So...whats for dinner?
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Hey all!
Made some chili last night and cornbread with honey butter. I went out to lunch yesterday with a friend, had a Kimmelwick beef sandwich, special roll, shaved beef, fried green tomato, lemon aioli served with a potato hash with mixed peppers and pimento cheese - so good. Ate half, brought half home. Went to lunch today with my former boss (with whom I go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers games) and two former co-workers. At work one day we discovered we were all born in 1956, so we formed the 1956 Club and go to lunch together once a year - we have now been doing this for about 8 or 9 years. The boss still works for the original company, she is a transfusion services compatibility testing lab manager, but the two others moved on to an assisted living facility and to the VA hospital. I “retired” after the breast cancer diagnosis and started collecting Social Security 18 months ago. I had a steak sandwich on sourdough which was yummy, but did not compare to the dessert - almond cake with chocolate mousse layered and coconut ice cream, and a slice of Oreo cheesecake with peanut brittle crumbs and dulce de leche sauce. We got four forks and shared - so yummy!
eric - how is your hand? Sorry about DD - mine is also sick, fortunately had an existing follow up appt with her primary care so was able to get antibiotics. Is doing ok with that and symptom management.
joyce - did you have a cold couple of days like we did? Friday was cold, windy, and drizzling. Warmer yesterday, beautiful today.
minus - I find PF Chang’s has lost the luster, now just a chain experience. We have a super family owned Asian fusion restaurant a few mins from the house - really, really good, but I know how lucky we are to have ot
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Dinner was a delicious baby spinach & baby red chard salad. I've gained several pounds eating extra pasta meals at my restaurant that closed. Now I'll be paying the price with only salads for while.
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Saturday was oyster poboys at Landry's restaurant, near Jeanerette, LA. DH and I and younger sister and her dh drove 3 hours to visit our middle sister and her dh. The restaurant is close to their house and is owned by local people.
Last night was take out pizza. Needless to say, my wedding ring is tight today.
It's rare that there are serious injuries during the many Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. This year there have been two deaths. Both sound like carelessness on the part of the people in the crowds who get within touching distance of the huge floats. Needless to say many parade watchers are not sober.
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I have to correct my previous post - the weight gain isn't from the pasta. I didn't eat that much pasta. It's from eating the baskets full of garlic bread over the last two weeks at my restaurant that closed. I even brought the leftover garlic bread home (because of course they would just have to throw it away) and ate a piece or two for my bed time snack several evenings. Bread & butter is my all time favorite food. Better than chocolate. Better than.... Unfortunately it "sticks to the ribs", and other unfortunate places.
So today I was going to make French Toast with some sourdough. Oops - bread. Hmmm. Smoked salmon on rye? Oops - bread again. Guess I'll have a salad again - with no crackers on the side.
My BFF's coming to town Thursday. The two places we've considering for lunch are Angela's Oven and Common Bond - both bakeries. Sigh!!!
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Minus you sound like me! Bring me the bread and no one gets hurt. Well my waistline has been affected so I'm dialing that back. Or trying.
Stuffed shells with fresh ricotta and Rao's (Carole) sauce and a salad for dinner. Delish. DH brought home some Rao's jarred soup over the weekend so Sunday night supper (which he made as I had a busy church day) was grilled cheese sandwiches on multigrain bread and Rao's pasta Fajule (not sure of spelling) soup. It always tastes better when someone else cooks. 🙂
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Last night's dinner was delicious and easy. Home-made crab cakes out of the freezer, cauliflower mash (a whole cauliflower) flavored with reduced fat cream cheese and small amount of butter, and a romaine salad with avocado, kalamata olives and blue cheese.
Happy Mardi Gras!
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Tonight is pork chops coated in Panko bread crumbs, mashed potatoes and applesauce
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DD is starting to feel better...and my finger is very much improved...so all is improving on the health front.
I just realized that it was a couple of weeks ago....in 2012....Sharon got the call regarding the (unwanted) biopsy results. So, it's been a bit over 8 years since the diagnosis.
