So...whats for dinner?

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2014

    Left over Hot Dish tonight.

    All this particular dish calls for is

    1 lb ground beef, cooked and well drained

    1 can of tomatoes or pasta sauce, your preference

    1 box of pasta, your choice

    Cook ground beef until browned and drain off grease. Cook pasta until done and drain. Combine pasta and ground beef and stir in tomatoes or pasta sauce.

    Can be served with garlic bread and a salad if you prefer. I make enough for two nights.

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited October 2014

    susan - love the dress!  You will be a stylish MOTB, and you know we will need pictures asap!  If your DD has only had a limited incident of bridezilla-ness you are doing well - my friends whose DD's have gotten married have had that experience too - but a lot more of it.  My DD just says that when the time comes she will just let me make all the decisions and she will have no input beyond the dress/makeup/hair/shoes.  Works for me!

    Here is the Daily Roo!

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    eric - 6 servings?  GO, mom!

    auntie - that menu is awesome - I picked out my faves and I'm ready to go!

    lacey - your Italy posts made me want to go back!  You were brave to drive, I was too scared to do it - there is a reason so many fancy sports cars have Italian names like Maserati and Ferrari - so we took the train everywhere.  I read funny advice about Italian drivers - if you want to cross the street you have to start walking and do it with purpose - they will stop, but if you are timid or unsure they will just keep going.  I thought that was interesting.  I had already read about the gypsies and saw them in droves in the train station - particularly in Naples.  A lot were on our train that stopped in Pompeii, I was glad they got off there and we continued on our way to Sorrento.  We did the hairpin turn drive down the cliff to Positano in a large bus.  In the rain.  I folded my hands in my lap and stared at them the whole drive - the road is so narrow that when a bus was coming up the side view mirrors had to be folded in so they would hit each other - eeessshhh!  I was glad I had a beer before we got on the bus!  I had wanted to take the ferry to avoid that very situation, but somehow was overruled.

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited October 2014

    Special - I think it would have taken more than a beer for me more like a handful of Valium lol. Love the daily Roo.

    OK a bit of real cooking today. Found boneless breasts in freezer so Salsa Chicken it is. I have a giant can of black beans so will have to do something with a bit of extra beans - chicken is only 1#. Maybe on salad tomorrow. Will report on the Peach/Mango Pace though it will only be a teaser in it since it seems quite hot.

    Eric - hope DH is not tired of chicken because I think I see chicken jasmine rice for Wed. He may cluck by Thursday. I will have to sub. either almonds, walnuts or I read pistachios or sunflower seeds for pine nuts though this was for pesto. Doubt my local grocery has pine nuts. Think I have a lot of choices. Have giant bag of jasmine rice. Maybe the extra black beans will go in the jasmine chicken - why not.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2014

    Love the Daily Roo!

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited October 2014

    I'm able to find them in the little plastic envelopes in the baking section.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2014

    Eric - thanks for the link.  I'll have to make for my Chickenfoot group.  

    Special - sounds like your daughter has totally adapted to the roos & not worrying about penguins or dolphins.  Fun.

    It's embarrassing to remember, but I think I acted out some Bridezilla moments in 1966 - at least I remember arguing with my Mother.  My parents didn't like the groom or the groom's parents, or grandparents, or friends - so I was SUPER defensive.

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited October 2014

    minus - she enjoys the roos - but may be switching to baby penguins (then we will have to rename it the DBP - daily baby penguin) next week as the kangaroo person will come back from FMLA.  She got to play with the penguins the other day - she sat down on the floor and one just jumped into her lap!  How awesome is that? This was always a temporary job so her last day is Oct. 17, then she starts the job with the sea lions and dolphins (the Navy job) on Nov. 3.  They gave her an interim security clearance the same day she submitted the last of the paperwork - usually takes two weeks so she was a bit shocked.  It may be because some of her info is already vetted due to the fact that the DH has a TS clearance - so our address and the foreign relatives have already been looked at.  We will be moving her up to Jacksonville the week before - she already asked what the plan is if she has to work over Thanksgiving.  And she made a sad face.  I told her we will come to her and have the holiday there.  That is the downside of this type of job - animals need care 24/7/365, so holidays don't exist for some employees.  This was also true for me in the job I had when I was dx'ed - health care is the same, people need blood on holidays too!  I worked Christmas Day for the two years prior, and every 3-day weekend since my normal workdays included Mondays.  I usually elected to take Thanksgiving because it is such a cooking day, and my absolute favorite meal.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2014

