Dodge Eats!: Buffy

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Some November 2021 Meals

I have stopped trying to keep daily log of meals. There are so many repeats and carry-in and now eating out it was just too difficult for me to do that now.

Here are some photos of meals we had during November 2021. Scroll down to the bottom then scroll up to see in order - I put the descriptions at the bottom of the photos.

Nov 26 2021 Breakfast treat I made by cooking down some canned peaches, added a few cranberries, and put into the crescent rolls with some powdered sugar cream cream. Well received.

November 25, 2021 Thanksgiving. Bernie put fresh rosemary under the turkey breast skin - very yummy. Sorouts were roasted with balsamic vinegar topping. Made cranberry sauce - tried to strain the berries out to make jelly, but ended up putting it back in so it would get firm. Made Heidy's cornbread sage sausage dressing and my mom's waldorf salad (not in picture) and put cream cheese in the potatoes the way she did. We had crescent rolls. And I made pumpkin pie with no-fail sour cream crust. Very nice. Made up a big plate for our neighbor, Tony.

Nov 23 2021 breakfast and carry in dinner of sushi and Alex's miso soup.

Nov 22 2021 - recreating my favorite dinner from childhood. Always liked this!

Nov 21, 2021 Los Angeles - the day after the walk on the way home we stopped for pastry and a great Mexican meal at Olvera Street.

Nov 20 2021 We walked the Great LA Walk - this time starting in Alhambra and ending up in LA.

Nov 19 2021 - We took train to LA for the walk. Stayed at Hilton Checkers again, so we knew where to go for a nice Irish dinner. Dublins in downtown LA.

Nov 18 2021 Dramatic sunset - and then walking Buffy in the park.

Nov 17 2021 I've been watching the British Baking Show so put sesame seeds on top of the hot dog roll ups to fancy them up. Found a painting we got years ago, done by Cheeta the Tarzan Chimp.

Nov 11 2021 - I was signed up for a Milk Street Class that ended up being postponed. I had all the ingredients so made the egg rolls. I used the air fryer instead of deep frying. Philippine recipe that had white vinegar. We didn't enjoy it so I didn't make the chicken as it also included white vinegar.

Nov 10 2021 - Korean Bogoli Beef (costco), Fabulous roasted carrots made in Milk Street Class, and Kimchi from our new local H Mart!

Nov 9, 2021 Semolina Gnocchi from Milk Street Class. Yum!

Buffy on her bed in the den. She likes burrowing under blankets.

Nov 8 2021 Buffy used to really enjoy sitting in the sun in the living room. I set up lots of boxes (had to add more after this photo was taken) to help her know the path she should take to get up and down. She ended up back in the den on her pile of sleeping bags.

Nov 6 2021 Buffy under covers in the window seat.

Nov 5 2021 Buffy searching for treats in her new brick toy.

Nov 4 2021 Buffy getting attention.

Nov 3 2021 - Lunch and some treats from H Mart- yum!

Nov 1 2021. After Appt I went to new H Mart - they have a great food court at the beginning. So after shopping for groceries brought some nice lunch (and lunch again) home!

Sunday, August 1, 2021

August 2021 - Meals

August 15th our lives changed when dear, little dog, Buffy, needed a serious operation. We are bringing meals in for almost all meals, so we can concentrate on her care and doctor appointments. She has had to have stitches added and removed and I think added again, and there have been several different changes in medication. As I type this though she is doing well, had a good morning, now sleeping to help the healing. Later today, she will enjoy eating carrots and finding treats using her sense of smell.

Not to say we were not already bringing food in before that as earlier in the month I was working on compiling our annual bookkeeping records (and it has been beastly hot here too). Needed to do the organizing of papers and information before things could be summarized properly.

Still need to go back to use the extra food I purchased while we began shut-in mode.

We started the month slowly going out again. Meals in outside and inside restaurants. Shopping in stores, and even driving and staying in hotels for fun. But now we have the Delta variant, brought on I believe as so many people are not getting vaccinated, our masks are being carried with us everytime we leave the house. We still leave to to shop though and get food. I'm glad we have the little trip though as it will be a while before we do that again.