Reader, I agree with you about the bread. And, Minus, I take the sourdough and make it into garlic toast, which is "most excellent"...but I have to run a bunch of miles to offset eating that.
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Happy Mardi gras! Tonight is jambalaya made with brown rice, Cajun sausage and shrimp and a baguette smeared with butter and garlic. At Fresh Thyme I picked up the last of the paczki, which fortunately turned out to be my favorite Bavarian cream. Nothing but carbs here tonight.
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eric - glad to hear you and DD are on the mend!
Happy Mardi Gras to all!
Helping DD move into an investment house we got, so we are having Greek takeout tonight. Fortunately it is relatively cool so that’s a plus but it is supposed to rain tomorrow. We have loaded/driven/unloaded twice from her storage unit into and out of a 15’ U-Haul. I’m feeling more than my 63 years right now! Lol
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Special, I'm afraid that's going to be me (us) when we (Sharon and I) move. She hates the heat and I hate the city and that leaves a lot of places to move to.
DD is home. She's over the worst...just tired now. Where my finger was so red, the skin is acting like a blister is healing.
Tonight is a pizza night.
I got the new computer and the scanner going.. I've been scanning pictures, slides and negatives.
There are lots of memories for the stuff that Sharon and I "took" and quite a history lesson for the images taken by my grandparents and parents.
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Glad everyone is healing!
Tonight was sheet pan fajitas made with flank steak. Nice because only one pan to clean up - the cast iron skillet I heated the tortillas in. The sheet pan was covered with foil. Pretty tasty
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I am up ridiculously late due to a Western Conference Celtics game. It was an exciting unexpected win, and I certainly can’t sleep, so figure I might as well post an entry I’d planned to do today.
Last night we ordered take out from a newer Turkish “kebab house” in town. I was pretty hungry after a day of prep for a colonoscopy, then spending most of yesterday with anesthesia effects wearing off. Clearly being “elderly” results in a longer recovery time from those drugs. I don’t recall being unable to just carry on with my day after previous procedures. So, I was not about to cook. We had a very generous take out order that included three different preparations of lamb and beef...lamb adana, lamb gyro, and kofte (beef meatballs with Turkish spices)....that came with a “shepherd salad” (tomatoes, cukes, radish slices and parsley), bulgur wheat pilaf and tzatziki and another spicy red sauce. The restaurant’s menu obviously expected readers to have some knowledge of their cuisine. I bet Susan could have helped with that! The pita bread was warm and soft...yum. So we were quite sated with about half of the order and and will order from there again. Tomorrow we’ll be having leftovers from that meal...likely sandwiches with the gyro meat and some soup or salad. And I might make a tzatziki for dressing the sandwiches.
I’m glad folks are healing from their various maladies. We are also functioning, but still plagued with coughs leftover from our URIs. DH’s is the worst, and it is really notable since he rarely gets these types of viral infections...so seeing it linger, despite several cough meds, is very odd. My theory is that our unusually warm winter temps have provided an ambient environment for all sorts of germs to find unsuspecting hosts. Ugh! Unfortunately, our little 8 month old sweet pea is likely bringing home lots of unfamiliar germs from day care to her parents and extended family. She’ll have a great immune system by the end of this year! Hopefully we will all do as well.
Carole, I have never been to Mardi Gras celebration, but my kids have, and it is pretty amazing from what I hear that there had been no serious injuries/fatalities until this year given the college age population there enjoying themselves to the fullest. Kudos to the New Orleans security for management of those crowds.
Nance, your Mardi Gras dinner sounded so delish!
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Lacey, your take-out meal sounds like a culinary adventure. I wish we had a similar restaurant to broaden our take-out eating. Thai seems to be popular in our general area and Vietnamese but nothing close enough for easy take-out. Glad you and your dh are feeling better.
Our dinner last night was edible. That's about all I can say about the main dish, stir fried chicken breast strips with stir fried cabbage. The chicken was actually tasty. I added a home-made "Asian" sauce that didn't thicken like it was supposed to do despite the corn starch that was one of the ingredients. I liked the 1950's salad more than the main dish. It was pineapple slices on the last of the romaine with a dollop of mayo and grated cheddar.
