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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and No cents. The Temperature out the door was 80 degrees and I am suffering from terminal sweat. The humidity made it very uncomfortable :(

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    Have a Great Tuesday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Howdy y'all. It's magnificent Monday! 74 with an expected high of 85 and 20% chance of precipitation.

    Sounds like a lovely day. I might get out to a store today.

    Lilo just left my lap so I'm free, free!

    Not that I have any big plans now that I'm free.

    Need to clean yesterday's cat bowls and feed the cats. I've eaten and the dishwasher is running now. Possibly laundry late
    Hi Ed
    The overnight low was a lot higher than the weather forecast showed yesterday :(

    Free is Good :wink:
    Tonight's chicken fried tofu tikka masala that I prepared.
    The Chicken Fried Tofu looks like chunks of chicken. The Dish looks tasty too and the rice looks nice and fluffy.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Dinner tonite was baked falafel in a pita pocket with lettuce, onion, ranch-ish dressing...and an ear of corn.
    I just didn't remember to take a picture before I ate it!!! Hope you laughed...I did. Ed will notice something that I've known for quite awhile...and Roger will have no idea, nor should he!!
    Mexico lost this morning, Brazil won...tomorrow will find me hurrying to do a few chores and be at the gym by 10a.m.
    Sprinkled at my house a bit today...not like the rain we had yesterday. Jack and Nate came by yesterday, Jack worked on replacing some wall board, and Jack replaced the engine air filter on my car, and Nate (12 y.o) replaced the cabin filter. We had fun...got the hole fixed in the kitchen from a plumber visit.

    Did some laundry, unloaded dishwasher, and I had a very nice nap! That's about it for the day.

    Later...
    Hi Valerie
    Could it be related to the laptop by the plate ?

    No Rain for several days, So I was outdoors in the heat of the day watering the plants in the front flower beds.

    I still have a hole in the sheetrock that needs repair, Sadly :(

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! 73 with an expected high of 92 and 20% chance of rain.

    I need a small grocery run today if I'm going to make J's potato salad tomorrow. I have a small pork loin I will slow cook and turn into tender pulled/shredded pork and may even attempt a home made blueberry pie! We'll see on the pie...

    Other than the grocery run not a lot on the "required" agenda for today other than feeding the cats, cleaning up yesterday's cat bowls, drinking 3 more mugs of hot tea and a nap.

    Lunch will be tikka masala. J will have the remaining chicken fried tofu tikka masala from last night and I will try a frozen chicken tikka masala from the same company.

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    Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

    :)

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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    edited July 2018
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    Not too sure how I'd feel about eating ham and cheese hash brown cubes. I'd probably at least try one.

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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    Dinner tonite was baked falafel in a pita pocket with lettuce, onion, ranch-ish dressing...and an ear of corn.lqdh1wm1wi8c.jpg
    I just didn't remember to take a picture before I ate it!!! Hope you laughed...I did. Ed will notice something that I've known for quite awhile...and Roger will have no idea, nor should he!!

    ROFL! I'd be very surprised if Roger noticed, though someone paying VERY close attention to all the pictures I've posted might.

    Maybe if we put both pictures in the same post?

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  • GardenKatGardens
    GardenKatGardens Posts: 2,496 Member
    Quick Good Morning cuz I gotta get moving.
    Need to be at the gym by 10 a.m. to watch the soccer game. This works out really well...45 minute walk, gets me to the end of first half...then 15 minutes to get home..and watch the second half..followed by lunch time! :)
    I WANT A WATERMELON....any ideas? I bought one last week at Kroger and had to take it back as you may recall, so yesterday I made a special trip out to Publix....what a waste. They are featuring watermelon chunks in the deli..rather expensive since all they're doing is cutting the really nice red watermelon into chunks...and the quartered melon, which is what I'd normally buy was UGLY. Pink, and one piece also had a wide swath of yellow nearest the white rind section...pink, yellow, white and a green rind does not make Valerie happy. Came home empty handed and still wanting watermelon!
    Ok, rant over...

    Ed, your dishes caught my eye some time ago and I've been grinning ever since. I have no idea how to get the pix side by side...so I'll let Roger know....Ed and I have the same dinnerware! I thought it was the pattern that my SIL had, but she assured me it was not her pattern...then I more closely looked at one of Ed's photo's and there was this 'a-ha' (or is it aha?) moment!!!
    And I think Roger may be right...my dinner was half eaten before I remembered I wanted to photograph it....and yes, I was watching TV and messing with the computer while eating. I can't drive distracted, but I can sure eat that way!!

    Later...
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    For lunch today, J finished off the tofu tikka masala, and I heated up the frozen Chicken Tikka Masala.

    I give it a good, solid 9, as frozen meals go. It warmed up nicely in the microwave, and tasted really good. I think some people might give it a 10 for a frozen meal.

    The spicing was right on, and the sauce wasn't too thin or too thick, and the rice fluffed up nicely enough when it came out of the microwave.

    Serving it up properly, on a nice plate, instead of eating it out of the microwave container may have added a point, since appearance DOES matter.

    Could have had just a tad more chicken and the chunks could have been a bit larger, but I am not really complaining.

