Senior Golden Sneakers - December 2010

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OK...down the 2 pounds I thought would not stay lost! :happy: But my measurements haven't much changed except my turkey neck! Only I can now wear the jeans I thought I'd never wear again! Go figure :huh:
CONNIE, so glad it brought back memories! I recall eating the salad at breakfast along with yogurt that tasted so good, as it was very different from American yogurt! I don't recall Shakshuka, but I'll print the recipe below and I will not cook it with the hot peppers! My Dear Dad used to always make tomato and eggs, but I think his were different. There was no Israel when he was born in Jerusalem!
BARB, wow! and thanks a million for your link. I'll try pasting it here...

Shakshuka [Eggs Poached in Spicy Tomato Sauce]

Serves 4 to 6

1/4 cup olive oil
5 Anaheim chiles or 3 jalapeños, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped (I was nervous and only used 2 Anaheims; I would go for 3 or 4 next time for a more moderate but still gentle kick) (Buzz is definitely NOT including these!)
1 small yellow onion, chopped
5 cloves garlic, crushed then sliced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon paprika
1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes, undrained
Kosher salt, to taste (Optional for sodium restricted diets:grumble: )
6 eggs
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
Warm pitas, for serving

Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add chiles and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden brown, about 6 minutes. Add garlic, cumin, and paprika, and cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is soft, about 2 more minutes.

Put tomatoes and their liquid into a medium bowl and crush with your hands. Add crushed tomatoes and their liquid to skillet along with 1/2 cup water, reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly, about 15 minutes. Season sauce with salt.

Crack eggs over sauce so that eggs are evenly distributed across sauce’s surface. Cover skillet and cook until yolks are just set, about 5 minutes. Using a spoon, baste the whites of the eggs with tomato mixture, being careful not to disturb the yolk. Sprinkle shakshuka with feta and parsley and serve with pitas, for dipping.
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And hi to all the rest of our group! Had a busy day, bought beautiful full hanging plants to finish off the front yard...and then heard a weather report that included 35 degree cold tonight! :noway: . So they are esconced in our garage, covered for tonight, but my gorgeous orchids will probably drop their blossoms, as they are rooted to our palm trees! And this year was the first year we've had such a huge display! :ohwell:

Hello sneakers:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Say you gals are posting a lot of recipes. Good ones too I might add. We need a thread for our recipes Anyone game to start one? Could call it the cooking sneakers or something funny. Then we can go back and find them easy. I am going to try that tomatoes and eggs Can hardly wait for it. I might just have it for breakfast.in the morning. I can make my sauce tonight and add the eggs in the morning. Thanks for all the new inputs you new ones have given us. We love you all. Marie

[img]http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg159/nevetsdp21255/good_morning_coffee.gif[/[mg] Good morning Sneakers Poor Neil what a rotten blow to him. Hope the doctor have some good news today, I made that spicy tomaoes sauce las night and cook me an egg in it this morning, A nice power plus WW meal. Thanks Connie for your recipes. I sosrt of went by your recipe. I used a big can of Crushes tomatoes. About 2 cups of chop celery,onions and bell peppers Garlic. hot peppers and some salt and pepper I put a 1/2 cin a small skillet slid my egg on top put the lid on and pour it over toast this morning. What a nice breakfast. I think I will cook some whole wheat pasta for lunch and used some of it to pour overwith a small salad. Need to make some whole wheat bread today. Keep the recipes coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I want to make that chopped salad that Buzz posted I will have to go back and hunt for itFor I didn't save it. This is for our guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/img]

Hello sneakers:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Say you gals are posting a lot of recipes. Good ones too I might add. We need a thread for our recipes Anyone game to start one? Could call it the cooking sneakers or something funny. Then we can go back and find them easy. I am going to try that tomatoes and eggs Can hardly wait for it. I might just have it for breakfast.in the morning. I can make my sauce tonight and add the eggs in the morning. Thanks for all the new inputs you new ones have given us. We love you all. Marie

Marie - keep in mind that the tomatoes we used in Israel were not the big beefsteak kind but more like the size of apricots - I see them in the store with five or six still on the vine - deep red, fleshy and firm. You want your sauce to be meaty.

