So...whats for dinner?

SpecialK

minus - your timeline is actually what I have been told, so I am not surprised. Mine will be extraction, bone graft next week - wait for that to heal, set the anchor, wait for that to heal, then attach the implant. I am expecting 6 months minimum - the good news is this tooth is at the back so relatively unseen, but needed for chewing on that side, so... I had my most recent Prolia injection in March so I am hoping that any risk from that is at least somewhat minimized since my MO deemed that my last, because I have been on it for 6 years at that point. That was unknowingly fortuitous since this is the situation I am in now!

ChiSandy

Eat soft foods for a week after extractions, some protein for healing but not too rapidly, as you don't want a dry socket. Good luck and let me know how it goes. And though my teeth are staying put for now, my days of gnawing ribs, tough wings, steak bones, and corn on the cob are over too. I bought a good corn-stripper, and have gotten pretty skilled at dissecting ribs and chicken wings if the knife is sharp enough. Gonna have my orthodontic consult in a couple of weeks--hopefully I'll be able to get an Invisalign or a lingual-wire (back-side-of-tooth) brace or at least stabilizer. Been warned that orthodontia takes longer if you're on or have been on Prolia or a bisphosphonate, because both drugs stabilize bone modeling and teeth will therefore move much more slowly.

Defrosting a Duroc pork chop to pan-sear after trick-or-treat is over, and planning a maple glaze for it. Was going to saute some apples, but my fruit bowl has only citrus. So I will heat and spice some applesauce on the side, and eat whatever green is in the crisper. I have some leftover long-grain and wild rice I can also nuke.

Beaverntx

The tooth timeline matches my experience when I had an implant several years ago--on lower right side so most chewing was done on the left. Due to crowns on my upper front teeth, I haven't bitten into a good, crisp apple for twenty years so chewing precautions came pretty naturally.

Dinner tonight will be homemade pizza--crust is in the bread maker while we go vote. No trick or treaters since our neighborhood does a Saturday daytime trick or treat in the neighborhood park.

carolehalston

Tonight will be chicken breast fillets and eggplant slices, both cooked in the air fryer and both breaded with panko crumbs.

Impulse buy after watching info-mercial on Power Quick Pot. Not one but two 8 qt. models! So called BOGO but that wasn't including extra for the inserts.

illimae

Tonight was a big salad, so yummy!

Beaverntx

Illimae, looks yummy. I forgot to take a picture of our piled high with veggies pizza before we dug in and scarfed half of it down!

ChiSandy

Well, after 4-1/2 hrs. handing out Halloween candy, checked the fridge and found the pork chop still hadn't defrosted. I had leftover stale steamed rice & char siu pork that needed to be used up, so I made fried rice--adding julienned snow peas, and sliced scallions I've been growing in a jar on my windowsill (save the root ends from your green onions--they'll sprout in water)--using garlic & ginger oil, five-spice powder, soy sauce for color and finished with sesame oil for aroma. Didn't add egg, as I had two for breakfast. The Bob brought home some leftover S. Side thin-crust pizza from the doctors' lounge at the hospital--nobody but the cardiologists took any of it home. It's "tavern-cut" rather than sliced, but it was surprisingly good.

Lacey12

Beav, I wish you had remembered to take a pic of that pizza....sounds like my fave....tho am currently avoiding pizza as I try to cut down on calories.

Happy Halloween, everyone! I’ve decided that we must be the neighborhood “Boo Radley” house since our trick or treaters have been diminishing in recent years and despite DH’s lighting up every room in our house tonight, and putting some battery lit lights on our outer hedge, we had not a single costumed (or plain clothed) taker! Weird! Last week DH decided that in case we had leftover candy, we should buy what we like. Oh dear! Good thing the two Heath Bars I already scarfed down tonight were tiny!

