07 Monday Sep 2020
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baguette, big girl pants, blessed, bread, breakfast, delicious, eggs, food, La Belle Baguette, lunch, pistachios, widow
I picked up a baguette the other day and here’s how I used it…
made scrambled eggs that I put on top of it… then I had Brie and pistachio toast and finished with some French toast…
happy to have used all of it up as bread is not high on the list of things I should eat… the size of the baguette was perfect…
11 Saturday Apr 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blood sugar, bread, breadboard, delicious, delivery, French toast, hot cross buns, left-handed, memories, stay home, widow
the doorbell rang again today… second day in a row… I was expecting this one;-)…
it was a delivery of bread, croissants and hot cross buns from La Belle Baguette… the hot cross buns were still warm;-)…
I am going to be in trouble with my doctor if I keep eating bread at this rate because it raises my blood sugar… but I had to have a couple of the buns with cheese for my breakfast… very tasty…
then, for supper I made French toast using the bread knife and board that my beloved and I purchased at Victoria Beach many years ago…
the knife is made for left-handed people and fits into the tray portion of the cutting board… it is very cool…
delicious things to eat and fun memories…
29 Sunday Mar 2020
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I love scones and have a friend who makes the best ones ever… of course, she can’t make any for me just now…
have had a recipe for tea biscuits up on the cupboard door for weeks…
last night I finally made it and had biscuits for my supper…
and a late night snack…
and my breakfast;-)…
and possibly another late night snack;-)…
unfortunately I should not be eating this much bread all at once, but tea biscuits need to be eaten while they are fresh… right, lol…
clearly they were delicious, although not as good as my friend’s scones;-)…
30 Saturday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bread, computer, friends, moments, PTE, Technology, theatre, treats, widow
busy but productive day…
started with an early morning meeting to do some work on a program that I am looking forward to learning more about… was great to catch up with the other two participants… we had some lovely snacks while we worked…
once that was done, I was picked up by a good friend and we headed to PTE…
on the way we stopped for bread and had lunch at the Pho Hoang… not sure why I look at the menu, because I always choose the steak and brisket pho, lol…
had leftovers to bring home for tomorrow…
we enjoyed The Wedding Party… amazing what 6 people can do;-)…
home to take it easy for the evening;-)…
10 Saturday Aug 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, bread, ciabatta, diabetes, Miracle Whip, tomato, treat, widow
since my diabetes diagnosis I have tried to stay away from bread except for rare occasions…
today I made a tomato sandwich on a mini olive ciabatta… the only other thing on it was Miracle Whip…
I picked up the bread yesterday and had a tomato from our CSA box this week…
it was a delicious treat…
reminded me of all the wonderful tomato sandwiches that my beloved made for me over the years… took the longest time to realize the reason they were so delicious was the amount of Miracle Whip slathered on them, lol…
16 Wednesday Jan 2019
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, bread, cabbage, cabbage roll, cooking, delicious, lunch, widow
over the weekend I picked up the ingredients to make cabbage roll soup… I’ve never made it before but it sounded good and I’ve been craving cabbage rolls for a while…
last night I made it… the recipe I was using was made for an InstantPot so there was a lot of guessing around the cooking process… and I made a number of adjustments to the recipe… more of this, less of that… likely I couldn’t replicate it if I tried…
it made a ton of very thick soup…
I stopped on the way to work and picked up two different loaves of bread to go with it…
everyone loved it and it all got eaten up…
woohoo…
07 Wednesday Nov 2018
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. soup, big girl pants, bread, chocolate, La Belle Baguette, lemon, shrimp, snow, tart, widow
started my day at La Belle Baguette to pick up some bread for lunch… found a few lemon tarts and a couple of chocolate bars to go along with it…
went nicely with the zucchini basil soup at lunch…
snow… not exactly how I wanted to arrive home at the end of the day although they’ve been threatening it for a few days, lol… you will notice that I gave in and actually had socks on;-)…
ended the day with a large bowl of Thai shrimp soup… lovely as all I had to do was warm it up…
06 Saturday Oct 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, bread, butter, cranberry, dinner, family, moments, muffins, onion, prep, remember, sauce, stuffing, thanksgiving, widow
my family loves the stuffing that I make…
it is a simple recipe… butter, onions, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, water and torn up bread…
while the butter was melting I used the mandolin to dice up the onion… while they cooked I added the poultry seasoning, salt and pepper… once the onions were soft I added in the water and let it simmer for a few minutes…
once the liquid is poured over the bread, I stir it in… then I put it into the bread bags and it goes into the fridge…
I make a lot because it is so popular, lol…
some goes into the turkey, some goes into muffin pans, and if there is any left it will go into a casserole dish with the turkey neck, or some other poultry part…
the kids really like the stuffing muffins;-)…
I made it today so there is less to do on Monday for dinner…
also made fresh cranberry sauce…
some of the family prefer the kind that comes in a can so I have that available as well…
really enjoy getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner… reminds me of all the times that my beloved and I prepared for special meals…
29 Wednesday Aug 2018
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basil, big girl pants, bread, colleagues, croissants, dinner, eats, fresh, La Belle Baguette, lunch, treat, widow
had some delicious eats today…
picked up a loaf of bread and some croissants at La Belle Baguette on my way into the office…
the car smelled amazing all the way downtown and the croissants were a hit with my colleagues…
at lunch I made a tomato sandwich, and a cucumber one as well, with the fresh bread and a ripe tomato from a colleague’s parents’ farm… used basil instead of lettuce… oh my, it tasted wonderful…
for my supper I finished off the shrimp from last night and the last of the mango slices I picked up the other day…
yummy day…
10 Thursday May 2018
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A1C, big girl pants, bread, chocolate, drinking, hummingbird, intake, journey, sugar, watch, widow
tonight I enjoyed some hummingbird drinking chocolate… it was a Christmas gift from my daughter…
I used Almond Milk… made with 70% cacao, it was delicious…
before making it, I reviewed what I had eaten during the day and realized there was room for a bit of sugar;-)…
last week I saw the doctor and heard that my A1C has been creeping up for the last six months… it is at 6.3 but needs to stop rising…
I had loosened my very strict watch over my eating habits to make life a bit more relaxed… I don’t think that was bad, but will tighten up my food intake a bit to see if that can make an improvement to the next test…
so, I am trying to have bread only once a week and dark chocolate a few times a week… on the whole, the rest of my food choices are pretty good… we will see how this goes…
life sure is a journey, lol…
