Sunday – 31/5/2015 Save Your Hearing Day

Morning!
On a rainy chilly day! Today’s an event where outdoor bikers tour the entire city in a pack. Weather for sure not ideal, and yesterday and tomorrow are supposedly warm and sunny! Moody Mother Nature as I have to wear tights again and plans included after spin class (indoors!) jaunt over to local Walmart for pillows to rip apart for their fibrefill stuffing. Will have to see if coming straight home is not better plan.
Bears in the woods Joan!!! Infinitely better to appreciate Yogi and Jellystone National Park crew with height, bricks and glass in-between!
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Purry 2.5 cents to today’s fun and important theme PG!
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Good morning! Said in yesterday’s post, how good your chicken salad was AV!!!
Doing a little shopping today as I Hazeled yesterday and got it done! YAY! Storms this morning are clearing and hoping for cooler weather.
PG, SOMETIMES our cats are ignoring us? LOL! Ok, I’ll give credit where credit is due, they DO come sometimes when I call them, like lunch!

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Wish I could have saved my Dad’s hearing, even with expensive hearing aids he can’t hear because he has problems with adjusting them 🙁

Enjoy the chicken salad, KJ! …. I’ve never used ‘faux’ meats, but from what I understand, they take on the flavoring of what you’re spicing the dish with, so the sour cream/mayo and curry spicing should make it really yummy! Here’s the Broccoli Casserole recipe I wrote yesterday and took to Brother’s regular Sat. night dinner: the Manchego cheese really made this dish …. for those of you that have never tried it, it has a similar taste to Parmesan, however, not so strong (milder) and more of a nutty flavor …. a semi hard cheese, like Parm … I consider it the Spanish version of Parm ….

AV’s Broccoli Casserole:

3 packets fresh broccoli florets (or 3 large heads cut into florets) cooked/drained (I seasoned the water with lemon pepper, poultry seasoning & pink salt)
1 small jar sliced mushrooms (or ½ cup fresh diced & sautéed in butter until soft)
½ small onion diced fine (also sautéed in a little butter until soft)
2 cups grated manchego cheese
2 eggs
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup mayo
1 tsp fresh grated nutmeg
½ tsp salt
½ tsp lemon pepper
Dash of worcestershire sauce
1 large sleeve ritz crackers
1/3 stick butter
Cook & drain broccoli. Sautee mushrooms & onion until soft, add to bowl with broccoli and cheese. In a small bowl, mix soups, mayo, eggs, worcestershire, salt/pepper and fresh nutmeg – blend well, then mix with veggies and cheese. Pour into 9×13 greased dish. Melt 1/3 stick butter, then mix with finely crushed ritz crackers. Sprinkle cracker/butter topping over casserole. Bake at 350 for about 40 min. until hot and bubbly.

Notes: I poured a little milk over the top before I baked it and before I put the cracker topping on, as I wanted a creamier consistently, or you could add ¼ cup milk to the sauce.

…. sounds like a lovely plan, Joan! Dessert first! LOL

…. my 85 year old Mom (yes, the one that didn’t bring her driver’s license to the airport) also ‘has’ hearing aids’ … but doesn’t like wearing them ….. I have to talk 3 decibels louder when conversing with her, and it’s still a frustrating ordeal …. good news – she can’t hear my ‘mutterings’ under my breath at her absurd comments! LOL

Hehehe Joan!
The only thing that I do with big apples (not NYC!) is dice them peel and all, throw them in glass casserole with any juice, maple syrup (natch!) and sprinkling of cinnamon and clove. Then micro for about 7 mins. Aplle sauce, only not all pureed (which I would detest.)
Well you all will make a cook out of me yet! Taste tested AV’s “faux” chicken salad and even with my substitutions IMHO it’s quite tasty. Slated for tomorrow’s dinner. So now I have Joan’s stuffed zucchinis, PG’s mom’s faux meat loaf and now AV’s faux chicken salad in my meagre recipe stash!
Need some of that famous TDK energy as I just entered Dorry in photo/caption contest. Local pet supply store where I p/u my litter is holding it (like Petsmart sorta place.) Prize is prof photo shoot (of the boy) and place in annual calendar. Sent in good quality photo and IMHO good story. He seems to have some stiff competition, but none of the submitted photos are anywhere near as handsome as Dorry, and I’m not prejudiced, not me! LOL. In the rules states that pornographic photos will not be accepted. Some peeps included selfies w/furry which to me seems like a bad plan. In any case Dorry is nekked but I don’t think that this will disqualify him.
In creative mode I just finished hand-stitching 11 of 11 cushions. Using placemats from $$$ store. IMHO they look ultra expensive and will enhance my seasonal changes of decor. Now it’s back to knitting for a bit.

Hi all, I have been AWOL because I have been ill, high temp and bronchitis type burning chest. Temps finally broke lastnight and now I am feeling a little better although my ability to concentrate is shot so I will just lurk.
Oh Joan, eeek a bear in the yard. You must be pleased to have Mac safe inside only facing the wrath of Leela.
Into lurk mode while trying not to cough.

UGH MS! So sorry you have not been feeling well, and I would guess that would be an understatement! Seems to happen once temps start getting colder and people pass around the dreaded viruses. Please take care of yourself and hopefully HRH will snuggle with you. If not, feel free to let us know and we will send kits through the wormhole to make biscuits on you and snuggle you up just right! 🙂

Good luck Dorry!!!
KJ, that is scary about the little girl. I hope word got to guardian – around 12 years old seems a bit young to be in charge of a little one.
The cushions sound lovely!
Hi MS – glad you are feeling a bit better. Coughing is a rough symptom to deal with.
My apple/cherry crisp came out good. Must remember to bring some to mom and share with brother and sister. Made a spiral pasta cheese tomato mushroom casserole for dinner – nice and cheesy!
It’s been a stormy day, lots of rain filling up the reservoir to where it should be. Fairly quiet in the backyard tonight. Heard a bit of chatter earlier, probably raccoons. Oh and someone got my strawberries, some were just starting to ripen. My own fault not fencing it in properly. I didn’t expect to get strawberries to begin with, being first year plants, just wanted to see if I could do it, and I can! Now I will have to get serious and make a cage for my strawberry patch.

I am glad you are getting proper nursing care, MS!