Ellen, it was steaks, I guess because there was a bone in the middle. It weighed 330 grams for the two of us.

I put dried parsley and some seafood seasoning and instant minced onion on the halibut, then cut a medium zucchini in quarters lengthwise and cooked it 45 minutes at 425 degrees F for 40 minutes. when I served it, I sprayed some "I Can't Believe it's not Butter" spray on the zucchini.

One of the things i was looking forward to about coming home was using my dishwasher and not having to do all the dishes by hand. we came home to find that the dishwasher wasn't draining. The repairman is supposed to be here soon and I'm hoping that it will be easy to fix it so I can be using it again right away. I lived just fine without a dishwasher until I was 45 years old and now I hate being without one

Barbie, Sorry to hear about your dishwasher. Hope they can fix it quick.
Thanks for giving me the link to convert grams into ozs. I was just reading the 25 loest carbs and they gave it in grams. Watermelon is on top of the list. Its so good to have you around.

We have lots of walking trails close by. My girl friend and i used to hit a different one every morning. Back when I could walk a lot better than I am now.The doctor told me today to just get that walker out and walk , walk. So in the morning I will get serious about it. At first just around the neighborhood and the after I get better will hit some of the trails again. Tp keep the blood flowing. I used to be a great walker.My little dog Angel [sho passed away last year.] and I. We walk every morning and every nite. And I will do it again.

Marie

Good morning,

Sandy, thinking about you.

Gayla, good morning to you. Hope all is well with you. Heading to do our grocer shopping this morning before it gets too hot. Will pick up stuff to make that Ausralia cole slaw. Its sound so good.

Phoebe, I got the same forward E-mail from Kay as you did. but I didn't get it.

Barbiecat-- I stayed pretty clean eating yesterday. Plan on doing better today. I have not seen chunky red pepper hummis. I am sure I would like it for that is my faverite Red pepper hummis. Will look for it today. Going to walmart this morning and will get my exercise in there.

Ellen---Have a wonderful day..Gosh wouldn't it be nice to keep up with Barbie I have learn a lot from her.

Barbs, How are you doing?

Beth----look like it is getting rought over there. You take care.

Elli---The day is getting closer to having your son home. Happy Days.

Jeffrey---Where are you.?

Big G--- Now i am getting worried about you.

Chowhound. What are you up to beside playing these games on here. I guess i done got addicted.

Good news about my dishwasher. A very nice man came about 2:30 and was busy for awhile and now it''s fixed. He's says it's in good shape and should last for years.

Marie, I wasn't talking about hummus with chunks of red pepper, I was talking about spreading any kind of hummus on slices of red pepper instead of putting it on crackers. Jake had been putting hummus on Wasa crackers and the crackers were the higher calorie part of the snack and he wanted to cut back. so he substituted red pepper slices for the crackers.

It is cold and gray here again today but Jake is going to play golf anyway. I go to line dance where the weather doesn't make any difference.

Now that it's summer I guess everyone is busy and not hanging around their computers like they were in the winter

Time to drink my tea and make my breakfast.
hugs
Barbie

Thanks Barbie, that will help me on my carbs and calories counting. I love red peppers.
I am glad I read your post just befpre we left for the grocer store. Now I think I am ready for a good eating habbit this week. Right now I am going to get me a glass of tea and prop my feet up.Marie

Thanks, Marie. Having a good day, now that the dental appt. is over. Some things just never get easier, for me anyway.
Halibut is on sale here this week so have to try baking it, Barbie. I usually have fried it, but your way would be much lower cal.
Glad you got your dishwasher fixed. Not as bad as our daughter and husband who went on a trip and the day after they left the person checking up on things for them found that something had given way at the dishwasher and flooded the whole house just about. They are still dealing with the mess!! We turn our water right off in the basement when we leave. You never know.
Speaking of hummus, my hubby made his own yesterday. he loves it, on just about anything, but then he doesn't have to worry about calories.
Take care all.
Ellen.

Hi Ellen. On my walk tonight i notice our sunflowers are fianlly blooming down by the railroad track. They like the hot weather. so many weeds tho you can harly see them. The rrailroads do not take care of their right of way. But it reminded me of you talking about yours on the moubtain side early in the spring.

Hummis is a wonderful snack. it has fiber, protein, so good for you. I made me a homemade pimentoe cheese spread today. for sandwiches at lunch along with some raw veggies This week. I used low fat cheese, low fat mayo a big jar of pimentos and low calories bread. Later in the week I will make tuna salad with eggs for my lunch later this week. I eat the hummis for snacks.

Gayla, I join the zarr memberships today. I think. At least I tried to. I like to beabe to keep recipes that I find that I like to try. I am under Rirriecat.

The rest of you have a lovely night.
Marie

Hi everyone from rainy Saskatchewan. I am working like a crazy woman this week so that I can start my holidays. Our office is being renovated so I have to pack everything up before I leave.

