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Posted by Transmute Jun on 03-05-2007 at 14:32:
Ugh. I'm not eating dinner anymore... part of my diet. I need to lose some poundage!!!!
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Posted by meridianday on 03-05-2007 at 19:32:
I have had a mixed grill for dinner tonight - I was going to cook pork chops and steamed veg, but the place where we went out to is so cheap that we could just about buy the meat and cook it ourselves for the price of the whole meal there. It's in the middle of an urban nature reserve too - about 1 square mile of nature surrounded by factories and polluted waterways and a big shopping mall. When you're surrounded by the trees and looking at the bluebell wood, it's only the traffic noise that suggests that there are suburbs stretching out for a minimum of 3 miles all around it.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Lolabella on 03-05-2007 at 19:55:
That sounds like a lovely way to enjoy a meal. Were you able to dine al fresco?
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Posted by meridianday on 03-05-2007 at 21:55:
Not quite a warm enough evening for that - and too many flies unfortunately. But we waited outside until the food arrived, since it's got a decent children's play area too.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by CricketBeautiful on 04-05-2007 at 13:19:
I've started using the oven timer. You know, you put stuff in, then tell it to turn on at 4:00.
I try to start it around 2:30, just before leaving to pick up the kids, so the raw food's not in for too long, and add an extra 15 minutes for it to warm up.
Put lids on everything, and add a bit extra water, then take the lids off when we're back from school if I want things crispier.
It even works for rice (add an extra 1/8cup water, and grease the dish first for easy clean-up. Bit crusty on top at times.)
Root veggies, stir them in a touch of oil and wrap a cup or so in foil. Haven't tried them just in a dish yet. Taters just bake or cut in cubes and season and dry-roast, or scalloped.
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Posted by Lolabella on 04-05-2007 at 13:32:
That's a great idea Cricket! I'm always afraid to use my oven timer. With the warmer summer months just around the bend, I tend to use my grill on a nightly basis.
Dinner tonight will be out. I'm meeting my best galpal for drinks, movie, and then dinner. She says she needs a mini-vacation from her family. Not sure where we will end up for dinner though.
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Posted by imaqtz on 04-05-2007 at 16:36:
oh do make it somewhere fancy! For a mini-vacation from family outing , gal-pal will enjoy eating something that isnt wrapped in paper, and doesnt come with a little toy!
and whateva you do NEVER bring up the family in conversation...that alone will seem like a mini break! lol!
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Posted by Lolabella on 04-05-2007 at 18:26:
hee...she wants to go to very adult-like place for Martinis. The place is called Twist and Olive.
It'll give a chance to get all doll-ed up and be pretentious. Well...we will pretend to at least.
No family talk! We usually end up talking about the our high school hijinx and all the boys that we used to make out with. 
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Posted by imaqtz on 05-05-2007 at 17:09:
Good Girl. 
As wives, we cant stop talking /bitching/whining about the hubby; as mothers we can endlessly talk/boast/whine about the kids yet there are very few times you can actually just take a breather and talk about yourself!
so Im so glad you girls are gonna have fun living it up and reminiscing about those carefree days! Enjoy!!
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Posted by Lolabella on 05-05-2007 at 18:02:
Well, my dinner ended up being a watermelon martini last night. My friend forgot about dinner and intended to save her appetite for movie house popcorn so she had a late lunch.
When we arrived at the movie theater we discovered that the movie we (actually she) wanted to see ended the previous night. The place was swarming with kids wanting to see Spiderman 3 and we decided to come back on another occassion.
So we headed to the martini bar.
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Posted by imaqtz on 05-05-2007 at 20:35:
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Posted by Cep on 06-05-2007 at 21:18:
I went cinema the other night to watch Wild Hogs (good film) and there was a guy dressed like spider man, wish I had taken a pic he actually looked like the real spiderman from the movie!
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Posted by Lolabella on 06-05-2007 at 22:43:
In keeping with the theme of the thread...did you have popcorn at the movie theater? Are you one of those that gets the big tub and goes back for refills.
Me, personally, am not a popcorn muncher. If someone else buys it/makes it and it's out...then I snack on it. I remember when my mom used to make it on the stove.
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Posted by Metaliant on 07-05-2007 at 09:13:
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There was a crossover from Spiderman and Wild Hogs? Nice film.
All I had for my tea was chese and biscuits. I was planning to have something else but couldn't be bothered.
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Posted by Lolabella on 07-05-2007 at 12:25:
Dinner last night was chicken salad on whole wheat. Then I made one of those single serving Betty Crocker brownie mixes. It comes out all hot and gooey out of the microwave. I chased it down with a cold glass of milk.
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Posted by meridianday on 07-05-2007 at 13:21:
My dinner last night was a rather nice chicken tikka karahi from the local balti district. Yummm! It turns out they do chicken nuggets and chips for the fussy kid as well. My husband's vindaloo was so hot it gave him hiccups 
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Lolabella on 07-05-2007 at 14:06:
Wow Meri!! Your dinner sounds fantatic!! Much better than mine. I had to look up you dished on wikipedia because I've never heard of them. Honestly, we need better restaurants (more ethnic) where I live.
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Posted by Metaliant on 07-05-2007 at 16:42:
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These are supposdly Indian meals, but us Brits invented them for Friday and Saturday nights out after drinking too much.
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Posted by Lolabella on 07-05-2007 at 16:46:
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We tend to do Taco Bell after a much celebrated Friday or Saturday night.
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Posted by Metaliant on 07-05-2007 at 16:51:
You wouldn't beleive it but I am actually going to be boring for tea. Just a chicken sandwich.
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