So...whats for dinner?

chabba

Kaara, the radiologist at my imaging center has seen me at every visit since my mamo for the lump.  He even saw me that day and told me they always took a biopsy on a patient identified lump.  Had the biopsy then and there.  This last time he even sat down and chated with me about how much he admired and respected my surgeon.

chabba

Kaara, the radiologist at my imaging center has seen me at every visit since my mamo for the lump.  He even saw me that day and told me they always took a biopsy on a patient identified lump.  Had the biopsy then and there.  This last time he even sat down and chated with me about how much he admired and respected my surgeon.

LuvRVing

Apple - I hope you are feeling better today.  A gallon of pesto???  That sounds like it would last for years! 

I have started a cooking frenzy today.  Not sure what got into me, but I decided that I needed to make chili, chicken soup, lasagna and meatloaf for dinner.  The lasagna won't happen today - the two large pots are filled with the chicken soup and chili, so no pot to make the meat sauce right now.  I'll have to make it tomorrow, though, because the ground beef was $3 off - a manager's special - because today was the "sell-by" date.  I think most ground meat is kept on the shelf for just a day or two.  In any case, it was hard to pass it up, so I'll have to get my sauce going soon.  DH came down from his office and told me I needed to stop what I was doing because it was making him hungry.  LOL!  He's going to have to "suffer" for a few hours!

Eye of the round roast was also on sale, so I bought a 3-pounder and stuck it in the freezer.  I'll make it on a Sunday when we have the kids over for dinner.  I like the recipe where you cook it at high heat for a few minutes then turn the oven off for 2 1/2 hours.  Here's a link to the recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/High-Temperature-Eye-of-Round-Roast/

I posted it a few months ago, but it's getting to be roast time now that the weather is cooler, so I thought some of you might want to give it a try.

Did anyone notice that we are almost at 10,000 posts???  We'll hit the mark in a day or two!!!

eric95us

Sharon's RO is like that. After the treatment stuff is done, she (the RO) chats with us about whatever comes up. Hiking was the last topic. :-)



That is great new Kara. All clears are always welcome!



Apple, that sounds good. I was thinking of firing up the grill and now that the weather is getting less "not nice" outside, actually sit outside rather than run out and run back inside to duck for cover from the heat.



I'll have to be very careful eating this evening. I'm getting a dental crown started this afternoon.



Carrie, I found a meat cleaver at a garage sale that has its sharp edge much more curved than usual. It looks like a C on its back. I can rock it back and forth as I swing it around the cutting board and quickly chop stuff up without making a puree. I love the thing.



Eric

LuvRVing

My high school senior picture - fall of 1967

Me - New Year's Eve 2010

Despite the uncanny resemblance in the picture from my daughter's wedding 10 years ago, I really don't look all that much like Sara Palin!

Laurie08

Michelle- I make my roasts the same way, my grandmother always made it that way too.  It doe sound like you are cooking up a storm!  It all sounds great too.  I have lasagna on my list of foods for this week too. 

Kaara- Great news on the all clear! 

Apple- Your pesto sounds wonderful- I love pesto in/on just about anything.  Hope you are feeling well.

Eric- I don't think you ever sit still?  Hope your tooth is ok.

Lately it seems there are not enough hours in the day.  I have no idea where the time goes.  Just way too much stuff going on.  Everyone in my house has been sick with a cold, DH and I got it the worse.  Of course I was at the worst part over the weekend- DH had to work all weekend.  Our downstairs toilet broke and we are having our sons birthday party this weekend- so now we are trying to quicky do the bathroom over.  I haven't bought him one present yet or gotten anything for the party.  Saturday is Pickety Place we sold our old wood stove and are going to get a new one Saturday.  The following weekend we are camping all weekend, and the Wednesday in between is my sons actual birthday.  I just try to keep having faith it will all get done somehow.

Last night I cooked a chicken in the crock pot with all the same seasonings/beer as Debbie's Belgian Stew.  Toward the end I actually put it all in a pan and popped it int he oven for 20 minutes and browned the chicken up.  It was really good.

Tonight I am making what DH calls the poor man steak for dinner.  Cube steak with brown gravy and mushrooms with mashed potatoes and the last of the green beans from my dads garden. 

Hope everyone is doing well!

susan_02143

Michelle,

Sounds like me! The heating system folks have told me that I will have NO hot water starting at 9am tomorrow until 5pm on Friday. I can cook without hot water, but washing dishes? No. So, I got to work. I have made some dough for a spinach filled pizzata which I will bake tonight for lunches throughout the week. I made an Italian sausage and stuffed it into links, and I have finished making the ricotta cheese.

Dinner will be chicken enchiladas with the roasted tomatillo sauce made over the weekend, served with black beans. I will make an extra tray for later in the week. Starting tomorrow, we will eat off of the paper plates I bought for the kid's high school graduation in 2005.

