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Hi
It was showing 42 degrees this morning , I have walked 8,778 steps + 1 cent.
Tomorrow is Lunch with friends at the local Thai Food place.Seen on the Local Cable news channel this morning, Another bad bet paid off
Trump Stamp: Iowa Man Gets Tattoo on Lower Back After Losing Bet.
http://whotv.com/2016/11/16/trump-stamp-man-gets-trump-tattoo-on-lower-back-after-losing-bet/
Editor's Note: Content and language in video below may not be suitable for all viewers
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Zach Cobert supports Bernie Sanders - but it's Donald Trump whose leaving the biggest imprint on his life.
"Oh my God, what am I doing here?"
Zach is settling a bet with a buddy. He promised to get a tattoo of Donald Trump on his body if Trump won the election. "Oh snap, today's the day."
Let the ink flow: "You guys wanted this."
In the era of social media, Zach went to a tattoo artist and posted every mark and every drawn wisp of Donald Trump's hair live on Facebook. "I'm thinking about my life, how it went wrong, now I'm getting a Trump stamp."
The picture was picked by his Facebook followers. So was the location: on Zach's lower back.
"The stupidest thing I've done for views." No argument from his girlfriend.
"I'm not happy with it," said Jenni Gang. "No. I have to look at it forever."
Other people at 3-D Skin Lab have their doubts, but a bet's a bet.
"It's something that I would do so I can't call it too stupid," said fellow customer Josh.
You can question the sanity, but not the commitment.
Zach sat in place for hours as the tattoo took shape. And it's not done yet - he has to return to have it finished.
All this for something he really doesn't want. "I just wish I was getting a normal tattoo, something I wanted."
And it may make him re-think future bets. Well, maybe.
"If I keep losing bets, maybe I'll keep going."
Have a Great Friday
Roger0 -
Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
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Roger, I hope you find Promise bread at your Costco. I had to hunt, and got what I think was the last loaf on the shelves...I found it over with the regular bread...not in the bakery section. They were also pushing a different bread. Little sample person toasting the bread and slathering it with margarine. Whoops, no thanks!
So will consider this 2 loaf package as 'treasure' until I see it stocked again...
I'm planning to check Whole Foods to see if they carry the Follow My Heart Parm cheese. That would be fantastic! Add that touch of cheese flavor to lots of things. Mixed with Nutritional Yeast should be 'over the top' with flavor.
Later...
Now I have to do two things, Go To CostCo and secondly remember to look
Was it the different bread part or the margarine? I know I am not a fan of Margarine. I'd just as soon have Olive Oil toasted into it.
Cheers
Back for the Produce Store and the Christmas Store Roger
Hiparityanimal wrote: »Hi Ed
I suspect that is good news for You since You do cook for Vegans. That is one thing my Brother does not have to worry about Which is lucky for him as he does a fair amount of cooking to pass out to friends.
Indeed! Up to now whenever I've made a vegan dish to bring, I usually have made something J likes that is vegetarian and substitute (or omit) any non-vegan ingredients. Olive oil can be used instead of ghee or butter, usually, eggs and/or cheese were generally omitted, as there didn't seem to be any decent replacements for those.
Every vegan "cheese" I'd tried wouldn't melt AND tasted like *kitten* and I wasn't going to foist that off on my friends. I won't bring anything that I won't eat. I think now the problem may be convincing them that a casserole that appears to be slathered with CHEESE is actually vegan! Lol!
In my case I would just take the label from the vegan cheese along with the Casserole
OTOH I have a simple mind that prefers simple solutions.
Cheers
Roger0 -
Roger,
It was the margarine. That's nasty stuff..both in taste, and the hydrogenation of the fats.
I'd even eat real butter before I'd willingly eat margarine!
I don't think I'd take the cheese label...there are so many bad tasting fake cheeses that I suspect a lot of folks wouldn't even try tasting it. Let them taste first then tell them if questioned. For sure when they see J eating it they'll wonder/ask.
Heading out the door for Walgreens to find my Aleve patches. Hope I don't drop over dead when I see the cost. First I should hope I find them there!
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They won't wonder about J eating cheese. He's always eaten cheese and eggs. He's not vegan.
Oh, and my Publix carries the "Follow Your Heart" Parmesan flavor. It looked pretty good, though I didn't buy any.
Haven't been to Sprouts yet to see about getting the egg replacer either.
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You know Ed, I knew that, just wasn't thinking. Duh!!
Do let me know when you try the Parmesan Flavor Follow Your Heart....or I'll let you know if I find/try it first.
Well, no I didn't drop dead...nor did I find what I was looking for. I didn't understand this was a TENS system. I thought it was dermal patches like the Nicoderm, or birth control, or the Lidocaine patches I used several years ago. (which by the way I found several of and have one on my back right now.) It seems to be helping. So, no Aleve patches. Oh well. It would be a great thing if it existed. (and the system I found at WalMart was $10 MORE than Amazon...go figure)
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Good Morning!
Its only 55 this morning. Freeze warning...not hardly! Or, it could be the cold front hasn't reached Valerie's yard yet? I dunno. Could turn on the TV, or check my weather map, but why bother. Maybe its going to be that cold tomorrow morning. If so I'd have appreciated the Weather Alert app keeping quiet at 2:33 this morning. I was sleeping nicely, thank you, when it woke me. Grrrrr.
Roger did you find the Promise bread? I hope so, as it is quite tasty. I also hope my Costco keeps it on the shelves. I don't eat a lot of bread, but it sure is nice to have a bit when I want some. And in my opinion for a gluten free bread it is the best yet.
So, these past 2 weeks between the cheese, and the bread...lets just say I'm afraid to get on my scale! Besides the open faced cheese toasts there were several pb&j's as well. Diet Suicide!
