So...whats for dinner?
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Just had my aperitif of 6 oz. Suprep mixed with 10 oz. of water, and then a pint of water as a chaser. Tastes bizarre—sweet, salty & bitter all at once. (Umami would have been a nice touch). It actually tastes much better than Jägermeister, Cynar, Amaro, Malort or Fernet Branca (don't ask me how I know that). But those drinks you knock back by the shot, not the pint. Have to drink another pint of plain water before 6:15. Then dinner will be whatever clear stuff I feel like. Breakfast will be a rerun of the foregoing.
I was chagrined to read just now in the Suprep package insert that I could have had a normal light breakfast before my workout—the instructions in my patient portal said no solid food or dairy at all from this morning till tomorrow night, but those instructions were for Tri-Lyte (the really awful stuff you need to drink by the gallon). Seems my Medicare Part D carrier doesn't cover Suprep, so that's why they sent me the Tri-Lyte instructions. When I found that Suprep cost only $35 out of pocket, I told my GI doc's office to go ahead and call in the script.
Well, it had to happen sometime—en route to the gym this morning I discovered a squirrel had taken a hefty bite out of one of my ripe Roma tomatoes (its vine was closest to the deck railing, magnolia bough and grape arbor). I am really looking forward to ‘maters again starting at dinnertime tomorrow.
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Minus- thank you for the recipe!! Sounds like something my family would like.
Great news that your place is still dry
Wednesday dinner is the brats, onions, peppers cooked on a sheet pan I wrote about yesterday
Right now it's what I fix on Wednesdays as I am off work on Wednesdays and since dinner takes an hour to cook, I like being off work when I prepare this dish so dinner can be finished early enough to let food settle before headed to bed. Plus right now, this meal uses a couple of the many bell peppers that are ready to harvest from the garden.
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Well, didn't it make my heart smile to read all the posts about the Brooklyn, then LA Dodgers on this thread! I was indoctrinated to the bums in 1955 when I used to sit waiting for Lassie to air on the same channel on which my father watched the Dodger double headers (we were in South Jersey and he had rigged a huge rotating antenna to our roof allowing him to access the NY games) Well, often those games went on for quite a while, and I sat...and sat....and eventually embraced Dodger baseball almost as tenaciously as my father did. I knew every player's batting avg, got a subscription to The Sporting News, and was almost as heartbroken as Dad was when they left Flatbush. However...he was the one who sent Walter O'Malley a nasty telegram saying... "The biggest bum of them all got what he deserved....a cow pasture" because they had to start playing there at the LA Coliseum. He received a satisfying response from O'Malley who said, "I received your telegram, but I didn't like it very much". Guess my Dad just needed to register his frustration to the big cheese, for moving his beloved bums. I still spent several years following the team, loving all the players, and their careers. Reading Gil Hodges'name made me smile! Of course, putting down roots in Beantown as a young adult has resulted in my fierce loyalty to the Red Sox, and my fave basketball guys, the Celts. Enough of my sports hijack!
Minus, it warms my heart to see Laurie's salsa chicken recipe being shared with DodgersGirl. It really is a minimal effort max flavor meal...or two! And I hope it helps you as you go through this challenging time, DG. Hugs to you and your DH.
Last night DH and I were in a store where DH noticed a pizza cutter. He had to have it, and it inspired me to make pizza for tonight. Perfect cool day for it. No Kitchenaid mixer here and my old Cuisinart can be annoyingly hard to detach from base for cleaning, but DH was not going to let that ruin my pizza dinner promise. So he muscled it on and off and I made a dough that was really easy, if not as good as some that included 00 flour.
Local red lettuce and Boston lettuce in a garden salad, and that was it! We've been eating out a lot up here, so it felt good to eat a from scratch meal at home...and having the oven on did not hurt since it is already cold here in the evenings! You know how I love to do food porn...so here goes...
Continuing to hold all of you from Texas and Louisiana in my heart....
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Pizza porn! Looks delish!
Good luck with your test tomorrow Sandy!
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Yum for the pizza. I hope Sandy isn't watching.
Dinner - ended up mixing leftover containers I took out of the freezer yesterday. Chicken cacciatore served on a wild rice/quinoa mix.
