The Official What's For Dinner thread:Thursday 1-24-08? Recipe finder in OP. Enjoy!

[TigerKat]

Just so hard to know that I won't talk to her ever again.......my Dad is a wreck and full of guilt that he is killing her even though these are her wishes and we all know the right thing to do........we don't wish anyone death, but she has suffered so much she deserves peace......and to be painfree......

Thanks for listening my friends.....sorry to dump this on you all......

I hope you all are doing well...I will try to catch up in the next few weeks.....

Wendie - He will feel this way for a very long time. He will know in his mind that is not the case, but his heart is telling him something different. Just be aware that the emotional roller coaster he's about to embark on is a very, very difficult one. I will say extra prayers for him.

 

[shovan]

I have Ropa Vieja in the crockpot right now. I found the recipe in my new Cooking Light mag and have always wanted to try it. Not sure how it's supposed to be eaten but I'm going to serve it with warm tortillas. The only problem with cooking stuff in the crockpot is I have to smell it all day and by the time dinner comes along I'm so tired of smelling it that I don't have any desire to eat it. Guess I'm just wierd that way.

Sandy, I've made Ropa Vieja often and have served it several ways. In cuban rests. it's usually served with black beans & tortillas. It also makes great enchiladas & really yummy barbecue sandwiches later. Just drain the sauce from the meat & toss with a little barbecue sauce.

I just started getting Cooking Light magazine & wanted to mention that I love it! A while back someone here had posted a poll on cooking mags & that one had such a high rating, I ordered it! Really great recipes in there, I'll have to go look for that lighter version of Ropa Vieja right now!

 

[shovan]

Afternoon all----Just wanted to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.........

So sorry to hear this. Our prayers will be with you and your family!

 

[lucas]

Wendie, so sorry to hear the news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time.

 

[TigerKat]

I have Ropa Vieja in the crockpot right now. I found the recipe in my new Cooking Light mag and have always wanted to try it. Not sure how it's supposed to be eaten but I'm going to serve it with warm tortillas. The only problem with cooking stuff in the crockpot is I have to smell it all day and by the time dinner comes along I'm so tired of smelling it that I don't have any desire to eat it. Guess I'm just wierd that way.

I thought I was the only one like that!

 

[Mermaid02]

Afternoon all----Just wanted to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers....Things are not good......We will be stopping life support in the next day or so....my mother suffered a massive stroke, Monday they put the phone to her ear and she opened her eyes and when asked by the nurse if she knew who it was she nodded, and when the nurse said your daughter in Maine my mother nodded again....that is my gift....she then that night drifted off into a coma only responding to pain and after last night her vitals dropped and responds to nothing.....a brain cat scan shows that she is having internal seizures in her brain causing strokes and she is only breathing because of the ventilator. We are waiting on eeg results to finalize it all...my dad signed a DNR and my brother is driving down tonight to be there for the finally part...I can't get there.....it would cost over 1500 for me to get there for a day, as my grandmother is having surgery next week that I have to be here for...my mother would never want that....I will take care of her burial here this spring.

I got a nice letter in the Mail from her on Tuesday that she had mailed out last week...I will cherish it always.......I have to face another hard part as my birthday is Monday.....I have already come to terms that she might die on this day and if that happens I will take comfort that she found peace on it.

Just so hard to know that I won't talk to her ever again.......my Dad is a wreck and full of guilt that he is killing her even though these are her wishes and we all know the right thing to do........we don't wish anyone death, but she has suffered so much she deserves peace......and to be painfree......

Thanks for listening my friends.....sorry to dump this on you all......

I hope you all are doing well...I will try to catch up in the next few weeks.....

I'm so sorry Wendie.

 

[Mermaid02]

I tried a new recipe tonight (Weight Watchers) and it was really tasty. It was Chicken with Honey Balsamic glaze. Here's the recipe:

1 pound boneless chicken breast (I cut it into bite size pieces)
1 1/2 t thyme
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper

rub this all over the chicken and then cook in 1 tsp Olive oil until done. remove and put on plate.

