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Today was avacodo toast with one of those Polar kipper snacks. Minimal cooking, yet tasty.

Made a salad from scratch today, one of the benefits of working from home. Had spring mix, cukes, bell pepper, blueberries, sliced olives, feta, and dressing.

I want to make Julia's moussaka recipe later this week when I have time. Got the stuff for it, using impossible beef instead of lamb. When the recipe says eggplant skins, how do you peel eggplant? Just use a potato peeler or...? Can't remember having peeled moussaka the last time I made it...

Leftovers today: ham, quinoa and peas. The ham I had made a Julia Child recipe with, basically was ham simmered in a wine-cream sauce. I don't usually buy it, but received free from a family member, so made the most of it. Do eat some meat, but am trying to reduce my intake of red meat due...

If you like seafood, almost anything with fish or shrimp is kind of fancy. Actually, shrimp scampi is something I'd consider kind of fancy, and might make for New Year's. Have with a decent white wine. Shrimp is also not that bad for cost if you buy the little ones.

Dark chocolate is a semi-guilty pleasure. Good red wine is definitely a guilty pleasure with how much it costs these days. Also, ice cream, especially chocolate ice cream.

I made a pasta salad earlier this week with shells, mayo, tofu as the protein, diced celery, carrots, and onions. Didn't have peas to add, or I would have thrown some in. Had the last of it for lunch today.

Today having leftover Pasta con le Sarde, which was the first dinner I made in my new apartment. The sauce freezes well.

Had leftover chicken (was Julia Child's casserole-roasted chicken), I cooked up a bunch of it.

I also do photography and crochet. Photography gets me out of the apartment, and crochet I do while watching TV in order to avoid snacking.

Phylli cheese steak

I thought apple cider vinegar was supposed to be good for you in general, or is that just hype? Not sure I'd be eating vinegar daily, but I do often make a basic vinaigrette to save money on salad dressings. I also use it for cleaning.

Thanks, I live in Minnesota, though I am in the Twin Cities area. I will probably go with the veal liver, Walmart has it for less than $5 a pound. There's not a huge demand here for the super gourmet foods. Yeah, you can order online at places like Wild Fork, but the shipping is expensive...

It seems that there is not much demand for kidney meats where I live. When it does come up in the grocery store search engine, it’s very expensive, over $100 for a single item, and even plain old beef or pork kidney doesn’t come up at all. If I want to make some of the Julia Child recipes with...

Mine was Avatar 2 on streaming. I avoid going into theaters alone these days, for the most part. Just too risky nowadays.

Made the "Sauteed Cod With Lentils" recipe from the Gourmet Today cookbook. Did not have cod, so I substituted rainbow trout. Turned out pretty good.

Had a little bit of two different salads for lunch today, a parsley/grated carrot salad and a corn/avocado salad.

I made an eggplant and tomato hotdish out of a Middle Eastern cookbook. Very tasty and healthy. Served with brown rice.

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For supper, I made a mung bean currry recipe with tomatoes. The curry seasonings were pretty typical, but it was good. Had it with cooked bulgur.

31 degrees with light flurries.

I buy canned seafood quite a bit -- it's a good cheap high protein snack out of the can (some are, anyway).

For many things I have to, it's the only way to get my work discount unless they change it, which I'm hoping they will.

I live in Minnesota. It's snowing mixed with freezing rain and 30 degrees. Has been snowing since early this morning.

Today I had leftover homemade curried pea soup, recipe courtesy of one of the Moosewood cookbooks.