Coffee

[Dahlia]

A little warmer this morning. It is 36 right now. I had my coffee. DS and wife have colds. He went to work and is over his, but she has a head cold. I am hiding from them. lol DD and her family I think have the flu. All 4 of her girls had fevers, but are better. They have had sore throats and stuffy noses and the grandson just stuffy nose. DD has body aches and her head hurts with nasal congestion and sore throat. Son-in-law will be next I guess.

I have most of my seeds ordered. I need to get potting soil and my greenhouse brought inside and the cover put on the one outside. I need to get pots and things out of the shed. I have 3 metal boxes coming. I have big garden plans this year. I am wondering what kind of weather we will have. We sure have had a strange winter so far.

We have been having a strange winter too. I'd say it feels more like early April during the day!!

 

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Homemade Orange Sugar Cookies to go with this morning's coffee, please ,

No sprinkles on top altho I was tempted to put some sugar-free apricot jam on them. If there had been some marmalade ... ) And No, I didn't dehydrate and grind the orange zest before use as with my herbal tea blend. Fresh zest was grated off organic fruits.

 

[flowerbug]

after breakfast here (the last of the lasagna) i had to try the dessert i made up from yesterday (a no bake cheesecake filling adapted by me to be less sugar and more zing). basically it is cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and lime juice (or lemon juice or ...). the recipe calls for a whole can of sweetened condensed milk which is way too much 1/5 - 1/2 a can is plenty and only 1/4 cup of juice but i often put in more juice than that.

beyond the filling though i wanted to see how the filling would go on some graham crackers with homemade chocolate frosting on them (broken in half because i wanted bite sized). the crackers and frosting were made right before putting the filling on top because i wanted them still crunchy. yes it was good as i expected but darker chocolate frosting would have been better. i gave it a B+...

 

[digitS']

Cheerios and Crispix in the bowl with a banana — corn, rice and oats together, any special benefit for that beyond flavor?

DW likes the oranges at this time of year. Sweet/Sweet. The nutrient value from such a long time in storage?