So...whats for dinner?
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Hello, I haven't been on for a long time. Both biopsies turned out negative.
Special, I had an implant about 5 years ago with bone graft which is only powder put in the lost bone area. My timeline was like yours. It was bottom front where I went through a windshield when I was 20 and the capped tooth finally failed after many attempts to save it. I had a temporary "flipper" for 6 months which was doable. My implant now looks just like my other teeth and only hurt in the pocketbook. I've been enjoying honey crisp apples
Minus, I believe I heard that you lost your SIL I am so sorry, it is hard this time of year and I hope that you find comfort in the rest of your family.
I am on my way to duck pin bowling so I wish everyone who I didn't mention a good three day weekend if you have one.
For dinner last night I opened a tin of anchovies and mixed it with bowtie pasta. I liked it. I thought of it as fast food spaghetti puttenesca (which is spelling incorrectly) I can hear the collective "Ughhh!"
I told my daughter that I was going to make muffins for my grandson who is 18 months now. She said "Mom, don't. He doesn't like your cooking. That's probably why he's been crying today, he is probably afraid you're going to feed him homemade split pea soup or something"
How rude.
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Yay Bedo! So happy for you! Hopefully Charlie will in time learn to appreciate your eclectic cooking style lol
Carole, one of the many things I despise about winter - the many rampant viruses. Ugh. Hope your DH recovers soon and you manage to dodge the bullet.
Homemade pizza tonight. I'm off to make dough.
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Bedo, there was an interesting piece recently (maybe in the Times??) about the delights of adding anchovies to one’s cooking. It is amazing how the flavor and umami is enhanced without a sauce tasting like fish (fortunately).
On the “cold weather illness” front, my DH has been fighting a nasty upper respiratory virus for over three weeks....very unusual. And even more unusual is that I haven’t contracted it. Usually (tho rarely) if he has a cold for a few days I catch it and hold on for a month, and end up with sinus andlung involvement requiring lots of meds. So am keeping fingers crossed here....and he is seeming better. He is always on the go, so it was odd to see him actually cancel events and stay home, but I was glad for all the people who didn’t get infected!
Nance, this sounds like a perfect day for pizza! Yesterday among all the pear recipes I saw, there was one for a pear and prosciutto white pizza that sounded delicious. Please do report on yours...and a picture would even be more delightful!!
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(shyly) Does lunch count? Or rather a late brunch at Frontera (trip to Chicago for my birthday): bajio style eggs, and about half a dish of ice cream (I filled up!)
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Happy Birthday, queenmomcat! I say lunch counts :-). Supper tonight will be one of my favorite comfort food meals- a grilled cheese sandwich.
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Queen - of course...and popcorn at midnight and cold pizza at 3am. Or pork ribs for breakfast and waffles for dinner. Happy B-day and glad you got to brunch.
Oh Bedo - I'm so glad your biopsies were negative. And so glad to see you posting again so I'm not the only weird food fiend. I wore my 'elf' hat for Halloween. I would substitute the anchovies for a can of smoked oysters and macaroni w/ butter. Weird that you daughter thinks your grandson cries about your cooking. That's nuts. Unless of course they are raising him vegetarian or vegan and you're trying to feed him steak; or he needs a gluten free diet and you're giving French Toast with sourdough.
Lacey & Carole - sorry to hear your DHs are still ailing and certainly hope neither of you catch the germ. I usually have to pay $7.99 for Raos, but like Carole, I rarely make sauce from scratch any more. One of the smaller jars of Rao's is 4-6 meals for me.
Illimae - are you doing OK? Do you have a trip planned to West Texas in the near future?
Hammer - Good to see you. Sorry to hear about the heart issues. Hopefully there will be a relatively easy 'fix'. Please let us know.
The celebration of life for my SIL was today. Her choice was to be cremated and scattered in several places where her memory will live on, but 200 (two hundred) people came to this memorial. She volunteered with so many different groups and was always there to help everyone - even new acquaintences. And she worked hard to keep every friend she ever met. At my age it's unlikely that I could muster 200 people even if far flung friends were to fly in from every corner. It seems like too many of my friends have already died - or their spouse have died and they moved away to live closer to their children. I was fortunate that we talked every week & ate a meal together at least once a month. Lovely stories but of course there is a hole in my heart.
Everyone went back to their house and they had Persian food catered. I don't remember the names, but there was 'wedding' rice & cherry rice w/nuts & dill rice, cucumber/sour cream mix, plates of cheese & raw veggies, naan and 'fingers' of delicious chicken & beef, and four or five other dishes. My niece has a long time friend who's parents own a Persian restaurant in Houston so that's where my SIL always chose to order food. Always excellent.
