Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! Not quite as cold as yesterday, but still cold enough this morning. Supposed to get to 51 today though, which is much nicer than yesterday.
Off to the rat mines!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. It's fantastic Friday! Supposed to be a fairly nice day today, so we have that to look forward to.
I've eaten my creamy buckwheat cereal and sausage links and ready to face the world.
But I do need to feed Lilo...got distracted taking my blood glucose.
Doing that and off to the rat mines!
Check out this great picture of David!
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The trick to eating sausage links is to NOT EAT THE WHOLE PACKAGE!
Tonight's dinner was east Indian cauliflower with besan.
Val, you might LOVE this recipe. Give it a try!
http://www.caloriecount.com/cauliflower-besan-recipe-r1240285
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Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! Cold out there right now, but will get to (supposedly) 42 or so this afternoon.
I think with this weekend, some of my daffodils that are already coming up may be doomed.
Orchid judging this afternoon.
I've been up for quite a while but distracted by breakfast for Lilo, breakfast for me (bean and bacon soup) and cleaning and tearing up a bunch of collards to get them going in a small slow cooker with some vegetable broth and seasoning.
Well, just finished this cup of tea so time to evict Lilo from my lap and go brew another...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. Happy Valentine's Day!
I've been up for a while, but distracted by the usuals. Lilo is not in my lap right now and didn't stay long. I think it's warmer on her box and she seems happy there. We also have a small, Apple computer that she likes to lay on and we call it her bun warmer.
I just had a little bit of ciabatta bread and one piece of guilty pleasure fried boneless, skinless chicken thigh filet that I made for my dinner last night. There are still some collards left but may not eat them all, as some of these leaves were really HUGE and had developed some bitterness. The collards came out OK, but not as nice as I usually make them. Reminded me of why I hated them as a kid though. LOL.
The chicken was perfect. Dredged in flour seasoned with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and extra rosemary. I love rosemary. Then dipped in egg wash, then plain bread crumbs and fried fairly quickly before being drained on paper towels. Not something I make often at all, but very nice for an occasional treat. Making schnitzel last week reminded me how delightful lightly breaded, fried food can taste. Now I need to forget all about it again.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »I think today I'll color in at least one of my coloring books, and read. I have about 3 new books, and 2 new to me cook books, and I'd like to try my hand at making a vegetable broth. I think I'll opt for the old fashioned, pot on the stove for hours, instead of the quick, Instant Pot method, just for the hours of good smells, etc. Wish me luck! I very much hate paying for cartons of broth and stock...my fav. is Pacific brand Organic....its far ahead of any other I've ever used. And expensive as all get out.
Will you be coloring in your pillow fort?
I'm doing laundry and cooking some boneless, skinless chicken thighs in broth, in a crock pot. Later I'll dice up the meat, add peas and carrots, and either make a small recipe of egg dumplings to put in, or just add some kluski noodles. I'm leaning toward the egg dumplings, as that makes a hearty winter meal, though kluski noodles would be almost as good.
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My chicken and dumplings came out quite nicely. Of course it was more chicken and veggies (peas, carrots, onion) with broth than it was dumplings, as I made only a small "recipe" of herb egg dumplings so there wouldn't be too many flour carbs in a serving. I had one medium serving and D had two small servings. Really more like a chicken stew with a few dumplings, but that was pretty much what I was aiming for anyway. There is some leftover, perhaps two more servings to enjoy.
J is running late returning from a talk in Anniston, AL, but I have made up a bowl of guacamole and have everything to make him a nice refried bean taco salad when he gets home. He likes guacamole OK as a dip but prefers it as a salad topping, so all I have to do is heat the beans, make the salad, and let him spoon as much guacamole as he wants on top of it. Maybe I'll make a small amount of honey mustard oregano dressing for him too. That's really good on a taco salad...
Then I need to go to bed!
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 32 degrees out there. Supposed to start raining this afternoon and then on into the night. Possibility of freezing rain/snow was mentioned earlier, but schools are out regardless, for the federal holiday, so no worries about the school children getting home.
I've fed Lilo and fed me so off to the salt races!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Doctor appointment this morning so I'll be working the middle shift today. And of course they decided to do pump testing TODAY starting at 9:00 and going until whenever...3 or 4 hours. I briefed the guy I've got filling in this morning on how to take care of that. We'll see...I already changed this doctor appointment once and am not doing it again.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! Tag day. Wheee! But not supposed to rain, and not too terribly cold, so that's OK.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! Cold right now out there (31) but will supposedly get to around 60 today. J's whatever he had has come back on him, coughing, add sneezing this time, and general blah. I've ben sneezing a lot and having nasal congestion but not a lot (as yet) of coughing.
