So...whats for dinner?

LeeA and Michelle,



Such cute pictures!! I think we all sported the same straight across bangs cut (if it was like mine it was done at home) that only looked even if it was combed into the EXACT position the individual hairs were in when they were cut...lol



Did anyone else have a Mom who sewed? For my sister and I, all of the clothes that we wore up until 7th grade were home sewed... Got our first pair of real store-bought jeans at that point... By the time my 2 brothers came long I think my Mom was over the sewing kick (or now that I think about it, they probably just had more money) they didn't go through the homemade clothes phase...Thinking of my kids now... They would have just about died! My, how things change!



Debbie,



I'm thinking I am showing up with a container for at least a sandwich worth of turkey.... How could they decline that request? lol...



Chabba,



Beautiful photo.... Would just love to be sitting on that path watching the glorious and absolute power of the ocean.... My most favorite place on earth as long as it behaves!

bedo,

I have a pretty good ones. Want me to post? [Been tested over many years.]

*susan*

p.s. Chocolate is bad for dogs. Don't know about onions.

Of course vegetarian. Why would meat be in your creamed onions?  :-)

*susan*

My daughter makes an onion relish to go with the turkey that is pretty good.  It has raisins and almonds in it.  I'll get the recipe from her.  As for cranberry sauce, I am fond of the traditional version.  Just let me cook the berries in splenda (yeah, that's one way to save carbs without sacrificing flavor.   I usually add a small box of cranberry or raspberry sugar-free jello to help it set.

The meal train produced a chicken pot pie tonight that was very good.  I think the sauce was made with pesto and DH and DS loved it.  Tomorrow is DH and DGS's birthday party.  DS is seven and DH is 8...lol

Lacey, your dinner sounds wonderful.  Ouchy on the finger though!  I hate when those rings are like that. It seems like olive oil rings are especially bad  

Deb, Michelle, LeeA, cute pics! Chabba, neat surf pic.

Made another bean casserole for supper. Of course since DH is hunting this weekend, gonna be eating a lot of it. On the plus side, get that magnesium level up! LOL

This year, for the first time, my daughter is doing TDay! I am looking forward to it. All I am supposed to do is bring pumpkin pie and the Apple pie made with our own apples, from the tree the kids planted. so looking forward to not cooking but last year with biopsy and prep for surgery and working on tday, I actually BOUGHT the whole dinner. And you know what? It was really good. It only needed to be warmed. No one complained, we had enough leftovers to share with the kids. And they must have liked it cause they all took it home! Sometimes you do what you can, and don't sweat it.

For cranberry sauce. I do a recipe the kids did in school when they were in kindergarten. LOL. Simply an Orange, and raw or frozen cranberries put in grinder, or more modern version, food processor. process together add sugar if too tart. That's it no cooking it. It is yummy. Doesn't keep real well, but you just make up enough for a day or too, you can always do it again. I usually make it right after the turkey goes in the oven, and then tuck it in the fridge til time to put it on the table. Much love to all.

Bedo, mussels once a week.  What a lucky woman you are!  Your soups sound good.  DH cooked a lentil soup on Monday, and we've eaten it three times.  Last night it tasted better than the other two times!  We had it with ciabatta bread that I bought at Winn-Dixie.  The bread was good with some real butter.  But then I guess almost anything is good with real butter!

Chabba, love your family stories.  That's neat that your dad took pictures of his kids.  We were poor but we always bought the school pics.  They must have been pretty cheap.  Now they're a treasure.  I did an electronic picture frame for my mother and put a lot of the old school pics on it along with many other pictures.  Everyone enjoys it when we're at her house.  Funny thing is that she doesn't turn it on unless other people are there!  She seems to think that if the frame is on doing its slideshow she has to watch it!  We put our summer travel pictures on a picture frame and usually turn it on every day, just catch a picture now and then passing through the room.

I had perms when I was a kid.  Some home perms.  One beauty parlor perm that scorched my scalp and actually made SORES!  Can you believe it?  These days there would be a lawsuit.  My mom sewed and made all my and my middle sister's clothes, many of them matching and very cute.  I learned to sew and made many of my clothes when I was older.  When I started buying clothes, I was shocked at how poorly made the clothes were.  I would look at the seams and button holes, etc.  I made my little sister's wedding dress and it was really pretty and fit her well.  But I no longer sew.  Children's clothes are so inexpensive in stores like Walmart and Target and on sale at better stores.  And the clothes last as long as the kids are that size.

Michelle, since you're going to lose your hair, I assume you're taking a different chemo from the trial?  In addition to the rads.  I think of you often and send healing thoughts your way.

Joyce, hope your travel is safe and pleasant and that your dog isn't too traumatized.

Lacey, that was a gourmet meal you served your guests.

