So...whats for dinner?

LuvRVing

Lacey - yup, I'm upstairs and the tv works just fine, woohoo!  I don't have a problem with our tv at home, and I can switch to the internet functions (like Pandora) which requires me to turn off the receiver and turn the tv audio back on.  But this system here is so convoluted, even my daughter is frustrated by it.  The good news is that there's not much I cared about watching tonight.  It's tomorrow night - The Voice and Smash, gotta watch those two.  And I like a little tv during the day (love The Chew).  I just want the damn thing to work and not have to completely reboot the computer that is running the system. 

We have a Logitech remote at home.  It's completely programmable and set up so that if you want to watch tv, you press the "watch tv" button, and all the right components come on.  If they don't for some reason,  you press the "help" button and it checks each component until everything is set up correctly.  Worth every penny!!!

Lacey12

Michelle, yours sounds like a dream system to me......we may have to look into that!



Laurie, I got The Big C from the library and started the 1st season this weekend. Love Laura Linney!



Having a hard time giving up my weekend to return to the rigors of work...but better get some rest to face it. The darn sore throat is still with me....so talking my way through tomorrow will be no fun. Maybe some sleep and more gargling will give it a final chase.

debbie6122

Kay- Im glad your liver functions were good. Congrats on DH losing his weight goal. Me and DH both need to lose weight, last year we both lost weight and felt good, this year all i wanna do is eat. Every time i say the word diet i eat more. Arghhh!

It was nice having the whole day and evening to myself, i cleaned all day, did laundry, mopped, waxed, did windows, washed curtains and blankets cleaned both bathrooms. vacuumed. Cleaned out the fridge. I didnt answer the phone and put some music on, i actually enjoyed my own company tonight lol! Dh gets home late tomorrow, i will be ready for him to be home by then, but for now having some hot cocoa and popcorn watching Desperate housewives.  Michelle, I love Smash, its my new favorite!

Kaara

Kay...ditto on the good liver function.  I had a bad test as well and when it was repeated it was fine...that can really scare you!

Michelle:  I'm sure your scan will be fine..my MO says those tests are unreliable which is why he doesn't do them on a routine basis.  You should be thinking only of that lovely upcoming Paris trip.

Debbie:  I just love being home alone for a few days when BF takes a business trip.  I can watch any TV program I want (we only have one TV in the house here in Fl) eat what I want, go where I want, etc. If you want to lose weight fast, just give up white carbs and sugar...weight will drop like a stone..it did for me and I wasn't even trying to lose weight.

 Now the latest..our DIL in Colorado is marketing some kind of detox wrap that makes you lose inches.  I tell you, these multilevel marketing schemes that our kids are getting into are costing me money!  I have vitamins, cleaning products, a facial spa, and now body wraps...when will it end.  I feel I have to support their efforts, but please!

Happy Monday everyone...time for me to go to my workout! 

debbie6122

Kaara- Thats exactly what we did to lose weight, we did a low carb and protien diet not the healthies probably but we lost 5 pds a week. I was down to a size 6. But i actually felt good. Think I will start it again next week after Mothers day, my dad and his wife are coming next friday and all we do is eat!  Funny story on the wraps- Well. at least they are motivative and adventurous and wanting to make money, LOL!

Gonna be a beautiful day today, may go walk on the beach they are putting out glass globes that they hide along the beach they are so beautiful and expensive to buy. 

apple

congratulations on your liver Kay

(when was the last time anyone had liver and onions with bacon?) .. years for me.. Not something one can eat a lot of but it is pretty good with enough bacon.

i used to make an awesome chicken liver pate.. maybe that's what I'll take to the mother's day dinner that is next week, that i went to last nite.

Kaara

I love liver...chicken livers, calves liver, but haven't had it in a long time.  I really love those chicken livers wrapped in bacon and broiled...yummy!  Even my son didn't know he was eating liver...hehe!  Wish I had some right now.  Actually, Dr. Mercola says it isn't too bad for you as long as it comes from a grass fed calf or chicken.

debbie6122

Sorry Apple, its one thing i could never eat, yuckkk! even hated the smell of it. My top foods i hate, liver, escargo. kidney, tongue and anchovies, ohh and caviar.

One thing i was never a fan of was oysters until recently though, now i love them as long as they are the little baby ones. (shooters) with cocktail sauce and beer, yummmm!

debbie6122

I shouldnt say "hate" strong word, so will say "dislike"

bedo

Haha Debbie!  My Mother taught me to never say "I don't like that!" when I was a child guest.  Instead I was to say, "I don't care for such and such " When I really wanted to say, " I hate that! " I am having watermelon for dinner.  "I don't care to make dinner tonight" Haha

I worked on my organic plot at the community garden yesterday, my daughter helped as well as a guy friend.  We have sugar snap peas mesclum arugula, white radishes. herbs, chamomile green onions (seeds) and some starts purple tomatoes, purple cabbage, brussle sprouts, garlic, and kale.  I will have to give up my workouts for now, I so much enjoy my garden and violin more and I am tired from work. So I will put it on hold.  I read this thread every night but have been too tired to post.

