So...whats for dinner?
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Special - great news w/your progress report. I can sometimes use Medipore tape for a short time, which many hospitals can drag out if you complain enough, but do even better with Hypafix tape. Usually I take my own.
I agree about female docs. I've gradually transitioned almost all of my physicians to females.
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It is a cold and rainy day here. I haven't been warm all day. When the temps outside sit at 40-50º, the heat never comes on. Even my client office was chilly. So, Mr. 02143 requested soup! Turkish red lentil soup. You would think that after a week in Turkey, where I had some variation of this soup at least once a day, I would have had enough. But no. Soup is simmering on the stove. Planning to serve with some pita and the bits/bobs of hummus, tabouli, and garlic yogurt I have in the fridge. A little feta cheese and we will be stylin'!
Special, so glad that you are more comfortable with this PS. Surgeons aren't always the warm fuzzy types, but I am willing to trade that for care and precision. And yay that the drains are gone!!!!
Lacey, your weekend meals sound fabulous. Very envious of the menus you were served. And the view is pretty nice too. Ping me for lunch. Might be great to get that in before I start this new drug which might crush my blood counts making eating out risky.
*susan*
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I started out with three male docs - BS, PS & MO. I was pleasantly surprised when they all turned out to be "huggers" because I had assumed that to maintain their focus they needed to keep their patients at arm's length. They are all great docs as well, I was very fortunate as I started with the BS on an insurance referral based on my zip code, and then quickly realized that locally he is the guy to see - that was a happy accident. My former PS is a wonderful guy and I have no specific complaints about him other than it felt like the right time to move on - this was based on some words from the BS about my particular situation ( he is the one who picked him out to begin with!) combined with some insurance billing difficulty from my surgery last Nov. - apparently his new billing platform doesn't mesh with my insurance company, and he still has not been paid. I found myself doing the work for his billing person - and since I had started thinking about jumping ship after watching the new PS work on my young TN friend, it just seemed like I needed to do this now. I am enjoying having a female doc for a change - I just feel that she is more intuitive and we are dealing with what is left of my female parts, lol!
minus - can't remember if I said this previously - I had a pic of my reaction to Tegaderm from last year because the new PS was making noises about using it - I freaked! I emailed her the pic and she was like WHOA! because I looked like a burn victim! She was still not altogether happy having to use the Medipore, but it did work. I was prepared to discuss Hypafix after studying up. She mentioned today that she is ok with the Medipore combined with Dermabond once there is a foreign body in the pocket again. Even though I have adhesive issues Dermabond does not seem to cause problems, or at least it hasn't yet!. Have you ever had to use it?
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Susan I purchased the lamb shank this afternoon and am debating the two recipes you sent.Not a fan of tomato with lamb, at least it was in the first recipe I did with a shoulder cut and it was awful........
Tonight is rib eye and baked potatoe
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Lacey, skate was "OK" I think that I put too much Dijon mustard on it
Wreck fish was outstanding! Nice moist, flaky fish. Very much like Striper, I don't know, but was told.
Susan, Wondering if I should sell my Atlanta house, renters have been there for so long and the market is good. So confusing with capital gains, wanting to retire and such. I don't care much where I live, but don't know a lot about money so hired a financial planner. So hard to know who to trust with them too!
Sorry for anyone I've missed.
Tired after work.
Garden is in, Catnip, sugar snap peas, yellow squash, snap beans, four kinds of tomatoes, spearmint and basil all from transplants, kale came back from last year and then seeds, zinnia, spinach, and Swiss chard . Thankful for the rain
Kitties love the fresh catnip!
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Special - My PS used "glue" after the exchange but I don't know if it was specifically Dermabond. He's such a prima donna I gave up asking. My BS used "glue" for my ALND surgery. I do know I had SteriStrips when she did my BMX in 2011. My MO was the most wonderful man in the entire world but he retired last December. Well, I'm supposedly NED right now so maybe don't need an MO, but I will miss him. New MO that I met said original MO did all the "heavy lifting" so he didn't expect to do much for/with me.
