So...whats for dinner?
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Carole, I think we had the same version---I haven't run a temp either, but my gosh the blowing and coughing....I started with this on the 17th of December, went to the doc on Sunday. The Z-pak and steroid plus the cool mist humidifier seems to be making some improvement.
Cold here in Central Il today. I am still eating up Left over Ham. Thinking I may cube up some in a Mac & Cheese casserole with some frozen peas. Couldn't believe all the vegetable soup was consumed that I cooked before my 88 year old aunt arrived. I think I only had 2 bowls of it. Her and my 87 year old Dad ate the entire pot which was HUGE.... They must have hollow legs. Sent her home with some leftovers that my Dad said he wouldn't eat and the amount of food that had been consumed by the two of them in less than a week was amazing. They are so tiny. They spent most of their time in the kitchen, and I guess they must of munched all the time. Probably explains my dad's blood sugar readings. He ate too much of my White Raisin Cake. When she called to let me know she arrived home, she complimented me on how well I had pulled off the food planning and the Xmas eve and Xmas day meals. I love that woman. She sounded like she was coming down with my cold....
My Dad and I are frying oysters for New Years eve. Traditionally, on Christmas eve, when my grand parents were still alive, we would have oyster stew and fried oysters. (some didn't like the stew) . Fond memories of granny in the kitchen...... Then when they passed, the only ones who still would eat them was my dad and me, so we moved it to New Years Eve and just fry them. We get what they call "Counts" which are really huge. My dad has ordered them, and we will be driving over to East Peoria IL to pick them up on Wed afternoon.....
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Carole and Red - I saw a man interviewed on TV. He was going in to urgent care, ticked off all the flu symptoms he had except he was not running a fever. I was taught one of the #1 symptoms of flu. But by golly his flu test was positive. This one may act a little differently. I will have the cough/snotty nose for weeks but generally I feel better. Cooked a passable dinner, a Hormel refrig. chicken in sauce that I dressed up with sauteed red bell peppers and chunky green onions and poured over some corkscrew pasta. Oh and a few dribbles of leftover heavy cream. Need a bit more seasoning but that was easily fixed.
Red - sounds like you had a wonderful time with you aunt and continue to have with your dad. Special times.
Susan - enjoy your 3 day "pass". Want to hear that you had some fun times.
I have - Susan don't listen - canned black eyed peas and a Cook's ham steak for New Years Day. I might get up enough umph to make biscuits but don't have any buttermilk. I need to get a can of that stuff but I never use it up. I know I can sour milk to make but nothing like really good buttermilk. My grocery has a good Bulgarian one why I don't know. DH supposed to work 9-5:00 tomorrow means he leaves here about 7:45, same for NY Day. Weather is iffy. Under freezing rain/travel advisory starting at midnight. Sure don't want him stuck an hour away in icy weather. If it's bad in the am he will call in. The tweets I've been getting sound like conditions are getting much worse west/SW. We are right on the eastern edge if, and a big if, they have put the advisory in the right place.
Oh Red, your comment about your cake makes me want to bake that "fruit" cake I found. Sweets have just sounded terrible to me, had only a couple of graham crackers. But that is beginning to sound better. Maybe a couple of more days and I will.
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Susan, I hope you have a restful getaway. Your meals sound delish to me.
Isn't it amazing that people in different states get the same "crud"? I feel well enough to function now but am still not back to "normal." Normal being a state where I'm not blowing my nose!
Last night's dinner was good and fairly easy and fairly healthy. I put together a yummy salad of romaine, grape tomatoes (red and yellow), cucumber, avocado, brined olives (kalamata and large green, cut into pieces), and feta cheese. Dressing was a sprinkling of champagne vinegar and sprinkling of lime-flavored olive oil. Steamed broccoli with fresh lemon juice and a pat of butter. Blackened catfish filets well seasoned with cayenne, onion and garlic powder and a little salt. I oiled the filets before seasoning them and plopped them into a very hot cast iron skillet. DH made his usual tartar sauce and I squeezed extra lemon on my fish. I should have been Greek with my love of fresh lemon!
