Baked Eggplants and on high cholesterol

I made some tasty baked eggplants.

1 tomato chopped

2 cloves garlic minced

1 onion chopped

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tsp sugar 

2 tbs vinegar

3-4 tbs olive oil

1 tsp dried basil

4-5 Japanese eggplants chopped 

On at baking sheet lined with parchment paper, mix together all ingredients

Bake 425F 25 mins

Husband M's friend managed to get his cholesterol levels back to normal by having steaks every couple of weeks instead of 3 times a week.  It is inspiring me (and by extension my family) to eat more chicken and fish instead of red meat.  

Interestingly husband M noticed when he has tofu his readings are very good the next day.  This will be a regular item on the menu for both of us.  Son K doesn't like tofu unfortunately.

Blueberry Oatmeal cookies

 2 c oats

2 bananas

1/2 c peanut butter

1/4c blueberries

Mix oats, bananas, peanut butter.  Add blueberries.  Shape into cookies and bake 

350F for 11-13 minutes.

(daughter L tried this in her air fryer for 10 mins at 350F so I will do that next time)

 you can add a glaze for extra sweetness, but I loved them as is.

Go here for the recipe.

Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

Neighbourhood Excitement

 We had a few emergencies to start the New Year on our street.  There was a break in 3 houses down across the street.  We had a cop come to our door asking if we had any video footage, unfortunately we did not capture anything.  It seems the family had gone out to dinner when the person broke in.  There were reports of the person seen running down the street.  It is alarming.

Then the next week we saw an ambulance next door at the house where the 3 young children live.  I was able to speak to the mom when I saw her outside one day.  It seems the 9 year old daughter had a very high temperature and started turning blue.  So they called emergency and they went to the hospital.  They say it was a virus but she is ok now.  Another scary event.

It seems earlier this week there was another break in on our street apparently the owner was away on a business trip to the US.

Fingers crossed that things calm down around here.

Friday Art - Oystercatcher

Welcome to Friday Art!  Showing an Oystercatcher ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.
 

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Matches and Pasta with proscuitto and peas

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! The theme is Matches and here is my matchstick yard!

 For the Dinner Date, I made pasta with proscuitto and peas.

half an onion thinly sliced

2 cloves garlic minced

3 tbs olive oil

1 tbs unsalted butter

1 pkg proscuitto cut slices into matchstick sized strips

1 lb pasta

juice of half lemon

2 c cooked peas

1 tsp dried parsley

1 tomato chopped

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

Cook the pasta in salted water

In olive oil and butter, saute proscuitto until browned.  Add onions until softened then add garlic, parsley.  Add tomatoes for a few minutes then mix in a cup of pasta water.  Mix in spaghetti, parmesan, lemon juice, more olive oil.  Add more pasta water if you like.  Grate some pepper to taste.

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