I’m prepping food for the week so it will be either stuffed poblano peppers or baked chicken with sautéed veggies.

Its Harvest (what my family calls Thanksgiving - because its traditionally about HARVEST time - the crops coming in and celebrating with food, with the community people do it in many different countries). So Turkey, Tofu Loaf (for the vegans/vegetarians), stuffing, veggies, Miso gravy/Turkey gravy, mash potato.
For desert there is apple pie and pumpkin pie

The things I like best about it is

1) its "orphans" Harvest, meaning lots of old colleagues of Dad's come, some of my step mum's friends, my mum comes (they are still friends), and any of my friends that want to come. Its usually about 20 people.

2) because so many people have IBS/Colitis/Celiac there are 2 different types of stuffing, 2 different types of pie, lactose free alternatives, and also vegan/vegetarian offerings.


3) everyone gets along - no one is right wing. We are all socialists save maybe 2 or 3 people and they are leftists (not centrists) so there is very little bullshit to put up with. Just the dementia stuff from mum now and in large groups mum is very quiet.

I look forward to Winter Solstice and Harvest dinners because of this. :)

Happy Harvest Everyone!

Cheese dip and tortilla chips.

I had a big bowl of New England Clam Chowder or Chowda! with crackers. A sweet tea to drink.

I went to my son's place for dinner. His gf made breaded pork chops which she soaked in pineapple juice, let marinate for awhile before breading them. It sounded horrible but they were actually quite good. She served fresh spinach pasta with an Alfredo sauce which she made herself with a pasta making kit my son recently bought her for her birthday. I would not like that for my birthday but she was thrilled with it. Since my son really likes Brussels sprouts she also served those, not home cooked, frozen from a Green Giant bag. I was skeptical when I saw her nuke them in the microwave, in the bag they came in, but they tasted great. They were nicely pre seasoned, surprisingly weren't mushy, and didn't stink up the house since they only had to be warmed not cooked. We had milk and water to drink. Afterwards just coffee no dessert because we were all too stuffed. I took most of mine home and there are enough left overs for two meals out of it. Wow! When she cooks she really cooks!

Had a procedure today where I had to be put to sleep and couldn’t eat so needless to say was starving. Made my mom stop on the way home (had to be driven home) and got a big ass burger and fries. Yup sure did. And man it was good.

My honey brought me Thai curry and Tom yum soup since I’m sick with a head cold.

I cannot say how much I’ve missed Thai in general. The spice was so nice. I could actually taste my food....

I baked a spaghetti squash and once it was done and cooled a bit I scraped it and sautéed the strands in some olive oil with kosher salt, fresh ground pepper and some nutritional yeast.

Pizza and a garden salad. Waiting on a delivery from a place that’s new to me. I’m famished. Hope it’s as good as the reviews indicate.

What are Belly Flops?

We had diced chicken with zucchini noodles and Parmesan cheese and garlic.

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These yummy peppers, compliments of Costco and the InstantPot

I had a very late lunch and my stomach isn't cooperating so gonna lay off food unless I really get hungry. My stomach has shrunk some so I don't eat as much but I have heartburn bad, it was a foot long spicy Italian with no chip just a drink.

cheese and pepperoni bagel bites
quart of butter milk to drink

Last night was ham and brussel sprouts. So glad I did food prepping this weekend for 4 breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Makes life easier when I’m swamped at work.

My Dad used to badger my sister and I into trying new things (food) when we were young (under 10), things like fried onions and broccoli. One day after we had refused once again to try his precious buttermilk, he added nestle quick to a glass, and asked me if I wanted chocolate milk...I took a drink, and spit it all back into his glass!

Nasty stuff, nasty nasty stuff. Lolololololl

Maybe you just haven't tried buttermilk with the right food. It's delicious with a warm piece of cornbread (real cornbread, that is, not that Jiffy stuff).

My sister would drink buttermilk straight up when we were kids! She didn't even need any food to really enjoy it I guess!

That's how my mom would drink it, too. I like to dunk mine with cornbread. So good.

heartbeet salad-sauteed, sweet potato crinkled cuts & shaved brussel sprouts on a bed of romaine lettuce, cucumber, purple onion. Sliced pickled beets on top with Thousand Island(homemade)
sourdough garlic toast:byebye:

Mine would use buttermilk in some cake recipes, too. She didn’t eat pigs feet but would roast or bake them for my dad and sister.

I’d pass on the feet, but would enjoy a small bowl of chit’lin’s with a little hot sauce. Maybe I’ll order some for the New Year.

I did not like buttermilk when I was a child. I could not get past the thought I was drinking old, soured milk. Later, as an adult, I had to acquire appreciation of it.

I like it best straight, just like regular milk ... get it really good and cold, chug it! Also, it is great for indigestion ... coats better than regular milk.

Never tried pigs feet on purpose. I did eat frog legs once by accident. I was tricked. A bunch of us had been out on the river skiing and drinking all day. We ended up at a party that night which served lots of freshly cooked food. I was wolfing frog legs when I started noticing my friends snickering. They were delicious, tasted like chicken. Who could know? I was side-winding drunk, told it was chicken and had no reason to doubt. When I realized the truth, I turned away from the group and the mouthful went into a napkin. It was over --->>> never to be revisited again. Makes my stomach flip just thinking about it. Ugh! And every once in a while, I run into someone who starts out with, "Remember that day when we were all drunk at the river ..." LOL!

Last night was:

Organic butternut squash ravioli from Costco with....

Sautéed onions
Baby peas
Sliced portobellos
A light vodka sauce
Shaved parmigiana

Omg, yumbolicious!

My plan was Pistachio Pesto Crusted Salmon. I got to the grocery and I didn't know how much fresh basil and parsley I needed to buy to make 1 1/2 C of each. :(

Stuffed red bell pepper and sour cream

bowl of tomato bisque soup with saltines, root beer to drink ... I've not had that soup in a long time --->>> it was delicious :)

Bratwurst, long grain and wild rice, steamed mixed veggies. Ice tea to drink.

Thank you, G! I tried to make this for dinner this evening:

http://citronlimette.com/recipe_arch...rusted-salmon/

The salmon was good but the pistachio pesto not so much. Someone made it for me a few years ago and it was wonderful. Unfortunately, I didn't do so well.