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I am watching, and enjoying the pizza vicariously—no carbs that way! Dinner was the rest of the maple & coconut waters. I really liked the former, but it’s relatively pricey (as is the bone broth) and does have sugar (albeit not added—it’s not maple-flavored water but rather water tapped from the trees either before the sap runs or finishes running (I forget which, and threw the bottle in the recycle dumpster). 35 cal. for 12 oz. The coconut water is Coco Five—made with young coconut juice, water, flavors and cane sugar—40 cal. for about a pint. Not too sweet, a bit tart.
Bob came home and described his filet mignon at the drug co. dinner he had at Gibson’s. He also brought Russell Stover assortment from a patient—and if I can eat when I get home tomorrow evening, I am sooo there!
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Last night was Chicken Parmesan and a salad
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chisandy - in your pocket
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Sandy,
Sending a warm hug.
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Thanks, gals! Prep was the worst part, but I've had nastier. Results were good—one small hemorrhoid and a couple of very minor diverticuli, nothing that could cause blood loss. So tomorrow it's back to the iron (and a helluva lotta fiber!) for a few weeks, then retest CBC. If still anemic (or no uptick in hgb/ferritin), then we do a capsule endoscopy (no prep required, whew).
Decided it wasn't a great idea to walk to Cellars for the wine tasting BBQ buffet (sans wine, of course) so long as I still have the propofol in my system and am still tired (and “tooting” like a brass band). But I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Bob is spending the night in Oak Lawn (echo reading early tom'w a.m., and I can't drive till tomorrow). So it's Gordy (at least till he leaves for rehearsal) and me at home tonight. (Already know he's spending the weekend w/his girlfriend again—and because I know, no worries). Nobody around here delivers horsemeat, though (thank goodness) so I ordered out from Big Jones for gumbo ya-ya, cornbread, shrimp & grits, fried chicken & greens. (There will be plenty of leftovers). No dessert, though—wasn't on the takeout menu.
Wanted to drop into Dunkin' or the bakery around the corner en route home today, but my housekeeper needed to get home and catch some zzz's before leaving for B'ham in the wee hours, so I had to settle for a bag of Hostess Donettes (from the CVS where we stopped to pick up my Rx) with a very sorely needed cup of heavily caffeinated coffee. (One Donette was all I needed to remind me how “meh" they are). Might just eat an heirloom tomato whole for dessert instead, or see if one of my peaches is ripe. And a decaf cappuccino.
Tomorrow starts LobsterFest at Navy Pier (runs through Sunday). Might go, with Bob or alone. For lobster, I'll put up with the stupid food-ticket system.
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Welcome back, Lacey! We missed you.
So relieved that our Houston members are safe and dry and in their homes. The young owners of our resort live in Spring, TX, north of Houston and have not flooded. But their flights were cancelled and they won't be coming to MN for Labor Day, which is a big event up here, heralding the end of summer.
Our Louisiana family and neighbors have been rained upon but were spared the horror of Houston flooding and home destruction. My mother is doing well in the nursing home. She tells me, "It's nice and cool here today." That's in her room with the air conditioner humming!
We plan to head home on October 1, a Sunday and a good day to pass through "the Cities," Minneapolis and St. Paul. The summer has whizzed by.
I have been reading and keeping up with posts and we have been eating meals made enjoyable with fresh veggies from a farmer's stand.
I was NOT a Dodgers fan back in the days when the whole family watched baseball games on the black and white tv. We were Yankees fans and idolized Mickie Mantle. We even named a puppy after him. He would have felt so honored!!! I was sorry to learn in recent years that he became an alcoholic.
I, too, am looking for the best way to help Houston folks with a money donation. We are not Red Cross fans.
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DH is a big Cubs fan, having grown up in the suburbs of Chicago. HIs family is split since some are White Sox fans. These days I root for the Cubs.
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This was my mom at the last out of the last inning of the last game of the World Series.
She had been a Cleveland fan since 1924 (age 6).
Her only comment was, "S---".
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Eric - thanks for sharing. Yes, she does look pissed. Fun to have the picture.
