So...whats for dinner?
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I. Am. Home. What a wonderful place to be!!!!!
The half pig, beautifully wrapped and labeled in white freezer paper, is in the freezer. We had pork chops for dinner last night and they were juicy and full of flavor. I will use a package of the ground pork in a tomato sauce to serve with linguini tonight.
Thank you SO much for your concern. It made me feel good to read the comments mentioning me in your posts. We had nice weather for the drive north but rainy weather for the travel from Chicago to St. Louis and then from St. Louis to Bryant, Arkansas, and from there to Spring, TX, north of Houston. The traffic was heavy and the highway conditions very stressful.
I just read three pages of posts and enjoyed all the discussion about your Thanksgiving preparations and meals. Our lovely hostess in New Lenox, south of Chicago, is not a cook and had never touched a raw turkey before. She had done advance research on "cleaning" and prepping the turkey. I wish you could have seen her face when she up-ended the big bird over the sink and a large neck fell out. I think her first thought was that the vulgar looking thing was the turkey's sex organ! She had selected recipes for side dishes in advance and frantically looked them up on her electronic tablet during the actual cooking.
She worked very hard on the meal and we all appreciated her efforts. Her dh, my dh's nephew, was very proud of her. They had recently moved into the new house, which had the most gorgeous kitchen I've ever seen with miles of granite counter top and stainless appliances. I admired the top oven for its convection feature and she didn't have a clue what convection was. I think that she might be encouraged by her success into venturing into cooking.
The house in Spring, TX, was also a new home for the couple, though it wasn't a new house. It also had a lovely kitchen, but much smaller than the New Lenox kitchen. The only cooking appliance used in this kitchen is the microwave or maybe the oven for frozen pizzas. All other cooking is done on the outside grill. Our hostess there doesn't cook at all.
I am 6 1/2 lbs heavier, according to my bathroom scale, and the only memorable foods I consumed during the past week were dessert foods, chocolate cream pies and a coconut (sp) cream pie.
Susan, I so hope the scan reveals not-bad news.
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Yay Carole! Glad to hear from you -- we've been kind of worried. Glad your visits were good even if the travel wasn't. I'm drooling over your description of, not the food, but the new kitchen!
I'm a few days behind the thanksgiving leftover thing so last night we had turkey potpies. I made small pecan and pumpkin pies with the leftover fillings. I'll freeze the pecan and keep the pumpkin. I'll have to eat the thing myself since DH doesn't care for it. After a turkey sandwich lunch, we're ready for some BEEF! I thawed a flatiron steak that I'll grill with some zucchini, summer squash, onions and colored peppers.
The carcasses will go into the oven overnight for stock. As I said, I'm behind everybody.
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Soooo good to hear that you are safe and sound at home Carole! Enjoyed your kitchen/travelogue, but do not envy your highway trip. But I'm relieved that it sounded a bit less scary than the terrible clips I saw on TV news. Glad to see that you have a great start on your pork consumption! So.......welcome "home".
Thanks Special for bringing The Moth to life!
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Yay for Carole's safe return. I love the visual of the neck falling out of the turkey.
Nance - oh nooooo, Mr. Bill!!! (Sorry couldn't resist the off hand reference) You'll have to eat the pumpkin by yourself. Don't I remember you made it w/cream instead of milk? Be still my heart.
Lacey - will be looking forward to the "Mothra" critique. (sorry, couldn't resist again, weird mood)
Susan - still have fingers crossed & sending hugs.
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Yay for Carole getting home safe.
Nance, you should open a bake shop. Your pies were divine looking. (and tasting I am sure)
Hope Bedo is sleeping and breathing better.
Susan- you should open a restaurant. I am still crossing my fingers and toes for your scan results to be GOOD.
The sun is shining in Central IL and I cleaned out the bird feeder that the squirrels took over and that was GROSS....
May get some snow tonight but no accumulation . I am struggling with what I wouldn't characterize as depression, just a complete unwillingness and lack of motivation to do the things I need to be doing. When I went off my Arimidex for 2 weeks, this went away.....when I talked to my RO the other day about it. she told me to think about the things that give me JOY.......and I just looked at her. Joy would be scrapping this pill and not worrying about the dang cancer getting skippy again in my boob .or elsewhere...
We haven't heard from suladog in a long while......
