So...whats for dinner?

LuvRVing

That looks delish, Deb!!!

Laurie08

I am in for Pickety! 

Lacey12

Marcia, just another reason you belong on this thread.....we've all done the breakfast for dinner thing, whether pancakes or omelets! Wait until you hear about the popcorn dinners!! In between, many of us fix some wonderful meals. Welcome!



Laurie, hope the back heals fast! Oy! I remember suffering a parental occupational hazard of my then 3 year old who used to run into me for (his) fun. At my physical that year my doc became very concerned that I either had a blood disorder or an abusive husband because I had black and blue marks up and down my legs. I quickly found other ways for DS2 to fill his high sensory impact needs.



Glad to hear that Hauntie is doing well, Michelle.....and Carrie, that your sister has a good plan to start her treatment.

Here in NJ getting the largest kick out of 19 month old DGS. He's a stitch and has us exhausted....all four adults!

Laurie08

Lacey- He knows better than to hang on me.  I have had a rule since the BMX, I am not a jungle gym- I am a girl-  BUT DH let's him hang and climb on him.  So this morning I think he forgot for a second and he grabbed the door knob to his bedroom door and my arm and swung for it.  I went down like a rock and he felt so bad that I felt bad for him:)  My back is actually doing a lot better thanks to the chiro and some heat and bio freeze.  I am so glad I went right to the chiropractor.  Have a blast with your DGS!!!

Moonflwr912

Ended up eating cherries,strawberries and squeaky cheese curds for supper. Yum.

bedo

I'm in for Pickety Place!

I've missed alot!  Helllo to all!  I've been getting my act together housework, pet vaccines, financial planner wise.  I can't possibly keep up

Thinking of cold black bean soup with sour cream.  I know, half of you are gagging  lol.

Happy Weekend

deborye

deborye

deborye

DH saw an Orthopedic Surgeon and needs both knees replaced, has arthritis in left hip, so that may have to be done sometime. Doctor is going to give him cortozone shots so we can make it through the UK visit.

He has been having problems with his knees for years, now he is in so much pain when he walks he finally gave in and asked me to make an appointment.

Lacey12

Joyce, so good to see you posting ....and the BLT sounded perfect for a tired Friday night!

Pickitety Place sounds good....just need to check my calendar when I get home.

apple

so tonite i am going to a potluck party of elderly female church musicians.. mostly.  it will be casserole heaven.

Kaara

Morning ladies!  Watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics last evening...as much as I could stand.  It certainly didn't live up to our expectations and we lost interest and switched to 20/20.

Michelle:  So glad your blisters are healed.  Did they determine it was the medication you were taking that caused them?  What will happen now?

Eric:  Glad Sharon's root canal is behind her...the first part is the worst...killing the root.  I hated every one that I had.  I would rather just have my tooth pulled:(

Laurie:  The CP visit was a good thing...they are worth their weight in gold when something like that happens! 

Good you ladies are getting together again for a luncheon...wish I could join you. 

DianaNM

Pickety Place sounds good! 

I watched the opening ceremonies. Loved the part with the Queen.

Our steaks were really good. We had one from our stash, and one from TJ's and couldn't tell a difference.

Nothing wrong with a BLT, especially if you've got a good tomato! We've had a couple lately with GF bread and a scoop of guacamole.  

carberry

Hello all   I missed the olympic ceremonies, was out at the car show....did find a really fancy camaro though that is going on my bucket list...LOL  I owned a camaro in my early twenties, my favorite car of all time!!

Thought the car festival woud have some good food vendors, but after reviewing them all, we all decided on cheeseburgers, boring!

Laurie, hope the back feels better soon.  I remember the disappointment in my daughters face when I told her she was too big to run up and jump, expecting me to catch her....she always had to be on top of me every second.....ha  ha and still does at 25, still will sit on my lap on the couch.

Outdoor barbeque tonight,  I have to make an appetizer to take...nothing in the house..need to get really creative.

eric95us

Breakfast this morning was soft stuff.....An omelet, sourdough pancakes and steamed apples with a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon.



Lunch is likely to be a Vicodin for Sharon.



