Grandma comes to town this weekend so this week we're busy doing a lot of straightening up around the house, then some grocery shopping so we're prepared. One thing I enjoy about her visits is cooking some good meat for her. After years of practice, it's fun showing off a little when company is over. One question I get a lot from guests is, "how is your chicken and/or pork so juicy?". That brings me to my tip of the day haha. Internal temperature is a must and don't over cook it. Back in the day it was always insisted that pork and chicken had to be 165. That's dry and overdone. Pork is safe at 145 per USDA. I take my pork off when it hits 135 so carryover temperature is factored and it rests to 145. Chicken I take off at 150 and it comes up to 160 or so. Perfect every time.
What temperature do you cook chicken/pork to? Does going lower scare you?
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Wednesday, heading out this morning for a quick 36 hour work trip. Back to Texas, wish it was someplace cooler though. 😂 It's been a lot of travel back to back but after this trip I get a couple weeks at home thankfully.
In the past, this short trip would have been the perfect opportunity for me to just fast the whole time. I am not trying to lose weight right now so I won't do it this time, but being busy always makes fasting easier. Have you been doing any longer fasts recently? What is your current fasting routine?
Hey guys, sorry for the change but I am not going to do a Livestream today. I just want to hang out with the family before I have to leave again. I am not traveling then next 2 weeks 🙌🏼🙌🏼 so we'll definitely do one the next 2 Mondays. Thanks for understanding. ❤️ Always here to chat or answer questions if you make a post, so don't feel like you have to wait for a stream to get support.
