Yesterday I was making chicken picatta, which is super fast to make. I had planned to make it Thursday evening but slept through the entire afternoon. I had told Vince we'd eat about 4 because we had a huge breakfast and I still wasn't hungry. I was sitting knitting and Vince said "You know it's 3:15!" Nope . . I'm knitting and I lose all track of time when I'm knitting. Lazy and distracted . . ...
Normal?
Normal is a word that seems to have no meaning to me now. The only thing that would be "normal" is if we could go back to a time before all this started and either stay at that point or somehow not have the virus. Neither can happen. The powers that be say this will end some day. Will it? These same people said "Don't wear masks. They may make things worse!" They could have said "Don't scarf up ...
Missing Teeth
Nicole sent me this picture this afternoon. Does she look excited? It's been almost three months since I saw her and this picture made me so happy! She looks happy and that makes me happy but dang it, I miss her! ...
Breakfast
Most mornings these days, we have a quick breakfast - cereal or toast with peanut butter and then we get busy working in the garden. Today is a drizzly, windy, halfway cold day so we are not working outside and I fixed a big breakfast. I think I'm addicted to Blake's biscuits. They are so good and the leftover biscuits are something I look forward to having too. I cut them open, ...
Prepping – Getting Started
There are only a few serious rules that I think are super important with prepping. Others may have more or different rules but mine are this: Buy/store only what you love to eat.Figure out a way to "control" your food. You have to be able to use the oldest things first. Rotate your stash. First in/first out.Keep a list! Today I'll talk about the foods to buy. Buy What You Love: I've ...
Snacking Non-Stop
I saw this recipe for Rye Pretzels. Oh, how we love rye. Then there are these Chocolate Salted Caramel Bars. I have a bag of caramels but I may not have 14 oz. It looks like it would be pretty easy to half the recipe and that's more than enough for us. I've mentioned this before but when I'm on a road trip, it's like I have to eat snacks I wouldn't normally eat. I usually stop first before I ...