Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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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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I have a great weakness for little itty bitty dishes and small plates.5
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OMG Amazon merchants are gleefully rubbing their hands together 🤣2
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Jalapeño turkey pattie, green salad with beets, half roasted sweet potato 🍠. Oh - and 1 small piece of Belgian chocolate. Friend brought me a box from Belgium which hubby has been eating regularly. I felt I should at least try 1 piece before it disappeared.3
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Tonight we dined upon pork tenderloin chops seasoned with Penzey's Krackow Nights seasoning, mashed cauliflower or wild rice pilaf, broccoli in cheese sauce, applesauce, and cornbread muffins with butter.
I wound up cooking it but it honestly came together very fast and so it wasn't a problem to do it after I got hom from picking him up. It's also not as awful a drive as it was from our former house, probably because I don't have to get on the interstate. (People are going to do dumb stuff in cars, I just would rather they were going 35 instead of 85.)
He made it through the day, though he ate dinner, had two pieces of fudge* and went and laid down. I'll wake him up at nine for his night meds if he's not up by then, and otherwise I'll just put the kitchen back in order, make myself some banana muffins, and call it a night.
(The fudge is not to be consumed at random. It is medicinal.)6 -
Seabass and roasted veggies for tea tonight.3
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Nice 🐹 wrangling Alexandra. And I want some of that tea @ Janatki! My lunch did not rise to that occasion even though it was more calories!!!!!🙀🙀🙀3
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Tonight is spaghetti with meat sauce for two of us, pan-seared zucchini with meat sauce for one of us, and cheeseburger pasta for one of us who doesn't eat tomato sauce. Also garlic toast.
I've had a high pain day and that's caused a lot of brain fog. Got the muffins made, a shopping list done, made a phone call (I HATE making phone calls) did the meds for the week, and changed everyone's sheets and am now working through washing them all.
Huh. I guess I did get some stuff done. Just not as much as I wanted.6 -
Tea is salmon, chill and lime saucey thingy, peas, tenderstem and carrots.2
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Janatki, you sent me off investigating this "tenderstem" - never heard of it before!! It looks lovely.3
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lauriekallis wrote: »Janatki, you sent me off investigating this "tenderstem" - never heard of it before!! It looks lovely.
ha! It's what I call broccolini! I mostly get them at Costco! I think I've also seen them in "Mann's" branded bags at Safeway/IGA???? They work great "fried/steamed" in the pan with garlic!!! Loads of garlic
They AWESOME bunnies! Never knew it had a name! 3