I'm not yet sure what to do for dinner.

debbie6122

Joyce- I love the little cafe's with homestyle cooking sometimes they can be better than the fanciest of restaurants. Hope you got some good sleep. Please keep us posted on your test1

LoL Deb at the gagging picture! Sorry about DH knees, is he going to have both done at the same time? those surgery's can be pretty rough. Will keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

Had crab cakes and ff's for dinner last night. Crab cakes were about a 6 but still good. Tonights dinner is the chicken i cooked yesterday. Iam going to take a blankey and go to the beach and watch all the kiters. Tons of people in town some kind of famous basketball tournament on the roof top of the mall about 50 different teams boys and girls. so lots of tall people in town. And tonight the Jackson brothers are singing at the casino- Wasn't sure they would make it with all the bickering going on. DH could get me tickets but decided to stay home, I am sure its going to be too crazy there.

bedo

Deb. That was certainly uncalled for!!!!

Yes, I have no potatoes, and am looking for a chowder recipe without them with frozen flounder.  I have milk, yogurt, onions, garlic, carrots, canned corn and canned tomatoes and some herbs?

I was looking for "Yes we have no bananas" by Jimmie Durante, but couldn't find it on youtube. I love that guy, but this is a song that will bring you back to before you were born!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9RchGMmizg&feature=related

Does anyone have any ideas for chowder without potatoes? ?  Or if not soup what to do with frozen flounder?

Thanks!

susan_02143

Flounder is a delicate fish. Without some fish stock, fish soup is not a great option for you. I would thaw the fish on some paper towels to absorb the extra water, dusting with just a bit of kosher salt. Meanwhile, make some bread crumbs from some old bread [or use store bought] and add some finely minced fresh herbs. When the fish is thawed, do your best to get the fillet really dry. Rub some olive oil on the fish and press the bread crumb mixture onto the top of the fillet.

 Have a cast iron frying pan heating under your broiler until it is screaming hot. Take the pan out, drop your fish, breading side up, and put back under the broiler for about 4 minutes. Serve with some lemon if you have it.

For a side, I would make a fresh carrot salad or quick pickles with the carrots, garlic, and onion. If you liked baked corn, you could drain the can of corn, and put the kernals into a small casserole. Add a bit of butter and some salt and bake until bubbling.

carolehalston

Deborye, how wonderful to be finished with arimidex.  I'm looking forward to that day myself in a couple of years.

Thought about the beet discussion today as I bought beets at the Farmer's Market.  Cooked them outside on a hotplate to keep cooking heat out of the 5th wheel camper.  Will pull out the electric skillet and use it outside, too, to cook a zucchini and ground beef recipe.

Tomatoes are getting more plentiful.  Bought 10 organic tomatoes, med. size, for $5.  And 4 cucumbers for a $1. 

Ate breakfast at an interesting restaurant out in the boonies called Logger's Camp.  The location was a logger's camp and the buildings are substantial log structures.  The Mess Hall is a large room with long tables set with metal plates.  Seating is wooden benches.  You take a seat and are served your breakfast on a platter:  eggs cooked like you like them, hashbrowns, ham or sausage patties, pancakes.  The orange juice and milk are brought in pitchers.  There's also a dish of logger's raisins--prunes.  I had forgotten that prunes are tasty!  The jug of syrup is warm, a plus.  It was quite delicious and price was $8.75.  I normally don't eat restaurant hashbrowns, but these tasted good.

Dinner will be heavy on veggies after that big breakfast, which was actually breakfast and lunch.

bedo

Oh, yum!  Excellent ideas with what I have on hand! Thanks Susan!

Frapp

Wow Susan, that sounded delish!!!

Laurie08

Carol- Yum!  Your breakfast sounded great and the price on the veggies?  Amazing!!

Bedo- Hope your dinner turned out great! Susan had some great ideas!

Debbie- I hope you enjoyed the beach, it sounds so relaxing. Watching people fly kites and listening to the surf....only thing that could make it better is a Margarita

Eric- I hope Sharons mouth is feeling better

Joyce- Yay!  So happy to see you posting again.  I hope all of your tests go well and you get some answers with easy solutions.

