So...whats for dinner?

Susan - great news. I see that Palbociclib was only released by the FDA in February. Just in time!!! We'll hope for mild SEs and strong blood.

Special - no one likes drains but I was so pleased w/the results every time. Glad the doc sounded positive. Naps always sound good. Take it easy let DH & DD wait on you.

Lunch with ex-DH at Perry's Steakhouse. Fillet w/excellent veggies & garlic mash potatoes. My meat was way over-cooked but he eats so fast that he was almost done before I discovered the issue so I didn't send it back. We were going to try The Capital Grille but I didn't want to try to find parking at a new venue with the rainy weather. No dinner for me tonight. I made Laurie's Salsa Chicken with Hatch Green Chili stew earlier this week and have one more meal to finish that off tomorrow. With the beans it is very 'hearty' and I've been feeling full all week.

Has anyone seen George Gershwin Alone? I'd like to go but am hesitant to drive the distance to the show's location.

Susan..that is certainly worth celebrating. I'm relieved too.....certainly not like you, but still.... :-)

Special, I hope the drains come out soon. Sharon hated the things...calling them "damn drains", which I abbreviated to double Ds. and then to "stripping the double Ds" which would get a smile out of her....

I hear that the Houston area is getting even more rain. Stay safe everyone. I don't want to be needed.

I knew you all didn't think I was an incompetent shopper. :-) I just thought I'd play along a bit. I do even manage to try to watch the expenses. In college, I got used to figuring out how to stretch the food dollar to the breaking point.and old habits die hard. When I go ahead and spend the money for the good stuff for a FANCY meal, I still wince a bit.

Off to bed...one more 4am morning......

Susan awesome to hear that you got good news!! MO won't start me on meds until after the surgery and I'm hoping for little to no side effects from the Tamoxifen he wants me on for 10 years rather than the 5 that I typically see.

Lacey sounds like you're a lot like me, I always overpack but I'd rather be prepared for what-ifs than not.

Dinner last night was chicken strips and onion tater tots. I had a craving for chicken and fries and instead of going out we just made it here and got to cuddle on the couch which is always better than sitting at a restaurant.

Yay! Susan!!!!! Glad you area celebrating!

I did errands all day long.

Tomorrow I pre-ordered skate at the local outdoor Farmer's Market. Looking for a recipe today I just realized what it really is, is think shark fins? And that all the recipes look fried. I don't really like fried things. I'm going to look for broiled or baked recipes, I do see that it goes with capers which I love. And you must eat it ASAP. I'm going to try to order the "Wreck Fish" too and try it with my friend who is recuperating from her knee replacement

I made scrod for the same friend this week. And gave her mason jars to fill with iced drinks or warmed things and then put the lid on and place in her apron pockets to teeter to her couch with her walker

I made her scrod with my "new" fish recipe. I put fish on foil with a little olive oil, sliced cherry tomatoes, red bell pepper and onion and bake for 25 minutes at 350 after I bring the sides together to make a sealed tent. She was so happy to learn a "new" recipe, her only one is dredge in flour and egg and fry.

I wonder what other things would be good to put in my "new " fish recipe. Any suggestions??

My friend thought spinach, but she is on Percocet. Frozen sounds weird and so does fresh, but what do we know. She is also a "basic" just get us fed person

Bedo, your fish recipe is called fish en papillote. Googling that term will get you a bunch of different ideas. I really love fresh fennel or even fresh spinach inside my packets. I never do bell peppers since I don't care for them. Carrots, matchsticks or grated are a nice change too. Want an Italian flare? Drizzle a bit of pesto with the tomatoes before cooking.

Carole, my espresso machine just never found a home here in this house. We have so few countertops and it is a bit heavy to carry up and down the basement stairs. Too bad since my daughter is now a certified barista.

Dinner here was seared tuna [on the grill.] a spinach salad with grated carrots and tomatoes, and sautéed potatoes with caramelized onions. I made the salad dressing with Champagne vinegar and dijon mustard as the base. Very successful.

Started one of the two new medications tonight. No call from my PA today as promised so I don't know if the expensive drug has even been ordered. Clearly, I will have to call on Monday.

*susan*

Susan, add me to to the one's congratulating you on your scan results.  What a relief about the liver!  Sounds like your doc is on top of things and that is wonderful when they do their homework and give you their best efforts.   I did just a few days of Femara, and we will have to see in July where my cholesterol and liver values are.  Special which brand are you taking that works good? 

I just lurked onto the the Exemestane thread and a gal there said her "integrated medicine" doctor had her take Tumeric and  magnesium to see if it would help with the aches and pains and if after 3-4 w eeks it didn't to double the dose.  I can't recall the exact dose, but I think the turmeric was 1500 mg.  I am thinking of at least trying the turmeric.  It is a potent anti-inflammatory spice.

Tonight was salad and tomato basil soup. Easy to fix and light, I have not been very hungry the last couple of days.

Red - I started on Mylan which was good for the first six months until I developed a trigger thumb. When I switched back to Femara from Arimidex I started on the Teva brand - I continue to do well on it and it has been almost two years

Nance, mirlitons are very popular here in the New Orleans area, especially around the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.  They are essentially bland and tasteless, in my opinion, but are featured in seafood casseroles the same as eggplants are used.  They are also popular stuffed, again with seafood and seasonings and breadcrumbs giving the flavor.  Most of the recipes call for boiling them until tender.  Scoop out the flesh and mix it with a lot of other tasty ingredients, like shrimp, oysters, crab meat, seasonings,  bread crumbs and then bake in a casserole dish.   The flesh of the mirlitons has a lot of water, making the bread crumbs necessary.  Some people grow them in their gardens.  I seldom buy them.  They're a squash variety. 

