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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited June 2012

    Yum on the angel food cake recipe will have to try that.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited June 2012

    that sounds very cute eric.

    i remember making gumdrop people with toothpicks.. not quite as healthy as your bug.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2012

    Deb - I know today will be particularly rough for you so (((hugs and love))) coming your way.  We should plan another local get-together soon, then we can all hug you.

    Speaking of cake, my DD is bringing pineapple upside down cake to her dad today.  We're having barbecued chicken legs, waldorf salad, potatoes with onions, dill and chives in foil, and fresh corn.  I do need to get my butt to the grocery store this morning or none of this will happen.

    Does anyone remember Dump Cake?  For some reason, Minus Two's cake recipe made me think of this:

    1 can crushed pineapple (16 oz)

    1 can cherry pie filling (21oz)

    1 pkg yellow cake mix (dry)

    1/2 cu. chopped pecans

    1/2 cup butter

    Grease a 13x9 pan. Pour cherry pie filling evenly over pan (after greasing), add pineapple, distributing evenly, add dry cake mix evenly. Sprinkle nuts over the top, then slice butter and lay all over the top. bake for one hour at 350 degrees. Can make 25 small pieces of cake.

    OK Laurie - I know you think you can't bake, but I guarantee you and your boys could successfully pull off this recipe  Laughing

    Last summer our friends went to Hawaii and sent us some real 100% Kona coffee.  I tried to drink some while I was on chemo and couldn't stand it, so I put the beans in the freezer.  I found them yesterday so I took them out and ground some this morning...mmm.  DH will be happy when he comes down (he's sleeping in this morning).

    I spoke to JoyceK yesterday, she is not feeling well.  She may be anemic and she also has a UTI.  She's been staying off the computer and trying to rest. 

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited June 2012

    MinusTwo.. i have made that cake with pineapple and angel food cake.. it is really good.

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited June 2012

    Minus Two, that angel food/pineapple recipe was shared on the Older BC thread (Jackie from Illinois).  I made it and now my mother is making it.  The down side is that it's so light that you can eat a lot of it!

    My dessert for last night was supposed to be Ede's Slow Churned vanilla bean ice cream with a little creme de menthe poured on top.  But I got out the blender, the ice cream, a bottle of creme de menthe and another bottle of creme de cacao and the husband guest mixed up grasshoppers.  This couple is from WI where grasshoppers are very popular.  A delicious dessert but I drink mine too quickly because it tastes so good.

    Michelle, your dinner at the most recent restaurant sounds better to me than the meal at La Morra.  The plastic dinnerware is really fun.  I'm always attracted to those displays.  We use a set of dinnerware in the rv that I bought many years ago when we lived on our wooden sailboat Wanderer.  They're white with a little harvest gold design around the rim.  Would go well with Harvest Gold appliances!

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    MinusTwo... that's good enough for me - I mean how could I not believe one of my sisters on here... woo hoo !!Laughing

    And I have never heard of Dump Cake before - maybe cos I'm originally from England?  But again cake... so another I will try.

    Hoping your days are going well so far.

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited June 2012

    My mother in law makes dump cake for Christmas dinner.



    We'll probably eating out today. I'm driving a bus load of kids to Flagstaff, AZ today and Sharon and daughter are going with me as it will get them out of the heat..if even for a few hours. This was scheduled for Sharon to do before her BC diagnosis, so I'm doing it instead.



    Tomorrow will be her second of four Taxol infusions.... The first one was no big deal. I'm hoping the rest are as gentle on her.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited June 2012

    Yes, today is tough, normally I would be going over there to visit him.  I will be going over to the cemetery to water the flowers and putting more in.  Back to work tomorrow, to play catch-up with all the work that needs to be done.

    Thank you all♥ 

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    Thoughts with you today deborye - I cant even imagine how hard it must be.    Work will be a distraction for you tomorrow.

    Take care

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited June 2012

    Hugs....

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  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 7,305
    edited June 2012

    Kaara - happy birthday!!!!

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  • zumbagirl
    zumbagirl Member Posts: 308
    edited June 2012

    Last night we had BBQ chicken, and I roasted brocolli in the oven with garlic , olive oil, salt & pepper, and it was amazing, :O)

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    Thanks Gardenbumby... HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAARA !!

