NO RICE???!! That’s unacceptable.

And Khajiit would totally go to a gentlemen’s club where they play violins. Especially if the violinists were like Lindsey Stirling.

BOLD: Not without rice it doesn't! But thou-est must not complain about Shabu-Shabu! It is most def a sought for meal for enjoyable get-togethers with friends!

Traditional day after Thanksgiving breakfast:

1. Pumpkin pie.
2. Coffee.
3. A wave to Grits who is likely enjoying the same thing for breakfast.

Coffee and pie for Friday's breakfast is probably my favorite Thanksgiving tradition.

My homemade chili and tortilla chips for my after Thanksgiving feast.

Yum, I love chili!

I just had some pit-cooked barbecue with collard greens and Brunswick stew. I swear I heard a Nord burp when I finished.

Day after Thanksgiving leftover reheats! My son brought me some TG dinner from Cheesecake Factory early yesterday, then last night came home from his Girlfriend's parents house with some of their TG dinner! So I've got a few days of nibbling ahead, lol.

Here is what I'll be digging into for the next few days:

Turkey, gravy, sweet potato casserole, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes (with the skins left on), peach cobbler, apple pie, pineapple meringue pie, and a slice of coffee cake.

Everything is delicious! (so my TG was Awesome!)

Today's lunch-

Smoked turkey, pressure cooker potatoes (a wonderful way to make them), cornbread dressing, butter cake, cinnamon apples, heavenly hash (with the colored marshmallows).

Wow, getting hungry just reading this thread!

Gingerbread. I gorge on gingerbread this time of year

Eating nacho cheese flavor Ramen Noodles and iced tea.

Coffee and pumpkin pie for breakfast. And smiling since I imagine friend Grits may be doing the same.

COFFEE!!!

Giver of life! Mana from Heaven!!!

I look forward to this post every Christmas the same I do Decrepit's

And here I went and disappointed you by posting about my Xmas day meal in another thread.

Be that as it may, I've an addendum of sorts. At the start of the meal I beat my brother back to the table. Our drinks had arrived while we filled our plates. First thing I did once set down was chug a gulp of water. Only, the waitress mistakenly reversed our drinks. What I downed was a swallow of some sort of clearish soda. Talk about an obnoxious taste! Once addicted to sodas, I weaned myself off them around 15yrs ago. Haven't had a drop since...until yesterday's swallow. I quickly moved our glasses to their rightful places on the table and didn't mention it to my bro. He can be prickly about such things.

Uh-oh. Sounds like Decrepit is back on the sauce now

Some of the worst cereal I've ever had.

Oh gods. Is that for real?

Sadly yes. Its better if you don't add milk and use it for snacking but once you add milk and eat it like cereal...ODG it's horrible!

Sure that's not just candy?

No...its actual cereal....and its nasty .

Coffee.

I've cut down on coffee. Still have it but a lot less now, think it's better for my tummy. On the plusside it tastes much better when I do have some

TBH I don't know why I bother with it at all. The caffeine does nothing for me.

Samesis. Have never felt energized by it and never had sleep issues because of it. I basically drink it because it's available

A glass of water and a Salad.

Since converting to an oatmeal based breakfast that meal has become my favorite of the day. As of now it consists of oatmeal (duh!), one sliced banana, three to four sliced strawberries depending on size, a small amount of Sugar Free Blackberry Jam blended into the mix for added flavor, cinnamon and two packets of artificial sweetener. With this a down a large glass of milk.

Next favorite standard daily food is the hard-boiled egg sprinkled with paprika I eat on the side along with my salad suppers. As for salads, they are what they are. Some days I enjoy them. Some days not so much. It's hard to maintain steady enthusiasm for them when you eat them every day of the week, every week of the year, year after year. As to favorite salad ingredient, I'd say finely chopped Jalapeno. Mushrooms are yummy too when you can get 'em firm and crisp. Tomatoes are all but tasteless these days. Same for Bell Peppers. But hey, they're veggies and reasonably cheap. (Yellow Pepper were marked down to the price of Bell Peppers at the store this week. Their description labels them 'milder than bell peppers.' How in the world can something be milder than a bell pepper? I passed.) Onion is okay. Carrots are nice in a mellow way. Tuna, while not normally considered something to mix into a lettuce salad, is passable and cheap. Lettuce is lettuce. How much (or little) I like any particular dressing varies on a day by day basis.

Lunches are more iffy...being a variety of soups (or chili) or sometimes a Wowbutter sammich. Today's soup was a mistake, I won't be buying it again. Yesterday I had Hormel's specialty green chili (Mary's) which I always enjoy. Wait, was it soup or Wowbutter I had today?

The Fuji apple I split between lunch and supper can be glorious, bleh, or anything in between depending on quality. (I once had a full Fuji after BOTH meals. But their price kept going up while my take-home pay didn't.)

As for my occasional splurge meals, I of course enjoy those. Usually. Every now an again I set down for something special only to realize I'm not in the mood for it. Or it's simply not as good as anticipated.

I don't snack. Never. Not in who knows how many years. No even tempted.

I last ate a hamburger early 2009. I know this because that was the year we had the bad ice storm that knocked out power for five or six dates. I distinctly recall driving into the city my brother lives in once roads were safe and finding one of our better burger joints open for business. (Few eateries were.) I don't dislike burgers. It's just that as seldom as I splurge other foods take priority.

