Sunday night

I made coconut curry lentils.  They are good but could use more curry powder - I used 1.5 t for a cup of dry lentils.  Next time I will use 2 t or maybe even a whole tablespoon.  

I took a nap; got up and washed out my hair.  I am happy with it.  

Then I went to the kitchen and got to work making my stir fry.  It is tedious cutting up the meat.  I really need a quality knife - the one I have is not very good.  But I got it done.  

I used coconut oil, sesame oil, "double black" soy sauce I bought at the Asian market, some black pepper, a little ginger.  I cooked the rice and the ramen noodles, which I drained (I learned this hack online).  Then I cooked the chicken, set that aside, then did the vegetables.  I had a fair amount of juice in the pan so I made a sauce with some cornstarch in cold water.  I put the veggies off to the side and then put the sauce off to the side as well.  I added a little more oil and soy sauce, threw the noodles in there for a minute or two, set them aside (a lot of dishes, after, which are done).  Lastly I did the rice.  

Then I combined it: 2 noodles meals (one of which became dinner) and 2 rice meals.  Chicken thigh, starch, veggies, sauce I made.  

I've decided I need to be more active in managing my food allergies and cook the majority of what I eat.  The stir fry was very good.  No MSG, no garlic.  Nothing to provoke a headache.  I suspect most of my food allergy issues manifest as a next-day headache.  And I know I can eat everything I put in my food today.  

And the freezer is full  The hash browns keep falling out I need to hurry up and cook them.  I may make more breakfast casserole when I get groceries.  

I'm glad, when I made lentils, I made them 2 very different ways and didn't make much in each batch.  So I won't get sick of them.  And I have a nice variety of foods, roast pork, beef and barley soup, spaghetti, stir fry, 2 kinds of lentils.  

My rice pot got some good use but one star this weekend was my fine mesh strainer.  It was very useful with the lentils in particular.  I like to soak my lentils and pour off the water, I don't get gas when I do that.  I know I lose some nutrition doing that and I'm OK with that.  I could pour them in the strainer and not worry about my drain.  It fit 1-2 cups soaked lentils quite nicely.  

Happily I can say I actually use pretty much everything in my kitchen except the coffee pot.  And that, I keep for guests.  

I don't need to take a shower tomorrow as I took one tonight and it's not hot.  That's it for now!