So...whats for dinner?
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I was planning on cooking the salmon tonight, but things happened and I ended up cooking popcorn. :-)
Special, I very much hope things are easy for your MIL...it sounds terrible to say, but I think (hope) you understand.
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queenmomcat)) just bring yourself, I live in Europe so it will be a long trip), here comes the teaser pic. Salmon to me is so easy to deal with, on with pesto, I only have it on a half because the youngest wants it plain, pesto itself does all the seasoning, when it looks like this itis ready to be served.
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Tatar triangles aka echpochmek for dinner today, it has been years I had those, here comes a pic
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Lacey, I love this rice and stew you had at your Iranian in-laws, an authentic Persian meal, I almost can feel the smell. The artichokes looked good too, I have never been a vegetarian, I do not think I can go vegan, but as I have been told the diet is important I may as well purchase that cooking book and embrace kale and lentils.
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eric - I totally get it, and I appreciate your kind thoughts.
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Dunch was a large portion of mac & cheese. Fasting this morning as I head out for tons of blood work prior to my MO appointment next week. As long as the MO not going to do scans, I sure hope he'll release me from these 6 month appointments and move along to year. It is so annoying trying to make these arrangements. Only two places in town will draw from my foot so as not to disturb my LE. But the GYN will still require blood work before the 6 month Prolia shots. Sigh. I sure miss my port.
Eric - my favorite dinner - Popcorn. That's all I have for dinner once a week.
April - hope you're still reading occasionally. We miss you.
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Minus, I also hope that you “graduate”to the yearly appt schedule!
In and out quickly here...am feeling really pressured now that I have allowed reality to enter my consciousness about having nothing done for the holidays and I have a crowd coming, both sons, one wife, grandkids and maybe my sister. The docvegans’ high maintenance dietary needs always throws me for a loop. Just spent the afternoon making soups for them and for us as well as my next door neighbor who is having surgery this week. Gotta think about getting my cookie making started, shopping for the adults, getting a tree, decorating so it looks like we have not given up on Christmas as old folks! Ironically, the grands don’t even celebrate Christmas, given their Baha’i religion. But they enjoy seeing and enjoying it at others’ homes.
Of course both of my volunteer jobs have ramped up significantly, so I am squeezed for time.....and I need to clear out “stuff” in the house to accommodate the family guests! Oy! Better stop whining and get some stuff done!
Cherry, there are many recipes online for Horseradish Vinaigrette, but this is what I use (no instructions since I’m sure you make dressings regularly):
2 T horseradish
2-4 T white wine vinegar (lt balsamic is also good, or champagne vinegar)
1 t dijon mustard
1/2 t salt
1/8 t grnd pepper
1 T or more honey or maple syrup (depending how sweet younmight like it)
1/4- 1/2 cup olive oil
1 t crushed dried tarragon (my addition)
I sometimes add a bit of water, since it’s a dense dressing.
Enjoy!
I usually double this and keep it in a jar in refridge so it is at the ready.
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I cooked the salmon tonight. After more than 2 hours sitting in the dentist's chair while he fixed old fillings, I didn't feel like trying anything complicated, so I did the lemon-herb-butter coated fish in a skillet. For a side dish, I sauted kale and chard with some garlic, hot red peppers and some salt...and I made a regular salad.
I got some education on local anesthesia today from the dentist. Lidocaine, the dentist's preferred local anesthetic, makes me "shocky" about 1/2 hour after it's been given to me So, he uses Marcaine on me and it works great. The dentist said it was odd because Marcaine is more likely to cause shock type symptoms than lidocaine. The only problem with Marcaine is that it numbs me for about 6 hours.
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We have the tree and decorations up, but that's about it. Haven't sent cards in years--thanks to being busy with the show this time of year (a week earlier this time so there goes my excuse). Haven't shopped and have no desire to get anything for myself. I will probably make charitable donations in the name of friends & family for charities for which they are likely to give moral but can't afford monetary support. We go to friends for Christmas dinner the day after opening presents Christmas Eve (Bob's patients and staff do give gifts), drinking glögg (brought in from a tavern in the nearby formerly-Swedish Andersonville neighborhood) and torching a plum pudding at midnight to the strains of a holiday rock mixtape. But dinner may be bittersweet--our friends' son (born a week before Gordy) is getting married in June and moving to Seattle; and Gordy will probably be texting his girlfriend all through the meal (she'll be down in Houston with her folks and he will fly down and join her for New Year's). This might be the last Christmas dinner with both of the boys present...or maybe they and their SOs will fly back here from Seattle & Houston.
Gordy & his friend Andy were born 8 days apart--Andy's mom & I got pregnant a month apart (Andy arrived precisely on his predicted due date), but Gordy was a preemie. Bob, Kathy & her husband (also a Bob), and I all went to Bradley childbirth classes together. (Kathy, her Bob & I were the nucleus of a band that started as an acoustic trio and ended up a full 5-piece rock band).
Tonight was cast-iron-seared grass-fed ribeye (insanely well-marbled and done perfectly mid-rare), with balsamic Brussels sprouts and a Greek salad.