Paul Prudhomme advocates putting oil directly on the meat or veggie instead of putting it in the skillet or pan.
This year we're not going out to dinner with friends for New Year's Eve. One couple we enjoyed going out with has moved away and the other couple is out of town. Plus I'm not in the mood for spending a lot of money and eating an elaborate meal. Not sure what dinner will be. But tomorrow's dinner will be corned beef brisket with carrots and potatoes and onions and cabbage, black-eyed peas and brown rice. The black-eyed peas and cabbage are standard fare on New Year's Day.
I do plan to enjoy a glass of wine tonight!
Happy New Year's Eve to all!
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That dinner sounds wonderful, Carole! I love your cooking descriptions.
Had breakfast (fruit salad and coffee) with one of my good clinician friends this morning (one of the colleagues with whom I really miss working...really enjoyed our time catching up) and stopped at a local Home Goods store that was on my route home. They had lots of "organizing" items featured at the front of the store so I bought several to try to tackle the fabric chaos in my sewing room. Found lots of other little items, too....small impulse purchases. Darn that $10.00 coupon....am sure I earned another one! I do love that store....
We are going to dinner with our next door neighbors at a French restaurant up the street. Then maybecwe'll attend a concert or another event thatbis part of our town "First Night"... Or come home and crash. DH is not back to his healthy normal, and I am dragging a bit.
Hope you all enjoy health and happiness in 2015! Wonderful group here.....:
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lacey - I am a Home Goods junkie too!
Tonight will be flat bread pizza - one chicken and roasted garlic, one spinach and mushroom, and some tomato basil soup - none of it made by me. It will be heat and eat. My sweet neighbor brought me over some homemade chicken noodle soup this afternoon - it was awesome. I am still not feeling better - different, but not better. Reaching the point where I am considering an urgent care visit. Ugh! DD comes home tomorrow and DS the next night for Christmas II.
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SpecialK, the urgent care visit sounds like a wise idea. I know several people who did the same and got meds that helped them. Your flatbreads sound good. I did a thorough examination of all the pizza selections in the frozen food cases at Winn Dixie this afternoon. Found several that looked good. Thin crust and non-meat toppings. But didn't buy any. I'm not finding my pizza crust yeast so may have to shop online.
Lacey, the dinner at a local French restaurant with neighbors seems really nice.
Hope everyone enjoys New Year's Eve whether staying home or going out.
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The food sounds wonderful as usual. The ladies in my neighborhood decided to play dominoes at the last minute so we'll eat a hodge podge. I'm taking vegetable spring rolls from Costco. Hope they're good. Someone else is bringing a RazzleDazzleBerry pie. Another an applesauce raisin cake. Probably some cheese & crackers and maybe a traditional black-eyed-pea dish. (yup Luv, they'll be canned since we just decided to play 2 hours ago) I'm sure I'll be home & in bed before midnight.
Special I agree about a doc visit. Anything that might make you feel better w/all your kiddos home.
Carole - I liked the Prudhomme idea of putting the oil directly on the veggies or meat. Think I'll try that.
Lacey - I don't think we have a Home Goods. Of it we do it's a good thing I don't know where.
Happy new year to everyone.
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DH just got home. Watching for the ice storm. Heated up the bit of leftovers from last night which was good.
Minus - I hear Austin has cancelled the big NY Eve plans for tonight. Your domino party sounds like great fun. My Sunday School class is having a party but don't think they want Typhoid Mary coming. I'll settle in with the Stars hockey game shortly.
Home Goods - the one in Ft Worth I know of is not great. Not really impressed. More of them towards Dallas way. I think it's just what the store stocks what. Realized my comment sounded very negative.
Special - I'm sorry you're still puny. Maybe urgent care is calling your name.
