Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Eggplant, CBR Jars, and so on...

In addition to my visit to the retina specialist today (so far, so good, on that), I managed to get that eggplant I inherited last weekend peeled, sliced, and done up. I took the easy route. I just sautéed the thick round slices in olive oil until just tender. Then I stashed the 6 slices in a container. Over the next 3 days, I'll take 2 at a time out, drizzle some canned tomato sauce over some shredded pepper jack, and add 3 tiny frozen meatballs - sort of like a poor man's (or lazy woman's) eggplant parmesan.

I also made 3 peanut butter jars full of CBR. That's what I've been calling a quickie protein medley I've been enjoying the past few months. I toss 3 things into a bowl from their cans (corn, black beans, and Rotel), stir to mix gently, and put into the jars. I freeze 2, and the other goes into the fridge. I always have a container of cooked brown rice in there, and when I just do not feel like fixing anything big-deal, I toss a few spoons of rice into a microwaveable bowl, and half a jar of the CBR medley. It's satisfying, filling, and tasty. Makes a nice healthy protein bowl because corn and beans make an almost complete, or complete protein - depending on where you read about it.

Also took the time to cook a pack of Farmer John breakfast sausage links (maple flavored) from the freezer - I'll chop/slice one or two at a time into my veggie omelet servings for a while for a change of pace. If I don't change things a little now and then, the same food, healthy though it might be, it can get boring.
Rolling along...

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