Dinner was a pork chop dish that a friend recommended. I used boneless chops. Salt, pepper & flour the chops. (I didn't use flour). Brown on both sides. Add apple juice to cover the chops 3/4 of the way up. Add onion powder or minced onion if desired. I sprinkled with dried tarragon. Slice one apple very thin & put on top of the chops. Cover and cook/simmer until fork tender and liquid reduced to a tasty sauce. I cooked one hour & turned once. Yummy. Served with cauliflower that had to be cooked or tossed. I hate to admit to the other side dish, but at the last minute it sounded good & oh well you all know I'm weird anyway so... Stove Top stuffing. I think next time I'll try pounding the chops to flatten first.
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Ah, eric, now you know how I felt when Steve Bartman made that fatal lunge for a foul ball back in ’03! This year, though, it looks like the Cubs won’t make it past the Dodgers. As we live on the North Side, Bob works on the South Side, and are not native Chicagoans, we root for both the Cubs & Sox because they’re both Chicago teams, except during the Crosstown Classic games—then it’s Cubbies all the way.
Bob called—we’ll walk to Cellars tonight for dinner. The Big Jones leftovers’ll have to wait for breakfast tomorrow, as Gordy’s spending the weekend with his girlfriend.
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Ah, the Cubbies. I was raised in the northern suburbs. My folks were born and raised in Chicago. Cub fans all the way. DH became a fan in the late 70's. We spent our first 10 years of marriage working and living in Chicago. Hubby is a season ticket holder. Though we have not lived near in 20 years he has kept it up. Family uses our season tickets most years. Since DH has no vices, I decided long ago to let him hang onto the loveable losers season tickets. Boy was I glad last year. We drove and stayed with family and he went to all the home playoff games. He flew to Cleveland with 3 of his brothers. (from all over the country, one from Japan) for the World Series.They would fly into Cleveland then drive back to Chicago. Lord have Mercy!!! I was recovering from horrid radiation burns. I sat up and watched with my kids when they won. My kids remember him taking them to games, losing and the hot dogs.
Best thing about his Chicago trips is the Garret popcorn.
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Can't relate to any of your baseball talk - die hard Cardinals fan here lol (don't hate.) It's the only sport I'm interested in watching unless it's an Olympic year.
Tri tip on the grill, Iowa creamed corn (that's not from iowa nor does it have any cream) and a few potatoes and green beans from the garden are on the menu tonight.
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auntie - I went to college with Ozzie Smith - served him breakfast every morning, and often made him a sandwich at lunch working in the cafe, then served him dinner in the dining hall! I worked in two hour shifts between classes He was a super nice guy back then, and when he came back to the area to visit he seemed just the same. I was always happy that he achieved the level of success with the Cardinals that he did and was able to stay with the team for such a long time. He did the backflip back then, highlight of watching the games all those years ago!
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Nance - OK I'm officially curious. What is Iowa creamed corn since it's not from Iowa and no cream?
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Minus, it's a Martha Stewart recipe that uses corn grated off the cob and liquid extracted from the cob to make it "creamy". Real butter and fresh thyme make it quite delicious. You would like it. I'll dig up a link.
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auntienance- the corn sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing
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Eric, I absolutely love that pic of your mom! But sorry for her disappointment! Know it well....
And Nance and Carole, I forgot to mention in my return post that I am really glad to learn that all these months later both of your parents are faring well. You have all been through a lot of transition.
My "stepmother" (not really that since she never raised me, but married my divorced father when I was already emancipated and 25 years old...wish there existed in English, a word for that relationship!) just turned 90, still lives in her own, and has an active life close to home with friends and her church community. She no longer travels though since having kidney cancer. She has made many new friends over the years as her "originals" have died. I admire her coping skills, given the amount of family and friend losses she has experienced in her life. My DS2 has always had an affinity for her since she was the one older relative who would converse with him about his interests. So it was sad when she had to decline his heartfelt invitation to his destination wedding this past April. Instead, he and his bride drove to CT to visit her right after their wedding with photos and stories galore. They all enjoyed that.
Yes, the corn recipe sounds tasty, Nance, tho I totally dislike cutting kernals off cobs! I had to do that a few weeks ago when, due to some nasty oral surgery, I could not open my mouth to bite into corn on the cob...during delish corn season!
Last evening our neighborhood/beach assoc here on Newfound Lake joined the rest of the beach communities around the lake in a short candlelight vigil to commemorate the life of an 11year old girl who died in July in a terrible freak boating accident while learning to water ski. It was quite a moving remembrance ...especially when one of our neighbor's daughters sang "Somewhere. Over the Rainbow".
