So...whats for dinner?
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Omlettes with toast
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Happy Birthday in advance, SpecialK!
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Have a beautiful day, Susan and family!
Ditto to what our birthday girl, Special, said.
And have a wonderful birthday, Special!
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Susan, wishing you and your family a day as glorious as it can be.
SK, wishing you a "special" birthday!
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Thanks everyone! Here is the Daily Roo, this is Bindar:
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Love the daily Roo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its like that Roo was posing for their close-up!
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Happy day for both Susan and Special.
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Thanks! He is pretty cute, right? He seems to have a little cup of treats - I will have to ask the DD what is in there, this is a cooking thread after all.
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Hahahahah, Special. I like how you integrate things!
It is a beautiful sunny, breezy Fall day here in MA....perfect for the wedding couple!
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With those claws, I would not want to be near one that decided I was a threat!
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Eric -- I wouldn't try to take those treats lol!
SK - yes souffle's do use yolks too but some of my recipes call for extra whites.
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Special - Happy B-day. Did you say DR (daily roo) is going to become DP (daily penguin)? Can't say DD for daily deer or we'll all get confused.
And Susan - happy MOB (excellent mother of the bride)
Just got home from a wonderful lunch at Brookwood, a residential facility & vocational program for adults with disabilities a ways out of town. This was their annual "how to" Christmas decorating program. Lunch was chicken cordon bleu accented w/a clear brown sauce that we decided had brown sugar, mustard, butter, pecans and??? Served with wonderful young green beans and a risotto dish. Dessert was a cross between a cheese cake & a mousse cake dusted w/cinnamon & an scoop of apple topping. The residents help in the kitchen & serve in the restaurant, and they make many of the items sold in the gift shop. The plants they grow for sale in their nursery are amazing.
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minus - thanks for the b-day wishes! Not sure about the daily penguin, her last day in Oct. 17, then she is off to the Navy job, so unless they switch her over soon, she will stay with roos. I agree, the Daily Deer is confusing with DD, but it was a one time thing - although incredibly cute - I love his tiny feet. Sounds like you had a great lunch and day out - Brookwood sounds like quite a place!
I keep thinking about Susan and wondering what she is doing! I hope things are going perfectly.
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I'll echo the good wishes for the wedding couple and Susan.
Minus That sounds like a wonderful program.
Specialk Happy Birthday. Enjoy
Auntienance, I've always been afraid of soufflés. I do want to try one Jaques Pepin did. A souffle crepe. I'll give it a shot. It's orange filled crepes with souffle filling that puffs up. They look amazing on the show.
Eric I'm with you on not trying to take the treats. LOL
To all, Much love
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Monica, try one, you'll be amazed at how easy they are!
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Cold rainy day here. Perfect day for comfort food. Stuck a chuck roast in the oven with aromatics and started some yeasty dinner rolls. Good smells here!
I'm also making some Greek yogurt that's destined to become frozen blueberry yogurt.
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Speaking of treats - I'm really wrestling with myself over Halloween. Our neighborhood has had an upsurge young families with small children who love to trick or treat. I don't like buying all the candy since I've been stuck with it too many times, but I really hate to turn off my light off & be a "scrooge". Obviously it's not safe to do homemade treats anymore. One year I tried fruit, but the way the faces fell was very sad. I'm not sure the pre-packed cookies or chips are any better nutrition wise. How are all of you approaching this?
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Minus, I give out little bags of pretzels.
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I had the day off and came down to Sharon's school. She put me to work as a TA helping physics students.
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Minus, I don't turn the light on. When we moved here 20 yrs. ago, I bought the miniature chocolate bars (that dh and I like) the first few years and got stuck with them. For a number of years I delivered treats a day or two prior to Halloween to the few small kids who lived close by. Now one of those kids is a senior in high school.
I'll never forget the delicious popcorn balls one lady in our neighborhood made every year when I was growing up.
DH and I went through a soufflé period. We bought a balloon whisk as recommended by Julia Child and a pretty soufflé dish. We made some delicious cheese soufflés. That dish hasn't been used for a soufflé in a long time! Maybe I'll get out Julia's book and re-read that section for inspiration.
Nance, I'm envious of the comfort food weather. It was hot and humid here today. I played golf without a lot of enjoyment and even considered quitting.
I have a yen for salmon so went to Fresh Market and bought some Pacific salmon. Plan to review Alton Brown's method of searing on both sides in very hot cast iron skillet and then resting the salmon for 5 min. under alum. foil. I think the cooking time is 3 min. on both sides. There should be some leftover for salmon salad since the piece I bought is almost 1 1/2 lbs.
One side will probably be sweet potato oven fries or baked sweet potato. And a salad.
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Dinner was soup and sandwiches tonight. Didn't feel like standing on my feet and cooking!
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It was wonderful! The two of them stood in front of the assembled family and spoke from their hearts. I should not have stuffed all the tissue boxes into drawers. They were very much needed. It is moments like this when you see completely unadulterated love. It was incredibly emotional for everyone in the room.
The schedule on the other hand, was not followed even a little bit. My kitchen help didn't come at 3pm. I didn't see her until 4:30. I was still in front of the stove, sweating 30 minutes before the service, and guests were already arriving. So, I had 20 minutes to shower, dress, organize my bag for the restaurant.... my hair was never touched. I think it was standing on end with frizzy ends going every which way. The justice of the peace didn't show up until 5:40 for a 5 o'clock ceremony. Because the kid was running so far behind at her hair appointment, we were running around lighting the thousands of candles. I was left to figure out where the flowers would live.
