Anna N

Using my Joule. Cold water. Unit set to its minimum temperature and rapid, safe defrost.

For various reasons these ladies who lunch ( @Kerry Beal and I) dined chez moi today. There is a recently opened Portuguese chicken restaurant not far from me. Kerry drove here and brought back food for us. Grilled vegetables. Chicken. Fries. Custard tarts. There was also some sliced beef an egg involved. This was my plate. Kerry was not very hungry so snacked on bits and bobs. There are plenty of leftovers in my refrigerator so I won’t have to cook for a few days!

See there’s a reason I check in here because I learn something every flipping day.

Sufferin Succotash! Only better. No nasty lima beans but lots of tasty spam.

Shakespeare said it best: O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. None of us need much more than a knife, a cutting board and a pan. The rest is superfluous. Now just see if you can tear my Joule out of my hands or force me to give up my Thermomix.

Poached egg on rye toast, three small tomatoes and a bowl of salt. (For those who are horrified by the salt, I saw my doc yesterday and I am borderline salt deficient — so there!)

Roasted green beans seasoned with TJ‘s umami powder. I had a slice of pizza first then the green beans and a little later in the evening some toast and cream cheese.

I had the same thought as Kerry. Frozen long pig.

Don’t do it! True friends will never be able to get enough of you!

Spam onigirazu with hot mango chutney. More breakfast than I usually want or need but I know what my day holds ahead and this is likely to be the only thing I’m able to eat until this evening.

I do not know. But I used a butane table-top burner for a long time for many things. It’s not as though it’s going to be running for hours on end. There’s nothing wrong with making sure that you’ve got some good ventilation though while you’re doing it. Used sensibly by sensible people I do not think it is much of a threat.

For the duration of our stay in Manitoulin we wanted some basil. There were no basil plants to be had. Yesterday @Kerry Bealbrought me a lovely, flourishing basil plant. I reheated two slices of frozen pizza and anointed them with an overly generous chiffonade.

Plain and simple. Corn on the cob with butter and salt.

A reasonable person has a very good friend who gives them a beautiful donabe that is induction compatible. Just saying.

I think you got the answer from @liuzhou but if I had answered you myself I would’ve simply said because I ate them with chopsticks. 😂

Chinese-style eggs with tomatoes.

Corn salad. I sautéed the corn to give it a bit of color, added some chopped onion, chopped tomato, cubes of cheddar cheese and slivers of a wood smoked salami that I had received as a gift. With something like this salami it makes sense that meat be used a condiment! Just a little is enough to season the whole dish and make everything nice and smoky. I still have not done a grocery shopping since I returned from Manitoulin! So not bad all things considered.

“Baby steps” as my son is wont to say when he is encouraging his mother for better or for worse. He paid a visit today and took care of a whole bunch of little jobs so I ordered in pizza. I have frozen what was left and will have lots of quick meals in my future.

Thank you. Yes I skipped the butter as I didn’t feel it necessary.

Ha ha. Thank you but you are giving me credit where I do not deserve it at the moment. I’m just using the same little dish over and over again so I don’t accumulate dishes that I have to deal with! Serve, eat, wash, repeat.

Hot toast. Hot coffee. It’s the little things that count. Toast is topped by cream cheese and chutney. (The wall-to-wall people will be horrified but you do what you can!)

Fresh corn with miso butter. Simple but good. I might do it again in a bit as I have another cob of corn.

On her way out to a luncheon date my daughter dropped off these amazing tomatoes that she had grown. I was eating them like candy and then decided perhaps I should incorporate them into my lunch. Toasted rye bread with cheddar cheese that I just barely melted and these lovely tomatoes. Life is good.

Just a quick follow up on the imported Albertan water on our meal trays. I did get a response and if anyone can fathom the logic in it I will be happy to listen. Basically we import water from Alberta because nowhere in Ontario can we get 4 ounces of water in little teeny plastic cups to put on the meal trays. I have responded with my shock and horror!

Onigirazu with egg and TJ’s umami seasoning.