Yesterday I saw a pork butt roast for a reasonable price and bought it.  The sweet potatoes were on sale for 39 cents a lb, so I bagged up a bunch of them.  Decided on impulse to cook the roast and some of the potatoes for today's midday meal, which my parents always called dinner.  The roast is in the oven and the sweet potatoes just went in in their separate pan.  I have some napa cabbage ready for dh to make a slaw.  He will bring the food to my mom's house and I invited my younger sister and her dh to join us, if they wish to do so.  I'm taking my mother to church.  This is one of her favorite food combos, pork roast and sweet potatoes.  The Saints are playing today so we'll watch the game.  My mother is a big fan as are the rest of us.

In Holland, MI, this summer, I bought some expensive olive oil flavored with Meyer lemon in a store that sold only oils and vinegars.  This flavored olive oil is worth the $$ I spent.  I use it in the cabbage slaw along with a small amt. of Hellman's Light mayo, which I also like a lot.  It's my mayo of choice.  DH just mentioned that we now have one of those specialty vinegar and oil stores close by.  I'll have to check it out.

Am forgetting to respond to some people, but this post is too long anyway!  Greetings to all and I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

Just read your post, Carole. I also picked up a pork butt roast on sale this week thinking that I can make pulled pork to freeze for a later occasion. Maybe I'll do that today if my hands are up to the "pulling" part.



My mother was also a great seamstress and made some clothes for me, which I loved....maybe because they were special dresses. I am impressed that you could make a wedding dress, Carole!

I love to sew, but these days get very nervous about tackling projects with lots of fabric.

While clearing out closets recently, I came cross some long and some mini skirts I made for myself almost forty years ago. Now if I could only fit more than one leg in them, they would be stylish additions to my wardrobe! Fun to see them anyway....most went to goodwill.

Have a good Sunday everyone!

You guys are making me crave pork roast, the one item I don't have in my freezer SIGH!



Carole, I spent my childhood in a state of frizz because my grandmother was crazy about Tonette home perms. My cousin and I looked like the frizzy twins. I think there was another one too, Bobbi?



Starting to thaw turkeys today and making piecrust.

Susan, you are right about the work. I have a Thanksgiving lead up to-do daily calendar that I have to check items off or I forget something. I often wish I had a wife. Wouldn't it be nice to know someone else is always going to make sure there's enough toilet paper or Kleenex in the house?



I absolutely used to love lentils, but they didn't love me. Maybe I'll try again after all these years, now that I'm medicated.

Vitamix Blender is supposed to be $274 at Costco.  The Vitamix Blender rep told me this last week when he was doing a demonstration at Whole Foods.  He made a non-dairy ice cream with cabbage, spinach, aguave, banana and something else, I can't remember.  It was awesome.  The blender spins it so fast that it solidifies and becomes the consistency of ice cream.  This lady and I ate all the samples he put out.  LOL  I will try to get one on Black Friday!

Oh I had the bangs too.

Good for you, Inspired!  I hope this holiday season is everything you want it to be.

Two people now have mentioned "pork" stuffing.  Could you give a little more detail?  I decided I would put pork sausage in the cornbread dressing this year to keep it from being bland.  DH likes the midwestern bread dressing with lots of sage, but he's outnumbered by southerners who like cornbread dressing.

I haven't decorated for Christmas the last three years.  We gave away the big artificial tree we had stored up in the attic.  It was from the pre-lighted era but was expensive when I bought it.  Since I'm elected to host the Christmas meal for my family, I'll put up a tree.  I like the tall skinny trees and will buy one with the lights since I gave away the strings of lights.  Gave away most of the decorations, too, but I was tired of them anyway.  I'm thinking I will have a small present for all the adults as well as the children this year.  The women are easy but I haven't come up with an idea for the men. 

The pork roast was delicious.  But no leftovers came home with us.  There was enough for a couple of meals for my mother.  And one large baked sweet potato, which I left for her, too.  At 89, she doesn't do a lot of cooking anymore.  She has put in her share of hours in the kitchen.

Inspired - Thanksgiving  Day last year is a total blurr.  I know we served almost a hundred people at the Senior Center, that I planned and organized it, that I prepped for hours on Wednesday, that I cooked for hours on T Day.  On the Fri. before T Day I found a lump and called my ONC.   She saw me first thing Monday and confirmed two lumps but couldn't get me in for a mamo until Friday.  By Thanksgiving I was a basket case.  Friday was my Thanksgiving, The mamo was clear and at my ONC appointment the next week neither the Dr or I could find either lump.

I really am looking forward to Thursday!  We've combined with another group that did their own thing last year and expect to feed over 200. No worries, after 16 years of doing it myself someone else is in charge.  All I'm responsible for is making the jelled salads and the gravy.