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Bedo I grow catnip too! One year I had it in a tall stone pot and the late kitty called Little Bit clumb right up in the pot and rolled over on it and laid there, daring me to try to pick her up and move her.....Susan my White beans are soaking........will probably do the beans today and lamb tomorrow, as I have a program on Surviving tonight at our Cancer Center.l
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My PS and BS are husband and wife who share an office. Together they did my BMX and immediate reconstruction implants. My incisions were glued.
As always, I enjoyed the WW meeting last night. I told the receptionist before weighing that I hadn't lost any weight because of foot surgery, no exercise, etc. Didn't mention eating and drinking! I was wrong. I had lost .2 of a lb! This morning I read the weekly publications for the weeks I missed meetings and clipped out two recipes. Several of my "regular" recipes are from WW. I need to drop just 2 lbs to be a "free" attending lifetimer. It's doable.
Dinner will probably be chicken. Maybe Laurie's chicken salsa. I have chicken and black beans in the freezer.
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Before I forget, Nance, I am assuming that your hand must be totally healed now...true? Great if so.
And Carole, your recovery seems to be going well...and yay on the weight loss/maintenance! I need to get more serious about the five lbs I'd like to drop, but my eating out schedule has not been working in favor of this!
Last evening after stretching class we dodged c-o-l-d rain torrents to attend a reception with our local state rep. We didn't have much to eat there, so in our typical fashion decided to eat out afterwards. It was either that or shop and cook. We stopped at Not Your Average Joe's where I had a delightful salad....called their "crunchy salad". It was filled with lettuces, spinach, chicken, bok choy (I think) apple, avocado, couscous, topped with an orange sesame dressing. Yummy!
Tonight we will again eat out since we have a late afternoon meeting in Boston and might as well meet DS2 for a quick dinner. He was game, so that is the plan. I will get to the food store one day this week and start to cook again. This is quite the departure for me....and I'm not minding it one bit!
Susan I will be in touch.....
Red, eager to hear what you do with the lamb shank. Our favorite meal from Sweet Basil is their lamb shank that is made with tomato sauce and roasted veggies served with polenta. Yummmmmm! The tomato sauce gets more like a brown sauce after the long cooking time.
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Lacey, you are definitely our dining out queen! I must admit to some envy. You make healthy choices when you order your meals or the scales would be more punishing.
Some time after posting this morning I noticed the two plastic bags in the kitchen with two varieties of new potatoes gifted to us by a member of the woodworkers' guild. He brought big containers of them to give away when he attended a meeting in dh's workshop last week.
So... when I went to the chest freezer in the laundry room and stood there contemplating the contents, I switched meats for tonight and took out ground chuck for a meat loaf. The ole midwesterner dh will be delighted. New potatoes aren't good for baking or mashed, or such is my belief so I guess I will boil some to go with the meatloaf or maybe cook with frozen whole green beans. Sounds like supper at the local diner? LOL.
I had a list that involved trips to the supermarket and to Sam's Club. Suggested to dh that he do one of the shopping trips and I would do the other. Bless his heart, he took that list and did both trips. In an amazingly short time. Unlike moi, he doesn't wander around and do "whim" shopping for items that languish on the pantry shelves, soon forgotten.
Cannot believe that summer in MN is almost here.
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Lacey, why yes I have healed, thank you for asking, although it's just been recently. Finally the numbness in the thumb and index finger have gone away and I can finally button my own clothes! My scar is fading and while it's still a little sensitive, it has flattened out considerably and is barely noticeable. Still can't pick up itty bitty things easily but that's mainly due to arthritis.
I agree with Carole - you manage to make delicious but sensible food choices and I too envy your food savvy.
Carole, fwiw, I often bake our new potatoes. They get creamy and very tasty especially if you rub a little olive oil on the outside. And congrats on the weight loss in spite of your limited activities!
Tonight is beef pot pies and a salad, but I what I really want now is lamb shanks and beans. Unfortunately, I don't have either.
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Tonight is going to be some of the roast pork from the other day heated up with some cuban mojo sauce over white rice and some sort of veggie. Not sure what yet but have lots of options. Looking forward to when they harvest the peas as my DH says he can get me some straight out of the combine all hulled and ready to go.