    It made a nice lunch.

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  • GardenKatGardens
    GardenKatGardens Posts: 2,496 Member
    Yum, Ed that looks very good. I may go to Aldi and look for the tikka kit. I will assume you use your own fried tofu? See, my evil little mind is already working overtime....Me to Me..'If I went to Whole Foods I could get fried tofu...and the tikka kit from Aldi's......'. This is why I need to now lose 30 pounds. 10 of those pounds are new this year.
    ARGGGGG!

    I got a decent watermelon from the Mex. Market next door to the gym. They are so nice to me. I think cuz I've been in and out getting produce mostly and beans occasionally and dried herbs and spices. I asked if the melons were good and quickly recanted what I'd seen so far...and the guy said I've not had anybody complain..then he started moving melons around, got one from the bottom of the big container. Explained that the ones on top were from yesterday, and the ones on the bottom like he got for me had come in today. Not the kind of customer service you usually find in supermarkets!!

    Trying to guess what I want for dinner tonite. I'm having vegan hot dogs tomorrow and probably a corn and bean side salad with of course watermelon! I may just scramble some tofu in the morning and make myself a bean and scramble burrito for breakfast. (with a banana :) )

    Gym is open til 3p.m. tomorrow. Will try to get my buns there. My days just seem to go better if I get there and walk for half hour or more.

    Ok, time to dig around in the kitchen and find some dinner. (most likely a baked potato and steamed broccoli)
    Easy Peasy!

    Later...
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and No cents. The Temperature out the door was 76 degrees and I am suffering from terminal sweat. The humidity made it very uncomfortable :(

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    Have a Great Wednesday AKA The Fourth of July
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited July 2018
    Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! 73 with an expected high of 92 and 20% chance of rain.

    I need a small grocery run today if I'm going to make J's potato salad tomorrow. I have a small pork loin I will slow cook and turn into tender pulled/shredded pork and may even attempt a home made blueberry pie! We'll see on the pie...

    Other than the grocery run not a lot on the "required" agenda for today other than feeding the cats, cleaning up yesterday's cat bowls, drinking 3 more mugs of hot tea and a nap.

    Lunch will be tikka masala. J will have the remaining chicken fried tofu tikka masala from last night and I will try a frozen chicken tikka masala from the same company.
    Hi Ed
    I wimped out and made a Grocery Store Run Tuesday. I picked up a Chef Salad that will be the last meal of the dat today. I also have two Fried Chicken Breasts, same source in the refrigerator for my Holiday meal. Yesterday I tried two of the Macaroni & Cheese Breaded deep fried wedges, what they called Cheese-steak sliders. The so called sliders looked like a Corn Dog minus the stick. They were both OK.

    I am guessing that the Blueberries would be home grown ?
    Dinner tonite was baked falafel in a pita pocket with lettuce, onion, ranch-ish dressing...and an ear of corn.lqdh1wm1wi8c.jpg
    I just didn't remember to take a picture before I ate it!!! Hope you laughed...I did. Ed will notice something that I've known for quite awhile...and Roger will have no idea, nor should he!!

    ROFL! I'd be very surprised if Roger noticed, though someone paying VERY close attention to all the pictures I've posted might.

    Maybe if we put both pictures in the same post?
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    That did it :smiley:
    Meatless sloppy joes.
    I have had these or similar anyway, When I joined NS that was one of the items in the free food bonus.
    Not too sure how I'd feel about eating ham and cheese hash brown cubes. I'd probably at least try one.
    I am sure I would try one. I suspect it would be more or less the same as a breakfast. I often mix things together. Example French Fries or Onion Rings on a Cheeseburger.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Quick Good Morning cuz I gotta get moving.
    Need to be at the gym by 10 a.m. to watch the soccer game. This works out really well...45 minute walk, gets me to the end of first half...then 15 minutes to get home..and watch the second half..followed by lunch time! :)
    I WANT A WATERMELON....any ideas? I bought one last week at Kroger and had to take it back as you may recall, so yesterday I made a special trip out to Publix....what a waste. They are featuring watermelon chunks in the deli..rather expensive since all they're doing is cutting the really nice red watermelon into chunks...and the quartered melon, which is what I'd normally buy was UGLY. Pink, and one piece also had a wide swath of yellow nearest the white rind section...pink, yellow, white and a green rind does not make Valerie happy. Came home empty handed and still wanting watermelon!
    Ok, rant over...

    Ed, your dishes caught my eye some time ago and I've been grinning ever since. I have no idea how to get the pix side by side...so I'll let Roger know....Ed and I have the same dinnerware! I thought it was the pattern that my SIL had, but she assured me it was not her pattern...then I more closely looked at one of Ed's photo's and there was this 'a-ha' (or is it aha?) moment!!!
    And I think Roger may be right...my dinner was half eaten before I remembered I wanted to photograph it....and yes, I was watching TV and messing with the computer while eating. I can't drive distracted, but I can sure eat that way!!

    Later...
    Hi Valerie
    The last time I was in Whole Foods I saw reasonably priced Watermelon quarters FWIW.

