Winter´s changing habits. / myLot

Chile

April 28, 2024 7:55pm CST

In winter the sun sets early and I don´t know what to do with my day. I tend to call it a day with no proper dinner but some time later I realize that the day is not over even if it is dark. So I start to think about whether I will get out of bed again and go to the kitchen for something to eat. I have several leftovers that I could use. I still have rice and pasta and could make an omelette with either of them. I have greens to make a salad but don´t have any interest in cold food. I might soak some legumes if I go to the kitchen. Then tomorrow, with Anita, I could make a delicious bean or lentil soup. I love them but I´m not fond of washing the pressure cooker. My way of eating is very different in winter. See you in a while. I´ll soak some lentils.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (460157)

• Switzerland

29 Apr

You just inspired me to make lentils for dinner, it's almost May and still cold here.

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

Lentils are easy and delicious. As I have a pressure cooker, for me it takes minutes to put them together.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (460157)

• Switzerland

29 Apr

@marguicha I stew them in a heavy pot, it takes only 15 minutes to be ready.

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

@LadyDuck I don´t have a crock pot but I have other heavy pots.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (29363)

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29 Apr

Lentils are great in the crock pot if you have one. I cook them in mine when I am busy. I love a good bean soup as well, very warming in the winter.

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

I don´t have a crock pot but I don´t need one. I can make a dish of lentils in 10 minutes in my pressure cooker. I cook them while I´m dicing onions and calamelizing them tith crushed garlic and other such things.

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

@MarieCoyle I used to have a small pressure cooker too but I gave it to one of my daughters. Surely by now they have thrown it away.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (29363)

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29 Apr

@marguicha My pressure cooker is old but it works well. It weighs a ton.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (96282)

• Marion, Ohio

29 Apr

Beans sound good

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

Legumes are wonderful when the day is cold.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (308286)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

29 Apr

It's the one thing I'm not fond of winter about - dark early. My food interests also change in winter. Right now, we're in spring looking at summer, so my winter menu is changing to cold foods more than the hot.

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

I don´t like winter. Today, the first thing I did after going to the bathroom was to turn the heater on

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marguicha

@marguicha (216271)

• Chile

29 Apr

@just4him The heater is quite expensive. But there´s no way to escape from it.