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Red - can't believe what your RO told you. Think about JOY? As if we wouldn't want to be "joyful"? Sort of like the nice old doc who used to pat our hands and say "everything will be fine dear, just don't worry your little head". Grrr Sadly I too have no motivation & don't even have the excuse of Arimidex.
I emailed my DS and said I hope he got a good dinner somewhere for Thanksgiving. He's a pilot and was away on a 4 day trip. He answer was - turkey & dressing panini at an airport Starbucks.
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I don't think she meant it unkindly. We both agreed that it isn't things but more activities that bring us happiness, although I made a list of about 30 THINGS that bring me joy....llike red sunsets and salt water around my ankles at low tide, etc. But the fact that I haven't enjoyed most of the things on the list since the BIG C hit suggests maybe they need to find another little pill to get me over the next 3.5 years .....I just hate to take a drug, but so help me I will, just like if this bone density test in Dec shows what I am afraid of, I will be doing a shot or a pill or something...I think they should offer it to us soon as they put us on the Estrogen Sucking Drug.....
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Thanks for the Moth link. We don’t have storytelling slams in Chicago (at least none that are publicized), but there are two major storytelling festivals in IL: the IL Storytelling Festival near Peoria in Aug. and the Fox Valley Folk & Storytelling Festival in the western ‘burb Geneva Labor Day weekend. (I’ve played there every year since 2002, except 2007 when it was flooded out and I had a gig in Little Rock anyway). We get storytellers from all over N. America and the UK there.
Carole, so glad you missed the awful ice storms and made it safely home. Had to laugh about your south suburban hostess the “turkey-virgin,” About a month after we got married, I decided to roast a chicken for the first time (supermarkets in Seattle didn’t have rotisserie chickens back then--I’d only seen them at the kosher takeout shops in Brooklyn). I too was clueless about that packet of stuff inside the chicken--at first I thought someone at the butcher counter had made a terrible mistake. I’d heard of “giblets” but had no idea what they were!
Dinner tonight's gonna be a grass-fed hormone-and-antibiotic-free NY strip on the gas grill, with green beans sauteed with garlic, lemon and chili flakes. No, I didn't forget to mention a starch. Went to my primary care doc today to check on Super Zit (TMI) and an earache (strictly allergy), and when the nurse asked me “did you want to check your weight?" and I replied “NO" a bit too quickly and emphatically, she made a note. My doc (who was DS' Chief Resident back in the day when they were both at UIC Med Ctr), gently told me that although my BP is still okay, it has crept up commensurately with my weight. I'm about 3 lbs. thinner than the last recorded weight but a year and a half ago I was 25 lbs. thinner. He said, “Rome and the cruise in 10 days? You're gonna need to save some of your carbs for that. So how about laying off the sugar & starch till then? And walking more." I sheepishly admitted I'd been comfort-eating but that things had been very stressful.
He replied, “Ya think? I'd be worried about you psychologically if you didn't feel stressed-out. But let's agree that's out of your system by now--and you don't want to keep the estrogen factory pumping." He disagrees with my MO about when to start Femara--instead of Jan. 1 he'd have had me start the day after my last radiation treatment. I mentioned she was okay with Jan.1 so that I wouldn't get aches & hot flashes walking through Italy & Spain--so we compromised: I will fill the scrip before I leave and start it Dec. 23d, the day after I get back. But he also disagrees with her about bisphosphonates or biologics for osteopenia--he doesn't think mine is that bad yet and that studies have shown that weightbearing exercise worked better at slowing bone loss than either drugs or calcium/magnesium/D3. (He still wants me to take those supplements, but start walking yesterday).
Might have some Beaujolais tonight with the steak (although a Cab or Zin would go better). Tomorrow I poured 3 oz. but drank only 2. And our tree is up and lit. (DH and housekeeper are both Christian, and we’ve had some sort of tree every year since the first year we were married--we just keep the ornaments secular. And we celebrate Hanukkah too--only this year, the traditional deep-fried food will include artichokes in Rome’s Jewish quarter. At home, zucchini latkes for me, to keep it low-carb).
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ChiSandy, you mention "gigs" in your posts. Are you a musician?
Red, my sympathy on suffering through your 5 years on the hormone drug. I did my time with arimidex and gave the drug credit for SE's that turned out to be aging related. Higher BP, higher cholesterol, weight gain. Those so-called SE's didn't go away but I'm still glad not to be taking the little white pill. I've been toying with the idea of weaning myself off the 75 mg of Effexor generic that helped me through the 5 yrs. on arimidex.
