So...whats for dinner?
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Happy Belated Birthday, Special! I'm glad that your "intruder" was familiar and bearing gifts!
This morning, I started out tired as usual (thank you Tamox!), and at PT my therapist worked me rigorously for an hour and a half...felt a bit like jelly when I left....so what might I want to do to recoup? Of course head to Volante Farms and Trader Joes! It did the trick. So now I am busy making some sausage kale soup which I think I'll add fresh corn to, since there were still some nice looking ears at Volantes....must be the last batch.
I am bundled up like a snowgirl while I cook since our house is pretty chilly...we decided to be hardy and wait until back from NH to flip on the heat switch!
Carole, I like that pork recipe ....sounds tasty!
Always thinking of Michelle and what her whole family is going through...hoping she is comfortable and that providing that can help her family caretakers feel some of their own comfort.
Yesterday, my former office mate called to tell me that another co-worker who had dealt with ovarian cancer last year, finally returned to work last month only to have the cancer return with a vengeance after two weeks. There is no treatment available and she is already in hospice care at home. I hate this damn disease!!!
Back to making soup.....
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Um Yum Whale Blubber. But I bet it gets you thru those long winter nights. Bedo dear sister love you bunches. I do hope you keep in touch. Safe travels. Don't know about caribou stew; bet it's not all that different from venison.
Carole - I too would like the artichoke recipe.
DH made an Amazon order and I got stuff too. Ordered a plastic rolling mat and also a cloth one and stockinette. I had a suction cup mat years ago and stockinette. Looked several places and not there so prob. ditched them. Also ordered a one # jar of full fat powdered milk for cooking. In looking I found what I thought were Eng. muffin rings but I think they are egg rings. Very heavy metal with little grabbers that stick up. Also found out I need to give away tons of craft stuff I will never make.
Special K - sounds like a wonderful birthday.
Carrie - any more news on the house?
Had a fun day revacuuming front room after ant invasion. I think between DH spraying front walk (large mound in flowerbed) and under the windows we might have headed them off. I usually get at least one invasion a year and was overdue by at least a year. -
Bedo, your description of those Alaskan delicacies reminded me that someone at PT who just returned from Down Under brought in some kangaroo jerky. I declined my PT's generous offer to try it...and was really glad when he later said it tasted a lot like beef jerky with a fishy taste. OMG!! BLCHHHH!
Are kangaroos not protected?? Or are they like deer to us? -
Happy Birthday SpecialK...Glad you are having a wonderful Birthday!!!
I made my folks dinner tonight Pork chops with boiled potatoes and milk gravy with corn and applesauce. First time I made it as good as my Dad! -
Thanks everyone - it was a quiet b-day (just the way I like them!) as I am glad to be here to celebrate another year, but not so happy about how old I am, lol! No flaming b-day cake or singing (I did get a couple of voicemail singers) and no presents to open. I bought some coordinating china to enlarge my existing pattern which has been discontinued as my own b-day gift. I got it a few weeks ago when I could take advantage of a sale and coupon combo - told DH - he was thrilled that he did not have to shop!
I too had a stomach ache later though - I have some issues with aged beef - it often causes trouble for me. I don't think enough time had elapsed for that to be the culprit though - I think the lemon drop did me in - coffee earlier in the day, plus lemonade, plus lemon in the drink and liquor. I had a Nissen surgery many years ago for reflux and I don't tolerate too much acid - so I think that was my mistake. All better now though! I also want the artichoke casserole recipe! -
carol - me too on the artichoke recipe, please.
Luv - what kind of ants do you get? We get these itsy bitsy ones that everyone around here call sugar ants. I was hopinh we had left them behind at our last house but saw some in the driveway of our new house yesterday.
Someone mentioned sausage and kale soup. Would you mind posting the recipe? It sounds delicious. -
Carole please dont be offended, but I DONT want your artichoke recipe. I hate artichoke. Also avacado and asparagus..... guess I gave a thing against the A veggies..... LOL im sure its hood but blech. Um same for whale blubber. But of course when living without carbs on mostly protien fat is neccessary or you'd starve. Sausage and kale soup sounds good. Lovewins good fir you. That sounded good too.
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Special K- Happy Birthday! It sounds like you had a wonderful day and treated yourself, as you should!
Lacey- Have fun at the lake house. I too am not turning on the heat or in my case starting a fire. The longer we hold out the better!
