So...whats for dinner?
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The Brooks Ariel were recommended to me for the plantar fasciatis.
Lacey that lentil soup sounds delicious. Is it on the whole foods website?
Monica, I'm sure he hasn't tried soaking. I'm not sure he could manage it on his own but that's a very good suggestion. Unfortunately, ulcers aren't the only problem on his feet. He also gets some kind of plantar growth thing that has to constantly be removed.
I'm clueless about dinner tonight. That usually means pasta of some kind. I have some of the Costco raviolis in the freezer as well as sauce. Problem solved.
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One pair of Brooks is the Ariel. I don't know what caused the inflammation. Maybe pounding the pavement all these years with fast walking, my favorite aerobic exercise. Also played tennis on "hard" courts for 35 years before switching to golf. Guess these long skinny feet got a lot of use. I think my problem probably comes under the heading Old Age.
At least I'm still limping and some people can't do that. This morning I'm off to the gym. The elliptical doesn't seem to bother my feet. The treadmill does. I was never a gym person but have become one out of necessity. Minus, nothing better than a good hamburger and fries. Our favorite little lunch restaurant in Park Rapids, MN, serves battered fries that are probably the best fries I've ever eaten. Lacey, I saved the recipe for red lentil soup that Susan recommended and read through it yesterday. I want to make it soon. Sounds similar to yours.
Tonight's dinner will be a re-make with leftovers. One possibility is the chicken thighs incorporated into a quinoa dish with veggies. Or the meatloaf in a tomato sauce with some of the home-made pasta. Or with spaghetti squash. I have a spagh. squash and a butternut squash on hand.
Another beautiful sunny day, promised to be a bit warmer than yesterday. Happy Saturday to all.
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Nancy, I just looked and didn't see the Lemony lentil soup on the web site.
Basically the recipe reminds me of many other red lentil soup recipes (diced onion, carrot, cumin, garlic, pepper....and I added turmeric since I figured I could hide some in there), box of broth (they went veggie and I used chicken and a boost of two cups of "better than bouillon") and some extra water. After simmering that with two cups red lentils for about an hour, add juice of one lemon, four cups of baby spinach, and a quarter cup chopped cilantro and serve. They also blend half of the soup before adding the spinach, but I found it pretty thick and creamy and chunky already so used one less gadget for DH to clean up. I bet the soup us better today.....there was a little leftover.
I think tonight we'll have baked chicken and some leftover soups that are hanging out in the fridge along with an arugula salad. Pardon that lousy sentence structure....no way Incan return to fix it easily
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Minus, the Whataburger reference brought back some memories.
When Mickey and I would make something in the kitchen there were three categories for the results
- This is good as-is.
- Next time, let's try (and then what to try)
- When we have company over, let's not serve this.
That latter was reserved for the spectacular flops that had no chance of ever being good. The expression on her face and the tone of her voice....I can't exactly remember them now...but I remember it making me/us laugh.
Anyway, after consigning the evidence to the trash can, we'd head to Whataburger.
With Sharon and DD, failed experiments result in the dogs getting a chance at the meal (and often refusing). Instead of Whataburger, we head to Chipoltes or get a Barro's pizza delivered.
I'm laughing so hard right now that DD and Sharon are looking at me like I've gone crazy.
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I have the Brooks Ghost - love 'em. I even bought "hot spares" - still in the box in the closet for when these ones wear out. I have timed it so that I buy them when they introduce the next one - I think I have Ghost 6, so when the Ghost 7 came out the 6's went on sale! Yay!
The dish I made the other night with my baked chicken thighs was the sesame noodle and chicken combo. It was delish and I should have made more. I gave the leftovers to DH for lunch at work the next day and I was sad because there wasn't any for me! I sautéed red and yellow peppers with some onion in a tiny bit of oil. Added in the cooked chicken with some cooked brown rice spaghetti, and a sauce whisked together until smooth of a couple T. of gluten free organic tamari, a T. of local honey, a generous T. of smooth almond butter, a couple of T. of apple cider vinegar, and probably a scant 1/4 c. of toasted sesame oil. Also sprinkled some black sesame seeds and thinly sliced scallion over the top - yum! I have some chicken breast that I cooked at the same time as the thighs so I may make this again today - I have more peppers to use. I will make more of the kale salad too - but will modify the strawberry dressing - it was too pink to me. I will make the vinaigrette but not blend the strawberries in, last time I made this I just mashed a 1/2 c. of berries with a potato masher and stirred them into the vinaigrette and I liked it better. I need to use up the strawberries and blackberries today - so all of this is sounding like lunch!
eric - when my DH doesn't want me to repeat a recipe, he says that was "interesting" after eating it - doesn't happen often, but he is so sweet he won't come out and say blecchhh to anything I have made, lol!
