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.
PJ's son took us out to dinner. He and PJ have been fussing. I guess C. Thought he would get PJ out in a public place and that he would chill out. I had a very good broiled seafood dinner. PJ didn't chill.
Bleh
They sell good homemade cookies though🍪
American chop suey = Macaroni casserole??
Wash down those off brand peanuts with a few more jelly beans.
Eating for health: Caregiving is stressful. The 24 hr. drive-throughs (on your way home)
now have salads with chicken on them. The Southwest salad is pretty good.
For dessert, have more jelly beans. imo.
Another ridiculously late night at work - foraging for something out of the vending machine - off brand peanuts - yuck
Anasazi beans are quite delicious, definately worth a try, let me know if you get to try them and what you think.
I agree with hubby doing those sorts of gross things, I am sure lucky probably does too.
Onelaststraw-welcome
Cwillie-thanks for defining kipferl, I wasn't sure.
CM-take it easy on the kipferl :)
Gershun-glad you ate better today, yesterdays menu was quite rough, not on the tast buds though.
Ms, Madge- a bag of jelly beans or a few, how did it turn out?
I love a good BLT, Sue.
I didn't cook tonight, instead stuffed my face with some salad greens and a few slices of roast beef, but I did fill up the freezer with shrimp (no slimeys this time), lamb, pork, chicken, hamburger, and I'm looking forward to figuring out what I'll make with all that, one dish at a time. I'm only cooking for myself so this doesn't make sense maybe, but I've gotten into a habit of making something 1x a week to keep improving my cooking skills. I started cooking for myself during caregiving years just couple of years ago, pretty late start because I was 38-39 yo already but just had never had time or need or interest in learning to cook beyond making an occasional recipe dish for special occasion or scrambled eggs in the morning, and I've really come a ways, I think. At least I won't burn anything beyond being edible these days.
Delicious! Now an ice cream sandwich will finish the meal.
I did better today so far. I had avocado toast and watermelon pieces for Lunch. I may have leftover spaghetti for dinner.
Dinner is going to be much later.
Here I am sitting with chocolate peanut butter ice cream...oh the irony.
Regarding Kipferl;
At 109 calories a piece, one might need to stop at two, lest one becomes too large for one's pants.
Right now I'm hooked on the Chinese almond cookies in the pink box. Von's has 'em for $3.99 a box of 16 but, ha-hah!
I am a smart shopper and know that the 99 cent store has the same ones! Now, they make them in "baby" size. Oh, those are WAY too easy to down the whole bag by justifying how small they are--until they're gone. 😱
I still have a box of the Keebler MandM cookies too, just in case of a chocolate craving.
Limit 3 cookies total per day.
In Heaven there will be no limit-and they'll be fresh baked! That truely will be Heavenly. 👼🏼 🍪
- Oh I really shouldn't, I've already had two...
- Three. But who's counting?
Started the day off with a slice of cold left-over pizza and a coffee. Then later in the day, a bowl of Kefir yogurt mixed with applesauce. Then a while later, half a bag of Lay's potato chips followed by half a chocolate bar. A couple of hours later a bowl of sherbet followed by more chips and the other half of the chocolate bar.
I feel like crapola and can't sleep. Probably all that salt and sugar flowing through my bloodstream. :P I'll try to do better today. Promise.................Argh!!!
Ketchup on eggs. Tastes good. I do that all the times. My MIL makes really good and spicy salsa. I put that on a lot of savory foods. Yum... ;D
I don't mind my husband doing gross things. I'm actually thankful he can handle gross things like turning the compost piles, looking for and picking up the decomposing animal somewhere under the crawlspace of the house, or putting down a sick chicken. All of these would gross me out, and no way I can do the last thing.
smeshque - I have not heard of anasazi beans before. Just looked them up. They are pretty. I might try cooking them if I can find them at the markets.
Brother's do a lot of gross things too:)
Did you get your biscuits and gravy?
Husbands do a lot of gross things.:)
Your pizza sounded good smeshque,but where's the meat?
its funny how people hate tomatoes but love ketchup. My husband is the same way. Doesn't put it on eggs though. That is kinda gross. But a lot of people do.
I would have difficulty giving up cheese.