    So because of this darned sweet tooth I have developed and all the 'nice' things and ice cream in my kitchen have been eaten I was searching for 'healthy, low fat' cookies and cakes - was there even such a thing?   And then I came across this website. 

    http://www.skinnytaste.com/

    Who knew ?????

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited June 2012

    The food sculptures came from my fiancee.  She had all sorts of things that were kid friendly, healthy and would meet whatever special need was at hand.

     She was going to be a pediatrician and was almost finished with her pre-med stuff...had received the "thick envelope" from her first choice medical school.  Thin envelopes were rejection letters. Thick envelopes had the application packets and other paperwork in them....

    To gain some extra experience (and because she loved it so much) she "worked" at what was in the process of becoming a children's hospital.

    The ladybugs and the worms and the butterflies and similar things would show up when someone was going home all healthy again...or when a kid or their siblings needed a little "something to make them smile...if even for just a moment...."

    I wish I could remember how to make the butterfly... I'd send one to Deb.

    Eric

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  • Moonflwr912
    Moonflwr912 Member Posts: 6,856
    edited June 2012

    Deb, prayers for you. The angel food cake recipe is similar to this one : any cake mix, can of pumpkin. Mix together and bake. Tastes wonderful, serve with a bit of whipped cream. If you use white, yellow. Or spice mix, will have a pumpkin taste. If you use choc, all you taste is choc. This one is almost good for you. Also to make a mug full of cake for an individual, (so you don't eat too much) take two heaping tablespoons of your favorite cake mix, and a small individual cup of applesauce stir and nuke for about one and a half min . Done, a single serving for you. I live alone, so this has saved me many times. Ps, smells wonderful when in the microwave. I like to use the chocolate cake mix.

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    Moonflwr... what a great idea of the individual serving.   I will have to go stock up on boxed cake mix and cans of pumpkin - and as you say... almost good for you.

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  • Moonflwr912
    Moonflwr912 Member Posts: 6,856
    edited June 2012

    Yeah, I use the individual applesauce because it stays good for a long time . So does the box cake mix if you put the open box in the fridge. Lasts ad long ad you need it. If you open a can of pumpkin for individual servings, portion it out and freeze in bags so you don't Eastet it. The amount to use is equal to the mix, ie, two heaping tablespoons. applesauce or pumpkin, to two heaping cake mix, I have used up to four in a large mug.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited June 2012

    Deb- Thinking of you today!

    Michelle- I have made dump cake before and it is pretty good. Please tell Joyce hi for me and tell her she is missed alot. I hope she gets her anemia back to normal. She may already being doing this but, i  think it was Apple who mentioned taking a teaspoon or so of molassess every morning and suppose to help with that? 

    Kaara- Happy Birthday! have a great day.

    Carol- Yum on the grasshoppers been awhile since i've had them but there very good.

    Zumbagirl- Your dinner sounds good and healthy i also do my broccoli that way except at the end i add zested lemon and parmesan cheese. Today on the coast is a bit misty, must be hot in the valley.

    Eric- Sweet story on fiance. Have a safe trip today and enjoy.

    Tazzy- thanks for the recipe link i will check it out later.

    Moonflwr- I have also done these individual mug desserts. not bad for a quickie.

    Just made macnut waffles for Dh with sausage and an egg/cheese souffle. Pretty good is i say so myself.

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  • bedo
    bedo Member Posts: 1,866
    edited June 2012

    What the heck are Swai Fillets and why did I buy them?  Actually I know why I bought them, they're really cheap.  And frozen.  And I have a bucket load of them.  Has anyone had them?  How do I cook them?  Thank you.

     I have not had time to catch up, so I'm really sorry! 

    PS now I've read about "swai fish" on the web as being Vietnamese catfisih, and having lived in Georgia I hate catfish and I am afraid to eat it because of all the web controversy.  Would you throw it out?  It came from Stop and Shop and is labeled a product of Vietnam.

    I am an idiot.  Maybe I'll eat the cat's canned fish.

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    Are they similar to basa fillets ?   should've googled first I suppose.   I like my fish with lemon and pepper and what I do with basa is brush fillets with flour and one side pepper and lemon - I have used a lemon pepper shake and works just as well, melt tsb butter in pan, place lemon pepper side down, med heat, then sprinkle lemon pepper over top side... use fresh lemon juice if on hand. 

    I really like fish so tend not to overdo it with seasonings/marinades as I like the taste of the fish.

