So...whats for dinner?

gardengumby

I wish it was homemade, but no, I bought it at Costco, it's by Martinelli's

glad your blisters are improving, Michelle. What is Foxwoods?

LuvRVing

Gardengumby - Foxwoods = casino, really big casino!

gardengumby

aaahhhhh - enjoy.  We've got a plethora of casinos in Washington as well and some are quite large.  I don't personally enjoy gambling and my husband only likes betting on horses, so we visit the race track but never do casinos.  I like watching the horses run, but usually don't bet even at the track - the gambling gene got left out of me .

Tazzy

Wow... busy, busy.

Lacey I agree about the jicama - I love it but rarely buy or eat it.

Debbie: sounds like your trip was fun.... Love Mimosa's

JoyceK: glad you are doing well and had fun at Michelle's.

Michelle: happy blisters are improving for you. Good luck at the casino

Gardengumby: love salmon. Your dessert reminded me of one a friend did a couple of weeks ago.
Raspberry Freeze:
1 brick cream cheese (I used light cream cheese)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
¼ milk
Blend up until light and fluffy in texture. Add raspberries (about 300 grams). Slowly fold in 500 ml of Cool Whip (again - I used light).
Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap or wax paper. Pour mixture in and freeze, overnight is better, but at least 3 hours. Remove from freezer 20 minutes before serving and cut into slices to serve (or use muffin cups like I did).

CaroleH - here is the recipe - says its from the New Orleans style cooking. It was delicious if I say so myself and have leftovers for lunch.

Shrimp & Sausage Jambalaya - Creole Style.

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped green bell peppers
1/2 cup chopped celery (I add peas instead as DH doesn't like celery)
1/2 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 bay leaves
1/2 lb smoked sausage, sliced (I use hot Italian sausages)
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
1 tablespoon chopped garlic (add more if you like garlic)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne )
1/2 teaspoon cajun ) I add more cayenne & cajun for more spicyness
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1 cup long-grain white rice (also works with brown)
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup chopped green onions

Directions
1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
2. Add onion, bell pepper and celery and saute for 7 to 8 minutes.
3. Add the shrimp and bay leaves and cook until the shrimp turn pink, about 2 minutes.
4. Add the sausage and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Add tomatoes (with juice), garlic, salt, cayenne, pepper and thyme. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring often.
6. Add the rice and stir to mix.
7. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 30 minutes, or until the rice is done and liquid is absorbed.
8. Stir in barbecue sauce.
9. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
10. Remove the bay leaves.
11. Stir in green onions.

To those I have missed - sorry, but sending hugs and thinking of you all. Wishing everyone a wonderful day.

Lacey12

Wow Tazzy, thanks for such a long recipe post. I'll be trying the rasberry freeze before the Jambayla which sounds like a good meal to cook once this hot weather leaves.



Michelle, enjoy Foxwoods! Will you be especially lucky or "skilled" with DS along?

Yes, PM me so we can work out a plan for the 11th.



Joyce, good to see you back! Sending you the best as you sort out and tackle this issue. I'm reassured that you are "in the system" so you can get the best care. Yes, hasn't Laurie's little thread gone wild?! So much fun...might we all be considered "foodies" in our individual forms?

gardengumby

Tazzy - thanks for the raspberry freeze - sounds delicious.  Here's a recipe I do sometimes.... (keep in mind that my husband will not eat anything that has sugar in it - so I never use it....)

1 cup of heavy whipping cream (Darigold is best)

1/4 cup hazelnuts

2 cups fresh raspberries rinsed

1 T frangelico or 1 t vanilla

Toast the hazelnuts in the oven, let cool and chop finely (you can toast them on top of the stove, but then you should chop them first and toast them in a little butter) be careful they go from toasted to burnt in seconds.

whip the cream until VERY stiff, add chopped cool hazelnuts and Frangelico or vanilla and stir together add the raspberries and stir until raspberries are fairly well incorporated.  Some of the raspberries will break down, the whipping cream will turn pink.  The Frangelico and toasted hazelnuts add plenty of sweetness (for me).  Serve as soon as possible.

SpecialK

OK - you guys have to stop this - I am on no dairy, no alcohol, no sugar, no rice/pasta/bread and you are making me HUNGRY!!!

