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I made chicken piccata meatballs with brown rice and green beans. As BA says, I have planned overs for the next few nights.i adapted a recipe from Southern Living. I baked the meatballs instead of sautéing/frying them. While they were in the oven I made the sauce, to which I added the meatballs q when they came out of the oven. Last time the meatballs were perfect, this time overcooked - not sure why. But I wonder if the ground chicken I used last time had more fat. Might have to look into that.

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I made tuna salad with a green salad and tortilla chips

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Happy Birthday, Mike! I hope you had a great day!

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Calabrian peppers are known to be hot - they're actually an Italian chili pepper. I tend to steer away from them

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I've been busy cooking the last two days - must be the "cooler" weather - amazing when the 70's feel cool.

Yesterday I made a big batch of roasted vegetables on 2 sheet pans - zucchini, eggplant, portobello mushrooms, onion and assorted peppers. It took a long time as I had too many vegetables that were watery. It tasted better today than last night. Last night I had them with some pasta and cheese. This morning I made a crustless quiche to cut up and freeze in portions - I had one for lunch - it's good but I like my other recipe better. I also made a big batch of baked oatmeal for this week and some for the freezer. I was trying to decide if I wanted to get another rotisserie chicken, but I went with a small meatloaf instead - I do not remember the last time I made meatloaf, but it was a nice change.

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I had an open faced turkey sandwich on an English muffin with a little mayo, arugula and Monterey Jack cheese melted under the broiler. I wasn't feeling well last Sunday, so I bought some Thomas' muffins on sale - I tried the sourdough and they tasted more like Thomas' used to taste, not ushy like the regular ones do now - I was pleasantly surprised. I still want to make more myself when I can ever find some time

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I made regular chicken salad with the other half of the rotisserie chicken I used for the pasta salad. The carcass went into the freezer for stock.

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I made a chicken Caesar pasta salad - yum

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I am annoyed with myself - I overproofed the bread. I checked at an hour and thought it looked good, but then thought maybe I should give it another ½ hour (recipe said 2 hours). I need to learn to trust myself more

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Thank you Aaron and Mike.

Mike, I have a particular brand I've been using for a few years that I originally got at the local health food store. There are not many places that carry it, especially in the larger size and Vita Cost does. I've had to increase my dosage as my hip has just gone over the edge to osteoporosis. This brand at a lower dosage took care of my spine, on the last scan and my most recent. So we're trying this before medications.

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I've got dough sitting on the counter for KAF's No knead Harvest Fruit Bread. I will bake it in the morning

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I'm not sure I would put those packs of desiccant in my food. They have warnings all over them.

I haven't figured out a way to keep my garlic and onion powders from hardening up. Back in Massachusetts we lived by the water and always filled our salt containers with rice because the moisture from the salt water was really high, especially in the summer. Since I've been using kosher salt, I haven't had that issue and I still live near marshes and the ocean. The humidity is much worse, but it's different - I can't explain why.

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I agree Joan - the heat and humidity is awful. We get some rain in the mornings right now, not the torrential tidal rains we had two weeks ago.

It looks like Erin is going to be far enough offshore from us that we'll probably get some winds and riptides. Not like the Outer Banks which are evacuating. I hope it's not too bad for them.

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I baked a batch of the KAF fudge brownies for dessert today. I sent most of them home with my friends and froze the rest.

They were a little bit dense due to the fact that I tried to be clever and use the whisk from my Cuisinart hand blender - I thought it might save time over the stand mixer. Big mistake - cocoa powder started flying, so I had to move the batter from the bowl to the stand mixer which was messy. I think I over mixed the first par - the rest was easy. I also used minimally processed cane sugar, which didn't completely melt, but I think if I heated it more and then let it cool down it would work better. They are still delicious.

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This morning I roasted zucchini and then two boneless chicken breasts to eat this week.

Two friends came over late today to help me get a box out of the attic, so I treated them to take out from a local Mexican restaurant. I can use my leftover rice with my chicken and zucchini.

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