So...whats for dinner?

auntienance

Sorry about the house Eric, hope another one comes your way.

Moonflwr912

eric. It must not have been for you. One will be. Unless it was a truck. Once we were looking for a house and the broker took us to see a house out of our range. We asked him why he said we should just look. The next day one of DH friends came in to work and said he thought they should make an offer on the house they had been thinking about because someone had seen it and were very interested. . Yep. You guessed it. It was the house we looked at! We changed agents.... LOL

Lacey12

Moon...Hahaha....moral of that story, always beware of real estate "trucks"!                                             I'm particularly amused since my ipad requires me to triple check my entries to avoid the nasty little self-correcting word gremlins!

Need to start packing and head back up the highway. Sadly, my URI will preclude us from stopping to visit my elderly stepmom, especially since DH has contracted it now. Nothing like spreading my germs up and down the coast! Nonetheless a fun and lively time here with the grandkids! Tho I'm ready for some rest!

Have a good day all....

Moonflwr912

lacey, trucks indeed! LOL most times I go back and correct it but guess I missed that one. LOL.  Hope you feel better. Laughing is a good way to cough and coughing helps the URI so I am healing you. LOL

I'll be reading posts but probably not responding as I have my TKR tomorrow. 

Much love to all. Eat well!

SpecialK

bedo - I love to sauté carrot, onion and cabbage, add whatever cooked protein you might have (usually chicken or shrimp) add some hot sauce, or sweet and sour, and serve it over rice or ramen. Here is a website for the ingredients you have on hand.

http://www.supercook.com/

Moon - I posted to you on triple pos but please know I am hoping for a perfect surgery for you and sending you love and good wishes!

gardengumby

Moon - good luck with your surgery.

SpecialK - thanks for the website - I'm going to investigate it.  Usually I just make up my own stuff, but it's nice to have outside ideas so I don't get so stuck in a rut.  

auntienance

Monica, wishing you an easy surgery, a speedy recovery and some much deserved pain relief. (((Hugs)))

Lacey12

Moon, best of luck to you!! Sending very positive energy your way.....:)

vbishop

Mint chocolate chip ice cream

eric95us

Hugs Moon.

Eric

MinusTwo

Moon - thinking of you.

luvmygoats

Monica - bet you're already at the hospital. Wishing you speeding recovery and minimal pain from your knee replacement.

Lacey12

Hope all is going well for Moon....such endurance she has shown!

We got home from NJ early  last evening and I could barely stand up...."napped" for three hours! No dinner except for some walnuts, grapes and tea (I obviously need to get to the store!). Today the annoying virus is getting better (I think, sadly,  I passed it on to my little DDG, tho her mom had been carrying one too), but I am still really wiped out. Just sent DH to gym to take my place with the trainer session. The good news tho is that my weight is down three lbs...a new low. Yay! Guess chasing grandkids will do that for you. Better see them more often! They are both a riot, but especially the DGD (22 months) girl, I think because her language is so well developed, and a laugh a minute! We have plans for them to come to the lake in late July. They are both such risk takers that I know they will don their little swim vests and jump into the middle of Newfound with me. Can't wait!

Carole, hope you have a great start to your summer journey!

It is hot as ever here. I'm off to wipe down some fans...no central air here....so hardy....NOT!!

Better get back into some routine.....

Redheaded1

Moon, bet you are done with your sugery now---hope you feel much better soon, and your recovery is smooth sailing. 

Hot Hot Hot and so very humid in Central IL today.  Have my post rads check up with my MO at 2:30.  Sure she will be pleased, as I look about normal now--just a little red under the boob and the armpit, but otherwise, good to my eyes.

I'm making Lauries Mexican chicken again ---really kinda like how fast and low mess this dish is. 

eric95us

Tonight was a whole chicken cooked in a dutch oven.

I made a rub with equal parts of (all dried) sage, thyme, cumin, rosemary and cilantro, plus a couple of minced cloves of garlic and enough olive oil to make it all into a paste and rubbed most of it onto the chicken.

I cut a couple of potatoes, carrots and an onion into large chunks, added them to the dutch oven with the chicken and put the rest of the rub on the vegetables.

Put the covered dutch oven into a 350F degree oven for an hour.  Remove the cover and continue cooking until it's done.  I used a rapid read stick in thermometer to decide when it's done.

Moon. I hope you are doing well.

Viv.  How's Iggy doing?

auntienance

Eric, that chicken sounds fabulous!

SpecialK

Now I am hungry for chicken!  Just got home from D.C. last night for my vaccine visit, and off to DD's place in the Keys today with her dog after a dental visit this afternoon for my new crown.  A six hour drive with an anxious 50-lb. canine - fun!  She only has a fridge, microwave and an electric skillet, so I am taking a few make-aheads for us to eat, and some groceries.

viv - hope all is ok and things are improving.  I know we are all concerned about Iggy and you and your family.

moon - hope you are doing great!

Tazzy

Moon:  hope you are recovering well and continue to do so.

Eric: the right house will come along - if its meant to be it will be.

Well between working full time, tending to the garden, and watching the World Cup - every game - there is little room for life OR cooking.   I have been very naughty these days with shop bought lasagnes etc and bagged salads.  But I figure its only for one month out of every 4 years I can be naughty.