Lee-Ann, hope you get rested up over the weekend. Travel can be tiring. At least you didn't have to deal with time zone issues. Hope you had a great time in ATL. (silly thing to say, as the point of the trip was to see your daughter! My coffee hasn't kicked in yet.)
Ok, I know there are chores...I best finish my coffee, eat my breakfast, and get at them!
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Hi
It was showing 44 degrees this morning , I have walked 8,778 steps + 1 cent.
Today is Lunch with friends at the local Thai Food place, wish me luck making wise choices
Yesterday while I was at the Christmas Tree Shop
http://www.christmastreeshops.com/
I picked up a jar of Knotts Berry Farm Boysenberry Jelly. I used to love their Boysenberry Pies when we visited there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knott's_Berry_Farm
Knott's Berry Farm is a 160-acre (65 ha) amusement park in Buena Park, California.
Have a Great Saturday
Enjoy the Weekend
Roger1 -
GardenKatGardens wrote: »Roger,
It was the margarine. That's nasty stuff..both in taste, and the hydrogenation of the fats.
I'd even eat real butter before I'd willingly eat margarine!
I don't think I'd take the cheese label...there are so many bad tasting fake cheeses that I suspect a lot of folks wouldn't even try tasting it. Let them taste first then tell them if questioned. For sure when they see J eating it they'll wonder/ask.
Heading out the door for Walgreens to find my Aleve patches. Hope I don't drop over dead when I see the cost. First I should hope I find them there!
Later...
Hi Valerie
I never cared for margarine's taste and that was long before I thought about what it was
I remember the packets from when I was a Kid. From Here
http://iowasue.blogspot.com/2012/02/do-you-remember_26.html
Do You Remember...?
When you had to color your own margarine?
When all you could buy was stick margarine or those plastic bags you had to color yourself?
When there was a tax on yellow margarine?
In 1931 a law was passed against coloring margarine. But the margarine industry came up with packages that allowed the housewife to color her margarine at home by adding color packets or color “pills” to the package. You squeezed the pill to open it and then massaged it throughout your margarine package. Myrna and I remember doing this as a "kid's chore".
In 1949-1950 tax on yellow margarine was repealed. By 1955 every state except Minnesota and Wisconsin had repealed laws against yellow margarine.
Colored margarine was not sold in Minnesota until 1963 and Wisconsin, "the dairy state", until 1967. We knew folks who drove to Iowa to buy colored margarine! Shows the power of the dairy industry lobby at the time!
I think I'm showing my age
I have heard from more than one person that the TENS system works for them for pain reliefGardenKatGardens wrote: »You know Ed, I knew that, just wasn't thinking. Duh!!
Do let me know when you try the Parmesan Flavor Follow Your Heart....or I'll let you know if I find/try it first.
Well, no I didn't drop dead...nor did I find what I was looking for. I didn't understand this was a TENS system. I thought it was dermal patches like the Nicoderm, or birth control, or the Lidocaine patches I used several years ago. (which by the way I found several of and have one on my back right now.) It seems to be helping. So, no Aleve patches. Oh well. It would be a great thing if it existed. (and the system I found at WalMart was $10 MORE than Amazon...go figure)
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I am guessing that the Lidocaine patches You bought are the OTC version rather than the prescription needed version?GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning!
Its only 55 this morning. Freeze warning...not hardly! Or, it could be the cold front hasn't reached Valerie's yard yet? I dunno. Could turn on the TV, or check my weather map, but why bother. Maybe its going to be that cold tomorrow morning. If so I'd have appreciated the Weather Alert app keeping quiet at 2:33 this morning. I was sleeping nicely, thank you, when it woke me. Grrrrr.
Roger did you find the Promise bread? I hope so, as it is quite tasty. I also hope my Costco keeps it on the shelves. I don't eat a lot of bread, but it sure is nice to have a bit when I want some. And in my opinion for a gluten free bread it is the best yet.
So, these past 2 weeks between the cheese, and the bread...lets just say I'm afraid to get on my scale! Besides the open faced cheese toasts there were several pb&j's as well. Diet Suicide!
Lee-Ann, hope you get rested up over the weekend. Travel can be tiring. At least you didn't have to deal with time zone issues. Hope you had a great time in ATL. (silly thing to say, as the point of the trip was to see your daughter! My coffee hasn't kicked in yet.)
Ok, I know there are chores...I best finish my coffee, eat my breakfast, and get at them!
Later...
No, I did not look as I have not made a CostCo run. There is nothing I need from there enough to make me do a run currently. I probably go every four or five weeks. Then I stock the Freezer with their Frozen Vegetables and the refrigerator with the Light & Fit Greek Yogurt and a bubble pack of apples as the ones from there are never bruised and keep better than the ones from other sources. Not to mention I can be sure that they are this years crop due to the markings on the price signs
I still have some of the Ezekiel Bread in the freezer that I can pull a couple of slices to toast one at a time to use with the Boysenberry Jelly. I have high hopes that will be as good as I remember their pie was.
Silly App
Have a Nice Day
Roger0 -
Howdy y'all. It's 57 out there right now and that's as warm as it's supposed to get today! Low tonight predicted of 33 and I see a low of 31 coming up! I think Jack Frost has arrived.
Edwardo made a delicious chili egg puff for dinner last night. Today J needs to get the rest of the frost shy plants inside and then either today or tomorrow he'll head off to Kentucky for Thanksgiving week.
Eduardo has removed Turkey Lurkey from the deep freeze and the bird is sitting in the bottom of the refrigerator to thaw up for Thursday. One single sweet potato, with purple skin (and interior I think) is sitting on the table. Cornbread (with stuffing seasoning baked right into it!) to be made Tuesday probably and then allowed to go stale for a day or two. Pumpkin puree is in the freezer, to be thawed for a small pumpkin pie. I might need to send Eddie for more eggs...cranberries are in the fridge, and kumquats. I am thinking of a cranberry kumquat relish, using a stevia based sweetener. I'll try that sweetener in the pie too. And a small chunk of sliced ham is in the bottom too, for Thanksgiving, along with the BIG Christmas ham at the back, which will stay there until Christmas.