Tonight will be a small pork butt roast stuffed with garlic and green onion, baked sweet potatoes and maybe a slaw salad with the remainder of the cabbage. Maybe not.
With all the rain during our winter months, I have not played golf since even on the sunny days, the courses are too sloppy. I have been going to the gym most days and have greatly enjoyed the Silver Sneakers classes. The exercises provide some cardio but I like the range of motion movements and stretches. Once golf resumes I will probably regret having to miss the gym classes. This afternoon I plan to go to SS chair yoga. I do more intensive cardio in the gym on my own and also some weight machines.
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It’s a trip to Leftovers City tonight, otherwise known as Clean Out the Fridge night in my house!
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Hello, all!
I've been "away" for the past few weeks and am not even going to try to catch up. Hope everyone is well.
I switched from Letrozole back to Arimidex a couple of months ago because the former caused me to gain about 10 pounds in a single month. Lost a couple of pounds pretty quickly, but the remaining 8 seem to be stuck.
I got a standing desk converter for my cube at work and a "terrain" mat, which I am hoping will help me to burn a few more calories throughout the day. (And also keep the joint stiffness at bay.) Eating salads for lunch virtually every day. Trying for smaller portions at dinner. Sigh....
Tonight our fish CSA is petrale sole. I have some snap peas to go with it, and rice for my husband (who needs carbs with every meal).
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Oh Magari - San Francisco Petrale Sole - be still my heart.
My dinner was a large salad - lots of greens, shoestring beets, black olives. I forgot to add the Campari tomatoes sitting on the cupboard. I bought a Kroger Lemon pudding Bundt cake last week since they were on sale, and have been eating a piece every night. Tomorrow's garbage day & I still had 1/2 left - it went into the trash. It was still good but I don't need the calories. Sigh. One of the problems of living alone.
Don't know what my mood will be tomorrow, but probably spinach & cheese ravioli from the freezer or teriyaki from the bottom of the fridge.
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No idea yet what tonight’s dinner is going to be. I’ll see what strikes my mood when I am done washing down my kitchen cabinets.
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I took my grandmother's old floor lamp into a 'neighborhood' lighting specialist yesterday. Low and behold - right across the street was the home location for Angela's Oven. They sell at several farmers markets & have breakfasts & lunches at this central bakery. It was one minute before 1pm, when they close, so needless to say I couldn't eat there. The selections were spotty but I got a chocolate scone for last night. Interesting because it was not sweet. And for today - a sort of sourdough mini-pizza - large slice of bread with spinach & tomatoes and cheese (excellent). I had to bite my lip not to buy some of the bread loaves. Maybe after I loose the 5 lbs that appeared last month.
Just had a couple of bites of herring marinated in sour cream for an appetizer with my wine. Yeah - standing by the fridge with a fork picking the herring & onions out of a jar. Supper tonight will be popcorn.
Carole - my gym only offers 'classic' Silver Sneakers, although I understand some of the YMCAs have 5 or six 'silver' options. I go to chair yoga at a local hospital taught by an oncology nurse navigator. The stretching & breathing exercises have been marvelous - not to mention the accupressure and the meditation.
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One of the venders at the local farmers' market sells hot pickles. I, too, will stand at the refrigerator and eat the hot pickle slices right from the jar, but only when Sharon is not looking. :-)
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Minus, the Silver Sneakers classes at our YMCA offer really good exercise. The first time I went to a class, I didn't expect to get much of a workout, but I was wrong. When the weather allows me to get back to golf, I will miss going to the gym on those days. Unfortunately most of the classes are on golf days.
Dh and I both played golf yesterday. It was great being outdoors on a nice sunny day but...the pollen is out there. I had sniffles.
Back to dinner. I did prep during the morning by cooking brown rice and making pork gravy from the roast drippings after scooping off the hardened pork fat. Dinner last night was a skillet dish with brown rice and pieces of pork roast cooked in some of the gravy to make the mixture moist and flavorful. It was quite delicious. I made a sweet potato mash with the leftover sweet potato. Meal No. 2 might have been better than Meal No. 1. Maybe I was just hungrier.
