April 19, 2026 Breakfast - BLT and Egg Sandwich Dinner - leftover Lasagna with Steamed Asparagus and Roasted Chicken

April 19, 2026 Breakfast - BLT and Egg Sandwich  Dinner - leftover Lasagna with Steamed Asparagus and Roasted Chicken

I woke up and watched an uneventful 0 to 0 tie between Brentford and Fulham and drank a Latte Macchiato and  a much more exciting win by Liverpool over Brentford.

Then Willy came over at 9:30 to watch the biggest PL fixture of the season, No. 1 Arsenal vs No. 2 Man City. Willy has a bet that Man City will win the PL this year, so we cheered for Man City and they won to draw within three points of Arsenal.

At Halftime we made bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and egg sandwiches that were really delicious.

Yuen after the fixture, Willy left and we drove to a musical concert put on by amateur musicians in which Jeff’s wife, Jeanette, played piano.

After the concert we drove to Costco and shopped for some basics such as olive oil, liquid laundry detergent, and bought a roasted chicken, several cheeses, and cream. I got tired and bought a chocolate soft ice cream and ate some of it while Suzette checked out.

We then drove across the street to Home Depot where Suzette bought mulch for the rose beds.

Finally a bit after 4:00 we drove home and Suzette mulched a rose bed while I ate two roasted chicken drumsticks.

Dinner - At 6:00 we made a simple dinner. Suzette steamed a handful of asparagus, cut up the two thighs from the roasted chicken, and heated squares of leftover Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna. We drank the last of the Red Newt Dry Riesling and then opened a bottle of Kirkland Pinot Grigin, now $5.48 at Costco and still a great wine value.

We watched Eva Longoria in the CNN series, Discovering France episode on Provence and to our delight, it included a segment on the roses of Bandol.

At 8:00 we watched rage Forsyths Saga on PBS and the went to bed at  9:00.

Bon Appetit

April 17, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Leftover Chirashi. Dinner - PPI Roasted Vegetable, Ratatouille, and Spaghetti Sauce over Pasta

April 17, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Leftover Chirashi. Dinner - PPI Roasted Vegetable, Ratatouille, and Spaghetti Sauce over Pasta

I woke up at 7:25 in time to watch the market open up again. This was the 13th session in a row for the NASDAQ to close up. The last time a 13 day winning streak occurred was January 9, 1992. Today ithe NASDAQ was buoyed by Iran’s agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz that sent the NASDAQ to a close up 385 points and increased my portfolio to a new new high up an additional 1.6%.  

I ate a bowl of granola with milk, blueberries and mango yogurt at 8:30 and worked until 10:00 and then drove to Costco to pick up a prescription.

Then I drove to my 11:00 appointment at podiatry and after that I drove to a non-appointment at the Vein Clinic.

So I was free by 11:50 and drove home and ate the leftover chirashi from yesterday’s lunch at Crazy Fish. I must admit that the fish tasted better today than yesterday. I heated the sushi rice and made several cups of green tea to go with the fish, seaweed salad, squid and burdock salad, and shredded daikon.

I watched the Market close and then checked my portfolio and then typed a bit and lay down at 3:00 and rested until 4:00 when I started watching the news. A tentative ceasefire is better than no ceasefire, so no one seems to care whether Trump is lying or claims to having made peace for two wars he and Israel started.

I ate two snacks, the first was slices of Granny Smith apple garnished with grated lime zest and sugar and the second was a slice of toasted whole wheat bread spread with a thin layer of peanut butter and honey.

Suzette came home at 5;30 and after her cocktail we decided to cook a simple dinner using leftovers.

We boiled several clusters of Pappardelle pasta and garnished the cooked pasta with a mixture of roasted root vegetables, ratatouille, and the beef and Mushroom Spaghetti sauce I made several days ago.

I opened a bottle of Kirkland 2020 Barolo red wine that was delicious. So we has a great and simple no-cooking meal, except for boiling pasta.

