Monday, November 8, 2010

Just Me, Blathering On...

I don't really have much important to say, so let's see if I can blog about nothing in particular and hold your interest. I'm determined to make it at least one week in NaBloPoMo.

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I took Bubby in to the pediatrician today. We hardly ever go in except for our well-checks. I was worried he had an ear infection since he'd had a cold and has been super cranky, pulling at his ears, and nursing all night long. The good news is no ear infection! The bad news is these teeth are obviously really bothering him. The top right one cut completely though today (yay!) so I'm hoping teeth 4 ,5, and 6 are also planning to make their appearances shortly.

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Beanie & Bubby played catch today. With the O-Ball. Well, as much as a three year old and an (almost) eight month old can. It was so neat to see them actually playing together, not just Bubby trying to roll and Beanie trying to show him the way. Or crowding his space.

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The kids got up at six today (damn you Daylight Saving Time!!!) and we actually had a pretty productive morning. I washed our sheets and comforter, washed pans, vacuumed the living room and hallway, folded some laundry, went to the pediatrician's, went grocery shopping and put our dinner in the crock pot (Indonesian Chicken -- delish!). I'm feeling quite accomplished today. It helps with my depression to really get on a good roll in the mornings, otherwise the days just seem to waste away. Or things come up. You know with two kids things always come up. After this little break, I'm going to finish up a few more chores and I'll feel really good about today.

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And, totally random, but does anyone have a recipe for bean soup? We got some delicious looking beans at Costco and I want to make some soup.

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I'm also trying to plan out all our Thanksgiving fare. A lot of things will likely be easily adapted. The one recipe I'm most worried about is the stuffing. Not sure what route I'm going to take with that. I'm going to try our pumpkin pie recipe with coconut milk instead of evaporated milk.  I saw some Sunny Valley Wheat Free pie crusts at PCC and they're also dairy-free & soy-free so I'll probably use those. I'm planning on a few test runs with the recipes so I'll let you know how they turn out.

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That's it I guess.

What did you do today?

6 comments:

  1. Can you have corn? If so you could do cornbread stuffing...

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  2. I agree that getting off on the right foot in the morning helps with depression/ anxiety. I took both kids on a long walk this morning and went to town in the kitchen.

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  3. I never thought of using coconut milk instead of the canned milk for pie. And I really wanted pie.

    That crock pot recipe looks wonderful. What do you use in place of soy sauce? Li Li is still reeling from soy I ate 10 days ago.

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  4. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Caribbean-Pumpkin-and-Black-Bean-Soup-102524

    http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/vegan-black-bean-soup/Detail.aspx

    http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/vegetarian-recipes/tomato-chickpea-soup.php

    A couple of our family faves...and sometimes we add meat (not to the pumpkin one - it is already very hearty) depending on what we are feeling like.

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  5. I use balsamic vinegar with a dab of molasses in place of the soy sauce. Works great.

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  6. Here's my bean soup recipe. You can add real veggies if you have any on hand. I use the powder stuff because I'm usually in a rush when I toss it in the crock pot.

    http://countrylifewithcountrywife.blogspot.com/2009/03/easy-as-bean-soup.html

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