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Hmmmm, Brooks Ghost is a new one to me. Not sure our Marathon Sports carries that one. But it is smart to buy two of one that you love, since it is so disappointing to go back two years later only to find that the exact model that works well for your foot no longer exists.
It is really cold here today, but the sun is shining so brightly that DH and I will soon head out for a walk. It will be interesting to see how I do on the hills given all this congestion. But I need to get back to exercising. I have been a slug for two weeks, and I feel it and see it on the scale.
By the way, Nancy and ?Carole, have either of you tried the " drunken raisins" folk remedy to help with inflammation? I started it a few months ago and think it may be worthwhile. It involves soaking white or yellow raisins in gin for two weeks, then storing them in the refrigerator in a closed container and taking nine per day. No alcohol effect as far as I can tell. Google it and see what's you think...might be worth a try for some of the arthritic symptoms. At this point, my only really sore point is the carpal/metacarpal problem in my right hand
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Last night I cooked elbow pasta and hamburger and then added some cheese sauce, diced tomatos and corn. My older sister taught me how to make this but she never had tomatos in hers. Made enough to have for two nights of leftovers!
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Lacey - I got so far as to buy the golden raisins. I plan to start soaking them in the gin soon.
I don't pay attention to most shoe discussions since I have a hard time finding shoes, but since Carole said "long, skinny feet" - that rang my bell. I'll have to look up the Brooks.
Nancy - Moon's thoughts about soaking in salt reminded me, my Dad soaked his feet in Epsom Salts. In fact he soaked his hands sometimes to draw out a sliver. It was the top thing on his grocery lists.
Special & Lacey - about buying double - it has been a mixed blessing for me. If I find something I like I always buy two, because sure enough it's soon discontinued. I can't tell you the number of new bras I gave away after the mastectomy. And the number of 'shells' in many colors I have in the closet, some with tags, since I'm always too cold to wear those anymore. Not to mention several boxes of new shoes duplicating some that I loved which now no longer work with my neuropathy.
Unfortunately I do the same with food. I seem to be incapable of buying one can of tomato paste or broth or package of rice. My Mother cooked for a hoard since people always appeared who had nowhere else to go. I've learned to cook for one, but I haven't learned to buy for one. Cleaning out the cupboard after two years of treatments when I didn't cook or eat was really depressing. Our homeless shelters & food pantries won't take food past the ridiculous "best used by" date. When I was a kid, "best use by" was determined by whether the can had a dent or rust or the seal was still in place on the bottles.
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Can Red Lentils and French Green Lentils be used interchangeably? Has anyone played with both? What's the difference? Thanks.
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Red lentils and French Green Lentils are really two different beasts. Red lentils [and brown ones] disintegrate when cooked for any amount of time. French lentils, which are far more expensive, keep their shape and texture even after longer periods of cooking. The flavor is also deeper and earthier. French lentils are great for salads, or as a side for salmon. Here is a great lentil dish that I make regularly. You have to embrace the mustard and vinegar. I generally do not bother with the bacon. Seems like overkill. I eat this warm, I eat it cold. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/st...
Red lentils are best used in soups, braises. You find them called for in cuisines around what we used to call minor Asia and the Middle East. I think the flavor is "brighter" than the traditional [in the USA] brown lentils.
All lentils are good when you choose the right one for the right dish.
*susan*
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Had a awful experience Friday. About 11:30 I became suddenly extremely dizzy. I had a tiny bit of chest pain and nausea but no vomiting. I tried lying down, and it lessoned, and when I stood it was worse, so finally called a friend, and she wasn't home. So I put zed around, not getting any better and then decided if the next door neighbor wasn't home, I needed to call an ambulance. Well, she was and off we went. When I got there, they immediately took me bake and hooked me up to an EKG. I kept telling them no---I am Dizzy, Dizzy, it's not my chest. and they told me they had their priorities straight. I thought I was dying. at that point.
ER Doctor thought it was vertigo of some type. He ordered a chest X-ray and some pill to stop the nausea. It didn't and once I started trying to hurl when they sat me up, I got something else dumped in my IV bag. Then the Nuero Doc came in and told the ER doc, it wasn't vertigo that was causing it and to get a CT ordered and he would check back. They did the CT and then the nurse saidI better order dinner cause she didn't know what athey were going to do but the kitchen closed at 7 and its 6:30 now. So the Nuero guy came back and said he wanted an MRI of my brain and just as I was done with mosto f my dinner, they did the MRI and decided to keep me overnight.
This a.m. the Nuero comes back, says he can't believe how much better I looked after yesterday (they ran fluids In me all night) and the dizziness was gone and so was the nausea. He suggested I have a Nuerosurgical consult since my MRI showed some bulging discs ....and he suggested a spinal tap, thinking maybe I had some cancer cells on the move..... I said not unless my MO wants me to it...
