It’s a Chai Spice Banana Bread kind of morning. Made a loaf for the family, and then two batches of mini loaves (to be sliced, wrapped tightly, and frozen shortly) for the treat boxes. Recipe in comments!
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Today’s oatmeal, steel-cut (better texture for me, plus added fiber), with apples sautéed in butter, shredded cheddar, and chia seeds. Not sure it counts as a lowering-cholesterol kind of meal, given the whole milk, butter, and cheese. But tasty! And a nice balance of savory (salted oatmeal & cheese) and sweet (from the apples). Very
Well, today’s oatmeal experiment was less successful. You warned me, but now I have empirical evidence that I do not like making steel-cut oats in the microwave. I will not be trying that again. (I will probably try the overnight method at some point, but the problem is that I don’t necessarily know the night
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A friend came by for lunch yesterday; we had talked about getting Indian takeout, but I’m trying to eat a little healthier, and I had time, so I ended up cooking Sri Lankan instead. (Not to claim Sri Lankan is inherently healthier than Indian, just that my cooking is usually healthier than restaurant takeout.) I’m
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This morning’s oatmeal — my doc says I need to lower my cholesterol a tiny bit, so I’m experimenting with oatmeal options. I had a banana that was on its last day, so oatmeal + banana + a heaping teaspoon of Nutella. Yum. It looks a little ooky when you mix it all together, but
Arrived at my parents’ house to a lovely lunch of pittu, fish curry, fried fish, and vadai. My dad doesn’t really cook, and my mother is still in the rehab facility, but he’s lucky that there are some young Sri Lankan families nearby that he has good relationships with, and they’ve been dropping off meals
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Night-time temperatures are starting to drop, so I’ve begun pulling my tropicals back inside. Usually this is a frantic process when I suddenly realize that we’re about to have a hard freeze; I thought I’d take it a little easier this year and bring them in bit by bit. This one is turmeric, which typically
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Autumn mornings — oatmeal and knitting. Between start of semester, ChiCon, eldercare, and catching a bad cold, I haven’t had time or energy for knitting in a while, especially something that takes as much concentration as this pattern. Nice to come back to it. Breathing in that crisp fall air…
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I stopped in at new Fritzi’s Delicatessen on Oak Park Ave., and asked the nice young person behind the counter to recommend some things. I tried everything he recommended: • whitefish w / bagel • pastrami sandwich on challah • matzoh ball soup • beef short ribs braised in pomegranate sauce And also: • potato
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