And then, besides my hair, it just all worked. Toasts were made with champagne. The "nibbles" I had spent two days preparing were munched with gusto. The stuffed mushrooms were a huge hit. Turns out his Grandmother used to make some just like this and everyone had a nostalgic moment. The cheese puffs, gorgéres, were scarfed! And then the cabs came, and we were off to the restaurant. His family, so scared of French food, loved everything. The wait staff replenished waters, and topped off wine, and managed to be right there without interfering.
This morning I served them pancakes with sausage. They put the furniture back and were off to Provincetown, leaving a ton of dishes for the two of us to finish. I don't have many photos yet, but here are a few:
p.s. those are the same pearls I wore for my wedding, a gift from my parents that my grandmother had been given as a young woman when she was a student at Smith. And now they are hers.
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Susan, it sounds lovely. Wonderful picture!
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Oh Susan - I'm sniffing & tearing up just reading the story. How perfectly beautiful. Of course the food went well - you are a food goddess. And how fantastic that you have been able to pass along the pearls. Thanks for sharing. Wish I lived close enough to help with the dishes.
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susan - so happy for them, and for you and yours! Your DD looks beautiful and confident (love her dress and the pearls being handed down - awesome tradition) and her groom looks like he knows he is a lucky man - yay!
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Almost forgot today's daily roo - this is me today feeding Julia a snack:
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Lovely photo, Susan, and what a beautiful New England day you had to enjoy this important event! It sounds like it was wonderful albeit a few early on timing issues. Glad the restaurant choice worked out and that the "outlaws" enjoyed that. Hope you have time to reminisce and recuperate this weekend!
Headed to NH today and when we arrived I was able to get a great fire going in the woodstove so we could be warm. Tho, as DH pointed out, it would have been cheaper to turn on the electric heat. ;/ I do like the challenge of getting a good fire going. Maybe I was an arsonist in a past life!
For dinner DH grilled a NY sirloin, which I had marinated in a teriyaki sauce. Sides of carrots with tarragon, a garden salad, and grilled garlic bread with a bit of my roasted tomatoes on each.
Please bear with me on this....Had a MO appt yesterday......am a bit verklempt. She would really like me to try the AIs for the next two years. We had to ditch Tamox after two tears of trying. With her blessing, I've been on meds vacay since April. I am terrified and resistant to going on an AI given my very bad SEs to Tamox, which were all related to my body's reaction to estrogen manipulation.......no sleep, eruption of serious skin allergies, significant brain fog (scary!), etc., and it seems illogical that stripping my body of estrogen could be kinder or anything other than a continuation of those and other SEs. My poor hands are already a mess, and AIs are known for causing hand and other joint pain, which is why MO avoided them for me initially. My neighbor has gained a lot of weight on hers,and can't walk more than 10 minutes before experiencing serious leg muscle pain. Yikes, what would I do with my exercise program?! Is there anyone out there who takes them and has no deleterious SEs? Unfortunately we tend to hear the problem news, and not from the folks who fare well. The decision is up to me....my oncotype was 4, stage and grade are 2s. I so don't want to go back into that (for me) dysfunctional med zone, but I hate to be irresponsible. Hating cancer a lit tonight! Thanks for listening to my meds worry rant. I can't seem to think about much else right now.......:/
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Oh....sweet photo, Special! Fun!
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Lovely photo of happy couple! So glad that the wedding was wonderful!
SpecialK, you look great with your weight loss. No wonder you're willing to omit some foods like dairy!
Lacey, I took arimidex for 5 yrs. Or 4 yrs and 10 months. I cheated on a couple of months. I had no major problems but was still happy to stop taking the med. Weight control was an issue but I did lose weight on WW while taking arimidex. The last thing you want to do is quit exercising. Exercise helps with the SEs. I read all the advice and took the KEEP MOVING advice to heart. I took my pill at night along with a benedryl as a sleep aid and had no problems sleeping. You could give the med a try for a few months and then quit taking it if your quality of life is too disrupted. It's probably better not to read the discussion forum because the people who don't have problems usually don't post.
My salmon filets last night were a bit too thick for Alton Brown's recipe. They were rarer in the middle than I would have preferred but still tasted good. There was a thinner filet (3 all together) and dh ate it. He mixed up a tartar sauce with mayo, dill relish and horse radish. We had sweet potato oven fries (out of a bag) that were very tasty and a tossed salad. I've stopped buying tomatoes because they have no taste.
We'll both be working at the Madisonville Wooden Boat Show all day so dinner is a question mark at this point.
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lacey - I have taken both Arimidex and Femara, started on Femara and developed a trigger thumb, then switched to Arimidex, was good for a year, then had some of the same issues, so switched back to Femara since it is the med the doc likes. I learned several things - exercise decreases any joint pain and the more I moved the better I felt, sometimes switching manufacturers of the same drug can make a big difference - I took two different makers of Femara (letrozole) and felt very different on the second one - much better - the additives and fillers can have different effects, and the anti-inflammatory diet I started in January allowed me to lose weight and I have no joint pain at all.
carole - thank you for noticing!
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