4 years ago I had a heart attack ( from a hypertensive crisis). Since then I’m cooking about 90% of my own food, exercising a wee bit more, have lost 15 lbs and my BP is back to normal! I applaud cooking for yourself 100%

The Teflon scissors that are made for paper crafting work really well cutting open plastic vacuum packaging.

I rarely buy beer in winter (bourbon or red wine seem more appropriate) but now I’ll need to go score some Grain Belt. Thanks for the recipe!

Noosa is delicious but it’s really much more like a dessert than a snack/light meal.

I disagree with Melissa Clark. I made bone broth and then veggie broth (both turned out perfectly) and then made yogurt after washing the ring by hand. Ugh! The yogurt has a faint vegetal/oniony flavor. Fine for savory uses but don’t want to eat it sweetened.

@annapoetic is the Twitter handle for Andrea Jenkins, the trans woman who won a city council seat here in Minneapolis. Poetic justice indeed.

Tuna and anchovies are the only canned fish for me. Canned sweet corn is all right. (I shudder to think of potatoes or green beans in a can) Red Gold tomatoes and any canned bean.

Ohhhhhh smoked trout. Adore

A kind of modified Salade Nicoise is my go-to. Romaine-a lot of it-topped with canned tuna, lightly cooked green beans, boiled skin on potatoes, hard cooked egg and ripe tomato. Top with a greek salad dressing and kalamata olives.

April Bloomfield’s vegetable salad sandwich is just about perfect IMO. Can’t make it until we get real, summer vine ripened tomatoes, so it’s a July/August/Sept thing. Good bread, homemade ‘dressing’ (fancied up mayo or miracle whip), sliced tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, and crunchy lettuce. Season the veggies…

yes

That reminds me of when my eldest (now 28) was learning to ride a bike. As we rode around the block for the umpteenth time she shouted back at me: “My vagina hurts!” I wanted to stop her right there and tell her the diff between vaginas and vulvas.

Jeez I work in a Drs office. The number of guys who come in in shorts/flip flops/tee shirts is astonishing. I feel as though the clothes you wear to mow the lawn should be left at home. Put on a decent pair of slacks and a nice shirt for the MD.

Oh man I love Dumb Ways to Die. It’s a fun phone game but the video above is the best part of it!