Laundry today for Eddie. Maybe grocery as well, but we'll see.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's 57 out there right now and that's as warm as it's supposed to get today! Low tonight predicted of 33 and I see a low of 31 coming up! I think Jack Frost has arrived.
Edwardo made a delicious chili egg puff for dinner last night. Today J needs to get the rest of the frost shy plants inside and then either today or tomorrow he'll head off to Kentucky for Thanksgiving week.
Eduardo has removed Turkey Lurkey from the deep freeze and the bird is sitting in the bottom of the refrigerator to thaw up for Thursday. One single sweet potato, with purple skin (and interior I think) is sitting on the table. Cornbread (with stuffing seasoning baked right into it!) to be made Tuesday probably and then allowed to go stale for a day or two. Pumpkin puree is in the freezer, to be thawed for a small pumpkin pie. I might need to send Eddie for more eggs...cranberries are in the fridge, and kumquats. I am thinking of a cranberry kumquat relish, using a stevia based sweetener. I'll try that sweetener in the pie too. And a small chunk of sliced ham is in the bottom too, for Thanksgiving, along with the BIG Christmas ham at the back, which will stay there until Christmas.
Laundry today for Eddie. Maybe grocery as well, but we'll see.
You are ahead of us as far as the turkey and Preparations
My Brother plans to pick up our free Frozen Turkey tomorrow and let it start thawing in the refrigerator too.
For some reason our family never used a Cornbread stuffing or a Sausage Stuffing. We always started with dried bread broken up and seasoned and the Turkey stock made by boiling the Giblets.
FWIW For sweetener I have been using Truvia, Truvía® is a sugar substitute made from three main ingredients: stevia leaf extract, erythritol and other natural flavors. The Sugar Alcohol can lead to excessive glassiness in some people Since I have a sweet tooth I use two packets with 30g of cereal. That is the equivalent of four sugar packets. I have these since they were sold at CostCo at a decent price.
Have a Nice Day
Roger0 -
Hi
I forgot to mention that we now have Moxie in the House that was purchased at the Christmas Tree Shop too.
http://www.drinkmoxie.com/history.phpre-1885: Dr. Augustin Thompson...short bio: born in Union ME...Civil war veteran, playwright, and homeopathic physician...set up practice in Lowell, MA, which was home to many patent medicines...wanted to make a cure-all which did not contain harmful ingredients like cocaine and alcohol. Note: no evidence that Moxie was ever commercially produced prior to 1885, even in non-carbonated form. Folklore points to earlier dates, but again, no evidence. Thompson was never a pharmacist, never worked for Ayer Drug Co. as sometimes alleged.
1885-1899: Moxie Nerve Food invented and patented in 1885. First bottled carbonated beverage made in America. Many wild curative claims. Attempted distribution in Atlanta, Denver, & Chicago, but never really took off except in northeast. Also introduced in lozenge format, but that did not do well. Fantastic claim that basic secret ingredient (now known to be gentian root) was discovered by Thompson's former comrade, a Lt. Moxie (he never existed) while traveling in the wilds of South America somewhere. Unique Moxie bottle wagons were used to dispense Moxie at fairs and amusement parks. Some ads incorporated then-popular "brownies" in them, others promoted a "health and vigor" theme (almost like today's "energy drinks").
Cheers
Roger0 -
Wow!! Eddie has this T Day thing planned to a "T"! I'm impressed! Hope he gets a nice 'reward' for his efforts Ed. Like a tasty wine????
Like Roger never had cornbread stuffing at home...bread, seasonings, celery, etc. 'stuffed right into the bird'...there never was enough to suit me, but nobody ever suggested baking it in a separate pan either. Wonder why? Hmmm.
I found a 'Chicken sausage stuffing, using things not vegan, but the recipe can easily be converted using fake sausage, omitting the butter, its just a tiny bit anyhow, etc. Sounded really good to me, so I may make some this week, just cuz I can. Will nibble on it for the week.
Roger, see that's where you and I are different...I'd be at Costco knocking on their big door looking for __________. whatever somebody said was tasty. (I've grown to hate the word 'yummy') Just me you understand. Your way is more 'sensible'...another thing I'm not always!! 
Now, for your daily laugh...no not a funny cartoon, though I do enjoy those. In this case its my breakfast. I started out going to wilt my greens (today spinach and beet greens), and add some onion and garlic. And from there, well you'll see: spied the mushrooms, ok, half of the small box, oh, and grate a bit of that big fat carrot, easy enough... not exactly in the mood for beans this morning, so I opened a box of tofu, rinsed, and squeezed it with my hands and paper towel, cubed and in the big skillet it went, oh, heck toss in a goodly amount of powdered turmeric too. Finally got around to the chopped beet greens and spinach. I caved and added a quarter teaspoon of pink salt...not at all sure it made any taste difference.
But, it was delicious, as well as nutritious! Made two 12 ounce portions. One I ate, the other is in the Refrigerator for tomorrow morning. I'd already eaten my banana when i took my Aleve earlier. Lunch should be about mmmmm 2-3ish. I was hurting last night so opened a frozen Tandoor Chef dinner...Kofta Curry. Spicy good! lots of the red spicy sauce...so I saved about 3 T.of that spicy red gravy and will drizzle it over a couple baked falafel, and stuff them into half a pita pocket, In refrig, needs to be eaten, shouldn't bother me too much. and a big green salad with lots of raw veggies, and some cooked beets...yep, that's where the green tops came from!