    Getting the pictures side by side is not hard, just put both on the same line in the message, the problem is that they should be fairly small doing that. One per line worked for me. I wonder how I missed that ? :(

    As I see it the difference is that when eating distracted You do not run into the curb or parked cars :wink:

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    I'm awake! Really! I've been up for ages but distracted by internet, and making food. Pork loin is in one slow cooker, beans baking in another, and the blueberry pie I made is almost done. I'll be taking it out shortly to cool.

    I've made the barbecue sauce. I still need to dry fry some tofu for making barbecued tofu for J and I still have potato salad and deviled eggs to make, but they don't take long at all.

    I'm also doing laundry.

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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...
  • GardenKatGardens
    GardenKatGardens Posts: 2,496 Member
    Happy 4th!
    I did make it to the gym. wasn't sure that would happen, as I woke middle of the night last night, and played on my iPad for 2 hours!! OOPS!
    Today after gym I did go to the grocery and got the red potatoes, and parsley, to go with the other ingredients to make the vegan potato salad! I hadn't made potato salad in a very long time. This recipe is good!! Can't wait for dinner...and I had a couple spoon fulls with my green salad that I was eating as I made the sauce, boiled potatoes, etc. Fresh made and it was good already!

    I don't know much else...I'd really like a nap, but its nearly 5p.m...kinda late for a nap, right???

    Ok, I'll go clean up the kitchen, and feed the cat.

    Later...
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    edited July 2018
    Well, I did finally stop messing around in the kitchen but do still have some laundry to work on and some clean up left in the kitchen. I made barbecued tofu for J.

    Final meal looked like this!

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    Oh, and the blueberry pie looks like this.

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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
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  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    I'm back from walking and No cents. The Temperature out the door was 76 degrees and I am still suffering from terminal sweat. The humidity made it very uncomfortable :(
    I went to the post office and picked up coffee and returned home. I will be getting more exercise later when we go to Lowes to pick up another 10 bags of mulch.

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    Have a Great Thursday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Happy 4th!
    I did make it to the gym. wasn't sure that would happen, as I woke middle of the night last night, and played on my iPad for 2 hours!! OOPS!
    Today after gym I did go to the grocery and got the red potatoes, and parsley, to go with the other ingredients to make the vegan potato salad! I hadn't made potato salad in a very long time. This recipe is good!! Can't wait for dinner...and I had a couple spoon fulls with my green salad that I was eating as I made the sauce, boiled potatoes, etc. Fresh made and it was good already!

    I don't know much else...I'd really like a nap, but its nearly 5p.m...kinda late for a nap, right???

    Ok, I'll go clean up the kitchen, and feed the cat.

    Later...
    Hi Valerie
    The Potato Salad sounds good, OTOH I tend to prefer Macaroni Salad.

    I don't know about that, I ran out of get up and go around 4PM and laid down for a nap too.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    I'm awake! Really! I've been up for ages but distracted by internet, and making food. Pork loin is in one slow cooker, beans baking in another, and the blueberry pie I made is almost done. I'll be taking it out shortly to cool.

    I've made the barbecue sauce. I still need to dry fry some tofu for making barbecued tofu for J and I still have potato salad and deviled eggs to make, but they don't take long at all.

    I'm also doing laundry.
    Well, I did finally stop messing around in the kitchen but do still have some laundry to work on and some clean up left in the kitchen. I made barbecued tofu for J.

    Final meal looked like this!
    Oh, and the blueberry pie looks like this.
    Hi Ed
    I like the look of that plate of food, I should have, could have made deviled eggs as there are some hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator that I have been slowly using to make a egg salad sandwich for my mid day snack.

    In this family we often put diced eggs into the Potato Salad.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
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  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 74 with an expected high of 89 and 20% chance of rain in the forecast right after breakfast, which was leftover pulled pork with some baked beans. I put a light drizzle of sauce on the pork.

    Still have towels and white to fold from yesterday's laundry, but they're not quite dry yet.

    Cats have been fed. I've been fed.
    RogerToo wrote: »
    Hi Ed
    I like the look of that plate of food, I should have, could have made deviled eggs as there are some hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator that I have been slowly using to make a egg salad sandwich for my mid day snack.

    In this family we often put diced eggs into the Potato Salad.

    Have a Good Day
    Roger

    I use a "recipe" from J's paternal grandmother for the potato salad. I'm glad that it includes chopped egg as I love chopped eggs in my potato salad, and my own favorite recipe, which is similar to his grandmother's, used them too.

    His grandmother's recipe calls for potatoes, onion (raw), minced/finely chopped gherkins OR sweet pickle relish, chopped, hard boiled eggs (extra when I make it so J gets plenty of protein), and mayonnaise or Miracle Whip type salad dressing. A little salt and pepper to taste and that's it. Mine calls for a generous splash of mustard as well, and onions are optional in mine, but J prefers it without the mustard and definitely with the onions.

    The plate of food was delicious, as was the small slice of blueberry pie later. I am glad I had only a small plate of food with not a lot of anything. I got to taste everything without pigging out.

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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...
  • parityanimal
    parityanimal Posts: 21,578 Member
    edited July 2018