Sat June 22 2019

No breakfast

Lunch: 2 ham and cheese tortilla roll ups

Snack: some saltine crackers

Dinner: lasagne

Lemon & Matcha Jelly

Same deal: 2 cups lemon juice & pulp, 2 cups matcha tea, 2 cups sugar, but this time I used 4 Tbsp of pectin.

Fri June 21 2019

Breakfast: smoothie 

Lunch: 2 ham & cheese roll up tortillas 

Dinner: pizza 

Thurs June 20 2019

No breakfast

Lunch: 2 roll up tortillas with ham and cheese 

Dinner: leftover chicken and rice 

Lemon & Rooibos jelly

I did the same thing with Rooibos tea. Two cups lemon juice & pulp, two cups rooibos tea, two cups sugar, & 3 Tablespoons pectin.

Sugar + Dry Pectin

gel set

so pretty in the sun!

Arnold Palmer Jelly

I also made Arnold Palmer jelly today. Two cups lemon juice & pulp, and two cups (decaf) black tea, with 2 cups sugar and 3 Tablespoons pectin.

I forgot to do my usual thing of dissolving the pectin into 1/4 cup of liquid, so instead I mixed the dry pectin in with the sugar before adding it to the pot.

in the pot

checking gel set

yummy goodness!

Turkish Apple with Honey Mead

Today I finally processed the jar of apple slices that had been marinating in honey mead in my fridge. I had a tea bag of "Turkish Apple Tea" and another of lemongrass tea, so instead of adding plain water to the puréed apples, I added the tea.

cooking in the pot

gel set

the finished product!

Wed June 19 2019

Breakfast: smoothie 

Lunch: 2 roll up tortillas with cheese 

Dinner: chicken and rice soup (more like porridge, actually) from the crock pot freezer meals

Tues June 18 2019

Forgot to take a weight pic at home, so this is my weigh-in at the doctor’s office, fully clothed, and after eating breakfast. 

Breakfast: McD’s bacon, egg, & cheese biscuit 

Lunch: chicken Caesar salad at CostCo. No croutons. 

Dinner: smoothie

Mon June 17 2019

Breakfast: smoothie

Lunch: 2 plain McD’s hamburgers

Lemons!

Last weekend when we were up in the Bay Area, I got a bunch of lemons from friends. I processed them into almost 4 quarts of lemon pulp yesterday. (No rinds — they were just far too bitter!) 

Ready to make yummy lemon goodies!