After dinner we watched the Magic of Belle Isle starring Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen on Netflix and went to bed at 9:00

Bon Appetit

April 16, 2026 Breakfast - Granola and Blueberries, Lunch - Crazy Fish Dinner - Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Alfredo

April 16, 2026 Breakfast - Granola and Blueberries, Lunch - Crazy Fish   Dinner - Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Alfredo

I slept until after 7:30.

I then ate a bowl of granola, yogurt, milk, and blueberries.  

I met Suzette at Crazy Fish for lunch at noon. I ordered Chirashi, green tea, and fresh wasabi. Suzette ordered an unagi bowl that is grilled unagi on rice with a bowl of steamed vegetables. My fish were salmon, yellow tail, ahi tuna, albacore tuna, white tuna, with seaweed salad and squid and burdock salad.

I ate 1/2 and boxed the rest for later.

Then I returned home and checked the market and the NASDAQ was up 86 points and my portfolio increased .3% to a new high.

If the NASDAQ finishes up tomorrow it will have gained for twelve days in a row, a record it has not occurred since 2009.

Then at 3:30 i meditated until 4:00 and then watched Ari. At 5:00 I walked around the block that l3 to a total of over 2800 steps today.

Dinner - At 6:30 we started preparing lasagna for dinner.

I sliced a leek, five cloves of garlic, about a lb. of baby portobello mushroom, about 1/4 lb. of Lion’s Mane mushrooms and destemmed a bunch of spinach.

Suzette soaked a box of lasagna noodles and sautéed the leeks and then the mushrooms and made a thick Mornay sauce with the tallegio and Racalette cheese. We then assembled the lasagna with liberal amounts of Italian olive oil on each layer with pasta on the bottom, then leeks and spinach and sauce, then pasta and mushrooms, mozzarella, olive oil, and sauce, and finally pasta and mozzarella. We baked the lasagna in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes until the top turned golden brown and the sides all bubbled.

It was really delicious and reminded us of the fabulous cheese lasagna we ate in Intra, Italy on Lake Maggiore twenty years ago with Debbie and Greg.

We then watched Midsomer Murders and I watched George Gently, another grittier English Police mystery.

I went to bed at 11:00.

Bon Appetit

April 14, 2026 Breakfast - Gravad Lax and Bagel. Lunch - Mary and Tito’s with Alan Dinner - Fresh and Green Peas with Pasta

 

April 14, 2026 Breakfast - Gravad Lax and Bagel. Lunch - Mary and Tito’s with Alan  Dinner - Fresh and Green Peas with Pasta

I awakened at 7:00 and watched the Market open up until 8:15.

I ate the leftover bagel and Gravad lax sandwiches from yesterday for breakfast.

At 11:30 I met Alan at Mary and Tito’s for lunch. He ordered a breakfast burrito  with eggs. I ordered blue corn enchiladas with double beans, extra onions, and red chili. Alan ate all of his burrito but I was able to eat only 1/3 of my enchiladas because they were very rich.

                                                               Alan’s burrito

                                              My beef enchiladas with double beans

After lunch I returned home and began transcribing the book club’s discussion at our last meeting.

Then at 2:30 Frank came and I drafted a letter for him. At 3:00 the Xfinity technician came and installed a wireless fiber optic main box for our living room TV that got the bedroom working and even got the sound on the TV room TV back on. 

I then checked the Market and I discovered that it was a great day in the market with my portfolio increasing by over 1.9% to its second highest finish ever. Tomorrow might be the day it reaches a new all time high.

At 4:00 I watched Ari when Suzette arrived from work.

We checked the garden and discussed dinner. Suzette wanted to make the fresh and green peas with pasta again. This time we used the thickened leftover Mornay sauce made with Racalette last night. We de-stemmed several sugar snap peas, snow peas, and I grated about 1/2 of Parmesan cheese. Then Suzette went to the garden and picked a basket full of fresh mint and several pea shoots. I minced the fresh mint.

Suzette reheated the Mornay sauce in a pot until it flowed smoothly and i added about 1/4 white pepper and grated fresh nutmeg to the sauce.

Suzette microwaved the leftover orecchiette pasta and, separately, the snow peas, frozen English peas, and sugar snap peas she had cut in half lengthwise.

