February 24, 2019. Brunch – PPI Vietnamese Miso Noodle Soup Dinner – Steamed Salmon with broccoli, cauliflower, and green pea Couscous.

February 24, 2019. Brunch – PPI Vietnamese Miso Noodle Soup  Dinner – Steamed Salmon with broccoli, cauliflower, and green pea Couscous.

I woke at 6:30 and switched between the soccer match between Man U and Liverpool and news programs until 10:00 when I heated and ate the PPI Vietnamese Miso Noodle Soup.

I watched marathon showings of American Pickers and Fixer Upper with Suzette.

I ate a piece of toasted whole wheat bread smeared with peanut butter and reduced sugar boysenberry preserves we bought at Costco yesterday with a cup of chai at 2:00.

The project for the day was defrosting the freezer in the garage, which took four or five hours to fully defrost because we went at in two waves.  When we finally got everything out of the freezer we found some stuff that had been in it eight years, so we threw some stuff out.

Suzette went shopping between the waves and bought a padded mattress cover. I have been having trouble sleeping because the feather bed has been bunching up in the middle of the bed and pushing against my body in an uncomfortable way.

We made the bed with the new pad and clean sheets.  The bed is a little firmer but there is no bunching.  We shall see if this is the answer in the next few nights.

We decided to steam the 1 ½ lb. salmon filet we bought yesterday at Sprouts in our new steamer oven.  Suzette cut the filet into three equal portions and sliced a lemon into six slices and lay the six lemon slices on the steam tray and then the salmon and steamed them for twenty minutes.  She then finely diced some cauliflower and broccoli in the Cuisinart and then sautéed it in a skillet with green peas in butter and olive oil to make a vegetable Couscous.

I chilled a bottle of Albariño I bought at Trader Joe’s for $7.99 I think.  It was delicious, especially with the very light Mediterranean dinner.

We watched the Oscars.  I really liked the production this year and loved the international and diverse flavor of the nominees and winners as well as the stylishness and elegance of the program.  The LA Symphony played, for the memorial section, for example.  There was no MC and no bad jokes.

Suzette and I ate ice cream a little later.

We went to bed after the Oscars ended and I spoke to Billy.

Bon Appetit