Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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No don’t think so. I’ve had two vaccines and two booster shots!
I think I’m just tired from poor sleep. Left hip and right shoulder very achy so I can’t move without something hurting. Maybe I got too enthusiastic in the gym? It just seemed to get bad suddenly for no apparent reason. Geezerhood!
I’m going back to the ortho guy soon. Don’t want to accept that this is as good as it gets for me.2 -
I hope it's not as good as it gets. I've had a sore ankle all day. Nothing wrong with it but fibro and the memory of sprains past.
Here is dinner. Son had spaghetti with meatballs. Boyfriend and Girlfriend had Cajun shrimp alfredo with broccoli and/or fettuccini. I had chicken fettuccini alfredo.
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Wow - that’s some dazzling cooking! I’m coming to your house.3
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Those dishes of food look good!…..especially the spaghetti sauce one!….( I don’t like Alfredo sauce )1
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »Those dishes of food look good!…..especially the spaghetti sauce one!….( I don’t like Alfredo sauce )
Oldest son doesn't, but it's pretty easy to get a jar out and make him some spaghetti, especially since I have meatballs in the freezer in individual serving packages.
You eat with your eyes first, and why not make it pretty, I say.
Son is currently out fighting with the lawnmower. He was going to mow yesterday, but it snowed.
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Alexandra - your meal prep and presentation is always such an inspiration! Thank you for sharing.
My supper today is way up in the air - I'm hosting a book launch in the big smoke this evening (Toronto) and will eat something there....not sure what yet...but it will no doubt come with a beer
This book is a two and a half year project that turned into a "last minute emergency" thing at the beginning of April. It has just about sent me over the edge the past few weeks. But it is done with only minimum mistakes. Can't wait for the deep sigh that will come when I get home tonight and cuddle on the couch with my sweet four-legged girl.
And, I will have a rental car that I don't need to return until tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I'll take a run to Value Village (our largest thrift store chain) tomorrow morning and pick up some things to wear now that it is warming up. Well fitting clothes rather than kicking myself everyday for having gained weight will be good for my spirit.
I'm so tired of the self hate that comes with too-tight clothes. Self recriminations don't bring inspiration to eat well. Loose pants make me feel skinnier...and that makes me feel so happy I just want to keep on eating light and healthy to get even skinnier. Oh the irony 4 -
Today is everyone else's favorite meal, which takes all afternoon. It's tasty, but I don't get excited the way they do, lol.
Made the filling for the crab rangoon, and it's in the fridge melding for a bit while I sit down. Fortunately the country pork ribs are in the marinade already, as I found freezing them in the marinade gives better flavor penetration. (Plus it makes prep easier.) I do those in quantity; the marinade makes enough for two bags of chops, and that gives us one rib per person. These are not small cuts of meat, and I know from experience one is quite enough. So instead of needing to make marinade, I just got the bag out of the freezer. I also need to make some rice this morning because we're low on the rice pilaf packets. It's laundry day so it's a good day to do small jobs.
Unfortunately my feet are blaming me for Mother Nature's emotional disregulation lately, and so I am going to have to balance getting things done with not getting myself into tears of pain again. The problem is that a lot of the pain is fibro, not the arthritis, and the fibro pain is quite real, it's just not reporting on an actual problem. A body hallucination, if you will. And I have to wait til it goes away. (sigh)4 -
Pizza out of freezer for tea! Quick and easy!2
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I made a ton of crab rangoons for the freezer and now my back is having an involved discussion with me about it.
But they're DONE and can be just put in a low oven and warmed from frozen when I want them.
The grocery list is mostly done (I haven't checked the upstairs board, and I never print out the final version till just before I leave, cause someone always thinks of something), and the things that aren't in the dishwasher will be before bed.
Now I'm going to sit and drink tea and watch dogs get groomed with snarky commentary that makes me laugh. (Girl With The Dogs on Youtube)6 -
You're ahead of the pack!