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I just caught up on three pages of conversation.
SpecialK, sympathetic thoughts for your family as all of you deal with the illness of your MIL.
Cherry, I enjoy your posts and admire your spirit as you undergo chemo.
Eric, it's nice to share your retirement leisure.
We have been eating. Friday night was pan seared catfish and a big pot of fresh mustard greens seasoned with pickled pork. Also corn bread. The greens were delicious. Saturday night was linguini with home-made tomato sauce and a tossed salad. Sunday night was take-out pizza. Monday night was left-over greens and red beans and rice, the beans cooked by dh, the meat seasoning smoked turkey sausage. Last night was left-over beans and tossed salad.
Tonight may be pan-seared scallops with steamed broccoli and a salad, if I can venture out and buy the scallops.
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carole - thanks, appreciate the good thoughts.
I am making my first gingerbread house - baked the house parts with a friend - one for her, one for me - man, did we make a mess - flour everywhere! She has a new wide plank floor and it has tiny grooves - eeesh! On my hands and knees getting flour out of the grooves, lol! DD and I put the house together night before last - required a lot of frosting spackle and I am glad I had two sets of hands. I need to make one more run to the store to get a few more supplies and will decorate today - I will post a pic when done. Wish me luck!
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Decided to make French toast and bacon for dinner tonight.
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Haven't decided whether tonight will be a choucroute garnie or pasta with fresh tomato-basil salsa cruda (two of the store-bought tomatoes were delivered with splits in the skin). I've discovered that packaged basil does just fine outside the fridge with a paper towel inserted in the plastic box to absorb moisture. And my housekeeper brought her herbs inside last year, only to develop an ant infestation. So it looks like it's gonna be pick-and-freeze for mine.
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Nime chow, sweet and sour soup and beer. The main cooking I'll be doing in the next few days is salt dough for Christmas ornaments with tiny Charlie and my friend's grand kids They will be inedible but pretty.
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Beouf burgignon tonight with a green sallad and oven- baked brussel sprouts with diced sweet potato, broccoli and red onions. Now, I did not separated the sauce in beouf burgingnon to make it thicker so it got all this wattery. Next time am reducing the sauce before I am serving it. Otherwise it was delicious, I served ric to it
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Cherry-sw: now my computer screen is all damp and sticky. (Salmon with pesto spread is one of my favorite recipes; just spread and bake.)
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French toast and bacon, yum!
Tonight I was deep into a jigsaw puzzle, so dinner was a fish taco leftover from lunch, a strip of beef jerky, some cashews and a few sections of a toblerone bar.
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I had thick vegetable barley soup for lunch. I'll be enjoying Eric's dinner tonight - popcorn.
Bedo - so glad to see you back. The salt dough ornaments will be fun. Haven't made salt dough since my kiddo was little, but my Mother used to make it for us to play with every time we were sick. No such thing as Play Doh in those far off times.
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Tonight it was the last of the chicken & peanut sauce. Tomorrow I'm going to be in Sharon's classroom helping with robotics and I get home too late to do much cooking, so tomorrow will be the remainder of the salmon. I haven't decided what to do for Friday.
I did some trail running today; 4 miles in 45 minutes. The elevation gain gain of the trail route was 500 feet (150 meters) and I was really breathing hard. 35 years ago, I would run the same route in under 24 minutes and be able to carry on a conversation while doing it.
Age..sigh. :-)
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Whole-grain spaghetti primavera with truffle oil & Parmigiano-Reggiano.
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queenmomcat, mine two) I tried many different and even tapenade and the best one so far was sundried tomatoes pesto. It has been a while I have checked IKEA's grocery store but before they had this pesto and we never got tired.
carolehalston, cooking brings normalcy into my life, I get to hang here with you, I wake up in the morning planning what we are going to eat or what do we need to buy from grocery store. So it is not only about chemo, mirror looks and blood work, there is enough of it already. I always liked to cook, well, since I got married, in the beginning I cooked something pretty unedible, have no idea how my husband and my stepson ate it but I learnt later. To cook with a glas of wine in weekend was my thing. No wine now though. But I am learning American cuisine, I am excited)
Eric, what this school would do without you? You drive the bus, you help at class room, you take care of Sharon. About running, I know, 5 km that my husband and I powerwalked in 40-45 min six months ago, now it takes me 1 h 20 min and uphil I am breathing that I can hardly see the road. I really hope it is going to change, I so miss my runs.
Checking my posts an extra time for grammar, it seems auto-correction changes the words even though I already did it. Several words in my yesterday post were changed to something Swedish.
My husband has a Christmas party at work so it will be me and the girls. Eldest and will eat the leftovers for lunch and then either cook the pelmeni-dumplings mom stuffed freezer with or will order sushi. Youngest does not eat sushi so her option will be either home-made dumplings or the dumplings from the sushi place.
Mom is flying home today, my dad's analyses came back with tremendously elevated PSA value, he is scheduledfor biopsy next week. It is all very frustrating.