Nance, I admire your pie baking expertise. You make it sound so easy. Same with the lovely bread. Maybe I will dust off my big bread board that dh made me and get back into making peasant/artisan bread. I put aside making bread because it tastes so good smeared with butter and one little piece just didn't do it. I wouldn't dare make pies or cakes and I was such a meanie that I told dh he couldn't make his beloved oatmeal chocolate chip cookies this Christmas.
I stayed in bed until almost 8:30 this morning. A bedroom window was open and I could hear a gentle rain falling outside. I have no appointments today, no pressing reason to venture out. I think I will tackle the job of clearing the desk in my office.
Not sure what dinner will be but I have a pretty squat-shaped squash, a type I've never cooked before. I'm thinking I will bake it and scoop out the insides and make a squash dish with butter and brown sugar. I have lamb loin chops and ground lamb in the freezer. Either grilled chops or lamb burgers would be good with the squash. I don't have feta cheese on hand but I think I do have goat cheese to tuck inside the burgers.
Happy Wednesday.
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chisandy--your doctor that said that about the bone drugs must be pals with my MO.....he said the same exact thing to me, and pointed out that we lose the most bone mass in the 2 years after menopause, and that since I had a surgical one at 46 I had lost the most, and if I kept walking and doing my calcium supplements we would just wait until things looked like it was warranted.....
Carole---is 75 mg of Effexor a small dose? Did you take it what time of day? Any funky side effects with it?
I too have been sleeping in. This morning they said we would have snow overnight, but it didn't start till about 9:00 a.m. I went to a crazy sale where they sell all the stuff that the kids couldn't sell in their fund raising efforts dirt cheap....It was a zoo. You go in and everyone snakes through all the tables until you hit the check out lane. its just stocking stuffer things for the most part---I did pick up a sil pat for my cookie sheet for 1.50 and a couple of kabuki brushes in little zippered cases. and two tubs of frozen cookie dough---Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal and White chocolate cherry.... I hope it keeps well thawed for a while--otherwise everyone I know is getting a huge cookie tray soon....and some zippered wreath bags and a notebook to store website addresses/passwords, and good heavens, 22.00 and two bags and 3 hours later I was at my Dads. Where we are still trying to consume a 12 lb turkey.....NEVER AGAIN, but I have said that before....I am ready to pull it all into small pieces and feed it to the stray cats...HA---He loves it but is just not up to messing with it, so I am gong to shred some up so he can make a open face sandwich with gravy and maybe some turkey salad sandwich spread and maybe it will be gone soon.
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Carol, I'm weaning off effexor too, but since my Insurance co insists that I get 3mos at a time in the mail I'm doing one every other day-totally wrong, but it's extended release. I don't have hot flashes anymore and don't need it
Red, you are an angel.
Today I feel a little better and made acorn squash stuffed with wild rice, currants onions and walnuts. I threw in the walnut pieces as I had them left over. The recipe called for yellow raisins, but I forgot and bought currants instead. Waiting for it to be ready, it smells good.
It is SO nice not to be working... all those things that have been tugging at the back of my mind, like "why do I have 2 car excise tax bills, I thought I paid them?" I have been plowing through. That is a sad testament to our times that you have to be sick and out of work for a week to take care of them. It does feel good to be (almost) caught up though, and tomorrow I have an orthodontist appt (so vain, one snaggle tooth that my insurance will pay 1/2 to correct) and a gyn appt ( so... neverymind). Next week mammo, ophthalmologist and surgeon to see about fixing leftie's divot. I haven't had time to even set these up until now.
Oh I forgot why I wanted to post. Today Ruby the cat-caught a chipmunk which she rarely does since I put bells on her. and brought it in live. They are always live. She and the indoor cat chased it into the bathroom. I shut the door. I tried trapping her by blocking with the waste basket but finally she jumped into a paper bag and whooo hooo! Wheee! Out the open window they both went. I can't imagine who was more surprised, me or the chipmunk when that happened.
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Carole, I'm sure you're aware of the effects of missing doses of venlafaxene. I accidentally skipped three days once and had the weirdest effect. People described them as "brain zaps" which I scoffed at, until I experienced them. I only take 37.5 mg but I plan to ask my doc the best way to stop after I finish my letrozole next year. It's been invaluable for the hot flashes though.
