So...whats for dinner?

eric95us

(((Freya)))

april485

(((Freya))) Another hug for you. So very sorry to hear this.

Anonymous

(((Freya))) I'm so sorry.

Valstim52

(((Freya)))

MinusTwo

Freya - I'm sooooo sorry to hear you will not be able to make the trip. And here you are already baking a delicious dinner with a berry tart for dessert. Thinking of you.

M0mmyof3

Oh no Freya!!!!

ChiSandy

(((Freya))).

SpecialK

Freya - there are no words of comfort that are likely to help, but I can offer a hug.

susan_02143

Olivia has taken her first steps!!!!! I don't get to see her until Friday. Maybe we need to shop for shoes. First infusion is scheduled for the 21st. Damn this sucks.

freya, I am not happy to read your news, both here and over on the Stage IV threads. I don't think any of us are ready for this type of news. You know where to find me if you need a place to vent.

*susan*

ChiSandy

Dinner tonight was pan-seared sea bass filet with a Meyer lemon-dill gremolata, and asparagus with hollandaise sauce.

Hugs and prayers for our sisters recently sucker-punched by mets progression.

carolehalston

Freya, hugs for you. And for Susan.

My mother has been hospitalized for double pneumonia, UTI, and failing kidneys. I am not optimistic about a recovery

carolehalston

On Monday I went back to WW. I'm hoping to drop 15 lbs and punish my evil scales.

And today is my birthday

susan_02143

Happy Birthday Carole!! You started back on WW two days BEFORE your birthday? You have a stronger will than most. Enjoy your points-kind-of-day.

MinusTwo

Carole - Happy Birthday. Hope you can have a nice "last meal" to celebrate before you go back to weight watchers. Sorry to hear about your Mother. That's a big load to carry at her age.

auntienance

Carole, I'm sorry about your mother. You know I feel your pain.

At the very least have a happy happy birthday.

auntienance

And I would get rid of those evil scales. Just sayin'.

MinusTwo

Yeah Nance - Carole at least ignore the 'evil' scales for the actual Birthday.

M0mmyof3

Happy Birthday Carole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

april485

Oh boy, a scale revolution is in order Carole! It is your BIRTHDAY! NO counting points on that day has been decreed...by me, a WW for many years (because I keep blowing myself back up...hahahaha!) so enjoy that and enjoy a photo of my granddaughter on her second birthday in October. She said to tell you to "eat the spashetti" (her personal favorite food...LOL)

MinusTwo

April - what a fun photo. Thanks for posting.

Freya244117

Thank you all so much for the hugs and kind thoughts. It does mean a lot. My blood tests are good enough for another round of chemo today, so that is 4, more than we thought I would manage. Liver function is still going backwards, but holding hope that the chemo may slow it down, even just a little.

Happy birthday Carole, hope you have a lovely day.

eric95us

Thinking of you Freya.

susan_02143

Since this is a dinner thread, not a damn mets to hell thread, dinner tonight is a strange one. We are just back from a week away [yes, a holiday!] and pickings are slim. I am going to make potato pancakes and sautéed red cabbage a la Germany. I did grab some lovely tuna steaks at Costco when I went to pick up some anti-nausea meds. One of those steaks will be grilled since the temperatures outside are bizarrely warm. Our cup of tomato soup lunch is long gone and we are both starving, so getting started now.

ChiSandy

Carole, have a happy birthday and I hope your mom can bounce back.

I have half a roasted chicken thigh, half a bag of snow peas and a couple of packages of shiritake (low-carb yam-thread) noodles, so when I get home from my support group meeting I’ll make a quasi-Pad Thai.

auntienance

Last night was takeout Chinese. Nothing exciting there, but the uneaten obligatory white rice has made its way into some stuffed peppers tonight. Some asparagus is roasting right along side them in the oven.

SpecialK

Tonight is rib-eyes, garlic red mashed potatoes, and a kale Caesar salad.

april - DGD looking cool in her shades - so cute!

carole - Happy Birthday!!!

MinusTwo

Susan - great impromptu meal. Oh Special - rib-eyes. I must be getting ready for my monthly beef ration. And now I want asparagus.

Meanwhile, I'm eating what's in the fridge. Lunch was 1/2 a toasted pumpernickel bagel with the last of the salmon-cream cheese spread. Dinner was a large salad with the last of the lettuce, remaining avocado and a last few mushrooms. That was accompanied by the 'heel' & truly the end of the loaf of rosemary/olive oil bread.

Yesterday was avocados & mushrooms that I'd marinated in oil, tarragon vinegar, lemon juice & garlic heaped on greens. Tomorrow will be a delightful bowl of sliced English cucumbers & chopped sweet onions & dill that have been 'percolating' in sour cream. And spiralized zucchini - maybe steamed or sauteed. Maybe I'll pull out some leftover cooked pork or chicken from the freezer. Or not. I'm finding that I'm not very hungry now that I'm exercising every day. Weird. You'd think I'd be more hungry.

ChiSandy

Came home from my meeting all set to make that chicken Pad Thai, but decided I needed to use up some veggies before they went bad. Nuked some broccolini that had gone to blossom—but had to throw out the stalks with white flowers on them due to the beginnings of rot. (The ones with yellow flowers were still tasty with a squeeze of lemon). Cut up a tomato and some basil and dressed them with sea salt, orange olive oil and grapefruit white balsamic. Then, just as I was going to reheat that chicken, Bob came in from a drug company dinner with leftover calamari, asparagus fritti and crabmeat.

Tomorrow we have a winemaker (Hess Collection) dinner at Cellars. I might cook Friday—have some nice sustainably farmed salmon fillets and a head of Romesco (that cauliflower-broccoli hybrid with pyramid florets). Anyone ever cook Romesco? I could use some ideas.

SpecialK

minus - I know - love me some ribeye! My fave cut of beef, hands down. They were delish, made a quick sour cream horseradish sauce to go with them.

chisandy - I wonder if you can cut the Romesco in thick slices, about an inch or so, and roast it with olive oil, S&P, then sprinkle on some grated parm before serving? I have cooked the green cauliflower (broccoflower) by steaming the florets and then tossing with a little butter and lemon pepper, but have not yet tried the Romesco.

Freya244117

Hmmm ribeye - my favourite cut too.

After chemo today I came home and made a pear, riesling and ginger sorbet. It is so good, not sweet and with a bite from the ginger.