I will use the from scratch since I don't have any of the other mixes. Have 2 chocolate (devil's food and dark) cake mixes for the Andes mints cookies. Hopefully the chews ends up tasting something like a payday candy bar or a "nut roll" whatever that is. How can you go wrong with sugar, marshmallows, peanuts and peanut butter chips.
I love the real homemade stuffing. Stovetop not so much and DH would much rather have rice. He likes potatoes OK but prefers rice.
How sweet of you Special to cook for DH's almost father. I do that when DD comes, not that she cannot cook for herself or that she passes 2 wonderful groceries down the block but is not going to. She does eat lunch in company cafeteria so at least one meal a day is suitable. But she did recently remember that I have a Krogers' reward card and expect she will make good use of that info now that she knows the phone# attached to it. I don't carry those around and just have to put in the 2 #'s it could be until I find the correct one.
Anyone ever heard this term - "cebolitas"? The green onions were pitiful at the store so I got these - always thought they were spring onions - tops like a green onion with bigger bulbs. Put them in potato salad, sliced into cute little rings that separated into the salad. Liked them much better than the green ones.
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So, yes, cebollitas are green onions with more bulbous root ends...I knew I had seen them before, but here they just get tagged with the green/spring onion name. They are so much more appealing looking to me than regular green onions. I found this recipe for them online:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cebol...
There was also a recipe for flank steak with these. The inclusion of them in your potato salad sounds delightful!
Last night was "for darn sures"....otherwise know as "jump ups"
tho I seemed to be the only jumper!Today we are going out for an early dinner with DBIL and his middle daughter who are in from Cali. She is re-visiting the college she will attend this Fall in our area....intrepid gal to move from San Diego climate to here! She has always wanted to get to know her extended family better as her immediate family settled in SD before she was born, and the rest of us are East Coasters. I think I might be taking her shopping for warm clothing!
Thursday we head into town for my birthday dinner, and Friday morning we head to NJ to visit the grands and co.
Viv, I do hope Iggy is progressing nicely today. Kids are amazingly resilient!
Joyce, what a lovely memorial scholarship for your DH to leave in honor of his friend. Meaningful all the way around! Hope you are doing okay and things are settling down a bit. Maybe this summer we can meet for coffee on one of my trips up and down on Rt. 3/93!
I feel for Rick as he plans and implements the house sale process....filled with many memories and emotions for sure. But how wonderful that they were able to return to NH for those rich and poignant last years with Michelle's family.
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luv - looked up cebollitas, they do look like a scallion or green onion, but with a bigger bottom part. Hope they are yummy! I am a bit tired - was busy yesterday running errands (shoe repair, dry cleaner, grocery store, eye doctor for glasses repair) and cooking, and still finding that I am a bit easily fatigued from the successive surgeries this spring. I made a breakfast casserole with sausage, some cranberry orange muffins, a muffaletta sandwich, broccoli salad, pulled pork, coleslaw, two pasta casserole dishes - one with red sauce and one with béchamel, a potato/artichoke and spinach casserole, some Hawaiian meatballs and rice, and pecan bars. Also, wrote the obit outline (DH is the executor) and made a binder with labels and tabs for all the legal documents for DH. I was dragging by the time I went to sleep last night. Eeesh! Today I am doing NOTHING! I will be going to visit DD later this month and will probably cook for her too! She lives in an efficiency and only has an electric skillet and microwave, so I am sure she would appreciate some home cooked food! Sweet that you do that for yours too!
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hello all...
Iggy update, Still in ICU and sedated. Waiting on results from CT Scan. He is progressing well according to Surgeon, none of the possible things they told us about have happened, I am taking that as a very good sign.
I saw PS today. Las drain removed. What a relief !!! Had to have some staples removed that my body rejected and pushed out of incision. They should have been absorbed. Not many options for left side re-reconstruction. PS said to much loss of tissue to infection and the latest attempt. PS says it will not hold an implant without a flap. I know this is pure vanity, but as much as I want 2 breasts again, I want them to match, like my originals. I fear they won't. I got the ok to drive short distances, but no work. Was told to relax and expose all incisions to air as much as possible.
Goats...cebollitas is little onion in spanish
Special K..... thanks. I have 3 kids who are all eaters and they have turned into cooks also. With Supervision of younger of course. My 10 and 13 plan first, then 13 year old takes his bike to the store and buys something to cook. I have let them have free rein, I just help with cooking times. We have had some interesting meals. Pretty proud of my trio. We all love the stuffung here, but only I like the cranberry
Let me brag...My daughter is in 4th grade and she scored perfect scores on the FCAT's. This is a test given in FL. and to celebrate she and my son are making a big??cake (all her favorites in it) from several boxes of mix and pre-made frosting ....No cuisinart for them, just yet. They bought several Devil's food and Vanilla mixes, Milk choc frosting, choc chips, M&M, caramel chips and sprinkles. They informed me that they could read and follow instructions and kicked me out of kitchen.
I get it back in time to cook dinner. Will keep it simple. Chicken breasts marinating in caesar salad dressing will be grilled, yellow rice, broccoli and salad.
Thank you all again for your continued prayers,
Vivian
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Viv, your kids sound delightful! Congrats to all of them on their culinary efforts and to DD for her academic achievement!