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Minus, so sorry for the loss of your SIL--but it sounds like she had a magnificent tribute. May her memory be for a blessing.
Happy birthday, Queen! I'd say that anything by Rick Bayless counts as "dinner!"
Today was an all-day rehearsal (in 25-degree weather). Mercifully, I had competent Lyft drivers both ways. (And it was cheaper than parking in the Loop). I drank 3 bottles of water and was still parched. I really, really hate choreography--I am directionally-challenged and my balance still leaves much to be desired. (A year off from personal training is coming home to roost--perhaps my back P.T. will include some balance work). Get to do it all over again tomorrow (and there will be Bears game traffic), every night this week, and all day next Sat. & Sun. (including costume changes). I'm a principal in only one scene (a quartet). but I have four costume changes (including wig and body-miking) nearly one on top of the other. Learning & performing the music, lines, and staging isn't the tough part: it's the freaking logistics!
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Hi, Bedo! Great news on the biopsies. Had to chuckle at your daughter's insulting comment about your grandson's aversion to your cooking. Like Minus, I would probably sub canned smoked oysters for the anchovies. I do like sardines, though. I think it's the "hairy" appearance of the anchovies that turn me off.
DH was well enough today to eat a ham and cheese sandwich, which I made and served to him. His weight has dropped 5 lbs.
Last night I made a chicken soup with boneless skinless thighs, diced celery and carrot, and egg noodles. We have quite a bit left over. I will probably warm it up tonight and create more broth.
Minus, I am very sorry for your loss. Your SIL sounds like a great person.
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Trying a slow cooker meal from Omaha Steaks tonight.
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Queen, Happy Birthday! Of course lunch cou nts....if I were smart about weight mgmt (and didn’t need to cook for a ravenous husband) I would move to a lunch for dinner modality, and have some popcorn in the evening! I couldnthen possibly prevent any shopping trips to buy next sized clothing!
Last evening I avoided going to the food store and made us an omelet with onions, orange peppers, and asparagus with a side of garden salad that included green leaf lettuce and baby kale, red cabbage, carrots, red onion, and grape tomatoes with a balsamic maple syrup vinaigrette.
Tonight we are meeting friends at my new fave local restaurant, where I might just get one of their huge salads, and maybe a protein on top.
Last night
I spent a lot of time communicating with my SIL in Thousand Oaks. they had just returned to their home after an evacuation due to the wildfires. One house on their street was destroyed, but so far they are safe and monitoring hot spots. Please keep them in your thoughts. My brother is getting more progressively disabled with his Lewy Body Dementia, so getting him out of the house in the middle of the night was quite the challenge for her. It’s frustrating to feel so helpless to concretely help them being 3000 miles away.
Minus, your SIL sounds like she lived quite the productive, connected and valued life. So nice to hear about her wonderful celebration of life. And how unique to have a Persian menu for the repast. I recognized some of those dishes. I am so sorry that you are experiencing such grief as we enter the holiday season. But how wonderful to have had her in your life. I think one of the hardest things about our stage in life is steeling ourselves to manage all the losses of close relationships that we face. I am always amazed at my 91 yr. old stepmother who has had SO many friend and relative losses. She keeps making new friends and has outlived many of them already. Her attitude is so positive that she draws people to her so she is always “in connection” with others. Speaking of her, I must call her now to keep her updated on my brother’s situation.
With thanks to our veterans today, and hoping that we have a peaceful week ahead
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This is why I love Asian fish sauce so much - you get the anchovy umami without the texture.
Tonight is fajitas quesadillas probably with pinto beans. I'm wishing for an avocado but don't have one. The sliced peppers and onions will have to do.
Lacey, I'm so sorry about your brother. That must be so difficult.
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Chicken wild rice soup - this will get packed up to take on our van camping trip. Tonight DH making one of his meals he makes - a red curry shrimp. I love curry! Such a bummer when avacadoes are out of season. Have a BIL close to CA fires. They are staying putright now but I’m worried about them. I hope these fires are just done soon!
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im happy for the good scans you guys had.
Minus, sorry for the loss of your SIL. I lost a good friend this week. The funeral was Saturday. It was unexpected and quick. Still cant believe shes gone. Life is short.
My DH will be returning to work soon. Possibly as soon as this week. Ug. Hes ready to go, but driving will be a problem. We'll figure it out.
