So...whats for dinner?

Luv - We match. Friends laugh when they see that I always have 6-8 lbs of butter lined up on my freezer door. Sometimes I even have bread w/my butter.

Lacey - got it, thanks. Never on over load. When do you leave?

Nance - where are you going on the coast? Somehow I'm thinking louisiana & points east.

Eric - how is the school year treating you so far? How about DD? Can't remember what grade she's in but based on the car stories, probably at least a junior?

Nance, we will probably head south on Sun. What are the dates of your trip to the Gulf Coast?

Moon, your flu sounds dreadful. Hope you get over it quickly.

Not sure what dinner will be. Maybe fish from the freezer.

Moon - so sorry you have been ill. I've heard flu is out very early this year. I need to get DH and I down to get our shots. Don't think that will happen until after his oral surgery next week. If the baked potato tasted good and stayed down, pay no attention to what you "should" eat. So long as you're getting sufficient fluid intake, food is food. Vitamin C in some form could not hurt though I think potato does have some.

No bivalve stands a chance with Nancy around lol. Enjoy some for me - shrimps, lobster, not the oysters though. Hmm maybe I need some of that salmon from the freezer. Maybe tomorrow. Trip to movie (War Room) postponed. Actually good, I need to (horrors) clean house.

Eric - stay safe. I keep getting tweets about the heavy rain coming to the desert.

Leaving on my vaca tomorrow a.m. busy trying to get things ready here before I leave.....

Still am not packed, etc.... When did I become such a procrastinator????

Roast chicken with baby carrots, parsnips, onions and brussels sprouts. It's an absolutely beautiful day in Tennessee and finally cool enough to run the oven for an extended period of time-long enough to roast a chicken anyway.

Mac 'n cheese

Minus, I was with you until the nuke part. :-)

I was alone tonight. The rest of the family went to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox. This is the last game that we have tickets for this year, and a good thing. It is chilly out there! So I was left alone to come up with my own dinner. Since food is still difficult, I didn't get some take out. Instead I pulled out a bit of ground beef and ground pork. Sauteed up with some Italian oregano and then a bit of garlic. Added just enough Rao's sauce to make it a sauce. Served this over a bit of angel hair pasta. I made some French bread this weekend, so I took a one of the rolls and turned it into garlic bread. Of the two ounces of pasta, I was only able to eat 1 oz. But the sauce was lovely and there is tons leftover.

*susan*

. Fever broke and feel almost human but weak. Was going to head in as i was getting dehydrated. But once that dropped I drank a couple of glasses of fluids today. Probably almost as much as I've had all Week LOL. Even had to pee. LOL! Walked outside to get my mail for the first since Wednesday. Lots of stuff good thing I thought to bring a bag.

Supper tonight was scrambled egg. With dry toast. And a popsicle! My neighbor had bought me a box of one that's just basically fruit. Or at least she said. Now that my eyes can focus enough to read a label I'll Check It out! LOL

And minus2, i use my Forman fir that stuff. Makes good quesadias! Oh. I'm glad I got this when I did.my trip is the 30th. I should be stronger. I'm hoping yours goes well! Will be waiting on reports.

Much love to all.

Hello all - just read all the posts to catch up! I returned from California over the weekend - long trip with a lot of hard work, but satisfying and always good to see my BFF. We cleaned out her garage (28 years of stuff) and organized cabinets, etc. Seven trips with the car full of donations! We didn't do fun stuff, but did eat at a couple of good restaurants along the way when we were too tired to cook - nothing too fancy because we were also too tired to get dressed up! Had good Greek gyro with fat slices of meat - best I have ever had, a brick oven pizza with prosciutto and golden potato with basil oil, and, of all things, a really good filet sandwich and cheese burger (we cut them in half so we each had both) at the happy hour at Ruth's Chris for almost half-price! Accompanied by a lemon drop for each of us We also tried some cupcakes - she had a coupon for a new neighborhood place - two free cupcakes, so I got coconut and she got chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting. We decided to buy a gluten-free flourless chocolate one out of curiosity, and it was the best of all three! She also had another coupon for a free mini bundt cake with purchase of another, so we got one lemon and one white chocolate raspberry - and shared. They were good, but too sweet for me - I could have stopped after a couple of bites, but did I? Nope!

susan - hope your appetite is back soon and sorry about the condo - sounds like a good thing to have abandoned. I keep telling myself that the one for sale we are managing here in FL that had the withdrawn offer just means something better is coming along soon. Hoping the same for you.

auntie, carole, minus, luv's DD and red - safe travels! And yay for pie!

moon - hoping your feel better asap, potatoes in any form were my savior during chemo - to me they are comfort food, therefore perfect for when you feel sick. Holding your friend/SIL in my prayers - I know this is hard.

