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.
My husband and I both love to cook but we have a one person kitchen so we have a strict rule that if one of us is cooking the other is banned from the kitchen or else. It simply doesn't work and can be dangerous.
He makes all the Italian dishes. I cook mostly vegetarian, I'm not much of a meat eater these days.
I'm in charge of doing laundry. He actually likes to clean and I happily let him.
We've each found our niche.
It doesn’t matter what you each do, as long are you are both happy, and both feel it’s fair and you are cared about.
Working together in the kitchen, then eating together has improved our daily lives.
He tolerates when I rinse and drain everything; I try to tolerate that he puts things away before I am finished with it.
It doesn't matter that salad is not my favorite, but add chicken to that and I'm okay with it.
If he's in a mood or intolerable, I don't return from my break. We've had some really late night salads.
But the salads are a work of art, not even needing dressing.
(on another note - adding salad to my list...)
Curly Lettuce
Iceberg Lettuce
Radishes
Purple Onion
Mushrooms
Avocado
Yesterday I did a sweet and sour pineapple chicken with rice, and since I am alone of course there are leftovers.
Tonight I can't decide, but I have some garlic and herb Boursin cheese I'm thinking of turning into some kind of an Alfredo sauce so maybe that with sheet pan roasted frozen broccoli and cauliflower 🤔
I guess it turned out ok,it was edible~
Breakfast was---gluten free waffles with butter and blueberries (from Chile) a bit of a splurge but it is Christmas Eve
Tonight I'm treating myself to a small sirloin strip steak, baked potato, and some kind of green veggie. It was marked down 30% and I've had a beef craving.
What's kind of funny is that it's really hard for me to splurge on food after a lifetime of being careful with expenditures, even though I can well afford it.
That is it....going out into traffic to get some BBQ meat.
I only made a small 8X8 cake this time . 1/2 the recipe so only 2 cups of apples. It was still a lot of peeling and chopping .
way - swedish meatballs!!! Aaaah. I used to make them regularly. Must have been a wonderful dinner. The apple cake with 4 cups of chopped apples sounds similar to the one my friend made. It wasn't a spice cake but a spicy, as in cinnamon and nutmeg, apple cake with raisins in it.
cw - so easy to overdo it at a buffet. Years since I have been to a Chinese buffet. Hmm., Thoughts for the new year.
brandee - always a great supper
Pam - asian food again giving me ideas. I got one grocery order in this evening and will get another one in a few days, then that's me done for a while.
I resuscitated some pork chops that I had brined too long and cooked and were salty. They went in the oven in a baking dish covered with foil, with some water on low heat for nearly an hour and came out as tender as can be and less salty. It was a win!!
Actually it’s all leftovers from dinner I made and brought to my nephew and sister yesterday.
You end up with just tender falling-off-the-bone pieces with no viable or darkened skin. It comes out of the pressure cooker in pieces. Fine with me.
I made fresh turkey soup for two, added some dressing on top which was made separately yesterday.
We ate well, and stored the rest in the refrigerator, until I decide if I will freeze the turkey pieces. We don't want turkey every day for a week.
Clean-up is ongoing, lots of work. I will remember this if ever I cook a turkey again.
I think this is the last one.