Warm Home style breakfast

Just a quick blog.  Looking for something to make for breakfast this morning I threw this together. Diced onions, left over mashed potatoes and an egg fresh from my chicks.  A mix of a little hot sauce and katchup and the breakfast is complete.  No bacon but we are after all trying to stay healthy.  The milk used for the potatoes was almond milk.  No salt added just some pepper.  Hit the spot and tasted great and boy was it quick and easy to make.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at brunch.

Vegan Lunch

I need a better camera for sure.  Or maybe better lighting.  Sorry for the bad pictures.  What you are looking at is our lunch/brunch from The Land of Kush Vegan restaurant.  We ate there on sunday before we went to the hospital to visit my father.  If you have read any other blogs I have posted you would know I eat anything.  I love meat and I do sometimes eat vegan meals since Ellen eats vegan.  This was my first time here it was her second time.  It is on 840 N. Eutaw street, Baltimore, Md www.landofkush.com is their site in case you want to visit and I recommend you do.  Sunday is their busiest day but we still got served in a timely fashion.  Order off the menu at the counter and they call your number.  There are about 5 tables and a window bar seating.  Not a lot so be patient or get your food to go.
I got the Kush BBQ Ribs (Soy Protein), Collard Greens and Mac and cheese.  All were good.  I was expecting the "meat" to come out in the shape of ribs but instead it was in a bowl with carrots and peppers.  Still very tasty.  I ate the collards with that using the sauce as dip for the greens.  The mac and cheese was different from other vegan mac and cheese I have had in the past.  It was still good.  Ellen got the 2 gluten-free blueberry pancakes, seitan scramble, potatoes, vegan sausage.  Sausage was good because I do not care for regular meat sausage with tall the spice.  I did not care for the scramble.  I think tofu scramble is better but Ellen like it.  The pancakes were very good.  The other dish I am posting is the potato salad.  I don't care for potato salad but had to try it to write about it.  It tasted just like any other salad I have had.  I would not get that but if you like potato salad go for it.  As I said before this is my first time here.  I have eaten at the Everylasting Life Cafe in DC.  They have their differences but both good in their own right.  Would I eat there again, yes.  I want to try the chicken drummies next but will stick with the mac and cheese and try the kale salad.  Keep them in Baltimore, visit and enjoy.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table.

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Chick-Fil-A who?

I just finished making and eating homemade chicken nuggets. Battered in fresh eggs from our chickens, Asian bread crumbs and fried in peanut oil. Ellen made me some honey mustard out of mustard and Agave nectar. It was a great late lunch that really hit the spot. Unused white chicken breast meat. I would invite you all over for some but sorry I ate them all. Oink oink. Or is it cluck cluck?  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the frier.

Noodles on a cold night

One of my favorite winter night dishes is soup. Reminds me of home and a wood stove heating the house. Of snow filled days and coming in to have a cup of chicken noodle. Now it is a little harder to find healthy soups. We make our own most of the time but when I want to make a more heart health soup with the taste of everyone's favorite Ramen I use cellophane bean thread noodles. Gluten free, 180 cals, 43 grams of carbs and 0 down the line for everything else. I spice it up with dried red pepper flakes and some low sodium soy sauce. I added a little left over wasabi. So good. Hot and spicy. Check out the noodles the next time you are in your local Asian market. God bless, thanks for reading and keep your stomach warm.

Lunch time

I decided to make a little deer slider on homemade bread with some some Aj Jus on the side. Cooked in garlic, a little soy sauce and onion. Not too fancy but it tasted good. Rather let it sit overnight in the soy but I was hungry. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table.

Winter chill

Vegan slow cooker chilli on this cold rainy winter night. Tomatoes, pinto, black and kidney beans, one onion, one cup green chilies, one medium jalapeño, chilli powder, cumin, and a bit of mole. Its been cooking since 1 pm. Warm comfort food that fills you up and keeps you warm all night. WARNING!!! Will cause gas and you might not want to eat it on a work night. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table.

Sushi for lunch

I had to treat myself Friday to some #sushi at #Aki in Hanover Pa.  It was really good a great price.  3 rolls for 10.50 and I got a 4th to top me off along with a small salad.  I ordered the spicy crab, California roll, Phill roll and the eel skin.  The ell skin was my favorite.  It was crunchy and warm and was not fishy at all.  None of the rolls were bad at all don't get me wrong.  Next time I will have to try the #sashimi.  I so far have not had that I did not like.  If you have read any of my other blog posts you will know I am not shy with the food I eat.  I will try anything once.  Sorry this is not a long post but it was a very simple lunch yet very delicious.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the fish tank.

clockwise from upper left
Spicy crab
Philadelphia roll
Spicy California roll
Eel Skin

Sheetz run

This morning was a cold one here in Pennsylvania. On my way to work I had to stop to get gas and where is my place of choice?  #Sheetz. For those who don't know what that is let me tell you. It is only the best place on earth to get fast food cheep. They have everything. And the best part is they are open 24/7. Well I use to get the breakfast sandwiches a few times a week. Now that I am watching my sodium I had to sacrifice that meal. Well being a cold morning I was going to get a hot tea till I remembered that they started selling Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate. So I said "self go for it" I was not disappointed in the least. Whole milk, chocolate and peanut butter all in one. It was a melted Recess Peanut Butter cup in a cup. What would I change about it? Buy a large next time and a little less peanut butter. It was very rich toward the end but very tasty. If you are near a Sheetz I suggest you try one. I will again. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table.

Low salt doesn't me no taste

Cuban black bean soup was on our menu tonight. Made from rehydrated black beans, smoked poblano  peppers and jalapeños. After simmering for a few hours a quarter of the pot was blended to thicken the soup. I topped mine with a few tortilla chips and thin shavings of cheddar cheese. Ellen topped hers with avocado and chips. Delicious dinner made by my wife. She is vegan and I am not but believe me this was great. Having a life changing decision of a heart transplant means different diet so I do well. Low salt boss not mean no taste or great meals. Give it a try.  God bless you all. Thanks for reading and pass this along.

A week and a day in Hospital

What a crazy ride.  I have not been blogging for a while now because I have been in and out of the hospital.  For those who do not know me on a face to face level and do not know what is wrong with me let me get you caught up.  I was born with TGA.  This is a congenital heart defect.  With age more and more problems are catching up to me to the point where I will be at some point over the next 2 weeks be listed on the transplant list.  I have lived with this thought in my head since 2006 when, not if I will ever need a new heart so I am past the scared point.  As you can see by my past blogs I have not eaten the most healthy meals but there very many of them that are very healthy.  I love food and I am human so I am going to cheat on a diet.  With all that said they had me on a diet in the hospital of low sodium.  I have been keeping with that for a while now but like I said I cheat.  Now I really need to cut back on the salt.  Cooking at home is the best way.  So most of my blogs from now on will be just that.  Home cooking, low sodium and tasty meals or treats.  I wanted to post a few of the meals they served me in the hospital.  University of Maryland Medical Center was where I was for a week and a day.  I had many meals there but these are a few of the better ones.  Enjoy the pictures and I look forward to writing more blogs in the near future.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at my table.