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This lentil dish is seriously smelling like my Swedish grandma's house!

Ever smell something that gives you instant nostalgia? XD

@Totalanimefan: I am missing veggie broth for this lentil soup, but so far, so good. It smells good anyway.
I don't have IBS and the oil messes with my system pretty bad. I can't even imagine with IBS. e.e
I realized later that his family teased me from their insecurities. They really felt that their eating habits were cheaper than the 'organic' stuff. lol. XD
When I was pregnant 8 1/2 years ago, I stayed with his family and bought a giant fruit tray after they said something like "we cant afford fruit and that stuff".
They were baffled because my giant tray of fruit lasted me, alone, for a week and it was only 10$.


@blue: lol, I like that my brain went to High school and I was like "beer? wine? Whaht?!" XD My dad was always trying to force his daughters to eat more meat. Never allowed any of us to try the vegetarian route. A few years back, he had some serious health issues arise, and meat had to be severely cut from his diet.
It's weird visiting him now, and he sits and eats his berries and fruit for breakfast and some sort of well-rounded meal for dinner.

@Totalanimefan: My husband is the super meat-eater. He's getting rounder and he refuses to believe it's the food we eat. lol! The first time I met his family, I was a teenager. They were having a 'congrats and goodbye' party for my husband [bf at the time XD], he was headed off to boot camp that week.
Anyway, I felt like such a butthead because I couldn't eat any of the food they had served. =3=' They decided I was 'hoity toity' after that. XD
The food was all fried. Fried chicken... fried fries, etc. It was all deep-fried. At the time I couldn't stomach [even now], deep-fried foods.
They had no sides. or vegetables. OTL

mmmm, you should do fried rice. :D

@Totalanimefan: omgosh, I'm loving these recipes, I have a lot of this stuff at home. C:
I'm going to try the spiced lentils with carrots tonight. I already have everything. so YAY.
and the balsamic vinaigrette looks easy enough to make, but I don't have olive oil right now. :d

I've talked to @wildfire: a lot about changing my diet.
<3
I'm really open to suggestions. I've gotten better these last few months at being more 'risky' in the kitchen. My comfort/quick foods, I don't make as much anymore. I was one of those kids that grew up with ramen and soda in the house. I haven't drunk caffeinated soda in years.
Now when I make ramen, I add veggies and eggs and ginger. :3 <3

lmao, I rambling on about food, so I must be hungry. XDD

@Totalanimefan: omgosh, that link is making me drool. <3 Thank you.
We typically do bulgogi with rice and veggies. :3 My kids love broccoli and carrots with basically anything. XD I always have an over abundance of broccoli and carrots.
i really love squash, but being pregnant has been challenging because I'm craving foods I've never used before. lol! like spinach. XD and cucumbers.

I love a decent salad. <3 What dressing do you use? Kind of a weird question- but I've only ever used ranch, ranch is having a way of coming back up right now [thanks to the human leach growing in my hoo-ha].

@Totalanimefan: I'd gladly take some advice or favorite simple meal recipes. I'm expanding my kitchen horizons and still pretty new to cooking. :d
This week, I pre-cooked chicken and shredded it. In separate containers, I experimented with flavors. I wanted to find a yummy lunch-wrap recipe. So I'm down to a little bit of chicken left. I liked the chili-lime recipe best with a tomato basil tortilla/wrap.

As far as beef, I've been trying to do stews. but I'm sick of stews now. XD

We do a lot of asian meals here. My husband is amazing at throwing foods together and making it something good. My favorite dish of his is Bulgogi, but that's straight up ginger-beef.

@Wildfire: Our local ranches have been advertising selling half or whole cows to families who can afford to buy it outright. I did the math, and it's still more costly than what the grocery store offers. :c
I should just kick my husband out during hunting season and tell him to not come home until he has a deer or elk. lmao. XD

@Totalanimefan: I really need to seriously consider replacing meats with cheaper alternatives in meals. I have dried lentils and beans that got buried in a cupboard somewhere and my sister left quite a bit of tofu from her visit here.

I've been stretching out the meat meals, for sure.

@Totalanimefan: The increase in prices definitely hurts. Man, you barely got anything!
I spent 85$ today on just fruit and a couple pounds of meat.
I live out in the country and meat went up almost 2 dollars a pound this year. T^T

@Wildfire: I just went and bought groceries and now I'm cranky because of the increase of prices on things. T^T It was like.. 30$ more for my typical purchase items.

I hope your rug washes out the wobbles. lol. It seems really big, can a washer handle it okay?
I'm sitting here doing an art project with my son.

@Wildfire: I can't see the wobbles in the rug. If that makes you feel any better. lol.

I'm really hoping our local temperature goes up a bit. Our heating bill is going to be ridiculous. We have that frosty fog again today. /le sigh/

@Wildfire: I know there are local homeschooled kids in my town, I just haven't found their circle yet. CX
I think my roommate is headed back Friday. Tomorrow. To quote "I'm flying to Florida to hug my mom." me: as a mom, "hell yeah, I'll drive you to the airport."

You gotta tuck in your plants. <3 lol.


Oh My gosh! Your rug looks beautiful! I love the colors and how well they blend into each other. =O <3 I'm totally impressed.

@Wildfire: 3/4 of the moms are a part of a church about an hour or so from my house. =o They do co-ops and stuff. I'm not sure if I want to get involved with that.
My roommate flew out to FL the other day. :3 She's out there now visiting her mom. Her moms has been stuck in another country for a couple of years, easing out the pandemic. I can't say stuck.. more she chose to stay in that country since she felt the US was a little too wild during pandemic stuff. Cx
Anyway, no plans for me today, just getting kiddo done with school.
I'd love to see your rug!

@Wildfire: He's loving karate, I'm already seeing him get a little more confident. He's a pretty timid kid. I spent some time talking to the other homeschool moms. A new one came around today and she didn't even bat an eye when she handed me her phone number. She was desperate for other homeschool mom-friends.
I'm just making taco salad for dinner. I had leftover taco meat from the other day that needed to be used.

@Wildfire: We have one of those at our local grocery store. e.e' I avoid his line when possible. I'm sorry your errand was dragged on. D:

I just went into town with my son. He had karate and I bought some groceries for dinner.