So  I still think of you all every day, even if I'm not always here.

Here's a nice recipe from Whole Foods. Warm Barley Salad with Veggies and Lemon Tahini Yougurt Dressing.

2 C hulled barley. 4 C Vegetable Broth, 2 and 1/2 C H2O, 3 TBS lemon juice, 1 TBS lemon zest, 2 TBS fresh parsley, minced, 2 TBS fresh mint, minced, 2 TBS sesame tahini, 1/4 C Greek yogurt, 1/4 C olive oil, 3/4 C feta crumbles , 15 Oz Garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed, 2 C Frozen Sugar Snap Peas or frozen peas, 1 Lg cucumber, 1 C halved cherry tomatoes, 4 scallions, thinly sliced, Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Rinse Barley, place in saucepan with vegetable broth and water. Bring to boil cover and reduce heat to low and simmer for 90minutes. Allow to cool.

Whisk together lemon juice, zest, parsley, mint, tahini, and yogurt. Drizzle in olive oil and whisk until combined and creamy.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix cooked barley with dressing.  Add Feta, beans, peas, cucumber, tomatoes and scallions.  Season to tates with salt and pepper. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

" Meals for 4 for under $15"

SeasideMemories

Apple,



DH and I like liver and onions but it would be a really tough sell to my kids so I tend not to make it...



There is a diner here that does it really well, so we go there when we need a 'fix' but haven't ordered it in a really long time.



Last time I bought chicken livers at the market the teenager that was ringing me out asked if I was buying them for my cat. When I responded that it wasn't for my cat it was for dinner, the poor girl looked like she wanted to hurl!



My recent blood work showed a low red cell count.... Maybe some liver will help!

carolehalston

Love chicken livers fried but haven't eaten them in ages.  Like calves liver, too, but haven't eaten it in years.  Many years ago when DH and I lived on a sailboat, we had a pressure cooker and I cooked tongue.  It was gross looking but tasted really good sliced thin and eaten on sandwiches with horseradish.  We ate really cheap in those days.  Don't gag, but I also like chicken gizzards!

SeasideMemories

Lol... Carole!! My Mom used to fix Creamed Gizzards and serve them over toast! My Dad and I ate it but it was PB and J's for my siblings.... lol.... Then again, I can remember my Dad frying up Scrapple.... Never did try that!

Cottontail

Last night was steamed broccoli with lemon juice and frozen French fries.  It was a surprisingly delicious meal!

Tonight was leftover broccoli and a salad of spring mix, spinach, avocado with papaya poppyseed dressing.  I'm still a bit peckish so I might have some popcorn, too.  

SeasideMemories

Bedo,



Enjoy your garden! I was going to start one the year I was diagnosed so it got put on hold....



The following year we put in a 4x16 plot.... Had varying degrees of success but learning lots each year! Snap and Snow Peas doing well so far... Spinach, radishes and beets popping up now.... Tomatoes going in in the next week or so followed by beans and squash....

carolehalston

Seaside, DH and I tried scrapple one year when we were travelling in PA.  We didn't like it.  It was greasy and not really tasty.  My mother loves hog head cheese, which country people used to make when they butchered hogs.  You talk about a grisly process, making the head cheese.  You can buy it in the supermarkets here in south Louisiana.    One of the few foods DH refuses to eat is pickled pigs feet.  There's not much of a pig that goes to waste. 

Both DH (from IL) and I (from LA) were served veal brains with scrambled eggs by our mothers when we were growing up. 

SeasideMemories

Cottontail,



We did a Chicken Broccoli stir fry... Heavy on the broccoli! It was really good! A bowl of popcorn really does sound good about now...lol!

SeasideMemories

Lol Carole.. The things we remember our parents making... Also remember my Uncles cooking eel on a grill set up in driveway.... I'm sure the neighbors thought they were nuts and they were probably right !! Yep on the pig.... Nothing goes to waste.... Even the ears are sold for dog treats!

Laurie08

ok, I am sorry but YUCK!  lol!  Listening to all the crazy organs you ladies eat and enjoy!!  Literally I sat here wrinkling my nose, I guess I am close minded.  Huh.

Today was fun.  We went to the pet store and visited the animals which the boys love and then went to a local farm that has ice cream.  I packed a picnic lunch for me and the boys and we visited the animals, had lunch and finished with ice cream, a dirt pile and trucks.  They were psyched. 