Today I made a dinner for us and for a couple from our church, the wife of whom was just released from the hospital after serious pneumonia....probably due to her vulnerable state. She has been managing lung cancer AND pulmonary fibrosis for the past two years, and is amzingly fit otherwise. I made them baked balsamic/rosemary chicken breasts and put them atop a bed of a mix of farro with roasted butternut squash, onion and sauteed kale. It was pretty. Also made a giant salad with honey mustard dressing, her favorite . We had the same thing. And I was so disorganized putting all this together, I never took pix....and I left our chicken breasts in the cooling down oven while I delivered the succulent looking dish to their house, and stopped at a social justice vigil for a while, returning home later than planned.... so we had very dry chicken.

Special, I am just now getting my crown for the extraction/bone growing/implant process I had this past year for a #30 (I think) lower molar. I started the process 2017 summer, and yesterday was finally measured for the new crown. Fascinating high tech machine did the work! No more awful goop in your mouth. Guess it’s been a long while since I had an impression for a crown! Anyway, your process sounds faster than mine has been. Once my initial stitches were healed from any of the surgical procedures, eating was fine....mostly on the other side for a month or so. I hope it goes well for you! I have not been on prolia or similar drugs, and my bone loss due to the original infection issue was really significant, too. So I think it just happens with infections. Good luck!

carolehalston

More chicken breast tonight since it's thawed. There were two half breasts in the package from Fresh Market. I will make the sweet/spicy sauce I like so much and do a saute with chunks of chicken and broccoli and cook some soba noodles and mix everything together.

Last night's breaded chicken breast fillets and eggplant slices dinner was tasty with a side jar of mango chutney and a delicious romaine salad. The air fryer did a good job. I had to cook in batches and put the cooked food in a warm oven. The plus is only the cooking basket to wash and no splatter on the stove stop.

ChiSandy

Doing the pork chop tonight--with the long-grain/wild rice blend and roast brussels sprouts.

By the time we closed up shop last night, we were down to 8 Hershey kisses. Started with 12 lbs. of candy. Best costumes were the three Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton and a 12-yr-old picture-perfect Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Still had a scratchy throat and congestion, so brunch was hot & sour soup (I used the Kikkoman mix, as I don't keep cornstarch or dulse on hand--added an egg, more white pepper, a few red pepper flakes, and rice vinegar) with tofu. My college sorority sister who sings with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir swears by it. They've won 3 Grammys, so she knows whereof she speaks.

auntienance

Made it to civilization yesterday so tonight is the sheet pan pork tenderloin with fennel and apples.

Two tricksters only yesterday so I have lots of chocolate left. Fortunately it's the teeny little one bite size. Takes longer to unwrap it than to eat it.

auntienance

Lacey, I think the decline in trick or treaters, at least in my area, is due to the proliferation of trunk or treat events. The one I participate in had well over 500 kids this year, double last years turnout, and there were several other such events in town over a few days.

Carole, are you happy with your air fryer? I'm sorely tempted, but I'm in divesture mode so have to really think about adding another appliance. I expect there will be lots of sales this season so I need to do some research.

auntienance

Carole, I just realized you said you got a multi/pressure cooker. Congratulations! I'm curious about that particular model, it advertises that it functions as a sous vide. How does that work?

MinusTwo

Nance & Lacey - agree about the trunk or treats at libraries & churches - it means almost no kids at my house. Last I year did what Lacey's DH advised - bought only what I liked - and since we only had 3 kids that was a good thing. This year I was a Halloween Scrooge and didn't even turn the lights on, but of course we were under a tornado watch, had 3-1/2" of pouring rain and 30 mph winds. I knew a neighbor down the block has put up a canopy over her driveway and planned to invite the kids into her garage AND her living room. Because we get so many that don't live in the neighborhood & just drop off their kids, I don't think that was particularly safe.

Carole - If you don't mind sharing, I'd love to know how to make your sweet/sour sauce that you use w/the chicken & broccoli. I'm thinking it might be good with shrimp too.

