Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I'm Sick of Soup

I love soup, but this last week I have had nothing but soup.  I caught that terrible cold that has been going around and I didn't feel like cooking.  Nothing sounded good to me so I ate soup.  I ate borscht, hamburger soup, chicken soup, turkey soup and minestrone soup and  I am sorry to say I AM  SICK OF SOUP!!! Now I'm feeling a bit better (still coughing and sniffling) but I can't eat any more soup. So tonight I'm making some stuffed zucchini with salsa. Yum! Real food! I adapted the basic recipe from "Winners" Best of Bridge Cookbook

 STUFFED ZUCCHINI WITH SALSA
1 medium zucchini scraped out
1 lb lean ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
8 crushed 65% lower sodium Ritz crackers
pepper
Some flesh from the zucchini
Mix all the ingredients  except the zucchini until well mixed. Fill the scraped out zucchini with meat mixture.  Bake for about 45-60 minutes. Add homemade salsa( see recipe page) and cheese and heat through.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy New Year

Well that's another year gone and over with and a fresh clean year is standing before us.  Like Anne of Green Gables says "tomorrow is a fresh day with no mistakes in it".  I plan to start the new year exactly like that, fresh with no mistakes. No regrets, no worries, no doubts.  I plan to make every day  hopeful, healthy and interesting. I plan to take advantage of all opportunities that come my way and live every day to the fullest.
My Dad just turned 82 on Christmas Day and he was bragging to my brother that he no longer does 20 push-ups every day.  He now does 25! My Dad is in great shape. When he first told me that he did 20 push-ups a day I asked him if they were girl push-ups .  He said no they were the real kind. My sisters and brothers are all hoping that we have his genes.  Sure he drank and smoked, had stress in his life, but after retiring he quit smoking, drank less (home made wine doesn't count) fished, hunted, golfed
and did all the things that he enjoyed.  My Dad practically lives on fish. He walks quite a way to his fishing holes, carries all his fish back plus his gear. I want to be that active and healthy at 82.  Due to my salt free requirements, Dad cans salmon special for me when the fish are running. Dad makes this in the pressure canner  and adds nothing to it.

                                                     Dads Canned Salmon