Picking up meds for him after work today. He wants real Sudafed, not the other stuff that I take...so that means filling out paperwork at the pharmacy. He also wants Mucinex but that is easy to get.
Dinner last night was home made spicy vegetable soup with grilled cheese. Before dinner I was drinking hot beef stock (tasty) because warm fluids do seem to help, at least in the short term. The soup was good and spicy and opened things up temporarily. Leftover soup will be lunch. Likely with more grilled cheese.
Well, off to the rat mines!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Sudafed is controlled because people can use it to make meth. So you can only buy it in limited quantities, and have to give them your drivers license info and sign your soul away to get it.
But I got some for him. I don't really like it myself, but have to admit it does work better than the more easily available OTC stuff...
More hot soup and grilled cheese for dinner tonight.
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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! This cold is going the normal route. Not sure how much voice I'll have today, but we'll see. I can always write down the most common questions for the customers...
And then I'll have the weekend to recover. A few drops of soup left still, but I might need to make some more this weekend. At least the calendar is clear for the weekend so I can rest! Unless J has other ideas but I suspect not.
Off to the salt races.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Made it through the day OK, and didn't ever really lose my voice, but did use more sugar free menthol cough drops than I really wanted to, as I don't really want to use any at all. Not that fond of menthol cough drops...LOL.
Got in a short nap with Lilo after coming home and eating a small bowl of canned dumplings and chicken. Pondering what to make for dinner or whether to just open a can of soup or chili. Got my CSA box today, as usual, so there are LOTS of vegetables I could use for SOMETHING, if I feel up to it. And, of course, the lettuce needs to be made into salad...I am, as usual, running behind on using the potatoes (just don't EAT that many potatoes) and I've got some rutabagas and carrots and large onions, and loads of broccoli, so perhaps some kind of roasted vegetable casserole...if I feel like cutting up that many vegetables tonight. May end up with a can of soup and making J some scrambled eggs.
If I feel better tomorrow, I'll definitely be doing something with lots of vegetables. I just ate several tiny clementines from last week, and the mango from last week is almost soft enough to be ready to cut up. The sugar gliders like their fruit VERY ripe and as I happen to like mango that way myself, it's a win/win situation. We need to eat that mango up anyway as they sent TWO mangoes this week! Good thing I love mangoes!
We got 4 Valencia oranges today so I'm really looking forward to those.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...
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I ate the rest of the vegetable soup from the fridge, and a glass of milk. Then laid down for a while...tomorrow I'll do a veggie casserole. I think...
I did actually buy some CANNED SOUP, which is rare for me, so I have that to fall back on. I can generally make soup myself, from scratch, that beats the heck out of anything from a can but sometimes one just doesn't have the energy and some of the canned soups out there now are actually pretty good.
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Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! Been up for a while, fed Lilo (who doesn't WANT me typing, as my hands are supposed to be stroking her, the center of the universe) and set out some beef for slow cooking tomorrow maybe. A friend wanted J to go with her on an orchid visit to Woodstock today but I made it clear already that I have no intention of going ANYWHERE this weekend and he and she can enjoy the trip. I slept a bit better last night, I think, but intend to really take it very easy today. Laundry, perhaps, tomorrow, but nothing really today except maybe a few dishes to be washed, naps to be taken, books to be read, cats to be stroked...
I think that sounds like a pretty busy day.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Oh! And drinking tea...did I mention drinking tea? Doing that now.
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! Woke up early, as usual, but that's fine. I can nap later. I think I'll skip laundry today. I do want to get this round steak into the slow cooker in a couple of hours though, with some carrots and potatoes and such.
Lilo is in my lap again, demanding attention.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Sunday Morning!
Overcast, showery, but warm! One cat in, and one cat out..arggggg! Both fed.
Have had my coffee...time to look about breakfast.
? ED?? Do your cats get up on counter tops in the kitchen? I didn't think these big boys did, until I saw Hoot jumping OFF of the counter...So, my ?? is how to keep them OFF the counter? Any ideas/help appreciated!
Roger don't you need a cat? LOL!!!
I am considering...steam cleaning the living room carpet, without moving tooo much of the furniture. Then I'll have Stanley Steamer in later this spring...the Bissell has been moved to the living room...so, that's a start!!
Later...
My current cats do not get up on the kitchen counters. Not that we actually have a lot of ROOM for them to jump up there anyway. It did take some training though. I've heard that putting crinkly aluminum foil on the counters will keep them off, but never tried that myself. Or doublesided sticky tape, but that's messy to clean up after.
Twyst and Figaro used to spend quite a bit of time up on the cabinet tops in Memphis but I didn't really worry about it. They got down OK. I learned to keep the bar stools at the breakfast bar tucked under as that was their route up...bar stool - breakfast counter - amazing, unbelievable leap to cabinet top...where they could survey their domain from above. Then another amazing leap over the sink (where there were no cabinets) to the OTHER cabinet top, from whence they could get to the top of the refrigerator. I was worried that they might hurt themselves coming down, but they knew to use the counter route rather than jumping straight to the floor.