ChiSandy

Rogers Park--the neighborhood to our north, which had two as-yet-unsolved random shootings in the past month (most likely a gang initiation--there's security-cam video of the alleged shooter, but his face is covered up by a hoodie, ball cap, and turtleneck pulled up to his eyes)--held a daylight Trunk or Treat, but it was only 2 hrs. long. There were games and the police were handing out the candy, but it was over before 5 pm. Parents didn't feel comfortable about taking their kids door-to-door in the dark, so they came down here.

eric95us

We ran out of candy. I bought about 10 pounds and it still wasn't enough. I think the oldest to come by was probably 12 and they had a kindergarten aged brother with them. I did notice a lot of cars pulled to the side of the road at the end of the block, so I'm guessing folks drove their kids here.

SpecialK

Thanks all for the extraction and implant info - I appreciate it!

chisandy - I am at the tail end of Invisalign. It has taken three times as long as projected due to my excellent response to Prolia, lol! My oral surgeon is actually happy I will be wearing a tray because it will help protect the extraction area.

auntienance

The pork tenderloin with fennel was really good. Highly recommend.

7of9

Leftover Halloween candy! ;P

eric95us

I'm canning seven 12-ounce jars of homemade chicken broth. With the space I need to leave in the jars, they each end up holding about 9 ounces of broth...a perfect amount as I seem to use it in 1 cup increments.

Dinner tonight was Subway sandwiches.

carolehalston

Minus, I would love to share the simple but tasty sweet/spicy sauce. I think I can recite the recipe from memory. 3 T brown sugar, 1 1/2 T. low sodium soy sauce, 1 T fish sauce, 1 T rice vinegar, 1 T sambal oelek/hot chili sauce, 1 tsp dark sesame oil, 3/4 tsp. corn starch. Measure ingredients and whisk together in a small bowl. Ta DAH!

This sauce is good for pork as well as chicken, and I'm sure it would be good for shrimp.

Nance, my Power Quick Pots are en route. I just bought them. I like the Air Fryer but I use it to restrict fat and calories in my ongoing effort to lose weight. I won't claim that the air fried food is better than old-fashioned fried food. You can probably achieve the same results with "oven" frying. The air fryer is large, a consideration. I'm wondering where I will give the Quick Pot a kitchen spot.

Last night's soba noodle dish was delicious with the substitution of cauliflower for broccoli. There was no broccoli in the refrigerator. I must have cooked it already. Four ounces of soba noodles (dry measure before cooked) is perfect for the two of us. I made a "light" cabbage slaw side dish with cabbage sliced very thin and tossed with olive oil and white balsamic and a sprinkling of Stevia sweetener.

For anyone who hasn't tried soba noodles, you cook them in unsalted boiling water for about 6 minutes. Drain the water and thoroughly rinse the noodles in cold water. So easy and I love the taste. I add them to the sauce and veggie and meat mixture and reheat them while they absorb some sauce flavor.

Tonight we're meeting another couple for dinner at a very good and pricey restaurant. The folks in MN have a different word for pricey. Spend-y.

Tomorrow morning is supposed to start off in the 40's. Yay to cooler weather.

I have been saving cardboard boxes in preparation for today's project. Tackling closets. Yesterday I found a sewing machine I had forgotten about!! It belonged to an aunt and my cousin gave it to me when my aunt died.

auntienance

I love soba noodles too and haven't had them for a while. Might be time for my favorite steak and soba noodle stir fry. Speaking of which, I bought a beautiful porterhouse (for $7.99/lb!) at Fresh Thyme Wednesday that I will probably reverse sear. It will feed both of us. DH is also requesting chili, so lots of possibilities for a change.

We finished the garage and our kind neighbor hauled a truckload of junk away for us. Most everything in the garage is now in mouseproof storage bins and fresh Ramix put out for those lithe critters looking to set up mousekeeping for the winter.

ChiSandy

Last night, I made the pork chop--seasoned it with s&p and let it rest in the fridge for an hour before putting it in the preheated cast iron skillet (no oil). After cooking, I brushed it with Whole Foods Maple-Bourbon marinade and a bit of apple cider, and foil-tented and and rested it on the carving board. Still have half of it left over. Trimmed and halved Brussels sprouts, tossed them with olive oil and a balsamic-onion seasoning mixture, roasted them; as they cooled in the toaster-oven, I tossed them with a tiny bit of maple syrup. For starch, I nuked the wild/long-grain rice mixture--no salt or butter.