It's time to start using up the food in the freezers. Even though I don't have a big freezer any more, I have managed to stuff quite a lot of meat in the freezers of two refrigerators.
Tonight may be shrimp and pasta.
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Hubby got us TV dinners last night since my left arm was super sore after washing down my kitchen cabinets. Tonight so far I have no clue!
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Mommy - sorry about your arm. Coincidence - I was cleaning & oiling my wood cabinets yesterday too.
Carole - love the sound of the skillet dish with pork dripping gravy.
Eric - is your finger finally healed?
Lacey - so true about the little one bringing home all the germs. Hope you are both better so you can build up your strength for the next round. (LOL)
I had my measles immunity tested with the last blood work. I had immunity for Red measles, which I knew because my next brother down had such a bad case he was in the hospital. But although I lay in bed with my little brother reading to him for days when he had the mumps, I have no immunity for that. My PCP is recommending that I have an MMR booster. Even though I'm not regularly around little kids, maybe it's because of my age? Or the fact that I do travel?
Special - is your daughter settled? Oh the joys of moving grown children (Not). How far away from you will she be? Close enough to drop by for a swim?
And yes - we are still under a 'boil water advisory'. Luckily we haven't lost water in my part of the City so we can shower & flush toilets. I brushed my teeth the first night, but they are saying that's a NO-NO even if you spit & don't swallow.
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Arm is better today. Hubby and I went to the store to do the weekly grocery. Decided to make Taco Rice Stuffed Green Peppers for dinner. It’s different than boring normal Stuffed Peppers.
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Magari - Petrale sole, so good. Last time visiting SF area ate as much of it as I could.
We just finished an early dinner (DH likes dinner in early afternoon). Lump crab cakes from Whole Foods (on special + 10% of with Amazon Prime), Aioli Lemon Dill as a sauce, roasted asparagus & carrots. Used a garlic & herb blend on the asparagus & finished off with a little butter. For me, accompanied by a glass of Chateau Ste Michelle Riesling.
Re: Silver Sneakers - I do Silver Sneakers Classic at the local Y and use weights for the exercises they use with small balls and the highest tension bands. It is a good workout for me, considering I have not been exercising for quite some time.
Happy Saturday afternoon to all.
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Minus, I hope your water situation is not long term. Be cautious! You are right about the “germ carrier” roles of little kids. Our son now always checks how we feel our immune systems are doing before bringing the baby over. She is often hosting a cold, and is teething, so dripping germs constantly!
Yes, get the vaccination booster! I had every childhood illness except for whooping cough. Having mumps at fourteen was awful! I would NOT want to go through that at our ages.
I am admiring you ladies for your hard work on the cabinetry!
Wishing our Y had a Silver Sneakers program. I've returned to my walking, but need to start a gym routine again. Our hospital connected gym seems not to be a great choice any longer since there are no more stretching classes or milder aerobics or pilates type options since the staff changed. My shoulders and back can’t manage the new more rigorous classes, sadly. And I’m determined to avoid shoulder surgery.Yesterday I trekked into town to meet up with my DF onc's nurse practitioner (for yearly follow up), since my onc was unable to be there. I always dislike this trip since the medical area is wild with traffic, the parking facility is ugly and tight and so far underground it feels eerie, and I don't find it easy to navigate the DF buildings, elevator system, etc. DH offered to accompany me, but there is no way I would bring his nagging cough to the hordes of "working towards renewed health" patients sitting in the waiting areas. So off I went!
What a serendipity! The traffic was not great, but I arrived in time since I allowed lots (not my usual style). I found a parking spot not too far from the poorly marked elevator bank, connected with another lost soul and we found our way to registration. I had a lovely cheerful tech take my vitals within two minutes of reaching the waiting area, and after that was called to see my clinician as soon as I returned to my seat! Usually the wait is long.