Was planning to eat from the freezer tonight but dh and I ventured out to Amish country to buy some pickles that my dad likes to give him for Christmas. On the way home we stopped for lunch and had very large tenderloin sandwiches. We are still stuffed so it seems like dinner will be scrambled eggs and toast.
Tomorrow is a dad day. We'll spend the night in the city so I can have blood drawn on Friday, then do some shopping before we come home.
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Bedo, we crossed posted. So glad you're feeling better.
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Had lunch with my exDH today - my treat since he installed a hose holder in a brick wall that had to be moved because of a fence extension. I was willing to pay for a lovely piece of fish or a premium steak, but he had other errands to run in a different direction so we just ate BBQ. This is Texas - so of course he ate brisket with a ketchup & mesquite based sauce. I had a lovely pulled pork sangy with vinegar based sauce ala North Carolina. So tonight it's chips & dip.
I really need to pull in my plumarias since it will be 39 again later this week - so tomorrow's the day. First cut off the leaves, then dig up from the ground, then wash the dirt off the roots & toss in the garage to "overwinter". Nothing else could be this easy!!!
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BTW - the chips aren't even healthy. Eating Ruffles w/ridges original.
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Still waiting for my test results. I am actually getting irritated and a bit worried. I need to look at our route on a map. We went through towns I didn't even know existed, and I know NH pretty darn well!
Looking at cabinets was actually fun. We chose our vendor, and are now finalizing the floor plan. Funny, I sent an email to the folks we didn't choose and got thank you notes for my email and 'honesty.' Human connections are good.
Going back to the house in the AM to proof a couple of measurements that don't make sense.Dinner was the other half pound of Harrington sausage, biscuits and a cheese omelette. We were unable to eat all the sausages and biscuits, so if I want breakfast tomorrow, it is already there!
Carole, so happy to hear your are home. What an epic journey! And the neck falling out is rather surprising the first time it happens. Given the chill they have even fresh turkeys, it kinda sticks inside the bird and when it pops out, it is startling.
Pies. Those are about the most gorgeous pies I have ever seen!
Oh yea, we ate the last of the turkey breast today for lunch. The leg is in the freezer waiting for my mole ingredients to arrive. Can't imagine when I will have time to make such a thing. The home rebuild is taking over! Can I crawl into the fetal position until Spring?
*susan*
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Susan why Not just give in and rest a bit? You've worked hard.
Bedo, poor chipmunk. LOL. Glad your feeling better.
Carol glad you had a good safe trip.
Minus, i like the vinegar based sauces better too. At least if they are not mustard heavy.
Red. Shame on your guests for not even mentioning all the work you did. We don't want praise. Just acknowledge mentioned of our work
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Nance, the Amish farms in WI have restaurants nearby too. Always worth the drive.
Chisandy, i want to ask too, are you a musician? And I'm not romances NY, but I love a great thin pizza. Hate deep dish. LOL
Lacy, since you mentioned the Moth, I've now heard the NEW version twice! LOL
Eruc, maybe the bread wasn't great but it looked beautiful. LOL.
My Tday went ok. Except for one minor thing. Remember I said I had a 10 lb fresh turkey? Uhuh.. we were planning to eat at 2. I put the thing in at 11:30. Figuring 90 minutes or 2 hours. Nope! I opened up the oven to check on it at 50 min. LOL. There it was. Drumsticks akimbo (I've always wanted to use that word-LOL) and pop up timer so far out it looked like the belly button of a 9 1/2 week preggo woman! LOL. Quite done. I hadn't even peeled the potatoes yet. I just set on the counter and rated the rest of the prep. Then I cut half of it up and popped it in the freezer. Cut up the rest to warm. After we ate, i put the carcass in the pot to cook. I still ate turkey for 2 day more than i should. LOL.
My Nephew's wedding reception was beautiful. Her family all came from Colorado. All 6 of them.
My DH sister' s memorial went well the next day. Spreading her ashes around the farm was hard but fitting as she lived it so. We didn't forget the ski hill either. She loved to ski. LOL Lots of tears but a relief it was done.
Tonite supper was just oatmeal. Went to a luncheon with my friends from my arthritis swim class and didn't feel like another big meal.
Much love to all, especially those i didn't mention.