New potatoes can be really tasty like Nancy suggested, they're young and tender without all the starchiness that can come with a big spud.
Trying to get a grip on food for after surgery next Thursday but working my 12 hour overnight shifts most of the days and still have a couple of appointments to get in before then so we'll see what gets done between now and then.
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Does this lamb shank need to be submerged completely? as I simmer/braise it?Its kind big and I am turning it ever so often, otherwise I would need a ton more liquid in the pot than what I have 2/12 cups wine reduced to 2 cups and 2 1/2 cups chicken stock.
Susan the white beans are DIVINE!!!!
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HI all,
what a great thread. I am finally back to regular cooking as of two weeks ago. My specialty, and what I cook a lot of is Indian food. I started cooking it 25 years ago during my first chemo w/bc when my oncologist in LA saw that I was getting too weak from macrobiotics (I was a vegetarian) and suggested I try some ayurvedic cooking Indian food. My husband had been to India many times, my SIL is an Indologist (specialist in Indian Buddhist art from the 3rd century bc) so she came out to LA and got me started. I learned from Indian women in Los Angeles I cooked for many of the women in my bc support group at the time who were having treatment (I'd finished chemo) . This was all volunteer work as my husband and I earn our living as screenwriters and I just love to cook. Through one of my cancer friends I wound up cooking for the Dali lamas monks when they were in LA (which is how we got a private audience with him) the monks would come to our house in Malibu or I would go to them. I also wound up cooking for Pres. Clintons Ca campaign staff when he was running in 92, as one of my cancer support group buddies was a big supporter and asked me if I'd do it.
A few years back, I started a website just for fun called The Colors of Indian Cooking. com and I have nearly 6000 followers on Snapguide for my recipes, and readers and followers all over the world. Of course none of this was any sort of a moneymaker until a year or so ago when I started to be asked to develop recipes for some magazines, and Whole Foods, ect. So now It's still my hobby but I actually get paid. My husband takes the pictures of the food.
I was a vegan when diagnosed this last time, but started adding more protein to my diet while I was on chemo as I got anemic. So now I eat a limited amount of fish or meat, (very small) mainly vegetables, and a tiny amount of dairy. I do make all those other things I don't eat for friends and I can't tell you how happy I was to be able to cook a meal again and entertain as before I started chemo this time we did a lot of that!!
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Tempey---Carry outs, pizza, frozen dinners, and the Crockpot/casseroles are your best bet.
I ate a lot of soup and sandwiches! And junk food like donuts and chips and dip......
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Redhead, The shanks do not need to be submerged in a braise. Check your liquid levels as it cooks in case your cover isn't tight enough.
Welcome Sula! I love cooking Indian food, and do so regularly. Can't really eat at the average Indian restaurant anymore. Sounds like your cooking has opened a whole new world to you!
*susan*
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Suladog - welcome. We're always glad to have new ideas & recipes.
Carole - I recently had fingerling potatoes that were in dire need of cooking or tossing. I cut in small chunks & pre-cooked in the microwave. I tossed half w/olive oil & garlic and finished off w/a quick roast in the oven. The other half I sauteed in butter & added to an omelet the next day.
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Susan,
yes it has. As to Indian restaurants, I hear ya! Cannot do that anymore.
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So what would you recommend as a first try for someone who has never had Indian food before?
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Sula Hi!
A friend a I go weekly or every two weeks to "India" restaurant and have for years. I love Indian food.
I was vegetarian from age 16 but started eating shellfish 3-4 years ago during radiation to get more protein and then fish recently. I sometimes feel that as I've gotten older, I need more protein to stay strong. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I do have more energy and have lost 6 pounds without trying.
Red, that is so funny! I have a picture of one of my black cats, Gonzo, lying asleep in a bunch of catnip scattered on the rug after running and playing. I say he looks like a bum with an empty bottles around him. And both of them seemed so disappointed last fall when I gave them the store brand again.
Sorry for those I've missed. Tired again after work.
