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Baileys_Babe

rtandon27 said:

@Pollie & @Baileys_Babe - I adore crispy onions, but not the palm oil!  We have a friend who does hers in the air fryer - I'm tempted to buy one just for this purpose!

ETA - the best ones I've tasted were Dino brand - perhaps because the are North American style?

We don't buy crispy onions as they have wheat as an ingredient and one of my family is a coeliac.

dawnybabes

You can get gf crispy onions (we are also coeliac) can check the brand we are using tomorrow if you wish ? 

rtandon27

@Baileys_Babe & @dawnybabes - Scott's does a good fried onion that is gluten-free & it's in rapeseed oil rather than palm - but it doesn't say on the list of ingredients if the oil is cold pressed! - Around here, it is only available in posh (chain) farm shops, of which there are two near us but we frequent irregularly!

Baileys_Babe

dawnybabes said:

You can get gf crispy onions (we are also coeliac) can check the brand we are using tomorrow if you wish ? 

If you remember that would be great.

rtandon27 said:

@Baileys_Babe & @dawnybabes - Scott's does a good fried onion that is gluten-free & it's in rapeseed oil rather than palm - but it doesn't say on the list of ingredients if the oil is cold pressed! - Around here, it is only available in posh (chain) farm shops, of which there are two near us but we frequent irregularly!

Thanks, I'll look out for that brand.

rtandon27

So in my Grinchy Scroogey world & given that I'm from North of the 49th, I attended an online lecture yesterday evening on that country's approach to the world.  Super interesting & reinforced to me why I feel the way I do about much of everything - it's my cultural upbringing!

My thought for the day arrived this morning in the form of a meme...
Black Friday:  Because only in America, people trample others for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have!

rtandon27

Spent most of today resting after an evening socializing and tasting cheese (I don't actually drink wine) with a couple of very nice mocktails.  The event was to raise money for a charity close to the office and was attended by some of my lovliest colleagues!

Weekly List

routine tasks...
🔱 YNAB juggling - yesterday was payday!
🔆 across the pond banking
🔱 grocery order (Thursday instead of Tuesday)
✅ meal plan - a week of eating from the stores
🔆 weekly digital planner
🔆 Delay Repay
🔆 supplements
✅ Weekly surveys & contests
✅ laundry - last week's laundry folded & put away - 1 large load in and dried another 1 ready to hang up
🔆 clean washing machine once laundry done for the week

non-routine tasks...
🔆 check total of interest received last year
🔆 pay taxes owed so that tax code is not adjusted next year
🔆 kitchen floor STILL needs a good wash (sweeping to keep under control)
🔆 strip bed & put on new mattress topper & warmer winter bedsheets
🔱 have sourced weighted blankets - singles - Scandinavian style!
🔆 repack OH's bag for next intervenus cocktail outing
🔆 home facial
🔱 still on the hunt for ballerina wedges that fit for everyday use!
⏳EHIC card - is old one valid or do up application
⏳BFF across the pond - we owe each other money - neither of us is asking the other to sort out! 🤣

important tasks...
(on hold)
⏳ do bus pass application
⏳ new load of paperwork filing ready to be sorted
⏳ my savings need juggling - not started yet

medical follow-ups...
✅ register for follow-up medical appts from Monday
🔆 Book dental hygienist appt
🔱 book covid shots for both in three weeks
🔱 OH starts next round of his treatment this week - he has a week of feeling 1/2 way normal
🔱❗my dermatologist referral - have docs names - now need to book appt - insurance has authorized! - sigh - have to have this done in the city as decent onces in my area are scarce as hen's teeth!!!!!
🔱 follow-up on OT recommendations for work assessment - the Cerberus has woken up and is biting at my heals
⏳❗follow-up on private eye specialist for myself

epic list of garden things...
⏳ harvest last of the chilies
⏳ need to transplant two chili plants & bring indoors
⏳ autumn pruning needs to be done
⏳ start getting quotes for new felt for flat roof & summer house & shed (needs doing in autumn) - on hold
⏳ 4 bags cotswold stone - trip to W!ckes postponed - on hold
⏳ transplant remaining baby trees into their new pots - on hold 
⏳ trim down and rehome butterfly bush - on hold
⏳ new trellis needs to go up for the climbing rose in the front - OH has acquired the hardware! - on hold
⏳ finish taming climbing jasmine & add more supports for it to grown on - on hold

social calendar...
✅ wine and cheese event for charity
✅ unexpected Christmas invite to a lunch at a posh club - accepted in a heartbeat!
🔱 need to organize ladies who lunch festive set meal - on hold until January
🔆foodie christmas market (friends festive gathering)
🔆southbank christmas market
⏳ korean street food - on hold until January!

Meal Prep activities...
🔆 make beef stew with root veg (c/o)
🔆 make saag paneer (dig out tried and true recipe!) (c/o)
✅ 🔆 chicken tipsi kebab

Meal Plan...
Last Week

✅ 🥬🧀🫓 Monday Nov 24 - Veggie Day - Mousakka & jalepeno poppers

✅ 🐟 Tuesday Nov 25 - Fish Day - Take-away Fish & Chips Cauli-cheese & potatoes

✅ 🍗 Wednesday Nov 26 - Chicken Day - left over sunday roast & sides

✅ 🍖 Thursday Nov 27 - Meat Day - beef stew & plain rice

✅ 🍕🍟 Friday Nov 28 - Fakeaway Day - takeaway

✅ 🫓🍜 Saturday Nov 29- Easy Peasy Day - dim sum & croquettes

✅ 🍖🥕🍠🍅🥔 Sunday Nov 30 - Roast Day - burgers (from freezer) & leftover chips
This Week (from the stores)
✅ 🥬🧀🫓 Monday Dec 01 - Veggie Day - tipsi kebab & tortillas &onion & tomato & cucumber & brocoli
✅ 🐟 Tuesday  Dec 02 - Fish Day - fakeaway fish & chips for him & yellow sticker pizza for me

🍗 Wednesday Dec 03 - Chicken Day - leftovers to clear out fridge

🍖 Thursday Dec 04 - Meat Day - takeaway (late back from hospital)

🍕🍟 Friday Dec 05 - Fakeaway Day - sausages in buns & croquettes (from freezer)

🫓🍜 Saturday Dec 06- Easy Peasy Day - bao & dim sum - tandoori chicken & green veg

🍖🥕🍠🍅🥔 Sunday Dec 07 - Roast Day - tajine & couscous (from freezer)

Next Week
mousaka (freezer)
cauli-cheese (freezer)
root veg soup (freezer)
peirogis & keilbasa (from freezer)
Beef Stew with root veg (freezer & fridge)
Saag Paneer & Parathas (stores, fridge)