hubby is so boring

I was trying to think of what to make for dinner and I thought of chili sgetti using the canned chili which my hubby had mentioned that he had wanted to try ... so I ask hubby and he says he would rather have chili dogs we have chili dogs almost once a week

good job on asking the boss what he wanted for supper!!! lol

well during the week I cook meals without asking him what he wants so I figured I would give him some choice on the weekends ...lol

Oh, this is my husband too - I wonder if they specially train to do this or if it is just a genetic thing (VBG!)

We're kind of having a variation of left overs. Joe made a pot of pinto beans yesterday - and he can't remember he is only cooking for 2 - not 20! So we had beans last night, beans for lunch, beans tonight - along with sliced ham, cabbage, pita bread and sliced tomatoes. He will also have beans for lunch tomorrow, beans for dinner tomorrow night and possibly he will have beans for lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Since I am not a big 'bean' person I think it is only fair that I leave the majority of them for him !

Tonight's dinner was leftovers from last night's meal ..... we went to an Italian restaurant before the theater and it was DELICIOUS!!! Hubby and I shared steamed mussels in a white wine sauce. I had pasta with wild mushrooms in a wine and cream sauce. Hubby had shrimp Puttanesca or, as the menu said, prostitute shrimp. I think hubby ordered it mainly for the name, but it was tres yummy!!! I do love puttanesca sauce, I am a huge capers fan ... and I stole some of hubby's shrimp!

We just had Chicken Katsu (Hawaiian breaded chicken strips) with rice..

We ordered pizza last night, ensuring we ordered EARLY due to the 90 minute delivery wait time! Anyway it was ONLY 60 minutes last night.

Also, they didn't have any Ham. I have had many pizzas in my life, I have never had a pizza place tell me they are out of ham - I believe the Lake Mary pizza hut has a few customer service issues.

Actually I ordered on their website, but that got hung up - long story short I had to call them...the conversation started like this:

Him: ThankyouforcallingpizzahutmynameisJOSHhomeoftuscanipasta alsdkjflskf;alkdjf;lakjfl;dkfjldkjf how can i help you?

Me: Wow Josh, you talk really fast

I'm terribly frustrated by the fast talking here because, combined with the regional accents, I can't understand a word they are saying. Well.... maybe one or two words, but not enough to string them together to form a realistic picture of what they are trying to say.

Its heart clogger night, going to be making homemade fries and fried chicken tonight....then going out for a loooong jog.

I say that now, but I probably won't jog. Oh well.

Well, I tried to find a creative way to continue using up the pot of beans Joe cooked Saturday. I ended up making a type of casserole. I made up a package of pasta shells and cheese, leaving out the milk and only using butter and cheese sauce but adding an egg, then putting that on the bottom of the casserole dish, then I mixed together the beans with chopped fresh tomatoes and cubed ham, added some chili and put that on top of the pasta, then I made up a corn bread mix, grated in some cheese and spread that overtop of the beans mixture, then baked the whole thing for half an hour at 375. It actually turned out quite tasty. Now I have enough beans still left over for 2 more lunches - and bean casserole for 2 more servings. I'll be able to do something other than beans for Wednesday dinner - yay!

Katheryn- you are like an artist... holy.. that's a serious casserole!!

we had deviled chicken last night..

pan fry the chicken just until browned, throw it in a baking dish and then mix together some ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and a little water.. and pour that over the chicken.. bake the chicken covered for about 30 minutes.. remove cover and bake another 10 to 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked..

I was kind of half listening to the Robin Miller show on Food network yesterday - I may try this recipe, once I get my paws on the ingredients:

Chicken in Parmesan Chive Cream Sauce Recipe courtesy Robin Miller 2007
Show: Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller
Episode: Fish and Fowl

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup shallots, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup Parmesan, grated
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup rice, regular or instant, cooked according to package directions

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots and garlic and cook for 2 minutes stirring with a spoon. Add chicken and cook 3 to 5 minutes, until golden brown on all sides. Add thyme and bay leaves and cook for 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add heavy cream and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Add parmesan cheese and simmer for 1 minute or until sauce has thickened. Remove bay leaves and stir in chives. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Spoon all but 1 heaping cup of chicken over rice. Reserve remaining chicken for Penne with Chicken, Wild Mushrooms and Peas, if desired.