Cherry
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Mommyof2, did you finish your chemo? How are you getting along?
Eric, your lament about your running time sounds like boasting to me! LOL! When I walk on the treadmill at the gym, there are younger folks running up and down the line of treadmills. They don't even check their heartbeat rates like we older folks do. My claim to fame is that I sweat more than the average person.
I have a prospective buyer for my home gym which sits unused in our "gym." I advertised it on Craig's List. I'm hoping this couple want it. It's large and heavy and will have to be disassembled.
Tonight is the Woodworkers' Guild Christmas dinner at an event place. The buffet food is edible but not exciting. There is always a ham and a roast beef and the server gives the impression that he is taking the leftovers home and doesn't want to slice off any more than he's forced to do. Just for the heck of it, I ask for a 2nd paper-thin slice of beef.
Cherry, how did you get so familiar with Persian food? Did I mention that my dh and I visited Sweden years ago and stayed in the homes of two Swedish couples we met in the Caribbean on a sailing vacation? One couple in Gothenburg took us for a wonderful sail on their sailboat. We also enjoyed a canal cruise from Gothenburg to Stockholm and visited the factory that makes the Dalarna horses and also toured a glass factory and a couple of pottery factories. We brought home crystal and pottery and a wooden horse that we still value.
The other couple who lived in a town whose name I can't recall owned a brush factory.
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Still doing chemo. So far so good
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carolehalston, I think you have mentioned your trip to Sweden, but the brush factory sort of startle me. Have you by any chance stayed in Bankeryd at Damberg's who used to own Anza AB? There are though a few more manufacturers ofbrushes in Bankeryd while Anza being the largest. I al just curious. I hope you liked Sweden. I used to be married to a native Iranian who immigrated to Sweden in 70-ies. His extensive family is here and they have large families) I got married when I was 21 and he was a widower with a ten-year-old boy. I have fried meatballs that bad I have no idea how they ate those, but I learnt. Since my ex' mom also lived in Stockholm, I used to visit, that woman had and still has the sweetest temper, she used to cook, I found it facinating, I was asking questions, she did not speak any English so I learnt how to cook Persian cuisine and learnt the language. I still maintain it even though we have divorced seventeen years ago, still cook Persian food and have Iranian friends and co-workers to talk to. Cherry
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Hi. Mommy. I hope the chemo is working perfectly and "being kind".
Carole, for my disaster response job, I have to pass the same test as the wild land fire fighters--walk (running is not allowed) 3 miles/4.8Km in less than 45 minutes while wearing a 45lb/20kg backpack. It is harder than it seems. I was at a national guard post getting tested and an older gentleman came up to ask if he could give it a try. We did it in 40 minutes. The older gentleman, an 80 year old retired US Army colonel, did it in 42 minutes.
Cherry, while attending university, cooking started out as a chore but that slowly changed. My college girlfriend had 3 roommates, while I lived alone, so she would usually end up studying at my place. This set us up to cook dinners, but neither of us really knew what we were doing in the kitchen. We didn't quite catch water on fire, but I'm sure we came close. My next door neighbors were elderly retired restaurant owners and they were very skilled chefs. With their help, my girlfriend and I learned enough that not only did we come to enjoy cooking together, but our friends would accept more than one dinner invitation. :-)
Tonight, neither Sharon nor I are hungry, so I don't know if we're even going to eat. Tomorrow I'm going to see if a skillet and a dutch oven partially filled with water will work as a panini press. I guess it's a "cooking meets engineering" thing. :-)
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Tonight was leftover veggies with oven roasted butternut squash and a grilled turkey burger topped with provolone and avocado. Looks like I left th butternut in a little too long.
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Lunch was one slice of pizza in the Medical Center. Dinner was a goodly portion of herring marinated in sour cream right out of the jar. So I wouldn't eat the entire jar, I cut a bunch of Jarlsberg cheese into matchsticks and took it in the living room with my wine.
Tomorrow a friend and I are going back to the Indian buffet at the Hare Krishna temple. It's so cold for Houston that I only wanted big piles of spaghetti, but she's trying to lose more weight before her trip to Abu Dhabi for the holidays. 43 when I left the house this morning. Only 44 when I got home this afternoon. And nasty, blowing rain all day. At least we didn't have the sleet/snow flurries predicted before 9am So glad I got the plumarias dug up last week.
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Looks like soup and sandwiches for tonight.
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Short day & early night for Bob, but snow is expected by 9pm. So going out to dinner, on foot--but not too far. Probably Ethiopian Diamond just down the block, especially since I have a mani appt. tomorrow so I don't mind turning my nails & cuticles yellow from using my hands to scoop up food with pieces of injera bread (actually more like a pancake).
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Snow - yup SNOW in Houston. Only 35 times since 1895. It was snowing light flakes when I went to bed but I never expected it to stick. There was at least an inch on the roof & fences & grass - and my poor roses & elephant ears & shrimp plants. It was gone by noon, but what a surprise. Indian lunch delicious. I really like the Tahini salad dressing and the Tamarind chutney.
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