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Moon, I had the same "done too soon" turkey issue with our 14 pounder. First time that ever happened. Fortunately, I had most sides done. Have to say, we are still eating turkey, soup, sandwiches, alone with rest of sides and gravy....I am quite tired of the bird...DH promised he will finish it up. I will finish the kale turkey soup tomirrow evening....DONE! I'm glad to hear that the family wedding, then the memorial went well.
ChiSandy, I'm all ears about your upcoming trip....enjoy! I also wondered about your "gigs".
Minus, I love how you and your exDH are amicable and helpful to each other. Chips....heehee. So addictive.
More about the Moth Slam next time...gotta get some sleep and get up early for the K students tomorrow.
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For dinner Brussels Sprouts with grapes, walnuts and honey. You cook the Brussels in boiling water about 8 minutes, (1+1/2 lbs) then heat 2 tbs olive oil in skillet and sauté sprouts 3mnutes. Reduce heat and add 2 tbs honey and cook another 2minutes Toss with 1 cup halved seedless red grapes and 1/2cup chopped walnuts and serve.
This, from a magazine from Stop and Shop included in my "pick up order" , another great idea, unless you want to pick things out yourself. $2.95 for the service, no tipping, and when you get there, call them inside and they load them in the trunk in the pick up parking area.
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Hello everyone! I think of everyone here ALL the time and try to read posts when I get a chance. Life really took some twists and turns that got me totally off track. Spent last winter in NC in our new home, but hubby has not sold our business and he is still here in NY (me too this winter,as he did not do very well with me gone) Parents not well so still spending major time caring for them and attending their Dr. appts. They actually spent time w me down south last winter, but too stubborn to move there where life would be easier. Just did my annual Dr. stuff...staying on Tamoxifen, no switch after 5 yr mark, doc now says 10 yrs if it isn't bothering me. Just weaned myself from the venlafaxine...long slow road...cause I also thought I wasn't havnig hot flashes...wrong!....they came back with a vengeance once I was off the meds and then I hit a major depression (literally fell in a hole and couldn't get out) but I am stubborn and sticking to my guns eliminating drugs.
Good news...son in Ohio got engaged, so planning a wedding for next Oct. Fun times.
Still cooking, but scaled way back for just the two of us. tonight a healthy salad inspired by a red wine dressing obtained at the amish market.
Glad everyone here is doing well...you make me laugh out loud and then the hubby asks "whats so funny over there?"
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I am indeed a musician: performing singer-songwriter, playing acoustic guitar, harmonica and mountain dulcimer (and in the studio, bass guitar). I have one solo CD (out of print, but can be downloaded on iTunes--“Ghosts & Angels," 2001), one with my former duo SASS! (“Album One," 2006) and three with my current duo Andina & Rich (“Because We Can," 2005; “Two Guitars, a Dulcimer and an Attitude," 2010; and “Merry Humbug," 2014). All these should be available on CDBaby.com. Releasing two this spring (once I can get back to the studio in southern IL): Andina & Rich (I'm Andina) “Chasing Lightning," and my solo “Candy Apple Red Herring." I play folk festivals, farmers' markets, coffeehouses, senior centers, small clubs and house concerts throughout the Midwest and mid-South (and soon Middle Atlantic)--will be ramping up the touring again this spring assuming the SEs of AIs are manageable. My singing partner Stephen Lee Rich has been doing the touring while I've been in treatment. I play more often in WI than I do in the Chicago area--venues here are tough to find for all but the more famous folkies (or those willing to play only for tips).
Dinner last night (went out) was grilled calamari, Caesar salad (no croutons), seared scallops, steamed spinach and brussels sprouts w/bacon, washed down with a bottle of San Pelligrino water. (Had 1/2 gl, of champagne before seeing “Beautiful"). Since resuming low-carb I've lost 3 lbs. The tough part is spurning the bread basket and resisting the late-night urge for a carby snack like gelato, toast or a bowl of cold cereal. Tonight after dropping my suitcase off for a rush repair, I will stop into Whole Paycheck or Dirk’s Fish for some good seafood and a loaf of low-carb bread (Today’s Temptations whole wheat, 2 gm. net carb per slice). Also discovered Alyssa’s Cookies online--not cheap, but the “Vegan Healthy Bites” are 1 gm. net, the Dark Chocolate 4 gm net--they both taste like chewy cookies and don’t have the consistency of Crayolas. No sugar-alcohols, either, so no unfortunate digestive effects akin to eating a potful of beans.
