So...whats for dinner?

debbie6122

Michelle- Been waiting to hear word from you. How are you doing? Did you get your results back yet? ((((hugs))))

Laurie-  Sorry you are not feeling good. Hope it passes quickly and by tonight you feel better. It's hard to push through work when you are sick. 

Tazzy- Good to see you are feeling much better, keep taking the meds as long as they help.

LuvRVing

Hi everyone!  Had my scan around 12:30, then went food shopping and had lunch.  We just got back from a 6.4 mile bike ride and I'm now "chillin'" out by the lake while DH take a shower.  I should get the scan results tomorrow because I sent an email to my MO and said I'd be looking for them, she responded that she should see them in the morning. 

Tazzy - glad you ar improving...I was fortunate to not need too many pain meds.  I mostly took tylenol and it worked pretty well after the first couple days.  I know you mentioned something about numbness - I am mostly numb on my left side plus the axilla area.  I don't expect it will ever come back to normal.

I am going to have to try a gazpacho.  I don't like raw onion so I'll substitute a bit of scallion and I do mean just a bit!

Laurie - oh no, not another fever for you???  Doesn't make any sense.  I hope they can find the root cause soon.  That's too bad about the camping site, there are good ones and not so good ones.  You really should try Winhall Brook in VT (Jamaica, I think).  It's beautiful, grassy and treed.  From what I remember, there is not a bad site in the park.

We're having grilled ham steak, pineapple and sauteed spinach with garlic for supper. I think it counts as a 20 minute dinner, which is just about how much energy I have remaining...LOL!

Laurie08

Michelle- I will keep in in my prayers tonight for your scan results tomorrow.  This fever I can owe all to the boys.  They both had it in the last week and a half and mine has lasted about 24 hours- same as theirs.  Dr said there are a lot of weird virus' going around.

apple

pomegranate molasses.. make it?  oh no.  you buy it in a jar at the Persian place .. only 3 bucks.. it lasts forever.

we had dressing made of the pomegranate molasses with a salad..  my son marinated and grilled chicken breast.. i made really fattening, delicious macaroni and cheese, and an avacado.

yum

LuvRVing

Apple - sounds so interesting, pomegranite molasses.  I made a pom vinaigrette at Christmas, but the molasses sounds really different!

I think I beat my all-time record for getting a freshly-cooked dinner from fridge to plate...13 minutes!   Then an extra 2 1/2 for the second ear of corn that I nuked because the first one was so good - maybe the very best we've ever had, and that's saying a lot.  Ham and pineapple on the Cuisinart grill, sauteed spinach took the longest, and you know that doesn't take long!   Four minutes for 2 ears of corn.  Redefining fast food!!!

carberry

Hello all   We are back from our supposedly 2 day trip that turned into three.  Storms kept us at the other end of the lake for an extra day. Funny thing though is my husband did not plotz about getting back to work, he actually relaxed and had a good time with our friends.  Lots of good eats at all different kinds of restaurants.....we woke up this morning on the boat and our friends had coffee and bagels waiting for us.....OMG I felt like a queen.

Tazzy so glad you are doing well, the road to wellness is one step closer.

Michelle  Good thoughts your way on having good scans.  You are amazing with the biking through all of this.

Tonight is jambalaya and a tossed salad

Laurie  I think you are right about the weird viruses....my sister just had a two day bug that had her down and out.  Glad it was over quickly for you.

deborye

Are you all talking about the dye the inject right into the breast near the tumor and you peed blue the next day?  Hurt like HELL even the doctor was wincing when I gritted my teeth.  That was over 5 years ago.

I had a bone scan also in March of 2007. 

Moonflwr912

Ok, I have to confess. It was Good Mood Food night here. Yep, Arbys. I love me some poppers...... Oh, yeah, the roast beef sandwich was pretty good too. But I was good, the ice tea was unsweetened! LOL

Lacey12

What a dinner record Michelle! Congrats!



Thanks Garden.....I love cilantro so will really enjoy that included in the recipe.



We decided to stop and have dinner on the way home from the lake...so while I drove, DH explored restaurants in the Manchester area (half-way point) and we settled on a mexican one ....I had seafood fajitas and DH had a chicken burrito. The meals were so-so, but we did enjoy the chips and salsa. Good thing I have been religious about my healthy smoothies and walks each morning! Would love to hear from my NH sisters about any good restaurants in the Concord, or Manchester or Nashua areas, since we pass those cities/towns on our way home, but never venture off the highway. Thanks!



Ah yes, Deb, I now do recall the warning about, and then the actual, blue pee. Such wonderful experiences!