We had steak, salad, corn and baked potatoes for dinner.  The salad was just a garden salad I made but I swear it was the best part.  I ate mine and the rest of DH's and even DS #1 asked to eat his brothers. It was nice to get outside for the day and enjoy the sun, it is supposed to rain again for the next couple of days.

SeasideMemories

Lol Laurie.... I think we did cross over to yuck-ville for many people.... But I did work chicken and broccoli into the conversation... So that's good, right??

MinusTwo

Sorry - I have to agree with Debbie & Laurie.  My DH used to get his liver & onions at Luby's Cafeteria since I wouldn't have it in the house.  But then, neither would my Mother.

On a positive note, a friend introduced me to a wonderful thing yesterday.  Philadelphia Chocolate Indulgence Cream Cheese.   Comes in milk choc, dark choc & white choc.  Since we all know dark choc is good for us, I rushed out and bought two containers today.  Most times just one bite of chocolate would satisfy my craving.  Or I'll put it on crackers.  Or on a pound cake instead of icing. YUM!!  Let's not discuss calories.

Laurie08

calories.  I was so disappointed in myself today with the ice cream. We all had lunch, me too.  I got a kid size of death by chocolate and could not eat it.  I took about 4 bites and it was too rich.  I was full, what the hell is wrong with me? LOL!  When I was pregnant I used to beg DH to go get ice cream there and I would eat....every.....bite.

Kaara

carole:  That's funny...now I remember my grandfather making calves brains with scrambled eggs for us.  We loved it, but I don't know if I would eat it now.  Also tongue that my DGM boiled and served.  I grew up in Houston, Texas and we ate all kind of stuff like that and didn't know the difference....thought everyone ate like that. What memories!

MinusTwo

Kaara - I live in Houston but the only people I know who eat stuff like that come from the midwest and raised their own beef & chickens.  On the other hand, I didn't move here until 1973 & Houston's changed.  My grandpa used to make us bread & milk for supper in the days before processed cereal came in a box.  And we helped him make homemade root beer every summer.

chabba

My Dad taught me that if other people eat something we should at least be willing to try it.  I have fond memories of the summer Mom got her hands on a whole hog's head and I helped her make head cheese. We had the brains for dinner and everything else went into the pot.  It was so good. 

I'm not much of a pickle eater but I always loved Mom's pickled pigs feet.  On the farm they always said the only part of a hog you couldn't use was the squeal.

debbie6122

Bedo- LOl! I was told that too when i was younger. So now new vocabulary is "Dont care for" and " Over beveraged haha! I have to tell you too that when you talked about gardening your "plot" in earlier posts i always thought you meant your grave. I wanted to ask but wasn't sure i should. Now i understan its a plot at a communtity garden. LOL! How does that work? do you rent it or what? Curious minds want to know!

Seaside- And carol- Gotta say, im not the least bit hungry now with all the talk about gizzards, tongue and brains Oh no!! lol!

Laurie- Im with you on that too. Yuck!!  Sounds like such a fun day you and your sons had, i miss my daughter when she was that young and did all those fun things. Enjoy them while there young it goes too fast!

Minustwo- Oh wished i didnt know about that chocolate cream cheese, and white chocolate too, im so buying that on my next shopping trip. Yummm!

Chabba- Too funny on the everything but the squeel. I just dont have the stomach for that kinds of stuff, in fact i have a very weak stomach, i gag at bugs and everyone knows while we are eating dinner or any food do not talk about gross stuff, my Dh will even change the tv if somthing gross comes on while we are eating, he knows me so well. LOL!

Dh just got home about an hour ago. Now i dont have to put the ironing board in front of my bedroom door for safety, im a big chicken! I figure if someone comes in my room while im sleeping then the ironing board will fall and wake me up, i would rather know it instead of seeing some crazy person in my face. haha! Do i sound crazy or what!

apple

a few things.. Bedo your salad  - Warm Barley Salad with Veggies and Lemon Tahini Yougurt Dressing... sounds absolutely excellent.  I may try that tonite.

I am a tabouli lover and will post that very funny tabouli song and then the recipe tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FaNzrtu0KM

Kaara

Apple:  Cute song..lol.  I like tabouli also and the other evening when we had dinner a a small mediterranean restaurant near our home, they made a dish that was just like tabouli only made with quinoa instead.  It was delicious.  We will definitely go back for more!

apple

you may enjoy the mcdonald's rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5H7IYPw40Q

Cottontail

Laurie- I'm with you on the "yuck!" Of course, I'm vegetarian so I don't eat meat of any kind, but when I used to I would rather starve than eat feet, ears, tongue, or organs of any kind.