*susan* 

LuvRVing

Susan - you're my hero!  I have to admit that if I were to have to go without hot water for more than 24 hours, I'd be staying at my daughter's or getting a hotel room!!!  I think your decision to break out the paper plates is a very good one...lol! 

I've got the meatloaf assembled and ready to pop in the oven.  The next big thing is to get the chicken out of the pot, let it cool and then debone it, cut it up and put it back in the soup pot.  I'm also making mashed potatoes and fresh green beans with bacon and shallots to go with the meatloaf.  Someone should take my temperature, I must be sick...LOL!

Tazzy

Wow Michelle... wished I lived nearer you I think I'd be inviting myself over for dinner this week

I cooked a beef roast in the crock pot yesterday... having that tonight with garlic mashed pots and veggies.

auntienance

Michele, I think it's the weather or season. All I want to do is cook stuff, especially bake. comfort food keeps calling me too. And pastas. This is funny because I spent the entire summer trying to avoid cooking.

auntienance

Michele, I think it's the weather or season. All I want to do is cook stuff, especially bake. comfort food keeps calling me too. And pastas. This is funny because I spent the entire summer trying to avoid cooking.

auntienance

Its anyone else having trouble with everything posting twice?

LuvRVing

Yes, I'm having a problem with posting.  There's a delay in the confirmation that your first post went through, so you have to hit submit a second time.  Then you get the message that you can't submit a second post in rapid succession.  But apparently you can!!!

 Speaking of posting, this is post 9997!  We'll hit the 10,000 mark any minute!!!

chabba

Lots of people.  Forget which topic but I even saw one post 4 times.

eric95us

Almost at 10K

Laurie08

Laurie08

Cheers to all of you and the friendships made through this thread!!  10,000 posts in less than a year!  We are a chatty bunch who are all amazing and supportive people!  Here is to all of you!

auntienance

I'm only submitting once, but still getting posted twice. Weirdness.



I think the cooking urge is from reading all these posts about the great food everyone is fixing.

Laurie08

Cheers to all of you and the friendships made through this thread!!  10,000 posts in less than a year!  We are a chatty bunch who are all amazing and supportive people!  Here is to all of you!

chabba

Not just less than a year, Feb. 1 to Sept 24 is less than 8 months!

Moonflwr912

Cheers to all! Toyota guys make me feel lazy, and lonely. LOL Tonite, I have a stuffed pork chop I bought that way. Will eat it with cooked green beans. That is all! LOL. If I put if in the oven, maybe I will cook some Pillsbury rolls as long as the oven is on. Otherwise into the pan it goes, don't know which is easier! LOL.

Moonflwr912

Cheers to all! Toyota guys make me feel lazy, and lonely. LOL Tonite, I have a stuffed pork chop I bought that way. Will eat it with cooked green beans. That is all! LOL. If I put if in the oven, maybe I will cook some Pillsbury rolls as long as the oven is on. Otherwise into the pan it goes, don't know which is easier! LOL.

LuvRVing

Cheers, Laurie!!!  We all can't thank you enough for starting this fabulous thread!  I think I'll join you in a toast!

OK, and I'm officially done...tired...exhausted!  The green beans will be ready in a couple minutes, the meatloaf and mashed pots are done, the chili and soup are in containers in the fridge and freezer, and most of the dishes are in the dishwasher. 

Yup, I'm done and I want a glass of Louis Martini cabernet. 

auntienance

Salud!

Kay_G

Cheers! Perfect 10,000th post! Leftover salmon and some leftover squash soup here. Susan, you're my hero too. Reminds me of the little summer cottage we spent the whole summer at the beach all the years I was growing up, no phone, no hot water, no washer or dryer. My sister was singing about it on Facebook: no Phone, no lights, no motor cars, not a single luxury, like Robinson Caruso, as primitive as can be. LOL

kidsandlabs

So everything is set up, chemo will start this Wednesday. Anything I shouldn't eat the day before or the day of?

debbie6122

Woo-Hoo to making the 10,000 post. So thankful Laurie you started this thread.

They have been doing maintence everynight for the last few nights, around 1 0r 2 in the morning and has been  closed down, I know you are all asleep around that time so probably had no idea they must still be having maintence issues.

kidsandlabs- I am sure you will get lots more advice on this, but for me I was told to try and avoid any thing spicy or acidic. Popsicles and pudding, and watermelon were my choice. And lots of water to flush out the toxins in your body. Hope this helps and hope your SE are gentle on you. (((hugs)))

deborye

(((apple)))

deborye

Had my follow up with the BS for my cellulitis episode.  Skin below and including half the areola is still thick, she said that is from the combination of the radiation and cellulitis, it will probably stay that way.  She wants a MRI, so Oct 9th I will have that then another follow up with her Oct 16th.  Cripes, will it ever end?

LuvRVing

That's precious, Deb!!!