diet starting today

[elkhound]

game is suspended till further notice...barsoom in winter weather lock down again.

 

[sonya123]

week 36 day 3

today vegetarian pasta with walnuts and lentils, I have made this before and it's pretty good
I will use a store jar of pasta sauce most likely. There is one kind that does not have corn syrup or sugar in it: Classico roasted garlic. Whenever I see any of them I buy like 3.
The other thing I buy that doesn;t have sugar in it ( because I don't like it in there ) is Dukes mayo. It's more expensive but mayo with sugar in it doesn't taste good to me.
Just got a jar of peanut butter without sugar. Haven't opened it yet. WHy do they have to put sugar in EVERYTHING???

 

[sonya123]

game is suspended till further notice...barsoom in winter weather lock down again.

I look at the weather forecast and want to cry.....

 

[elkhound]

I look at the weather forecast and want to cry.....

i may get a shot of vodka and soak in tub and dream about ashley abbot today while i wait for todays episode of young and the restless !

 

[sonya123]

i may get a shot of vodka and soak in tub and dream about ashley abbot today while i wait for todays episode of young and the restless !

if we didn't have the animals and son didn't have to drive to work I wouldn't care, but we do. He has to go to work tomorrow but there is no sign of snow magically disappearing. I hope the snow cables I got for his car will work

 

[sonya123]

https://themodernproper.com/walnut-and-lentil-bolognese

here is the recipe , made this before and it was really good

 

[elkhound]

ice station zebra in lock-down mode still !

 

[elkhound]

ice and snow were heavy...but at noon today a big bright sun came out and started melting it all...i was able to get to trail and hiked entire length...i can see snow and ice still on the mtns but its melting....met some young fellers working for county and they were out clearing trail systems in county...met a young fellow and small children hiking and his girls wanted to go fishing today since schools were closed....hope for society right there.....glorious day but no wildlife.

p.s. seen 6 electric crews taking lunch break on way home....they working on getting all power restored.

 

[sonya123]

late today but week 36 day 4

chicken, yellow rice, sweet potatoes, broccoli

AND I was bad again and baked a cake ( it's a German recipe with chocolate and nuts in it)

I was very very surprised to not lose power in the storm. Only internet this time. Son said he saw a tree on a powerline trying to catch on fire ( sparking) on his way home today

 

[sonya123]

week 36 day 5

cake is half gone ( and it is a big cake), I only had 1 piece, will have 1 more today after lunch

I have no idea what to cook today yet, didn't take meat out of the freezer. Might just make pizza and soup

no pizza today, making Korean rice bowl with ground goat , spinach and salad. Have some spinach to use up. I guess I will defrost the goat in the microwave

 

[Amish Heart]

I check the labels to make sure there is no high fructose corn syrup. Aldi sells catsup without it..their organic brand, and they sell Duke's Mayo that doesn't have it. Bummer you have to pay a buck more for each, but it's worth it. Haven't found a barbeque sauce without junk that doesn't cost a fortune, so better to make your own and use the good catsup to make it. I don't mind real cane sugar, but do mind the high fructose corn syrup.

 

[elkhound]

hiked....37f and sunny...not as bright and powerful as yesterday.....seen 3 squirrels and 2 deer....despite the bad weather disaster here...life is good...live it !

 

[sonya123]

week 36 day 6

since it is supposed to rain all day and I have lots of time to cook, I might make calzone today instead of pizza, plus vegetable soup
No hiking today definitely

 

[sonya123]

week 36 day 7
today going to make sweet and sour chicken, rice and soup. Have to cook the rice without the rice cooker unless we have the generator running ( we run it a few hours and then turn it off, just to keep the freezers and fridges cold)
I haven't cooked rice in a regular pot in a while haha, forgot how

 

[sonya123]

week 37 day 1

haven't weight myself in weeks, don't want to

Today pinto beans, cornbread, collards, fried pork belly
Son stole my soup pot to boil water in yesterday , so no soup. I don't feel like looking for it. ( water was dirty and we had no power)

 

[elkhound]

hiked.....32f and sunny but cold wind blowing...1 fox squirrel and song birds and a lost or feral Benji type dog...a first i seen at this location.

 

[sonya123]

hiked.....32f and sunny but cold wind blowing...1 fox squirrel and song birds and a lost or feral Benji type dog...a first i seen at this location.