It was really bugging this doctor cause he could tell mw what it wasn't but he couldn't tell me what it was. He told me this a.m. he was really sure I had had a tiny stroke until he saw the Mri results.
I still think it was a funky migraine episode.......
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Red - sure hope you're right and it's "just" a migraine.
Susan - thanks for the lentil info. I've copied the recipe & I may skip the bacon too. The only place I've had French Green Lentils is one of my favorite meals at a treasured restaurant:
RAINBOW TROUT – Grilled with a honey-Dijon glaze. Served over French green lentils with bacon
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Minus, oh my. I love trout... not something I can get around here. Never had anything like honey on my trout. Lots of almodine of course, and a simple butter lemon sauce.
Someone asked about pasta sauce from a jar. This was Rao's Marinara sauce. Gosh is it expensive, but a pretty decent rendition I must say. It goes on sale fairly frequently so that is when we buy it. We only use jarred sauce every other month or so, so keeping it "in stock" isn't so difficult.
Dinner tonight will be leftover baked pasta [ho hum] with some mustard greens sautéed with garlic and red peppers. I am hoping that the mustard greens will help break the monotony of the pasta. I might finish the greens with a splash of vinegar. In fact, that sounds pretty good.
It is so cold in the kitchen tonight. Not fun to be in there at all. The walls are just radiating cold in spite of all that insulation.
*susan*
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Glad for the lentil discussion - I have a bag of red ones but have not yet used them - I am not well versed, so good to know what to use them in.
red - yikes - your episode sounds scary! I hope you get some answers soon and have no repeats!
I used to work at a restaurant and when I was first hired we had to taste everything on the menu and be able to say (without checking) what was in each dish. I have never been so full in my life, even though I just had a bite of each thing. It is a big menu and we tasted all the appetizers, salads, entrees, sides and desserts. They had a pecan crusted trout with a citrus chardonnay sauce - I had dreams about it! It was so good!
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I buy the French green lentils at Fresh Market and like them better than the brown. But like the brown, too. Thanks to Susan's mentioning the red, I bought a box of them and they were pricey. Haven't cooked any yet.
Cooked red quinoa in mixture of homemade veggie and homemade turkey broth. It is very good. Much tastier than white. Will mix it with leftover chicken with preserved lemon and thawed green peas. Baked four sweet potatoes today. Dh perked up at mention of them.
Martha Stewart cooked a lamb tagine today on her PBS cooking school. Moroccan cooking is going mainstream, including preserved lemon.
Redheaded, what a scary experience!
Aside from the trip to the gym today, I mostly rested my foot which involved sitting on my butt on this gorgeous day.
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I had a bolognese sauce simmering on the stove all day. Simmer the beef in butter, olive oil, vegetable stock and red wine for a few hours, with some onion and garlic and herbs. Add a can of tomato paste at the last. Serve over pasta. I also baked some rosemary focaccia, a recipe I haven't made for a long time. It was really, really good.
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The mustard greens were perfect with the cheesy pasta. Lots of red pepper and garlic with the splash of vinegar gave my mouth a place to get "cleansed." Far more enjoyable.
Red, oh my! What a story..... will you see your primary this week to follow up?
My preserved lemons are almost ready.... one more week. I need to start collecting recipes to use them. I have a whole quart. To date, I have only made one recipe ever with this ingredient... a lovely chicken in a pot that you seal with a bread dough. The chicken kind of steams in there. Not for people who love crispy skin.
*susan*
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Wow, Red....Glad you are feeling better, but I also hope that you can follow up with your doc early this week.
Our chicken thighs were pretty good tonight....I like my chicken cooked "well" and thighs are so forgiving with that preference. I just baked them in an orange barbecue sauce, and poured it off at the end so they'd be a bit crispy on outside. Had spaghetti squash with some Parmesan over it, and a baby spinach and arugula salad with add-ins....red onion, artichoke hearts, carrot, cherry tomatoes, Parmesan shavings and a Dijon vinaigrette. Felt like a good light dinner.
Oh, I forgot we also had a delicious sour dough artisan bread that DH picked up at a local new package store. We were in there once and saw that they have day old bread for a dollar. I bought some to use for bruschetta. Well, they are excellent breads, and DH has made a habit of getting one whenever he is in our town center....no booze, just the dollar bread. We figure the store owners and staff must be getting a kick out of the old guy who just buys dollar bread. He actually should give them his beer business!
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Red I hope you are better and that with all the scary tests, the specialists were just CYAs (Or CTAs) Please let us know
Everyone that red lentil recipe sounds so close to a soup I make and love.