Hope everyone is doing well - hugs xxxxxxxxxxxx

gardengumby

got a cooking bee in my bonnet the other day - made lentil soup, gazpacho, smoked salmon chowder, smoked chicken wings, and barbecued salmon.  My favorite, to be honest was the gazpacho - in fact I think I'm going to go have a bowl of it now. 

bedo

Moon I hope you are feeling well

It is such a beautiful evening.  Everyone seems to be in love or very happy. I found my landlords bringing a blanket and two pillows out to the hammock and getting ready for a nap together. He is 78 and she is 68. They might have had a glass or two of wine, I suspect.  My neighbors on the other side are laughing with their toddler.

I am making veggies from the farmer's market

Black bean burgers, fresh corn gazpacho,  and risotto primavera with asparagus, green peas, some sugar snap peas from my garden and parmesan cheese for my daughter tomorrow

The "concert" is Saturday to celebrate the summer solstice.

I think that I won't practice today.

I can get by in our pitiful group of players

such a slacker and so much more wanting to enjoy the weather for today at least

Happy Summer everyone.

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Moonflwr912

Just popped in to wish everyone is well.

I am doing fine. Dr wondered how I managed to walk on my old knees..so I asked him so that means I really needed this, huh. He laughed. Just got a pain pill. Doing really fine now. 

Much love to all

Lacey12

Moon, glad the surgery went well and that you are being taken care of kindly by Pharma. Sweet dreams!

Today I ventured over to the new Wegman's, which gets a lot of hype for being such a great supermarket. I knew one from my mother's NJ neighborhood, so I was not totally unfamiliar....but as used to happen there, I was overwhelmed with the size of the place, and underwhelmed with the "deals". I did get a lot of produce, however, and their organic produce looked a bit better than what I usually see in my smaller town stores. I decided to try their gazpacho for dinner,  and just finished it. Pretty good! I left none for DH since he always gets dinner at his HBS meetings, and he just came in looking starved. Apparently the pre-program meal was pretty bad nutritionally, so he ate little (I am impressed!)and presented himeself here like little Oliver! Well lucky him....I had made a big pan of ratatouille, and bought a loaf of sour dough bread at Wegman's today. So he is happily chomping away on that.

We are heading to the lake in the AM. The weather forecast is beautiful. Today it was gorgeous here. Even the pollen wasn't bad...am hoping it has also passed at the lake since I count on my outdoor walks there.

Hope your drive to the Keys has been tame, Special. Enjoy your visit with DD!

Viv, hope things are improving for Iggy.

Eric, ditto to Nance's comment about your delicious sounding chicken dinner.

When we got home from NJ, I found a lot of bd cards, and a package which was from my sister. She sent me a  pewter necklace and earrings set of gingko biloba leaves (my favorite leaf shape). She mentioned that it was a survivor tree (I was totally unaware of that). What a sweet gift idea!

naiviv

Moon... I hope you are recovering well.

Good morning to all.. I hope you are all doing well.

 Iggy finally went home last night. The list of things to do /precautions is long, but he is home. 

V

bedo

lacey, the Ginko Biloba tree surely is a survivor.  They are actually living fossils, their DNA being unchanged for 250 million years, the time the first genus was traced back to. I learned that on a horticultural walk recently.

Viv, so glad that Iggy is well.

PS.  I just sprayed my entire left shoulder, arm and hand with Dove hair spray thinking is was sunscreen.

gardengumby

Glad Iggy is home, now.

Moon - so good the surgery went well.  Take good care of yourself and rest!!

eric95us

Viv....that's great news!!!

BoobyDoo

As my chemo has damaged my taste buds about Ihe only thing I can stomach is tinned macaroni cheese or tinned spag bol.  Normally I wouldn;t even look at it.

I yearn for sausages and chips.

Does anyone know if my taste will ever come back to normal?

bedo

I don't know, Boo.  I was on a medication that made everything taste like lemon-metal.  It went away after I stopped. I used plastic spoons and just drank ensure for the calories.  If you are able to say what kind of chemo you were on maybe one of the ladies will chime in.  I just wanted to say Hi and welcome.

I have never heard of tinned mac and cheese or spat, is that like spaghettios?

Tazzy

Welcome BoobyDoo - fellow Brit here - although now living in Canada. Originally from London.   I know what tinned mac and spag bol is.  Bedo I believe its the same as spaghettios.    My taste buds went on a long walkabout when I was on chemo.... mine came back.   The only thing I could taste was red apples - they were the only things that still tasted as they should.

MinusTwo

Moon - how was your day?  How many trips down the hall did they require?  Are the meds working?  I know knee surgery is not a walk in the park.

Boo - welcome.  My taste is gradually coming back - 6 months PFC (post final chemo).  For most of a year NOTHING tasted right.  Some things will never be the same, but maybe that's good & I won't be a snacker any more.

Bedo - so glad you're hanging out here again.  You understand my weird meals.  I'm about to have popcorn for dinner at 10pm.  Breakfast was two home grown tomatoes and some cottage cheese.  Lunch was raw carrots, cauliflower & radishes dipped in Ranch dressing w/black olives on the side.  Oh - and a biscuit with blackberry jelly.

Tazzy - the Okanagan Valley is just beautiful.  My first husband's grandmother lived there on the Washington side.