This also sounded good:

Beer Battered Tilapia with Red Chile Mandarin Orange Sauce



Olive oil
3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
2/3 cup beer
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tilapia or flounder fillets, about 5 ounces each
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons red chili paste
1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained and chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Heat enough olive oil, to shallow fry the fish, in a large skillet over medium-high heat
In a shallow dish, whisk together 1/2 cup of the flour, beer, egg, and baking powder. Place remaining 1/4 cup flour in a separate shallow dish.

Season both sides of fish fillets with salt and black pepper. Dredge fish in flour, turn to coat both sides and then shake off excess flour. Dunk fish in beer mixture and turn to coat both sides.

Add fish to hot oil and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side, until cooked through and opaque. Remove fish from oil. Place on a paper towel lined plate.

While the fish is frying, in a medium bowl, whisk together lemon juice and chili paste. Add mandarin oranges and cilantro and toss to combine. Serve sauce over fish.

today we are having Crockpot Sweet and Sour Pork.. one of our favourites...

4-6 pork shoulder steaks (i usually use about a pound or so of pork stew meat)
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 can (15 ounce) crushed pineapple (I use about a 20 ounce can of pineapple tidbits with the juice)
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon quick-cooking tapioca*
3 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

In skillet brown pork in hot oil. Drain fat and transfer pork to crock pot. In a bowl combine the rest of the ingredients, including all the juice from the pineapple. Pour over pork in crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. Serve over rice.

*I have never used tapioca, I just use cornstarch which I add during the last hour or so of cooking time, just mix about 2 tablespoons or so of cornstarch with some cold water and mix into the crock pot..

oh and I usually don't add all the pineapple at the beginning just some and then add more to your liking when you add the cornstarch...

Today for dinner : plain rice

Just came back from my 4th visit to the doctor and got some meds to try, so until then, bland diet

Now - this sounds good. We have everything except the beer . . . wonder what I could substitute . . .

Beer Battered Tilapia with Red Chile Mandarin Orange Sauce


Olive oil
3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
2/3 cup beer
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tilapia or flounder fillets, about 5 ounces each
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons red chili paste
1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained and chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Heat enough olive oil, to shallow fry the fish, in a large skillet over medium-high heat
In a shallow dish, whisk together 1/2 cup of the flour, beer, egg, and baking powder. Place remaining 1/4 cup flour in a separate shallow dish.

Season both sides of fish fillets with salt and black pepper. Dredge fish in flour, turn to coat both sides and then shake off excess flour. Dunk fish in beer mixture and turn to coat both sides.

Add fish to hot oil and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side, until cooked through and opaque. Remove fish from oil. Place on a paper towel lined plate.

While the fish is frying, in a medium bowl, whisk together lemon juice and chili paste. Add mandarin oranges and cilantro and toss to combine. Serve sauce over fish.



And Mephys - good luck with the meds - hope they do the trick. My favourite bland diet is baked custard - yum.

Carbs, dairy, and/or gluten might also be playing havoc with you, so takes notes on what you eat and how you feel afterwards. Hope you get it sorted soon.



If you have soda water or chicken stock you could substitute that or, if you have both, a combination of that. Or vegetable stock if you don't have chicken. If you only have beef broth I'd do one part broth to two parts water or soda water.

Right now I have tried everything this week food wise, and everything makes me go to the bathroom... I had eliminated all the dairy and still sick, so I had a little glass of skim milk on sunday to test, and it didn't change anything. I do eat some rice/pasta, so carbs ? gluten ? possibility I guess. My family doc is waiting for some results, and if by thursday I am not better I have an appointment scheduled with GI specialist.


OH, and I overcooked my rice, its mushy and I added too much water




I thought custard was fat and too sweet and had dairy in it What's your recipe ?

