Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[killarney rose]

The pills like you buy are called Lactaid here. They aren’t very effective for me. The Digestive Advantage is so much better. One capsule in the morning for the day. Except for eating ice cream, I pretty much forget about being lactose intolerant .

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Have you tried using lactase enzyme tablets for that? Partner became lactose intolerant in the last ten years, and while we do buy some lactose free products, she's found the pills work well enough that she can eat dairy. Which is great, because there's no pill for her other food intolerances.

I always have Lactaid tablets or chewables in my purse, but they don't always work. Best to just avoid dairy that might not agree with me. Thankfully, there are some dairy products that don't bother me at all, while others - let's just say it's not pretty.

 

[slowpoke]

We went to bed shortly after 10:00PM last night after watching local news headlines and weather. Channel 7 was already running the school-closing crawl with more than 500 closures at the time. I must have fallen asleep immediately but was awakened when DH heard noises on the front porch. Snow removal crew was here clearing driveway, steps, and porch. Bright and sunny today but still only in the teens. City plow has been up and down our street a few times this morning. If life hadn't gotten in the way (DH back issues), we'd have been in Fort Lauderdale getting ready to ride the hotel shuttle to the ship for a 10-night cruise. We had booked the Ultimate Balcony Dinner for my birthday tomorrow but instead will have dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Stay safe and warm!

I’m a January birthday baby, too (already past)!
All my best wishes to you!

 

[PayrollNerd]

I think I need to talk to the produce people at Publix. They never seem to have the squash I’m in the mood for. Last time they had to go in the back and roll out boxes of spaghetti squash and acorn squash. We swarmed her!

Yesterday I wanted another spaghetti squash but they only had butternut. But then, I saw 3 of the smallest rutabagas I’d ever seen! I snagged all 3. Fortunately nobody else was around!

They’re bubbling on the stove and my piece of salmon is baking. I ran out of lemon juice and forgot a lemon. But it will be good, regardless.

I have a big dish of chili in the freezer. I’m going to transfer it to the refrigerator for this cold snap.

I have a big zucchini from the garden and I’m going to shred it for zucchini brownies. My cousin in Salt Lake City made these for me at Christmas one year.

ETA: dinner!

 

[iamshadow21]

Brag photo of my kale right now. It's high summer, when kale should be tough and bitter ( I still like it that way) but it is so tender, growing so vigorously, and apart from a couple of leaves with snail holes, completely bug free. No chemicals to achieve that, either.

 

[iamshadow21]

I think I need to talk to the produce people at Publix. They never seem to have the squash I’m in the mood for. Last time they had to go in the back and roll out boxes of spaghetti squash and acorn squash. We swarmed her!

Yesterday I wanted another spaghetti squash but they only had butternut. But then, I saw 3 of the smallest rutabagas I’d ever seen! I snagged all 3. Fortunately nobody else was around!

They’re bubbling on the stove and my piece of salmon is baking. I ran out of lemon juice and forgot a lemon. But it will be good, regardless.

I have a big dish of chili in the freezer. I’m going to transfer it to the refrigerator for this cold snap.

I have a big zucchini from the garden and I’m going to shred it for zucchini brownies. My cousin in Salt Lake City made these for me at Christmas one year.

ETA: dinner!

I have an amazing recipe for zucchini relish, hit me up if you need to use up a zucchini glut and want me to post it. I don't know how it will fit in with your food allergies, but we made it work without onion after partner had to stop eating them, which is a major ingredient, so it's pretty bombproof.