Nice! I think I’ll go the light route with my own ‘recipe:’
big blob of Heinz
squirt of tomato paste
squeeze of lemon,
splash of Worcester
a healthy blob of Inglehoffer’s horseradish
That stuff already packs quite a punch, but I sometimes add a little habanero sauce or paste to crank it up to 11 
Yep, that’s the problem. Even with good prep organization you need to wash hands (and utensils) and move around. So climbing on and off the stool is as bad as standing (especially with my lovely inflexible surgery shoe ).
I’ve made a note of this title . . . my birthday isn’t too far away. (And I suspect friends and family have ulterior motives when gifting these books
Who knows, maybe my foot will be free of tubes, bandages and the lovely shoe by then.
Just FYI I bought those used for not very much.
Any progress on the footsies?
Well, the nurse still comes every M, W, F and tells me how good it looks and how well it’s healing. Then she changes the tube, wraps it up in gauze, puts the shoe back on it and checks the vac machine I’m lugging around. I guess that’s progress 
Damn, woman. This has been going on for far too long 
It’s only been 2 months and 15 days since I was discharged from the hospital . . .but who’s counting.
I guess I’m lucky. The nursing care comes to me and nobody from the insurance company seems to mind 
And once the tube and shoe are gone I’m told PT will come to my home as well. So certainly more fortunate than many.
Dudette…DOOO EEEEET!!!
I’ll have to do some browsing this week. Maybe I can find something new that appeals.
I just placed a library hold from this based solely on the title and the author 
I feel for you. Foot injuries/surgeries can be so debilitating!
I’m clomping along. Thankfully most things can be delivered these days and for everything else there’s family and friends.
So I’m FINALLY responding to the thread I started! 
I received this cookbook as a Christmas gift from a coworker (along with a nice bottle of their wine!) years ago but never made anything from it. So the challenge was a good time for me to start opening the books in my bookcase and start using them!
I found this perfect recipe to go with the scallops from Wegmans and the fresh COTC from my local farmstand I bought today. I cut the recipe in half, and sprinkled fresh minced parsley on top.
Oh…and I didn’t use a more expensive Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay. But I used a nice buttery CA Robert Mondavi Vint Chardonnay that worked quite well for cooking and libationing.
My tummy is very happy!
Looks like a perfect Summer Saturday meal 
Atta girl! I tried a new recipe today, too! 
— Ina Garten roasted shrimp for shrimp cocktail, and I’m still not a convert. Not sure if it was the softish texture of the shrimp themselves, but I’m not sure it’s a major improvement over poaching them
Looks like a perfect dish of scallops from a pricey restaurant.
Where did the scallops come from? Frozen??
Her ginger cookie recipe in this book is good
Never ever ever!
I go to Wegmans in Burlington, MA every 5 weeks when I get my hair cut about 10 minutes up the highway. And I almost always get scallops for dinner for that evening.
It’s always local (often off the boats in New Bedford or the south MA area) and freshly caught. These were the driest dry scallops I’ve purchased from them in awhile. Barely needed the paper toweling i sat them on for about 10 minutes.
These scallops cost me $9.45 for the 5 of them. A bargain when you think what this dish would have cost in a restaurant.
I wasn’t aware you were healing, continued good outcome and recovery.
