I meant to write about the Jalapeño Poppers I bought. I cooked them in my toaster oven the other night (we also had Cornish Pasties for supper) and enjoyed them, but I was expecting them to be one heck of a lot more pungent, what I call hot in England and North Americans call spicy. There was a pleasant tingle but not really much more than that.
You think I have busy days, you should try this one. First a Coordinator comes from CSC to talk to us for a while. This meant we had to get a move on before she came. We had a quick lunch and then went down to the lab for me to have my potassium blood test. Just as we were about to leave Purolator came with a parcel. Guessed it was my new phone, tell you later. Then to the optometrist which is the other side of town. Forgot to mention it had been snowing overnight and this morning so the roads were wet and a little bit icy, Neither of us need a new prescription. We discussed why I was having trouble reading my PC, turns out that because I wear progressive glasses it may well be that I am trying to read my monitor with the wrong part of the lenses. My monitor sits on a surge slayer so it is, perhaps, a bit high. I need to do something about it. Right now I am sitting bold upright and yes, I am having less problem, only trouble to sit that straight hurts my back. After the optometrist I went to the shopping plaza where there was a store which was where I bought Matt's sweat shirt only online. They took it back without any problem. Finally, we headed back and called in at the grocery store to pick up my second small order of the week. Even then I forgot mushrooms. Guess what, we headed home after all that.
Yes, it was my new phone. ladydog had suggested that I should use Uber if I need the odd ride home from the hospital when we have gone there by ambulance. But, don't know if you know, you can only get hold of them by their app. However, a couple of days ago, CARP (which is like the American AARP) had a special offer from Zoomer Wireless and I am now the proud possessor of a Motorola G7 phone. Much to my delight, it came with the SIM card already installed, I am never very good at that. I played with the phone a bit this aft and called ladydog to try it out, but I have to put in lots of phone numbers and so on. Have got as far as emails - it can receive wifi which will be useful although, much to my disgust, the bowling alley won't let us use their system. I have a 2 year contract and the price is excellent, the phone itself cost nothing.
Having sat watching TV til fairly late this evening, I did my Spanish fairly quickly, and then came on here to blog. Tomorrow things will be fairly quiet, Zoey is bringing lunch and ladydog and that is, so far, it.
So after all that rushing around, I just threw some macaroni in the Instant Pot and that's what we had for supper, Macaroni and Cheese. It really is delicious, I actually use just Habanero cheese and Parmesan. Here's the recipe if you have forgotten.
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
This macaroni and cheese is every family's favorite comfort food pasta recipe made easy in the
Instant Pot! You can have creamy, mouthwatering, homemade mac and cheese for dinner in about 10 minutes!
8 oz Uncooked Elbow Macaroni
2 cups Chicken Broth
1 Tbs Butter
1 tsp Hot Pepper Sauce
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1/4 cup Shredded Parmesan Cheese
1/2 to 1 cup Milk
1. Add the uncooked macaroni, chicken broth, butter, hot sauce, garlic powder, pepper, and salt to the Instant Pot.
2. Place the lid on the pot and set to sealing. Cook on manual function, high pressure for 5 minutes. Then, do a quick release.
3. Stir in the cheeses and milk until smooth. Season as necessary to taste.
4. Notes
5. NOTE: The cheeses listed in the recipe have produced the best flavor that I have found. Feel free to use your family's favorite cheese combination.
6. NOTE: For the milk, start with 1/2 cup and add up to one cup if you find it needs to be thinned out a little bit more.
7. IMPORTANT: Empty pot before sitting down to eat otherwise it iwll be difficult to clean as cheese sticks.
Servings: 4
Have a great day
You think I have busy days, you should try this one. First a Coordinator comes from CSC to talk to us for a while. This meant we had to get a move on before she came. We had a quick lunch and then went down to the lab for me to have my potassium blood test. Just as we were about to leave Purolator came with a parcel. Guessed it was my new phone, tell you later. Then to the optometrist which is the other side of town. Forgot to mention it had been snowing overnight and this morning so the roads were wet and a little bit icy, Neither of us need a new prescription. We discussed why I was having trouble reading my PC, turns out that because I wear progressive glasses it may well be that I am trying to read my monitor with the wrong part of the lenses. My monitor sits on a surge slayer so it is, perhaps, a bit high. I need to do something about it. Right now I am sitting bold upright and yes, I am having less problem, only trouble to sit that straight hurts my back. After the optometrist I went to the shopping plaza where there was a store which was where I bought Matt's sweat shirt only online. They took it back without any problem. Finally, we headed back and called in at the grocery store to pick up my second small order of the week. Even then I forgot mushrooms. Guess what, we headed home after all that.
Yes, it was my new phone. ladydog had suggested that I should use Uber if I need the odd ride home from the hospital when we have gone there by ambulance. But, don't know if you know, you can only get hold of them by their app. However, a couple of days ago, CARP (which is like the American AARP) had a special offer from Zoomer Wireless and I am now the proud possessor of a Motorola G7 phone. Much to my delight, it came with the SIM card already installed, I am never very good at that. I played with the phone a bit this aft and called ladydog to try it out, but I have to put in lots of phone numbers and so on. Have got as far as emails - it can receive wifi which will be useful although, much to my disgust, the bowling alley won't let us use their system. I have a 2 year contract and the price is excellent, the phone itself cost nothing.
Having sat watching TV til fairly late this evening, I did my Spanish fairly quickly, and then came on here to blog. Tomorrow things will be fairly quiet, Zoey is bringing lunch and ladydog and that is, so far, it.
So after all that rushing around, I just threw some macaroni in the Instant Pot and that's what we had for supper, Macaroni and Cheese. It really is delicious, I actually use just Habanero cheese and Parmesan. Here's the recipe if you have forgotten.
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
This macaroni and cheese is every family's favorite comfort food pasta recipe made easy in the
8 oz Uncooked Elbow Macaroni
2 cups Chicken Broth
1 Tbs Butter
1 tsp Hot Pepper Sauce
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1/4 cup Shredded Parmesan Cheese
1/2 to 1 cup Milk
1. Add the uncooked macaroni, chicken broth, butter, hot sauce, garlic powder, pepper, and salt to the Instant Pot.
2. Place the lid on the pot and set to sealing. Cook on manual function, high pressure for 5 minutes. Then, do a quick release.
3. Stir in the cheeses and milk until smooth. Season as necessary to taste.
4. Notes
5. NOTE: The cheeses listed in the recipe have produced the best flavor that I have found. Feel free to use your family's favorite cheese combination.
6. NOTE: For the milk, start with 1/2 cup and add up to one cup if you find it needs to be thinned out a little bit more.
7. IMPORTANT: Empty pot before sitting down to eat otherwise it iwll be difficult to clean as cheese sticks.
Servings: 4
Have a great day
