Learning and understanding

Lemonade Barbecue Pork Chops From Food Network -- Diners, Drive Ins & Dives. Sauce : 5 cups lemonade (reconstituted, not concentrate) If you make your own fresh lemonade, by all means use it! 1 1/2 cups tomato ketchup 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup cider vinegar 1/2 cup (1/4 pound) brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 teaspoons each granulated garlic, onion powder, ground ginger 2 tablespoons each paprika, chili powder 2 tablespoons each fresh finely chopped thyme leaves, oregano leaves, sweet basil leaves, if using dried herbs use 2 teaspoons of each Pork chops: 8 (6 to 8-ounce) center cut pork chops (trimmed somewhat lean to avoid excess grease in baking pan) All-purpose flour lightly seasoned with salt and pepper, (enough to coat chops) Directions In a large bowl or pitcher mix all of the sauce ingredients together. Set aside Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pork chops: Heat a large heavy skillet over medium heat and add enough cooking oil to coat...

For March, I decided to start a "buy nothing new" programme.  No real reason; it was just a thing.  The rules I set myself (see how this works?) were simple. No new items.  Only food and hygiene items could be bought new. No impulse buys.  Only items that were on the list for the supermarket could be bought. Lunches and dinners were to be made and carried from home.  A maximum of 2 per week could be restaurant meals.  (Same for teas -- no more than 4 bought per week) Reuse / recycle / repair to the maximum extent possible. This would last until the end of April. Beginning the first week of March, I started by planning weekly menus, deciding on what I would reuse, organizing everything, and expecting things to go smoothly!  YAY me!  I'm including the menus for lunches and dinners (I make dinner and the leftovers become the next day's lunch.  I buy one day, usually Friday, and there's a "mustgo" cleanup on the weekend.)  Saturday...

Kris had asked for a list of books worth reading, and there's just WAAAY too many to remember.  But here's a beginning with some of my favourites, and others, with no attempt at putting them in a vague sense of categories.  (They're just broken into fiction / non-fiction.  Sort yourselves LOL) Fiction C.S. Lewis -- Complete Chronicles of Narnia These 7 books are wonderfully imaginative, even if they're old now.  They follow the Pevensie children and others into the land of Narnia, and introduce Aslan the Lion, the animals that talk, Reepicheep... and incidental life lessons :)  The Magician's Nephew , The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe , The Horse and His Boy , Prince Caspian , The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , The Silver Chair , and The Last Battle .  Roald Dahl --  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket lived with his parents and grandparents in a tiny, ramshackle hut at the edge of town.  They were desperately poor, and on...