I have not been to the grocery store since I have returned, my first foray out was yesterday to physical therapy, so dinners have been pretty uninspired - pasta last night with jarred sauce and turkey meatballs with a green salad, and turkey kielbasa the night before with parslied new potatoes and steamed broccoli. We had takeout Chinese the night I got home. I need to do a major shopping so things should get better from here! Hello to all I missed!

Susan, sounds like an amazing meal for the cousins.

Welcome back, SpecialK. Your food in CA sounds good to me.

We had linguine and a tomato sauce with bulk Italian sausage and a can of deLallo whole tomatoes, also a squeeze of tomato paste. The sauce was thin but very delicious with heavy sprinkling of grated Pecorino. Salad of romaine, cucumbers, tomato, kalamato olives, and sweet onion for dh.

Hope you're winning at the casino, Nance!

Broiled oysters and black grouper yesterday, along with some royal reds. Don't know what's on the menu today, but I'm sure it swims!

Carolyn, the casino is a cruel mistress lol!

Brats and tater tots

I found a lamb tagine recipe sent to me in a bunch of fall recipes. I know weird but I might make it with beef, apricots and beef. DH I don't think has ever had lamb and the only I ever ate was mutton curry in Hawaii grade school. Don't think I will be experimenting with lamb at our ages. Dinner last night was shake 'n bake legs/thighs, horrors instant mashed potatoes and a giant broccoli stalk. The new potatoes has rotted, never had that happen and I had one leftover from something else and it was fine. I think they basically came from local grocery, not organic, untreated.

OK DD finally sent email yesterday late. They ate at Santouka Hokkaido Ramen on the way home Friday. Saturday was lounge day and went to Algiers Coffee House. Sunday ate at IHop and went to the Museum of Fine Arts. Had dinner at Daedalus on the roof deck "really good fish and chips". Monday they went to the aquarium, sat by the harbor, strolled thru Chinatown and ate at a dumpling place. Tuesday they went to the museum of science and saw the largest van de graaff generator in the world. Ate at Sarma in Somerville. I searched back Susan and read your reviews. She was very impressed - skewers of quail, seven layer hummus, corn cakes with goat cheese and pecans on top, their house beef jerky, summer squash borek with ricotta cheese, and olives stuffed with lamb. This was the "appetizer" restaurant lol. They were planning to do the freedom walk today or just walk thru Harvard. Says the city is pretty, buildings are "neat looking", weather nice. Not impressed with public transportation. Not something she's ever had to deal with. I have, both in Ft Worth and El Paso. After one particularly bad winter DH took a job in Ft Worth and we promised we would be on a bus line and we rode for a long time - me until I went back to school for my nursing license. He did and continued for a long time after we bought another house even further out. I know you just loved DD's travelogue.

Carole - I don't know what weather you're going home to but I think we barely dip below 90 for the next 15 days with little chance of rain.

Mommy - mmmm brats and tater tots.

Nancy - have you grown fins or appendages yet? Glad you're enjoying every bite.

What an ambitious cooking project Susan. Hope you get some time to enjoy your company. (((Hugs)))

Thanks Queenie. No offense taken. It's just that at 63 and 65 I don't see us taking up eating lamb. So feel free to eat our portions lol. Actually the mutton curry turned me off curry for a long time. I had some that was delicious and use it occasionally. I bought some powdered coconut curry at Central Market (similar but 5x as big as Sprouts). I need to make something with it but again not something my DH particularly likes. My DM/GM/aunt - nobody I know cooked lamb. Texas is still beef country though with the Boer goats which are huge and the ethnic markets it is more readily available.

http://relish.com/recipes/apricot-and-lamb-tagine/

This was the recipe that came in my inbox today. Sounded pretty reasonable I could sub beef - maybe cubed roast - in there.

I for one, love hearing about your daughter's Boston experience. Sarma is a wonderful restaurant. In fact, I have reservations there for next Thursday following my hospital day. I can walk both ways and eat as little or as much as I want. This young man has very good taste! Well, except for that iHop. The Brighton iHop is not one of the ten top iHops out there. I had a good friend that used to take me there regularly. He liked the tuna sandwich. Who eats tuna at an iHop?

Dinner is done.... everyone has gone back to their hotels. My feet hurt, but I love these people so much, I would do it again. The lemon cupcakes that the kid made to celebrate the birthday were amazing! No one could believe that they had not come from a high-end bakery. I think she was offered capital to open a bakery in Istanbul. She politely declined. :-)

*susan*