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Good evening ladies & Eric. Don't post much these days - read and try to catch up with you all.
Just wanted to wish you all a healthy, happy 2015 !
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Decided to end the year with a visit to the energy room. CRINGE ALERT: I was grating a large block of gruyere on my microplane box grater when the block of cheese broke in half and my thumb ended up being grated. Took off half of my nail and part of the nail bed. Ick!! It was somewhat shocking and slow to stop bleeding. It's been a while since I've had a tetanus shot, hence the er visit. Now my thumb has a huge bandage on it and is pretty much useless. Fortunately it's the same hand that's having surgery on Friday.
Sk, sure hope you feel better soon. One of the people who passed dh and me our nasty colds has had his turn into pneumonia. This crap is nothing to mess around with. Dh and I are still coughing two weeks later. I finally dragged out the humidifier last night and it really helped.
Hoping the new year is better for all of us!
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Oh Aauntie Nance---did they stick your finger in a wire cage that looks like a mini beer can chicken roaster with the gauze on the outside to do that? That's how they bandaged my pinky and the nurse said she wished she'd invented that little sucker.......Just looked at my meds from Promptcare--40 mg of Prednisone at once daily for 5 days and a Z-pak. No wonder I feel good....
Just home from my Oyster adventure with my 87 year old dad. We fry oysters each NY Eve. Drove to East Peoria to pick them up today----forgot to check directions before I left for his house, and he said he knew the exit and he wasWRONG, and me with my Bridge Phobia almost passed out thinking I was going over the river, but then I aborted the first chance and got directions and we were fine. All the way home, he kept telling me he didn't think they gave us "counts" cause they were in a single container and I kept saying, yes, it's what we ordered. Seafood shop was packed---they were calling # 74 when we got there, but b ecause we pre-ordered we could bypass that mess. But I didn't get to shop for anything else, as it was toohard to control dad on his walker in the crowd..... And of course, he had to go in, cause they had out free samples.....
Well, when we got in the kitchen I put him to watching the temp on the oil while I breaded them all up and soon as he saw them, he admitted that they were correct, "if they are all that size" they were. We ordered 24 and he gave us 29. (priced by the lb, but anyway it tickled 87 that there were "extra's". So, he ate his fill, along with 1/2 of an overly large baked potato He drank iced tea and I finished off 1/2 bottle of white wine from the Hill in St. Louis. Then I washed up the dishes, and we ate some French macaroons I got at Sams Club. He is rubbed down with Ben Gay since his back was hurting and is tucked in for the night. He said to me after he got in bed "new years eves are too far apart" and I told him we could do oysters sooner, but it's nice to have special traditions, also.
Happy New Year to everyone.....
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Happy New Year everyone.
Hi Tazz. Long time no hear. I hope you are doing well
Auntie....OUCH!!!!!! I hate working with cheese for that very reason.
SK, I hope things improve *real quick*--in time for Christmas II. If it takes a trip to urgent care, so be it.....
Susan, you sound like my brother....a vacation for him is doing only 40 hour weeks.
Both dogs are barking at the fireworks and it's driving me nuts. The cat is....bemusedly watching the dogs bark.
It's been a wild New Years eve for me.....1 ale (12 ounces) for me. It tastes good!
I forgot....Sharon and DD are "up north" skiing/snowboarding. I'm babysitting the dogs. Dinner tonight was a roast chicken and twice baked potatoes. I use chives, buttermilk, sour cream, salt and pepper in the filling. No measurements..I just add until it seems right
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Nancy, I'm alsomglad that hand is the one facing surgery! And morenthan haopy that we got the covered up visual!
Redheaded,mwhat a sweet story..worth every bridge worry, and fish store crowd! I was alsomamused to recall that my fake ID that I used in college was from Peoria.
Our dinner at Petit Bistro Robertwas very nice...not the greatest rack of lamb, but certainly fine. We checked out one of the local concerts after, then headed home and watched TV for ushering in 2015. Was happy that we received a New Year's greeting at "our"midnight from DS2 who is in a different time zone with girlfriend.