Marie -- Hope you enjoyed the coleslaw! I will be looking you up on zaar and watch your recipes accumulate.

Phoebe -- I always miss you. Hope you are having a safe trip.

Barbie -- Glad the dishwasher is fixed. We quickly become so dependent on our machines! The hummus on red peppers sounds wonderful. Maybe I will make some this weekend. I got my x-ray report from my doc today and he tells me it is time to get some weight off. My knee shows mild to moderate arthritis in different parts of the knee. Right behind the knee cap seems to be the worst. Time to get down to business.

Ellen -- Glad the dental appt. is over and that you 'lived to tell the tale'. Not my favorite place to go for sure. Christmas Day 2007 I spent some time sitting in the dentist's chair while he drained an abcess. I am forever grateful that I found a dentist that would see me. I abandoned my old dentist and have adopted the new one -- he is tops with me!

Keep smiling. Gayla

Hi all of you guys, Where is everybody?
Its a hot one here. should be around 103 by later this afternoon.
I didn't get my walk in this morning. Should have while it was cool. But i have been drinking my water. Are ready got 6 glasses in. And it is just now 1:00 pm.
Not much going on here. Just the same o same o. I am looking forward to fall. already.

Marie

wow, Marie, 103 is HOT. Glad you can get out to walk now. We went this am too, my hubby's back getting better.
Gayla, nothing like a health issue to help motivate one in w loss. Hope your knees get better without surgery.
Is Zaar the same as RecipeZaar? Have to check it out.
Barbie, pets are as expensive as humans. Maybe more so in Canada as we have health care coverage for humans. At least it wasn't a serious problem.
It's a lovely day here, and the rose look terrific.
Expecting company so talk to you all later.
Ellen

Gayla, I made the cold slaw and it was good and delightful. Cold slaw is one of my faverite Salad anyway. Jerry like it too. Thanks for the review and the recipe. I have sereral more I want to try. I left out the onions and celery and used whipping cream instead of milk. It has less carbs than milk

Ellen, Here is Gayla link if you want to have alook.

http://www.recipezaar.com/member/199792......

I am sure she want mind me giving it out . She has collected some good recipes.

Marie

Ellen, your story about your daughter having her house flooded certainly makes me grateful for the blessings in my life. How wonderful that your husband makes hummus. I haven't tried making my own, I just get it a the grocery store.

Gayla, it has been my experience that no matter what ails you, the doctor always says that losing weight would be a good solution. How great that we have MFP to help us achieve that goal. I know that my back problems have diminished since I've lost weight.

Marie, your hot weather sounds exhausting. We lived in a place with temperatures in the 90's and 100's and I stayed in the house a lot. When I walked, it was before eight in the morning.

We are getting ready to go away for the weekend. We'll be staying in a hotel so no pets will be going with us. We took the cats to "The Cat's Pajamas" and the dogs to the vet to be boarded for the weekend. We had to take them today since we're leaving very early tomorrow morning. Without the pets, it's very quiet in our house. Tomorrow morning when I wake up I won't have to jump into my clothes and walk dogs.

It's a lovely day here, I took the dogs to the dog park before we boarded them, then did my yoga video and now I'm finishing the laundry so I'll have some clothes to take on the trip.

hugs,
Barbie

Have a nice weekend Barbiecat

Hi Everyone!

Sorry I have not been around much but it has been very hectic. Day had some more test run and the initial results were not so good. We are repeating them to make sure they were accurate and then go from there. we had a great 4th and really enjoyed the holiday. Sounds like everyone here is pretty busy too.

I have been getting green beans and a few tomatoes out of the garden and they have been great! We need rain so very bad. We home to get some tonight. I have been working out a lot and have been riding my bike everyday about 10 to 15 miles. I have posted a new weight and should be below 190 next week (I hope!). Still lookin for work. It is very bleak here right now but I have faith!

Looking forward to hearng from you all! Take care!

Marie- how is the leg doing?

Jeffrey

Hey Jeffrey , thought I would have to come to Indiana and look for you. Sorry to hear about Day. Hope these test turn out OK. I don't know to much about my legs yet. I still have pain. but My diabetic nerve pain may have a lot to do with it. and both of my feet are Swollen up. Even with my water pill they will not go down. My heart doctor did not have an answer except keep them prof up and walk. Which I have been doing.
Proud of you lb lost.

Our garden is just about dry up. just to hot. We also need a good rain.

Marie

Hi, there,
Our company has gone already. bit of a flurry but nice to see them.
Hot here today.
Marie, I tried copying in the zaar url but it wouldn't work. sounds interesting tho'. Are a lot of the recipes lo cal, or lo carb?
Sorry to hear about your wife's test results, Jeffery.
Barbie, that will be a different weekend for you folks, no pets? sound like you are managing to enjoy yourselves tho'.
I like living in a smaller center like this when you go to the mall and see your niece and kids, go to the orchard/coffee patio and see your neighbor. etc, etc.
That didn't happen very often when we lived in the Vancouver area.
Food, not a problem so far today, can't seem to get up much enthusiasm for any of it today, the heat maybe. Pretty unusual for me.
Hope you are all having a good day.
Ellen.

