Getting old means you can suffer an injury from eating, drinking, breathing, sitting, standing, or even just existing. No fun!
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Oh yeah. I’ve thrown out my back scratching it. IN BED 
Non-traditional borscht for 8 last night. When I first started making it, one daughter had been vegetarian for about 10 years, so I got a vegan recipe from a friend. After last night I had a sudden thought - “WTH am I doing? She’s no longer vegan - next time get the beef and/or pork in it!” (I did use a mixed beef & chicken bone broth.)
Anyway, here’s mine, with a sour cream “GPa” for Grandpa label. I personalized everyone’s bowl.
P.S. Although no one has ever thought I’d win any kind of Pretty Plating Skills Contest, everyone else got cleaned-up bowl edges.
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I was wondering if that sour cream spelled something out! But I thought it stood for GPA.
Yeah, I was neater with my personalization of the other peeps bowls, too.
My grandson (14 months) was double fisting from his (somewhat liquid reduced) bowl and was stained red from brow to chin.
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Last of the freezer lentil soup with a generous grating of Parm/Reg.
Day 2/10 of my antibiotic regimen, hopefully this kicks in sooner rather than later and purges whatever the fakk has invaded my body.
The only upside is, I’ve lost about 4-5 lbs so there’s that silver lining 
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BF wanted to go out, but was also worried about high rates of flu and other bugs in our area, so we compromised with cheeses and adult beverages in front of the tv (beginning a Cobra Kai rewatch).
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Tonight was soy-braised chicken with rice and green beans from the freezer with a side salad. Easy and makes some freezer space.
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Nice! What are the cheeses?
Trying to keep it simple and eat smaller quantities for dinner, and saw this in the cookbook I bought yesterday: Waldorf Chicken Salad. Haven’t made that in a long time.
I poached a b/s chicken breast I had taken out to defrost yesterday, chopped it up into small dice (vs shredding it), and mixed it with a small peeled, cored and diced Granny Smith, chopped celery, walnuts, and a combination of raisins and dried cranberries. The dressing was 2% Fage Greek yogurt, Duke’s mayo, a splash of lemon juice and s/p.
Put a couple of spoonfuls into a small tortilla and wrapped it up. Dinner…and several lunches.
No picture, because it was just a beige wrap. LOL
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At my annual checkup yesterday I asked for the pneumonia vax bc I qualify for it, and I can say my arm has never hurt as much from any other shot (flu, covid, shingles, you name it). I am impressed. Clearly, some powerful stuff… but I couldn’t even sleep on my left side last night 
While my dood was at work I picked up a dozen free eggs from my friend & swung by the fishmonger for a gorgeous piece of Norwegian salmon to be marinated in soy sauce, oyster sauce, 5-spice powder, ginger & sesame oil, then air-fried. Silly me used tongs to remove it from the air-fryer, which made it fall apart, no longer nearly as gorgeous 
It was tasty nonetheless, and even my PIC enjoyed it, who’s not a huge salmon lover. Most of the Indian rice from Saturday was re-purposed into vegetable fried rice with a couple of eggs, yu choy & napa cabbage from the crisper, ginger, garlic, and 4 Thai bird peppers for heat — the technique loosely based on WoL. The only thing that gave away its provenance were the Nigella seeds.
It’s cold out & this warmed us up nicely.
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Back to our normal dining routine – leftovers! Beef stew from the freezer with onion and carrots. Baby garden peas added just before serving (peas also from frozen). Mashed potatoes.
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Thanks! Usually the thickener is potato, with onions and carrot for flavor. Though I haven’t met a turkish lentil soup that disappoints!
(Nor a dal anymore, except everyone else’s top favorite black urad / dal makhani / maaki dal 
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Dungeness crab season began in the Bay Area a few weeks ago. I picked up a cooked crab from Safeway today and made a crab salad sandwich for dinner.
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Chicken & Vegetable Fried Rice for dinner. A special “thank you” to the poster that suggested “Blates”. Sunshine loves these things and wants me to pick up some more in different colors.
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I had the same reaction, my doctor told me it was a sign that I had a healthy immune system.
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