So...whats for dinner?

I bought fresh shitake mushrooms from my farmer neighbor at the market today. I will sauté them tonight to go with a ribeye steak. I also have tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, new potatoes and zucchini from the market so a side dish should be easy to come by.

I'll have to post some pictures of the exotic mushroom selection. They're $10 for a quart container and they fly off the shelves at that price.

DH has been on a tomato, cucumber, onion salad kick so he's been making it as a side with everything, and I'm not complaining. Tonight we went out to a hamburger oriented restaurant with my brother and wife. I had one with pimento cheese and sauted onions. Yum

And it was a special time too as my brother is scheduled for a serious surgery soon. It was good to be all together.

Last night was cottage & fresh campari tomatoes. Tonight I had to use a terminal banana, so dinner was Cheerios w/Banana. My BFF is coming to town tomorrow for a dental appointment and will hang out at my house from 3pm until the traffic clears - probably 6pm. Since she's having two crowns placed and require soft food, we may go to Panera for soup, or we may have Yakisoba at my house.

Carole, Those rice packets are good when you don’t have time to cook rice or when you just need a small amount. There is quite a bit of variety. I tried a Ben’s fried rice packet which, while not authentic, was not bad.

Minus, I hope you enjoyed the visit with your friend.

Dinner tonight was Angus strip steak, sautéed zucchini and potato salad.

Dinner last night was Nathan hot dogs cooked in Bush's baked beans on the stove top. Side was delicious cole slaw made with slivered cabbage. The cabbage was from the farmers market.

Maggie, that hospital cafe sounds like a good restaurant.

I enjoyed the spinach/cheese ravioli from Costco again last night. I sautéed small chunks of zucchini, added the cooked ravioli and Rao's alfredo sauce. Yum. It turned out to be a good marriage of ingredients. I also made a delicious salad with butter lettuce, cucumber, tomato, blue cheese and purple onion for dh. No onion for me. We have our own favorite dressings. He likes sweet onion creamy dressing and I like lite Caesar. Ken's brand.

I am not looking forward to my chore for today. Cleaning the carpet in the 5th wheel.

We have Canadian smoke again this week. At least the temperatures have become more moderate and the humidity is at a more comfortable level.

Love everyone's meals. I made scrambled eggs with the leftover sweet potato and some frozen broccoli. I made the eggs in the microwave and DH said it was the best batch o eggs in some time. Go figure.

Tonight, I will make a lamb curry (ground lamb). Just need to decide if it will be more Thai or more Indian leaning.

The tsunami here was an advisory and not much happened by our coast, thankfully. Hope everyone on the west coast is safe.

Carole, The ravioli is a good base for so many different meals. Carpet cleaning is definitely a chore I don’t look forward to.

m0mmy, The country style ribs sound yummy.

Nance, You’ll have to make an evening run to the grocery store if the workman are around for a few days. A walk in shower is a necessity as time goes by.

Wally, DH claims that microwaved scrambled eggs have a more uniform texture but don’t have the flavor from the frying pan.

Dinner tonight was apple juice and crackers while waiting for a surprise midnight MRI.

Minus, I'm glad you're making sure to get some protein into your meals. I like canned sardines but seldom buy or eat them.

We have a walk-in shower in our en suite bathroom at home. We also have a Jacuzzi type tub that does not get used. We both take showers.

The weather was perfect yesterday for carpet cleaning. Cool and low humidity. The carpet was dry in a couple of hours. It helped that the carpet has little nap left. It definitely looks cleaner.

We're having ideal summer weather this week except for the invasive fire smoke.

Dinner was a mixture of green and yellow beans with new potatoes. Also burgers cooked in the skillet. No buns.

minus - terminal banana - hilarious! I also love both of the flavors of NBC you mentioned. Last year (I think) they had a gluten free version of the lemon raspberry - it was actually very good. I have found no issues with finding decent GF pasta, but baked goods are another kettle of fish. Good texture GF bread is especially tough to find.

maggie - I did an elimination diet not too long after chemo and it is actually very similar to the low fodmap, so that has made it a bit easier. I have found that making a list of things I can eat and cherry picking from that is easier than looking between the do/don't list, or looking at recipes. I have been happy to note there is enough on the yes list that I am doing ok. Eating in restaurants will be a challenge, but I rarely do anyway, so I will see what happens. The fall back is steak and a naked baked potato. I really hate that salad is off the table because that would make things easy and was always my go-to.

I did make some meatloaf (the naughty one) because DH requested it, so that has meant beyond eating it hot on the evening I made it with roasted potatoes and carrots (kind of a sheet pan meal with sheet pans going in the oven at different times, lol!) we have since enjoyed meatloaf sandwiches and potato salad for the last two nights.

