MaryIsobel

Reminds me of a line from an old country song (warning: not PC at all) "I never went to bed with an ugly woman but I sure woke up with a few."

What an interesting recipe. I just bought bananas today so might just give this a try in the morning. It is left uncovered after the flip?

Me too! It used to be sold in 500ml cartons but no longer. There is no way I go through a litre before it turns into a science experiment.

My husband is somewhat the same although he doesn't get the meals that Moe does! He eats a pretty hearty breakfast, no lunch and usually a pretty light dinner. I usually have toast and an egg or cereal and fruit for breakfast, no lunch and the same light dinner. Most days. I do however like cold pizza for breakfast!

I have had good crab cakes a couple of times in my many decades but I would rather buy a Dungeness, make a garlicy, lemony butter and pick and dip.

Looks great but honestly if I ate that for breakfast I would have to go back to bed!

My husband and I were just talking about having mussels this weekend and this looks fabulous - thank you!

I can imagine that plantain (which I find less sweet and starchier than bananas) might be a better combination than a banana although still not sure about the mustard sauce but never say never...

Wasn't sure where to post this but since it was my lunch... I have mentioned before that we are in a quite rural area and a lot of foodstuffs are beyond my reach. We have this nursery in our little town. They have a walk-in cooler with flowers and vegetables, tons of indoor plants and of course all that you need for outdoor gardening. Oddly enough, they also sell cheese - good cheese. I bought a 5 kilo wheel of ghouda for my husband at Christmas. Saw that their weekly special was 50 percent off cheese. We love the packaged fondue for camping. I steam little potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower and it is a very "fancy" camping meal. Stocked up and bought 3 packages - good until September..

I'm having a hard time imagining the taste of that combo!

Even more mechanical help than that - growing old is not for the faint of heart!

Ya - try that with arthritic wrists. You're not wrong but I need some mechanical help these days.

Still learning my new phone - guess it was on Portrait mode so my meatloaf looks like an afterthought. It was good though; ground beef, panade, finely diced onion, thyme, salt pepper. Glaze was a bit of ketchup, hoisin, gochugang and worstershire sauce. Baked potato and decent greent beans.

Makes me want to tossed my planned dinner!

My sister and niece are coming for tea tomorrow morning. Baking supplies are a bit run down since Christmas, so Snickerdoodles to the rescue. They didn't crinkle much but they are tangy and chewy so imagine they'll do.

I didn't see this one - thank you! Appears it is available on the Amazon.ca too!

Haha - sounds like mine. I told my husband that I'm pretty sure he could dig post holes with it!

My current (Cuisinart) hand mixer is quite powerful which can be a good thing but it's lowest speed is more what I would consider medium speed and tends to fling things out of a bowl when one first starts mixing. I have searched for "slow start" mixer, "gardual start" mixer but haven't found one that specifically addresses this issue. I'm sure I read about one not too long ago. Any suggestions?

You are obviously feeling better! That looks great, I could down a couple right now. We call it Rock Cod here but I quite enjoy it. My husband often brings a couple home after a day of fishing.

I concur - with all the "easy side dishes" such as scalloped potato mix, and in my case, the instant rice/noodle side dishes, etc. Tell Ed to ask a middle-aged woman - males constantly ask me where things are although I am obviously not staff - I think they just figure - "she looks like she's been around the block a time or two!" Also, I am relatively tall - about 5'9" so I am sometimes asked to reach things on the high shelves.

I too was going to suggest dehydrated potatoes - either flakes or slices. I do believe that they are the best of commercially dehydrated veg. The flakes, as mentioned are great for thickening soups but I also use them, often when camping, when I know that what I have planned for dinner (eg. sausages and grilled veg) is something that my husband would liked to have with mashed potatoes. I'm not a huge fan of mashed potatoes but I doctor the flakes up a bit with sour cream, sometimes a bit of cheese and I cam make just one portion for him and he's a "happy camper." Again while camping, I rehydrate the slices for passable breakfast potatoes or grill them quickly as a side.

Looks like you are back in the game - good to see! Your gallo pinto looks much more interesting than that which we ate at least once or twice a day in Costa Rica. I love beans and rice in many forms but that which we had in CR was usually just beans and rice with little if any seasoning and never any added veg. Granted we mainly stayed at B&B type places and ate at "sodas." I'm sure that @Tropicalsenior has had better versions and probably makes a fine version herself. Our (abriviated due to Covid taking over the world) trip to Costa Rica was fabulous in every regard, don't get me wrong but for a long time after we got home I wasn't interested in any type of beans and rice!

If it sounds to good to be true... The Co-Op has them on for the same price this week, and I thought that was a pretty good price.

Great looking meals. Your plates are always so colourful! B/S chicken breast for .99 per pound? Wow - haven't seen them for that price for years!

Good to know. I used to get pizza from small indendent place where the shrimp was perfect. The I moved and made the mistake of ordering the same sort of pizza from Boston Pizza. Uggh - tiny, cocktail shrimp cooked beyond overdone. Turned me off shrimp on pizza but I will try your method.