My daughter will also be returning to work, she cant get her head around going back. Her deoression isnt going well now, so Im worried. My otber daughter husband took a job in MI and is not loving it, so hes looking for a job again. They moved in August... ach well. Such is ilfe. LOL
Supper was chili I made Friday during tbe snow we had. Sunday was 32 degrees and chicken and rice. . Today was 40. Yep, fall. LOL
Much love to all
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Moon, hugs to you for your family worries and for the loss of your good friend.
I was tempted to skip my WW meeting again this morning since I don't expect any good feedback from the scale. But I have decided to go anyway. I have an apptment with my PCP today, too.
Not sure what dinner will be. Cooking for (and eating with) someone with stomach issues isn't easy. Last night we had the leftover chicken noodle soup. Guess I should look up "bland diet."
Yesterday I bought three Kindle cookbooks, one of them the Pressure Cooking book you recommended, Nance. I learned that I probably should have bought a 6 quart size multi-purpose pot, not an 8 qt. The Kindle version of cookbooks is much cheaper than the book version. Not sure what I will do with the 2nd Power Quick Pot, maybe give it to one of my two sisters as a birthday present. It's so large that I don't know where I would store it in the camper up in MN.
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I am sitting here at my breakfast room table watching yet another early November snowfall and the gazillion birds flocking to the feeders. While I'm sitting here I'm going through ten years or more of food magazines (Cooks Illustrated, Cuisine, Food and Wine) and tearing out recipes I want to keep. It's a daunting task. I've been at it for two days and am not halfway through. In fact, looking at it all is making me slightly queasy. I may have to make chicken soup for dinner. My best remedy for stomach issues Carole.
To all our vets and families out there, thank you so much for your service.
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Katy, such an inviting soup! I imagine a nice hot bowl of that on a camping trip,would be great.
Moon, I’m also sending you hugs. Always so worrisome when our family members struggle. I hope you keep yourself nurtured.
Yesterday a lot of time was spent on the phone first with my SIL and partially with my brother who is so slow in his processing of and responding to speech that it’s painful. Poor guy He was happy that I called to acknowledge Vets Day. His Marine affiliation and duty is his proudest identification despite his many other accomplishments. I don’t know exactly why they are staying in their home given that they are surrounded by hotspots, but it isn’t my choice. What a nightmare for all those who are losing everything. Only one house on their street has been destroyed so far. Other relatives and childhood friends who were close to our family were also calling me to check how my brother was doing. I’m hoping that the winds die down and they can try to get back to a semblance of normalcy. Big snowstorms here are looking mighty tame now!
We ate out with some friends last evening. DH had the fruitti di mare (pic below) and I had the autumn salad with sirloin tips atop. First time at this restaurant that I was disappointed in the quality of the salad greens. It looked beautiful, but those limp darkened pieces were underneath. Darn! Obviously in the summer they have access to great local fresh produce for their salads, which were the best I’ve ever eaten at a restaurant. Will now make a different choice on the menu in the winter.
Nance again, you are a better gal than I! I Cannot imagine going through the cookbooks and/or mags. No chicken soup would cure the feeling I get when considering that task!
BTW, speaking of chicken soup....not sure if I mentioned how tasty the Alessi chicken soup (comes in a large packet) is. I made it when DH first had his virus and added Trader’s bone broth to it for some extra nutrition. He loved it. I just ordered more from Amazon to have on the shelf.
DH’s meal
Interesting salad, but not fresh underneath. :
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I'll have your dh's meal! Beautiful platter of seafood. I thought of you today and your unused Instant Pot, Lacey, as I used my new Power Quick Pot for the first time. I really like it! Operating it is easy. I used the Saute feature and the Pressure feature to make the base for beef stroganoff. The meat was chuck steak cut into strips. I sauteed mushrooms in a skillet and added the contents of the pot with the cooked meat and gravy. I'll add the sour cream before serving.
The surprising part about cooking in the Quick Pot is that it is so QUIET. I was expecting some escaping steam. The only hint that cooking was in progress was the little screen with the time counting down. The pot is warm to the touch but doesn't give off a lot of heat. I am changing my mind about taking the 2nd Pot to MN. It opens up the possibility of cooking meals we don't usually have during the summer.
Instead of noodles we'll have some mashed potatoes with the stroganoff. I also plan to make myself a salad. Not sure whether dh will want one. He seems almost back to normal today. He even went to the supermarket.
Nance, I empathize with your fatigue, dealing with the magazines. I have been spending hours shredding bank statements and old checks dating back to the 90's. I am cleaning out filing cabinets and wondering why in the world I saved all those banking records and income tax returns and receipts. Fortunately our bank stopped returned the checks some years back.
