Another beautiful day for a ride around Lake Phalen.

Here’s another recipe from my old food site… I haven’t actually made this in awhile cause I haven’t done any group camp-outs lately, and it’s just waaaaay too much to make for just me at home. I’m going to have to come up with something like this for an at-home, post-wls treat one of these days though. And with apples really in season right now, I’ll have to work on that soon.

Among the various things I like to do, you can include camping. There have been weekends where I camp and I eat nothing but canned and other pre-prepared foods, and there have been weekends I whip up batches of chili and roast whole rabbits. There is just something about cooking over an open fire.

So, as one of my first camping based recipes, I figured I would share a dessert… cause that’s always the best part of the meal, right?

Apple crisp is an easy item to make, but ends up tasting like you slaved away at it. Continue reading →

Yesterday was my five week (and a half) post-op check up. I’m officially down 40 pounds. Nurse had heard of the Bariatric Advantage site for supplements, recommended a few things.

Been biking a little… very little. 3.4 miles or so the last two nights. It’s hot out… but with the weight loss I had almost forgotten what it was like to sweat.

Been going topless the last few days. Not me, the jeep. It’s been beautiful out. Yesterday was a lil chilly in the morning, but by mid day… sweet.

I don’t think I could do a chin-up to save my life. I’m trying to start doing some push-ups though. My arms have always been… small, especially compared to the rest of me. They’re even smaller now. Nurse said guys start putting muscle back on pretty good after about 5-6 months. I’ll lose what I have left for hair, but maybe get some muscle back. I could probably live with that.

I’ve been anti-social when it comes to social media lately. I think I finally poted more ‘dents last night than I had in the last month.

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Yesterday I had a bit of a… well… not tough, but .. it was a day…

I got in another half-hour walk and all, but was just really wiped all day. I took a number of naps throughout the day. Woke up from one around 9pm, and was feeling a bit… warm… but didn’t think much of it.

Hopped online, and a friend of mine that hass had lap-band and works in a hospital was online and we started talking. She asked if I’d taken my temp.. and for some reason hadn’t really thought of it. So I did, and I was running a fever. Just over 100.

She asked what meds I had… told her bout the stuff the hospital gave me… she said it had stuff like Tylenol in it so to take some of that. Took the lower of the recommended doses and watered down, like the doc had said to do if I took it… within a few minutes I was sweating. Not much… but I hadn’t been before.

After bout half-hour, checked the temp again and I was at 101.

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The last few days have been a bit of a blur.

I’m much more wiped out that I think I really expected to be.

Pain level has been fine… haven’t touched the meds they sent home with me. I think I don’t want to risk the nausea I kept getting from the drugs in the hospital.

Sunday I managed a short walk down to the end of the block and back… maybe 100 yards. Other than that it was sitting up, watching some TV, sipping water… bit of jello… laying down for awhile… sleeping for a bit… rinse and repeat.

Only thing I’ve been downing is water and jello. Broth just is not holding any appeal right now. I tried to jazz up some water yesterday with cucumber slices… two sips had me kinda gagging.

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I have tapered of posting of recipes here, because I am redoing my food site and will pretty much be putting all recipes there. Well, eventually.

But I found this recipe tonight and just had to share it. I like to cook, and I am mmm… above average maybe. I have friends that are great cooks, some that are better at baking, and some that if asked will state that they can’t even boil water.

This is for them…

Like many people, I enjoy the moist aroma and sinus-soothing vapors from a pot of boiling water. But it is often difficult to get a roiling boil just the way you remember it as a child. In my quest to perfect boiled water I began by collecting a dozen different recipes ranging from family hand-me-downs to restaurant standbys. But none of these recipes produced a water boil precisely as I remember it. Some were too slow and too dilute while others were dense and tough. All of the recipes shared a few typical ingredients, such as water. But otherwise they had little in common.

Cooks Illustrated Recipe: Boiled Water [iwritefunny.com]