We have been taking turns for these shopping trips and picking up food, so the record keeping is missing meals.

I was going to abandon the record keeping, but it seems we will be keeping to ourselves more again, so I will continue... I know though that this way of eating is not healthy as we have been gaining weight. I have not done formal exercise since the end of June and it took me a while to realize I could no longer have treats in the evening - so that is not helping in that department either...

Sunday, August 1, 2021

L - Picked up treats from bakery to eat at home with leftover pizza and jello with fruit

D - sausage/hot dog, baked beans, potato salad (leftovers)

Monday, August 2, 2021

L - nothing together - just ate nuts/raisin/choc Gorp

D - Figs, Campazola Cheese, Honey & Tuna Fish Sandwich with celery mayo raisins on date raisin Dudley bread

T - Dudley banana/date/choc chip bread and vanilla ice cream (A brought back from a wine tasting trip to Julian area)

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

L - Scrambled Egg and cheese sandwich with jam on Dudley date nut raisin bread

D - A Picked up Wendy's Salad for B, Spicy Chicken for A - J had yogurt and jam

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

L - leftover sausage/hot dog - baked beans - potato salad from DZ Akins (don't get that again- too much sour cream!)

D - Salad with turkey, cheese, celery carrots, tomatoes (cut and seed removeds), dressing with rice vinegar, honey, OVOO, S&P and seasoning

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Friday, August 6, 2021

L - Rubios Salads for B &J - Fish Tacos for A

D - BBQ Carry in

Complicated traffic circle in England. Just caught my eye on this day...

https://youtu.be/6OGvj7GZSIo

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/magic-roundabout-circumnavigating-worlds-complex-intersection/

Saturday, August 7, 2021

L - Leftovers - Dim sum and BBQ

D - Sushi!

Sunday, August 8, 2021

L - Mario's de la Mesa

D - Jack in the Box - hamburger for J&B - A out

Monday, August 9, 2021

L - Leftover Marios de la Mesa

D - Greek Food Carry In

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

L - Fig grilled cheese, cowboy cavier and green salad (B made)

D - King of Thai carry in - A + - Avocado Chicken and more! Yum!

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

B - Jack in the Box - A & J

L - B&J leftovers with new Wendy's salad

D - Chips/Guacamole, Cheese/Cracker, Bread/Sausage

T - Frasier Farm Choc Cake and Ice Cream

Thursday, August 12, 2021

L - chips and Guacamole and Frasier Farms tri tip sandwich on baguette

D - Cereal

Friday, August 13, 2021

L - Jasmine's

D - Rubios

Saturday, August 14, 2021

L - chips dip sausage

D - Smokey and the Brisket

By mistake we opened wine we had been saving to have with friends...

Irish Cousin's daughter's new baby

Sunday, August 15, 2021

B - Pandera A&J

L - Wendy's

D - Pizza and Salad

On the way to Vet

Sunday, August 16, 2021

B - Jack in the Box A&J

L - Los Panchos A carne asada quesadilla, B Chile Verdes, J Shredded chicken Tostada

D -

Monday, August 17, 2021

B - A&J Oatmeal

L - leftover meats, veggies and figs on salad A+ (B)

D - on own - cereal, yogurt, crackers

Tuesday, August 18, 2021

B - J apple pie, A corn flakes

L - fig and cheese salad, leftover pizza with extra salami and cheese (B)

D - left over curry rice, fish, etc

Daughter of Irish Cousin's new baby!

Wednesday, August 19, 2021

D - on own - B raisin bran + blueberries, J cherrios + mango

We have cameras to see Buffy as she rests in den or on bed. We surrounded the bed with folded bankers boxes supported with pieces of wood. When there is movement we get alarm on our phones, and there are bells hanging off the pieces of wood too. The only time she is alone is for a brief restroom break.

Thursday, August 20, 2021

B - oatmeal A, yogurt J

L - tuna sandwiches, apple, potato salad B&A, J had left over hotdogs and beans and apple

D - Carl's A Chicken Salad, B cereal blueberries and nuts, J yogurt + jam + nuts