Since last week, i'm working on trying to lose 17 kg of excess weight. As a sincere believer in pasta, this is requiring some lifestyle changes, like cutting out as many carbs as possible. Yesterday, a spicy chicken-vegetable soup was on the menu




It's a great soup, but what else can I make when I can only use vegetables and protein?

There's a reason why the number 1 food of choice for Hollywood actors to gain weight rapidly for a film role is pasta. And how do new Sumo wrestlers gain weight during their training? RICE.


Carbs suck!

Sounds more like Carbs Blow!

Late yesterday evening it was refreshing, a nice cool off before bed
pool temp is 30c (86f) just now, not putting the water through the solar panels now as it could quickly get too hot, I have had it up to 36c but that was like sitting in a cup of tea
The water is slightly salt and I use a chlorine generator, it is far easier to maintain that, than adding chlor bloks every few days/weeks, all I need do is keep an eye on water balance and vacuum the bottom every week, around 76cubic meters of water (22,077 US Gallons) 16ftx32ft area and 1.2m deep (47") I could fill it up by another 4" but then it splashes out when the kids are horsing about in it.

Out of curiosity, do you have A/C at your house? Just asking since I know homes with no A/C in Europe is still quite common. I figure that is fine during the winter months but it still gets really hot in the summer in most of Europe.

no airco here, the house two doors down has it but not seen any others in the street.

today the air temp in the shadow is 30c at the moment, and going to be 31c (iPhone says 29c which is the forecast for here) inside the house is 26.4c

That's not too bad IF you aren't doing any kind of strenuous physical activity or sitting in front of a running PC. Then again, I tend to get hot and sweaty VERY easily so I keep my house consistently at around 23 C.

26.4 inside the house is BRRRRRR!!

You know that's in Celsius right?

OH! NVM. HA!

26.4C to F is 79F.

That's too warm! HA!

We keep the air at 77 and at night at 75 or I can't sleep.

We just made this. Hot outta oven.



https://www.pillsbury.com/products/cinnamon-rolls

I had a "Parisian Breakfast."

I smoked two cigarettes while drinking a cup of coffee.

Dang NoFlyBoy, you are hitting at my weakness

We didn't want toast again at breakfast.

May sound weird to many but I am having fresh mangoes + banana omelet those days.

Cheers,
Slug

And supposedly the Dutch breakfast is one pancake and two cigarettes!

Met stroop 'turlijk!

We have a 5# corned beef, 5# tato, 1 1/2 # baby carrots, 3# cabbage head. BUT which recipe to use?

https://damndelicious.net/2015/03/02/slow-cooker-corned-beef/

https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/slow-cooker-corned-beef-cabbage/

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/84270/slow-cooker-corned-beef-and-cabbage/

Will use this recipe in a large use once foil pan, cos the slow cooker not big enough for the beef. https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/oven-braised-corned-beef-brisket

5 hours in the oven at 300.