In pan stir together 2 T balsamic vinegar and 2 T honey.... cook over med low heat until slightly thick. Spoon over chicken.

I put my chicken pieces in a salad and then spooned some of the glaze on as a dressing. I also put on some feta cheese. It was really delicious!

 

[Glynis]

Afternoon all----Just wanted to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers....Things are not good......We will be stopping life support in the next day or so....my mother suffered a massive stroke, Monday they put the phone to her ear and she opened her eyes and when asked by the nurse if she knew who it was she nodded, and when the nurse said your daughter in Maine my mother nodded again....that is my gift....she then that night drifted off into a coma only responding to pain and after last night her vitals dropped and responds to nothing.....a brain cat scan shows that she is having internal seizures in her brain causing strokes and she is only breathing because of the ventilator. We are waiting on eeg results to finalize it all...my dad signed a DNR and my brother is driving down tonight to be there for the finally part...I can't get there.....it would cost over 1500 for me to get there for a day, as my grandmother is having surgery next week that I have to be here for...my mother would never want that....I will take care of her burial here this spring.

I got a nice letter in the Mail from her on Tuesday that she had mailed out last week...I will cherish it always.......I have to face another hard part as my birthday is Monday.....I have already come to terms that she might die on this day and if that happens I will take comfort that she found peace on it.

Just so hard to know that I won't talk to her ever again.......my Dad is a wreck and full of guilt that he is killing her even though these are her wishes and we all know the right thing to do........we don't wish anyone death, but she has suffered so much she deserves peace......and to be painfree......

Thanks for listening my friends.....sorry to dump this on you all......

I hope you all are doing well...I will try to catch up in the next few weeks.....

Wendie - my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. It's so hard! If there is anything that I can do for you, please let me know.

 

[Glynis]

Hi, everyone! I'm back from visiting with my parents. It was nice to get away for a little while.

Anyway, it's a freezing day here, but I'm too tired to cook, so we're having leftover baked chicken reubens and macaroni and cheese. I just want to crawl into bed.

 

[lucas]

I tried a new recipe tonight (Weight Watchers) and it was really tasty. It was Chicken with Honey Balsamic glaze. Here's the recipe:

1 pound boneless chicken breast (I cut it into bite size pieces)
1 1/2 t thyme
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper

rub this all over the chicken and then cook in 1 tsp Olive oil until done. remove and put on plate.

In pan stir together 2 T balsamic vinegar and 2 T honey.... cook over med low heat until slightly thick. Spoon over chicken.

I put my chicken pieces in a salad and then spooned some of the glaze on as a dressing. I also put on some feta cheese. It was really delicious!

This sounds yummy! I'm gonna try it soon.

 

[HERSEY]

Wendie I am so sorry to hear about your Mom. I hope her suffering ends soon. My stepbrothers and I had to do the same thing with my Step mom.

 

[Mermaid02]

This sounds yummy! I'm gonna try it soon.

I was very pleasantly surprised! It was quick and easy with minimal mess too! I need some recipes like this to help me lose some weight... cause no matter how low the calories, if it doesn't taste good- I ain't eating it!

 

[Nancyg56]

Wendie- Your know your family is in my prayers.

 

[Nancyg56]

Okay my NOLA friends, are you all okay there? We have been hearing that there were tornadoes in LA but the weather folks did not sway where. I have been a little worried about you all.

 

[THE HAT]

