Good Morning!
It was a pretty sunrise this morning - lots of oranges and strong pinks. And it is warmer this morning too - 28 degrees F. Mailing is flying home this morning so we will get to see her this week. Looking forward to that. She will be working locally for the week and then going back to Austin.
So how was your weekend? Mine was filled with cooking. Saturday I made curried shrimp chowder for dinner. To go with that I baked a loaf of bread - white and buckwheat flour which turned out very well. Sunday I cooked all day! I made multigrain pancakes for breakfast. We had bananas that were going to go bad quickly, so I baked a couple of loaves of banana bread - with the addition of pecans and dried cranberries.
One loaf is now in the freezer, but we had some last night and it is tasty! Lunch was deviled eggs and stuffed mushrooms.
Some of the eggs have capers on them. Two (for me) have pickled jalapenos. Yum!!
Thankfully dinner did not need to be cooked. I had taken a container of chili out of the freezer and we had that along with a salad.
I managed to do a little stitching, a little knitting (though the knitting was ALL backwards - meaning it ALL was ripped back) and a little reading. Nothing earth shattering, but a pleasant weekend. My back continues to heal nicely and I'm still not using any muscle relaxers.
A little later I will head to the office. I have some things I want to print in color and I'll check the mail. I will be home before lunch time! And maybe I can take a short walk today. I would love that.
Cheers to the week ahead - make it a good one!
my weekend was mostly recovery and liking food a little better each day. I'm hoping my energy levels return to normal sooner than later. Very pretty loaf baking you got going there!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that your back continues to improve! What a yummy weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you're feeling much better, Vera, and that's good news all around! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou were really feeling well, and I'm glad to hear it. My last loaf of banana bread finally convinced me that I needed new pans. Too done on the bottom and edges. They were old, old, old all aluminum ones from Rick's grandmother.
ReplyDeleteYou had a Good Food Weekend. The Curried Shrimp soup sounds terrific.
Glad to hear your back is improving every day. Clearly you were feeling better to do all that activity! Your banana bread sounds delicious, and that loaf in the freezer is a great gift to your future self.
ReplyDeleteYour continued back improvement is a good thing! That banana bread sounds delicious. If only I had some bananas!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are making such good progress! the bread looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYummy looking banana bread. And the stuffed mushrooms look delicious too. I really like them and haven't made them for ages. I am really glad that your back is better. Since you were able to stand so long while cooking, it must be much improved.
ReplyDeleteSo fun that you'll get to see Mailing this week. Hopefully Colin will be able to come home soon too.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
Such good news that your back is getting better. I'm hungry for banana bread now!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your back is healing! I made banana bread yesterday and it sure made the house smell good.
ReplyDeleteI made banana bread this weekend, too. I freeze bananas when they are overripe and use them for baking. Sorry about the backwards knitting.
ReplyDeleteOh, yum!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great weekend except for the knitting issues. That bread looks tasty, too. So glad you're feeling better! Enjoy that sunshine for us; it is pouring here, a real deluge.
ReplyDeleteThe cooking sure sounds delicious. Banana bread with pecans and cranberries - I might have to try that next time the bananas look too ripe. We have sunshine so hopefully it moves east to you.
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