Tonight we are on to happier times with the end of summer assoc dinner and dance beach party. DH is always the DJ for this event. However, I am guessing that it may be a short night since it is extremely cool here, and people may move to their respective homes right after dinner! We have not had summer temps here at all this August, so it feels odd to return home with barely a tan, or a memory of swimming off the boat. Carole, did you have a true summer up north?
As far as Houston donations, I am finding that Boston has so many donation sponsoring individuals and organizations now, it will be easy enough to continue the process. Those folks will need support for a very long time, sadly.
For our pot luck beach dinner, I decided to do very little this year. I often make something interesting and healthful, and end up bringing half of it home. So I am appealing to the masses today, made a large pyrex pan of mocha brownies with choc chips and walnuts, decorated with dollops of cream cheese icing! Hows that for counter healthful!? I will not be bringing any of those home. LOL
Off to get a walk in before decorating the brownies.
Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!
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Sandy Ozzie is a gem, how cool that you met him!
Oh Lacey, I've missed you so - those brownies sound awesome. I've promised dh a cherry pie this weekend and I haven't yet started it so i had better get busy. Cooler temps here too that allow me to turn on the oven even without the a.c. on. Lovin it!
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SO good to see and read about what you folks are doing. (That creamed corn sounds delish!) Happy Labor Day to you and yours. Looking forward to some time with friends and southern bbq and traditional and a few non traditional sides. Am hoping the same for you and yours.
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Haha Lacey, I hate cutting corn off the cob too so I usually wont make this dish unless I'm processing summer corn for freezing anyway. If I could ever find one of those old corn cutters I would definitely buy one.
I started an overnight cool rise pizza dough yesterday so tonight is homemade pizza (inspired by the pizza pics.)
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We are still taking things pretty easy as DH continues to recover from his surgery. Friday night took him to ER to rule out a stroke or infection after he developed severe hand tremors. Cardio doctor said it was imperative that he be checked out ASAP. All was ok.... just dehydrated and UTI ( not that either of those aren't worthy of correcting...just not a stroke). Getting hone from ER at 4 am Saturday.
Tonight's dinner: rosemary and white wine chicken breasts roasted with carrots and crockpot slow cooked Brussels sprouts. I love Brussels sprouts and in the crockpot is my easy way to fix them.
Cut sprouts in half. In bowl to the sprouts add 2 T olive oil, salt, and pepper (to taste). Stir to evenly coat sprouts. Place sprouts in crock pot. Add 2 T cubed unsalted butter ( I cut into thin slices and cube each slice) and sprinkle over top of sprouts. Cover crock pot. Cook low for 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Tender and flavorful.
We grow Brussels sprouts in our garden but don't harvest them until after the first hard freeze. The hard freeze seems to knock out the bitterness of sprouts. When we harvest these, we use them at Thanksgiving by deep frying them for a short time. They get crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside. Even DH, who doesn't like green veggies, looks forward to the Thanksgiving sprouts!
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Lacey, we leave our home in Louisiana and come to MN to escape "true summer" weather!!! LOL. We have used our a/c in the camper no more than 8 or 10 times. It has rained quite a bit but there have been numerous wonderful crisp sunny days.
Our Labor Day party was on Saturday late afternoon/evening. We had a potluck dinner with plenty of hearty and mediocre food. One man brought ribs that were tasty. I made a very nice Caesar salad that quickly disappeared. It was the only "fresh" food. Typically the resort owners provide a bar and the meat. Since they live in Spring, TX, and the airport was closed, they didn't come this year as planned.
I bought a large pork loin and beer and booze. My neighbor Mary took control of the pork and did as well as one can do with pork loin, whose main attribute is the low price. She made a nice barbecue sauce using her own recipe that includes honey and Heinz 57 knockoff. She added a raspberry jalopeno jam she had on hand.
Very little booze was consumed since most of the drinkers drink beer. I had bought a couple of cases and some of that was drunk but we have some beer snobs who drink their own preferred brand. The owner paid for a karaoke person to come with her setup. The gathering was congenial and people enjoyed themselves. We heard the next morning that people lingered around a campfire until 1 am. I was asleep long before that!
DH is cooking breakfast. The menu is bacon, eggs and grits.
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Eric, I live in Cleveland for about 20 years, and I agree with your mom! Heartbreaking.
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