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Mr. 02143 chose tonight's menu, keeping my work schedule and "tired" factor into account. I suspect he also noticed his "crave" factor since for some reason there is cream and potatoes and gruyere in the fridge. He is grilling a rib eye steak pulled from the freezer, and I have made a potato gratin and a huge salad. Femara is doing a number on my appetite, sadly. Just don't have much at all. The potatoes sound good, but meat hasn't appealed that much lately. Maybe that will change when there is a slice or two on my plate. One ribeye gives us about 5 servings now, so at least one meal tomorrow is already done!
*susan*
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Welcome Suladog. Share some Indian cooking basics with us. I bought and read a book about classic Indian cooking. Susan has it, too, and knows the name of the author. I also bought a whole cabinet of spices and have cooked a couple of the recipes. Hope you'll join in.
Good to know the new potatoes can be baked. I just sampled one in the green beans and YUM. New potatoes are have such a distinctive taste.
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South Indian salad Carole,
Here's an easy recipe
I'm having trouble with these links from my iPad but my site www.thecolorsofindiancooking.com has about 6 years of mostly Indian recipes on i
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Thanks, Suladog. I'll check out that site.
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My new potatoes will not be in for a long time. I planted so late that seed potatoes I wanted could not be found. I ended up buying some organic Yukon golds in the grocery store. Although they had a few eyes, they were not sprouted at all so it's taking them a long time to get going. Only about a third have come up. I should have put them in my potato bin, potatoes seem to sprout quickly in there lol!
We're having an outing tomorrow with some friends. We're heading to St. Louis county to visit the World Bird Sanctuary. They do a lot of rehab of raptors there. Should be interesting. After that were heading to a casino to have dinner and spend the night. Don't know what the offerings will be.
DH just ran out to the deck to chase a raccoon who comes to raid the bird feeders every night. And we now have a baby rabbit who has taken up residence on the front porch. He is helping himself to my flowers. Sigh! Wild Kingdom.
I love Indian food but I don't know what anything is.
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I take it back. I know rogan josh and indeed have some lamb chunks in the freezer that are destined for this dish.
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Auntie,
I just put my vegetables in a couple of weeks ago. I was hoping to plant potatoes, but there weren't any available. How does the planting of regular potatoes work? Never tried this before
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Sula, it's the same as with seed potatoes. It helps if they're sprouted a little so you can see the eyes better but they don't have to be. I just cut them up with at least one eye in each piece.
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I had a sprouting potato in the pantry and I cut out one eye and put it in a large pot. I got several potatoes out of the deal.
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Welcome Suladog! I will have to check out your site to see what I might try to make. I get nervous about making dishes with spices that I might have an allergic sensitivity to, and have mostly avoided Indian restaurant food. Obviously making my own would help with that.
Nance, silly question.....how does one know when your potatoes are ready to be harvested?
So after our meeting today we popped over to Seaport and met DS2 for dinner at Legal Test Kitchen since it is next door to his office, and he planned to return to work after eating. Well, maybe I was just hungry, but did I love our meal!! We ordered an appetizer of Turkish Lamb Pizza, (a rectangular flatbread) with romano cheese and fennel yogurt.....SO DELICIOUS!! Even non-mammal eating DS2 had a small piece. Then I had a combo plate of a crabcake and one skewer each of broiled shrimp and sea scallops......all done perfectly. And even better was that the accompanying salad on the plate was kale with a buttermilk dressing. They must have seen me coming!! I can imagine that a lot of customers might not be so enamored of that greens choice.
DH had the paella, which he reported was just okay, and DS2 had the Thai Chili Mussels.
On our way home we stopped at a local ice creamery and destroyed any health points for the night. Tomorrow back to the gym.....
It was so cold and rainy here today, I resurrected my winter hooded parka for our trip into town. It was interesting to see the range of dress styles and layers folks were wearing today....from no coats and open toed shoes to sweaters and down vests and parkas and big rubber boots....all on June 2nd! Hoping for a bit of sunshine tomorrow to warm things up.
We turned our furnace off several weeks ago when it got warm out since it was making noise and we are replacing it in a few weeks. Well, now this is one cold house except for our bedroom and the family room where we have our recently installed "mini-splits"...thank goodness for those!
Two views of Boston Harbor from the 31st floor of One Post Office Square. A very grey day indeed....
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