Oct 6, 2018

SATURDAY SPINSTER BLISS...

Nails and toes painted by Yours Truly with a color called Brick Knit...

Living room tidy...

Kitchen clean...

Fridge and freezer cleaned and organized...

Ferns watered...

Now I'm going to make a big pot of Carol Jean's Chicken Stew, have a long hot shower, settle in to the Happy Chair and stitch my eyeballs out until the wee hours. I didn't get out of the big girl sleigh bed until noon today (!) but I think that extra sleeping and lounging were just what I needed. I am feeling better today than normal, so I want to enjoy every single minute of it!

Several of you asked me about my menu. I am making three things and then eating them throughtout the week, since Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are usually too rough to cook. Today I am making chicken stew. Tomorrow I am making goulash. Tuesday I am making tacos. I know, I know, heavy on the beef, but both are 95% lean and I need to up my protein. Besides...both goulash and tacos sound good to me, and I was told to eat what sounds good, since a craving indicates something I'm lacking.

(Yup...this works for chocolate too. If you crave chocolate, your body is telling you it needs zinc and magnesium apparently. I always though it meant I just wanted to not stab people in the head.)

The chicken stew recipe comes from my dad's cousin, Carol Jean. When my mom died, Carol Jean brought over a big pot of it, and I have loved it and made it frequently ever since. Chicken, potatoes, carrots, peas, onions...tastes like a chicken pot pie without the crust. What's not to love about that?

The goulash comes from my friend Cheryl's husband Mr. Mike. When I used to stay with them at their lake house, he would make this on cold Saturday afternoons, and I loved it too.  Stew beef, potatoes, carrots, tomato juice, and tons of paprika. I like it super spicy and eat it with rye bread and butter...just like Mr. Mike.

Tacos are tacos, Dearies. I don't do anything special here except eat them open faced, since I end up wearing them if I don't. I should just hit the Taco Bell drive thru and order a bag of them to go, but I am determined to stay inside CS2 for the next eight days and completely de-people myself.

So that's the report from a warmish and overcast Hoosierville today. I hope that you are enjoying your very own Saturday. Come tell me all about it!



14 comments:

  1. Love the color nail polish you featured today! Very fall like if you ask me! Both the goulash and chicken stew sound fabulous. Care to share your recipes? Pretty please! I am glad you got your cleaning/tidying up out of the way. Enjoy your evening of stitching!

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  2. Could you post your recipes for the stew and goulash? Sounds great! Have a great week and weekend.

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  3. Sounds like you were busy between your noon awakening and posting ALL THAT CLEANING! Enjoy your solitude and good food.

    I am off on a road trip to see family, celebrate Thanksgiving (Canadian) and look at the autumn leaves. Packed my stitching bag right after the snacks, long before the clothes!

    Susan Anonymouse

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  4. Coni, you have the nicest apartment. I know you would rather be in your lovely home, but... we don’t have nice apartments around here. Do
    you ever post recipes? I would love your chicken stew and goulash recipes. Your nails look lovely! Can’t believe you did them yourself. I am the queen of nasty cuticles!

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  5. I would love to de-people even for 3 or 4 days, but since I probably have to work for 3 1/2 more years and my days off still involved people activities, it won't happen soon. I'll live vicariously through you, Coni!

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  6. Nice apartment. Your refrigerator makes me envious. Wish mine was that clean. Enjoy your week!

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  7. You could cut down some of that beef by using tofu. It has more protein per ounce, fewer calories and many other benefits. I love it, and it can be seasoned since it is rather naturally bland. Just a thought.

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  8. Coni, May I add my voice to the others here? I too would love the recipes for Carol Jean's Stew and Mr. Mike's Goulash.

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  9. Carol Jean's stew sounds perfect for my house, but I am lousy and guessing how much of what. PLEASE< PLEASE< PLEASE post the recipe.

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  10. I agree!! Especially the chicken stew please!

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  11. Mr Mike still loves to make his goulash....hungarian, not polish LOL

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