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Whats cooking this august?

Pooky1 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:48:17 GMT

Good evening everyone. I like getting us started the night before the new month. A woman Winifred use to get this started before me. She was a very nice person. The last time she was on here was when qvc was not going to do this blog anymore but then they ended up keeping it. Is it just me or is summer flying by.inspire of how hot its been. Jeanloisefrench the nice weather you just said you now have we are in transition to that beautiful weather now. Next week looks to be gorgeous out. I had Stella doro breakfast treats for breakfast, steak and cheese sandwich for lunch and we just had turkey meatloaf dinner for dinner and grapes. I just went outside long enough to fertilize the garden plants because were getting a couple inches of rain .I figured its a good time for it. Have a great night everyone.

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Tori3569 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:47:54 GMT

Awww my grandfather ate Stella Doro breakfast treats every day for breakfast along with his espresso (aka demitasse). Thanks for that memory

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Pooky1 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:06:01 GMT

Tor i3569. My aunt years ago always had Stella doro stuff in the house.my mil buys a package my Stella doro every week allso. My aunt bought they were light and airy and they came in a bag. I don't remember what they called them but they were really good. My mom had little cups called demitessi. I guess from what you said they were espresso cups. She got them given to her when she got married. She never made of drank espresso. I'm glad I brought you a good memory.

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Tori3569 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:05:06 GMT

Yes those would be espresso cups!

Are the ones your aunt bought called Anginetti? They weren't my favorite ( anisette toast was ) but they were frequently used to make cream puffs which were delicious.

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Pooky1 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:37:32 GMT

Omg. Yes those are the ones. I was thinking they remind me of little cream puffs. I'm like it won't make sense. I guess it would have. It was 80s and early 90s. And she shopped In almacs in Smithfield Rhode island. Almacs went out of business in the middle 90s. How you just brought memories back to me seeing that package. So thank you.

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cusegirl — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 01:25:22 GMT

@ Tori3569, Love the anisette toast. Used to dunk them in my coffee or tea. Still buy them once in awhile.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:36:46 GMT

Our time here is winding down. I didn't even wear half the clothes I packed. That's typical. Tomorrow morning I'll do a few loads of laundry so we can bring clean clothes home. I'll also wash the sheets and towels, and remake the bed. We've enjoyed ourselves a lot but are ready to get home to our cats, our bed, and our pillows.

We have no big plans today. DH has been working remotely this week and will do that today as well, but Fridays are usually a bit lighter than the rest of the week.

We're back to tossed salads for lunch, will finish off the grass fed sirloin with today's salad. I'll probably have a zero sugar yogurt too.

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ninjawife — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:06:39 GMT

Good Morning Everyone! I order groceries for pick up this afternoon and have a few dinners pick out for this week and a few dinners will be left over from last week's menu as we did not eat them last week.

On the menu for this week is baked potatoes with sour cream, chives and bacon, chicken thighs and a vegetable, steak quesadillas, grilled cheese sandwiches and pasta.

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deeva — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:37:27 GMT

I have a package of Stella D'Oro almond toast in my pantry. I like to dunk them in tea.

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cusegirl — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:20:52 GMT

We are having baked haddock and macaroni and cheese, and watermelon. Beautiful day here, sunny, mid 70's and a breeze . Wish it would stay like this but it's going to warm up tomorrow. Have a great day everyone.

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Laura14 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:31:25 GMT

Happy August!

Aside from garlic toast for breakfast and a PB sandwich, I made a fresh cherry yougurt parfait for lunch and I'll probably do chickpea pasta with olive oil and parmesan for dinner.

Have a good weekend all!

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:08:40 GMT

Our week here is over.

Sheets & pillowcases are in the dryer. Then I'll do all the towels. DH said not to bother washing our clothes here. I can do that tomorrow. We polished off what was left of the bacon and had a couple more eggs. The ladies weren't as generous this time as they were on our last visit. That time we were here 3-4 days and took home 8 dozen. This time, though we've eaten some, we're only taking home 6 dozen for the week. 🤷‍♀️

We aren't in a rush to get out of here too quickly. We still have a few apples for the horses. We're waiting for them to come over, they're far away on the other side of the pasture. We'll have lunch, straighten up the kitchen, and take off.

Lunch -

Tossed salad w/grilled chicken

Zero Sugar Yogurt

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Hoovermom — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:10:35 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch : Gosh, they sound very generous........I would love some fresh eggs. Enjoy them.

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cusegirl — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:19:05 GMT

Making stuffed peppers and salad for dinner tonight, also honeydew and cantaloupe. Have a great day everyone.

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Laura14 — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:12:42 GMT

Did sunnyside egg and toast this morning, crackers and protein milk for a snack, and then a pita with provolone and cucumbers for lunch with granny smith apple slices and peanut butter.

Not sure about dinner yet, but it's been a nice day. Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.

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lynnie61 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:01:40 GMT

We had chicken breasts, broccoli, baked potatoes. We had pudding later.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:27:08 GMT

We made it home yesterday afternoon. DH found an alternate route through backroads and it was quite nice. We actually made a little better time too. DH got outside soon after we unpacked so he could mow the lawn. The cats are happy to see us and we’re happy to see them. They won’t leave us alone. I would love to stay home to watch church online and be lazy with the cats the rest of the day but we have to run out for a couple of errands. I need a few groceries and have a UPS drop off that I couldn't do last week. We’re home for a few days and back on the go again at the end of the week.

I had my coffee this morning but am feeling so full that I think I’ll fast today. Last night DH said he didn’t want to eat much today either.

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cusegirl — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:24:13 GMT

Today we are going to have grilled strip steak, salt potatoes, and broccoli. Watermelon for later. Temperatures are going to start going up again this week. Hope it doesn't get as humid as it has been. Have a great day all.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:09:35 GMT

Supper will be simple, grilled marinated chicken breast and a salad.

Lunch was hot ham and cheese sandwiches. I only had a half sandwich due to this pesky diabetes. 1/2 a sandwich roll.

Holy cow, I miss carbs.

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Zhills — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:27:59 GMT

Making a Family Farms bacon wrapped chicken breast in My Breville mini oven.

With nuked baked sweet potato and fried okra!