Today I woke up and after having to see several people yesterday thought "I'm just going to make myself happy and see no one today" Did whatever I wanted and bought hummus-I know-lazy - it's so easy and cheap to make- crackers red grapes and wine, and my landlord brought me a rutabaga casserole ? I actually love rutabagas or turnips mashed with parsnips and carrots with salt pepper and butter.
And I continued on my terrarium making addiction. Can't wait until spring when the garden is ready.
I have been looking at you tube and have found the strangest things...lol
Kitties are loving that I'm here with a fire in the fireplace
I wish every day could be this good
And as good for every one of you
It's cold out-hard not to hibernate
And more Black Bean soup. My Mother taught me "waste not-want not." I want- not more black bean soup. But there is still more.
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Wow. Red. No fun at all...and scary to boot...hoping it's something that's no big deal.
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Red, yike! Hope it turns out that it was"only" a migraine. Scary stuff!
Thanks for all the lentil recipes. I have all colors so I'll be making at least one.
Lacey, I did try the raisins some time ago. Didn't seem to do much for me at the time. I'm willing to give them another try though.
Carole, you'd better get that tagine if you want to cook like the cool kids lol!
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Red that's scary. Just a guess, but you may have been very dehydrated. And whatever it was may have been worsened by that.
Bedo, that's your version of "Butt Soup" LOL
Lacey BBQ sounds yummy.
Melinda you are more ambitious than I am. I use a bottle sauce.
Susan I've never seen that brand. I use Classico.
I know I missed people but Hugs and Much love to all..
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Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. I have an appointment to see the PA in my neurologist's office next week on another matter, so the hospital nuero guy said to just make sure Dr. LI knows about this and for her to look at the MRI of the spine. I feel better this a.m. but still tired and kinda dragging.
I like lentils also and am going to have to try some of the other recipes....Still have some soup left.
Bedo I buy hummus also. I like the red pepper one, I think it is Sabra brand with Stacey's pita chips I get both of them at Sam's club, but they have it everywhere around here.
Moon, you are right about being dehydrated. I just don't drink enough. Going to have to really work on that. One of my pals who came and sat with me at the /ER told me she hasn't ate anything fried for 6 years and has not had a French fry in 12. ......She drank 3 glasses of water at dinner. I never seem to even think about drinking cause I don't feel thirsty.
Lacey I always look on the deep discount bread table at the market for focaccia or artisan breads when I make Tomato Ribalitto soup. Once in a while, I get hungry for that and darn the carbs.....
MNLinda---the sauce sounds terrific.....
Hugs to all.
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Busy food day. We smoked the turkey breast that I have been dry-brining for two days, and then I made two loaves of a French-Country style bread. Still don't have the dough quantities figured out for these new pans, but I do like how they bake. More experimentation is clearly required. I pulled out a package labeled "Portuguese Lamb" from the freezer. Two cups of lamb stew made during my online cookbook club's investigation of two Portuguese cookbooks. When I went to warm it up, I was shocked to see that half the container was beans. Ah ha! That was the dish that Mr. 02143 really didn't care for so I put all the beans in with the leftovers so it could be a lunch for me. As my Garmin says "recalculating." So, I pulled some Duck Ragu from the same magic freezer to go with the polenta squares I had already pulled out. I lightly sautéed the polenta while it was still frozen and threw them in the oven. Not bad at all! There is enough Duck Ragu left for Mr. 02143 to have another serving, while I am eating those lovely beans.
I managed quite a few hours of billable work today, and then spent quite a bit of time investigating our BIG trip. Still working on destinations and dates, but making some distinct progress.
*susan*
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susan - sounds like an excellent day and delicious day!
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I wish I had such interesting things in my freezer . . .
Today I made the best French baguettes of my life. I've never had a Parisian baguette, but this was the best I've ever tasted. I bought some French style flour from kaf and truthfully, I didn't think it would make that much difference. I was wrong. The crust was shatteringly crispy and the texture was perfect. A cooling period of 48 hours for this dough seems to be best. I've tried 24 and 72. The crust crackled and "sang" while it was cooling. Textbook. We devoured most of a baguette for lunch. I'll be making another tomorrow for dinner with the Turkish red lentil soup.
One of my favorite recipes of all time is Rao's lemon chicken. The sauce never goes on sale around here or I would try it. Would love to eat at the NYC restaurant.
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nance, yea for a good baguette! The link doesn't work though.
Susan lucky you had something else to pull out! Sounds great. Hoping you get the trip set up!
Redheaded, try setting an alarm on your phone for ever hour or two. Drink a little something everytime. Good luck.
Much love to all
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Moon - I was able to 'copy & paste' the link and it does look good. I didn't even realize Rao's was a restaurant.
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I think I fixed the link.
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