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Laurie when you have a minute... share about this book deal?!?!?!2
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Cuddling with the girl on the couch Dinner was a beer and a donut
plus one on the way in to the city (so much fun having a car and going through the drive through
I will tell you about the book deal - yes!!!! - tomorrow - must cuddle with furry one 4 -
We had double crisped pulled pork - i.e. a pork shoulder joint, all fat removed, cooked in water in the Instant Pot for 70 minutes + natural pressure release...then shredded...then dry fried in a frying pan so that it went extra dry and crispy (like crispy duck)....served in a soft roll with reggae reggae sauce and Asian slaw (shredded red cabbage, finely chopped spring onion, julienned carrot and julienned apple dressed with a zingy mouth-puckering dressing made with red chilli, lime juice, fresh ginger and rice wine vinegar).
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Wow Bella! Beats frozen veggies and frozen lasagna! 🤔 Well, I DID warm them up first!!!🤣3
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Bella’s meal beats my tuna salad on a bed of lettuce! I threw some hot sauce on it to give it some zing.2
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that slaw sounds pretty darned delicious!!!!!2
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do smart sweet gummy bears count as bunnies?!?!?!?!
I was "forced" to have a bag! 1 -
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Lol....took me a bit to remember where I mentioned the "book launch" - and of course it is under "What's for Supper" cause that's the way we roll
Quick Laurie history. For a couple of decades I was the "Managing Director" (AKA chief cook and bottle washer Jill of all trades) for Life Rattle, a not-for-profit literary organization. We had a radio show, podcasts, annual Writers Festival and published books. I sort of slipped out of that role a few years ago (not a lot of money - and that was supposed to be my "paying job" to help support my artistic endeavours which don't pay much either )
But - there are still a few writers who I have worked with for awhile that I continue to work with - because hey - we're almost partners now.
The writer whose book launched this week, Carmelo Arnoldin, who is also a visual artist and a retired university fine arts instructor, finished the first draft of a new novel just before he headed off to China for a big exhibition the fall before the pandemic hit. A few days after he returned home he suffered a major stroke, which he has recovered well from, but it still interferes with him writing and reading (not his vocabulary or ability to verbally put ideas together). Then there was COVID, and during all that double craziness he moved away to be closer to family on the east coast.
For the past couple of years I've been working with him to help finish/polish that first rough draft. It was kind of a skeleton version of an epic that is now beyond his ability to write so we figured out how to keep it shorter while still feeling like a "whole" story.
We were just about done when he phoned me towards the end of March and said he would be returning to Toronto for Easter - "Can we have the book finished and printed and organize a launch for the week after Easter weekend?"
LOL
Normally I would have stuck to the laughing out loud and said no can do, but in this situation I had to give it a shot. After having his life turned upside down and having to leave his hometown without being able to say a proper goodbye to colleagues and friends - and he is a really good man - I couldn't not try.
So we did it!
The launch was last night and it was a really warmn gathering of friends, colleagues, students and family.
And he is Italian - and has lots of idea for my trip to Rome 3 -
What a talented man! And you’re a wonderful and loyal friend to help him accomplish his book launch on time.2
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We had low sodium, extra lean ground beef Taco salads….kind of bland but I was starving so I would have eaten paste!3
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Homemade pizza on a whole wheat ultra thin crust. One of those supposedly healthy crusts. It was MEH and not worth the calories which were not insignificant. Left me hungry which resulted in eating a serving of jalapeño cheese puffed goldfish crackers.
Hubby bought the crusts in a 3 pack from Costco thinking he was being helpful. He didn’t read the fine print. What idiot eats 1/9th of a 12 inch pizza? How do you even cut a pizza into nine even pieces?.4 -
We had shish tawook (grilled chicken marinaded in yogurt with spices), saffron rice, green beans with tomato sauce, and pita bread. It was very tasty and just right for the first day of the year to hit over 80.
Tomorrow is Beef with Broccoli or Beef with Pea Pods because broccoli doesn't like me. Burrito wraps for lunch, though if it's hot again I'll have the same ingredients with more lettuce and call it a taco salad.4 -
pea pods are superior. but broccoli has its moments too... assuming it likes you!3
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lauriekallis wrote: »Lol....took me a bit to remember where I mentioned the "book launch" - and of course it is under "What's for Supper" cause that's the way we roll
Quick Laurie history. For a couple of decades I was the "Managing Director" (AKA chief cook and bottle washer Jill of all trades) for Life Rattle, a not-for-profit literary organization. We had a radio show, podcasts, annual Writers Festival and published books. I sort of slipped out of that role a few years ago (not a lot of money - and that was supposed to be my "paying job" to help support my artistic endeavours which don't pay much either )
But - there are still a few writers who I have worked with for awhile that I continue to work with - because hey - we're almost partners now.