    Special - what a fun interim job.  And so glad she got clearance for the Navy job.  I understand the holiday thing.  My son is a commercial pilot and usually flies all the holidays.  Since he doesn't have kids, he often volunteers to fly those days.  We sometimes have Christmas and Thanksgiving together around 12/10 and I usually where ever he's living.

    Unlike the rest of the U.S., Texas determined to hold National Night Out on the first Tuesday in October since the police decided August was too hot.  Too bad since we had great neighborhood BBQs when it was in August.  Now it's already dark and kids have band & sports & homework so we only have finger foods and mostly older people come.  I can't decide whether to make brownies or lemon bars.

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited October 2014

    minus - she is used to it - her dad spent 28 years in the Air Force.  We have a good friend who is also a pilot for Southwest - his kids are grown so he often volunteers to work so those with young ones can be home with their families.  When the kids were little and didn't know what day it was we always had to move their birthdays around, so my DH would be home!  My poor son's birthday kept getting pushed back because they started the bombing phase of the first Gulf war - the good news was that he was turning two, so he was unaware!

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited October 2014

    I can recommend Eric's chicken jasmine rice dish.  It's very good. 

    Susan, hope everything goes like clockwork on wedding day.  Looking forward to an account.

    Luv, enjoy all those "chikken" dishes! 

    Leftover eggplant lasagna and salad for dinner. 

    Waiting for the next installment of Lacey in Italy! 

    Hi to everyone present or missing.  Saw a cooking program about Philly cheese steak sandwiches and remembered that Kay from Philadephia hasn't been around in a long time.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2014

    Carole - so glad you're back at home & posting regularly!!!  I love hearing about your summers but we miss you.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2014

    Count down continues. Today my client visit was shortened, so I had time to make another batch of canapés bread. This time a white bread. The kid won't eat rye. Well, she ate one bite to be polite and then promptly spit it out into the trash. I have not kept any food down for about three days.... too ugly to discuss, but I said the hell with this tonight. Can't keep soup down, let's go for some real food. My body was screaming for protein, so we went to an Irish bar and had a burger. Didn't sit all that well, but at least I am not starving anymore. I have frozen two canapés breads for T-Day.

    Tomorrow I have 8 hours of meetings with the millennials. And then... da dah! I am taking TWO days off for whatever I want to do. Of course, mostly wedding prep.

    *susan*

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2014

    Haven't figured this one out yet. Brain is still waking up!

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  • Redheaded1
    Redheaded1 Member Posts: 1,600
    edited October 2014

    Special, your DD has the best job I could ever imagine......WOW.

    Susan--feel better soon....

    Have no idea what's for dinner.  Having my thyroid biopsy at 12:45 and am taking some Xanax before, so I may just snooze thru dinner tonight and have some leftover soup....  

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2014

    I have to go to a CT Scan little later today so it looks like hot dogs and fries tonight. If hubby don't like it he can cook his own dinner!

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited October 2014

    Best wishes to everybody doing medical stuff today. Susan, please feel better. What a terrible thing to be going on with you on top of everything else.


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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited October 2014

    susan - I am so sorry you are not feeling well, makes all that you have to do much harder, but glad you could hang onto the burger and the protein.

    red - I know, right?  Normally she is swimming around with dolphins and sea lions - other people have to pay for that, but she actually gets paid to do it!  She identified this as her dream since childhood, so she's living it - and loving it!

    Here is the Daily Roo - this one is hilarious!  He was just laying on the ground, and at first she thought he was sick, but he was just napping, so she took a shot from his feet, then walked around and took one from just above his head.  You can see her shoes.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2014

    That poor Roo, looks too pooped to party!