Momine

Michelle, that really is fast food redefined. There are so many good and healthy foods that really don't take long.

apple

last nite, son #1 made delish grilled chicken breast.. he loves watching those cooking shows with me.. i have them on non stop for a couple hours while i read (Golden girl tattoo presently)  i made some excellent mac and cheese with realy good swiss and very sharp cheddars.. i made a salad.  just romaine and celery but added some soy nuts.  they were surprisingly crunchy and stayed crunchy... some of that sweet super sour pomegranate molasses dressing with oil and vinegar mixed in. 

apple

i would like to enter a recipe contest with a big prize.. anybody know of one.. like $10.000 - i am perfecting this (SECRET) recip (sorry )... which of course i'll share once it is perfect.  I've never done that sort of thing.

LuvRVing

Apple - I found a sandwich-making competition with a $25,000 grand prize

http://www.makethatsandwich.com/enter-contest/createContestantRecipe

 Seems like there are quite a few with much smaller prize funds.

And here's a list of some upcoming contests across the US...maybe there's one that would work for your secret recipe!

http://www.foodreference.com/html/recipecontests.html 

I think you should check and see if "Chopped" will do a show with semi-professional chefs.  I'll bet you could make some interesting dishes from those often bizarre basket ingredients.

I'm going to the beach today (Hampton) and meeting up with the grandkids.  It will be fun/tiring!

Lacey - let's talk about the restaurant suggestions on Saturday.  I'm sure I could provide a few recommendations.  One that comes to mind in Manchester and is right off I-293 is Cotton:

http://www.cottonfood.com/

And if you are heading south on 93, the Windham Inn in Salem is a nice place and less than a mile from exit 3:

http://www.windhamrestaurant.com/dinner.htm

Kaara

apple:  That sounds like such fun..entering a recipe contest!  You son sounds like he is a chef in training...learning from his Mom!

Carrie:  So glad you enjoyed your little vacation...it's so nice when DH's don't complain and enjoy the experience with enthusiasm.  My BF isn't always like that...unless there's a golf course nearby!

Laurie:  So sorry you were sick with a virus...and worked too!  What a trooper.  Kids have such strong germs and they go right through the family! Right now both my GD and DGGD are sick with something, and I'm worried because the little one has seizures when her fever gets too high.

Michelle:  Praying that your scan turns out positive! 

carolehalston

Wrote a longish post and evidently neglected to SUBMIT it!  Mind like a steel trap.

Eric, I love bluegrass music and the banjo is my favorite bluegrass instrument.  How neat to play with a bluegrass group.

Kay, good luck with your reconstruction procedure.  I was fortunate to have the nipple-sparing bmx because of the placement of my tumor.  Healing was touch and go but all turned out ok.

Laurie, dh and I try to avoid the rv parks that are populated by seasonals but more and more rv parks are going in that direction, and you can't blame the owners.  It's sure money.  We stayed in a place in Ohio one year that had at least 200 seasonals, most with golf carts.  Every afternoon at cocktail time, there was a long procession, all the people in the carts with their drinks.  They drove up and down the streets.  It was comical!  We sat in our chairs outside our rv, with our cocktails and saluted them!

Dinner tonight is a thick steak big enough for two, a salad and either corn on the cob or sauteed veggie medley.  Maybe Laurie's favorite, corn, yellow squash and zucchini.

Laurie08

Carol that is funny about the RV parks and their cocktail hour!  SO glad you are enjoying nice weather and having a great time.

Michelle- Thinking of you and hoping for great results from your scans.

Kaara- You are right , those pesky kids and their virus'!  Hope your GD and DGGD are dong ok and no seizures, how scary?! 

Today I felt better than yesterday so things are looking up.  When I left for work I was at 99.6 but by about 10 I felt like the fever was gone which was good because we were really busy.  DH has a meeting tonight so it is just me and the boys.  No idea what I am going to do for dinner.  I am thinking I may be the cool mom and make breakfast for dinner.  I am pooped so I am hoping the boys will settle for a swim and no bike riding tonight.  They should be home in a few minutes so I should go do a quick house pick up and put some laundry in.

Tomorrow I need to go to my dads garden and do some picking.  He left Last Friday to go to SC for a few weeks.  I was told to go every few days and pick all I can and keep/give it away.  But he also said the cucumbers will be ready by the time I go.  All this talk of gazpacho has me thinking.....yum.

LuvRVing

Hi everyone!  I need to keep this short because DH and I are going out for Taco Tuesday as soon as he gets back from his bike ride.  So this is what I posted on another blog that I do with some diabetic friends:

received an email from my oncologist this morning. She doesn't have the final radiologist report, but her message pretty much summed up what I thought I saw when I looked at the scans.  It looks like the lymph node in my axilla is bigger than it was at the last scan.  She said she didn't see anything "new" but we would wait for the final report before deciding what's next.  She suggested a few other chemos to try, or perhaps we would add one to the Xeloda I'm already taking, assuming there is any sign of improvement anywhere.  She will also consult with Dr. Chen at Dana Farber in Boston.  I've got the best minds watching over me, but it seems this breast cancer has a mind of its own.

