Southern Fried-Dinner

  Hello Friends... How in the world are you? If you are up and at 'em, today you are doing well! With my health and James' together we make a good half...but hey, if we can work it out together what more do we need. right? LOL!
  That's how we were able to cook dinner yesterday... remember now we both have different diets, but we managed to get a meal together. I forgot to get a pic of the salads but they were a basis garden salad without dressing.

We started with cooking portioned chicken tenders. We always use peanut oil or canola oil but limit fried food intake.

 We made potatoes (1 med-large size) with pan drippings for gravy. I've started using saucers for serving dish and only a table spoon for portions.

Southern fried green tomatoes from the garden were a treat
We are both learning to eat with limited salt.

Fried Green Tomatoes done!

Green beans with new-potatoes are the best ever, this is my fave. I always add herbs like Italian seasoning, parsley and minced onion.

 Dessert was a simple Sweet-Potato-Souffle. I love the pineapple and marshmallow on top browned slightly. This is a lite-version with sugar omitted and honey used with butter flavoring instead of butter. 

   

I always make this dish so it can be served in potions... this way we can have dessert 3 days instead of one. This requires using less milk. 

I never use a recipe, rather add ingredients by sight, smell and textures. Don't shot the cooks because we don't have recipes, we had to learn this method and it is mostly done to our taste. It works and James has lost a huge amount of weight...Thanks to the Lord!

We sure hope you enjoyed reading about our way of cooking now...so much different from before, but very necessary.  Thanks for stopping by to visit with us today. We love having you. 

One more thing My oldest daughter, Daun Yozette is typing this for me because I'm having problems with my sight again...It is coming back slightly. I guess you are wondering what is happening to the Thomas family? 

  All I can tell you is, it has to be our time for being tested ... we all are...but, you have to have faith and endurance to overcome your trials! We are enduring and have faith that Our God will be with us through it!

Take good care of yourselves and we "Wish You A Wonderful Week To Come!" 

Warmest Regards To All Of You,

The Thomas'

My Small Garden's Fruits

    Thank you all for your kind words and commenting... your  concern and encouragement means so much and gives me the lift that I need to keep going. What would we do without friends and our blogging-family!

                                                               Rose from my new rose bush smells so good!
  
  James is such a good person. He never complains or gives up. Each time Doc sees him, he is always astound and constant tells him he is one Blessed man. He also tells him he has to be a very spiritual person and the Lord is with him. 
If he only knew....

   I planted a small veggie garden when I started in my yard however, I lost some of the things I planted. We only picked 3 yellow squash from the plants...that's right 3! That was enough for James. The man next door said he saw squirrels eating them...so did I which is a shock...never heard of them eating it!! No, our neighbor didn't take any!
  Deer from the back wood of our property came up and started on the tomatoes! I pulled what was left up and replanted in pots...hopefully we will get some from these. The only thing they haven't eaten, but not without a lack of trying, are the hot hot peppers shown here in the garden. The bush is loaded with them and there are 8 of them!

I picked a few to make Louisiana hot pepper sauce... experimenting with different peppers I hope to make the hottest of hot pepper sauce this year.

We have friends who have challenged me saying I can't make it hot enough...we shall see! James sends his regards to you all and both of us thank you for your care and concern! We wish you a very Delightful Weekend!

Lovingly,

Loretta & James

It Has Been Hard

I am not going to bore you with a long drawn out post about why I have not been around...but I do want to tell you, James had another scare while driving his big rig. Thanks to a good Samaritan (another trucker) who stopped to see what was wrong...got him to hospital in time!! After that, he had a very hard fall walking up the hill to our house.
  
  It has been very hard, not to mention an emotional roller coaster with getting him back on his feet. We have been Blessed and Our Lord has been with us. We are Thankful!!

 We will try getting back to blogging on this blog as soon as possible. our Pet blog has been easier for me and if you would like to visit it is  HERE. I have written of our troubles there too. 
 I've been  stopping by to read some of your post from here but not all. Hopefully I will catch up soon.

Wishing you all a Beautiful Wednesday and Good Health!

With Warm Regards,
Loretta

Lovely Flowers and Update

Good Evening, I am so happy you are hear with me today. Welcome welcome to "At Home with Loretta!" I have been dealing with this vertigo since last week. After seeing Doc and taking each day slowly, everything seems to be slowing down now and my feet are sturdy on the floor. It was really bad this  time.
  I didn't get to post since last week, so I couldn't share my crafts with you. Of course, you've seen the Treasure Box I re-purposed from a cookie tin: 
                                               http://athomewithloretta.blogspot.com/2013/05/treasures.html

However, I needed some flowers for a photo to include in my newspaper article. I remembered having some paper ones I started for a baby shower.

So, I dug out the whites then started making pastel colors. This is tissue paper that I keep a nice supply of for gift wrapping, etc. Using chenille stems, they are easily wrapped around the tissue to secure. You have to adjust the stems...

then pull each layer of tissue apart to separate them.  I forgot to mention, you must fold the tissue in a fan style first, over-and-under then tie. I then hot-glued a small faux-pearl in the center to hide the chenille-stem after all layers were apart. Adjust them the way you want them to look. 

This is the way they should look in fan shape...you can make them any size you want the flower to be...these are small ones showing...

Using a glass vase from my stash, I stuffed the inside with batting, then pushed the stems into it. This keeps the stems from moving and upright.

Using floss I knotted it into a large pink button and tied it to the vase so that it hung just-so!

Miss Kitty thought the arrangement needed adjusting so she put her paw-cents in and moved them about! I can never get things done to suit her...

  For a quick bouquet, this was a thrifty solution...and in this case, it didn't cost me anything....

Sure hope you enjoyed your visit...come on back again to see what's happening At Our House. Have a Wonderful Evening

Good-Night,

Loretta & Gang

Have a Really Nice Saturday

Wishing you a Peaceful & Happy Weekend...


From Our House To Yours'
James & Loretta