Bedo- I can't wait to follow you on your adventure in Alaska! It should be interesting and amazing.
Carol- Your pork dinner sounds delish, thanks for sharing.
The boys costumes....sigh...it is the end of cute costumes. They are both Power Rangers
It makes me sad that the cute days are already over. I am 3/4 packed for camping tomorrow. We have our menu planned and I did the shopping today. I love fall camping with the leaves changing and the crisp temps. We are having eggplant parm, beef stew, chili and I will roast a chicken with mashed potatoes. Feel good food! I made corn bread today to go with the chili. I hit the dollar store the other day and got a bunch of decorations for the campsite.
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Bedo,
Best of luck in your adventure to Alaska! It is on my list of places that I would love to visit and I look forward to your stories! Please stay in contact!
SpecialK,
Happy Birthday! Sounds like a great time but sorry the Lemon Drop upset your stomach! Could you maybe blame it on something else that you ate.. like something you didn't like anyway? lol,,,,
Moon,
Artichokes (and other vegetables) seem to be love them or hate them...lol!
Lovewins,
Yay on your dinner turning out as good as your Dad's! No better compliment than that!
Lacey and Laurie,
No heat on here, yet, either! I think it may be a north east thing where we are fighting tooth and nail to hang on to summer! That's my story anyway lthough my Mom says We're being cheap... Cheap... Frugal... Potato.. Patahto... you decide...lol
Thinking of Michelle and her family tonight and wishing that, instead of awareness, we had a way to stop this disease in it's tracks and that not.one.more sister/brother, family or friend had to lose someone that had so much more life to live far too soon! -
deborye - I love my little b-day guy - so cute! Also, thanks for posting that pic w/Michelle, she looks so happy!
laurie & seaside - thanks for the b-day wishes too!
I am doing leftovers for dinner - the rest of our steaks - mine plain with some sliced tomatoes and homemade garlic buttermilk dressing, and DH's sliced with mushrooms, rice and some sautéed yellow squash and zucchini. -
Oh Deb, what a sweet memory of our last luncheon together....and how very FASCINATING!
We all look healthy and great and that is how I want to picture our lovely Michelle!
For those who want to make sausage kale soup, you might be better off googling it and seeing which recipe appeals to you..they are almost all good....just with some ingredient variations.
Tonight, I wanted it to be kale, carrots, corn and sausage...
so just diced a large onion which I sauteed in some olive oil with a trader Joe's sausage (actually I just used two small sausages) that I cut into small pieces (it is already cooked) and some garlic....
added broth (I often use the "better than bouillon" along with water and more chicken broth)
added bay leaves,rosemary sprigs (or powdered rosemary) same with the thyme. Sometimes, I dangle a teaball of fennel seeds in the soup for added flavor...especially if no rosemary is used.
Added a large can of tomatoes, brought back to boil.
Added some diced zucchini and diced carrots,
then after they cooked a bit, added my washed, chopped, stemless kale (also some shredded brussells sprouts since I had them).
Towards the end of it cooking I added fresh shucked corn (my Susan wannabe effort:), fresh ground pepper, and adjusted spices....after which I went wild and added two tablespoons of Sambal Oelek chili paste. Definitely heated it up!! Do not do if you don't like heat....we do....if you like a little heat, crushed red pepper flakes will do.
At the very end of cooking I add some balsamic vinegar for a bit of depth, since depending on the sausage, I can find that it is not as strong tasting (savory?) as we'd like.
You can top with grated or shaved parm or romano.
I also usually make this soup with cannelini beans instead of corn, but the corn crispiness was a nice experience.
Hope that helps...you might do better with google......;) I am such a "do it as it moves me" cook with soups. Measuring is just not a behavior I even think about then. -
Happy Birthday!!!!! Now I want to see a photo of your pattern.
Just flying through tonight. Made the "house" stirfry for dinner tonight with farm broccoli and some bits of my pig.
*susan* -
Happy Birthday Mrs. K.
Eric -
Oh great picture of Michelle and all of you. Deborye - Thanks for posting.
In Houston I'm hoping to turn off the A/C but it's still 90. The fall weather ya'all are having sounds great (and I'm originally from No California so I have to work hard on my accent). Looking forward to hearing about all the fall weekend events and hope it gets cool enough to turn on the oven soon.