I'll come back after dinner and margaritas, and chat with you all.  Need to go comb my hair and put on longer pants - restaurants are all chill factories these days!

deborye

Michelle

LuvRVing

Thanks, Deb!  I'm back, I had a jumbo Patron margarita, fresh table-side-made guacamole, and chicken and beef fajitas.  Half of the fajitas came home but the margarita went down, no problem!

Kaara - I had four kids and somehow managed to avoid the fever seizures...such a scary thing.  Not sure how I got so lucky!

Laurie - hope you're feeling better!

Carole - thick steak, yum!  One of my favorites...I grew up a beef lover and I remember my dad barbecuing a thick chuck roast.  Double yum!

deborye

My DD and I tried the new Bahama Breeze in Tyngsboro the last time she was here.  We ate outside, the food was good, only thing that bothered us was the mosquitoes.

zumbagirl

I made black beans with sauteed onions & orange pepper, with some corn, canned tomatoes and wheat penne pasta, a yummy filling combo. and on the side sliced cucumbers, with sour cream, vinegar, and a little agave syrup, and pepper.

eric95us

I'm sitting at the RAD place right now. Sharon is getting the practice run and tomorrow is the beginning of the real thing.



Angel hair pasta with an eggplant and tomato sauce for dinner tonight...really good.



Eric

Moonflwr912

Michelle. I hope they find the right tx for you soon. ((((Hugs))))



I had to see my cardiologist for my pacemaker today, its about a 40 minute drive. My first drive of that length, then I saw my coworkers when I stopped in, they are across the street from the docs. I also stopped at the grocery. I got home.and collapsed, got up only to eat the half rack of ribs I picked up at Pick n Save for 5$. I am such a wimp, that just wiped me out.

Lacey12

Moonflwr, that hardly sounds like wimp behavior! Smart of you to respond to your body's need for rest. I often feel exhausted after driving for two hours.

I dropped by my office to make sure it is in good shape for my replacement (I was literally so tired when shredding, sorting and packing in June, I could not recall what I did or did not take care of). It seems all set except for the case summaries I plan to write, so that is calming.

Tonight took bro-in-law out to dinner since he was in town, with DH and DS2. Ate at Legal Test Ktchen (LTK) at Seaport and we had lettuce wraps with beef, tasty tender calimari, and I had a crab meat salad on a bun. It looked bare when it arrived. OMG! That was because it needed absolutely NOTHING ELSE. What a sweet delight! It came with a very nice caesar salad.



Stayed up to see our recording of Aly Raisman do her floor exercise. Now I need to get some shut-eye....bet she's not! Our town is over the top excited about her final gold. One of the girls at the ice cream shop we stopped in on the way home, claiming to be one of her best friends (can you imagine how many of THOSE she has now!) and definitely a classmate, was telling us about how her new professional status, starting two months before the olympics prevents her from doing gymnastics at the college she planned to attend. So she will take the year off......and I suppose count her money! It was good to hear that she is a really nice girl.

sas-schatzi

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apple

well.. i guess i'll make my self an egg sandwich.. maybe i can find some bacon.

LuvRVing

Mmmm....bacon, bacon, bacon!!!  Got a big supply of Burger Smokehouse bacon in my freezer!

eric95us

Great minds think alike. :-) I Just cooked bacon & eggs for Chrissy.



It is her first day of high school. I'm still not sure where the time has gone!



Eric

Tazzy

Oh... bacon, bacon.... There is nothing more comforting than the smell and taste of bacon.  When all else fails, there is bacon   I am still eating bran for breakfast whilst on the pain meds.

Last night DH cooked the meatloaf we had in the freezer with potatoes and peas.   It was nice though. 

I think I will cook tonight, I mean as long as I am not lifting or stretching I should be fine eh? 

Cannot even begin to respond to you all, but still love reading through your posts.

Take care and enjoy your days xx

Laurie08

Eric first day of school in August?  Poor kid!!!!  Hope her first day in high school goes amazing and she comes home super excited!

Tazzy- Glad you are feeling well.  But no you should not cook dinner!  You have drains in right?  Any movement at all will have you put out fluid and make them stay in longer.  We couldn't figure out why I started putting out more fluid at one point it was from feeding my son his baby food!  Just lifting my arm repeatedly to feed him his baby cereal.  Hard as it is lay low

We went down to my dads garden and picked veggies today OMG!  He has such the green thumb I picked so much stuff it was crazy!  I will be sharing with the neighbors and my brother.  Here are a couple of pictures I took.