Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
the fudge ecstacys from " better homes than yours " website are the s**t if you just thrive on blowing people away. dont overbake them. when they turn from glossy to dull , get em out of the oven.. " get " milk.lol
some pretty heart healthy recipes can be found in a chinese cook book. stir fried vegs , meat, white vineagar and grape jelly and youve got the sweet / sour from hell. dont forget the red pfeffer..
my youngest son bought me a chinese cookbook at a yard sale when he was only about 9 yrs old. i can take a hint when its that self explanatory.. the kid ate what we call " dog " for months.. heh. when our family would afford china buffet we called it " eatin dog " . its our f'in joke, we'll laugh if we want to..
Cap~Dog, Haha!! Hubby might go for that...Chinese is great, I have been using Bragg Low Sodium Soy Sauce from Trader Joes...hubby loves it (I can do without soy sauce). Dog is a possiblity...just not monkey!!
What's for dinner? My Green Giant rice pilaf steamer bag just finished its rounds in the microwave. Yum yum!
sorry, i thought you girls were better judges of that than us guys..
And we are WAY off topic now. ;-)
So I flipped a couple of days. No crime, right? This is my weekend to host my mom and I couldn't leave her to shop for the ingredient I discovered I was missing for taco squares. Instead I made potato pancakes with maple syrup, applesauce, and crisp bacon. She loves that. Lemon bars for dessert.
I don't know if there is a difference between latkes and potato pancakes. Most recipes look the same to me, but the latkes I get from my favorite deli seem thicker than my pancakes.
Taco squares tomorrow ...
leather.hahaha. im such a b**ch that i expect nothing but a hard way to go in return..
We try to do a salad meal once a week. Sunday we had mixed greens with steak strips, two kinds of cheese, hard cooked egg wedges, radishes, pomegranate seeds, red grapes, parsley, green onions, carrot slices, and celery. (I forgot to add the walnuts I'd intended.) On salad nights we each eat out of a medium serving bowl!
If I hadn't just had roasted red (bell) pepper hummus and sun-dried tomato pesto with cheesy crackers, I'd be hungry now for that. MMMhmmm.
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Nah .. lol .. (but I do like your attitude).
watch the sodium in those prepared meals alison. it can be astoundingly high sometimes.
lol, more army vernacular ; chipped beef gravy over bread ? s**t on a shingle..
Captain, Subway sandwiches were one meal that Coy would eat twice a day all week if I served them. He always had chicken or turkey in whatever specialty sandwich they were promoting. A few times a year would be enough for me, but I saw to it he got one fairly frequently.
I just got a call from my daughter/boarder that she would be late for dinner. All of the cook's assistants at the ALF where she works called in sick, so she is staying late to help out. When she gets here we'll have porterhouse steak, asparagus, and baked potato with sour cream and bacon. I need a special treat and something easy after taking care of Mom all weekend.