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Me I mean.  Remember how I'm not supposed to be doing dishes??? And someone comes in once a week for that?  Yeah.  So, that's not really working out so well, ya know. 

Yesterday I decided to go shopping.  End of the month so my disability was in and Adi was willing to help me out with the shopping as was Zander. :-)

I decided that since it's been a hell of a long time since I actually cooked something for my eldest, and he's coing in on Thursday night (late), I decided to make vegan stuffed peppers.  I bought an eggplant and some zuchini and mushrooms and three good sized (and light-so fewer seeds) green peppers and one nice looking poblano  (sp?) pepper.  Also some Classico sauces...one was a roasted portabello :-)

Today, once I was up and moving, I did the dishes and made my breakfast... merguez saucage and eggs in a tortilla. :-)  Really good. 

Anyhow...remember those dishes???  I did them.  Then, over the course of the afternoon, I ... peeled and sliced the eggplant and zuchini, sliced and chopped up a good sized white onion, sliced up about 8 large white mushrooms, chopped up about half a bud of garlic and started them all going in a large glass pot I have.

Did the dishes.

Put a cup of red rice on to cook and a cup of quinoa as well.  Not together.  This being vegan, no eggs were mutilated or abused in the preparation of this dish. :-)

Went out to the porch and cut myself some rosemary, basil, parsley, oregano and thyme. :-)  Chopped it up and added it to the mixture.  Then some pepper, chili, herbamare. mixed Italian herbs entered the picture. 

During this whole thing, I'm doing dishes and lying down.

I cut up some more onions, mushrooms and garlic and threw it into a pot with some olive oil.  Added the jar of classico sauce and a jar of whole fresh tomatoes (thanks Serena) ground up in their jar with my immersion blender.  I let that simmer for a while while I had dinner (sitting at the table like a real person..in mine own home, yet *grin*). 

I added about half of the rice and half of the quinoa to the *mixture*

I then cleaned out the peppers...I left the pavlano whole but halved the regular ones.  I used rubber gloves handling the pavlano.  It is hot.
Stuffed them all with the *mixture* and laid them in the baking dish.  Poured the sauce over everything, covered it with tinfoil and put it on a baking pan and into the oven at 300 for two hours.  Yes, I did put it in on my own.  I also took it out to check and put it back in again and then removed it and put it on a rack in front of the window.  My whole apt. smells delicious. :-)

Then I did more dishes.  I am not impressed with myself.  I did what I needed to.  But I am calling Erik again tomorrow. 

Northbard.... you get the poblano.  It's too hot for me. :-)

I am quite pleased that I got it done.  I am pissed off that I had to do the dishes.  I am not thrilled with the pain in my hip and back.  Definitely calling Erik tomorrow.

I have successfully lowered my Cesamet back to 6 mg in the am.  In a couple of weeks, I'll drop one of the nighttime ones.  We shall see how it progresses.  It took three days of going back up to the full 7x2 for my eyes to go blurry again.  It's been two days down one and it's already getting better. -)