POG PUB 2025-2026: About damn time. For a lot of things. But not everything.
Happy New Year, everyone.
I'll let you all mentally fill in the categories in the title.
last weekend about a dozen of us drove out into the woods to stay at a work friend's place in the woodsplace was originally intended as weekend home but colleagues in law lived their solo now - he wasn't there that weekendone of the people there saw a puzzle that was 2/3 of the way complete and decided to complete it - nobody said anything and i wasn't sure if they were ok with
I'd have punched that puzzle completer square in the nose.
I got Spring Fever.
I was going along ok until there's been a foot of snow on the ground for two weeks and zero degree temperatures and high cutting winds and not even leaving the house for walks with the doggos and just now something inside me has broken.
Spring is here. Come on down.
Brutal. You need a winter house down here.
88 here yesterday in San Diego
Getting all the way up to 53 Fahrenheit here today! Practically summer...
Recommitting to healthier meals full of fruit and veg here today...
Started with a smoothie of frozen banana, frozen mixed berries, and soy milk:
Followed by a tofu "egg" salad sandwich wrap with tomatoes, green onions, and sliced cucumber: (not pictured: pink lady apple)
A butter bean/tomato/kale italian inspired stew with vegan mozzarella:
And finally a pbandj on whole wheat with natural peanut butter and grape jelly: (not pictured a giant carrot, a handful of Cheetos and a large orange)
As a Buddhist I instinctively seek a middle path.
Glad you're feeling better, VR! I need more smoothies in my life as well.
very nice VR!
healthy food is my favorite food
VR,
That's ART! 😀
Spending a cozy morning roasting veggies.
completed: gold, orange, and red bell peppers for artichoke paella, broccoli and cauliflower florets for orange tofu grain bowls, spaghetti squash for veggie side, corn kernels for black bean chili and cornbread
in process: mushrooms for polenta
upcoming: butternut squash
air fried bagels, and avocado for my last three meals.
I'm thinking NYT #1 best seller here
lmfao
me and VR could do a cooking show. for decades now I've been meaning to do a cooking show called "bachelor chef"
it would have been funnier when I was young. now that I'm old, it might just be sad
Strong comedy on this page!
lolol
results of this morning's labor:
Behold, the prep shelf in my refrigerator: front, left to right: tofu egg salad, butter bean tomato and kale stew, roasted garlicky mushrooms for either wild rice or a mushroom polenta dish, roasted carrots with chili salt for snacking, roasted corn for cornbread to serve with my black bean chili (black beans are cooked and in the freezer, ) back, steamed spaghetti squash, roasted red and gold bell peppers for artichoke and pepper paella, cooked chickpeas for the paella also, and also for a chickpea and butternut squash curry.
not pictured: the applesauce oatmeal cookie bars I made for breakfast, the peanut sauce I always have on hand, and my "cheater marinara" that I try to also always have
barely visible: the lemon zinger infused iced tea I made yesterday
