What Are You Happy About Today?

[deerprongs]

Since no one on here knows me in real life--

My husband and I got married 8/27/18 and on our wedding night I miscarried. We have been trying again and got our first positive test today! If everything works out (which we are cautious about) we are looking at 8/8/19 Which would be a suuuuper cool due date.

awwweee that's so great! congrats! i hope all works out for you and your husband, hon! <33

 

[Snowesque]

There's something very endearing about someone saying they're looking forward to something you specifically cook. <3

 

[Saga]

Today was my mom's birthday and we had a really nice Italian dinner and a lovely conversation; I had grilled chicken parmigiana, which was surprisingly good! My mom got herself a MASSIVE piece of chocolate cake, and I got to have both a cafe mocha and an almond-hazelnut macchiato in lieu of dessert. She also really seemed to like the presents I got her, which made me happy!

 

[rianne]

There's something very endearing about someone saying they're looking forward to something you specifically cook. <3

(,: I'm sure your cooking is amazing. I felt this way the other day.

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I can get through the day knowing that my partner has healthy food (that I cooked, yay) to eat during his lunch break.

 

[Snowesque]

rianne
I can't cook too many things, but what I can make, I think tastes fairly good.
What would our partners do without us.

 

[Saga]

Speaking of cooking tasty, healthy food, do you guys have any advice for getting someone to eat food that you cook for them? I'm quite a good cook and make a point to make meals with lots of protein and vegetables, and I always offer some to my mom, but she only sometimes eats it (and never eats more than one serving) unless it's something relatively unhealthy and calorific that I made as a treat, such as fried chicken, lasagna, or Swedish pancakes. Bahn mi, zucchini noodles with meatballs, most Japanese foods, curries, spring rolls, etc. all go ignored in favor of microwave dinners, chips and ice cream. I'm quite worried about my mom's health as she's now in her 70's, doesn't get much exercise, and has stopped cooking meals for herself and now only eats fast food, massive bowls of cereal, or microwave dinners. She used to eat much healthier and she does love vegetables, so I don't understand why she often won't eat more of what I cook. She also refuses to go grocery shopping and will only pick up food at the drugstore/Walgreens, which of course doesn't have any fresh produce or meat.

Any suggestions for healthy-ish recipes that aren't exotic (clearly she isn't too fond of all my Asian cuisine) or tips to encouraging her to return to eating a more well-balanced diet? She's my only parent and I'm an only child, so I want to help her live as long as possible! If it helps, she does seem to like stews and chili, as well as pasta dishes.

 

[RedTropicalPeachyFish]

FOUND A NEW HOME FOR TAKORINA ( Marina )!! FIANALLYYYY!!<333
( Thank you galaxyp! )

 

[Snowesque]

Saga
As a very picky eater, what I found that really works for me is substitutes.
If that doesn't work, I just think of ways I can add a bunch of seasoning to mask the vegetables.

For cheese seasoning in general, nutritional yeast often comes up but I haven't tried it myself.
(I don't eat anything dairy really.)
You may be able to find a lot of great substitutes by just looking up vegetarian/vegan options.

 

[cornimer]

Had my conducting semester final today and I think it went well the piece that I messed up on and cried in front of the whole class last time was probably my best one today, I feel like I made a comeback

 

[Saga]

Snowesque

Ahh, those are some fabulous ideas! I'm definitely going to try to be sneaky and hide some veggies in otherwise apparently-unassuming meals. If you dice vegetables finely enough, I think you can probably put them into almsot anything. I got a great suggestion for hidden-veggie meatloaf as well as chunky, country-style gravy with vegetables put through an immersion blender, so I'm going to try making both of those soon. Yum!

Nutritional yeast instead of cheese sounds really interesting. I'm lactose intolerant but generally tolerate hard cheeses like grated parmesan, but I'd still like to cut it out of my diet to be safe. I'll look into using it next time I make any pasta dishes or roasted veggies! And thank you for the suggestion of looking up some vegan or vegetarian dishes. Great idea!!


Vampnessa

That's fabulous - congratulations!! There's no feeling quite like turning a bad performance around and the pride and happiness (and maybe relief) that follows!

 

[Soigne]

I finished and am turning in a 20 page research paper today. Only two more to go!

 

[HistoryH22]

I finished my presentation to the history faculty yesterday, so it's a relief to have that in the rear view mirror. Now I just need to do some edits to the paper itself and I'll be done with semester! All that remains after this is my master's thesis.

 

[Midoriya]

It’s the weekend and for once I don’t have a lot of studying or assignments to do. Plus, the semester is almost over. Time for a day of relaxation.

 

[stalecxpcakes]

these past few days, i've gotten to play acnl again for the first time in months <3
it calms me so much

 

[Snowesque]

Bellxis
Good to hear.
Nice sidebar and signature aesthetic.

 

[stalecxpcakes]

Bellxis
Good to hear.
Nice sidebar and signature aesthetic.

thank you so much !! <3 your sidebar icon is so pretty

 

[Snowesque]

Bellxis
Thanks! The artist that made it is my favorite.

 

[Alienfish]

had a nice christmas dinner out with some ppl from work

 

[Chipl95]

I'm happy about surviving the first semester of photography college and managing a job on top of that. I'll be hopefully getting my first pay soon too, which will be great.

 

[Saga]

I'm happy because I did a *lot* today, and my back was totally fine! (I have chronic back pain/a muscular disorder.) I talked on the phone with my dad, went to a doctor's appointment, did a major grocery shopping that was one and a half hours long, unloaded all the groceries, de-iced my walkway, and cooked dinner with no pain!!

Plus, my dinner was super delicious AND it's something I can entice my mom into eating. I made 1/2 lean ground beef and 1/2 ground turkey for the meat, with caramelized onions, diced tomatoes with cilantro, and black beans, topped with some cheese, salsa, plain greek yogurt for sour cream, diced raw tomatoes and onions, and cabbage (I dislike lettuce). Yum!