So...whats for dinner?

Deb... Thinking of you and sending prayers your way.



Dinner tonite is slow cooker beans with ham, corn bread and salad. Too hot to cook, temps feel over 90 degrees (but still went walking with DD around 10 this morning in the heat), still hot dry winds. Nothing on TV today but reports about fires in Los Angeles. And they're talking about rain in a couple days, hope it does hurry and rain to help put out the fires.

Nance,

One not related to breast cancer.  May require me to take time off for an unrelated illness and to be on disability for a bit because of sides and on meds for a few to several months. Not really wanting to discuss here, because it is not BC, just so you know if I am gone for a bit, or weird(er) than usual, ha. Not to worry. BFF and DD are nurses. We'll see how it goes, thanks for asking.

Bedo - wishing you an easy time with your treatment.  (((Hugs)))

Deb - thinking of you and your family.

Lacey - I don't think it matters when you take your statin.  DH was on them for a while until the joint pain became a problem.  His levels have stayed nice and low without it - could be the bike-riding he was doing last summer.

Bedo, whatever you're dealing with, good luck with it and I hope your tx is easy on you.



Lacey, I take my statin at night unless I think I'm going to have a sea breeze that evening ;-)

Bedo - Hope you know you can discuss anything here if you want.  We don't care if it's off topic.  Wishing you the best & we'll be waiting to hear from you.  Hope you don't have to give up avocados.

Michelle - absolutely amazing.  I vote that the ice cream is a catalyst.  Doesn't a Mudslide have icecream? I used to like Amaretto Freezes.

Deb - so sorry for your problems.  Hope you get the POA. We'll be thinking of you.

Hi everyone else I've missed.  Hair gone/wig on-sleep cap at night.  Finally off the BRAT diet and had a can of smoked oysters for dinner last night.  Good protein. 

Bedo, you know how I feel about you, since we are part of a set of triplets.

Laurie, am so sorry your tired!  I remember that well.  Mine are seven and eight now.  Yikes!  I remember those no-nap days.

Michele -- Yay!  You must always have ice cream.  And mudslides!

2nd -- you've got to get a Vitamix!  They are incredibly expensive.   Go to qvc and you can pay in installments.  It makes ice cream!  And if you put brocc potatoes milk and cheese in, leave it for six minutes, it makes hot soup!

Nibbana, many thanks for excellent recipes.  I can't wait for tomato season.  

Susan and Michelle  Great news for both of you!  Yay! My prefessional opinion is...stay on the ice cream!

Deb  Thinking of you.  Just remember that just because he had this unfortunate addiction to deal with doesnt mean he loved you and your daughter any less.  Remember the good and know that he loved you!

The weather experts are saying that due to our unseasonably warmer weather with no frost (or rain) in the next few weeks, to go ahead and get the gardens going. I am heading out to get some plants.

Last night was boring salad again, DH had late lunch and didnt eat dinner.  met up with summer friends from PA that came up to check on their boat getting into the water. Actually ate outside..a little chilly but doable.

Made a big batch of marinated chicken breast to have on hand for impromtu meals. Too hard to plan meals when we are outside so much, having the chicken ready gives me some easy options on the run.

I'm not sure what is for dinner tonight.  At 6pm, I'll be at the prom....with Sharon..we're chaperones.

The waffle iron and the aebelskiver pan are cooling in the oven after coat one of the seasoning.  They are in perfect condition, so they should work very well.  I don't have a pinterest login...I guess I'll have to get one to look for aebelskiver recipes.

The flooding danger seems to have lessened to the point where it's most likely I'll be home.  This is good news for me as well as the folks up north.

Boy, this thread sure reflects the change of season with Laurie and co outside for hours,

Michelle getting beach drinks planned and Carrie and DH heading for the boat!



It was such a pretty day....I started it at Volante Farms attending a session on container planting. Then enjoyed roaming their greenhouses, taking in all the gorgeous color. I only bought a couple of hardened plants, plus some kale and arugula six packs since we do expect a few more nights in the 30's. It felt good to finally start planting at least a few things today. Carrie, I'm impressed with your warmer forecast.



After buying plants I headed to the produce and grocery section and enjoyed some vendor samples of products that Volantes sells. It got me thinking about wanting to create and sell a product. I sure love making things, but would need to come up with an interesting marketable idea...and I'm not sure I'd want to deal with all the regs related to selling a food product. Maybe I can make something that doesn't need refrigeration, get stale, or cause allergic reactions,......like little kid aprons. Oh well this urge will probably fade.....;)



I bought more parsnips today since I wanted to make more soup with them....this time with sweet potato. I divided the amount at the end and added quinoa to half, and barley to the rest. I absolutely love that little barley crunch in soups! I think tomorrow we might have to grill some meat for dinner...DH has to be getting tired of my recent soup obsession, even tho he happily slurps them down.



Eric, glad you (and the involved citizens) might be spared this time! Maybe you would show us pix of those renewed pots and pans?!



Getting very late....better get upstairs take that statin, and try to get some shuteye.



Hope everyone has a good Sunday.....

Seaside, Love your "Apple intervention" rose story. She will always be in our hearts...and maybe with your rose bush..... such a special woman.

It sounds like we were all thinking of Apple. Last Tuesday I pulled up and listened to the Youtube videos of her playing the piano.



It was a very mellow prom. I had to clear my throat once near one couple who thought they were alone by the outside fountain. That was it. Good kids...at least at the prom. :-)



I got three seasoning coats on the waffle iron. That should be enough. I'll have to try it later this morning to see how it works. Amazingly enough, it's the only waffle iron I have.



Eric

I'm another one who's been thinking of Apple.  Since I'm back in active treatment, I've been searching different threads and come across a number of her old posts.  What a wonderful lady. 

Nance - Guess I should be embarassed to admit this to the great cooks on this thread.  I'm the laziest cook around and I know this is a cop-out, but I've always (since 1968) made my lemon meringue pie with original Jello pudding/pie filling and never had a failure. 100% home made would certainly be better, but I do make a good crumble crust & at least I get my lemon pie fix.

I'm not opposed to it either. That's the only way I can make layer cake, I'm so bad at it (make my own frosting though.) But this particular pie recipe is the best I ever had, so I wanted to be able to make it.

Nancy, how do you make your burritos?  DH usually orders a giant burrito in a Mexican restaurant.  I'm wondering what's the difference between burritos and enchiladas.  Does a burrito require a white flour tortilla? 

Made a This and That soup that outgrew the first pot.  Started out with leftover home-cooked black beans, a can of Mexican Rotel tomatoes (lime and cilantro), chopped carrot and celery.  Added a ziploc bag of frozen chicken broth.  Added a frozen container of home-cooked cannelini beans, more chicken broth and chopped cabbage.  Cooked that a while and dumped in leftover brown rice.  By now it was a large pot.  Actually not bad but "different" with the lime taste and a bit peppy with the Rotel chilis. 

One of my brothers brought a large box filled with veggies to my mother's house today.  Freebies from a farmer friend.  Cucumbers, zucchini and yellow squash.  Everybody took what they could use and then I made deliveries to my mother's neighbors and to one of my neighbors. 

So tomorrow's dinner will feature a dish with zucchini or yellow squash.