I had to chuckle at Special's B-day present. I must be one of the oldest here. I remember when I was adding. Now I'm trying to get rid of the whole set since I only have one son who lives in another state with no children who's wife doesn't like it.
Debbie - hope you'll check in soon & update us. Thinking of you & Chuck and remembering your father & sister. -
cute pic Deborye, thanks for the post. Minus, it was 38 degrees this morning and foggy. Heat is ON you bet. Thats what its there for!! LOL Lacey, sounds good and yummy. I dont measure unless I am baking or duplicating someone elses recipe for the first time. After that its up up for grabs. LOL! Susan, Now Im curious too! SpecialK guess youll have to show us. I have my Moms china and my cheap "Good" set. My older daughter will get mine cause its fairly plain and thats what she likes. My younger daughter will get Grandmas 22 serving floral set. She loves it. I still use them theyll just have to wait! LOL
BTW, I do know what apostrophes are. But to get to them on my new phone I have to go to the symbol page and thats a pain. So I dont bother with them when I post from my phone LOL.
I got Chinese take out. I love the teriaki beef skewers. And hot and sour soup. All right I admit I got sweet and sour chicken. Shhhh you did not just hear me say that.....
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Thanks for the B-Day wishes everyone!
Here is my original pattern, Noritake Adagio, and my new one Lenox Solitaire. I have had the Adagio for more than 30 years, and have 8 5-piece place settings. I frequently have many more than 8 people at holidays and celebrations. I have my mom's china but it is Arzburg White and very modern - stark white with no rims - just a flat surface. I love it but it doesn't go with mine, so if I used both in the past I only would do it when the tables were not near each other. For a long time I have thought that if I got 8 dinner plates and 8 salad plates of a plain pattern I could combine the dinner plate of one with the salad plate of another, and vice versa, and have 16 coordinating place settings. So I bought the Lenox Solitaire. It is pretty plain with a silver rim - the most important part is that the background is ivory. The Adagio is ivory with a silver rim also. The lighting of these shots makes the ivory look different, but they go together really well. I just got the dinner and salad plates because I hardly ever use the cups/saucers, etc. The adagio is nice with Thanksgiving colors but made me crazy for Christmas, so I bought Christmas china a long time ago! Now I guess I could use the Lenox too!
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specialK if I posted a pic of mine its quite similar. LOL. The only difference is my plain set is a trimmed in swirly silver around the edges in an octogonal pattern. -
Just to weigh in - I have Lenox Tuxedo - also ivory but gold rims. And 8 dessert plates from one Grandma's Limoge. I think she only had dessert plates?
Special K - those look great together. -
Thanks - I am happy with the purchase! I waited for them to go on sale, then used gift cards I had accumulated from Thanks for Sharing, a return without a receipt, plus one from taking online surveys, then configured the order so I got free shipping. I couldn't read one of the numbers on one of the gift cards so had to call customer service and place the order through them - the guy on the phone was pretty impressed with how little I paid - he started laughing!
moon - I think there are a number of patterns from the late 70's and early 80's that look similar. I still like the Adagio pattern but if I had it to do over I would probably get something less floral!
minus - I like grandma - a dessert girl! -
Those are lovely patterns. I have to admit that I am more partial to the plainer pattern. Here is what I picked as my china at age 22. Hard to believe that it has been that long, and even harder to believe how much I still like this pattern.
I have added dinner plates, but didn't bother to add the other pieces. Big dinners is what I cared about. Sometimes I supplement with IKEA 365 white stuff that I have accumulated. I rather like the juxtaposition of dirt cheap to expensive.
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I have an antique set of China that only comes out a couple of times a year. The everyday set is a discontinued pfaltzgraff pattern called Grandma's Kitchen. It needs to be replaced but I haven't found one I like better. I have a set of bistro white dishes, mostly from crate and barrel that I use for Italian dinners. Oh yes, then there are the two sets of Christmas dishes. Can you tell I entertain a lot?
I scored fresh walleye at Costco yesterday and some really wonderful California peaches. It's going make dinner a treat. -
Keep it up on the china patterns. I am vicariously enjoying them so much.
Nancy - I love your Grandma's Kitchen pattern. Is the pattern with the lovely pink band with flowers? Though I see numerous patterns on E Bay.
I have some Fitz/Floyd called Chrysantheme. I used to have much more Oriental decorating though still have quite a lot mixed in with "country". Heritage from living in Hawaii. I have a very small family and had a small wedding so no "china" pattern. I also have a set for 6 I think of Spode Christmas I have collected over the years.