Happiness and health tomall....and those of you with this darn virus...please get better soon.
I'm watching DH's condition go a bit deeper, so if it stays in that bronchial direction, I'll be convincing him to head to the doc.
Please excuse all my typos...until I fight the crowds at the tech store, I'll just have to put up with this.....
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Eric - wow, a real splurge - a whole bottle of ale. I had one wine glass of ChocVine - a wonderful Holland chocolate & red wine delight
Fireworks all around. Nance - your poor thumb. Redhead I love your oyster & father story. Tazzy - nice to see you. Luv - hope you don't get the ice but it's sure cold enough in Houston. You're west of Ft. Worth right?
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Nance, SUPER CRINGE on your thumb event! I have a mandolin that's part of a combo grating gizmo by Pampered Chef but I've never used the mandolin blade. Your experience doesn't influence me in that direction. Your hands aren't operating at their best with the carpal tunnel and numbness.
Redheaded, I'm in love with your father from your stories about him! He sounds like such a dear. And anybody who likes fried oysters is a friend of mine. One of my favorite splurge lunches out at a local restaurant is an oyster poboy. Not only do we have good oysters here in south Louisiana but we have the perfect French bread loaves for a poboy. Crusty so that your table gets covered with crumbs. Hoagie bread is not the same.
Eric, a whole bottle of ale? That is excessive. LOL. I had two glasses of Franciscan chardonnay. If you're looking for a reasonably priced chardonnay that's very good, try Franciscan. Minus, our neighbors gave us a bottle of the chocolate/red wine you mentioned. It sounds like a weird combination. Glad to know you recommend it. Yesterday I splurged on a bottle of small batch rye that was on sale at the Winn Dixie. Rye is better than bourbon for folks with diabetes because rye is made from wheat. Probably not good for gluten free folks! I'm not diabetic but am pre-diabetic.
I'm looking forward to a lazy day. Healthy 2015 to all of us. My wish is that more of our foodie friends whom we miss will check in and let us know how they're doing.
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Happy New Year to all!
auntie - ouchie!!! So sorry! Had to laugh at the bandage though!
Feeing oh so slightly better so far today - DD is on her way home - she had to work this morning. DS comes tomorrow night - just talked on the phone with DD and she is discussing which restaurant to take her brother to after his plane lands - girl has her priorities straight! We decided the one with the awesome chips - hand cut potato chips, dusted with cinnamon sugar, and an aioli dip - they are the bomb!
Thank you all for your continuing good wishes - feel like I have maybe turned a corner toward feeling better! The flu every ten years is enough for me and I will never again tempt fate by saying "I never get sick ..." this was a slapdown on that for sure!
tazzy - Hi!!!
redhead - I loved your dad's comment that New Years are too far apart - so cute! He sounds like a handful but glad you have him.
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Happy New Year my frIends! May your 2015 be filled wIth health, laughter and good food!
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Carole: Yes the chocolate wine was good, but VERY rich. I think next time I'll serve w/coffee on the side, sort of like a liquor. I served it cold from the fridge.
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Happy New Year to Everyone!
I hope all of you with the colds or flu feel better quickly. It's so quiet here. No one was here last night. My neighbor saved me from a too quiet New Year's Day by taking me to see The Hobbit. We has a great dinner with all the kids and spouses on Saturday. Regular Ham and mashed with corn from the summer. Ate almost all even the brown and serve rolls. LOL
Supper okay was chili. I was going to make that for last night but my DH didn't bother to let me know he wasn't coming and I ate leftovers. So had to make it today because the meat was getting old.
I hope everyone stays healthy this year from now on! Much love to all.
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Oweee Nancy. Your chopping hand too. I hope someone has been waiting on you today. I've never had more than a nicely sliced finger. What a way to start 2015.
