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…
23 Friday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, experiment experience, family, food, fun, happy, lake, learning, missing, moments, recipe, tasty, Technology, treat, waffle maker, waffles, widow
came by a waffle maker not long ago and we decided to bring it with us to the lake and try making some…
this particular one had no instructions, so we went on YouTube to figure out the process…
not sure why, but I’ve never had, or made, homemade waffles, so it was a fun learning experience… a friend sent me their favourite recipe, which I printed off before leaving home… what I didn’t do was actually read the recipe, lol… so, we went to the store here to pick up a few of the necessary ingredients, like regular milk and baking powder, but we couldn’t find cake flour, so made do with plain…
it was fun searching the kitchen to find the items we needed for the process…
once everything was gathered, it didn’t take long to produce some rather tasty waffles.. we had fresh strawberries and also picked up whipping cream…
delicious and fun, although it does take a while to make them, lol…
a great experiment, and maybe supper will be chicken and waffles…
already thinking about other things that it might make;-)…
03 Saturday Apr 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, family, fancier, food, garden, moments, nature, potatoes, recipe, solar lights, weather, widow
today I made a new and fancier version of scalloped potatoes… was a bit of fun…
made up packages for a friend and my grandson…. felt good to prepare food for others, lol…
also moved the rain barrel, swept off the back deck, put out the solar lights, and set up a few chairs…
my Easter dinner for tomorrow is basically ready… ham is cooked and I will just need to make some asparagus or Brussels sprouts… not sure which it will be…
currently, soup is simmering on the stove…
04 Thursday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, friends, grandson, lentils, moments, recipe, ringing, visit, widow
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…
24 Monday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, delicious, food, leftover, moments, recipe, research, rice, supper, widow
I’ve used quite a bit of the leftover rice that I made last week…
so far I’ve made a few things with it… combined some of it with shredded Brussels sprouts; mixed it with shrimp and egg for a lovely fried rice; and combined it with meatballs…
but I am getting a little tired of it, particularly as rice isn’t one of my favourites, lol… I would much rather have potatoes…
but I do love rice pudding;-)… so I did some research and then made some…
had some for breakfast… it was delicious…
27 Sunday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, coleslaw, dinner, family, food, lesson, memories, mother-in-law, recipe, widow
this afternoon I made coleslaw… I used a recipe from a lovely church lady who is long gone… we used to make this recipe when feeding large crowds of people…
since then I have written down the measurements for half and a quarter of the recipe… sometimes I would mess up, using an amount from the full recipe for one ingredient and then maybe half for the next, lol… learned my lesson…
this always reminds me of my mother-in-law... she would make coleslaw and just know the correct combination of dressing ingredients needed to go in for the amount she was making… and it always tasted perfect;-)…
I do sometimes wing it now… and it usually works out, but today I went back to the recipe and put the extra aside for another time…
memories…
filled a large bowl as my grandson was coming for dinner… only to learn he likes the creamy kind, lol…
going to have some every day this week…
21 Monday Jan 2019
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yesterday I spent some time preparing a couple of recipes that I can eat throughout the week…
the first one I made was Calico Beans… this is a great recipe because it makes a lot and is very tasty… it is made with three or more types of beans… usually it also has three cans of pork and beans, but I picked up kidney and black beans and only one can of pork and beans, so I improvised, lol… it also has onions, hamburger and bacon in it…
after that I moved onto Curried Red Lentils… it is served over rice and is another delicious recipe… it too makes a good amount…
my grandson came over for dinner and this is one of his favourites… we had some for our supper, packed up some for him to take home and put away two containers for my lunch or supper this week…
I like it when I get organized and have meals prepped for the week…
19 Saturday May 2018
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big girl pants, chocolate, coleslaw, elder, mother-in-law, mug, nap, reading, recipe, Tea, treat, wedding, widow
set the alarm for 4 this morning to watch the Royal Wedding…
got some shortbread cookies from the freezer, almonds and Morden’s dark chocolate wafers… made tea and had it in a mug that had a bunch of birds perched on a branch, looking at something… lovely little treat as I watched…
had a nap later in the day and then spent some time reading in the sunshine…
baked some chicken, mashed cauliflower and coleslaw… it was very tasty…
reminded me of my mother-in-law who made delicious coleslaw, and a lovely elder who taught me to make coleslaw for large groups… I still use the recipe that has to be divided by four to make a reasonable amount for a family, lol…
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
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bacon, big girl pants, friend, lunch, pancakes, recipe, whole wheat, widow
had a lovely lunch at a new restaurant down the street from the office…
met with a good friend and had a great visit while we caught up on our lives…
saw some great pictures of a recent trip and enjoyed a delicious meal…
on my way home after work I picked up bacon to go with the pancakes I made for my dinner for Shrove Tuesday…
last night I dug out the pancake recipe that we’ve used for forty years and sent it off to my daughter, so it was all ready for me tonight… I did add whole wheat flour to the recipe… came out pretty good…
28 Sunday Feb 2016
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Academy Awards, big girl pants, chicken, comfort, dumplings, mom, recipe, simmering, smell
decided this morning to make chicken and dumplings for supper…
daughter isn’t feeling well so they didn’t come for dinner…
I think what I like about this meal is that it takes a while to make, but most of the time it is simmering on the stove so you don’t have to work away for hours, but that is what makes it comfort food for me… and the smell is delicious throughout the house…
I put chicken legs and thighs in a large pot with onion, celery, carrots with salt, pepper, bay leaves and water… brought it to a boil and then turned it down to simmer for a number of hours…
then I strained it, and while the chicken cooled down, put chopped carrots, peas, corn and barley into the broth…
took the meat off the bone and slid it back into the pot…
left it to simmer for awhile and then made dumplings using my mom’s recipe… today I included cilantro…
simmered for another half hour and then enjoyed it…
scrumptious…
was careful with my food intake earlier in the day so that I could have two helpings…
now to watch the Academy Awards…
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