So, as my boys would say...Mom you eat weird. Yep I do...healthy as all get out. They should try it! HA! not likely to happen. Yes, Ted is vegetarian, but not exactly a healthy one.
Ok, I'm sure those long put off chores are still out there waiting.
So far this morning, now that I'm awake and have moved about a bit, happy to say my back/hip/right glute isn't as sore as it has been. My aim for today is to keep it that way!
Later...
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Good Morning Folks,
Val, that breakfast (yesterday) sounds creative...and a bit different,. "Weird" has a qualitative tone about it. Different is...just different - not good or bad. Probably a bit spicy for me with all the turmeric and red spicy sauce (I can only handle a little heat). But it does get me thinking about what I can do. As for the Atlanta trip...it was fun, but not one to see my daughter. She lives in Oregon (she was visiting Atlanta last spring). I was speaking at a conference. The attendees enjoyed my talk, so that is always rewarding...it means I met their expectations and needs. Re: the TENS unit, be careful with that. I have one from several years ago that was paid for a "durable medical equipment" by my health insurance co. It felt so good for the 15 minutes that I left it on for much, much longer. That caused a horrible muscle cramp in my neck (where I had the pain). Now, when I use it, I am careful to limit myself to 15 minutes!
Roger, we've tried Trivia. I was fine, but not my husband. We used to get a substitute that was labeled "Stevia," like the plant, but it is no longer sold. Now he gets "Zing," but I think that is being discontinued. The sugar substitute options are definitely decreasing around here. I know some folks use honey, but that is definitely not low cal. And I do not like that taste. For now, my husband is buying up Zing supplies.
Ed/Eddie/Eduardo - good morning to you. I have to cook a turkey breast to bring to the big family dinner. Can you ask one of your gang to do my bird? Please?
Today is the Phila. marathon, a run (I think it is 10 miles). Yesterday was mid-60s, sunny, dry - just beautiful. A perfect day for a run. Today? No rain, but very windy and very cold (mid-30s). I feel for those runners!
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! And now it's Thanksgiving week! Laundry all done yesterday, and today J will probably head up to Kentucky. Hopefully D, his mother, stepfather, grandmother, and assorted other maternal relatives in Tucson will enjoy the dinner I ordered for them and not complain too much that it's NOT HER COOKING and, of course, doesn't taste just like it. Yes, D and his mother can be that picky, but I won't take it personally. She's undergoing chemo and not up to cooking and they all know that so I expect they'll be happy to have any dinner at all. I would be under the circumstances. What I ordered from Whole Wallet ... er Whole Foods certainly sounds like a good dinner anyway, and D or his stepfather just have to pick it up on Wednesday afternoon and then warm it all up on Thanksgiving. Surely they can handle that! Oh, and since D always wants corn and the dinner didn't have corn as an option, he'll have to buy a can of corn...and any other add-ons they desire, but the turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, and two desserts are ordered.
I hope that she is recovered enough from chemo treatments to at least be able to enjoy the dinner, and that she doesn't have another until a few days after...but I don't know her schedule on that.
I'll probably make contact Thursday evening (if they haven't already contacted me) to see how that all went.
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Hi
It was showing 38 degrees and very breezy this morning and as I started walking up the street I see that in addition to the extremely loud Thunderstorm before midnight, loud enough to wake my brother and I out of a sound sleep that we had some snow overnight. Not much but noticeable in some yards with the grass sticking up through it and on some of the cars, not all cars strangely. I have only walked 6.8K steps due to the wind that at times blew hard enough I had to lean into it.
No Saturday Lunch at the Thai food Restaurant
One of the participants had car trouble, Tire was flat and ruined so we are rescheduled for next Saturday, after Thanksgiving, Oh well.
Have a Great Sunday
Roger0 -
Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Wow!! Eddie has this T Day thing planned to a "T"! I'm impressed! Hope he gets a nice 'reward' for his efforts Ed. Like a tasty wine????
Like Roger never had cornbread stuffing at home...bread, seasonings, celery, etc. 'stuffed right into the bird'...there never was enough to suit me, but nobody ever suggested baking it in a separate pan either. Wonder why? Hmmm.
I found a 'Chicken sausage stuffing, using things not vegan, but the recipe can easily be converted using fake sausage, omitting the butter, its just a tiny bit anyhow, etc. Sounded really good to me, so I may make some this week, just cuz I can. Will nibble on it for the week.
Roger, see that's where you and I are different...I'd be at Costco knocking on their big door looking for __________. whatever somebody said was tasty. (I've grown to hate the word 'yummy') Just me you understand. Your way is more 'sensible'...another thing I'm not always!!
Now, for your daily laugh...no not a funny cartoon, though I do enjoy those. In this case its my breakfast. I started out going to wilt my greens (today spinach and beet greens), and add some onion and garlic. And from there, well you'll see: spied the mushrooms, ok, half of the small box, oh, and grate a bit of that big fat carrot, easy enough... not exactly in the mood for beans this morning, so I opened a box of tofu, rinsed, and squeezed it with my hands and paper towel, cubed and in the big skillet it went, oh, heck toss in a goodly amount of powdered turmeric too. Finally got around to the chopped beet greens and spinach. I caved and added a quarter teaspoon of pink salt...not at all sure it made any taste difference. But, it was delicious, as well as nutritious! Made two 12 ounce portions. One I ate, the other is in the Refrigerator for tomorrow morning. I'd already eaten my banana when i took my Aleve earlier. Lunch should be about mmmmm 2-3ish. I was hurting last night so opened a frozen Tandoor Chef dinner...Kofta Curry. Spicy good! lots of the red spicy sauce...so I saved about 3 T.of that spicy red gravy and will drizzle it over a couple baked falafel, and stuff them into half a pita pocket, In refrig, needs to be eaten, shouldn't bother me too much. and a big green salad with lots of raw veggies, and some cooked beets...yep, that's where the green tops came from!