Ariel and Lilo did try a little bit here in Georgia but we just kept the areas they leapt to (straight from the floor!) cluttered for a while so they gave up trying.
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! Supposed to be thundershowers and warm today.
I feel quite a bit better after the weekend, but a bit weak and wobbly. I would love another day to rest but that's not happening so I'll just have to take it as easily as I can at work.
Off to the rat mines!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Supposed to be rainy all day. We'll see about that. Didn't rain all that much yesterday until afternoon.
Valerie, you might try Hong Kong market, just east of I-85 on Jimmy Carter for your berries. I believe it's a Chinese market more than others. There's also another market on Pleasant Hill but I forget what its name is...have only passed it once or twice as it's further east than I usually go on Pleasant Hill, on the north side of the road.
Off to the salt races.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's wet Wednesday! Supposed to thunderstorm today. I could use a dry day, myself!
All the salt at the salt races will dissolve and the rats in the mine will drown!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! After yesterday's storms, today is expected to be cool and dry. Tonight, back down to freezing temperatures! Those poor rats would get cold, but really in the mines the temperature shouldn't change much, as it's underground.
Not much tagging at all yesterday, and none of it outside so it didn't take long at all. About an hour after I left the power went out at work, according to the text I received from the poor newest person, but someone from inside the store came out to help her get everything disposed properly.
No idea how long it was out. Maybe I'll find out in the notes this morning.
Well, off to the salt races!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...0 -
Howdy again y'all. Turns out the power was off at work for quite a long time yesterday, from about 1:30 to 5:07!
Made braised boneless white meat pork chops for dinner, with mashed potatoes, buttered broccoli and herb onion gravy. Ate one chop, small serving of potatoes, decent serving of broccoli, and a good drizzle of gravy over the meat and potatoes. And one glass of dry Australian white wine.
Looking forward to hearing about the chicken marsala. I love chicken marsala, but am all too often extremely disappointed with it when buying it in frozen dinners or even sometimes at restaurants! Fortunately, I can make it myself, and I'm never disappointed with it when I make it.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's fantastic Friday! Cold right now but will warm up to about 50 supposedly. No rain in today's forecast.
Last night D thought I was mad at him because I ate my dinner and put the rest away when I was through. I had told him earlier in the day what time I was planning dinner (6 or 7) and what it was. He went out to "return some things" and was gone for hours and hours, returning home at 7:22.
Well, I had served dinner at 6:35 and ate mine, then waited until a bit after 7 and put everything away. I don't leave food out to grow bacteria.
Around 8 he finally inquired about whether I had actually made dinner and I said that yes, I had made it, served it, and put it away since he wasn't there. I didn't offer to get any out (or for him to have any, though he'd only need to ask if he wanted some...and would have had to assemble and warm it himself) because he often takes his sweet time in showing up when I make food and I just won't have it anymore.
He is free to warm up some when/if he arrives and he has in the past, after inquiring as to whether he can still have some, despite his lateness, but last night all he did was ask whether the pork chops were good, and what else I'd made with it (clearly hinting that he'd like some) and I answered, but again did not offer any. He did not ASK for any and so he did not get any.
Shortly before I went to bed, J told me that D thought I was mad at him. I replied that I wasn't mad, just wasn't putting up with his nonsense and that he could eat some if he wanted, but he hadn't asked, and I wasn't going to offer. Why he thought I was mad at him, I don't really know. I didn't express any anger, just calmly stated that I had put the food away after he didn't show up.
It doesn't matter if I'm serving for just me or for a party of people, I serve at (or just slightly later than) the time specified and if you're not there, then you miss out on the fresh food. That's just the way I roll. The only one I will hold dinner for is my spouse, and that's a special case.
22 minutes late is NOT on time, and if he had wanted food, he should have know all he had to do was actually ASK for it and he could have eaten. I guess he didn't because he thought I was mad. His problem. I don't know if he ate anything last night or not, but presume he had some of his snack type food that he keeps on hand.
Well, off to the salt races!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Howdy y'all. Been up since a little after 4:00. I'm getting too used to getting up at 3:00 on work days! But I can go back to bed in a bit.
I may try that frozen Chicken Marsala. As always, it looks GREAT in the picture, but the taste? Well...time may tell. LOL!
I have to say, if I'm not serving over risotto, then I can whip up Chicken Marsala in about 30 minutes, as it's really not a complicated or difficult recipe at all, assuming one has all the ingredients to hand. I've even seen recipes that use some other white wine, rather than Marsala, which really, to me, sort of negates it being Chicken Marsala. I mean, if you use Chardonnay, then isn't it Chicken Chardonnay?