Tonight I will wait till after I return from our neighborhood interfaith memorial service, and probably reheat leftover cheese pizza. Pork seems a bit wrong after going to temple.

Beaverntx

Tonight's dinner is the rest of the halibut from the other night, gently reheated, with oven roasted green beans and potatoes(separate pans, both lightly seasoned with s&p) and fresh tomatoes. It's been a long day trying to get a credit card straightened out so glad to have easy fixin's for tonight.I

Sandy, understand about the pork for tonight but it sounds good for another day.

ChiSandy

Yeah--gotta atone for the sausage biscuit I had with my eggs for brunch. I love "treyf" (pork, shellfish, cheeseburgers, meat lasagna, veal Parmigiana, etc.) but as I get older I feel more and more awkward about eating it on Shabbat.

Lacey12

Wow, am impressed with those of you cleaning out the years of “gathered house items”...Carole and Nance! Puts me to shame....someday I might get motivated, but I seem to get better and better at putting things off. My kitchen “area” displays lots of “to do” notes....with relative chaos around them. Plowing through two high piles of paperwork and mail does allow me to at least see those notes!

Last night it took us well over an hour to get to the Garden for the game, leaving not enough time to go to the Harp for dinner before the game started, so we searched high and low for any decent food in the arena, to no avail...ended up having a “veggie burrito bowl” totally uninspiring, but edible.

Tonight we had dinner at my next door neighbors’ church which always has great Middle Eastern food at their bazaar. I had a baked haddock dish with a rice/lentil mix and a Greek salad. DH had a mixed plate of kibbe, spanakopita, yogurt and Salad. We took home a container of baklawa, which my neighbor explained is different from Greek baklava since they use rose water in their sugar water, and no honey. They are delicious!

Tomorrow is our 45th anniversary, so we are going to dinner at a nice restaurant in Newton (since the places we wanted to go to in Boston were booked up for before theater times). Then we’ll drive into town for a one woman show...the theme of which I have no memory! It sounded good when DH found it,tho.

Sunday morning we are meeting DS2 and DDIL2 for brunch to celebrate his birthday which was this past week. We will probably firm up T-giv plans then. They asked me to host it here, and they’ll bring the turkey and the fryer and fry it it our backyard. I’m so not in the mood to do tons of cooking that I might follow the example of my culinary expert next door neighbor and order sides from our town grocery store. We’ll see...

eric95us

45...Congratulations!!!!

Beaverntx

Lacey, congrats on 45 and enjoy your celebration.

carolehalston

Dinner last night at Gallagher's restaurant in Mandeville was very good. The four of us had the wedge salad with thick gooey delicious blue cheese dressing. For my entree I had pompano in beurre blanc sauce. It was wonderful. DH had an entree with seared tuna and scallops. No sides. Three of us shared a small baguette of French bread. I had a rye old-fashioned and a glass of house chardonnay.

I would be happy to eat there more often if our budget included frequent dinners to the tune of $100 plus. But it was great to visit with a long-time golf friend that I hadn't seen since May and her man friend who is a likable guy.

Pat Gallagher, the owner chef, has been in the area for many years and now has three successful restaurants.

Dinner tonight will probably be meatloaf. When I was portioning ground chuck purchased at Fresh Market, dh volunteered that I should freeze it in meatloaf size! Hint. Hint.

Moonflwr912

Lacey, congrats on 45 years!

Specialk, hope your dentistry goes well.

My DH went up to the farm with my DD2 and her family. Its his first big trip out without me. Hes feeling the way we all did after tx. Scared, but determined. I had to give him the "just because you can, doesnt mean you should" talk. Hoping he doesnt do too much. Depending on my Dd2 to make sure he do+esnt overdo.

Went out for a fish fry with my SIL and neice last night. Tonight was a pork chop and leftover potatoes.

Its quiet in the hoyse today. Funny how fadt I got used to someone being home with me. LOL.

Much love to all