The nurse practitioner was lovely, informative and helpful with my minimal concerns. I was delighted to learn that my obsession with not letting anyone near my right arm (for blood work, pressure, etc.) is based on a now debunked theory that it could trigger lymphedema. That was a relief! Am I the last to hear about this? I feel like I have been extremely lucky NOT to have lymphedema, and on Tuesday while I was busy talking with the colonoscopy nurse who was updating my med record, a tech arranged a line in my right wrist for the anesthesia. Talk about my oblivion!! But I've worried about it since. So....It was good news to hear that medical research update! And if it's coming from Dana Farber, I'll believe it!
So after the appt, I made my way to checkout (almost forgot to do that....my IQ really drops when I'm there), made next year's appt, had my parking ticket stamped, which apparently results in a discount, and made my way to the garage cashier. Well....serendipity city!!! The cashier returned my ticket saying "It's complimentary.". So not only did my appt go efficiently, but I got free parking as a result of that....both rare feats in Boston!
I sailed home, stopped to pick up DH, and we headed for Wegman's to grocery shop. I picked up lots of supplies we needed, then decided to get salmon for dinner. So last night's meal was teriyaki baked salmon, brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and a big ol salad with my fave horseradish vinaigrette. We also had some Wegman's rosemary/olive oil loaf. My DH rarely has dinner (or lunch for that matter) without bread.
Tonight we head to TD Garden to see if our Celtics can fend off the Houston Rockets who are on a roll....a mighty task for our young crew. It should be a good game and spirited crowd.
We'll have dinner at The Harp so I may well have salmon again tonight, and I'm sure DH will have one of their burgers dressed with interesting "stuff".
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Lacey, I had not heard that info either and still don't let docs use my left arm. It was (literally) a bone of contention with a particular anesthesiologist who insisted my concerns were unfounded when I had gastro procedures. In fact I quit that particular gastro doc because of his anesthesiologist. Anyway, my argument was low rIsk didn't mean no risk. I'll have to do some research now.
It's a lovely day here. Looks like it's hamburgers on the grill with some oven fries. I'm still toying with the air fryer purchase idea. It would be good to have today.
Tomorrow is our 40th anniversary. I'm hoping not to cook.
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I pretty much keep up with the LE issues. Many docs including my BS insist there is "not much" risk. But the Dr. who is head of Wound Care at one of our major hospitals (where the helicopters come & they have a decompression chamber for divers) is still on board with taking precautions. You wouldn't believe the size of some of the patient limbs I've seen at that department. And my RO at MD Anderson is specific about the incidence and sent me for evaluation & treatment.
It's my considered opinion that there is always a risk - however small - for the rest of your life. Yes it's a darn hassle trying to find someone to draw blood from my ankle, and insisting that anesthesiology starts the line in my ankle for things like colonoscopies - but it makes me feel like I'm trying to be proactive. And yes, I did allow an IV in my less compromised arm when I had an MRI last fall because they would NOT do an ankle. And yes, I occasionally allow BP on that same less compromised arm as long as it's manual. Yeah - I'm older so maybe I shouldn't make such a fuss, but damned if I want yet another medical issue - and LE is irreversible. So far I only have mild breast & truncal LE, but I sure don't want it to progress to my arms, or.... The LE expert doc from Stanford says that most medical docs get only 15 minutes of training about LE in their entire 7 years of schooling. OK sorry - I'll get off my soap box now. This is a good site created with lots of input from BCO members. https://www.stepup-speakout.org/
Dinner was organic spinach & cheese ravioli tossed in EVOO, served with broccoli cuts.
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I always protect my right arm. Had just decided to dispense with that caution after reading Lacey's post. Then I read Minus's post! Will probably continue using the left arm for needles and bp measuring.
Last night's shrimp (scampi style) and linguine dish was delicious. The side was a romaine salad that dh put together while I tended the stove.
Tonight will probably be take out pizza.
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So far lunch has been been six almonds and four dried apricots. I’m feeling like there’s needs to be more.
I know It’s our anniversary but I really don’t feel like getting gussied up enough to go out tonight so we agreed to carry out from the local Mexican joint. At least somebody else is cooking.
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