These past two days have been productive, in one sense. I’ve
been trying to get a lot of food prep done so that it is easy to just grab
things and either defrost and heat, or defrost and mix with other things.
Today, I made two different blender purees. One is
veggie-based: cucumbers, canned red beets, kale (from freezer), and canned
tomatoes. I can no longer eat that kale because there are too many hard stems
but they puree nicely. The other mixture was fruit-based: oranges, canned
apricots, and fresh strawberries. I often buy tubs (2#) of plain yogurt and I
can add some of each of them and have a really healthy smoothie. If the flavor
needs a touch-up, there are always things in the fridge: chocolate syrup (I
know, I know, not healthy), honey, coconut (left over from something or other).
Right now, I have an overnight batch in the slow cooker. I
inherited some foods from a couple who leaves for the summer, so I decided to
cook up my oldest meats before starting on the newest batch.
Tonight, it’s a ham bone and black eyed peas. I’ve never
made the black eyed peas from scratch before. Every recipe I found wanted
things I do not have in the house tonight. So I just tossed in a can of Rotel
on the bottom, added the 2 bags of frozen black eyed peas (12 oz bags), and
found a bunch of green onions that were awfully skinny critters. I just took
the kitchen shears and snipped them into half-inch pieces and tossed them in,
too. We’ll see what happens when it’s finished in the morning. Should be
interesting. Or not.
I also cooked down some diced fresh apples and pears and
packed them into containers. I can no longer eat the fresh ones just as they
are, but now I can easily add them to my cereals.
Thursday, I stopped at the mechanic’s and had them do my air
and fluids. Time was when I did those things myself but he doesn’t charge his
regulars and it is easy to get there. My tires and fluids are ready when the
hot weather returns in a week or so. It was 100 on my porch yesterday...
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