She then assembled the dish. She filled pasta bowls with a goodly puddle of Mornay sauce. Then she laid a pile of pasta she had tossed with the fresh mint.  Then she dusted the pasta with the shredded Parmesan cheese and finally garnished the dishes with the peas and laid a pea shoot on top.

This rendition of the dish was better in two respects, separating the sauce and seasoning improved its flavor and Separating the sauce from the pasta gave the dish a cleaner presentation, especially of the peas.

After dinner we watched Finding Your Roots and went to bed.

Bon Appetit

April 15, 2026 Breakfast - Enchilada, beans, and egg, Lunch - Grits and Spaghetti Sauce. Snack - Grits and Spaghetti Sauce. Dinner - Sautéed Salmon Filet with cooked Diced Asparagus tossed with Parmesan cheese and Bistro Mashed Potatoes

April 15, 2026 Breakfast - Enchilada, beans, and egg,  Lunch - Grits and Spaghetti Sauce. Snack - Grits and Spaghetti Sauce. Dinner - Sautéed Salmon Filet with cooked Diced Asparagus tossed with Parmesan cheese and Bistro Mashed Potatoes

Today was exceptional in several respects. The market and my portfolio made new highs today, I met with Dr. Adi who ended my dialysis for now, and I walked over 4100 steps for a new record.

I was busy most of the day. I woke up at 7:15 and watched the news until 8:00 when I fixed a quick breakfast. I heated about 1/2 of the 2/3 of the enchiladas and beans from yesterday’s lunch at Mary and Tito’s and added a fried egg and a toasted blue corn tortilla.

Then I drove to Sandia Dental for a teeth cleaning at 9:30 and then drove to El Super to shop for produce. I bought lemons, sweet limes, Fuji Apples, a pineapple, a papaya, three mangoes, four oranges, cilantro, green beans, mango yogurt, zucchini, two eggplants, a yellow bell pepper, brown onions, red onions, five Roma tomatoes, a bunch of leeks, chicken leg quarters, boneless pork ribs, green onions, and three large avocados.

I then drove home and unloaded the car and heated a plate of grits cohered with my meat and mushroom spaghetti sauce. It was almost 12:30 when I started eating so put most of the dish in the fridge after a few bites and drove to dialysis to arrive by 1:00.

Dr. Adi reviewed my charts and took me off dialysis for now and prescribed several new medicines to help strengthen my kidneys.

Here I am next to a dialyses machine.

At around 2:00 I drove to Costco to pick up my new meds and waited until 3:00 to pick them up.

I also bought a box of delightful Danish cookies with a lemon filling.

When I arrived at home I unloaded the rest of the groceries and checked the market. It was another huge day for the NASDAQ that rode to a new all time high by notching an additional 377 points.

My portfolio rose another 1.1% to a new high.  

I ate the rest of the uneaten grits and spaghetti sauce as a snack at 3:30

Then I lay down at 4:00 to watch Ari until Suzette arrived around 5:00.

I diced the ingredients for ratatouille, a gold bell pepper, an eggplant, 1 1/2 onions, four cloves of garlic minced, a cup of fresh oregano minced, two zucchini diced, and two cans of diced tomatoes.

After I filled the large casserole Suzette took over the cooking and7:00  added olive,oil and cooked the ratatouille over low heat from about 5:45 until 7:45.

Dinner - We also cooked dinner. I fetched the leftover Bistro mashed Potatoes from the garage. Willy came over around 7:00 and fetched the asparagus from the garage. Suzette diced about a dozen stalks of asparagus and cooked them with grated Parmesan cheese and some herbs de Provence.

We thawed three salmon filet last night and garnished them with herbs debProvence, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Suzette then sautéed the salmon filets and served each with asparagus and mashed potatoes and a wedge of lemon.

Willy and I went to the garage and fetched a bottle of Red Newt dry Riesling that was really delicious and paired nicely with the sautéed salmon.

Willy left around 8:00 and we went to bed around 8:30, I to blog and Suzette to sleep.

Bon Appetit