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Hala,
I love canning and lately have been really getting into fermenting. I read an article about damages to our digestive system as a result of all the preservatives in our food and since my husband has crohns disease, I look at all options for improving his digestive health. Anyway, I have a crock of kimchi fermenting now and I am going to start another crock of kraut.....
I can a lot of vegetable soup and different dried beans and peas.....then I merely open them and heat and serve. All day today, I've cooked and canned apple butter, apple sauce, and green tomato relish.....I just finished cleaning the kitchen so I can get up and get the rest of the apples canned. I will probably end up with 20 quarts of canned apples on top of all the apple butter and apple sauce. I've got two quarts of juice that I guess I'll make jelly for the kids.
Now that I'm retired, I absolutely look for work....isn't that crazy. I cannot wait until we close on our little house and can get in there and build on and get my craft room established so I can sew, quilt, crotchet, and weave without moving crap around.
Looks like DH has picked out another WWII movie....lovely. I can hardly wait.
Sunflower seeds are so easy to get addicted too....I love to play with my food so anything that requires cracking, picking, or pulling is right up my alley.
I am still here- reading - I don't feel like i have anything interesting to post....
I wish I could retire...maybe one day...
MY IBS is acting up last few days... but i am really tired of chicken... great idea about the fish. I would need to cook more because my cats love when I cook fish and one of them is so spoiled - and very assertive to get what he wants...-that he does not take no for an answer... The other would just sit quietly and stare at me.. not sure what is worse.
I started sprouting my raw seeds and beside cooked chicken - roasted or sprouted nuts (some , not all) do not bother me - and sometimes - even settle nausea.
sunflower seeds are now my "crack" .
I need to exercise more...Started walking... 45 min at a time.. wonder how long my stamina would last... With my adrenal insufficiency - exercise requires a lot of planning... and taking extra cortisol.. and.. and.. ugh..
I do love my pressure cooker - Instant Pot - yesterday I cooked 3 dishes... enough for 8- 10 servings each. First time I made stuffed peppers. My guy had his stuffed with meat, rice and cheese, mine - I chopped some celery and carrots in small squares and mixed that with my meat. Very tasty.. Definitely something I will be making more of...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
when I was in my losing state - I used to have "cheat meal" when I allowed myself to eat anything and everything I wanted. even if that was M&M or bread..or cheesecake (the last one - I got so sick - dumped so badly - I lost 5 lbs in less than 12 hours - I don;t recommend that) and I still lost 100 lbs in less than 10 months.
even now - i have "anything goes " meal or a day...some things may make me very ill- so I may have a bite or 2; but I can eat a lot of carbs in a whole day..(my re-carb day) .
maybe your body needed recarbing? and it in a way forced you to do that? ..
BTW: I could not have cheese filled or PB filled pretzels in a house or at work and not eat them... I don't buy them.. I am glad my guy does not ask for them... and no kids - so I have no excuse to buy any of those...
Good luck...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Hi All:
Seriously Warm day here, think going to be next to last before temps take serious Fall dive. Was hot, doing errands at Mall after mammograms at cancer clinic, passed in front of ice cream store, decided on 2 ball cone (strawberry and chocolate).
Why will I not learn? In the immediatenfew years after RnY, could eat ice cream no problemo. Last couple of years, I feel sickish when I do, is as though RnY side effects re sugar are catching up...so why do I do this to myself?
Earlier in the summer, craved a DQ soft serve chocolate dip, so ordered a Medium when should have gone with Small! Felt so sick afterwards...Today 2 balls at Laura Secord, comes with choc truffle on top....should have gone with one and would have been only half as sick...I AM AN IDIOT.
Summer will soon be gone and colder weather here. No more ice cream!
j
Hi Ladies,
I got woke up again by the maintaince man at 8:15 am. You think they could wait till 9 am to start banging.
At least my knee feels better today.
I made some peanut butter cookies with splenda and without flour. They taste pretty good except they are crumbly.
B egg whites ham and cheese omelet and string cheese
L cottage cheese and turkey deli meat
A few cookies
D pork loin, peas, 1/2 sweet potato
S greek yogurt, turkey sausage snack sticks, and apple
Have a good day
I'm here too. Getting ready for my crafting weekend in Tahoe. I have to go through everything to choose what I absolutely want to drag up there. I am getting excited now. I leave on Thursday and come home on Sunday. No internet.
Time to get back to work.
Breakfast- protein drink
Lunch- tuna on lettuce
Dinner- Noodles with Parmesan cheese
Snacks- watermelon and nuts
Good morning Jeannie!
I also loved retirement & despite any chaos my time was my own. If I needed to chill, cry, freak out or pray I could do it w out having to answer to anyone or worry about being professional. Even now I am so much more relaxed working PT. I love it!
I binged last nite after almost a week of pretty much following my plan. Ate a whole snack bag of combos cheese filled pretzels...ugh! Don't know what ailed me!
Anyhow, gotta start over today...
I am going to Sam's shortly to check out some foods I saw on keto site so my lunch & dinner are undecided. Had my protein shake & sausage for breakfast.
Well, better get ready to head back out.
Everyone have a good day!
Kathy
I am beginning to love my retirement Mondays as much as I dreaded the "work" force Monday and surprisingly, for the exact same reason. When I worked, I hated Mondays because I had to hit the floor running to catch up and shake off all the confusing and chaos of the weekend but retirement Mondays I'm still shaking off the chaos of the weekend and the hitting the floor running is an entirely different feeling....relaxing and calming...I can meditate whenever I want. LOL
B: I haven't eaten breakfast. I got up and made DH's breakfast and just didn't feel like eating so I didn't....I'll probably eat a little cottage cheese here in a bit.
L: I canned soup over the weekend, so I'll probably eat a little of the overflow (not quiet enough for a quart so it's in the refrigerator waiting to be cooked.)
D: Trout. Grandson went fly fishing and came home with a ton of fresh trout. I thought after freezing all the trout from a couple of weekends back, I wouldn't want to mess with anymore, but he had some beautiful rainbows and so I brought a mess back and tonight I am making grilled trout, asparagus, grilled potatoes, and tomato and cucumber salad.
Snacks: I've got peaches and apples that I will snack on for today...hopefully, I'll get them all canned.
Ladies, have a great day.
Hello All,
I've been trying to catch up from all the time I spent babying my knee...I'm still babying it, but I am getting around a little better.
We are getting ready to take our granddaughter home; she lives a couple of hours down the mountain. So, it's a quick drive by.
B: I ate a piece of bread with a scrambled egg
Lunch: Vegetable soup
Dinner: Lunch was so later, I haven't eaten dinner yet and will probably eat some shrimp.
Ladies, have a really good evening and night.
Hi All,
When I was caring for my Mom she had some dementia...mostly short term memory stuff. It was frustrating to me, and kind of sad because she acted different from what I had in my head as Mom. I didn't realize that she was dying so I'm sure I wasn't as patient as I should have been.
I'm cleaning house today and getting things together for my scrapbooking trip to Tahoe next week. I will be there for four days with about 50 women. It's lots of fun.
Where are you Jeannie?
Breakfast- omelette
Lunch- Swiss cheese and an apple
Dinner- spaghetti with meat sauce and a piece of bread
Snacks- watermelon, apricots
