“Interesting” day so far ... opened up the freezer to check for some items & one of the jars with my homemade chicken broth caught my eye ... broken. Jar #2 as well. One wide mouth, one regular - lids were not screwed on tight. Jar #3 is fine. I have been freezing stuff in canning jars for years & have never had this happen before. I am thawing both jars in a big pot. Once I get the jar pieces out, I am straining the broth through some fine cotton toweling I use for straining purposes & then will put it through coffee filters. That should catch any glass - I’ll see how that goes & make a decision on whether to keep the broth or not then. I don’t like using plastic - I need to check my jar stash in the basement - might have to buy more jars.
Next adventure - finding quinoa at our grocery stores that cater to ‘country’ meat & potatoes type people. Walmart had white & surprisingly, I found organic tricolor at Food Lion. I am trying some quinoa salads because quinoa has more protein & less carbs than rice. Yesterday, at the luncheon, there was a tabbouleh salad made with quinoa rather than bulgar wheat so that inspired me. I got what I needed to make this salad:
Thai Quinoa Salad with Fresh Herbs and Lime Vinaigrette
https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/thai-quinoa-salad.html
I love Asian dishes (Chinese & Thai in particular) & if it turns out, I will take it as a side dish for tomorrow’s picnic lunch.
It’s now in the 50’s- I need to get out & do some measuring in the shop. Different layouts were running through my head all night. I am not moving anything today (it’s all heavy) because after 3 hours of shoveling Wednesday, I have a touch of sciatica. Tomorrow is church & musical day & hopefully by Monday, I will be ready to move some things around.
Re: quinoa
I like Costco’s Kirkland brand organic quinoa.
Am making some right now.
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