laurie- I HAVE NO IDEA. There that's my input! LOL

Bedo I love Honey crisp apples. I really don't like the taste of delicious. I like Jonathan or any of the tart ones. In other words if it's a cooking apple I love to eat it! LOL.  

Went to Chinese with DH before he left for work.  Looks like hell be getting sent to work in Florida after all. Who boy. Well see h ow it goes. Not the first time in 40 years of marriage he had to work out of state. He's been in NC, NV, GA, CA, and IL. Sometimes for months. But I'll miss his weekends with me. His parents passed last year; I'm not in tx (kept for the darn magnesium) so it's probably a good time for it. Our daughters wedding will be in May and it's looking like a June will be the move. Anybody down there want a visitor? I'll probably drive down a couple of times to visit. Nothing is ever easy. He still has a couple of years before retirement. Sigh. 

moon - where in Florida is your DH going?

moon - FPL is all over the state, as is Next Era from what I can tell, lol!  After 30 years as a military spouse I am a pro at uncertainty, but there is no doubt that change and moving is very stressful!

Oh my goodness - Page 600.  Laurie - way to go starting this thread.

Okay, I just went back and looked at the Pioneer Woman's recipe...and that one is ridiculous too! They are very similar I like the addition of the nuts!

Minus, that's the reason I made the cake in the first place, the penzey's catalog started me thinking about it!

carole - looking at pictures of myself was what prompted me to do this food sensitivity diet too!  I see it immediately in my face - I was the same weight I was on the day I delivered my firstborn - not acceptable!  I was eating 1200 cals a day and exercising and the scale would not budge, I was so frustrated.  This eating plan is not for everyone because it is really hard, you seriously can't eat much that is fun, but it is working and I feel better, so I'm doing it!  Good luck - WW is a great program and it is nice that you get to see some familiar faces at the meetings.  I am fortunate that my DH also did this diet and my former boss is on it too - it helps if others are participating too.

Eric, is Sharon sticking with WW?  My difficulties with weight control began in 2009 when I started taking arimidex.  I'm hoping that things will improve come September when my 5 yrs. are up. 

Dinner tonight will be warmed up turkey soup and a salad.  I'm looking forward to another bowl of the soup.  It's very good.  We'll be eating earlier than usual, about 6 pm, since dh has a woodworkers' guild meeting.

Moon, couldn't you go to FL, too, and live with your dh in a small apartment or rented condo? 

I also have struggled with losing the chemo weight gain since being on either Femara and Arimidex.  This new diet is the first time I have been able to successfully lose, it has been so frustrating!

I love this thread - we talk about BC and lots of other things - happy and sad, funny and scary, and we are bound together by talking about food and cooking, and we really care for each other!  It is totally awesome!

carole - I am doing the J J Virgin diet (the nutritionist's last name - you don't get to be a virgin again, lol!) and you give up corn, soy, peanuts, dairy, sugar, gluten and eggs for 21 days.  You are supposed to add the items back in separately, a week at a time for each, to see if you are sensitive to them.  Her theory is that these foods can cause sensitivity and inflammation and make weight loss difficult.  We eat lean, grass-fed beef/pork, hormone free and antibiotic free non-GMO fed chicken, olive oil, low-glycemic fruit, lots of green veggies, beans and salads, nuts, etc.  The biggest issue is reading labels and knowing which ingredients might be hiding the listed banned items!  I have found it is easiest to eat almost nothing that is processed - I have made my own salad dressings, and try to eat food in its whole and un-processed form as often as possible.  I found that completely cutting out sugar has allowed me to lose the craving for it and I have not really been all that tempted following this plan.  I am not really adding any of the banned foods back in yet - I did try some scrambled eggs though - I thought I missed them but I really didn't.

yeah. Not sure I could make it without eggs and dairy and sugar all at the same time. But if it works for you.....

It is a challenge!  Lol!  The funny thing is that I can still cook with that stuff for everyone else and not really miss it.  My DH has lost all the weight he needs to so now he needs to be careful not to lose any more - so he is adding the things back in to see if anything bothers him.  DD will be home the first weekend in March for a fishing tournament so I will be cooking as she is bringing a couple of fishing buddies (guys!) with her.  It will be an interesting test - my former boss who introduced me to this diet purged her house of all of the banned stuff, but I didn't.  I am doing OK just ignoring the stuff I can't have, and since I have cut it out I don't crave it.  I had already been avoiding soy and most dairy, and had been avoiding sugar as much as possible.  I really like fruit and vegetables, so it is not too bad.

Nance  thanks for the update on that cake.  It would never get eaten here in this house..hubby doesn't like sweets and I don't need them!  It would be great for a get together though, where other people will eat it all.  We have a friend that proclaims after every meal  "I need some chocolate"  his wife always keeps some in a kitchen drawer for him.

So impressed by all of you monitoring your weight....I just cant get on the wagon.  Planning a lot more exercise when we get south, our community has an indoor pool and offers all kinds of classes.

Rough day yesterday....took my mom to docs as she has lost about 45 pounds and is vomiting continuously. This has been on-going and they cant seem to get to the bottom of it.  Scheduled several invasive tests in the next couple of weeks, but the internist was throwing words out like...pancreatic or liver cancer? Maybe intestinal blockage?  I cried all the way home.

Oh.... and did salad for dinner.

How about 

Miso Noodle Soup with Vegetables?!

Miso soup