Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
What is King Cake season?🤔
This is King Cake season for us!
Can’t eat it after Mardi Gras though, it’s bad juju.
Mardi = Tuesday
Gras = fat
Well, I shouldn’t brag BUT my husband’s pancakes are an indulgence!
Seriously, I understand what you’re saying.
I do love many other desserts.
I suppose pancakes are a sentimental thing for me that goes back to my childhood.
I loved when my mom made pancakes. I do love when my husband makes them too!
We need to half the recipe now though, since we are empty nesters.
Pancakes HAVE TO BE served with pure maple syrup! No fake stuff! No pancake mixes. Has to be from scratch!
Yep, we have ‘Fat’ Tuesday which is our Mardi Gras!
We fast from meat on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays during lent and especially Good Friday.
Grits are fantastic! Definitely part of our southern culture!
Yes, we are all cooking lots more. I hear you about soups. One of my very favorite things to cook!
Pancakes are a sweet! Gosh, as a kid I wanted them everyday.
My mom bribed me to eat eggs and grits by serving me bacon with them! Hahaha 🤣
I took the bribe and started eating them.
I think mom tired of flipping a bazillion pancakes for all of us.
It has been interesting for me and a learning curve for sure!
NGI is the instant pot guru that Elaine and I are learning from. Elaine may be ahead of me!
I am used to cooking the old fashioned way!
I think chicken is the big thing with air fryers. I bet pork would be good too though.
You sound like you have a workable routine concerning school.
My daughter adjusted to online classes too. It’s interesting, isn’t it? It sort of prepared her for working remotely.
Her company in Denver has extended working at home until April. It was March before that.
Here in New Orleans, my husband is still working remotely.
(says the woman who has never eaten any 🤣)
Nah..... I don't think so.
I just started a new term, this time it's three 10-week courses instead of two, a full-time-plus workload. It's a fast pace but I think I can keep up. I like this learning format online, it's very engaging and I'm practicing what I learn each week instead of studying for weeks then regurgitating info on a multiple choice exam at the end. Tried to think of a nicer word than "regurgitating," especially considering it's the dinner thread... 😆
Maybe I can try pork in the air fryer.
If I made more soups, or had a family, I'd get an Instant Pot. I have a rice cooker and that's really all I ever need. It will do some other things, too, that I never use it for. I love reading everyone's meals and recipes, though!
That is the same thing I do. It’s two meals! Like you say, once in a blue moon!
I think we enjoy it more as a special treat.
If we ate sweets daily we would soon tire of them.
Yum! Do you mean an almond paste in the croissant with slivered almonds on top of the croissant?
There is a bakery near me that serves those. They are yummy!
How is school going?
You’re a busy lady! Did you try your air fryer out yet?
I am still experimenting with my instant pot! New for me. I think the air fryer would be interesting to try as well.
My husband makes the absolute best pancakes and waffles!
Oh my gosh, I adore his blueberry pancakes!
Yep! I vote for renaming them teeth grinders.
I have always wanted to try making granola. Do you have a favorite recipe?
I never did like Grape Nut. NHWM, you got that right...it is like eating gravel...Polarbear, "Teeth Grinders" LOL!! Isn't that the truth!!!
I will try Malt-O-Meal.
cwille,
I haven’t heard of Red River cereal.
Muesli is interesting. I prefer granola.
Grape nuts is like eating gravel! 😂 LOL