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.
Prepping food today for our trip so it can be portioned and frozen for easy storage and use on the trip. Swedish meatballs, shepherds pie, goulash, hamburgers, grilled chicken breasts, meatloaf, roast beef, bacon, sausage, muffins, pancakes and cookies are all being pre-made today.
I made a green sauce from the tomatillos. Wow -- fresh is so awesome, kinda spoiles one for buying bottled. The meal was chorizo skillet. Each recipe called for 3 jalapenos but I'd mistakenly bought only 3 total. That was a very fortunate mistake. I don't know if we would have survived more peppers in the dinner.
Our instructor had said this is very simple cooking, and the dishes his mother makes at home in a small town in Mexico. And it really was pretty simple, if you happen to have Queso Oaxaca and chorizo on hand. But a trip once in a while to an ethnic market is a nice little adventure.
Awesome dinner!
i sawed firewood for 6 . 5 hrs today , spent about 3 hrs with edna . brain still spinnin but azz draggin . whew ..
ate some raggely assed pizza that someone dropped off for edna , cooked edna some apples .
thats enough for anyone for one day .
im with your husband on aljazeera america tho . i can detect spin from a mile away and aljazeera just presents the news . rumor has it that GWB wanted to bomb AJ during the gulf wars to shut them up . thats the hallmark of every insideous dictator -- stifle all dissent .
an example of AJ ' s unbiased reporting : theyre covering the renewal of the hemp industry almost on a daily basis . quatar sells oil , why give air time to a market that will compete with oil ? -- because theyre an unbiased news source as they claim .
Last night I figured out menus for the rest of June, factoring in as best I could who is going to be where, when. I don't always stick to the plans exactly but it is so convenient to glance on the fridge and know what to take out of the freezer for tomorrow or what I have to get at the store for the next few days.
Sigh. Too bad I am not as organized in my financial life as I am about food.
That boiled raisin cake is not difficult it is only the raisins that are boiled. it really plumps them up. Add a bit of brandy or rum and yum
Tonight is a poor substitute for good Chinese food....Subway. But it works. We are prepping for major work to be done in the house and also for a trip....I'm meeting myself coming and going.
We all have to eat, but we don't all have to cook. We all don't have to even be enthusiastic about eating, as long as we remember to do it. BUT anyone who WANTS to cook can master at least some of the techniques and enjoy making many (if not all) kinds of recipes. If you want to make a boiled raisin cake, you sure could. If you'd rather find nice treats at local bakeries and restaurants, that is perfectly acceptable, too. Embrace what you really love! I'm glad you have weekends off from the kitchen.
What is your favorite Chinese dish?
apples , cream cheese icing and walnuts make the cake ..
I'd like to know how to make pamstegman's boiled raisin cake. It sounds tasty, but I would probably screw it up.
theres always a first tho -- ( homer simpsons squinty eyes depicting suspicion )
And very funny Cap about "smells" i was out looking for my cat when my neighbour commented on the nice smell of chocolate i told her to pi.. off she wasnt getting any of it. Do you know theyve just moved in at xmas and have being doing the whole house up and STILL the vans are outside getting more crap done rubbing it in out faces!! Mums going mad (pardon the pun) with jealousy and im getting a bit peed myself i think theyve so much money they just want to show off you see i dont get it why buy a fairly decent maintenance free house then spends thousands making it look slightly better? Why not just buy the house you want to begin with? yeh think they are showing off and they think theyre going to eat my cake?