So...whats for dinner?

susan - all I can say is oy

Susan...so what happens if your new offer is 15% less than your previous one? <evil grin/> .

The deployment alert has been canceled. I'm glad. Now it's just back to being on call for the month.

Positive, I hope you enjoyed your beach holiday and the food and drink. Don't feel guilty.

Nance, I couldn't live with your sandwich rule! Mayo goes on every sandwich. Mayo is my favorite condiment. I can eat it off my finger. Hellman's Light. I can only imagine how good Susan's home-made mayo is.

Last night's fish was really delicious. Even dh commented about how good it tasted. I melted some butter and a splash of EVOO in my newly acquired used iron skillet and heated it on an electric hot plate outside on the deck. Sprinkled s&p, onion and garlic powder on the crappie fillets. Forgot the cayenne. The skillet didn't get as hot as I would have liked (thanks to the limitations of the hot plate) but the fillets browned. The green beans and potato chunks weren't the best but we ate them.

My freezer doesn't offer the variety of Luv's, but we need to use up the contents. I took out a portion of skirt steak for tonight's dinner, which will be "sorta Mexican." I'll grill the steak and slice thinly, heat up some canned black beans, mix up some guacamole, heat up some tortillas that were too tough to eat the last time I included them in a similar meal. I will try a quicker heating. Maybe microwave them. It will be nice to have home-made tortillas again when we're back at the house home.

Auntienance...I didn't think your comment was meant to be snarky!!! I have tried to be so good about what I eat and its so difficult. I went to a nutritionist as part of the Wellness Program and she gave me a list of all the things that i should eat and shouldn't eat. Dairy, Sugar, Red Meat, Alcohol, were all on the do not eat list. I have also heard from numerous people, you shouldn't eat anything with sugar, no dairy, it fuels cancer cells. I take so much time in the grocery store reading labels that its really starting to get to be a problem. It seems like the only thing that I can drink is Water with lemon or Plain unsweetended ice tea.. everything has sugar in it. I have cut out so much as in cake cookies, candy, ice cream..breads, chips, any snack food any kind of deli meats.. burgers.. . I just got so tired of doing without that I started to have my coffee in the morning with skim milk and a little sugar. An occasional cookie or ice cream...So when I went away, I just threw it all away and said I am eating what I want at dinner. I asked my MO and he said that its all okay in moderation. And I did enjoy my beach days... when I got home I got a call from my girlfriend who invited me to go to Cancun with here 1st week of November. Great B'day surprise. Hotel paid for., All I need to do is pay for my air and meals. MY DH said go, absolutely!!! I will have to watch what I eat until then...

Sunshine -- you didn't ask me, but this is the recipe I use because it's made with an immersion blender and is pretty simple. I love my immersion blender.

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/10/two-minute-mayonnaise.html

I'm sure Susan will share her recipe soon.

ThinkingP - enjoy your life and if that means cream and sugar in your coffee, I say enjoy it!

Thinking Positive - I see you are ER/PR +, so maybe some dietary concessions are in order not to fuel estrogen. But really I've found the best rule to be "everything in moderation". I found that to be true w/diets in the past for weight control & for healthy eating. Now for cancer, I've lost too many things already to give up all the foods that I love & it's not going to happen.

Dinner was sort of a 'jump up'. The rest of the cold boiled shrimp from Costco w/just salt since i don't mess with red sauce. The rest of the Olathe corn from Iowa which I cut off the cob Sunday - oh sooo sweet. The rest of the honeydew melon left over from the weekend. Too full for dessert.

and again, he isn't really interested in negotiating unless it is about giving him more money, in spite of the reduction in number of parking spaces.

Donedonedonedone

*susan*

Homemade Mayo.

I make this in a food processor, though a blender is rumored to work, as is hand whisking, though after my breast surgery, hand whisking isn't such a pleasant option.

2 egg yolks

1 tbl egg white

1 tsp good-quality dijon, a little less if you use Grey Poupon

pinch of salt

3/4 cup vegetable oil [I use sunflower or grape seed]

1/4 cup mild extra virgin olive oil

1/2 lemon, juiced

Place the egg, mustard and salt with a tablespoon or so of the vegetable oil in the food processor, and whizz until the mustard is no longer visible. [I turn the processor to an angle to help this happen since I am making a small quantity.] In a slow drizzle, pour in the vegetable oil. Once you see that the mixtue has started to thicken [emulsify] you can pour more quickly. Taste and add more mustard or salt if needed, and then start the machine again, adding the lemon juice, and then the olive oil. The results will be thinner than commercial mayo, but it firms up with a bit of time in the fridge.

My kid likes to add roasted garlic and sugar. I don't care for sugar in my mayo.

Use the egg white to make almond florentines with orange. :-) That is where you should put the sugar.

*susan*

Could actually make it here in the camper. I have a mini processor.

susan - thanks for the mayo recipe - I will try it in my mini also.

mysunshine - I sometimes eat sunny side up eggs with a partially uncooked yolk, but I think it also depends on how much you trust your egg source and how sensitive your immune system is. If you are uncomfortable using uncooked eggs you can do this:

"If you are concerned about making homemade mayonnaise with raw eggs, you can use a pasteurized egg substitute. Or combine the egg yolks with some water and lemon juice, and heat gently to 150 (65 C) degrees, then cool a bit and proceed with the recipe."

Think Pos---I hadthe exact same experience with my cancer center nutritionist, and my MO also said, moderation.

She has told me that I can drink the LaCroix carbonated water that is flavored. I love the Lime one, and they also have grapefruit, coconut, lemon, plain (that's good too) and maybe some funky blends. You can also do herbal teas infused with fruits or cucumber, etc.

I tried really hard but I am a foody at heart and I need to be happy and content.

Susan - love your list of previous no-nos. Imagine, once upon a time "they" said not to eat REAL butter. I never paid attention to that one. I really believe everything's OK in moderation (even McDonald's french fries once or twice a year).

Hmmm - I missed supper for a darn meeting that lasted until 9:30pm and then finished working the resulting issues before checking emails. Too late for dinner at 1am so guess I'll just have some popcorn - drenched in real melted butter.

Auntienance...what is CA 15-3 ?? All my Mo does is regular blood work that he did during chemo. Says no scans or tumor markers...not always accurate and will only do if symptoms. Since I was a Grade 3 with 1 node positive...should I be worried that they are not following up on me the way that they should be. I guess this is what it is like when you get to the one year mark....start the worrying all over again. I was diagnosed on Aug. 29th, day before my birthday. Had biopsy first week in Sept and then the journey began.