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I'm so hungry for good seafood. You're not helping 🤣 It sure is beautiful there. Dip a toe in the pool at least

I admire your restraint in not purchasing everything in that store lol. I think I'd have to ban myself from the cheese section.

I've definitely been doing really bad about about sticking to the low carb/no carb thing. I hope I'm not slowly killing Ronnie one French fry at a time lol sigh. It's just hard in the throes of winter. I want alllllll the comfort foods and that means carbs. So, I hope I'm forgiven by his doctor. But I bet I'm not. Anyway. We've finally climbed out of the deep freeze. The snow that hasn't melted will today. I've turned the heater off that was by the pipes in the basement and turned the faucets off from the incessant dripping that was driving me crazy--but that's better than busted pipes. I better order my seeds for the garden within the next week or so because spring is fast arriving. Picked up a Sam's rotisserie chicken and got several meals out of it --quesadillas was one. Zoodles with the last of my venison meatballs and salad Really wanted some seafood so I dug out some of the oysters from the freezer--I have enough left for one more meal. Did some shrimp Alfredo with a mix of zoodles and regular pasta (I blame @Dejah--her shrimp alfredo up yonder looked so good). I had one jar of "apple" pie filling left that I canned --it's actually zucchini-so I made a galette for dessert Pizza night because I had left over sauce Chicken wings, squash and a cabbage salad Jalapeno sausages and fries Last night I climbed back on the no carb wagon and did SV'd pork chops, salad and cheesy cauliflower and broccoli

I bet the people really enjoyed getting that delicious looking pizza! I know I would. I, too, am cheering you on and wowed and awed by what you're doing.

Welcome Kevin! I just saw your gorgeous cauliflower soup

Well that is just beautiful! There is a law that states that we are not allowed to eat health food during any type of snow, ice and severe cold. Looks soooo good. I want your shrimp Alfredo--I might just have to make that tonight. Like a lot of us we have snow and bitter cold going on. Today is supposed to be the last of it and then highs get into the 40's. I'm ok with that but I'm sure not ready for summer. Give me some cooler temps until at least March please I re-ran across that Vinegar Chicken recipe that I love so I did a smaller version of that. Doesn't look like much but it was good. Lamb stew that REALLY hit the spot. Fried chicken using what I didn't use for the vinegar chicken. My plate looks really puny lol. Broccoli salad, fries, kraut and German sausages from the Amish market. Chicken quesadillas Zoodles, my venison meatballs and sauce and salad under a mountain of basil.

I'd have saved them for St. Patrick's Day 😆 Great job as per usual! It looks delicious and I'm sure it tasted delicious! But. I'm going to have to speak to your husband. Garlic Parmesan Toast Cutie 🤣

PERFECT! I love the chopped onion, cheese and Fritos as toppings. And, I often use all different kinds of beans in chili because I have all kinds different bags open already. Great job!

I am glad it turned out well and I'm also glad you documented it. I look at this thread all the time for guidance.

Completely agree. I wrote back and thanked them. I got a response just now telling me to take as long as I wanted to think, the 30% discount will be available at any time so that's really nice.

I got another response. Ninja offered me 30% off on a new multi cooker or air fryer. I'd have to order directly from their site and they don't offer the 10-1 airfryer/ multi cooker that I would order if they had it. I don't want just a plain air fryer (that function still works so far on my Ninja) and I don't need another multi cooker to go with my 3 IP's lol. So, I guess I'll politely decline.

OH you're right. Math is not my forte 🤣

Also, by posting here I was able to narrow down the date when I got the Ninja from Ronnie. My Ninja is 10 years old. 😳 Lol bet they are like "girl, go buy a new one you idiot" 🤣

Ninja has already contacted me. Sent me through another troubleshooting exercise and then asked for pictures of my Ninja and of the serial number. Time for a glass of wine.

A while back I did a brisket that Ronnie had cold smoked ( 4 hours at 150F )--I SV'd it for 24hrs at 155F. Dry dry dry (the first time I did it this way it was excellent). We decided this brisket must have been way more lean. Anyway I did one for dinner last night (3.11 lbs and pretty lean). 155F for 16 hours. Perfect.

