Chia Jam, No Carmen :( Beef Stroganoff with Karen..

Good morning!  I can't believe it's Friday already! Where did that week go?!!! Anyway this will be a quick catch up because I don't know what we did this week hahah.  

One evening made Chicken Cordon Bleu...yummy and so
easy.  First time ever..baked veggies to go with.  

I do know Ken got his blood test and EKG out of the way, he's got a dr appointment on March 14th for his pre op physical. The month will fly I'm sure. 

We made a trip to Gardnerville to pick up prescriptions and then visit our favorite waitress, Carmen.  We got there, asked for her section and were told "Carmen is on extended leave" What?!!  Turns out she slipped and fell on the ice during one of the many cold and icy spells.  She hurt her shoulder, and guess they had to wait for the swelling to go down before doctors decided she will need surgery. :(  She is over 70 so it could have been worse.  She's a feisty little thing so hoping she'll be returning to work down the road.  She works because she enjoys it, not because she has to.  We will see.  We had a nice lunch anyway.  

I did experiment one day on some Chia Seed Berry Jam.  We are cleaning out the freezer so it can be defrosted.  I had some frozen strawberries, blackberries and blueberries that originally I thought I would make smoothies when the boys were here.  Took them and found a recipe for the jam. Turned out yummy and easy.  One jar in the frig and one in the freezer for later.  No sugar added! Bonus!  

Triple Berry Chia Seed Jam..yum! 

Yesterday (Thursday) we invited Karen over for dinner.  We watched an episode of Pioneer Woman and she made a beef stroganoff.  We decided to make it and instead of noodles we used spaghetti squash.  Ken asked what we had to go with it and I said, asparagus and squash or green beans.  He said "Don't we have something not so healthy?"  I looked at him and said "Well that's why we're doing spaghetti squash" He says "YOU are doing that" "Ok, what do you want?"  He says ....a baked potato...okie dokie! haha..in the end I made him and Karen some Au Gratin stove top potatoes as our power was out for a few hours in the afternoon.  Not impressed though from what they said. Oh well. The stroganoff turned out good.  Also I had a turkey cooking most of the day. I did say we were cleaning out the freezer.  No cooking for the weekend. :) 

After an hour or so of the power going out Ken did hook up the generator so the oven could continue cooking. Even though it's gas because of the electronic ignition it wouldn't work.  I could light the stove top but not the oven.  

We had a nice visit with Karen and with any luck we'll head for her house later today for a fire.  The winds have been awful, but today is starting out nice and quiet. 

Have a wonderful day!