Yes, Minus I'm NW of Ft Worth in northern Parker county. We had a good bit of icing this morning. Trees coated. DH called into work. People were out/about though slowly this morning. It's doing something out there right now 33 degrees.
We had exciting leftovers last night which was really quite good. This morning DH made bacon, eggs and frozen hash brown patties. Tonight I made a ham steak, those lovely canned black eyed peas, cornbread from scratch and some baked apple slices in brown sugar syrup. Pretty good. Next I need to conquer green things again. That is just not what I want to eat right now. Maybe tomorrow. Still coughing/hacking/using tissues like crazy.
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moon - Hi!
luv - eeesh! I should have bought stock in Kleenex! I am finally not blowing my nose every 30 seconds, but this is like day 10!
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Hi SK! Nancy I just read about your hand. Ouch. Hope it heals quickly.
We are do for snow here. We'll see.
My phone issues will end soon. I'm turning this one in and they'll send me a new one for $100. Sucks but cheaper than a new one and I love the phone with its camera. Best Buy was very good about helping me. So i will always buy from hem rather tan online or his type of stuff.
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Happy New Year!!!!
I am back in the urban world once again. Three days of dogs [5 HUGE dogs,] food, drink, and fun was enough for me. I was ready to come home this morning. We were on the road by 9am and home at 11:30. First night, L grilled the most gorgeous 2 inch swordfish steaks and served them with a chimichurri sauce. Excellent! The next night I did a low and slow rib roast served two sauces: a horseradish-cream sauce and blue cheese butter. I roasted some lovely small potatoes and made a large green salad. Last night was the leg of lamb. Used a rosemary, garlic, and a fancy French red pepper. You blast the sucker, and then turn down the heat, dumping Vermouth over the beast at that time. I made a sweet potato gratin and prepared some garlic sautéed spinach. I don't know how 6 people ate so much lamb, but they sure did. Since I only had one slice, someone (s) enjoyed lots of it. I turned the pan drippings, which was the flavored wine into a gravy.
Turns out I don't like horseradish cream sauce. I would have been much happier with straight horseradish. But blue cheese and beef... match made in heaven!
Here is the lamb all cooked.
*susan*
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That looks good!
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Gorgeous roast lamb!
Wondering if Nancy had the carpal tunnel surgery today. If you did, Nancy, hope you're doing well.
We had leftovers for dinner. Tomorrow is a clean slate.
The current issue of Cooking Light is really good. A whole section on chicken with ethnic recipes, Italian, Mexican, Middle Eastern. There is one recipe with preserved lemon.
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Wow Susan, that's a beaut!
Carole, I did have the surgery this morning. A mere 2 1/2 hours from check in to check out. No real pain at this point, just some soreness and stiffness. And a huge bandage that has to stay dry for five days. So far so good! A good friend brought us dinner tonight. Don't know where tomorrow's is coming from lol
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Oh Susan that looks so good.
Ouchy on the thumb issues and all the upper respiratory infections
I have been enjoying a lovely jarred pumpkin pasta sauce
I have been contacted and am considering being an investigator on a memory impaired study full time
It is not something that I would usually do, a permanent job, but I think that it is so important
Alzheimer's is such a devastating illness
It is freezing in here, the cabin is not well insulated and the cats are actually friends and cuddling out of necessity
I am making split pea soup with rosemary and anticipating snow here tomorrow
Yippee! Fun! No snow yet here in this state in New England, So looking forward to it.
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For the past 20 years my mom has been taking part in a study like you are talking about. She says it's probably the only important thing left for her to do.
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Bedo - love the idea of you working on this study. Would you be in an office or traveling around? I agree with you & Eric's mother about the importance. You can always work full time until you leave... Nance - how if the world were you even typing with the surgery & the thumb? Happy healing & hope it's quick with little pain. Susan - all the food sounds scrumptious. More food than I'd eat in 2 weeks. Moon - glad you'll have a new phone. I agree about Best Buy.
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