I hate it when people dump off dogs in the woods, we have had some come here before too
last one I took to the humane society. I tried keeping her but she peed in the house everytime anyone looked at her.

 

[elkhound]

hiked....35f and very cool air blowing..not sunny .....no wildlife !

 

[Amish Heart]

hiked....35f and very cool air blowing..not sunny .....no wildlife !

Geesh, hiking sounds pretty good about now, but not happening. I see neighbor Marlon out clearing snow with the skidster and he's got his electric jacket on and a full face mask. Sooooo Coooollllldddd. Two more days of it.

 

[elkhound]

i didnt see any wildlife today while hiking...but when i was out in forest early on a heard a hawk and i found him sitting and watching me..can you see him...i am not smart enough to crop picture to make it closer up.

 

[Pearl]

i didnt see any wildlife today while hiking...but when i was out in forest early on a heard a hawk and i found him sitting and watching me..can you see him...i am not smart enough to crop picture to make it closer up.


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Oh yeah, can't miss him!!

 

[Amish Heart]

i didnt see any wildlife today while hiking...but when i was out in forest early on a heard a hawk and i found him sitting and watching me..can you see him...i am not smart enough to crop picture to make it closer up.


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Very majestic hawk!
I am very bad at thinking about a diet on a day like today, or a week like this week...can't walk outside, so been inside baking and cooking all day...homemade bread, brownies, potato salad, just did some more boiled eggs and bird bread, and haven't started dinner yet. Oh and a huge bowl of fresh fruit cut up. Maybe that qualifies as diet like. Ha.

 

[sonya123]

week 37 day 2

kimchi stew and rice today
plus had a ham and cheese sandwich around 6 this evening, something I haven't had in a while ( a sandwich)
plus a beer

 

[sonya123]

Very majestic hawk!
I am very bad at thinking about a diet on a day like today, or a week like this week...can't walk outside, so been inside baking and cooking all day...homemade bread, brownies, potato salad, just did some more boiled eggs and bird bread, and haven't started dinner yet. Oh and a huge bowl of fresh fruit cut up. Maybe that qualifies as diet like. Ha.

yep, same here! I can't wait till it warms up and I can have banana smoothies in the evening again! Right now, they would make me way too cold
And yes, fresh fruit counts !!

 

[sonya123]

i didnt see any wildlife today while hiking...but when i was out in forest early on a heard a hawk and i found him sitting and watching me..can you see him...i am not smart enough to crop picture to make it closer up.

I wonder if that's the one that ate our pigeons!! LOL
nice photo!

 

[sonya123]

week 37 day 3

today collard greens with rice , found some nice looking greens at the store yesterday and they were cheap like $1.50 for a large bunch, grown in the US too, not from Mexico. I wonder where , didn't say

 

[elkhound]

Very majestic hawk!
I am very bad at thinking about a diet on a day like today, or a week like this week...can't walk outside, so been inside baking and cooking all day...homemade bread, brownies, potato salad, just did some more boiled eggs and bird bread, and haven't started dinner yet. Oh and a huge bowl of fresh fruit cut up. Maybe that qualifies as diet like. Ha.

when you used the word brutal talking about your morning chores...i was like it must be rough for one of toughest on planet to say that....!!

 

[Amish Heart]

when you used the word brutal talking about your morning chores...i was like it must be rough for one of toughest on planet to say that....!!

Looking outside this morning, I do not feel like the toughest on the planet, I feel like day two is going to be brutal-er. Negative 2 with wind now, going to negative 9. I don't know if the turkeys are even alive at this point. But I'll let you know later. If they are, then they are the toughest turkeys on the planet for sure.
Amazingly, it's supposed to be in the 60's in four days.

 

[Pearl]

It's cold enough here at 12° with a 30mph wind!! My two outside kitties act like nothing is different, they got their bellies full and went back to their insulated house and heated mats! Buddy did ok, he has fresh water and hay, not too crabby! Hopefully we see a little sun later. Nice warm up next week!

 

[sonya123]

week 37 day 4

I feel like quitting lol, but can't ....the lambs have to come out one way or another, regardless of the weather. All I can do is hope for the best and do things different next winter ( like not breed the sheep to lamb in winter at all )

Making goat curry today, with rice, mango salad, and some sort of lentils
no soup, I did make Austrian dumpling soup yesterday and have some left