Got out on the bicycle since it's a typical beautiful if not actually too hot San Diego day. We're in the midst of a Santa Anna, so it's going to be almost 90 degrees today and windy. So I went for an early ride and did just under 9 miles with a couple of the usual climbs. I'm still getting back into riding so didn't push too hard. I kept the average up just above my minimum acceptable pace (hey, I'm still an EOD guy even if retired-EVERYTHING is a competition!)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Do some activity to make room for the pie!
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Planks
Just a quick update to capture a recipe I made last night-Sweet Potato Planks. I had a couple of sweet potatoes in the pantry and I have been wanting to try making sweet potato planks, so I looked up a few recipes and gave it a shot. I need to do better cutting consistent pieces, but the seasoning worked pretty well, and for softer planks, 350 for 30 minutes worked. I may try broiling them for 3 minutes a side (recommended on one site) next time.
Basically all you do is cut sweet potatoes into either "planks" 1/3-1/2 inch thick or equally thick "discs", place in a large bowl, and add 3 tablespoons olive oil. (this is actually a bit much-lots left in bowl and on baking sheet). I added freshly ground sea salt, black pepper and some Italian Seasoning. I then laid the sweet potatoes out on a baking sheet and put in oven. Took them out half an hour later and ate a bumch but still have leftovers from two potatoes. I'm guessing two to three servings per average to large sweet potato. Or less if you eat sweet potatoes like I do!
Enjoy!
Basically all you do is cut sweet potatoes into either "planks" 1/3-1/2 inch thick or equally thick "discs", place in a large bowl, and add 3 tablespoons olive oil. (this is actually a bit much-lots left in bowl and on baking sheet). I added freshly ground sea salt, black pepper and some Italian Seasoning. I then laid the sweet potatoes out on a baking sheet and put in oven. Took them out half an hour later and ate a bumch but still have leftovers from two potatoes. I'm guessing two to three servings per average to large sweet potato. Or less if you eat sweet potatoes like I do!
Enjoy!
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Platelet donation tomorrow
I'm a zealot about donating blood, and have been doing apheresis platelet donations for nearly two decades now. A few appointments ago I was turned away for low iron-the first time that has ever happened to me. So I waited two weeks, took an iron supplement every 3-4 days, and was fine the next donation.
So here's to having a high iron count, and lots of healthy platelets-1,000,000,000,000 to be accurate to give away!
So here's to having a high iron count, and lots of healthy platelets-1,000,000,000,000 to be accurate to give away!
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