Thank you friends, for your prayers and thoughts......
things are quite a roller coaster right now, and we have some more DR's coming in and giving some new opinions this evening......
I ask please that you could all pray some more for my mother, as hope and prayer are all we have right now.................I am emotionally(sp) exhausted today....35 phone calls so far.......my brother is headed down with my sil tomorrow and we will be doing a family confrenece call on Sat with the dr on where things stand........
we have been given a glimmer of hope...that I am quite scared to grasp onto to be honest............if you all don't mind listening here goes:
They are now saying that there has been no stroke.....just from her orginal one back in the early 80's showing on the CT.....there is definte (sp) signs on the EEG of internal brain seizures........her vitals are near perfect and her electrolytes and enzymes are now stable after being bottomed out. her resting pulse is 66 and her blood pressure is 110/57....her dr talked to my brother and said that she is responding to pain with eye flutters where the nurse said she was not. (I won't go into how this nurse for the past 2 days has been awful...though after my brother talked to the charge nurse he is a bit better...the first ones we had were beyond kind)....but she is not waking up at all, and that is where the dr's are confused.....it does not make sense....they think that she is not waking up due to the seizures and that with meds this might be able to be reversed........the dr said that if she does wake up she will be fine mentally, but if she does wake up and IS in a vegatative state we will (dad brother and I agree) pull the feeding tube and I will go down and sit with her until the end.............so that is the latest..............Prepare for the worse and hope for the best......(I am scared to breathe that I know)......I am beat.......to all who have lost a loved one and gone through all of this.....what courage you all have!! Noone gets it until you have gone through it yourself.....this is nothing like losing my grandfather, and I held him while he took his last breath....................
If I still have your attention....thank you so much for listening.....you are all the best........Please keep praying...good thoughts!!

*Please excuse my spelling errors....my eyes are full of grit and I am to beat to think straight.....

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Still praying and will continue Wendie. There is nothing I could really say right now to make you feel better. I just hope that you find comfort in the friendships that you have made here and that that makes it a little easier for you.

 

[HERSEY]

Thank you friends, for your prayers and thoughts......
things are quite a roller coaster right now, and we have some more DR's coming in and giving some new opinions this evening......
I ask please that you could all pray some more for my mother, as hope and prayer are all we have right now.................I am emotionally(sp) exhausted today....35 phone calls so far.......my brother is headed down with my sil tomorrow and we will be doing a family confrenece call on Sat with the dr on where things stand........
we have been given a glimmer of hope...that I am quite scared to grasp onto to be honest............if you all don't mind listening here goes:
They are now saying that there has been no stroke.....just from her orginal one back in the early 80's showing on the CT.....there is definte (sp) signs on the EEG of internal brain seizures........her vitals are near perfect and her electrolytes and enzymes are now stable after being bottomed out. her resting pulse is 66 and her blood pressure is 110/57....her dr talked to my brother and said that she is responding to pain with eye flutters where the nurse said she was not. (I won't go into how this nurse for the past 2 days has been awful...though after my brother talked to the charge nurse he is a bit better...the first ones we had were beyond kind)....but she is not waking up at all, and that is where the dr's are confused.....it does not make sense....they think that she is not waking up due to the seizures and that with meds this might be able to be reversed........the dr said that if she does wake up she will be fine mentally, but if she does wake up and IS in a vegatative state we will (dad brother and I agree) pull the feeding tube and I will go down and sit with her until the end.............so that is the latest..............Prepare for the worse and hope for the best......(I am scared to breathe that I know)......I am beat.......to all who have lost a loved one and gone through all of this.....what courage you all have!! Noone gets it until you have gone through it yourself.....this is nothing like losing my grandfather, and I held him while he took his last breath....................
If I still have your attention....thank you so much for listening.....you are all the best........Please keep praying...good thoughts!!

*Please excuse my spelling errors....my eyes are full of grit and I am to beat to think straight.....

Wendie We are always here for you. I am usually here in the early evening . I come and peek to see if anyone is here in between my paperwork. Which I should be doing. I hope the Doctors and Nurses start coordinating their information better for you all.

 

[TigerKat]

Wendie - I just picked up the phone to call you but I know how tired you are, so I PM'd you.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Wendie, my prayers and thoughts are with you.

 

[Nancyg56]

I ask please that you could all pray some more for my mother, as hope and prayer are all we have right now.................I am emotionally(sp) exhausted today

Oh Wendie, your Mother is in my prayers and I will continue to ask Him to take care of her. And you as well. I know that asking you to sleep is probably not realistic but please try to get a little rest. She is in good hands, your friends and family are praying for you and your brother is looking after your dad. If you can rest you can think a little clearer and you will be able to support yoru Grandmother.