I got the call right when I was making dinner that Tony has been given the green light to come home! While that doesn’t mean all is well just yet, we do have a plan – I just don’t have all the details yet. All I know is that Tony will be home where he belongs. He had to have a test yesterday where he couldn’t eat after midnight. He was trying to talk the nurse into having a gravy party at 11:00 p.m. – she wanted to know what he wanted with the gravy and he said, just gravy! He actually realized that there was a KFC about 3 blocks from the hospital, but I have his wallet, and well, let’s face it – I believe the hospital would frown on the sodium content of KFC!
Yesterday morning he must have seen a watermelon cake on t.v., so I give you another episode of texting with Tony: For the record – dsmn is supposed to be damn! I have actually never even heard of a watermelon cake, have you??
It’s weird being home alone. I actually am like a Tasmanian devil when he’s not here. I never go in the front of the house at all, which is where our living room and big t.v. is. I stay in the back of the house where the kitchen and the family room is off the kitchen, and I don’t really even turn on the t.v. until maybe 30 minutes before going to bed. You see, I love music! While Tony loves his t.v. – John Wayne movies, etc., I am very content with just listening to music while I cook and do computer work.
I ended up doing a Sam’s Club run for work on my way in. I ended up picking up a protein box at Starbuck’s thanks to my friend and blog reader Heather who sent me a very generous gift card to Starbucks – the only thing I added was 1/2 of one of my granola bars. Thanks again Heather!
I actually decided to run errands at lunch and planned on working out right after work at the gym. I threw a serving of my Cincinnati Chili in my lunch bag, and actually was going to add a can of black beans and some cheese in my bag to accessorize my lunch. Um, somehow that didn’t happen. My mind is weird. I am kind of like the dog in Up. I will have my train of thought interrupted and it’s as if I didn’t even know what I was doing if I get distracted. It drives Tony nuts, but I am used to it!
So when I went to the grocery store, I hit up the salad bar. I actually thought I might see some black beans or corn, but no such luck. So I ended up with fresh spring peas, chick peas and some cheddar cheese. I actually really liked the peas added to the chili! Oh, and I happened to stop by Goodwill and got that thick bowl for .99 cents. Love it.
I checked my blood sugar when I was leaving at work and it was 91. Damn. Perfect, but too low to work out, so I just ended up heading home.
So the night before last I thought I could cook a beef shank on high heat like a steak. Um, no. I read that you really have to cook a shank low and slow because the meat is so close the muscle and it would end up being tough. So I ended up braising it for about 90 minutes the night before last. Basically I just added 2 cups of beef broth to a pot, and cooked it low and slow for 90 minutes. It was about 10.5 ounces raw, so I got 6 ounces of meat once it was cooked. After it cooled I just ended up putting it in the fridge. I had plans of making a ragu!
I ended up adapting this recipe from Epicurious. One of my favorite seasonings is fennel seeds. While I am not a huge fan of raw fennel, I love the seeds, especially when toasted.
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This made 8, 1/2 cup servings – each serving of ragu comes in at 221 calories, 10 fat, 9 carbs, 3.3 fiber and 16.6 protein.
This was so good – it actually tasted as if it had been cooking on the stove all day long. I made some whole wheat pasta (which Tony doesn’t like) and added in some fresh chopped spinach.
I feel like this post is very disjointed, but I started writing it last night before I knew Tony was coming home, and the thoughts of brining him home are all I can think about. HE’S COMING HOME! Yep, I am shouting, because I can!
Thankfully since it’s the middle of the week and I am going to get on the road early, I hope there won’t be too much traffic. So this is my fourth trip back I think? I am beginning to lose count.
And yes, I can’t forget to link to the recipe contest I am in – thanks again for voting!
Wish me luck on safe travels! Make it a great day!
Glad Tony is coming home for now! No better place to be than home.
I have only one thing to say – WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!
