Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
For veggies and soups it's great. Does slicing and shredding in seconds. Love it except for the cleaning as is with all FP. It's all dishwasher friendly though so that's good.
For small work, I love, love, love my Cuisinart immersion blender. That puppy is SO easy to clean. Whip up your dressing. Pour in serving container. Whip up soap and hot water in the cleaning container. Whir, rinse and you're done. Did I mention I love my it? Yes. I'm a nerd...
Gosh, those pork chops sound so good. Roasted acorn squash and some couscous on the side? :)
anyway i made a stack of pancakes with sugar and lemon then maple FLAVOURED syrup (cant afford the real maple stuff here). Then for dinner we had chicken and mushroom crepes with a cream sauce. Then more pancakes for supper.
Yep mums a diabetic and ive got high Cholestrol anyway cant stop farting!! did i say im intolerant to "wheat".
Getting strange looks from the cat? the 2 yrs ive had him hes NEVER farted!! He looks concerned!!
Anywhoo going to ROLL up to bed now too many pancakes but hey hoh "its tradition" no more until next year now.
For supper tonight - chicken breast with mushrooms, onion and spinach in a coconut sauce flavoured with ginger, lime, and garlic and a good shake of roasted red pepper flakes.. It passes the taste test! I will serve it on pasta or with brown/wild rice for G and without the extra carbs for me. Saving the rest of the bag of spinach for a strawberry spinach salad tomorrow.
Has anyone tried black pepper on strawberries? Mm mm good!
keep the stuffing pretty moist..
We are having Pork Tenderloin (markdown!!) and POONCH_KEEE aka Paczki because today is MARDI GRAS (Fat Tuesday)
if you dont have a caulking gun hanging in the kitchen, you aint livin right..
beef is also high is sodium, and will cause water retention. we eat too much beef in my house, but i swear i don't know what we are going to be able to afford to eat at this rate today.
paczki's,///// I don't like them, they are too heavy a pastry for my taste, or maybe I havent' had one made by someone who knows what they are doing. I tend to crave salty stuff, and my hubby wants the sweets. of course, I have high blood pressure, and he is diabetic, par for the course huh? HA
her vision with the new specs is better than mine. i oughtta let her drive and i could cack zans and wash em down with everclear. lol
eh, i got her some otc stool softeners. cvs no longer carries chia seeds. dam shame. softened chia seeds are the cure for worst case constipation.
(not only is today Paczki Day, but tomorrow Mom starts a low-iodine diet, so we're letting her live it up for a day before she starts)
(For those of you from other parts of the world, the US is now crazy for Paczki, which are deep-fried, filled donuts originating in Poland, but with extra fat and cholesterol in them, probably making a regular jelly-filled donut almost a health food, in comparison.)
When hubby and I returned I was amazed to see all the yogurt still in the fridge. "Oh I tasted it," explained my Ma, "and I couldn't give something like that to a baby!" She also salted baby food so it tasted better to her. She wanted all her children to enjoy their food!
And we all survived just fine. :-)
I keep telling myself that I should eat what I serve. *meeps* I'm a bad, bad, BAD girl when it comes to food. *avoids the mirror* uhhuh.
And my supper was Subway .. highest in protein, nearly the lowest in carbs: the meatball sub. Yum.
Emjo .. don't know if you've tried one yet, but The Bullet is a great, albeit small, juicer/blender/pulverizer. We used it to great success for making pureed meals when we needed it.
meanwhile back on planet bunker the renter hor gave me a quart of greek yogurt. it tasted like soured mop water till i hit it with my sweetened rice, added a little xtra sugar and dam, the rice came to life..
Captain, Subway sandwiches were one meal that Coy would eat twice a day all week if I served them. He always had chicken or turkey in whatever specialty sandwich they were promoting. A few times a year would be enough for me, but I saw to it he got one fairly frequently.
I just got a call from my daughter/boarder that she would be late for dinner. All of the cook's assistants at the ALF where she works called in sick, so she is staying late to help out. When she gets here we'll have porterhouse steak, asparagus, and baked potato with sour cream and bacon. I need a special treat and something easy after taking care of Mom all weekend.
watch the sodium in those prepared meals alison. it can be astoundingly high sometimes.
lol, more army vernacular ; chipped beef gravy over bread ? s**t on a shingle..