No idea what dinner will be tonight. DH has nasty cold. I think the only chicken I have is giant package of thighs frozen. Neither of us was raised on homemade soup. Campbell's from the can. He is not really a soup eater though he praised the hamburger soup we ate for days. Maybe turkey meatloaf. Just don't know. He does not eat much with a cold. Not that either of us is in danger of starving. LOL. Can always make more chicken tacos which he might just eat better. Expecting rain off/on for the next few days. -
Luv, that's my pattern! We're hard on dishes so it's been difficult to find replacement pieces. I have twelve place settings but the next set will be something more replaceable.
I'm loving the dishes too. I didn't get married until my 30's so my "pattern" was a set of dishes that were given as a promotion from my local supermarket. You know the ones, week one was a cereal bowl, etc. Lol! -
susan - I like your pattern too - if my DD ever registers for china I will try to steer her to a classic and timeless one. She is not much into domestic stuff, so not sure if she has any interest. She is more traditional that I previously thought though, so who knows.
The china pattern conversation is fun! I had the same set of everyday dishes for many years - plain white from J.C. Penney - they lasted through kids but within the last couple of years I realized I was down to an uneven mixture - definitely still had four complete place settings, but need more or I am constantly washing the same dishes. So, I packed those ones up for whichever of the kids gets their own place first. I bought a Sango pattern with square plates and service for 12, that was promptly discontinued. I must be causing this, right? Now I am seeing discolored scratching on the surfaces, so I am thinking I need to find something else. I may just go back to plain white because I like the way food looks on it - also, all my catering platters are white, so it would coordinate. I know that Pottery Barn has a caterer's set of 12 plates that are fairly heavy duty, so I may go that route. -
Fun conversation about china. Susan, I like your pattern. I never liked the fancy, floral china. I have one 12-place set of plain white (Arctica) china made in Finland by Arabia. I still like it a lot. It has that Scandinavian plainness that leaves you free to use any placemats or napkins that you choose. Then I have an 8-place setting of Phaffgraf that I bought years ago at Field's in Chicago. DH and I were on an escalator and I spied the china in a housewares dept. Went to the dept. and bought it. It has a stylized contemporary pattern of green leaves and vines around the edge with a deep rose stylized flower at intervals. After all these years, no broken pieces and I still enjoy using both sets of china, neither expensive.
I never liked the ornate silver tableware either and opted for stainless steel. I have three sets, one bought on a trip to Sweden.
My favorite way to set tables if I were a big entertainer would be an eclectic mix of china and tableware. I love that look.
Now I'm bashful about posting the artichoke casserole recipe because it's so simple and easy to make! Here goes.... Susan can skip this!
STUFFED ARTICHOKE CASSEROLE
1 Tbsp. olive oil. 1 med. onion, diced. 2 cloves garlic, minced. 2 1/2 cups of bread stuffing (or your own mix of bread crumbs and seasonings). 2 tsp Italian seasoning. S & P to taste. 1 cup chicken broth. 1 can artichoke hearts, rough chopped. (I use jarred artichoke hearts that I buy at Sam's). 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, divided. Or more. This is a WW recipe!
Preheat oven to 350. Grease or spray 2 qt. casserole with Pam or whatever. Saute onion in oil until soft. Add garlic and sauté for 1 min. Add remaining ingredients and 1/4 of the parm. cheese. Pour into prepared casserole and top with remaining cheese. Dot with pieces of butter if you're not watching your weight! Bake 20 to 30 min. until heated through.
Leftovers are very good. DH and I finished up every morsel of the last batch I made.
The beef fajitas last night were delicious. I sliced the small lean ribeye (grass-fed beef animal) into strips and sautéed it in bit of grapeseed oil. Removed the steak strips and sautéed an onion and a yellow bell pepper cut into strips. Meanwhile I simmered a package of home-cooked black beans with a can of Mexican Rotelle diced tomatoes. Mashed up a ripe avocado. Opened a jar of home-made salsa purchased at a farmers' mkt and opened a carton of light sour cream. Fix your own with heated corn tortillas from Fresh Mkt. One of my easy meals when I'm on the run all day. -
Carole, sounds delish, can't wait to make it. Thanks! -
thanks carol. It sounds good. I'll have to try making some rice bread stuffing and use that or maybe rice noodles... the possibilities....
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