Gym Stuff and Vacation Snippet and Fic Tonight

[amberfocus]

I managed to do ten laps at the pool today.  That's three more than my best before going on vacation.  I, er...didn't do anything else though.  No Cybex, no bike, no rowing machine, no treadmill.  I really need to make that appointment with a trainer.  My own ability to push myself in the case of exercise appears to be very, very finite.  I feel good though, from the exercise I did do and I managed to swim all ten laps without stopping which is a huge amount of progress, too, because before vacation I paused for a couple minutes in the middle of lap four when all I did was seven laps.  Baby steps.

I got LoF back from both betas so I'll make the corrections and post that after supper.  I made salmon in foil packets in the crockpot.  It's supposed to take 3 hours on low.  We'll see.  Also making corn on the cob (microwaved) that we bought at this farm stand in Mary Hill.  We stopped purely for the sign.  Well, and for the ice, but everything looked so good.


We also got some huckleberry jam there so we are having that on homemade buttermilk biscuits as well as some fresh kohlrabi from Mom's garden.  Yummy.

Comments

[susanb03.livejournal.com]

Yea sounds like LOF might be reaady when I get home! :)

[azriona.livejournal.com]

How could anyone possibly drive by that sign????

And huckleberry jam! I don't know that I've ever had huckleberries. What do they taste like?

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I know, you just can't drive by. You have to stop. Huckleberries taste a bit like wild lowbush mountain blueberries, very sweet but with a tiny bit of tartness. The jam is really good and you don't notice the tartness there, or I didn't. It's probably the best jam I've ever had. And the ingredients in it were safe for T to eat so I was thrilled about that! I should have got more than one jar, but a pint was $10.50 and I couldn't justify it without having tasted it. Now I wish I'd bought the whole case.

Oh, well, the blueberry bushes in the backyard garden are ripe so I'll pick blueberries tomorrow and make jelly this week with Mom.

[sunfall-e.livejournal.com]

Sounds yummy. I've done corn on the cob in the crock pot, I just put the corn in without water on high for 2 hours. There was a suggestion to either leave the husk on or put foil around each ear, but I didn't do that. Yum.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've done corn in there, too. I did it with foil but it's good to know it works well without it, too.

[tenpastfour.livejournal.com]

No Cybex, no bike, no rowing machine, no treadmill.

I had to do a double take on this sentence. At first glance I thought it said no cybersex, no bike... Uh yeah. I lulz alot once I reread it. ;)

I'm loving the sign too and would have stopped as well to check it out and pick up a few things. I'm a good consumer like that and seem to be impressed with the pretty colors and stuff. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there...

Salmon wrapped in foil and cooked in the crockpot? How did it turn out? Would you share the recipe and prep? I usually cook salmon fillets in foil packets with veggies stacked on top in the oven. I'm curious.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

It turned out okay, but I think 3 hours on low was too long (the recipe called for 3 to 5 hours so I'm glad I erred on the side of caution) because it ended up having the texture of canned salmon instead of the light flakiness of baked. I think I'll try it one hour on low next time. OH, well, the leftovers make great salmon patties.

Recipe

--2 largish pieces of salmon (I used about a pound and a half)
--2 T brown sugar
--1 t paprika
--1 t cumin
--1/2 t crushed garlic
--1/2 t oregano
--1/2 t kosher salt
--1/8 t red pepper
--aluminum foil

Combine all spices and sugar and rub on fish. Wrap in packet, put in a dry crockpot. If you like it spicier you can use up to 1/2 t red pepper but my kids find that too hot.