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Carrie, so happy to hear from you! I've been thinking about you lately and wondering how you are doing and about your move. Please stick around!
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Results of my scan are not good. From what Nurse Michelle said, my bone mets are making babies, at least quadrupling the number and creating a wider net. Some of the locations have her concerned since they are thin "wings" of the pelvis and spine. Dana Farber has finally been in touch, but Dr. Christina can't see me until the 15th. So, I will continue to design a house, pick tile, finalize cabinet choices, and otherwise, put one foot in front of the other.
We are off to Sarma for dinner to celebrate my husband's birthday. Not much of a celebration I am afraid. Tomorrow morning we are headed to visit our good friends on the Cape. They have just bought a condo in Florida and will be off for the winter. This is our last chance to see them until late Spring.
Here is the kitchen plan. Not a bad size for a house that is only 1500 sq ft.
*susan*
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Susan, I am counting on Dr. Christina
Going forward with your plans sounds wonderful
I wish that I could say something profound but sometimes all I can say is, there is a tiny flame, that says, "You got this down. You can handle this"
Hugs to you from me
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I agree with Bedo Susan. Meanwhile---your attitude of business as usual is on spot. Lifting you in my prayers. Hugs.
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Susan - so sorry to hear the results. But glad to hear you are moving forward & doing what you can. Somebody said you should rest. Doesn't sound like Susan - but you definitely should treat yourself to whatever strikes your fancy & rest when you need to. Wow - that kitchen is indeed huge for a 1500 sq ft place. What a treat.
Carrie - also glad to hear from you. Good memories.
Sandy - I have a young friend (mid 40's) who plays on a circuit of mostly bluegrass. He plays 'fiddle' (& yes Susan - also classical violin) and banjo. His wife is a talented pianist, but I don't think she plays as much anymore since they had their first baby a year ago. They are now in Toledo, Ohio. Would you mind if I copied your post to him? We share music things.
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Damn damn damn Susan. Not the news we wanted to hear. But, your plan is a good one -- for the house and for truckin' on. (((Susan)))
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Argggh, Susan. I am also sorry to hear those results...and want Dr. Christina to get a move on. So, given this "free time" the house designing is perfect and of course you amaze us all with your ability to "create" and get things done. The kitchen plans are so very cool! Did you draw those up, too??Thanks for sharing....
Carrie, so good to "see" you! Sounds like quite a roller coaster year, rather than my idea that you were keeping busy golfing or boating in NC. I missed hearing about your NY boat trips.
Glad that things have evened out and congrats on your DS's engagement!
I was very sad to learn today that my work friend who had uterine cancer five years ago, and has been NED since her really long and involved RX, just learned that it has reared its ugly head in her pelvis, lymph nodes and on her aorta. This vibrant woman has always lived the most healthy lifestyle of anyone I know, but that hasn't helped......unfortunately her cancer was not lifestyle related. She is headed into the hospital tomorrow for a biopsy of the mass on her aorta, and re-starting chemo Wednesday. I feel badly that she doesn't have a supportive thread like ours. As we all know....CANCER SUCKS!! Please keep her in your thoughts. I have the charge of sharing this news with all of our former co-workers since she is feeling emotionally depleted.
Needed to skip the leftover turkey soup tonight and made my fave kale veggie sauté with two eggs. Yum!
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MinusTwo, copy away!
Susan, so sorry to hear about your scans. You deserve the kitchen of your dreams (but then, you always did)!
Tonight was kinda simple: branzino I pan-seared in olive oil with salt, pepper, herbes de Provence and lemon; and collard & mustard greens from the hot bar at Whole Foods. The fish guy did the dirty work, filleting the branzino pretty well and leaving only a few pin bones easily removed once cooked. Noshing on half a plum tomato with lemon-till tuna salad. May do some berries before I go to bed. No wine tonight, just seltzer and a decaf low-carb (FairLife) cappuccino. Brunch was a Western omelette (2 eggs plus the white left over from yesterday’s French herb-gruyere omelette) made with poblanos, yellow bell pepper, tomato, red onion and Swiss cheese. As long as I draw boundaries (‘just a taste” of bread or pastry never stays “just a taste”) I can keep it low-carb till I go on vacation--and exercise some discipline as well as walk, walk, walk.
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