I like to cut white meat chicken up into bite size pieces, dredge lightly in seasoned (and herbed!) flour, just once so its a VERY light dredging. Sometimes I skip the flour and just season (and herb!) the meat directly. Brown the meat in a small amount of oil, ghee, or butter, which pretty much gets the chicken done with bite size pieces. Set the meat aside, and sauté some chopped/minced garlic and sliced mushrooms in the same oil until the mushrooms wilt and the garlic is nicely aromatic. Add the chicken back, with some Marsala wine and, if needed, a little chicken stock. Reduce the sauce, and thicken, if necessary, with a little cornstarch. If you use cooking wine, you may need to adjust (or omit) salt in the seasoning stage of the chicken, at the beginning, as cooking wine is already salted. If using Marsala meant for drinking, then that adjustment won't be necessary.
My herbs always include rosemary. Sometimes a dash of sage (but usually not), probably some thyme and I've seen recipes that call for oregano, but I usually don't put that in mine. That's another place where recipes vary widely, is in which herbs to use in the dish. I don't object to people using whatever herbs they like, I just happen to really like rosemary, and there's no need to overcomplicate this dish with a lot of herbs.
Serve over pasta, mashed potatoes, toast points, rice, pilaf, or risotto. Really, your choice of starch. I like it over a small serving of whole wheat fettuccine myself.
Steam some broccoli or other green vegetable to go with it, add a salad on the side and dinner is served!
Well, Lilo has been fed, I've been fed. Need to brew some tea I guess. Then probably back to bed for a nap.
Need to get out to the store to buy canned mealworms for the sugar gliders.
And the farmers market to buy another big bottle of my favorite brand of sriracha, as we've opened the last one.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Well, here's the ingredient list for the Lean Cuisine Chicken Marsala (which does include marsala wine!) and, while it has a lot of things, I don't see anything in there that I would find offensive. It's possible that I might like this one. If I happen to see it while browsing frozen entrees at work, I may buy one. I sometimes buy Lean Cuisine, especially if they have them on the end with a special sale price. They are handy for nights when I just don't feel like cooking.
water, cooked white meat chicken, cooked enriched long grain rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), skim milk, mushrooms, peas, marsala wine, 2% or less of parmesan and asiago cheese blend with flavor (parmesan & asiago cheeses [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], enzyme modified parmesan cheese [cultured milk, water, salt, enzymes], whey, salt), modified food starch, butter (cream, salt), onions, chicken broth, soybean oil, brown sugar, garlic, maltodextrin, salt, sea salt, spices, potassium chloride, isolated soy protein, sodium phosphates, seasoning (dried chicken broth, chicken powder, natural flavor), caramel color, dried onions, carrageenan, mushroom extract, pectin, flavors, xanthan gum, lactic acid, autolyzed yeast extract, dextrose, calcium lactate, chicken fat, dried chicken broth, gum acacia, sodium lactate, sesame oil, canola lecithin, citric acid, potassium phosphate, sodium citrate.0 -
Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday!
Cold out there right now, but supposed to get quite warm today. I've got six or eight purple crocus in bloom right now and several daffodils about to open. Maybe today!
And of course along with my early bloomers, there are already dandelions. I don't really mind dandelions, and think they are pretty but I know a lot of people think they are awful. There are a few other small, low to the ground, weedy little flowers in purple and in blue that are out in the yard too, but one has to look really close to see them. We'll shortly have the wild viola in a couple of colors as well. I always like seeing them in the Spring.
I planted a good number of bulbs last year and am not really sure anymore exactly what all they were, as they were a wedding gift from a friend. The crocus were among them, and I'm glad to see that they, at least, have come up! I've always loved crocus. They are one of the harbingers of Spring.
Well, I've eaten my bacon and paratha for breakfast, and Lilo has been served (and is now snoozing in my lap) so I'll finish this sugar free breakfast orange drink thing and check email.
Later gators!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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And now I've got beets cooking in one slow cooker, beet greens and carrot leaves cooking in another, and plotting to probably dice up some turnip and rutabaga for additional dinner, with maybe some potato and broccoli, possibly some carrots...and either roast all that or stir fry it with some tofu.
I need to finish up the laundry too...left the last load in the dryer last night and need to "refresh" that and fold it.
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Paratha is a North Indian unleavened flat bread that is quickly pan fried in ghee. Quite tasty. We got them frozen at an east Indian grocery near where J works. Just heat up some ghee in a frying pan, toss one in. Cook until brown on bottom and flip. Cook until brown again and serve.
And now I'm boiling two eggs. One each for the lunch salad I'm planning! Italian dressing already made and in the refrigerator for the the flavors to mingle...
Laundry is ready to fold now, so off I go!
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