Hiya, mates and fellow residence cooks!
That is my weekly e-newsletter (it is someday late), which incorporates 7 weeknight meals + 3 wholesome salads (for the week of September 2-8, 2024), and a quick life replace.
7 weeknight meals + 3 wholesome salads
DAY 1: Creamy Hen Pasta with Inexperienced Beans and Bacon
DAY 2: Mexican Avenue Corn and Shrimp (30 Minutes, One-Pan)
DAY 3: Greek Salmon Salad with Spinach, Tomatoes, Olives, Feta, and Lemon Balsamic Dressing
DAY 4: Pan-Seared Flank Steak with Creamy Solar-Dried Tomato and Spinach Orzo (30 Minutes, One-Pan)
DAY 5: Stuffed Spaghetti Squash with Broccoli, Sausage, and Cheddar Cheese
DAY 6: Hen with Apricots and Honey-Lime Sauce (30-Minute, One-Pan Meal). You should utilize peaches, nectarines, plums, or apples as an alternative of apricots. Or, soak dried apricots briefly in a pot of boiling water to plump them up, drain them nicely, and slice them up.
DAY 7: Ham Spaghetti Pasta with Spinach, Burrata Cheese, Crushed Pistachios, and Lemon Butter Sauce. It is an incredible recipe for lunch ham meat or any packaged sliced ham. You too can use recent Mozzarella cheese (tender balls or a sliced log) as an alternative of Burrata.
SALAD 1: Arugula Salad with Apples, Dried Cranberries, Pecans, and Balsamic Dressing
SALAD 2: Beet and Apple Salad with Combined Greens, Pecans, Blue Cheese, and selfmade Honey-Lemon Mustard Dressing. Excellent for roasted, boiled, marinated, or pickled beets!
SALAD 3: Strawberry Orange Salad with Spinach, Arugula, Toasted Sliced Almonds, and Feta Cheese
LIFE UPDATE
It has been a little bit of a busy week, and I have been in fixed catch-up mode, having to resolve many issues and deal with quite a few tedious duties and trivialities. On high of that, I’ve had extra physician’s appointments within the final 30 days than I might like. I used to be unexpectedly identified with extreme anemia, so critical that it wants fast consideration, and it can’t be placed on a again burner.
My July lab outcomes had been alarming, with almost all of my crimson blood cell metrics flagged with Excessive Alert notifications. For instance, my Ferritin 5 ng/mL (regular vary ought to be 15-150), Iron 12 ug/dL (regular vary ought to be 17-159), Iron Saturation 3% (regular vary ought to be 15-55%), Hemoglobin 7.7 g/dL (regular vary is 11.1 – 15.9). Anemia is usually categorized as delicate, reasonable, or extreme. Sadly, all my numbers fall into the “extreme” class, which explains why my physician saved persistently attempting to succeed in me on the telephone within the final 3 weeks.
Dwelling at 9,000 ft, my crimson blood cell depend ought to be excessive (because it normally has been), however proper now, I am working with the naked minimal. Actually, my crimson blood cell depend is at present a lot decrease than it ought to be, even for somebody at sea degree. My iron absorption is nearly nonexistent at 3% (in comparison with the conventional 50%), resulting in dangerously low hemoglobin ranges. This implies there’s hardly any oxygen being carried by way of my blood to my lungs, muscular tissues, and different important organs. All of it is sensible now—I have been persistently 20 minutes slower on my traditional hikes and could not push myself tougher with out almost passing out. This has been taking place for a 12 months and a half now. My preliminary intuition was to disregard all of this for some time with the hope that the anemia resolves itself by itself since I’ve a lot on my plate proper now and a lot to make amends for. However then I noticed that may be silly—it might really be life-threatening. So, I’ve began taking it significantly by taking dietary supplements, consuming loads of crimson meat, and usually incorporating hen liver, beets, Vitamin C into my eating regimen to spice up my iron ranges.
Sadly, due to all that hecticness, I bought thrown off my traditional routines, which I at all times discover irritating.
On a brighter be aware, although I have been slowed down with many tedious duties and coping with my anemia that confirmed up out of nowhere, I am glad to say I am lastly catching up. I’ve began filming new recipes and have already photographed 4 new wonderful recipes with crimson meat, with plans to do many extra this week. And, in fact, I’ve made positive to get outdoors and hike thrice every week—that at all times helps me keep grounded.
I want all people an incredible week stuffed with scrumptious meals, enjoyable conversations on the dinner desk, good temper, power, and happiness. Be wholesome, and do an entire CBC blood check at the very least yearly!
