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Wed, Jun 10, 2009

Cashew Chicken Salad

Posted at 12:31 pm MDT to Technology

It just recently occurred to me that I can have this again because I can have mayo now that I no longer react to eggs. When I regularly took lunches to work I ate this a couple of times a week, carrying it in small thermos containers. At least it adds some protein to my diet, which is way too carb-heavy, especially now that I can't live on cheese the way I used to.

One batch makes about two lunches. The second day tastes even better because the flavors have had time to meld.

Dinah likes to drink the broth from the chicken can.

1 12 ounce can of chicken, drained and the chunks broken up

1 11 ounce can of mandarin orange slices, drained

a few ounces of salted cashews, broken up

soy sauce

mayonnaise

This is a Costco meal: most of the ingredients are cheap, by the case, from there. It would work with leftover roasted chicken that wasn't cooked with herbs that conflict, of course.

My other lunches were a modified Waldorf salad made with yogurt, apples, grapes and celery (I could probably make that with goat yogurt) and a salmon salad with ranch dressing that will take more modification: ranch dressing has buttermilk in it, so it is out of my diet.

I wonder if I can find a recipe for ranch dressing that I could modify to use things I can eat...

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Forever Stamps

Posted at 11:21 am MDT to Miscellaneous

I need to run some errands later, including mailing the few monthly bills I still pay with paper checks.
I don't need to buy stamps to mail them.

I won't need to buy stamps for a long time. Even allowing for special events like sending Christmas cards, at my current rate of stamp use, I won't need to buy stamps again for at least a couple of years.

A few months ago (before the postage increase) I picked up 100 forever stamps at Costco, where they were even discounted from the official price. Since they are now worth 44 dollars instead of their 42 dollar original value or the 41.50 I paid for them, I have made over 5 per cent on the transaction already.

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