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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42993
    Mike Nolan
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      Diane had beany weenie and I had a salad with the last of the sirloin steak.

      in reply to: A Different Kind of Peanut Butter Cookie #42990
      Mike Nolan
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        I think my first reaction to this recipe was similar to my first reaction to the mayonnaise cake recipe, it doesn't make sense until you think about the ingredients.

        Bisquick is flour, corn starch, baking powder, dextrose, vegetable oil, sugar, salt and monyglycerides. Except for the monoglycerides they're all things that a cookie recipe might use anyway.

        Somehow I always thought of Bisquick as a buttermilk mix, but according to the label there's no buttermilk in it.

        I spent several months a couple of years ago working on perfecting my biscuit-making skills before my wife finally admitted she preferred Bisquick. But we haven't made it much since going on the keto diet, so at some point I'm going to try the keto biscuit mix I referenced in a recent thread, but summertime isn't exactly biscuit weather.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42980
        Mike Nolan
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          Carrot cakes are pretty forgiving in terms of ingredients.

          Looks good, though.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42979
          Mike Nolan
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            Salads with left over sirloin steak and tomato.

            in reply to: A Different Kind of Peanut Butter Cookie #42974
            Mike Nolan
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              I wonder what the yield is supposed to be? It said 5 servings but it also said to make 1 inch balls, which would be at least 30 cookies.

              in reply to: 2024 Gardening #42972
              Mike Nolan
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                We got one black raspberry today, but the big patch on the east side got ripped out last fall and it will a year or two before it rebounds (if it does at all), so I'm guessing a handful a day might be the peak this year.

                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42970
                Mike Nolan
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                  Sirloin steak with sauteed mushrooms and steamed broccoli

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42960
                  Mike Nolan
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                    We had leftover rotisserie chicken and salads.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42952
                    Mike Nolan
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                      We had tuna salad on lettuce tonight. I gave my wife a choice of that or a beef stir fry, she chose the tuna salad because it's "summertime" food.

                      in reply to: 2024 Gardening #42947
                      Mike Nolan
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                        I've seen squirrels carrying off tomatoes that were in the 4 ounce range, nearly the size of a tennis ball, but they prefer the smaller ones. Mostly the critters just seem to take a few bites out of one on the vine, or maybe it is birds pecking at them. I might move the critter cam in August to see who's going after the tomatoes.

                        in reply to: Bamboo flour #42946
                        Mike Nolan
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                          There are quite a few people on the reddit r/keto channel who have been on a keto diet for 10 years or longer, many of them on a much stricter keto diet than we are following.

                          Once we reach our goal weights (at least another 20 pounds for me), we may relax it further, although many people report that after following a keto diet for a long time, their body doesn't react well when going back to a SAD diet.

                          Currently I'm aiming for 40-50 carbs a day and 1000-1200 calories, my 7 day average is 912 calories and 41 carbs, with 59% of calories from fat, 24% from protein, and 18% from carbs. (Doesn't add up to 100 due to rounding issues, I assume.) I'm using Nutritionix for tracking, and working on a full review of it.

                          in reply to: 2024 Gardening #42942
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Cayenne pepper is said to discourage chipmunks, as are daffodils. You might try the cayenne pepper now and think about planting an outside border of daffodils next season. Daffodils are also supposed to discourage deer because of the lycorine in them.

                            We had a problem with raccoons (probably) pooping in a corner of the deck, but I started sprinkling ground black pepper in that area every few days and they moved to pooping somewhere else. Not sure where, but at least it wasn't on the deck or patio.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 9, 2024? #42938
                            Mike Nolan
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                              We had mozzarella crust pizzas for supper, plus a blueberry muffin. (The recipe still needs tweaking, but it is getting better, this one was a little stiff and needed more buttermilk, and possibly more butter/allolose.)

                              in reply to: 2024 Gardening #42930
                              Mike Nolan
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                                I don't really know how big a chipmunk is, could it just go through the holes of chicken wire?

                                I see some things advertised on Amazon as chipmunk repellent or deterrent, but who knows if they really work?

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 2, 2024? #42926
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  I read an article recently suggesting using daikon radish instead of potato in potato salad, I'm hoping to try it soon.

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