You may have to do a full cleanse to get everything out of your system perhaps... i think it takes about a month to get all the leftovers out of your system.... i think that's how long a full cleanse takes (albeit your body has been "cleansing" for a full 12 days) tee hee.. but it does take awhile for those foods to leave your system.

Baked Custard

4 slightly beaten eggs
1/4 cup sugar (or less - or use Sweet and Low like I do)
2 cups scalded milk, sllightly cooled (I use skim milk)
1/2 tsp vanilla
sprinkle of nutmeg

Combine eggs, sugar and slowly stir in slightly cooled scalded milk and vanilla.

Pour into individual cups or into one quart size baking dish (I do the big dish).
Sprinkle nutmeg over top to dust;
Set baking dishes into a shallow pan of water and place in 350 degree F. pre-heated oven.
For individual cups bake approx 40 to 45 minutes
For quart baking dish bake approx 60 minutes
Custard is done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Serve either warm or chilled.


Yes, it contains dairy but you can lessen the fat by using skim milk. If this is too sweet you can reduce the sugar - I don't like it sweet either and generally reduce the sugar to less than 1/4 cup. If it isn't sweet enough you can always sprinkle more sweetner over top. The vanilla helps with the flavour

Well, tonight I made cabbage rolls. They're in the oven right now. I'm hoping they'll be good! This is my second attempt at them so we'll see! The first time they were good, but I only had brown rice, and I think that cabbage rolls need to be made with white rice only! (Even though it's not so good for me.)

We had take out tonight - there is a Caribbean restaurant that opened up just outside the entrance to our community. We ate there once before and really enjoyed it, so tonight phoned in our order and picked it up. I had goat curry with potatoes and carrots, red beans and rice, and a cooked cabbage type of slaw with roasted plantains. Joe had jerk chicken wings also with the red beans, rice, cooked cabbage type of slaw and roasted plantains. Yum, Yum! The food is excellent and the serving sizes were huge so we both have those left overs for lunch. (Still have two servings of beans from Saturday in the fridge too - will have to find something to do with them tomorrow night after all, I guess).

beans on toast beans on toast Kathryn!!

Yum!! I have never made cabbage rolls but I have done 'a lazy cabbage casserole'- all the same ingredients and baked in the oven. It tastes just as good and is less work. Doesn't look as pretty though.

We had pork cutlets grilled with bbq sauce, sweet potato fries and steamed asparagus. Yum!!!

Hey! You're right! I'll have to make some sort of a sauce for the beans though, otherwise they'll just fall off the toast.

Thanks I might try it tomorrow

Last night I used some of the lemon pepper pasta I brought back from Italy, and made the recipe they had on the package. (It was in Italian but it was pretty easy to figure out.) My husband and I looooooved it. Unfortunately, I only bought one package of that type. Now I'm kicking myself.

I also made banana bread with walnuts.

Tonight we are having beef stroganoff.

Yesterday we had Greek salad, and cream of broccoli soup. My MIL gave me some garden beets. I love them fried. Anyone ever had that? Gene doesn't like fried beets however, so I used half of them in a beet carrot loaf that is delicious!

Tonight I'm going to cut some chops from a pork loin roast I have, and I'm going to brown them on the stove, bake them, and then drizzle with a honey lemon sauce. Potatoes and leftover greek salad will accompany.

You can stop jumping up and down right now E. You've had enough beans and toast for awhile now haven't you?

ha ha ha !! no more beans on toast for me.. i'm cured of that particular craving...!!

Carla I love beets, boiled beets, roasted beets, harvard beets, loveeeeeeeeeee them!

However! I have never had them fried, in fact it has never occurred to me to fry them...so you just pan fry in slices or pre cook a bit or?

I've never had fried beets, either. Mostly I just drizzle them with oil, some salt and pepper, wrap them in foil, and then I roast them in their skins. It really brings out the sugars and the flavour.

Mel asked if I wanted to go out for dinner. I think I would rather pick up some boiled crabs and stay in- I know Mel is tired and I don't feel like getting all gussied up.

