So...whats for dinner?

Burritos are stuffed flour tortillas. The items to be stuffed and the tortilla are already warmed. Once the burrito is wrapped, there is no additional cooking. Enchiladas are made with corn tortillas, and are cooked in a sauce, often topped with cheese. Two different animals actually.

Had a scramble of ground beef, sweet potatoes with pastured eggs. Plus a Coconut Bliss chocolate bar. Non-dairy, it's made with coconut milk. I want to give the person who invented almond milk and coconut milk chocolate treats a big sloppy kiss!

Nance  I second that...my kind of recipe!

I made a pan of ziti with sausage yesterday early in the morning and when we got infrom outside late at night dinner was all set, just had to heat up and added some frozen green beans.

Today i start my new job.  Have not worked in year and half due to stupid Ca! Went back to school and changed careers (no more nursing for me) and today I have the distinct privledge of starting at the bottom of the pole again!! Oh well, it gets me outta the house.

Carrie, congratulations, and best of luck as you start your new career! I'm impressed that you were able to go to school and make a career change while dealing with BC. I do hope the new job does NOT cut into your boat time!



I have many choices for dinner tonight. Went shopping to put together a few meals for a former colleague who has a lot going on....but didn't reach her to make sure she would be around to benefit from the offer. Bottom line, she isn't! That will teach me not to jump the gun! So I have makings for lasagna, meatballs or loaf, guacamole which I can't eat with ER+, and chicken thighs galore. So....may have a small cook and freeze fest here today, tho DH wants to take a field trip to the state retirement and SS offices to finish up my retirement and medicare paperwork. His compulsive idea of fun! I prefer the cook fest!



Have a good day everyone......:)

Hi everybody,

Have been lurking here for some time now, and really enjoy reading about the delicious and different foods that are prepared here. I love cooking, and love eating even more. So this is a good place for me to be. Since bc diagnosis 18 months ago I've also become much more healthy in my eating/cooking habits, or trying to - lol. Love baking too, but the temptation is just too great, so bake only occasionally.

Yesterday had company. We have glorious warm weather here in BC at the moment, so the menu was curry-marinated pork chops on the barbecue, broccoli salad, oven-baked sweet potato, pear-strawberry-spinach salad with soft goat cheese, and barbecue buns. For this the dough is divided into buns, and barbecued slowly over low heat with closed lid. The smoky flavour is so good with a little butter and honey, or jam like apricot or strawberry. Also looks good with the grill marks. I had only one, promise.

What's on the menu tonight? Wait for it . . . . leftovers!

Good day to you all.

Need some advise....I have left over pasta and cherry tomatoes.  Thinking of adding peas, zucchini, onion and garlic.  My only questions is how do you make a wine type sauce without heavy cream?  I have white wine.

jenjenl - I did a quick google of "wine sauce for pasta" and came up with several choices top of list that did not have heavy cream. Can't address how good they are but recipes are out there. Do you have any alfredo sauce packages or cream cheese? or even sour cream? I know the cream cheese will work; I was going to make something like that last week like a chicken casserole.

I found some frozen boneless pork ribs. Think I will sprinkle with the McCormicks maple BBQ seasoning I bought last week and slow cook in oven. Dinner at our house on DH's work nights is about 10 pm. And maybe an exciting box of mac/cheese and salad.

It turned out fantastic. I sauted the onions, cherry tomatoes and garlic.  Then added white wine and just 1 tbs of cream.  Added the pasta and then 1 tbs of parm cheese.  I was happy it tasted so good with such little cream and cheese.  I am one happy girl! 

Carole, I have pretty much avoided avocados since my obsession about what I should and should not consume based on my estrogen receptive cancer and tamoxifen regimen. I have no idea how true any of it is....and about the soy, I met with a cancer nutritionist around this time last year and she said to avoid things that were derivatives of soy (soy chips, etc) more than the real thing, so really I do not now who is on first with this damn nutrition thing.



Here is one of the pages that I probably took to heart about avacado:



http://foodforbreastcancer.com/foods/avocados



I guess also the fat content concerned me even if it is a "good" fat. But boy I do like guacomole....:(



Decisions, decisions.....



Tonight we grilled steak and asparagus, to go with white sweet potatoes and garden salad.

Lacey, I think there are two more.

Liefie - welcome.  This thread moves fast but you'll have fun here.  At least reading & talking doesn't pack on the pounds.

I am also going to continue eating avocados - but that would be less than 10 a year for me too.

Dinner was on the road since I didn't finish w/my MO appointment until 7:15pm.  Ate a big green salad (yes, it's a no-no on chemo but I've been so good eating nothing but BRAT & poached chicken for 20 days) AND two slices of pepperoni & mushroom pizza.  I may be sorry tomorrow, but we only live once & I'll go back to bananas & rice in the morning.

Here's a (((hug))) for all you nurses out there. You are rock stars.

Lacey,  I am on board with not giving up avocados.  Although my tumor was not estrogen receptor positive -- I wouldn't presume to judge anyone who is, and who has done research on this specific issue

However, my best friend is a nutritionist at a hospital.  I ran this by him, and he says you're 'good to go' on avocados.  He loves the 'good fats' they provide -- these fats actually fight cholesterol.  I'm paraphrasing here, I am not a perfect nutritionist  

Are you on an extremely low-fat diet?  If so, I could understand not wanting to eat avocados...

I am so pro-avocado -- you have launched me into action:)  PS -- now I want macaroni and cheese.  Who is responsible?  I'll give you a hint: it is someone who loves goats...  

Laurie, your posts give me flashbacks!  Mine are ages 7 and 8, as I have said.  I remember all of that so vividly!  Wish I were there to give you a little break..

Minus Two, thanks for the welcome. I can see this is a busy thread.

Since my first post here I have not cooked anything, as we are still on the leftovers of that meal. Don't know why I made so much food. Lucky that DH does not mind what I give him, as long as I feed him. Lol.

Special K, the food sounds yummy!