What's for Dinner #402 Summer/Fall 2022
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Comments (101)Good morning! :-) Thank you for all your well wishes. I seem to be on the mend, just not quite there and trying to be careful not to try to get back to normal activities too fast. I ended up getting over the worst of it with one night of muscle relaxers and one pain pill, but just like you Kathy, I am very sensitive to these types of meds too. The muscle relaxers really didn't help much at all, just made me feel spacey and the one pain pill had my stomach reacting. So that was the end of the meds. Makes me wonder how anyone gets hooked on pain meds. [g] Gardenbug....so sorry to hear you have had yet more bad news in your family. I can't imagine how any of you could handle more stress. It does seem like when it rains it pours sometimes. We have had that happen more times than I can count and I usually end up feeling like what choice do I have, but to do the best I can with it and not expect too much from myself. From the little you have posted, you seem to be doing just that. Eden....it is great to see you posting. I always enjoy hearing about what is going on at your house. Yes, long car rides are really hard on my muscles now. I used to really love a good long car ride so I find that really annoying. [g] A 'Julie Job'....I like the latest Idyll-ism. :-) I like the way you organize yourself Julie. My mother liked to have everything spic and span, especially the kitchen and baths, but clutter, was always something she struggled with. Company coming would always spur us on to get everything just so. She used to tell me stories of how her Mom used to be a very fussy house cleaner. They would do Spring and Fall cleaning every year and everyone helped. They had feather mattresses, that would be taken apart, the fabric washed, dried on the line and then sewn back up, all the curtains and throw rugs would get washed and everything was ironed. The kitchen would get pulled apart and put back together again. It was another world, wasn't it? Our son made cookies this week. Just what I need while I am lying around doing nothing. :-) Oatmeal, coconut, walnut, chocolate chip. Very hard to resist with the fragrance floating through the whole house. I think I have done well to have had two out of the whole batch. Still, I was already putting on weight before my back. Really need to start moving again. DH has helped out and made a pot of Minestrone Soup, which was delicious and nutritious. We have started adding chopped up leafy greens...Kale...for the added calcium. Makes a wonderful lunch with a Tablespoon of Grated cheese. Very fall like too. Soon we will have to make a Pot Roast. I can't catch up, I'm too far behind, but I have done some reading and enjoy very much, hearing about everything going on with all of you. Friday again...amazing how fast the time is going by. October! Three more months left of 2008, anyone have any 2008 goals they are trying to finish before the end of the year? Hope to be up and out early tomorrow to 'watch' DH and son play musical plants for me. It is supposed to be gorgeous weather. Enjoy the day! pm2...See MoreSummer Virtual Dinner - Sides
Comments (14)Here's a nice sounding recipe for a grilled caesar that showed up in my inbox this morning from the LA Times. Grilled Caesar salad Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 3 minutes Yield: 4 servings Adapted from a recipe from Northshore Cookery in Highland Park, Ill. Ingredients 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 Tbsp. each: fresh lemon juice, balsamic vinegar 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tsp. each: anchovy paste, salt Freshly ground pepper 2 large heads of romaine lettuce, halved lengthwise, outer leaves trimmed 2 Tbsps. grapeseed oil or olive oil Parmesan shavings, anchovy fillets 1. Prepare a grill for medium heat. Blend the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, anchovy paste, salt and pepper to taste in a blender until smooth; set aside. 2. Brush the cut side of the romaine with grapeseed oil; grill, cut side down, until just tender and the leaves have grill marks, about 3 minutes. 3. Place each lettuce half on serving plates; dress each with about 2 Tbsps. of the vinaigrette. Garnish with Parmesan shavings and anchovy fillets. Pass additional dressing. Nutrition information per serving: 302 calories, 27% of calories from fat, 30 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 7 g carbohydrates, 2 g protein, 261 mg sodium, 2 g fiber....See MoreSummer Virtual Dinner - You are invited.....
Comments (34)Hi Lynn, great to hear from you and glad you could participate! My dinner is finally over. Very fun time overall. Started with sangria and bruschetta with Chase's boursin on the porch. Sangria is such a fun summer drink, so refreshing. I made mine with Spanish white wine, peach schapps, a little brandy, and some champagne I had in little bottles plus 7-up. Garnished with strawberries and kiwis, very good! I set up my backyard for guests on the patio, and we had dinner under the umbrella. It rained a bit but the umbrella kept us dry. All the dishes were great, but the best loved things were the coral soup and the blackberry shortbread bars. My friend was a vegan, unbeknownst to me, (she's gotten into it for health reasons), so I really could have left out the cheese in some of my dishes like the pesto and fritters. The fritters were the least good dish. I have never been a fritter fan, I just think they are too greasy and hard to get done in the middle withouth burning on the outside. Adding cheese did not help, that was a big mistake but I was trying to use some cheese up that I had in the fridge. My freind brought a potato-beet salad so I didn't get to use mine. I know what I'll be having for lunch this week, lol! Good friends, good food, good vibes. A great opportunity to cook up a storm!...See MoreHeat was the least of my worries: Summer damage 2022
Comments (16)Thanks so much for your supportive words everyone! @Kristine LeGault 8a pnw I agree that they were not very smart if they thought I wouldn't notice. But as you correctly guessed @strawchicago z5 , drugs are at the core of the problem, so that probably impacted their thinking. The most damaged area where they were putting the most things into the soil are the plants that were farthest from the door, I guess they thought those are "in the back" so less visible. I theorize that it was different individuals doing the burying and the retrieving of stuff, so the broken plants may have been from someone rummaging through them to find what someone else had buried. Last night another neighbor just discovered his storage closet had been broken into, so this is unfortunately not yet completely over. They didn't steal anything, they were looking for a new place to stash their loot. Again, not very smart to think this would go unnoticed. We are getting the main door to the building replaced, new locking system and will be adding a video surveillance camera to the entrance hall... It's so weird to think that is necessary now, but as you say @berrypiez6b this is the sad state of the world today. @rosecanadian I am so glad I can stay somewhere safe! And also very excited to get to try a whole new bunch of roses over there ! @sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish) luckily here in Malta the squatter laws are on the side of the owners. Unless they had been there for a dozen years and there was no identifiable legitimate owner they can't make any claim to the place and can be kicked out. In this case, they don't really even live there, they all actually have homes elsewhere and were just using the apartments to carry out their activities....See MoreJasdip
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