If anyone sees a funny looking fruit called a Pamelo in your markets, give it a try. It is like a grapefruit but much larger, a yellow-green in color with a bumpy skin. Inside it has as many as 18 huge sections that have a very tough membrane. You kind of pull a thread (like a pea pod) and then eat the little droplets inside and throw the membrane away. It is both sweet and sour - I can't explain it but I loved them. On a hot dry day they were the perfect way to quench your thirst. We'd pull the segments out of the fruit and carry them around in a paper or wax bag. So good. Living in the north, I never EVER saw one in a store but you gals in Florida or Texas might run across them.

The ladies from the Pomona Christian Church had a holiday dinner today. We are not members but they invited us anyway. It is too early for hubby to be gadding about so one of the ladies brought dinner to us. The plates had turkey, sweet potatoes, a cranberry walnut salad, broccoli/cauliflower salad, sweet corn bread, mashed potatoes and green beans. There was a container with a mixed green salad, salad dressing, and gravy and another plate with pumpkin pie, angel food cake and freshly baked rolls. We ate most everything on our plates and still kept it under 500 calories. The pie, cake and rolls can wait for another day. Tonight we'll have a cup of soup and the green salad they sent.

My husband is sitting up in his recliner most of every day. He's been asking me to get this and get that and I finally told him to get things for himself. He's supposed to be walking 200 feet six times a day and it is not that far to the cupboard for a glass and the refrigerator for some juice or milk. He's also supposed to be using an inhaler (to keep his lungs clear) six times a day and he only does it once or twice. Really ticks me off. If I was in his shoes I'd be doing TWICE what I'd been told to do. Now when he asks for something special, I say not until you use your inhaler.

He was down another pound this morning (that 's 22 pounds for him) and I was too although I didn't record it. I'm suspicious of my scale. I think the battery is getting low.

I feel bad for not commenting on what everyone is doing or experiencing but at the moment I've got tunnel vision - just trying to keep moving forward. I read all your posts!

Connie I just used can tomatoes It tasted prettgoo to me. i'm sure the fresh tomatoes would have been better. Glad to see your husband is doing better. It good that you are making him walk. And i buy the big bag of chopped onion,celery and bell peppers. I used about 2 cups of them. I always keep them on hand for I used them in my soups. I can't stand too long and I have to sit down as I called it get my back back into place and i am up again. I take as many short cuts as I can I keep a stool in the kitchen just for that.
Time for a cup of tea.

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Marie

Marie, this is a picture of Hyacinth Bean Vine - the annual you and I were talking about.



And this is a picture of my rock garden in the front of our house. The fountain is made from rocks we found on our property, accented with river rocks from Wisconsin and rainbow pebbles from an Arkansas river bed. It is planted with grasses, lillies, and silver moss.



I love to grow beautiful things.

Hi everyone! Well, I made a major boo-boo today!!! Neil's appointment isn't until tomorrow!!!It wasn't until after we picked him up that Dave started putting things together and said he was sure the appt. should be on Wed. I called the clinic and sure enough he was right (don't you just hate when he is right!) so we spent the day shopping with Neil and now we have to go to the appt. tomorrow. He is happy to go out for breakfast again (that is how I make it appealing). We did get some gifts bought so I feel good about that. I need to get organized to plan my Christmas baking. I would like to get it mostly done next week. I don't do a lot, just enough for a little variety on a plate.

I will try to pop back later but if not, just know you are in my thoughts. Take care and keep smiling. Gayla :flowerforyou:

Connie I type in your name on FB and it did not come up. I never have try to add a friend before
Iam under.................... Eula M Ward


Gayla I have done that before Makes Jerry so mad. He told me to write it down on my calendar. That he couldn't keep up with my doctors. Now I don't have any appt till after Christmas. I know you have one Christmas week. I know you are looking forward to it.

Gigi I don't remember But I have that problem/ We don t go to so. Texas till the 21st. of Dec. When so you go on your trip . I think most of my family have been there at one time or anoth. My granddaughter that got married in Sept went on their honeymoon there. I will start a thread for our recipes tonight.

Marie