@Totalanimefan: Congrats on making such good progress with your school stuff and getting through another class!
@koah:
@blue:
Good convo about food! I agree that it's confusing to me to hear people say "oh, it's expensive to eat healthy"... well, uhh... not really. Depending on the household dynamics, you can often get two meals from cooking once(-ish) if you plan accordingly... which knocks down the cost of ingredients. If you think in terms of overall cost through your lifetime, what kind of medical bills are you going to be paying later if you don't eat at least reasonably well now?? The other thing that baffles me is "I don't have time to cook healthy"... really? ... but you have time to sit around and babysit some premade something in the microwave for 45+ minutes? Do you realize how many healthy things you can make yourself in that same time period??

I made split pea and (leftover) ham soup last night with cornbread muffins for the guys - it was pretty good, tbh. My youngest was apparently boasting about it and had to take some to a friend to illustrate what a good cook I am - lol!!! I may even do another round of leftover ham (if there is any - lol) with sauteed greens (from the garden) and black-eyed peas (or something similar) for tonight :3

@Wildfire: Ooh, the sauteed greens from your garden sound really good. One of my favorite dishes is collared greens.

I wonder if perhaps cooking in general isn't just a bit intimidating, and moreso coming up with meal plans that are supposed to be healthier.

Good Morning. <3
I can definitely agree that cooking meals [for the first time] and meal planning is intimidating.
I've changed my entire food diet because of having children. :> I taught them at a young age what the difference between 'real food' and 'filler food' is. Which is something I wasn't really taught at home or school. We had health classes that very briefly went over diet health, but it was usually "as you know- ___ food is good for your heart." and it was easy to zone out after that.
My mom grew up eating garden greens and cooking with her mom. same with my dad, he grew up on the farm. I am child #9, the older kids got taught the home skills, and I got leftover worn-out parenting. Mind you, I'm not complaining. :3 I love my parents and they did their best. :3
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This pregnancy is seriously opening my eyes to how much fake flavoring and coloring is in quick foods. I've had to cut those out. and pre-pregnancy, I had already cut out preservative foods. =O

I'm making zucchini chips today. :3


@blue: omgosh! I'm so curious where you grew up. <3 [I feel like I've asked you before] Growing up with reindeer meat sounds amazing. :3
I really love game meat. I was given a Norwegian cook book and most of the picture-meals make me drool, but I have no access to game meats. lol!

@blue: YOUR ART! it's amazing! I love her! me! <3 wow! I totally appreciate your time and style for drawing my avi. <3
I wanna draw yours now. :3 Awe, I feel loved.

I found out my [adopted] daughter is allergic to some food coloring. Red dye being one. She was 6 and ate a red velvet cupcake and minutes later red was everywhere, it was a terrible way to find out her body hates red dye.

I've learned a couple of dishes from my family. But nothing 'normal', as far as Scandinavian foods. I can make crepes, lefse, krumkake and my favorite- PotetKlubb. OH and Swedish meatballs. XD lol. We really only make these around the holidays.
I grew up on the Washington state coast. So lots of salmon. <3 I used to hate it, but now I miss Salmon.

@blue: I really didn't take to fish until I was an adult. I still will only eat Tuna and Salmon. I'll occasionally eat some sushi with my husband.
I'm not familiar with pierogi, but I'm over here googling recipes. <3 Looks like something I would totally love to eat. You might have to give me some ideas here, there are a lot of different recipes for this.
I eat potet klubb bland with a side of broccoli. However, if you were to make the balls small, you could toss them into a vegetable, pork, or beef soup.
We always make a lot of potetklubb (potato dumplings), we have a tradition of slicing them thin in the morning and frying them up for breakfast. Either way, this food is extremely filling and if you aren't a potato demon, it's not yummy. lol.

I live in a small town in Oregon state, our restaurants are almost entirely Mexican cuisine. I would love it if something more exciting moved into our area.

@Wildfire: Good morning.
oh my gosh, you've got to be plop center in a populated area. =O If I ever make my way to FL for any reason, I hope I can rely on you to show me some good foods. I'd love to try alligator. XD lol

@Wildfire: You're in the thick of it all. :3 That's awesome. Once flights don't require covid tests and I've gotten through the baby stage with this unborn baby, I'll look at traveling again. :) I've heard a lot about FL, and seen pictures, but it would be pretty neat to go see it myself. :3
My dad swears alligator and rattlesnake both taste like chicken! lol
I'm pretty sure my uncle with his 6+ kids lives near you somewhere. I don't have a relationship with that side of the family though.

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Good morning.

I don't think it actually got to the freezing temperatures that were predicted last night... or if it did, it was barely and not for very long. I need to go uncover everything in the garden now that it was all bundled up... but first, coffee :3

Does anyone have plans for this lovely Sunday?

Other than dealing with the plants, it's looking like I'll be running to get groceries at some point. Beyond that, I have some work to do on the computer and the usual household stuff... I think.