Great news. I’m so happy to hear Tony will be making his way home. No, I haven’t heard of a watermelon cake. Probably wouldn’t be at the top of my list either.
Such good news for you both! Tony will get much better rest at home while he’s preparing for the next phase of ‘the plan’. We’re all here for you and ready to give you virtual hugs and support 🙂
I voted. But more important—HOORAY that your husband is coming home!!!!!
I’m so happy for you, Biz! I know it’s been a long few days without your man around.
I love watermelon and all, but watermelon cake sounds like a big ol’ plate of disappointment.
So glad to hear! And I am like you, when my husband isn’t home, I rarely turn the TV on… 😉
Gooood News! yay!!!
I am happy to hear Tony will be back home. Sounds like a plan is in action 🙂 I am so out of the loop….watermelon cake. Why would you want to ruin a perfectly good watermelon? Your Ragu looks so fresh and healthy. Be safe on your trip.
Yay! Tony’s coming home!!
Watermelon cakes are funny.
http://www.paleocupboard.com/watermelon-cake.html
WooHoo!!! So glad that Tony will be coming home – are you making the round trip today or staying the night?
Be careful on the road!!
OK…this i why I won’t be making the watermelon cake. I am positive you could be successful with it!
http://pinterestfail.com/2013/07/17/fail-real-watermelon-cake/
Yayayayayyayay! And I can’t wait to make this ragu!
So funny about the gravy party! Tony cracks me up–so glad he is coming home!
Hey Girl
So glad you are enjoying the card! You deserve it! I am so happy he is coming home! I have been praying for you guys AND voting for your recipe every day…woohoo!
This is a watermelon cake:
http://www.paleocupboard.com/watermelon-cake.html
I would love to make it, but I hear it is pretty hard. The watermelon has to be DRY and a bit frozen for the whipped cream to stick on it. I do not have the patience for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But it looks yummy!
I’ve been engaging in a little WWBD? aka What would Biz do? Seriously! The kids were starving the other night and I felt like we had nothing much to make since we have not gone to the store in awhile…inspiration struck when I asked myself WWBD? And then I grabbed two tortillas, some pasta sauce and mozzarella cheese and made an Italian Pizza Quesidilla (sp?) ! The kids inhaled it and wanted more!
I am currently struggling with a kilo of DRIED kidney beans I bought almost a year ago that is ready to expire. So if you have any inspirations…do tell!! Otherwise, I might just make a bean collage to hang on the wall and call it a day!! xoxox Hugs & Kisses to Tony!!
Heather – I am so late in responding to comments, just trying to catch up! Ha – I love your WWBD?! I should make you a bracelet for inspiration!
You should make my stove top refried beans – kidney beans would sub in perfectly for pinto – so creamy and great as a base for tacos, for tortilla chips to dip into – I need to make them again soon!
http://www.mybizzykitchen.com/2013/03/10/creamy-stovetop-refried-beans/
Yay for being reunited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I’m a big music person, too. Jay actually bought me one of those blue tooth speakers to attach underneath the kitchen cabinets so I could stream my music while I bake/cook. I love it!
Excellent news!! I am so happy for both of you! At home he should be able to rest up for the next step. Drive safely! 🙂
Yes! The watermelon cake…aka a watermelon covered in whipped cream. 😉 Safe travels! Glad he is coming home. You do such a great job still eating wonderful meals when Tony is away! When Josh isn’t home I become a rabbit and just eat random things out of the fridge haha.
So glad Tony is better! Safe travels!
So glad to hear the good news! And we are still praying about the “plan,” that it will be the perfect one for Tony and that soon he will be running on full speed again……keeping his Biz in line! lol My dear Hubs had a rotor rooter job at the VA hospital the other day and they ended up hours behind………and as I sat in a packed waiting room with women and men swimming in their perfume hour after hour……gag…….I THOUGHT OF YOU, and remembered all you have been through. I gave myself a mental “attitude check!”