So...whats for dinner?

Michelle,



Thinking of you tomorrow and Wednesday.... Hope the MRI and treatment goes smoothly...

Busy folks here!

Loved the pic, Michelle and Special.



Hope you can get the sled dogs goin for doc appts tomorrow, any of you locals who need to! We already have a few inches of snow here....actually there may be less up North this time...and wow, it is really cold! I think we've been spoiled with such reasonable temps so far this winter.



Had a friend over for lunch today....we had my favorite chicken pastina soup, spinach salad with cranberries and slivered almonds, and fresh faux french bread, right from the oven. We were all nicely sated! Had eggplant "for darn sures" aka leftovers, and salad for dinner tonight. I did ask my sister about that expression, and she confirmed that it was just the softer version of "for damn sures" shared by my mother's Southern friend. Neither of us know what that has to do with leftovers. I think I'll abandon the expression for "jump ups"!



Laurie, it sounds like your family will be well fed with" jump ups " for this whole week!

Deb, I'll happily take your DH's share of that "pie".

Welcome Annemarie! Looking forward to your and other orzo salad recipes. There is just something so sweet about orzo! Altho it can get pretty hefty in soups.

Thanks, Seaside.  The MRI shouldn't be too bad - I hear it's not as long as a breast MRI.  Chemo should be routine.  The worst of all of it will be going outside to the car - it's really cold here!

AWW Laurie  probably got some fluid in there.  I still do, but feel as if its getting better.  I can hear it crackling when I yawn.

Michelle  Good luck today...they really need to make fur lined patient gowns for this weather.  Hope they have the heat cranked up.

Eric great job on the biscuits. About the whooping cough...they are now saying that we should be immunized again as adults

Whoever grounded Debbie...did you take away her computer too?  Hopefully she is just resting and trying to get her mojo back to normal.

I made a blueberry pie yesterday with the berries I froze in the summer when the price was lower.  Yum with vanilla ice cream. Had stuffed pork chops before the desert with baby potatos and veges. 

Sending healing and caring thoughts your way Laurie. Enjoy some wonderful memories of your mother.



Michelle glad to hear your MRI won't be as long as the breast one is. Maybe you can ask for a little antifreeze to be added to the chemo. It is such a shock to the system to return here in the middle of a cold spell after being in FL romping in the sun and surf.

I imagine that Debbie is feeling that same shock!



Carrie, I'm glad you mentioned your blueberry pie. I have blueberries we picked last August in the freezer.....better do something with them before they turn to freezer burned dots!

Carrie, that's a good point about the fluid in the ears.  When my DD was a baby, she kept having problems with ear infections.  She'd go on antibiotics, they'd get better, but they'd come right back.  The pediatrician sent her to an ENT suggesting ear tubes.  The ENT said the reason she kept getting the ear infections was that she had fluid in her ears which was always there.  So the antibiotic would kill the infection, but the fluid would still be there and if fluid is just sitting there it is prone to infection.  The ENT put her on a teaspoon of Dimetapp (and she was just about a year old) a day to dry up the fluid.  He said he always tries that and usually it doesn't fix the problem, but sometimes it does.  It did in her case!  She may have had an ear infection since then, but it if so it has been very rare.  And she just couldn't shake them for more than a couple of weeks before.  It may be worth bringing up with your doc, Laurie.  I hope you feel better.

Laurie,.we grill all year. But today, its only -4 here. Not gonna do that today.

LeeA  cool on the bowls, just dont microwave your phone!

Laurie Good luck tomorrow with the test...tubes for an adult is ok if it means no more sinus and ear infections.  My daughter had them in at 7mo old and when they fell out a year later she never needed them again.

No cooking tonight....I have been grazing junk all day  chips, pickles, pie and everthing else I can find in the kitchen WTH?  I need to get outta this house...getting cabin fever!

for that recipe go to www.marthastewart.com

@deborye
Went to Marthastewart.com but it's not "Today's recipe" and didn't see the same photo in the other previews from the cookbook. Do you remember whats the name of the dish? Help me out here!

Thanks LeeA! Mushrooms, spinach & scallions sound like a tasty combo but oh rats, it has eggs in it and I don't like 'em. Also I don't know goat cheese but could use something milder I suppose. The dish sounds fiddly to do, with separate roasting times for each veggie. Oh well, the search continues. Maybe the eggs can just be left out....saute the mushrooms et al, butter up the phyllo, dollop of cheese, dollop of veggies inside, fold in half & bake....

LeeA  that is hysterical!!

As IF Ramon noodles aren't the ultimate comfort anti-loneliness food! (In my opinion)

Along with butterscotch pudding, mashed potatoes, graham crackers and milk, etc etc but especially Ramon noodles because you know you shouldn't eat them so by the time you need them, they are there for you.

Using up stuff in fridge for vacation.  Canned artichokes with spagetti, cauliflower with cheese, blech,blech except the cauliflower with cheese casserole

What's really dumb is that I'm buying really nice things for the house-sitter

Ok Annemarieh!

I have you on reserve for next time!

I hope you don't mind living in a 700 square foot cabin with 2 black cats and a fireplace that was built as an addition to the main house built in the 1700s.  Done! PS no washer/dryer/dishwasher/airconditioning and I hope you don't mind bringing in the wood!  There is heat. Lol!

When will you be cleared for exchange?

Kitties would take good care of you.

 I hope you are doing OK

I am wondering about a good vegetarian crockpot soup recipe....hmmmmm

I'm not sure you would like my cabin, lol

When will you be cleared? I hope you're doing OK!