19 Wednesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carbs, family, food, meatballs, moments, remembering, sauce, spaghetti, supper, widow
this morning I dug meatballs out from the freezer…
then I made a sauce to go with them and decided to add the spaghetti to cook in the sauce…
once it was cooked, it went into the fridge to cool down which helps reduce the carbs…
when I reheated half of it for my supper, it was delicious;-)…
18 Monday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, family, garden, grandson, meatballs, melting, memories, moments, nature, oven, remembering, shovelling, snow, supper, weather, widow, youngest
had my youngest grandson over for dinner last night…
had to think for a while to decide on what to make as the oven is still not working, lol…
decided on spaghetti with meatballs and sauce… while I was making the meatballs, I was remembering doing that with my dad… he made great ones and they were very small… and they never fell apart, lol…
mine came out okay, but a few of them did seem to disintegrate… I used the broiler, which is still working, to warm up the garlic bread…
my grandson is on a moneymaking kick as there is a big school trip planned for next year, so he did some shovelling for me in the garden… the plan was to move the snow around that was in the mountain at the edge of the deck… he did a good job;-)…
hopefully this will help in the melting process…
15 Friday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, delicious, fruit, Ivory, meatballs, mix, moments, palak paneer, smoothie, treat, widow
today’s meals seemed an interesting mix…
my breakfast smoothie was a bit different than usual… included banana and strawberries which was a treat as I don’t usually include fruit…
lunch was at Ivory and they had some of my favourites at the buffet… palak paneer, vegetable pakora, and lamb… lovely…
supper felt a bit like a snack… had gazpacho and some delicious meatballs that I dipped in a homemade sauce…
not sure if I stayed under my calorie count for the day, lol…
26 Thursday Jul 2018
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beet green buns, big girl pants, conversation, friends, George, meatballs, tomato, tomato sandwich, Transport Canada, vacation, widow
just had a lovely conversation with a friend I haven’t seen for years…
we worked together for Transport Canada when we were in our twenties… a couple of years ago, lol…
she made the very best little buns with beet greens inside them that were cooked in a cream sauce… absolutely delicious… I have found no one else who knows how to make them…
she mentioned that every time she makes meatballs she thinks of me… I taught her to use Worcestershire sauce and A1 when making burgers or meatballs… a trick from my dad;-)…
I often think of others when I do or make certain things, but it never occurred to me that others might think of me, lol…
was just thinking of the most amazing tomato sandwiches that George would make…
what a lovely way to start my vacation…
01 Saturday Apr 2017
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. soup, beloved, big girl pants, ChefsPlate, chocolate, cold, eat, hyacinth, jammies, meals, meatballs, missing, omelette, recover, sick, smell, widow
have really taken the day to rest and recover from the cold I’ve been struggling with all week…
these are some of the times when I most miss my beloved… he always did a great job of looking after me…
jammies on all day and the only thing I did was prepare meals…
for breakfast I really wanted to order something, but dragged myself down to the kitchen and took inspiration from the cute woman at the resort who made all the egg dishes… cooked up mushrooms, green onion and spinach and made an omelette with a little cheese in it as well… came out very nicely…
for lunch I chose the last bit of my zucchini basil chicken soup with chips and some Mexican chocolate… seemed like just the right combination, lol…
for supper made one of the ChefsPlate meals… still enjoying the process of preparing the meal… and it tasted great…
turkey and spinach meatballs…
as I was sitting in the living room waiting for the meatballs to finish cooking I could actually smell the hyacinth…
hurray, the cold is starting to let up…
13 Thursday Oct 2016
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. soup, big girl pants, ChefsPlate, dark, early, meatballs, moment, moon, widow
up and out very early this morning for a work event… it was really dark…
no birds out and about at this hour, lol…
the parking lot was empty but I got a nice shot of the church steeple…
we all enjoyed the turkey vegetable soup at lunchtime… there was a single bowl left… always a good sign…
when I arrived home the ChefsPlate box was at the garage door… was really tired but decided I would make one of the meals…
chose smokey pork meatballs over cracked wheat with sautéed Brussels sprouts and peppers… really appreciate the clear directions…
took about thirty minutes to pull it together… it was delicious and I have lunch for tomorrow…
as I lay watching some PVRed shows I am enjoying the beautiful moon through the window… didn’t even bother to take a photo…
enjoying the moment;-)…
02 Sunday Oct 2016
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this afternoon I made some tiny meatballs…
felt like I was channeling my dad… he made the best meatballs ever… and the tiniest, lol…
haven’t made meatballs since forever… of course now that I’m not supposed to eat pasta I haven’t bothered even with meat sauce…
remembered the times we made spaghetti from scratch with my parents, Aunty Minnie and her mom, Mrs. Jenetta… tasted amazing and we had such fun…
to make the meatballs tiny, I used a melon baller that the wonderful Jacqui Eade had me purchase for a great dinner party that she cooked for my friends and I…
great to remember these special moments…
maybe I’ll make spaghetti for supper tomorrow…
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