So, as my boys would say...Mom you eat weird. Yep I do...healthy as all get out. They should try it! HA! not likely to happen. Yes, Ted is vegetarian, but not exactly a healthy one.
Ok, I'm sure those long put off chores are still out there waiting.
So far this morning, now that I'm awake and have moved about a bit, happy to say my back/hip/right glute isn't as sore as it has been. My aim for today is to keep it that way!
Later...
I have sort of started my Christmas shopping. I have a Emergency Medical kit I plan to ship out to my Sister as part of here gifts. I am thinking about one of these too.
Historic Reproduction Storm Glass
or one of these two Galileo Weather Stations.
Available here http://www.bitsandpieces.com/
Some neat things and some not so neat IMO.
Our Stuffing was always stuffed inside the bird too, The balance usually filled the Roaster around the Turkey. The Bits that were against the Bottom of the pan and the sides and to a lesser extent where they got nice and crispy brown were (are) so delicious too. Lots of Turkey fat and juices soaked into the bread stuffing that way
I am not sure it is sensible or just laziness that am a bit of a homebody...
I have had meals that just grew that way in the past and they still do for my brother.
I always liked taking the left over Turkey and putting some in a deep skillet with mashed potatoes, Stuffing, peas and corn, gravy and frying it in Butter as the oil for a skillet meal after Thanksgiving day. Now I skip that
I'm glad to hear that the soreness is better
Enjoy Your Day
Roger0 -
Good Morning Folks,
Val, that breakfast (yesterday) sounds creative...and a bit different,. "Weird" has a qualitative tone about it. Different is...just different - not good or bad. Probably a bit spicy for me with all the turmeric and red spicy sauce (I can only handle a little heat). But it does get me thinking about what I can do. As for the Atlanta trip...it was fun, but not one to see my daughter. She lives in Oregon (she was visiting Atlanta last spring). I was speaking at a conference. The attendees enjoyed my talk, so that is always rewarding...it means I met their expectations and needs. Re: the TENS unit, be careful with that. I have one from several years ago that was paid for a "durable medical equipment" by my health insurance co. It felt so good for the 15 minutes that I left it on for much, much longer. That caused a horrible muscle cramp in my neck (where I had the pain). Now, when I use it, I am careful to limit myself to 15 minutes!
Roger, we've tried Trivia. I was fine, but not my husband. We used to get a substitute that was labeled "Stevia," like the plant, but it is no longer sold. Now he gets "Zing," but I think that is being discontinued. The sugar substitute options are definitely decreasing around here. I know some folks use honey, but that is definitely not low cal. And I do not like that taste. For now, my husband is buying up Zing supplies.
Ed/Eddie/Eduardo - good morning to you. I have to cook a turkey breast to bring to the big family dinner. Can you ask one of your gang to do my bird? Please?
Today is the Phila. marathon, a run (I think it is 10 miles). Yesterday was mid-60s, sunny, dry - just beautiful. A perfect day for a run. Today? No rain, but very windy and very cold (mid-30s). I feel for those runners!
Take care all.
Hi Lee-Ann
Valerie's breakfast would be to hot for my tastes too. I find that I do like the Stevia sweeteners that I have tried. CostCo changed what was available between my first box and my second Box however they were both fine on cereal.
Thank You for the warning on the TENS, I do have one that I am not currently using, Thankfully no real pains so no need
OTOH the Cold and breeze will keep the from terminal sweat. I do not know how they can get out and do those distances in the warm weather.
Have a Good Day
Roger0 -
Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! And now it's Thanksgiving week! Laundry all done yesterday, and today J will probably head up to Kentucky. Hopefully D, his mother, stepfather, grandmother, and assorted other maternal relatives in Tucson will enjoy the dinner I ordered for them and not complain too much that it's NOT HER COOKING and, of course, doesn't taste just like it. Yes, D and his mother can be that picky, but I won't take it personally. She's undergoing chemo and not up to cooking and they all know that so I expect they'll be happy to have any dinner at all. I would be under the circumstances. What I ordered from Whole Wallet ... er Whole Foods certainly sounds like a good dinner anyway, and D or his stepfather just have to pick it up on Wednesday afternoon and then warm it all up on Thanksgiving. Surely they can handle that! Oh, and since D always wants corn and the dinner didn't have corn as an option, he'll have to buy a can of corn...and any other add-ons they desire, but the turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, and two desserts are ordered.
I hope that she is recovered enough from chemo treatments to at least be able to enjoy the dinner, and that she doesn't have another until a few days after...but I don't know her schedule on that.
I'll probably make contact Thursday evening (if they haven't already contacted me) to see how that all went.
That is a nice thing to do for the Holiday Dinner.
I think if I wanted corn I might go either frozen corn kernels or frozen corn on the cob,
Enjoy the Day
Roger0 -
Hi Valerie
Have You seen this post
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10481160/vegan-hard-cheese-all-you-need-is-a-blender-and-a-stove#latest
Ingredients
- 1 cup non-lite plant milk - soy, cashew (I used my own cashew milk -- easypeasy, soaked the nuts in water overnight, then used 1/3 cup soaked cashews and 1 cup clean water in lieu of the preprepared milk in this recipe)
- 1 cup cooked sweet potato (boiled them, rather than bake them so they're moist)
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp soy sauce (I used Maggi seasoning)
- 2 tsp garlic powder or 1~2 cloves (I used 2 cloves and it was pretty strong, and I love garlic!)
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 cup water
- 2 1/2 tbsp agar agar (you can find this at many supermarkets, definitely at Asian grocers)
Instructions
1. Peel and boil sweet potato
2. In blender put milk (or nuts and water), cooked sweet potato, paprika, cumin, salt, soy sauce, garlic powder, lemon juice, nutritional yeast and blend until it's all mixed up.