Special,,,,YIKES!!! Easily fatigued?!?! An army of chefs might need a nap after what you accomplished in your kitchen, in addition to errands!! Love the sound of a muffaletta sandwich...have never had one.
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Wow, I baked 3 of these cookies Special to see it the Peppermint Andes (a bit of crunch to them) would melt like the green/choc Andes. Yummy is not the word. I did flip the candy bit over 1/2 way so they would continue to melt. These would be cute for Valentine's Day since the mint part basically turned pink. Have a full sheet in the oven (12). Turned out I had no parchment paper - I thought I did but rarely use it - but did have that "pan lining paper" that I didn't much care for. One side foil, one side parchment. I did have to wrap it under the cookie sheet to keep it from curling up.
Vivian - Hope Iggy continues to improve. Kids are resilient. I see future Florida chefs.
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Will post the pork recipe later Today when I'm on the pc.
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viv - yay for continued good news! DH is driving toward Miami (ultimately, Boynton Beach) with a cooler full of stuff. Just say the word if he should stop! Your kids sound adorable with the cake! Congrats on your DD and her FCAT. We moved to FL when my DD was a senior in HS, she had to take the FCAT to graduate but had no info on Florida history, or anything curriculum related for this state. She went to take the test and the young male test proctor was trying to chat with her during the test! She finally had to ask him to leave her alone, lol! She passed, and did quite well, but it makes a funny story now.
lacey - I used to be a caterer and could usually cook all that stuff so easily! I have not adjusted to having less energy - I don't know if it is age
or breast cancer treatment that has left me sapped. I was super tired last night, but still kind of wired so couldn't sleep. I have a binder with all the recipes I cut out of magazines or print online, if I was more tech inclined I would put them in a file or disk, but I am old school - I spent the rest of the night (until the wee hours!) trimming them so I can put them in my book. If the house is on fire all have been instructed to save that binder, lol! I love all of the ingredients in a muffaletta, but had to make this one without olives - DH is not an olive lover. I used Spanish roasted pork, smoked ham, salami, provolone, brown mustard, and then made the "salad" that goes on it out of red wine vinegar, olive oil, shredded carrot, chopped artichoke hearts, garlic, and a bit of red onion, minced. I used a Tuscan boule and hollowed out the top half (this is a tall sandwich), put mustard on the bottom, layered the meats and cheese, then put the salad on top and the top of the bread. Made it last night and wrapped it tight in plastic wrap, and put it in the fridge. If you use a hearty bread it can take the refrigeration and time. Some people also let it sit in the fridge all day, or overnight, with a brick on top or other weight, to press it.0 -
Viv Yay for Iggy! It sounds like they got everything and it is hopeful for a full recovery! And your DD so smart! A "garbage" cake recipe so fun. I hope that things work out with your reconstruction. I think that there are some good plastic surgeons in Fla, but can't think of any.
Moon, good luck on your upcoming surgery.
On "anticipatory whining" and regressing to a sullen 14 year old at MO apt today. I can't seem not to when discussing Arimidex. It's embarrassing. I tried to get MO to agree that 3 years was long enough (as successful as arguing to my Mom that I should be able to spend the weekend alone with my BF because he's 18 and a grownup) Telling him I "hate" Arimidex (French class) because it makes my bones and fingers ache (the teacher is mean).... both lies. I will 'try' femora (French class) for three more months but if I don't like it, I'm stopping. (likely story being 98%ER+ and at the school system's mercy) Grumbling "Fine" in a fit of peak. Returning home and refusing to do housework (homework) Please someone ground me or at least slap me. I should be grateful, and I am. I totally understand the vanity thing because the 'real' reason is it makes my hair thin and I have a Buddha belly and it makes me look older. I am, of course three years older than when I started it, which if I were to admit the truth, is about how much older I look. My chart is probably stamped with an A, and not for a grade.
I'm going to a surgeon to get 3 lumps,, likely cysts ultrasounded and drained, which I don't seem to care about.
I'm making Swiss Chard pie for dinner, but with store bought crust.
Because I can. Julia Child is not the boss of me.
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Oh Bedo, I'm so glad you're back lol!
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Right on Bedo. When I found out I coulda made these peanut chews with cookie mix, I almost cried. I'm tired of washing my big mixing bowl, now for the 3rd time today. I'm with you about housecleaning. My mom would spank me if she saw my house. I tried (by necessity) FlyLadys' shiny sink this morning only because I still had a ton of plastic storage containers there after filling up the dish drainer last night. DH was impressed I was washing dishes when he left for work.
The Femara has been OK for me, not great, I think I'm repeating myself. But not as bad as I could have imagined it. Now the 1st 6-8 months were hell, every joint in my hands hurt but all in all considering I'm a couch potato it could be worse. And I'm with you on the % ER+. I just can't not take it.
How's the community garden coming? Have you had to ring doorbells leaving gifts of zucchini yet?
Do you have any idea how much junk you can make with brownie mixes?
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Bad girl, Bedo! Giving that MO a hard time!
Viv, glad to hear the dire possibilities haven't happened with Iggy. Your children sound so likeable. I wish you could post a picture of their cake creation.
We call those whatchacallits spring onions, too.
It has been pouring down rain today. I'm forcing myself to clean house because it has been a long time since the last cleaning. And I like to have everything fairly clean when we leave for the summer. I HATE cleaning house!
Tonight's dinner will probably be leftovers.
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