Tazzy

Soooooo SpecialK... what do you eat ???  Bet is healthier than my food at the mo.  I am over indulging way too much.   Keep promising myself that I when I have my surgery I will start watching what I eat again.

gardengumby

hi specialK - I ate that way for a looonnngggg time - and should go back to it.  I'm hard and fast on the ZERO grain (including corn), and have extremely limited sugar (other than in fruit I pretty much don't have any) but have re-added both dairy (on occasion) and alcohol in the form of wine once or twice a week.

debbie6122

Joyce- I was so happy to see you here! Yay! Take care of yourself we love you!

Tazzy- Great looking recipes  I love Jambalaya dishes!

Michelle- I love Foxwoods and Mohegan sun. I believe they are still the 2 largest in the US. I worked at foxwoods and DH worked at Mohegan sun Sure can do a lot of walking there I know you know this but take some good shoes so those blisters will heal.

Went to my friends house today to get some stuff I had forgot in her car while on our trip and she gave me some fresh tuna that her friend who just got off the fishing boat this morning gave her. It looks beautiful!

So tonights dinner will be my favorite way of cooking them which is blackened. Then I make a sauce that is so delicious. 

Hot mustard sauce: in small bowl combine 1/4 cup dry colemans mustard, add 1/4 cup of beer (room temp. I use coors light) mix well then add 1 1/2 tablespoons of dijon mustard and 1/4 cup of soy sauce blend until smooth. I put some of the sauce on a plate put the ahi tuna on top. Around the plate will be enoki mushrooms, daikon sprouts and pickled ginger. this was my favorite dish in hawaii and have made it every since.

Picked up some fresh fruit, strawberries, kiwi, mango and grapes for a fruit salad with balsamic vinegar.

SpecialK

tazzy - Lean organic/grass or pasture fed beef, chicken, turkey and eggs.  High fiber, low sugar organic fruit like apples and berries, all organic veggies except starchy ones, water and green tea.  My big cheat is coffee, one cup a day, but I use cocunut milk creamer.  After I went on Femara I still had 13 extra pounds gained during chemo (and I was eating almost nothing, well... except potatoes, lol!) and I weighed what I did at the end of my pregnancies - not good!  I tried walking and the South Beach diet - nothing came off.  I stepped up the walking distance and schedule (4 miles daily) and started very light weights at PT and began eating like this and have taken off 10 lbs. so far in the last 6 weeks.  I also switched to Arimidex because of too much joint pain so that may be part of it. 

debbie6122

Gardengumby- That sounds really delicious gave me an idea I might put frangleico on my friut. Oh yummm!

Yes, SpecialK- What is your menu like I am going to start cutting out all those things in our diet too.

Tazzy

Thanks SpecialK... I will keep that in mind as I know I have gained a few pounds but am enjoying loving food since chemo finished

Debbie:  I love tuna, especially when its that fresh  and the sauce... yum - I will add to my recipe list.

SpecialK

I like scrambled eggs with sliced tomato, or a plain omelet with mushrooms and asparagus or spinach for breakfast.  For lunch I usually have a Greek salad with cucumber, tomato, red onion, olives, assorted peppers and some protein - usually chicken breast - with a small amount of vinaigrette, just enough to coat all the veggies.  For dinner steamed veggies - broccoli and cauliflower, green beans or squash, and protein of some sort that has been roasted or broiled.  The beauty of this kind of diet is that there are no real limits on quantity - you eat until you are full, so if you like this kind of food you do not feel deprived.  I have the fruit or almonds as snacks.  I have found that after a couple of weeks I didn't miss the sugar, I still occasionally crave a soda but have not had any since New Year's Eve.  The biggest challenge is when socializing or eating in a restaurant.

Lacey12

Special, that all sounds delish to me!!

SpecialK

I actually don't mind it at all - and I enjoy how well I feel not eating things that are bad for me, let alone not having to feel guilty, lol!  I am fortunate to love fruit and veggies of all kinds so this is not hard for me.  It is a bit of a challenge to figure what to do with meat/fish/poultry that does not involve sauces or gravies, but if you season and prepare it well it is good without.  Another interesting thing - my AI-induced joint pain is less and I am basically eating gluten-free, I have read that there is a link.  I am about to return to the YMCA Livestrong cancer survivor program so if I continue to eat this way and go through their 12-week program I should continue to lose.  I am almost back to my pre-chemo weight - 3 more lbs. - but I was 8-10 lbs. more than I wanted to be at that point!  I have eaten some things not on this plan when out of town and at a party and did not gain anything back, so that was nice.  Also, my DH is experiencing that over-50 slow metabolism weight gain, so I put him on this plan too - he is losing like mad!  Typical man!  Biggest problem with him is that he does not like as many vegetables so it is a bit repetitious but he is fine with it - he feels more energetic and he is happy as a clam!