3. In saucepan add 1 cup cold water and mix in agar agar powder, mix through then add to low/medium heat and mix for 5 minutes until thickened. I didn't need 5 minutes...more like 2!
4. Pour agar agar in blender, blend and pour in a dish to set.
Put in fridge for 30 minutes at least. After 30 minutes mine was still pretty soft in the middle.
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Valerie, I tried the Follow Your Heart vegan egg replacer I bought at Sprouts. If you miss eggs, I think you'd be impressed with them, at least as a breakfast scramble. I prepared, according to their directions, two eggs worth, mixed in my Magic Bullet, and scrambled them. Tasting without any seasoning I wasn't impressed, but after adding a sprinkle of salt and pepper, I found them to be pretty good! Fairly good, egg-like texture, flavor, and appearance.
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Good Morning! It is Thanksgiving Week. Now, I can think about pumpkin/spice stuff. To early for it when it all started before Halloween. If I didn't have issues with milk and sugar, I'd run right out and buy a pumpkin spice latte!!!
Lee-Ann, Hi, I knew your daughter was on the west coast...and I did remember you visiting with her here when she attended a conference...I just remembered the wrong season!!
May I ask what conference you spoke at? That has to be exciting...to be able to stand among peers and impart vital information.
My veg breakfast was not hot...however, the dinner sandwich I ate with the pita bread and falafel and the leftover Indian red sauce...now THAT was spicy hot! Several months ago I decided to switch up my meal times....in the mornings I seem to have the most energy, etc. and by dinner time I'm tired and not wanting to cook, just grab something and eat...and that choice is usually is not a very healthy one...Sooooo, my morning meal generally is a 'formula'. A green, a bean, and a piece of fruit. Spinach and beet greens + tofu (soybeans) + a banana. The mushrooms, onion, garlic are mainly there to flavor or add to the healthy part of eating in general. Make sense? I didn't last night, but I generally have a bowl of cereal (often oatmeal) at night with again some fruit, mostly berries, and my 2 T of daily ground flax seeds. Lunch? oh, a big, really big, raw salad and a protein, maybe a grain, and usually another non meat protein. It all works for me...by the time my cereal rolls around, the kitchen has been cleaned up, and all that's left is a bowl and spoon to rinse and add to the dishwasher!!!
Roger! SNOW!!! so happy it was in NJ. It was 36 here this morning...had I seen snow I'd have probably crawled right back into bed and tried not to think about it!
Sorry your lunch was postponed...but nice that you've already rescheduled that event!. I love Thai food! Not at all sure how NS it would be, but I loved the Maasaman curry! With the chunks of potato, chicken, avocado, and a scattering of whole cashews!!! So good...and not hot and spicy. Kinda like an Asian version of chicken pot pie with different spices??? It was always 'comfort' food for me. I should look into recipe's and see if I can 'veganize' Is that even a word?
Ed...I am sure that D's family will very much appreciate their Thanksgiving dinner, and sincerely hope that they are thoughtful enough to call You! I'm sure it was tasty, though I've never gotten on of WF's dinners, I have eaten plenty of their hot and cold bar foods to know that they do have decent food!
I think there were several alien beings on my back porch last night. The warm kitty box, with the thermal heat pad was turned almost 45degrees, a corner of the throw rug for kitty scratching was moved, and big clue here...the water in Tom E's bowl was not just dirty, it was filthy! Somebody had been to the pond, and then came up here to sponge bath in Tom's water dish. Damn raccoons! Remember last year they stole the heating pad! (this year the new one is attached to the box in two places with those plastic tie strips! And the box is bigger than the kitty windows...so this year it will stay on the porch!
Later...
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Ok, somehow I missed a bunch of posts????
Ed, I don't so much miss the egg taste, and I love the tofu scrambles I make...but its how does it act as a 'binder' in baked goods, sauces, etc. I know there's the ground flax egg replacer that you can make, (and no I've never tried that either!)...
Roger thanks for the Hard Cheese recipe. I will give that a try! I don't have any agar-agar, and wonder if that can be replaced with another 'thickener'...I think agar-agar, and my mind sees stacks of petri dishes filled with agar, and growing bacteria....some of it pretty disgusting smelling growing bacteria. And even with all of that, I really always enjoyed working in the Bacteriology Lab! It always struck me a being like planting a garden with a packet of nameless seeds....you never knew what would grow. So, I'll have to think on that....like just buy some and try it! Or as the kids would say.."get over it"...
I liked the 'middle' weather station...lots of information, and elegant looking as well. But, I don't know your sister...she may very well prefer one with the Storm Glass! Tough choice.
Your after TDay skillet sounds really good...not on my diet either!
Jenn makes a great stuffing that is made in a casserole dish, and made with vegetable broth. Its tasty. I'm going to make my Bourbon Cranberry Sauce, and there is always corn and peas in my freezer...soooo, some dry fried tofu cubes (ala Eddie), and I may have a dinner? Oh, potato...well, could add some chunks of cooked white potato, or chunks of cooked sweet potato...and I think I'd have a winner!!! I may just have to try that! Or, I'm threatening to make the sausage stuffing using broken up pieces of vegan sausage patties...(flavor is the key here!).... I just ATE! Already I'm planning food??? I think I need to find a chore or two and clear my brain! LOL!!
Off to the kitchen to wash up a few dishes, like the insert for the Instant Pot..(14 minute Sweet potatoes) I really do love that thing! And a few 'non dishwasher' items...like my knives, etc.
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning! It is Thanksgiving Week. Now, I can think about pumpkin/spice stuff. To early for it when it all started before Halloween. If I didn't have issues with milk and sugar, I'd run right out and buy a pumpkin spice latte!!!
