Happy Weekend-Coffee and This & That & Amaranth Grain-Long Post

Good morning Friends,

   Last night was the first night in months that I fell asleep and didn't wake up til early morning. I didn't feel totally refreshed but I finally did get a good night's sleep. I have a lot of sleep catching up to do but this was a good start.

  We are back to very hot temperatures again with humidity-well it is August which I think is usually one of the hotter months here including July. This year I am sooooo ready for autumn to arrive.

 Since I can not work outdoors still, I am motivated to start the deep clean of our home  before winter settles in. If I do this now than when it cools down hopefully by mid September I can work outdoors-finally.

 Some mornings teas just don't work, I am out of decaf coffee so instead I ground up dandelion and chicory root. Have not made me  a pot of this in sometime now. It tastes really good too.

 Next to our coffee  maker I have these containers behind the coffee and decaf coffee. I grind a crock full of the coffees at a time.

 The dandelion and chicory pot is up on top .This makes a very smooth swallow. I forgot how good this actually is.  

   Many years ago I used to subscribe to Gevalia 's coffee club. I would stay a member for a year or two stop it for awhile and then re subscribe. Each time I would get some sort of coffee pot along with one of their crocks-most were white and I did get a green one once.  One year I had resubscribed   to get their porcelain pour over coffee maker-that makes really good coffee too.

  I was surprised when my new Gelli plate arrived really fast, just a couple days after I ordered it. Since I don't pay for amazon prime, it said it would take a week. We get our mail here at the lake really fast-which I love-since I order a lot of foods online too.  I haven't had the chance to play with the gelli plate  yet though.

   My system is still messed up since the too  much ice cream incident but it is getting better slowly. Really watching what I eat-lots of fresh fruits like berries and melons. Back to making chia seeds in 1% milk which my body can handle. I did find one more carton of cashew milk too that I used up with the chia seeds. I used to buy nut milks that the ingredients were only the nuts and water nothing else. Those are no longer affordable anymore.  I don't have a lot of food shopping choices close by so I order a lot of gluten free and organic canned items especially online. Coffee beans are more affordable online at Sam's club.

  I did order amaranth for another gluten free cereal besides just gluten free oatmeal. I haven't cooked with this one before although in the past I have used it as a flour.  This is actually a seed but is referred to as a grain. Very nutritious with protein and fiber  All the recipes I found to cook it as a cereal was 4 servings. So I broke it down to 1 serving. It needs a long slow cooking time and for 1 serving needs more water for sure. The flavor is pretty decent after the long cooking time kinda like cream of wheat cereal or a creamy grits cereal.  Any of you cooked with this as a cereal?  

Here is a photo from online-   It is as small as sesame seeds.

and this link made the amaranth porridge into a cereal or a savory dish

  The lake will be very busy this weekend going forward to Labor Day weekend.  Major boat racing events this weekend and next. 

  I have been watching older movies that I have never seen before on the streaming app Tubi and they have less commercials than regular tv so that's nice.

  This afternoon I did some "cyber" housecleaning.  I will be 75 this coming October-yikes and Larry will be 79 in October.  Using a computer started back when I retired in 2003

    For some reason this afternoon I went through the blogs I follow-and deleted lots. I am down to around 30 or less now. So many I never visit or they don't visit me, some have passed on-I finally was able to let those go. Only one I saved was Shroo- She was very special and I still  miss her. I really think she may have passed as she was ill.  Many I just don't go back to and read so those are gone. I did save a handful of arts and crafts blogs that I learned a lot from when I retired.  Just a very few that have totally opposite views of my own, don't visit me even if I visit them- are now deleted. 

     I did the same on Facebook as well-I would leave that very very liberal run space if not for a handful of friends since I retired and no longer blog. Also I follow one of my favorite authors there, along with many Yellowstone photographers. I visit but do not post much there anymore. also I don't have a cell phone so friends that do-text me on facebook and I get that as a message.

  I have rambled on enough it seems-smiles- Happy weekend everyone.

    Oh and I forgot to mention, when I was going through my too many teas,  I discovered I have a box of black tea  and also green tea that are not decaf-I missed that some how when I bought them. Any of you in the USA that would like some of these tea bags let me know with your address and I will mail you some. Larry does not drink teas and I can't drink these. My close by friend Mary drinks no teas.