ROFL Yeah I know why


Oh well, I don't even know where to put the updates anymore, but since it's about my dinner I will post it here So after my 4th visit to the doctor yesterday (second to my regular since Monday) He finally consulted the GI guy in the same building, and even though some of my results from the 2nd analysis are pending, because I don't have any other severe symptoms (no fever, blood, etc) They finally decided to treat me symptomatically. Which means they gave me that Metronidazole medicine that treats those micro parasites I was talking about and also C difficile. They also gave me another med called Lomotil, which is another type of slowing medication for movements, without stopping them completely, and I take those in addition to the one they gave me on monday for cramps.

So....

Last night for dinner I had a bowl of Cereal (with a slight touch of skim milk, not too much) and a Banana.

I slept like a baby, no cramps whatsoever this morning, and I haven't felt the need to go to the bathroom yet.

And if I feel that good I might actually eat some pasta tonight, with no sauce, but still, pasta

Staying in is the best! Yes, get him to pick up some clams. Birfday girls don't cook!

Oh, that is awesome, Mephys! I'm glad you're feeling better now.

YEAHHHHHHHH SO glad you are feeling bettah my friend!!! Here's to pasta & butter for suppah!!!!!

Yeah here seems like you have to harass the doctors to get something, I'm not saying that's all I wanted, but they kept telling me (all of them) that based on my symptoms and my work environment that that;s what they were suspicious about. But because 1 lab result came back negative (and believe me that thing is so small it's hard to miss under a microscope) they were all like oh....dunno. Well I blame mainly the 2 doctors at the urgent care that saw me last week. My family doctor is a little more proactive in trying to help me out. He's great.

Im so eager to eat normal food...I mean I was so craving for cereals last night, and I told myself, at this point, all the foods are messing me up and it's not a matter of bland diet or not. I have something that's keeping me from keeping it down, and considering I eat and drink 8 tons of cheese and milk /year, I doubt it's the problem. And if you can put skim milk in custard, why not in the cereals ? Right!

My cereals were good

I usually parboil them so it doesn't take extra time frying. I use butter, or you could use margarine if you cook with that. No oil though. Slice them in thin slices like you would for scalloped pototoes and then fry. They're best if they have a crispy outside...again, just like a fried potatoe. They are AWESOME.



Gussied. Cute.

Staying in for boiled crabs sounds delicious!!! It's your birthday...do whatever pleases YOU! It's your Special Day!





Mephys, I'm so glad you're feeling better! Cereals are good. Glad you have a good family Dr. as well.

Carla that sounds delish - will definately try fried beets

Well, I just took a corned beef brisket out of the freezer, that will be dinner - with something to go with it.

Beets!

Ok ok, since I have been feeling better all day I treated myself

I ate some Chicken and ricotta cheese stuffed Ravioli with a little bit of olive oil and 1 sprinkle of parmesan on it...

My first REAL meal in 2 weeks

I had some milk last night and it didn't bother me a bit, so what the heck, ricotta isn't so bad, and for the rest its almost a bland diet, chicken and pasta...

That was so good, yum yum yum !

Awe.. what triumph!!! Congrads..

we had potato salad, crappy store bought coleslaw (new england coleslaw SUCKS hard)... and hamburgers.. mmmmm

Oooh, look at you, Mephys. Going wild!!!

WT chow down Mephys!

We ended up having sweet potato and potato with the brisket, which was very very good.

We need some vegetables and assorted other groceries, Mike will stop and get some stuff at the store on the way home tomorrow - soooo it will be fried chicken night woot woot!!

"I said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side "

Pffft it wasn't that wild, and I am feeling good

today we are going to have the marinated chicken we were supposed to have yesterday..

tonight im gonna make a pork steak(marinade for 2 days already) and a bake potato and brocolli as a side dish that food is just for my hubby and for myself Im gonna saute bitter melon and eat it with white rice.

That sounds good. What is bitter melon?

I'm not quite sure what I'm making this evening. Maybe we'll go out.