Welp. My Ninja has failed me. I honestly haven't even used it that much. I drug it out recently and was really liking the non-stick pot better than the ones in my IP's. Anyway, last night I was going to cook some bacon, sauté some onions and then pressure cook that with some green beans. Pushed the sauté button and it said VENT. I didn't have time to mess with it (I was immersed in my Broncos game) so I tried to figure it out this morning. ChatGPT walked me through all the trouble shooting tips. I cleaned a sensor, cleaned the magnet sensor, did all the unplug etc. Still stuck on VENT. So Chat said that the lid sensor has failed on CLOSED and that means the unit permanently thinks the pressure lid is present so it will never allow me to sauté again, I can only air fry and pressure cook. Apparently it's a very common thing to have happen to this model of Ninja. So. There are much worse things to have fail. I did send an email to Ninja describing everything. We will see if they get back to me--I'm sure it's not under warranty anymore so I'm really not sure why I took the time to write them. I guess I wanted to vent. Get it? VENT haha. Sigh.

I didn't know all of this! I definitely always think of the Cajun version because I didn't know other versions existed! I learn something here every day . According to Google a lot of the Amish that live there have roots from the Swiss Mennonites? I know they speak Pennsylvania Dutch. So I'm sure you're right! And thank you for enlightening me me

EXACTLY I should have known better 🤣

We went to lunch the other day at an Amish restaurant in a town not too far away from us. After lunch we stopped at the Amish meat market. It's a really great place -- they raise and make and sell all kinds of meats, sausages, bierocks etc. I was grabbing some German sausages when I noticed they had boudin! I was very interested to try Amish boudin so I bought a package thinking that if it was really good I'd go back and get more for my mom and stepdad (stepdad is Cajun). The other night we had breakfast for dinner so we could try it out. I think they have a very different idea about what boudin is...or the package was mislabeled lol. These were pork...so pork was the first ingredient listed, rice was second. The white dots might have been rice but....I feel like no rice was harmed in the making of this "boudin" lol. It tasted really good, but it was more like a spicier German sausage 🤣. Anyway, now I know what Amish boudin is. Ronnie's birthday was Wednesday. He requested fried gizzards and livers and a nice salad. I also made a small chocolate sheet cake --that's his favorite. \\ Last night I made beef short ribs in the IP. I got them from Misfits. Kinda pricey but I needed something fun and different to make. Mashed cauliflower potatoes and collards to go with

Yay for Instacart! I wish we had that around here sometimes. Everything looks delicious--as usual! Especially that dressing. I want. PS--the non-bolding of the cornbread dressing would have made me bat-s*** crazy. You're a saint to have not said anything 🤣 Cornbread Dressing I had to bold it to make myself feel better.

Salad (sigh) and SV'd lamb chops Italian stuffed peppers and cooked to death green beans SO tired of making the same things so I did Drunken Noodles with shrimp (noodles were shirataki) and a cucumber carrot salad with a lime juice/honey/rice vinegar/sesame oil/chili pepper dressing. Had to go out to eat for lunch and took home some uneaten fried mushrooms--reheated them in the air fryer and I was really impressed. Ronnie liked them better than the first go around because they were nice a crisp. Air fryer is probably getting a permanent place on my ever dwindling counter space. Deviled eggs, shrimp scampi and SV'd steaks also

I'd do the beans, too. They're easy and when you doctor them up like you do they're excellent.

@TdeVSeveral years ago I was looking for ideas for meals/foods that I could freeze in portions to take to my Grandpa. This thread may be helpful to you? Edited to say: A tip that @Jaymesgave on that same thread was really helpful. Freezing in containers is good BUT there is the added chore of washing and putting away said containers. If you can freeze meals in ziplocks you can just trash the bags when you're done. Granted, not everything can be frozen in those but it's an idea to think about. Here is the post where she discussed more in detail what she did for her father.

Well I think you guys did great turning lemons into lemonade! I really appreciate you showing us your trip--I love that you take us along Also very much looking forward to seeing Komodo Dragons next time

Also, where is the candy section of the pyramid?