G'day, folks.
Sharon/WO, sorry your sleep pattern has been thrown out. I've occasionally tried to have a working all-nighter, only to find I take several days to recover and overall I get LESS done.
Rabbit, I also have a mobility scooter and know the problems of trying to fit it in various small places. I'm glad the problems got sorted for him.
We had one of those not terribly productive days when tyou HAVE to stay home but still don't get much done. The dishwasher repairman arrived early and gave us bad news - too many things have gone wrong with it, it's just not worth trying to fix. The cause - German cockroaches wich apparently like the micro-electric currents around the motherboard components, then get shorted out. And I'm not sure if the cockroach bombs we use are 'tuned' to that species. They only seem to get the big fat American ones... and no, I'm not being racist. The two main cockroach pests in our country are the smaller, paler German and the larger (huge!) American. Once either species gets established in your hoome, you can't get rid of them. We also have native cockroaches but they tend to not come indoors. They live on leaf litter and are really very pretty.
Back to the day - I've been experimenting with some new varieties of rice I bought last week - red rice and black rice. From what I can see, they both look very similar. I looked them up, they're both "heirloom" varieties of rice. You might know the black rice as forbidden rice. it's a very dark purple when it's cooked and sends everything else purple as well. I tried to make risotto with it, I put chopped cooked chicken in it plus peas - the peas went black, the chicken went a weird purple. It was as if I'd overdosed the dish with squid ink!
It tasted OK, but difficult child 3 was put off by the colour. Because of my diet, I only had a small serve, planning to eat a piece of fish - but I had a drink of water with it and found I had absolutely no room - the stuff is incredibly filling!
So I think I have found a new dish for my diet.
Tonight I cooked more up, this time following instructions I found online. Apparently in Thailand (where it comes from) black rice is eaten as a sweet dish, almost exclusively. So I followed a recipe and made - black rice with palm sugar syrup and coconut cream. And - it's fabulous! I've put the leftover in the fridge, it can be eaten warm but is better cold. If I nibble on it and also drink lots of water, it could help me get my diet back under control.
A tasty way to do it. Loaded with iron, anthocyanins and fibre.
I guess it's another sign my diet is back on deck - I'm experimenting with food in a big way.
Tomorrow husband has the day off and we had already planned to go shopping, including looking for a mother-of-the-bride dress for me. Now a dishwasher is also on the shopping list.
Oh well...
Enjoy your Monday, everyone.
Marg