Susan, my home expresso machine is quite small.  I made room for it by storing my large food processor in a cabinet with a sliding shelf just below the counter where I normally use the food processor.  I now have three coffee appliances!  A regular coffee maker that dh sets up every night to brew a pot of decaf dark roast coffee.  He doesn't drink regular because of an irregular heartbeat.  Then I have a mini Keurig that I use to make regular coffee throughout the day.  Now the expresso machine.  I grew up drinking café au lait.  My grandmother had a little aluminum pot that she used to boil the milk to pour into the strong coffee made in a drip pot.  "Spag" formed on top of the milk.  Some people liked spag and some didn't!  I did like it.  The nice thing about café au lait is that the milk is hot and doesn't cool the coffee.  I usually microwave my coffee to make it hotter. 

Last night's dinner out with our neighbors was fun but the food was not remarkable.  They're going to Vegas for a vacation and I'm babysitting her pet rabbit!  It will live in a cage on my patio just outside the door.  It gets out into her back yard but I won't risk letting it out. 

carol we had 2 rabbits growing up, Babbit the Rabbit (mine) and Buttons (my sister's) Yes they really do "breed" like rabbits. We separated them but Babbit always found a way to Buttons' side of the house they lived in even when there seemed to be only 1/2 " between the divider.in the morning at times. We would always say "oh no more rabbits." We took them to Birch Hill Game Farm in NY if we couldn't find them homes. Finally Buttons became older and gave birth to only one humongous bunny, we named him "Butch" and found him a home.

Here is the Skate wing recipe that I am making for dinner

http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/recipes/main-courses/roasted-skate

Today, we walked down the huge hill to the farmer's market, and then back up that same huge hill to get home. We have been "doing the hill" every morning for the last week, trying to maintain our Istanbul training. Six weeks ago, I would not have made it up that hill. Now we can do both ways in less than 15 minutes. But, I still feel it in my lower back and thighs.

At the market, I bought two heads of lettuce, radishes, scallions, and then I bought a ridiculously expensive small batch apple cider vinegar. Clearly, a salad was going to be dinner with some of the leftover tuna. Unfortunately, after lunch, my stomach revolted so I only made the salad for Mr. 02143. He got a mustard vinaigrette, with some lovely lettuce, lightly pickled red onions, carrots, tomatoes, gruyere cheese, and asparagus. Topped with slices of tuna. I had some reheated bulgar with a bit of tuna. Have some ginger syrup cooling and I will make that into a Ginger Ale to drink until that stomach calms down.

I think you can complain about too much rain. Yea, others have it worse, but this isn't a competition. That much rain will make both you and your surroundings soggy. My sister has lots of rabbits.... they are pets. They live inside. I will not say more.

*susan*

Pork medallions in piccata sauce served over squares of polenta warmed and browned in small amt. of butter.  Side of steamed yellow squash.  The squash were so sweet and tasty.  The pork and polenta were good, too.

Susan, I'm proud of you walking down and back up that hill!  Way to go!    Sorry about the upset stomach.  Is that a SE of a med you take?

I'm cooking oven-barbecued chicken thighs and drumsticks for family dinner at my mother's house tomorrow.  The chicken was on sale for $1 a lb.  Also baked potatoes.  5 lbs of russets for $2.  Can't get much easier or cheaper.  Luv, you would appreciate these prices! 

I'm enjoying the little expresso machine.  It's so much fun to fix myself a large cappuccino that would cost me $4 at my favorite coffee house, PJ's.  Now the mini Keurig is sitting there unused.  I had expected using the machine to be more complicated but it's actually very simple.

Red,

Yum! Lamb shanks! I generally braise them in a dutch oven, in a low oven, but I suspect a slow cooker would also work. NOTE: I have never used a slow cooker! I suspect that you would need to reduce the liquid from any recipe for this cooking method since there is no evaporation. For lamb shanks, I am a true believer in browning the food before starting the braise which means starting it on the stove top, and then putting into the cooker. This recipe has always been very successful for me: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/br...

I would reduce the tomato paste and the wine and the water. A 2 lb lamb shank [which is really big!] should feed two people. Well, we don't eat large portions so it might be 1/5 people. Not everyone enjoys picking the meat off the bone so there is nothing wrong with pulling the meat after it has been cooked and stirring just the meat bits into the sauce. I call it a ragu when I do it this way.

Here is another recipe that I have used [or a similar one] which is less tomatoey. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brais... I love Lamb shank with white beans, but Mr. 02143 prefers polenta or mashed potatoes.

One final thought, you could cook all of the lamb shanks, eat what you want, do the ragu thing, and it freezes very well for future meals. The work is in the prep, not the cooking.

*susan*

Tonight is homemade pasta with previously made Rao's marinara and the meatballs I made yesterday. I'll add an Italian salad and maybe even some garlic bread.

Quiet here today, hope you all are out having fun. No rain in the forecast for three whole days!

Sounds so good Minus!

I started a pork boston butt/shoulder yesterday, browned all sides on the stove top with seasonings and then placed in the oven with the top on in the same heavy pot with a couple shots of Dr McGillicudy's Apple Pie and a half a can of beer, turning it over every hour until I had to go to work last night. Got up today after leaving it to "confit" in the fridge overnight and back into the oven for a couple of hours until it fell apart into big chunks. Tossed in some chopped garlic and finely sliced onions for the final cook and it's a great base for almost anything. Tonight we took part of it, added some bbq sauce, topped it with cheddar cheese and onto a bun. Yum especially some of the darker bits but then again I love burnt ends.