More things are changing in my profession. I was all set to go to Emmetsburg Maryland next week for a FEMA class. However, due to the massive cuts it became virtual. I'm disappointed. FEMA's Emergency Management Institute has be a staple of learning for emergency management. Without funding, we may lose it entirely. My job [...]
I thought this week I would go for old school comfort food. I love chicken and dumplings, but it is a high calorie food. I am using several recipes and making my own. Each has their own thing that I am taking away from it. The initial calculation for calories is about 900 calories. What's [...]
Our social life has been picking up as of late. That means I don't have as much time to cook. We got together with some friends for an evening in. I ended up cooking up a Middleastern spread with hummus, tabbouleh, keto pita, and hashweh. They brought a board game we had never heard of [...]
I'm finally in the mix working on our old house. Back to more physical labor. Even though we are not doing as much to this house as we did on our new one, it's still a lot. When you live in a house for a long time there is a lot of wear and tear [...]
OMG! Have you ever wished for something for a long time and it finally happens? That for me is the house being finished. Well, I am finishing my last task this week before the final cleaning at the end of the week. I installed the final floor this past weekend and Tony is finishing up [...]
I decided this week to go with a soup. It's not quite sweater weather yet, but Tony loves soups. Frankly, so do I. I wanted to go with something simple because we are still working on the house. We are in the home stretch and everything we finish just makes the house complete. I am [...]
Boy, laying floor was killer. Managed to smash my pinky with a hammer. Luckily, it's not broken. It looks pretty nasty, though. I haven't finished the flooring yet, so I will be working another couple of days. In the meantime, I have to make dinner. I chose something simple this week with my favorite ingredient, [...]
Tony is going to stay on the soup thing for a while. I have some more beets to use up. He tried to go back on the beet juice kick when he wasn't able to eat anything solid. It wasn't pretty. So, this recipe is more about being creative with the ingredients I have on [...]
I was going to do another recipe this week, but I realized I did something I do quite often. I adapted my own recipe. The original recipe was for Turkey, Split Pea and Broccoli Soup. Tony had a wisdom tooth taken out last week and wanted something that was soft and flavorful to eat. He [...]
I can't seem to get enough bean recipes. Dry beans are no sweat with the Instant Pot. Throw the dry beans in the pot with the rest of the ingredients and after 35 minutes of cook time, they are perfectly cooked, even if they are old. Using the traditional cooking method, sometimes I would get [...]
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