Making a big pot of beef stew for my pantry. I don’t eat a whole lot of meat these days, but when I do, I make it a meal!!
Beef
Carrots
Celery
Potatoes
Onion
Garlic
Worcestershire sauce
Hungarian smoked paprika
Salt
Pepper
It’s going to slow cook all day. Tonight I’ll add more liquid, maybe more potatoes, thicken it up, and then pressure can it for the pantry. It certainly is meaty.
Got some more green juice (celery, spinach, romaine lettuce and green apples) as well as some nice vegi burgers with egg and breadcrumbs for my freezer.
I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of forevers. We have both known loss like the sharp edges of a knife. We have both lived with lips more scar tissue than skin. Our love came unannounced in the middle of the night. Our love came when we’d given up on asking love to come. I think that has to be part of its miracle. This is how we heal. I will kiss you like forgiveness. You will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms will bandage and we will press promises between us like flowers in a book. I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat on your skin. I will write novels to the scar of your nose. I will write a dictionary of all the words I have used trying to describe the way it feels to have finally, finally found you.
And I will not be afraid of your scars.
I know sometimes it’s still hard to let me see you in all your cracked perfection, but please know: whether it’s the days you burn more brilliant than the sun or the nights you collapse into my lap your body broken into a thousand questions, you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. I will love you when you are a still day. I will love you when you are a hurricane.
I’ve made another batch of juiced vegetables and apples. Light Food for the Light Body.
I drink a pint of this nearly every morning over a couple hours. Some people complain of diarrhea, eating something solid like toast with it helps.
I’m also making ginger chews. These are a great thing to keep in the bedside drawer for all you midnight snackers. It has helped me to stay in bed rather than roam the kitchen for munchies.
I made a very potent ginger decoction before adding the sugars. Sure heats up the mouth!! This is the best spoon lick ever!!!
The candy is a hard candy rather than a chew. Next time I won’t cook to the same temperature (250 degrees), I’ll stop at 220 degrees or so.The best ginger candy ever! So much better than store bought!