We had a quiet day for us today.  Ran errands this morning and bought the boys new bikes- not planned but they were so happy and it was needed.  DS #1's bike was too small for him and there was one on sale he loved.  I feel bad that DS #2 always has his brothers left overs,and I mean ALWAYS...so as he quietly watched his older brother pick his bike etc I whispered, do you want to pick one too?  OMG, over the moon does not touch how elated he was.  Dh says, but he can have the old one?  I said yha....but look at him!  DH agreed so we came home with 2 new bikes.  Then I walked in the rain with the boys for over an hour as they rode them.  A soft rain- it was kind of nice.

We grilled a steak for dinner,some zucchini and salad.  Everything turned out yummy and hit the spot.  DH cooked as I gave the boys a bath so it was nice to just come down and eat.  I also cut up some of the fresh tomato my dad brought over and just ate it with salt and pepper.  Super yummy.

Hope everyone had a good day!

SeasideMemories

Laurie,



What a great day you all had!! I think, from my own experience, sometimes the practical thing to do may not always be the right thing.... I think your DS #2 will not soon forget this day!!! Maybe you can donate your older son's bike and claim a portion of it on your taxes....



Fresh tomatoes... Nothing like them... I have my very first one ever ripening on the vine and am sooooooo excited.... Still needs to get a little redder but we're getting close!!!

deborye

I have a lot of tomatoes but they are all still green.  So I go to the farm stand not too far from me.  I have fresh Basil in my garden and love tomato, basil, mozzarella salad with balsamic vinegar.

debbie, no he will have them done one at a time, the right one first because it is the worse. He is bone on bone no cartilage.

Took my other half of my sub from last night and chopped up a little bit of vadalia onion, lettuce and tomato to put in it cuz the double dumb ass order taker screwed up my Italian sub.  I wanted everything but hots.  Got the meat cheese and mayo. 

debbie6122

 Laurie- You painted the perfect picture of the kids and there biles with the soft rain coming down. How cute your youngest got so excited. So sweet! How is your back today? I started out having a good day at the beachh, I got some bingo scratch tickets and headed to the beach, forgot my blanket so parked myself on a log was enjoying the sun, surf, kites and all the people until I hear this voice saying, "Are you from around here"? I looked up and saw 2 scruffy looking biker dudes (no offense to bikers) And one of them sat down close to me on the log, smoking a thin looking cigar. His friend standing right in front of me, don't know why with all the people around I got nervous I pictured them saying come quietly with me or we will shoot you. LOLOL! I swear I am getting nuttier than a fruit loop! One guy says Iam going to get the camera. (they didnt' look like the camera kind of guys) As soon as that one left I said well, i have to go no, byeee, and took off as fast as my feet would take me. What's funny is the log was really close to the ground, and when I first sat down i was thinking how hard it was going to be to get back up, but I kind of jumped right up off of that old log with no problem. hehe! so much for my nice peaceful beach day. ;-))

Deb- LOL@the double dumb ass" remark. Hehe! Ouch! Sounds painful, but glad he is only doing one knee at a time.

Bedo-I just listened to Jimmy Durante even though it is before my time i love that song , got me kind of weepy. I also make a manhattan style chowder with a red sauce if you decide you want that too.

Seaside- The best meal I ever had was from our fresh gardens while growing up, hated when all of us kids had to get out and weed but the end result was delish! Good luck on the tomatoes!

Carole- Your breakfast sounded so yummy! The chicken was excellent too btw.

LuvRVing

Hi everyone!  We had a busy day today - met our son for breakfast then went to the outlet mall and bought some baby gifts.  Then we went back to my son's to borrow a bike for me.  We took it to a bike shop and I tried it out, but I couldn't get comfy on it.  The bike shop had a gently used ladies bike that fit me perfectly and was priced about the same as what we would have spent to modify the borrowed bike.  So I am now a proud bike owner.  DH and I went for a ride on a nice bike trail here - I did 6.5 miles, not bad for the first time in about 25 years!!! 

Laurie - today must have been bike-buying day!  I'll bet both of your boys are super-thrilled!

Kaara - the blisters were probably a side effect of the Xeloda (hand/foot syndrome).  My MO lowered my dose  from 1500 mg x 2 to 1000 mg x 2.  I'll need to be a bit more cautious about pressure on my hands and feet.  That's one of the reasons why we would have had to modify the borrowed bike.  It had me in the leaning forward position and it was too much pressure on my hands.  With the new bike, I'm riding more upright and it keeps the pressure more on my butt and less on my hands.