Tazzy

I agree that diet sounds like not a real diet and one that I could do as well.  Thanks for sharing SpecialK.   and yes typical male eh?

SpecialK

tazzy - So frustrating that he eats some salad and no ice cream and boom - 10 lbs off in two weeks!  Not fair!

The nice thing about this plan is that you can add some things back in after you weigh what you want and you end up with a nice Mediterranean style maintenance plan.  It is a healthy way to eat and provides enough variety to satisfy.

Momine

SpecialK, my approach is very similar, except I have cut out the omelets after starting femara (afraid of the cholesterol). Otherwise, omelets with veggies was a go-to food for me.

SpecialK

momine - I negate the egg cholesterol deal with a statin, courtesy of my total hyst/ooph 11 years ago, lol!  I don't eat them every day but I probably do average 4-5 a week.  I am not usually that hungry in the morning so sometimes I just have fruit.  I want to start making smoothies with fruit/vegs and having that in the a.m.  It is wise to limit the eggs but the current viewpoint is they are not as bad as previously thought.  Here is a link with some info:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/7301/title/Reevaluating_Eggs_Cholesterol_Risks

Tazzy

Dont you find that with all the 'scientific news' 10 years ago... they now say 'hey we were wrong, such and such isn't as bad for you as we thought'.

 SpecialK - yes I agree it is frustrating about men.    

SpecialK

tazzy - there are several frustrating things about men.... however, I must add that my DH is a prince!  Love him to pieces!

carberry

So...my mom visited Pa with some relatives and they took her to a mushroom farm.  She brought home some nice portabellas and gave me a bag full.

Will marinate them and grill, melt some gooey cheese on them add tomato and have "portabella burgers"

debbie6122

Carrie- Mmmmm on the portabello mushrooms I love them grilled for a hearty burger!

SpecialK- Sounds similar to the one DH and I did last summer except no fruit (because of the sugar, I guess) and the protein was only 5-oz so we did have a limit, after about a week my stomach shrunk and we got used to it and was full. When DH was just in the hospital the dr asked him what he had for breakfast he told him 2 hard boiled eggs everyday, Dr was surprised his cholesterol was good. I do like your diet better though sounds more filling.

Michelle- Saw on FB you were getting storms and the Power may go out, hope you were missed by the storms and everyone is safe.

Laurie- hope you are doing good, havnt heard from you!

deborye

chabba

Deb, all I see is a box with a red x

LuvRVing

The storms blew in and out with barely a few rain drops and two bolts of lightening.  But, the winds have changed, it's cooler and drier and the a/c is now off for a couple of days, and maybe for the rest of the week!

We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant tonight.  I had great guacamole and an ahi tuna salad with guacamole lime dressing, a margarita and a dose of Xeloda...LOL! 

Carrie - so many things you can do with those mushrooms!!! 

SpecialK

carberry - you can also make eggs benedict in the mushrooms.  Broil the mushroom caps (clean stems and gills out), then slide a poached egg into the cap and top with hollandaise.  You can also add spinach under the egg to make them florentine.

eric95us

Tonight was the typical I just drove home 1-1/2 hours from work, "it's gonna be simple" thing.  Pasta shells...and cubed chicken in spaghetti sauce from a jar.

I've been checking the prickley pear cactus pears. In about 2-3 weeks, they'll be at the perfect ripeness to make jelly (no jam or preserves!) from them.  Where I used to go, I'd pick 1 or 2 pears from each cactus in a 10 acre plot full of the cactus.  That plot is now a home improvement store and parking lot. But I found another place..

As a joke, I made a card for Sharon.  It was titled "How to lose 10 pounds".  On one side, it said "For women".  This side was filled completely full with stuff in a super tiny fine print..."resistance training, cardio workouts, no more than X amount of this, Y amount of that, Z amount of something else, stretching" and so forth.  

On the other side, it said "For men."  All this side had was "Skip the french fries for a week."

Momine

SpecialK, I know eggs are not "super-bad," but figure limiting intake is probably a good idea. I do eat some eggs, just not as many as I used to.



Yesterday I blew my usual diet completely. We had had a very long day and went to our local wine bar for a drink, which we accompanied by a huge plate of different cheeses and salamis, things I have not otherwise touched in about six months.