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Roger! SNOW!!! so happy it was in NJ. It was 36 here this morning...had I seen snow I'd have probably crawled right back into bed and tried not to think about it!
Sorry your lunch was postponed...but nice that you've already rescheduled that event!. I love Thai food! Not at all sure how NS it would be, but I loved the Maasaman curry! With the chunks of potato, chicken, avocado, and a scattering of whole cashews!!! So good...and not hot and spicy. Kinda like an Asian version of chicken pot pie with different spices??? It was always 'comfort' food for me. I should look into recipe's and see if I can 'veganize' Is that even a word?
Ed...I am sure that D's family will very much appreciate their Thanksgiving dinner, and sincerely hope that they are thoughtful enough to call You! I'm sure it was tasty, though I've never gotten on of WF's dinners, I have eaten plenty of their hot and cold bar foods to know that they do have decent food!
I think there were several alien beings on my back porch last night. The warm kitty box, with the thermal heat pad was turned almost 45degrees, a corner of the throw rug for kitty scratching was moved, and big clue here...the water in Tom E's bowl was not just dirty, it was filthy! Somebody had been to the pond, and then came up here to sponge bath in Tom's water dish. Damn raccoons! Remember last year they stole the heating pad! (this year the new one is attached to the box in two places with those plastic tie strips! And the box is bigger than the kitty windows...so this year it will stay on the porch!
Later...
I was not happy seeing it either. Maybe if I had seen it before I left I might have crawled back in bed too. It was a weird snow. I did not notice until I crossed the cross street as I headed up for Coffee. Some areas it was only on Cars or only on roofs and in front of the house was one of those. My car in driveway had snow on it, however I only walked past my brothers that only had a few drops of water on it and I did not really look up at the roofs or I would have seen it there.
The Thai Place is this one.... http://www.thaion22.com/
When I was working nearby there was one person that ate Lunch or dinner there everyday, Must be good food
I found the yelp review page, You might find the reviews interesting. FWIW When I worked nearby in the same Strip Mall I ended up eating one of the lunch specials several days a week.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/house-of-thai-cuisine-green-brook
I'm sure 'veganize' must or should be a word.
Good Luck keeping the Raccoons away now that You not only provided water for washing but warm sleeping quarters.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Ok, somehow I missed a bunch of posts????
Ed, I don't so much miss the egg taste, and I love the tofu scrambles I make...but its how does it act as a 'binder' in baked goods, sauces, etc. I know there's the ground flax egg replacer that you can make, (and no I've never tried that either!)...
Roger thanks for the Hard Cheese recipe. I will give that a try! I don't have any agar-agar, and wonder if that can be replaced with another 'thickener'...I think agar-agar, and my mind sees stacks of petri dishes filled with agar, and growing bacteria....some of it pretty disgusting smelling growing bacteria. And even with all of that, I really always enjoyed working in the Bacteriology Lab! It always struck me a being like planting a garden with a packet of nameless seeds....you never knew what would grow. So, I'll have to think on that....like just buy some and try it! Or as the kids would say.."get over it"...
I liked the 'middle' weather station...lots of information, and elegant looking as well. But, I don't know your sister...she may very well prefer one with the Storm Glass! Tough choice.
Your after TDay skillet sounds really good...not on my diet either!
Jenn makes a great stuffing that is made in a casserole dish, and made with vegetable broth. Its tasty. I'm going to make my Bourbon Cranberry Sauce, and there is always corn and peas in my freezer...soooo, some dry fried tofu cubes (ala Eddie), and I may have a dinner? Oh, potato...well, could add some chunks of cooked white potato, or chunks of cooked sweet potato...and I think I'd have a winner!!! I may just have to try that! Or, I'm threatening to make the sausage stuffing using broken up pieces of vegan sausage patties...(flavor is the key here!).... I just ATE! Already I'm planning food??? I think I need to find a chore or two and clear my brain! LOL!!
Off to the kitchen to wash up a few dishes, like the insert for the Instant Pot..(14 minute Sweet potatoes) I really do love that thing! And a few 'non dishwasher' items...like my knives, etc.
Later...
I think the same thing when I see the word Agar
I did provide the link to the MFP post regarding it so You could look at the hard Cheese posts FWIW.
The one I decided on was the Second one with the Two glass tubes.... Decorative looking to me
I went on Amazon and I found the same appearance weather station with free shipping to my sisters in Washington State since I do have Prime. I paid the little extra for gift wrap and the gift card is free. $47.75 at Amazon vs the other place which was cheaper. However I don't like having my credit card information all over the place. The Other place was $29.95 with flat rate for the $5 on the first order. The other reason is I could have sworn I saw a higher price on the other place Oh well....
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PE0451G/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I hope She likes it as well as the 72 piece Sports Emergency pack. I try to do a 1 each useful and decorative gifts.
It sounds as if Your mind is working on trying new things.
I got some more of the old kitchen floor up. The part that is left is coming up harder. I think the easier parts were loosened up with the foot traffic on it over the years.
Have a Nice Day
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Valerie, I will try the egg replacer in something baked, soon...just not sure yet what sort of baked thing to make, as I don't make a lot of baked good in recent years. I'm afraid to try it in the pumpkin pie as I want to be sure it works first! Maybe I can make a small batch of fairly plain, sugar free muffins one day...
And I'd definitely recommend buying some agar, as I've used that successfully as my gelatin replacement for years, as J doesn't eat anything with gelatin in it. I'm not sure how "jell-like" other thickeners, like guar gum, will get, but I know agar works. Readily available at any Asian grocery or farmers market. Maybe even in the more standard stores now or from Amazon.