The writer whose book launched this week, Carmelo Arnoldin, who is also a visual artist and a retired university fine arts instructor, finished the first draft of a new novel just before he headed off to China for a big exhibition the fall before the pandemic hit. A few days after he returned home he suffered a major stroke, which he has recovered well from, but it still interferes with him writing and reading (not his vocabulary or ability to verbally put ideas together). Then there was COVID, and during all that double craziness he moved away to be closer to family on the east coast.
For the past couple of years I've been working with him to help finish/polish that first rough draft. It was kind of a skeleton version of an epic that is now beyond his ability to write so we figured out how to keep it shorter while still feeling like a "whole" story.
We were just about done when he phoned me towards the end of March and said he would be returning to Toronto for Easter - "Can we have the book finished and printed and organize a launch for the week after Easter weekend?"
LOL
Normally I would have stuck to the laughing out loud and said no can do, but in this situation I had to give it a shot. After having his life turned upside down and having to leave his hometown without being able to say a proper goodbye to colleagues and friends - and he is a really good man - I couldn't not try.
So we did it!
The launch was last night and it was a really warmn gathering of friends, colleagues, students and family.
And he is Italian - and has lots of idea for my trip to RomeWhat a talented man! And you’re a wonderful and loyal friend to help him accomplish his book launch on time.
Wow! And what a talented woman you are to achieve that! Sounds like an amazing night!
This morning, very early doors, went for a walk along a beautiful stretch of the upper Wharfe & and foraged the wild garlic. Just made a batch of pesto with it & am sterilising jars to store it. Going to test it out on some chicken or fish, some roasted onions, peppers & potatoes.
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Bella_Figura wrote: »We had double crisped pulled pork - i.e. a pork shoulder joint, all fat removed, cooked in water in the Instant Pot for 70 minutes + natural pressure release...then shredded...then dry fried in a frying pan so that it went extra dry and crispy (like crispy duck)....served in a soft roll with reggae reggae sauce and Asian slaw (shredded red cabbage, finely chopped spring onion, julienned carrot and julienned apple dressed with a zingy mouth-puckering dressing made with red chilli, lime juice, fresh ginger and rice wine vinegar).
Delicious.
OMG! I so want to eat that!
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Tea
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So like nurse lady? This is the 🐰🐇🐰 Union office and we want to give you an award ⭐ for NOT eating all of our food❣️🙀🙀🙀🐹😘
Your tea looks breathtakingly beautiful and I would LOVE TO have it. Honestly, truly. Awesome looking pretty pesto chicken.❤️
And I realise that if you borrowed Connie's partitioning schemes and kept your orange peppers with the rest of the courgette and pepper it would look like an equal pile to the potatoes as opposed to my 🐹 triggering first look where the spud pile looked double the rest at first glance 😘
But that plate can easily fit a couple of hundred grams--about 100 Cal--of fresh (or FROZEN for speed, ease, and reduced cost) brocolli or Brussels sprouts or cauliflower or the green beans I was showing Laurie last night. All relatively bulky and in the 0.5Cal per g range. (Also MFP friend trick--👋hi Dr Steph: bag of (tri color) coleslaw with maybe some onion stir fried...)
Not worth spending the 100 Cal if you are fully satiated and happy.
BUT maybe worth exploring to see if making your veg section larger could help you save calories elsewhere????
And please send some pesto!!! Brushing it like this is a bit of a revelation that I am going to borrow in the future!!! Was always avoiding due to quantity used as pasta sauce since I like my pasta with loads of sauce!
We now return you to your regular programming--sorry, my 🐹 hamsters had a flash back to pre 2015 when they used to think that 3x 85g portions of veg a day were too difficult to fit in!!!
PS you could counter that it is a plan for you to get used to smaller portions, in which case we will add you to the smaller plate Amazon purchase!
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