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Yes, Gershun
you deserved a food binge

I had a bag of Fritos, organic cherries, yogurt and blueberries
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I had a really healthy dinner. Started off with five popsicles. Then a blueberry scone. Followed by two smallish bowls of Smart Food popcorn. Don't let the name fool ya. It's popcorn covered in cheese. Then a smallish bowl of M &M's. Oh, I did throw in something healthy............a bowl of yogurt mixed with applesauce.
Yes, a healthy dinner indeed! :)

Did I mention that I have been eating really healthy lately and working out regularly for the last two weeks? I guess I was due a food binge. I was...........right? Please say yes Gershun, you deserved a food binge (even if you don't mean it)
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ever have creamed peas?
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I nuked mine till they were barely warmed up and had a slight flavour of fresh peas. They are a regular on my menu!

Honey eh?

Do you know the Ogden Nash poem?

I eat my peas with honey;
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.
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The peas are hitting the spot tonight since I wanted something very simple. Back when I was looking for high-protein foods, you posted a list of foods high in protein, Golden, and peas was one of my main takeaways from that list. :-)

I had a couple tablespoons of honey for dessert, that was nice.
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:) Now that's a coincidence. I had a bowl of peas for supper too, followed by a lettuce wrap with DF cheese. Brewing a nice cup of green tea now.
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I'm having a delicious bag of frozen peas -- that have been microwaved and seasoned. It was a tough prep but I got through it.
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Mozzarella chicken, green salad, cherry delight
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Dinner from the garden - corn on the cob, green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, new potatoes and blueberry pie.
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I bought one cob of corn from a roadside stand figuring I could go back for more if it was good. Bleh, they should have fed it to the cows 🤢.
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I want to go the chart house in Tahoe
used to celebrate mom's birthday there
they'd print her name on the daily menu as a souvenir
the Viking's 88th birthday !
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sauteed scallops, rice and salad. Nice waterfront restaurant with excellent service and beautiful atmosphere.
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Yogurt and berries sounds good to me Madge!
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It's too hot to eat much
yogurt and berries
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Awesome, made from scratch, spicy kidney bean and veggie soup. Love my electric pressure cooker for beans of all kinds.

Sue, I am with you on bone broth. It is worth it.
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I love halibut
have some for me
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Baked fresh halibut, coleslaw and green beans. Seafood market had so many good choices. I’m going back for sea scallops while we’re here. We only get bay scallops at home.
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Hubby's night off from cooking last night. So I made Thai chicken with noodles and veges. Fortunately I had everything but the fish sauce on hand.
It was good but 15+ ingredients makes prep time a nightmare, even though it cooks quickly in the wok. The kitchen was a disaster.

At our house the rule is whoever cooks, cleans up too 😝 so I got KP duty too.

I then sat my rump down and didn't move til bedtime.
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The posted menu at the NH tonight is a choice of roast beef or turkey casserole. The menu at my house tonight is supposed to be a salad I made a few days ago but didn't eat, unless it has gone all brown.
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Fresh gazpacho muenster cheese and crackers. So fresh tasting, easy and cold, nothing better on a hot day. And oh so good for me!

New blender came Friday, gazpacho made, mmmmmm!
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CM and CW, I'm of the old school that a bone in the broth makes the broth better. And now there's some kinda' weird "bone broth" diet touting the benefits of bones.


"Remember, bone broth is rich in minerals that support the immune system and contains healing compounds like collagen, glutamine, glycine and proline. The collagen in bone broth heals your gut lining and reduces intestinal inflammation."
https://draxe.com/the-healing-power-of-bone-broth-for-digestion-arthritis-and-cellulite/

So now there's a REASON to get the ham hocks for the soup. Plus I like the marrow inside but I'll agree, it's a mess to take off the petty amount of meat. However the meat has better flavor than any ham steak could ever hope for. The darned things are sky high in price so I usually don't get them anymore but now I can justify the cost for the sake of my "intestinal health". A few drops of liquid smoke makes up for the lack of flavor of the ham steak, IMO.
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You need the the inedible extras to get what Raymond Blanc calls the "onctueux"-ness of the thing. Chocolate manufacturers and food chemists will tell you all about mouth-feel. I have to say in general I'm with you, though, CW - dam'ed if I'm spending hours faffing about with shin of beef and roasted bones when there's nothing much wrong with an Oxo cube.

Not that I can remember when I last needed an Oxo cube, either.
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I haven't bought pork or ham hocks in years, why would I spend $$ on a cut of meat that is mostly fat, skin and bone when I could just buy a leaner, cheaper piece of pork or ham and get the same flavour?
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I love ham hocks with fresh green beans and potatoes! I get them at the Amish market, and while they are pricey they have lots of meat on them, and great flavor. Now I want some!!
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CWIllie, I agree about too much good stuff available. Besides vegetables and blueberries we have lobster, quahog clams, and crabs. Lobster was $1.99 a lb today. Cheaper than anything else. I saw early apples advertised at an orchard about 30 miles away. I wait for the University farms to have theirs. Always good quality and close by. I make applesauce and apple butter. Also can slices for winter pies.
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The problem with this time of year is there is just too much local goodness available all at once - cherries & yellow plums, the first melons, and every veggie that you can want. If I can find any of the early harvest apples I'd like to make some applesauce, but nobody seems to have them anymore :'(
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Stressed out because of family drama - started baking to get calmed down. Made cookies, a batch of bread and blueberry scones. Tired, but not stressed. Husband cooked dinner boiled lobster, baked potatoes and tossed salad. I got 25 lbs of blueberries this afternoon - pies are on the horizon tomorrow. First of the season.
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Sue, I am not vegan. I eat meat freely, but I am allergic to dairy products and that has gotten worse recently, so even small traces are out. I am having to review what I eat. I was using ghee (clarified butter) but am having a reaction to that so found a recipe for vegan butter and thought I would try it. There probably is at least one vegan butter substitute in the grocery store, but this looked easy and good. Regular margarines have milk products in them. It contains Refined Coconut Oil, Canola Oil, Unsweetened Soy or Almond Milk, Apple Cider Vinegar, Nutritional Yeast, Turmeric (for colour) Salt. Apparently it works well for everything except making frosting. It hardens in the frig but at room temp is very spreadable. It has a few more cals than butter and a little more fat.

Value Village is a thrift store. R loves bargains.
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Golden,
I'm familiar with vegans. A good friend is one. What a challenge making my zucchini bread without any animal products! I substituted applesauce for eggs (I think) and it came out great but a different flavor. Her husband devoured it. Poor man used to eat meat and everything else but has turned vegan for her--that's love.

My son is a lacto-ovo vegetarian (going on 20 years), no meat or fish but dairy products and eggs are ok.

Getting back to the discussion....what is vegan "butter" made from? Is it greasy and spreadable like butter? Must have fewer calories and probably no cholesterol.

Why does Value Village sound familiar? That's a thrift store, right? I'm sure I used to live near one and shop there (SF Bay Area).
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R picks up bargains and got a B and D crush master at value village for a song. So far it is excellent. I am thinking of making my own vegan "butter" as I found a good recipe which uses a blender.
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