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Valerie,
I get it, thinking back to high school bio when you hear "agar-agar"! although kosher (vegetarian) gel-stuff really is similar to agar-agar, perhaps if you buy it under a different label (from a kosher section of a market?) it might fool you? What about fruit pectin? Do you think that might work?
As for the conference - I have a rather specialized professional niche for speaking these days. I speak on legal issues for school nurses. My background from years ago as a lawyer combined with my clinical practice as a school nurse - and now teaching school nursing on a grad level - have put me in a good spot for that. But, it really has a limited audience. For those not interested in the topic...believe me, I understand!0 -
Well, about to go to bed. J didn't go to Kentucky yet, but does still plan to go. We finished up with moving plants indoors today though.
For dinner, as it was proving to be a chilly evening, Eduardo concocted some nice, spicy black bean soup that was served with sliced avocado as a starter, sprinkled with smoked paprika and just a pinch of pink Himalayan salt. No leftovers, as Eduardo cleverly sliced up one avocado each, and made just enough soup for two nice bowls, one apiece. Eddie eyed the dishes warily (not really all THAT many of them) and decided to take the evening off, but will take care of that in the morning.
Later we had small servings of popcorn watching television and split a sweet, ripe, Bosc pear for dessert. The sugar gliders got part of the pear too.
Overall, quite a pleasant evening. J isn't sure now just when he's going to Kentucky, but no later than Wednesday night I am pretty sure.
G'nite all! Sleep tight!
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Hi
It was showing 37 degrees and still breezy this morning and a few stray flakes of snow.
Have a Great Monday
RogerValerie,
I get it, thinking back to high school bio when you hear "agar-agar"! although kosher (vegetarian) gel-stuff really is similar to agar-agar, perhaps if you buy it under a different label (from a kosher section of a market?) it might fool you? What about fruit pectin? Do you think that might work?
As for the conference - I have a rather specialized professional niche for speaking these days. I speak on legal issues for school nurses. My background from years ago as a lawyer combined with my clinical practice as a school nurse - and now teaching school nursing on a grad level - have put me in a good spot for that. But, it really has a limited audience. For those not interested in the topic...believe me, I understand!
Hi Lee-Ann
That is a interesting niche and IMO a niche is better than being a generalist.
Wow, I have not used Fruit Pectin for years, the last time being when I made some Crab Apple jelly.
Some foods I suspect that the Kosher is a better quality especially given that the way the Feds grade things is weird. Example being that as I understand it beef is graded on how it is marbled more than cleanliness. However You do pay through the nose for Kosher meats especially.
Have a nice Day
Roger
Hi Ed
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Howdy y'all. Its marvelous Monday! I've been up for hours but distracted by various things. Eduardo had to whip up breakfast, Eddie had to take care of the dishes, and then the INTERNET...
Valerie, I tried the vegan egg replacer this morning in BLUEBERRY PANCAKES, using up the last of my summer blueberries from the freezer. The egg replacer worked just fine in the pancakes. Oddly enough, the egg replacer even has a slight sulfur smell, right as you start to reconstitute it. At any rate, I was quite pleased with the result, though pancakes may not technically be a "baked" item.
Eduardo has some instant chili mix going in a slow cooker now for lunch. I'm trying THIS ONE, to see how it goes.
https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-House-Foods-Mixed-Chili/dp/B00PSZKXRW/ref=sr_1_18_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1479741983&sr=8-18&keywords=harmony+house+dehydrated+food
I added some of their dried, minced jalapeño, and my own mix of chili seasoning, as the mix only has the dried beans, onion, bell pepper, and soy flour in it. Hopefully it will be tasty. I've been very pleased with this brand of dried foods over the years, and generally have quite a few of their products in my cupboard as quick fall backs for when I need a certain veggie and just don't have time to run to the store.
Some of them do need a longer rehydration/cooking time than specified, but that's easily accomplished. I tend to keep some mushrooms, bell peppers, jalapeño, carrots, diced AND sliced potatoes, and the veggie soup mix. All great for a quick fix dinner or lunch, and one can also just add extra veggies to any other soup easily.
Oh, and the tomato powder! Can't say enough good things about the tomato powder. I ALWAYS keep that on hand for when I don't have any tomato sauce, tomato paste, or tomato juice for a recipe...
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Slept in til 8!! And have spent my morning online, with a heat pad on my back, and finally about 11 I made my 'greens +' breakfast. Lunch, raw salad based, may actually happen at Sweet Tomatoes about 3-3:30p. Dinner will def. be a bowl of oatmeal!
You guys are great resources!!! Holy cow! So many ideas about the agar-agar. I see it at Amazon for 2 oz reasonable... I've never tried this fake hard cheese recipe, so I surely don't want to buy a big amount of it. Our local groceries so have some foods that are kosher, I've never noticed agar, but then I was never looking for it either. Fruit pectin might work, I've used it in jellies and jams...It might just work, since its added to water and cooked for 5 minutes, then added to the rest of the ingredients in the blender. Hmmmm
Ok, so on to the tomato POWDER? Do tell me where to find this! I hate opening a little can of tomato paste for a tablespoon or less and having to toss the rest of it....same with tomato juice, and you only need 1/4c of it. And thanks about the Egg Replacer! For sure will hunt that down...Sprouts, right? Not often I bake stuff, but occasionally I see a recipe I'd like to try....
Like I originally said, you guys are a treasure!!!
It was 32 here this morning...in both Duluth and ATL... so, it froze (), now can we have spring? There's a robin on my back porch hoping towards Tom E's food! Thats a spring sign, right?? LOL!!!
Ok, I think there's some baked tofu that needs to go to the refrigerator, and since I ate there must be dishes and my big 'everyday' sauté pan to scrub.
Check your refrigerators for Sabra Hummus...huge big recall. Nationwide from what I hear. I don't often buy it, generally make it from scratch...or I should say my VitaMix does!
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