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Lol Carole - I have two large bags of documents to be shredded in the back of our van waiting for transport to the nearest office max that does shredding because I don't have the patience to feed them through our shredder.
Having gone from a stovetop model, I was also amazed at how quiet the electric was.
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Nance - I made 'enchiladas' for my son Friday night with the Frontera red sauce. We'd eaten a big BBQ lunch out so we weren't very hungry. I just heated some flour tortillas, topped with left over rotisserie chicken pieces and lots of Monterrey jack cheese, then rolled up & covered with the Frontera sauce and Mexican cheese. Quite good.
Sunday I made Laurie's Salsa Chicken. I make it with green salsa. He got a big chicken breast & the black beans served over brown rice w/quinoa. The only other side was Olathe corn that I'd cut off the cob & frozen last summer. Yum. I warmed up the leftover breast & beans tonight since he's already gone.
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Minus, i know you enjoyed sharing meals with your son. I have an open jar of the Fronterra tomatillo sauce in the refrigerator. I spoon it over scrambled eggs. I've tried the green enchilada sauce on enchiladas but dh and I prefer red. I could eat enchiladas much more often if tortillas weren't so high carb.
It's cold and dreary here today, definitely comfort food weather. Will discuss dinner options with dh. Last night's beef stroganoff and mashed potatoes meal was delicious. One of our portion control techniques is to use luncheon size plates rather than dinner plates. I could have piled up my plate but I didn't. DH didn't either. We have a small container, enough for a meal, left over, an indication of restraint. LOL.
Our WW discussion at the meeting, excuse me, workshop, yesterday was good for me. Mindful eating. Overeating is often because of mindless eating. Our leader, Michelle, recalled an experience when she ate a whole basket of Easter candy and was reaching for another piece when she realized the basket was empty. I did some binge eating in the past, back when weight control wasn't an issue because I was so active--and younger. I would buy a package of devil's food cookies and eat them all on the 15 minute drive from the supermarket. Confessions of an occasional binge eater!
Since I don't seem to have caught the stomach virus from dh, I will venture to the nursing home today to visit my mother. She will be 96 in December.
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Carole - Yes, the red was much better. The only thing I still binge eat anymore is Cheetos. I just can not open a bag & stop eating. So I only buy Cheetos twice a year and only the smallest bag I can find. Glad you missed out on the stomach virus. Edited to say I finally had time to buy the remaining ingredients I needed to make your magic sauce stir fry so that's in the works. I'm interested to try the Soba noodles.
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wanted to share a recipe collecting site that I have been using successfully for a while.
www (dot) copymethat (dot) com
It’s free. I downloaded the app to my phone. When I find a recipe I want to try, i click on the icon from my phone where I can choose to print or email or text etc and Copymethat is a choice. I click on that icon and it scrolls thru the web page and pulls out the recipe. I give it tags for searching later and save.
From a computer, there is an option to drag a utility to your tool bar where I click on Copymethat and it does the same thing from a computer web page.
I can see all my saved recipes wherever I am logged in.
Now when I find a recipe in a magazine that I am interested in, I search to see if it is available online and then use Copymethat to save it.
Now magazines are recycled instead of piled in a spare bedroom to go through “one day”
I have made many more recipes found online since I give my phone wherever I am.
Hope you guys find this tool useful, too
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Dodgersgirl, copymethat sounds like a winner.
We are having some work done on the floors on our main floor and have been moving furniture around for over a week. Almost have enough back in place to have room for two granddaughters over their Thanksgiving breaks--parents work overseas and both girls are in college in the USA. Dinner has been more or less hit or miss of late. Tonight DH is at a church men's group dinner and I am sitting here pleasantly sated after reheating some skillet chili and eating it with some seasoned corn chips with a peach for dessert. Still sipping the Zinfandel that went along side. . .
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Yes, Dodgersgirl, that looks like a great recipe keeping option. I am still printing recipes I see online, which is certainly foolish given all the cookbooks and mags I already have.
Today I had my yearly eye check up, and have been worried about how not perfect my vision seems since having cataract surgery early this year. I love my wonderful eye doc, but had my surgeries done by her partner since she had to cut back her schedule due to dealing with post treatment cancer. So, it was nice to have her address my concerns today. She decided we have to determine whether my changed vision has to do with my (suddenly post cataract surgery appearing) dry eye issues, or not, so she put some “punctal plugs” in my eyes to reduce the dry eye symptoms and we will know more at the next visit. And it was good to see my fave doc looking really well!