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  • bedo
    bedo Member Posts: 1,866
    edited June 2012

    Ok Tazzy I trust you!  Lord knows what is happening with my computer.  :O

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited June 2012

    bedo,

    Nasty fish. Do a google search. Eat these, but I would highly recommend based on your eating style, that you not buy this farmed fish in the future.

    *susan* 

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited June 2012
    sorry Bedo but i agree, i dont think farm raised fish is very healthy, years ago they used to think they were better because of so much polution in the ocean these days, but they found that farm raised has more eccky things i wont go into here because after all it is a dinner thread. Undecided I have eaten farm raised before and probably have without knowing but now adays i ask when i go to dinner if its wild caught or farm raised. Swai fish is not bad tasting, its flakey with a mild taste, i would put some blackened seasoning on them to give more flavor or some lemon pepper and pan saute them in some pam or evoo. Only fish i get now at the markets is if is says from the pacific northwest or from fish mongers here in town. Now that we all officially scared the gahebbers out of ya, go ahead and eat them lol! really, it wont hurt.
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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    Unfortunately with the stae of our oceans and all the toxins and pollutants we are putting in it I think there is a pro and con side to wild vs. farmed fish.   Its hard to win these days.   But your posts have made me want to do a bit more research into it as I have eaten both knowingly and not Smile

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  • carberry
    carberry Member Posts: 1,153
    edited June 2012

    zumbagirl  good to see you here

    Debbie  one serving of cake (and yes I would add some whippped topping) may just be the best quicky ever!  Ha Ha

    Saw the parents today, finally we are at a healthy point with them and all is good. My brother is coming up from Florida this week, so they will be entertained a little.  Between us five kids, we try to keep them busy and "loved" so they never feel alone.

    Hot here today but too windy to boat, doing little chores around the house, good to have captured my husband for a day to help me out.  Burgers on the grill with corn on the cob and pasta salad.

    Happy Fathers Day Eric

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2012

    Did some one say CAKE? Lol..... Thanks for the easy cake recipes!! Will be trying some out....



    Michelle,



    Haven't had pineapple upside-down cake in a realllllly long time... I think I need to rectify that!



    Moonflwr...



    The individual cake recipe sounds so good for when you just have to have a little something sweet! It would also be PERFECT for a college student!! They don't tend to have easy access to an oven, but they usually either have or have access to a microwave... Thanks for the recipe!!! Will pass it on!

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2012

    carberry - pleased the parents are at a healthy point - mine are still in the UK so I try to skype them most days.  Only have a sister back there and she does a wonderful job of looking after them when needed.

    Fatigue has hit me like a train today - all that socialising yesterday.   So I am thinking one of the frozen dinners I prepare on my good days.... unless of course darling DH wants to bbq something.

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  • Moonflwr912
    Moonflwr912 Member Posts: 6,856
    edited June 2012

    Just another note on the pumpkin/applesauce cakes, you can lick the bowl cause there are no eggs, just saying......

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited June 2012

    i am a big fan of individual applesauce portions.. perfect for breakfast.

    hugs to you deborye.. and happy birthday Kaara.

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited June 2012

    Hi everyone- once again this thread has been so busy!  I read through it but won't try to respond to all of you as I know I will miss someone.  I am pooped!

    Happy Fathers day to everyone, Deb I am so sorry you had such a rough day and that your Dad's passing is so close to fathers day, I am sure it was a very sad day for you. 

    So, last night DH got a call late that he was going to have to go back to bike week and bring more beer.  We decided since it was only two accounts to make it a family day.  We loaded up our pick up at the ware house and brought the boys to go deliver it.  Afterward we went to a place on the lake about 10 minutes away from teh chaos and had lunch at a nice Italian place that we love.  DH and I got a pizza and split it.  I had fresh tomato and basil on my half and DH had pepperoni:P  Kids had pasta with meatballs and we all had amazing salads.  We got home mid afternoon and went for a walk down to the river with the dog, came back and went for a swim.  The kids (all of us) were exhausted.  We had our left over lunch for dinner. 

    I am happy that the chaos of bike week is officially over and I can start cooking dinner again!  Between DS #1 and his tonsils and bike week I have been eating next to nothing for two weeks. 

    Also, just a reminder to anyone watching the Big C- tonight is the season finale.

    Here is a pic of us all at lunch on the patio.

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