Meal reports for the day

@GardenGerty (161274)
United States
December 31, 2024 8:36pm CST
Breakfast was coffee and banana oatmeal muffins and sausage patties. For lunch we went to Pizza Hut Buffet. It is not as good as it used to be, and these new flavors all seem to be "sweet". Too much sugar in the sauce. It was a filling meal. It was a pricey meal, partly because we got soft drinks. In the good old days the drink was included in the price of the meal. I also had a salad. It was not the healthiest meal for me, and I could tell it as I went shopping afterwards and did not have a lot of energy. Tonight at home we ate Navy beans, cooked with the bones from our spiral cut ham. Navy beans are the small white beans.They came out very good, and we have plenty to eat tomorrow, and even some to freeze. About mid November of this last year I made several soups and froze them in portions. So nice to have when I feel bad or I do not want to cook. With our beans we had toasted pumpernickel bread. It was quite yummy. I just made some whole berry cranberry sauce with added apple and spices. It will be a treat for tomorrow. I will make more banana muffins as I have some overripe bananas to use up. This will make breakfasts for me easy. I am supposed to go call my daughter now, and wish her a good incoming New Year. I wish you the same. May you be blessed.
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@florelway (23333)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Jan
Happy New Year. I still feel full from midnight's new year meal so I only had a light breakfast of coffee, butter cake and small slices of ham.
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
So what was your New Year meal?
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@Dena91 (16735)
• United States
1 Jan
There are no Pizza Huts around here that offer buffets anymore Growing up it was a treat to go there. I haven't had their pizza in a long while because of what you said, the sauce seems a lot sweeter than it used to be. Happy New Year to you and your family
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
The Pizza Hut closer to us closed the buffet after the pandemic hit. I really enjoy when we pick up a Little Caesar's Pizza, but it is not dine in. Some of these pizzas had some kind of "barbecue" on them that was sweet. I am not sure where you are, but there is a chain out of Iowa called Pizza Ranch that has good pizza and fried chicken, buffet style.
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@Dena91 (16735)
• United States
5 Jan
@GardenGerty Haven't heard of Pizza Ranch. We live in western NC.
@FourWalls (69625)
• United States
1 Jan
I’m trying to keep the GERD attack at bay, so I haven’t been to Chuy’s. I ate a chicken baked potato for lunch, and a Boca Burger for dinner, with some yogurt and a banana. Blessings to you and your family for 2025!!
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
If you like pineapple, it helps the GERD. I get papaya enzyme tablets (Walmart) and I use those if I have any digestive trouble. Better than Tums by a long shot. So sorry you are under attack.
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@FourWalls (69625)
• United States
2 Jan
@GardenGerty — I love pineapple but the citric acid hurts my reflux.
@jstory07 (140492)
• Roseburg, Oregon
1 Jan
There was one pizza hut and it closed so no more pizza hut unless I drive over an hour to Eugene, Oregon. I used to like their Buffetts but it has been a lot of years since I went to one.
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
This one is in the town we used to live in. We went there to see the eye doctor and thought we would try it. It is an hour from our home as well.
@wolfgirl569 (109081)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Jan
Happy New Year. Many places don't seem as good now
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
Maybe our tastebuds just got pickier during the shutdown.
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@wolfgirl569 (109081)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Jan
@GardenGerty That could be
@LindaOHio (183255)
• United States
1 Jan
I love beans. I have some leftover whole berry cranberry sauce in the fridge that my husband's 2nd cousin made. We will enjoy that with a pork roast when the weather clears up. Happy New Year!!!
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
That cranberry sauce is so good. I love beans and just put it all in the freezer last night as hubby made us rouladin today. I like when he cooks. Actually, I made the gravy/sauce.
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@LindaOHio (183255)
• United States
2 Jan
@GardenGerty My hubby used to cook once and a while too using my recipes and under my supervision. lol I miss that.
@DaddyEvil (138319)
• United States
1 Jan
Happy New Year!
@grenery8 (11456)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
1 Jan
i hope you will call your daughter and have a happy and blessed new year
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@GardenGerty (161274)
• United States
1 Jan
She was not home. I will try another time. I still will have a happy and blessed New Year, though.
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@grenery8 (11456)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
3 Jan
@GardenGerty i agree