For some unknown reason - maybe low B12, maybe awkward sleep position, maybe something spinal - the three middle fingers on my right hand are numb and pins/needles. This happens periodically, and is annoying, and makes it almost impossible to type. I've had to correct throughout this whole post because I am typing gibberish, lol!

carole - one of my fave dinners out from the time we were stationed in upstate NY, in the very Italian spot of Rome, NY, was an angel hair pasta with rosa sauce (marinara and heavy cream) and small pieces of sauteed zucchini with red chili flakes and lots of parm on top. It was from a restaurant called Scamardo's which is no longer there. I like the intersection of pasta and zucchini, seems like a natural combo.

We have three different kinds of showers in our house - DD's old room and bath at the back of the house has a nicely sized step down walk-in that started with a shower curtain but we added sliding doors. No tub in that bathroom. We put one of those removable hand sprayer shower heads in there because it was a perfect dog washing spot. The middle of the house guest bath has a tub/shower combo to which we added sliding doors. I would actually like to change that to a swinging door because I hate cleaning those tracks. The good news is that it is only used for occasional guests so it stays clean. Our bathroom has a big garden tub that I get in fairly often, used it a lot during treatment. The shower is a Roman style with no door and fully tiled - it is huge. DH recently replaced the shower head while I was out of town and went from a round, more rain style, to a regular one that is square. I don't like the way it sprays and now more water mist gets out of the open door area. It also sprays in my face more since I am significantly shorter than he is. There is a glass block wall as part of the shower that looks toward the long row of cabinets/sinks. We are considering a re-do and I would remove the glass block and do a pony wall with glass above where the glass block is and add a glass door that swings into the shower as there is not enough room to swing out without hitting the side of the tub. Debating removing the really large tub and putting a freestanding one but the bathroom is also quite large so it is not taking up space that could be used for anything else. If we turned the tub we might be able to have a shower door that swings out. We could revamp the shower and tub tile (same tile goes around the back and sides of the tub and we don't really love it) without changing the relatively newer floor, and there is no reason to change the vanities and sinks. Not sure what path to take.

The rosa sauce (marinara and heavy cream) sounds delicious. I have a small amount of Rao's alfredo sauce in the refrigerator and am planning to open a Rao's marinara tonight. I think I will include the leftover alfredo sauce as a cream substitute. The other ingredients are bulk Italian sausage, linguine out of the freezer and zucchini.

Minus, I like smoked oysters, too.

Minus, During “German week” Aldi sells canned herring in mango chutney, pineapple curry and tomato sauces. I always stock up since they are very good and only appear occasionally. I like creamed chipped beef on toast, too.

Carole, I’m sorry the smoke is putting a damper on your good weather.

Nance, Beef kabobs are a great meal from the grill.

Special, I’d recommend getting your hand checked out. Those three fingers could be carpal tunnel. I’m stuck in ED observation where I was sent by my RO with right hand numbness/weakness which nobody paid much attention to as it worsened for 6 months. I’m not a good lefty. The MRI showed nerve compression so I have to add neuro/spine to my too long medical list. I plan to try the rosa sauce.

Eric, That’s one expensive mouse. My ED attending today has organized field hospitals at home and abroad, in war zones and during natural disasters, for 30 years. The NP accompanying her had to explain why she grabbed random objects in the room to test my reflexes.

Dinner tonight was grilled chicken, broccoli and apple slices. The hospital food isn’t as good as the cafeteria’s so I used Italian dressing to disguise the dryness.

Yup Eric. Creamed Chipped Beef on toast was at one time (think WWII - even VIet Nam) a staple for the military. Think SOS. I know Special will remember the name.

My ex-DH was in the Coast Guard so he never wanted me to serve it.

Growing up on/near a marine base, I was familiar with the "SOS" term. With the chaplain around, it was "Same Old Stuff", otherwise it was "S—- on a Shingle." :-)

Chipped beef is a dried, salted beef that was thinly sliced. For SOS I remember mom chopping it up into tiny pieces and putting those pieces into a white gravy. After cooking it was put onto a piece of toast and served.

I like salt, so the saltiness was just fine. Many find it far too salty to eat.

Wally, Hopefully you’ll have good weather and catch something.

Carole, Good to know the marinara/alfredo combination worked. I sometimes end up with leftovers of both which on their own are not enough for another meal.

Minus, Have some of each on crackers with your G & T.

Dinner tonight was chicken and asparagus in cream sauce with mashed potatoes (at home!!)