Hi Ellen, no Ellen . it is just regular recipe but some can be adapted. I thought I check it out. I guess we will have to let Gayla tell us how. Marie

Hi everyone from sunny Saskatchewan. Our rain was so needed and now we can enjoy some sunshine. Today was supposed to be the start of my holidays but I had to go in to the office to finish cleaning out my desk and cupboards so the guys could haul them out to do the renovation while I am away. What a lot of work!!! I thought I would get it done yesterday and then I was sure I would finish it up today --- now I will have to go in Monday to finish one drawer, not much there but still need to do something with it. Then I will give the drawers a little wipe down and call it good. I think it should take about a half hour but had to leave today to get to physio. I will be glad that this is done when it is time to leave in December, I think it would be harder to do then. We have a very large container for confidential shredding and I nearly filled it up. Not sure why I keep so much stuff!!!
My knee is terribly sore so that is what the physio concentrated on. She said it is quite swollen and the knee cap is pulled to one side. She gave me a couple of easy exercises to do at home but said if it causes pain not to do them. You know, we go along, gaining all this weight, thinking it will not catch up with us. Hmm, faulty thinking, eventually it does!!!

Marie -- so sorry that your legs still hurt. Hopefully they will gradually get better. Does anything make them feel better? The url you put in works for me using copy and paste.

Ellen -- The url takes you to my home page on Recipezaar. Some of my recipes are healthier than others, however -- if you scroll down on the left side of the page you will see My Favorites with a little heart icon beside it. Click on that and it will take you to several cookbooks that I have saved, many of them weight watchers or low fat, each with many recipes. Let me know if you are having trouble and I will try to help you. Copy and paste the url that Marie left and it should work.

Jeffrey -- So sorry that Day's test results were not good. I hope this next set comes back with better results. Yummy garden veg!! Sounds wonderful. Mine is a long way off.

Barbie/Jake -- Hope you are having a great weekend.

Keep smiling. Gayla

Gayla, I tried that url and it didn't work for me. I don't know how I done it but i did get you on my bookmark and don't have any problems getting it. I don't believe i got thru to becoming a permium member yet. I sent an e-mail off to recipezarr for them to check it out for me. Haven't heard from them yet.
Marie

I did look for you and couldn't find you. It will likely take a few days to be processed.
What I did was highlight the url you left and then copied, then pasted at the top of the page and it worked fine.
http://www.recipezaar.com/member/199792
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Thats what i did. I guess you have to be a premium member to do so.. I will wait to hear from recipezarr before I fill it all out again.Since I gave them my debit card # I wouldn't wont it to go thru twice. I don
't remember hitting submit and never got a conformatiom from them. So I fell like I didn't do it right.
as usally. Marie

Hey, Gayla, I did find you, thanks. Does look like something I could get into, expecially if it gives you a shopping list.
Look for you later, Marie, when you get things going, I guess. It didn't seem to be wanting $ that I saw so far.
Quiet here today. We've decided to get outdoors even tho' it is almost 35 today. Very warm, but still not as hot as Texas, right?
Talk to you later.
Ellen

Hi folks! I slept late this morning and woke up to find my son here to fix his car. When they were done I made some lunch then we watched the football game (yeah Saskatchewan).

Marie -- You should have received a confirmation from Zaar by now I would think. Do you have a regular membership? I love the premium but went with regular for a long time. The premium gives you the ability to have several cookbooks so that you can sort your recipes which is nice. It may also be needed for menus and shopping lists but I am not sure about that. You are also able to zmail with premium which is nice.

Ellen -- You may want to try the regular (free) Zaar membership to see if it is something that would interest you. You will find recipes for almost any diet plan out there. Another place where I get good diet recipes from is SparkPeople.

Gayla, wish our football was on. Its start in august pre game football.all. Can hardly wait. Yeah Cowboys~~~~~~~~~ Hope you team win. I may just stick with the regular zarr till I learn to get around on it more. I was lookin for a pecante Sauce and could not not find one to my liken. But did find one on cook's recipes. That I like. I was trying to cut the sodium for the one you buy is loaded wirh sodium. Easy to make too.

Ellen, I wish our weather was 35F here in Texas I would be hunting for a jacket. I know you all don't go by F so It is much much warmer there. How did the hot dogs go over.? All kids loves hot dog. Me too.

Phoebe are you home yet?

Ansious to hear from Sandy to tell us about her trip and her granddaughter.

Everybody have a great day.

Marie

I am back and had a wonderful time!!! We are driving to Indiana to pick up DAISY MAE, we are so excited!!
Will finish reading all the posts later and fill you in on my week and especially our new puppy....!! So glad to be home.