Joyce - funny that your DH wanted to go to Carrabba's last night, mine mentioned it, too.  We ended up at Trattoria Amalfi instead.  I think we need to plan a Carrabba's night!

Carrie - the car festival sounds like fun.  I never had a Camaro, but we had a red 1962 Chevy Impala convertible.

Deb - I had cortisone shots in both knees just before we went to Paris.  It worked like a charm and my knees are so much better.  I hope it works well for your DH.  If not, he could try a Synvisc injection.  It claims to be good for 6 months.  My ortho said I could have it if the cortisone shot didn't work for at least 3 months.

Apple - I hope you had some good casseroles at your pot luck dinner!

Debbie - watching kites sounds very relaxing! 

Eric - hope Sharon is now pain-free.  I've had a couple of root canals and I usually feel so much better once it's over.

Carole - your breakfast sounds yummy!

So many of you have had steak in the last couple of days, I think I am going to pick up a couple for tomorrow.  DH is playing golf so I'll have most of the day to myself.  I think a trip to the meat market and veggie stand are in order!  I have two large tomatoes begging to be caprese salad, too.

Lacey12

Love the happy coincidental happy bike purchasing in NH today!

Just wrote a little chronicle of our second day in NJ with "Daryan and the docs", and managed to lose it....Dang it! No energy to re-write it, but suffice it to say that we are constantly being amused and exhausted by the antics of this lively 19 month old. So much fun!



Close your eyes beet haters...Made a great beet/berry/walnut smoothie for everyone this morning. Everyone loved it.

Had a great Italian meal at a local restaurant tonight. Appetizer of Calamari with a wonderful homemade spicey chunky tomato sauce, and entree of large shrimp with eggplant, red peppers, artichokes, with mozzarella melted on top....roasted veggies on the side....Lots left for tomorrow, like three fourths of it! Enormous portions!

Not writing another thing in case my fingers make another errant move and erase this!

Moonflwr912

Had Mexican today at a small place in town. Then dropped my DH off at home and went to the Port Summer Musical. It was "Legally Blonde" this year. Fun, but they always are. First time in a Long time one of my kids or neices, or nephews weren't in it. My sister in law was in the pit band though.

Laurie and Michelle, enjoy the new bikes. Michelle and Deb, the cortison works for 6 months at first. Then less. The Synvistic for about three months for me, but my knees are pretty far gone. The synvistic was good, but too shortlived, although it lasted for the recovery from my BMX! I had to get approval from the Insurance company before they would allow it. If is very expensive. Especially for both knees.

Lacey I hate when I lose a post. To everyone. I hope you ate having a good weekend.

debbie6122

Michelle- I saw your pic on FB on your bike you looked so cute! I am so thrilled for you that you did over 6 miles wow! I agree it must of been bike day!

Lacey- Your smoothie sounds excellent. I have to keep that in mind.

Moonflwr-You must have a talented family! 

Had oreo pudding for dessert, it was instant and so good. Never tried this one before but it is my new favorite!

Kaara

Michelle:  Good for you that you are riding a bike.  Great exercise!  Glad your blisters are under control and meds modified to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Bedo:  My DDIL makes a great fish chowder without potatoes...she uses a lot of butter, cream and white wine, along with mushrooms fish and shrimp.  It's outstanding, but she guards the recipe carefully as it's a signature dish of hers and she doesn't want the rest of us duplicating.  I just know it can be done and tastes wonderful!  It's also great served over pasta.

Lacey:  That smoothie sounds good...I think I'll give it a try.  Beets are very good for you as a cleansing detox.

My BF won his golf game yesterday, so he treated me to dinner at Biltmore Park, an area here in the mountains that has a lot of restaurants and shops, as well as a movie theater.  We ate and walked around to enjoy the beautiful evening.  It was nice.  We both had cedar planked salmon with sweet potato fries and steamed veggies...a healthy meal.  We share a glass of wine.

Today we'll either go to a movie or play nine holes of golf later if the weather holds.