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Daily Food Diary – Day 7 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

Day seven and it is shaping up to be a stellar one.  We expect to see our temperature rise above the freezing point.  That’s not great for our already icy streets, but it will be a welcome break none the less.

So, yesterday I had an appointment with Lara, my Nurse Practitioner.   After my go around with my umbilical hernia on Sunday, I thought I should check in with her.  She is just incredible!   She checked me out, came up with a plan of action, and submitted a requisition for an ultrasound. We got home at two o’clock and by five, the ultrasound clinic had called to book an appointment on January 20th!  That is amazing.  With our overwhelmed health services, it typically takes a few weeks (or months) just to get an appointment set up.    Once we get the results, we will know what is required going forward.   It is so  comforting to know that we are in the process of getting this resolved.

FOOD DIARY – Day 7

(1) c coffee

(1) Breakfast sandwich – large baking powder biscuit (toasted and buttered),  1 slice Havarti cheese, 1 egg (fried in olive oil) and  3 slices back bacon ***

(1) c tea

(1) Small bowl of barbecue chips

(2) Bowls of leftover beef, vegetable, and barley soup

(8) Soda crackers

(1/2) c sunflower seeds (air fried in shells with Frank’s Red Hot sauce and a shot of lemon juice

Back bacon is NOT bacon

*** I am not a fan of back bacon.  It does not taste like bacon and while it looks like ham, it doesn’t taste like that either.  That being said, I spoke to a dietician a few weeks ago and she suggested I try using it occasionally as a substitute for real bacon.   Dan brought home a package of Lou’s Kitchen back bacon and surprisingly we don’t mind it at all.  It’s not bacon, but it is pretty doable – and the nutritional values are amazing.  110 calories for FIVE slices and only 8% daily value of saturated fat.   570 g of salt is pretty bad but I only use 3 slices per breakfast sandwich and we only indulge once or twice a month. 

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! ☺️💕

Only five months and a couple of weeks until summer! 👍

January 30th – Kitchen Duty

by annemariedemyen, posted in Canadian Meal Options

The last couple of weeks have been rather hit and miss when it came to home cooking so it is time to get back to pulling some kitchen duty.

Dan was home last night so it was a good evening to cook up a package of (frozen) shrimp we picked up last week. They were smallish shrimp so they were not the best – and they were a pain to clean, but overall the meal was doable. Dan helped by de-veining the shrimp and slicing up the garlic, onions, and mushrooms. 🤗

Frying a bit of garlic in butter to start the shrimp off with.
Sliced onions and mushrooms were added to the garlic.
Seasoning a small beef tenderloin that we would share. (Small but THICK)
Supper is served – Shrimp, garlic, mushrooms, onions and herbs on a bed of Fettuccine Alfredo, grilled steak and asparagus on the side. With ice water. 😊

Being Sunday, we started today off with a brunch of bacon, eggs, and toast. To be honest, we started the day off with coffee and by the time I had the bacon cooked, it was brunch time. (Ok! It was lunch time but we still called it brunch.)

I always cook more than enough bacon so we have some on hand for Caesar salad and the like. (This past summer I discovered egg salad sandwiches with bits of warmed bacon sprinkled on the eggs – SO GOOD!)
Brunch is served!

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day!💞

September 23rd – Quality of Life

by annemariedemyen, posted in Uncategorized

A large ‘piece of my mind’ has been busy struggling to get in and stay in a good place lately. I could go into any number of situations that have been driving this recent funk.

  • Federal Canadian politics
  • Saskatchewan provincial politics
  • City of Regina politics
  • People who whine about taxes
  • People who whine about everything they want the government to pay for (with taxes)
  • Covid – Version 4.0
  • Cranky Facebook people who whine about everything
  • Family issues
  • Health issues
  • FALL – dreary, dusty, chilly, FALL
  • Upcoming holidays 🎄🎃🎉🦃

So many reasons to be funked! But the bottom line is LIFE is PRECIOUS! Too precious to be wasted being funked out for any reason. Nothing on the list is worth more than the quality of my life.

So once again, I am just going to focus on LIFE! and the things that matter. Because life is too precious to let it slip away unappreciated. 💞

That is it for today folks!

Take care and have a great rest of the day!💞