14 Tuesday Jan 2025
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finally got around to making some red lentil curry…
hadn’t made this recipe for a very long time, so had to follow the recipe so as not to miss anything, particularly as there are many spices in it…
ended up using two pots so that it wouldn’t overflow the pan I started with, lol…
five and a half containers in total…
07 Friday Jan 2022
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got a text from my grandson advising he would be dropping a few things off for me today… he was supposed to let me know the day before he was coming, lol…
I had promised to make red curry lentils so I got started…
usually I put the uncooked lentils into the sauce to cook slowly as they simmer, but as I wanted to be sure they were cooked in time, I did them separately…
while the sauce and lentils were cooking, I made the rice in the Instant Pot…
felt a little more rushed than normal, but I had everything cooked and in containers in about an hour…
he picked the containers up along with some other treats when he dropped off items he had collected for me;-)…
he also brought a couple of gifts from my younger grandsons… an Indigo gift card and a monopod for my camera;-)…
lovely to get a few late gifts…
04 Thursday Mar 2021
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don’t see people for days…
but today it felt like the doorbell kept ringing…
there were two deliveries from the drugstore… they forgot something when they delivered last night and I called this morning to add something else and they sent it separately as the courier was already on the way…
a visit from a sweet friend… we stood outside and chatted for ages;-)…
boys playing hockey on the street… they broke a car window and were looking for the owner… I was very impressed with the fact they didn’t just run, lol…
and finally, my grandson dropping off groceries… he had dinner while we visited…
I knew he was coming, so yesterday I made his favourite red curry lentils… got 6 containers out of the recipe… I had one last night, he had one while he was here, and took home the remaining four…
22 Thursday Oct 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, comfort food, family, garden, goldfish, lentils, mask, moments, nature, pond, safety, shubunkins, snow, Technology, trying, widow
last night my grandson came over just after dark to bring me a few items and do some jobs around the garden… here he is arriving, thanks to my new camera…
and the goodies he brought… I’m excited to try the purple popcorn…
he took the pump out of the pond, moved the heavy furniture onto the back deck, and then we spent time trying to catch fish…
two cellphone flashlights lit up the pond as he searched for the fish… amazingly he caught one of the shubunkins… quite a feat as they look mainly black in the pond and by then it was very dark out, lol…
I’ve been masking up now whenever he is over because of where he works… last night I ended up taking off my glasses as they kept fogging up, so I was trying not to fall into the pond… which was a feat as there are a bunch of rocks that have been pulled out of the water and are all over the deck, lol…
because I knew he was coming I had made our favourite red curry lentils and packaged up some for him to take home, along with a couple of items for the others… he was sad to hear he had to share the lentils;-)…
had some of mine for breakfast…
16 Sunday Jun 2019
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this morning I had a cup of my favourite tea with a bowl of red curry lentils and rice… not my usual breakfast…
yesterday I made the curry as a gift, and kept a tiny portion for me… and apparently was craving it…
we had ribs and potato salad for supper… delicious… always love the first potato salad of the year;-)…
so happy about the tea… great to have a full box… it makes it even more special and I enjoyed every sip…
also got the waterfall running, and the fish are in the pond…
my grandson and I are planning to pick up some new goldfish in the next few weeks as we are down to three… it will be nice to have a small school, lol… hopefully the big ones won’t eat the new little ones…
05 Monday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, grandson, lentils, meatloaf, supper, treat, widow
my grandson met me at the office and came home to shovel…
he took this picture of the lit trees on our drive…
he shovelled and I made supper… we had the last meal in my ChefsPlate box which was a lentil meatloaf…
tasty, although I would use the processor to get the carrots and onions smaller another time… enough for three meals I think… he liked it although it was a bit heavier than he imagined… we also decided that the BBQ sauce might be better in the mixture instead of on top of it… will have to make it again with the changes and see how it comes out…
enjoy having supper with him on nights when he has time after he finishes with the snow…
always a treat…
23 Saturday Apr 2016
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woke up to a cool looking sky out the window … the clouds made an interesting design…
had a good time with my grandson… he came over around lunchtime to help me in the garden…
made his favourite red curry lentils for lunch and then we got to work…
raked up all the leaves and pulled up lots of dead grass… filled three yard waste bags…
while he finished up, I put the furniture into its usual arrangement and cleaned the tables…
then we moved the rocks that came out of the pond in the Fall… we are going to reset them to have a better look… will probably be getting rounded rocks because the flat ones just don’t look right around the edge of the pond…
looks good back there now… hopefully the temperature will perk up and I’ll be able to sit out in the next few days…
he got the front yard cleaned up as well… next time we are going to tackle the front flower beds…
enjoy getting to spend time with him…
working outside reminded me of my walk through the woods yesterday…
similar type weather… made me think of one of the lovely cards I received for my birthday… it is a copy of a friend’s painting…
bit more sunshine in that picture, lol…
29 Monday Feb 2016
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up and about fairly early for a day off…
ran some errands and picked up my hemmed jeans… my girls will be so proud:-)…
found a few pairs of socks and a nice white t shirt to go together with the jeans…
stopped in at DAVIDsTEA for the free cup that I heard about by email… really enjoyed the Mom’s Apple Pie flavour… and came away with this, lol…
it is a gorgeous shade of purple and keeps things hot or cold… also collected some tea that I had earned…
my shoveler came after school and cleaned up all the snow… it was really cold out and he had to come in midway to warm up his hands…
we had supper – the red lentil curry – and he headed home on the bus, with curry, chicken and dumplings, and pistachios in his bag…
always enjoy spending time together…
27 Saturday Feb 2016
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big girl pants, lazy, lentils, orchid, plants, red curry paste, skating, sports
lazy day…
spent the day watching sports… some great figure skating and speed skating on… also watched a few cooking shows…
only actual chore I managed was to water my plants… noticed that my amazing orchid, which I bought mid-October, has finally started to drop some of its flowers…
it has bloomed for over four months…
decided to make the red lentil curry for supper… and to double the recipe as the can of tomatoes was twice what I needed… was putting everything together after I cooked all the lentils, only to discover that I had green curry paste not red… oops… so I made it with what I had…
not quite the same but still tasty… a bit more spicy than the red version, lol…
enjoyed it with brown basmati rice, cilantro and brussel sprouts on the side…
08 Monday Feb 2016
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big girl pants, chili, grandson, lentils, palate, paths, shovelling, snow, supper
it snowed on Thursday and Sunday… and there was lots of blowing yesterday… my shoveler wasn’t able to get over, so tonight he met me at work and rode home with me…
he cleaned the paths and driveway after a short hand warming break…
looks great after it had all been tidied up… also happy to see that the solar lights are getting enough sunlight to turn on at night…
then we had supper together and a short visit before he took the bus home…
supper was the leftover chili which I had made for our family dinner last night, but the kids ended up staying at home…
I had listened to a show on chili making and decided to make this chili with kidney beans, mushrooms and some ground veggie burger with onion and diced tomato… used garlic, cumin, oregano and chili powder… just tossed things into the pot without measuring…
came out very nice… he liked it, even when I told him it was veggie burger meat… he has quite an adventurous palate… sent him home with a bag of red lentils… the last time we had dinner together he loved a red lentil recipe I’d made and wanted the recipe, lol… now he can make it at home for the family…
nice to spend time with him…
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