I've never been a fan of the clear sodas, but probably could have gotten addicted to colas if I hadn't discovered coffee, lol.






Urgh!








As much as I love salads = could never bring myself to eat one every day! That would make me sick of them really quickly = variety is the spice of life!

I have to agree with you on the burgers, though = not a fan. (Not a big red meat eater anyway, and burgers are at the bottom of that list, lol).

Yeah, it can be a chore to eat salads as frequently as I do, especially with vegetables nowadays tasting so bland. (At least those I can afford tend to. There might well be plenty of ultra yummy salad veggies out of my price range.) Something I forgot to mention during my long diet discourse...while I turned down those yellow peppers I did buy a red peppers from the bin next to them. It too was sold for the price of a Bell Pepper. These I like! Just enough spicy heat to give them a nice flavor. A definite improvement over Bell Peppers. I like them so well (again compared to Bells) I debate adjusting my food budget to include them once the sale ends, if possible.

On the subject of salad, some time back someone, Sakiri I believe, made a passing comment about Ranch dressing. It reminded me that I've not used Ranch in ever so long. I'm not normally a big fan, but for variety's sake decided to give Ranch a look-see next grocery run. I ended up buying Hidden Valley Cheddar & Bacon Ranch. Expecting disappointment, to my surprise I rather enjoy it.

As to burgers, I don't dislike a truly good burger. Far from it. Again, it's a matter of priorities for my limited splurge meal forays.

Do you know the name of the red peppers you got? Khajiit wouldn’t mind a spicier replacement for bell pepper in this one’s Cajun/Creole recipes.

Can't recall off the top of my head what their bin is labeled as, but my receipt simply calls them "Red Bell." They look just like traditional green Bells except the color. Where I shop they, yellows and greens are next to each other. Unless mine's a fluke they are indeed spicier than greens. Not a lot. Just enough to be a pleasant improvement. Don't know how well they'll stand out in elaborate recipes, but it can't hurt to give 'em a try.

Bell Peppers used to be my favorites; but I've noticed them being completely tasteless in restaurants and even in some of the grocery stores (especially the discount ones). I would have thought it was my own taste buds having issues if I hadn't found them tasting just as good as ever in another grocery store (way out of my way to drive to).

The red peppers that look like Bells are sweeter; and (imho) are an awesome addition to salads (but to me, the yellows have always been too bland to be worth the cost unless I just wanted a pretty variation in color to the pot/sandwich/salad/whatever.

Frozen vegetables seem to have gotten tasteless to me too; but that could be because I've been banned from salt; lol.

On the tomatoes = restaurant tomatoes have always been tasteless to me; mainly because they buy "Beefeaters" to get the biggest tomato for the price. Beefeaters are notoriously tasteless. Around here the grocery store tomatoes are crap too; because they ship their tomatoes from across the country = because they aren't allowed by their franchise to buy locally.

Here in ETN we have Grainger County Tomatoes = you have to go to the Farmer's Markets to get them; but boy is the trip worth it. You will never have a better tasting tomato. I used to grow them at my old house; and got really spoiled.

In the grocery stores = unless they are allowed to buy locally; the Roma tomato seems to be the only one with any real flavor.

Now = on the burgers = I do agree with you on there being some good burgers (most definitely NOT in any fast food places, though). But there are two restaurants in this area have delicious burgers. One is in downtown Gatlinburg; 65 miles from me and bumper to bumper traffic on a one lane road the last 15-20 miles. Also, my husband could grill a really great burger with some decent ground beef; but the grocery stores in this area stopped selling "Choice" quality meat and dropped their quality down to "Select." It has made a huge difference in the taste of the meat. They did it to compete with Walmart adding discount groceries to their stores. (Walmart meat is lower than Select quality; 6% of all Walmart meat weight is tenderizer if that tells you anything about the quality of their meat, lol).

We are spoiled here, it is easy to get good produce for reasonable prices in the grocery stores. Which is good news for me. My jeans got a little tight over the holidays, so I'm eating mostly vegetables these days.

For salad dressing I whisk a little olive oil plus whatever I want that day (lemon, herbs, vinegar, mustard) with salt and pepper in the bowl I'm going to use for salad. Then add the veggies and toss. Fresh dressing every time.

Lol, ooooh ok. Yeah Khajiit has used red bell pepper before, but primarily for color. Any bell pepper flavor tends to get lost when this one adds a habanero or 2-3 serrano peppers (which are crucial to obtain the spice heat level Khajiit desires).

I had my annual serving of Hooters chicken wings.

When I was pregnant with my son I used to crave Hooters hot wings.


I just made soup with hot Italian sausage, carrot “noodles,” onion, and kale. Also fennel seeds, red pepper flakes, and a splash of cream. Since there’s no snow and I don’t have time for a fire today, soup is the only good thing about this weather!

Dr. Pepper and chicken wings a hardy meal.

Sausage and eggs with coffee for breaky.

Ooh! That sounds good!

It is specially since the sausages has cheese inside them mmmmm. .

Khajiit usually sprinkles some cheap shredded cheese on his eggs.

I had a fruit salad for breakfast. It would have been improved by some sausage and eggs.

Same here for a change!

Ooh, fruit salad!!!! Mmmmm!!!! That sounds really good!

Coffee and honey graham crackers.

I'm on the Starbucks menu!

*snickers*

Just about to have my fourth (4th) semla for this season.