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited October 2014

    University of Missouri--Kansas City...must be quite a party school.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2014

    I went to UMKC for one semester. Oddest place I have ever taken academic classes but I had the most wonderful violin teacher. I would have enjoyed staying with him for many years, but I couldn't get past so many other parts of the experience.

    *susan*

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited October 2014

    Guess we really should eat some of that huge pot of turkey soup in the refrigerator.  So dinner will be soup and salad.  Hot dog and FF sounds good! 

    Hope you're feeling much better, Susan.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2014

    Hot dogs and FF were great!

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited October 2014

    Tonight, Leek and Potato soup with a bit of smoked polish sausage. The stock was the last one remaining from the smoked turkey at T-Day 2013. You know, sometimes, soup, just a simple soup is perfect. Since I have this cutie heart-shaped rye canapé bread which the kid says I may NOT use for her wedding, I did eat a few slices WITH BUTTER! Oh yum. She wants the star shapes for the wedding reception. The flower shape has been wrapped up and frozen for T-Day 2014. There is no turkey shape after all.  :-)

    Tomorrow night we are taking the kids out for some truly authentic Chinese cuisine.

    And then we have a marriage! I am a little surprised by how much this all makes me smile. I am so bloody happy that my daughter has found a man who makes her happy. I am so happy that I am still here to be a meaningful part of this moment. I am really missing my Dad, but I am so happy that the members of my family who are still alive will all be with us. I am so happy that bridezilla has found a new home. I have paid for the taxis. We have the parking permits in hand. The restaurant has the menu title. I do still have some cooking to do.... and I have Beth, my daughter's close friend, coming on Thursday to help in the kitchen.

    When I have pictures [who knows when professional photographers will get us the pictures] I promise that you will get them! Did I mention how happy I am that I am still here to enjoy this day with my kid?

    *susan*

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited October 2014

    Awesome, all the way around Susan.

    Eric

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited October 2014

    A happy day indeed Susan!


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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited October 2014

    So happy for you, Susan! And for "the kid" and DH and new DSIL. Joy abounding, as it should! Curious about the authentic Chinese selection. Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!

    Thought I'd get to posting trip stuff today, but DH and I inexplicably got involved in a very long negotiation at a car dealership, and I now have a new (albeit pre-owned...the way we always go these days) car. Kind of wish we had gotten an Audi like I was driving en Italia, but upgrading same car as I had is safer and predictable. Of course we did this when Mercury is solidly retrograde (my sister reminds of this several times a year, and would die if she knew about today's transaction). Guess I'll jyst wait for the engine to fall out. :)

    Ran from the dealership to keep a dinner date at Not Your Average Joe's with my former school office mate. We had a long, lovely meal, an interesting flatbread appetizer with butternut squash, brussels spts, carmelized onions and balsamic glaze, then I had a steak salad with little  smoked gouda  polenta cakes atop it, and she had a pork tenderloin on butternut squash bed, with an array of other vegetables on it. Her first dish came out with the pork raw inside, so back it went for a recook, and it was taken off the bill by the manager. Clearly, they were training lots of new staff tonight....but typically their food is well priced, generous in portions and creative.

    Came home exhausted....and am foolishly burning the 1AM oil, so will sign off. I will do more Italy posts soon....just need time to organize my thoughts and get on the real computer so I can try to include pix.

    Nite all......

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited October 2014

    Very happy for you, Susan!

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited October 2014

    Tonight is a kid's meal (without a kid.) For the kid in my dh actually. Pioneer Woman's sloppy Joe's, steak fries and applesauce. I made some soft rolls to serve as a bun.

    It's a gorgeous day here but I'm in the house on my hands and knees fixing cracks in the tile floor. Boy is it hard to get up! Thank you letrozole.




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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited October 2014

    Oh, and I too want to know about tonight's authentic Chinese cuisine.


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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited October 2014

    auntie - I want to eat at your house tonight - last night was spaghetti, but it was somewhat uninteresting.

    susan - I am so happy for you, and your family.  Tomorrow will be a very special day, it is making me smile too!

    Here is a Daily Deer, since the DD was in kangaroo surgery yesterday.

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