Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Challenging week, PAV. You'll pull it together - tossing that cakes sounds like the first step! Next - bunnies. Lots and lots of bunnies.3
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(hugs) Pav. Sometimes it's just harder than others. I know I went over by a few hundred calories today because pizza AND onion rings on the same day. But that's just how things fell out, and tomorrow will be better.5
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Thank you MFPeops!
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I had peanut butter on whole grain bread a banana coffee and vanilla wafers….my ear is throbbing and I can’t chew so this worked….I was doing so darn good again mentally and physically that this really ticks me off…John paid the rental for our cabin in the mountains this morning but we have until Friday to cancel…both of our kids and families are really just going for John because it means so much to him….I honestly think it is too much money and I don’t know 1/5 of johns family….his brother that will be 80 has 8 of his 11 kids and some of their families attending….and his church is involved plus AA members…ugh….I can see a fun time coming!…we won’t hardly be able to enjoy the place we are staying….I need more drugs….5
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how soon is that taking place Connie?0
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how soon is that taking place Connie?
The drugs or the trip?
We are supposed to go the first week of June…Amanda’s husband is staying home as he doesn’t want to miss work or leave the house….Amanda is driving her car and we are going in ours…she is taking Aliyah and dog…we are taking johnnathan, his girl friend and a cat…our son and his wife are leaving a few days later and staying at a hotel….we will look like the Beverly Hillbillies arriving…the cabin is on a lake, very large cabin and very nice…parties are at johns nieces house….husband is a pilot and they are doing the parties, foods, etc….johns older brother and his wife live in their guest house!…we will have a couple of days alone at the cabin as our kids are going somewhere on the coast also…
We have a couple more days we can cancel if I am not delving better….when we get back all the testing starts on my heart and johns MRI or abnormality in his adrenal gland…
I don’t know how John is going to drive and sit in the car for 9 hours but he is determined to make this trip…I told him to fly but he wants all of us to go….he does so much for all of us so we are going to do this come Hell or high water!3 -
I meant “ doing better” not delving!2
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I hope you delve better soon!
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@conniewilkins56 sounds like it will be great for him and you once you get there. Enjoy your time with him and the kids!4
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After just getting back from a weeklong visiting family trip, I feel for you Connie. While I enjoyed seeing everyone again, it is exhausting. Not really a vacation. All the old history, grudges, hurts come sneaking in.
Both hubby’s and my families live in northern Ohio but don’t make the effort to gather. We end up endlessly driving around, staying one night here and two nights there! This after flying in over 1000 miles! But in their defense most are not able to travel or can afford to. So we make our annual pilgrimage.3 -
I pulled a selection of things from the freezer yesterday. One I know is leftovers from an Indian lunch a friend brought a month or so ago...some very light fare from the Goa region. The other two are tomato based and I couldn't quite tell exactly what type of tomato based meal. Chili? Pasta sauce? Perhaps one last container of the Greek green bean and olive oil stew (though I'm sure that is long gone)? So...we'll see what supper is going to be once I take a look at these three again. A little bit of excitement!2
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Surprise!2
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The quinoa from the left over Indian lunch was a fine addition to my field of greens salad lunch - enough that I might just start cooking up some of those ??? nongrains - quinoa and buckwheat too maybe ?? and freeze some that I can pull out every few days to bolster these super easy - very simple - lunch time salads I'm enjoying so much. But - I'll see if it adds any "satiating" properties before I go that far
The other two containers are .... drum roll .... chili ... and Greek green bean and olive oil stew! woohoo. Win Win. I think maybe chilli for supper today - with some sliced veggie weiners on a bed of cauliflower rice.
Lots of bunnies today 3 -
Laurie, I bet Alexandria has all of her frozen foods neatly labeled and dated!….love you both!2
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Some low fat tuna salad, lettuce greens, tomatoes 🍅. Not inspired. Too much going out for meals while on vacation! And it’s so hot - 100 degrees today and blazing sun.
Also dealing with easy access to snack foods now that I’m back home.3 -
I label soup - but I keep thinking the other things are so "obvious" ... lol2
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I do, but I do it right when I wrap them because otherwise I'd have no. blessed. clue. what's what. And then I'd start crying. So... yeah.
I have had my post-store nap to get over dealing with the overstimulation of the stores and of other people. Now I am going to have a mug of tea and start thinking about the precooking list for the weekend.
Tonight is sweet and sour pork, but the sauce is premade and just needs to cook, and I made it with Splenda so it's sugar-free. Pork bits are premade and go in the oven in about 45 minutes to warm through, and then I'll just microwave some frozen veggies and some rice. It makes it easy on me.4 -
It wasn't chili - it was pasta sauce - but I found out too late to make appropriate sides. Still good though My head is still so stuffed up by allergies that I couldn't really taste the difference. 2
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I’m a labeller and dater...but you guessed that already, right?2
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I am pretty good about labeling things in the freezer but once when John and I were first married someone gave me some cute little glass jars for spices….well, I thought it would be exciting to not label them and guess what was in them by the smell lol…after a few mishaps I had to toss most of them and buy new spices!2
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I have a pretty good turnover so don't worry about dating. And most things are labelled. But everyone once in a while I get cocky. But. I don't mind the surprise. Maybe that is at the root of my cockiness?3
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Things are getting dicey over here with the downstairs BBQ invitation
https://icedrive.net/s/u4kixDxjCSRRDxgFuuk15z2S3TWg2 -
If you must live in Canada where BBQ season is short, you have no choice but to go for it while you can.2
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How was it?! The BBQ itself doesn't look too dangerous - I imagine, though, there was much to go with those skewers?3
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Vegans cover your eyes.
Texas BBQ is available 24/7, 365 days a year. This is Franklin’s downtown Austin. Served on brown paper to soak up the juices. And yes it’s always served with sliced white bread.
We save this place for taking visitors because it’s a meat bomb - brisket, ribs, sausages, smoked turkey- oh my. Salads (not the good kind), beans and of course tiny pies.
I’m sure PAV’s skewers we’re less calorific!2 -
Yoolie we have a place like that: https://www.memphisbluesbbq.com/
But this was a charcoal BBQ! Definitely prepared in a more health conscious manner, albeit still food overload.
And white fluffy pita bread is not exactly a step up on white bread!!!
I had three. Of the LARGE pita breads. And the ground beef was REGULAR, not lean! And the chicken pieces were SKIN ON (and eaten) Maintenance day it wasn't! But it was just an overload not a massacre.
Link very iffy for vegetarians, or vegans! https://icedrive.net/s/966XhZaY9RW95ARZ1ViY7Yu357ZV
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The food looks lovely Pav - I hope you relished every mouthful!3
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that pecan pie looks pretty fine!3
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I’d take that homemade feast over restaurants any day. It looks fabulous!2
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I love good barbecue. When Boyfriend and I tie the knot, we're going to ask a local friend to just stop at the Very Good Barbecue Joint in town, bring it over to my mother in law's house, and lay it out so that the ten total people present can have barbecue after we get hitched. Cause we all like it.5