Tonight as I was preparing leftovers for dinner, DH came home from visiting our friend who is struggling with late stage metastasized prostate cancer, and presents me with a take out package of our favorite braised lamb shank dish from Sweet Basil, a local restaurant. Apparently, our friends are so inundated with meal support that they were eager to share that one. So we had that, and a first time salad effort, baby kale with carrot, red onion, pear, red cabbage, goat cheese and balsamic dressing. I think it would be a good way to try kale.
Tomorrow night I plan to have my fave salmon over sauteed veggies at The Harp if we get in early enough prior to the Celtic’s game. I hope so since the Garden food is vile
Apparently, on Thursday and Friday we will be receiving the snow you midwest folks have endured this past week. And as much as I don’t look forward to feeling the full force of winter as we again head into the city , I will not complain, given what the Californians are dealing with. Hoping that you are not being expected to head there, Eric.
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I tried that app dodgersgirl - good one, thanks!
Beautiful salad Lacey. In spite of the kale lol! The second bout of snow missed us but a larger one is on the horizon for Thursday. Temps are running 20+ degrees below normal. But you're right, I have no business complaining with the horrors happening in California.
Tomorrow is a trip to the city dropping off several unused Christmas trees to a local animal rescue organization to use in a Christmas fund raiser, along with a huge box of old towels and blankets that they use for the dogs. Then we'll drop off the 10 pound bag of shredding at Office Max, followed by a trip to Trader Joe's. Should be a full day. I plan to reward myself with a box of windmill cookies from tj's. Hopefully I'll also find something worthy for dinner.
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Laceu, now THAT is a salad! We dodged almost all the snow--nothing stuck, not even on the grass. None is forecast for us, either. Sometimes "lake effect" can be a disaster, but thus far it's plaguing IN & MI and not the Chicago lakefront. Every day I don't have to wear boots is a gift from the gods. We're forecast to go up into the 50s next week--but in years past we've had some doozies of snowstorms during the actual run of the Bar Show. God bless Uber & Lyft--and a Hilton (with a gazillion Honors points) across from the theater. That'll be Bob's & my home-away-from-home that week.
Tonight was leftover ceviche Bob brought home from his office tonight--with most of the seafood picked away. The serranos sure cleared my sinuses, though. I then nuked the frozen leftover lamb shwarma and rice, supplementing it with cremini mushrooms for umami. Had paleo waffles for breakfast--meh. But "meh" nonetheless beats "feh;" and I got to use the last of the White Kitty Farm maple syrup my friend in OH used to make.
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I still print out recipes, too. My favorites go into a thick looseleaf notebook. I, too, have a large cookbook collection. Now I've started buying Kindle version cookbooks, but, for the most part, I read through them for information and ideas. I enjoy reading cookbooks. Call me weird!
Last night's dinner was roasted chicken thighs, skin on and bone in. I overcook them until the skins are brown and crisp. The side was cauliflower mash made with small amount of butter and reduced fat cream cheese. DH and I both enjoy the cauliflower mash. We don't eat it just because it's "healthy," the way we occasionally eat broccoli.
Tonight will be pork country ribs cooked in the oven with a little barbecue sauce. The side will be baked sweet potatoes.
Poor dh has a dermatologist appointment so he has to venture out in our wintry weather. It's in the 30's and dismal looking outside. He is paying the price for all those years of exposing bare skin to the sun. The dr. will be carving on his back today.
Minus, I hope you like the soba noodles and sweet/spicy sauce.
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Carole, try ribs in the pressure cooker. Really good. You can finish them in the broiler or on the grill.
I have one more day of recipe culling. So far we have thrown away one very large box of magazines leaving a foot high stack of individual pages. As I went through them (I had the foresight to mark the pages I liked with a sticky note) I found recipes I had marked no longer interested me and others that I hadn't marked did. I ended up tearing out more pages! I should have just looked at the pages marked instead of the whole publication. I'll finish tomorrow while watching the predicted 6 inch snowfall :-(
I like reading cookbooks too Carole but not collecting them (although I have a significant collection.) The only cookbooks I use consistently are Joy of Cooking (even after all these years) and Julia Child's Kitchen Wisdom. I keep the pressure cooker cookbook handy for reference but all the rest have a few recipes that I use consistently but that's all. I should just tear those recipes out and ditch the cookbook but it seems sacrilegious or something.
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Btw, when I said my magazines went back ten years, I lied. The oldest was dated 2000.
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Nance, I spent nearly an hour trying to find you on Pinterest without success. I searched under your name, under cooking under pressure. Maybe if I knew the name of one of your recipes, that would work. Do you have your picture on your board?
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