Red Onion Rip Loc: Oklahoma

I take a little over a third when I get up, then a little over a third before supper, and the rest before bed. I've been trying to eat an avocado every morning for breakfast because they are supposed to lower LDL and raise HDL. The fat in them is also very good for you. When I was a kid we lived in the San Diego area and had two avocado trees in the yard so when they were coming on, we'd just go out and pick a couple. Also had orange, lemon, and grapefruit trees in the backyard and a guava tree on the side of the house. Mom used to make guava jelly, Mmmm! Now I have to pay $1.50 for avocados in the off season, ridiculous, and they're from Mexico to boot. Can't get good ones from California, just these little ones. At least when they're in season they're only about fifty cents apiece. We usually make guacamole about twice a month.

My wife's got us on some kind of Keto stuff we add to our coffee and drink mix we do in the evening, but I can't see where it's made any difference. I think it's just another one of those fad things. I try to eat protein and fat and low calorie vegetables.

Gonna have to splurge tomorrow though as we're going to friends for Easter dinner. Roast lamb, mashed potato casserole with mozzarella cheese, green bean, bacon, vinaigrette salad, sauteed mushrooms, lots of wine, coffee, carrot cake and Apple pie for dessert. This will be at my friends, wife's daughter's house and there will be about 32 people there. They set up a looooong table that stretches from a corner of the dining room almost across the living room. My friend was the Team Lead where I worked before he retired and he started inviting us to these things about 5 years ago. They do one at Easter, one in the fall when his wife comes up to run in the Susan G. Comen run in OKC and again on Christmas Eve. The Christmas Eve dinner we've only done once. It starts with mimosas at 4:30 along with fried cauliflower, mushrooms, artichoke hearts. Then we move to the table for linguini with white clam sauce or red sauce (We're not into clams so do the red) the comes fish salad, fried calamari (squid) and wine and more fish and more wine and the whole thing goes until about 10:00 or 10:30. My wife drank way too much wine, then on Christmas day every time she took a drink she got tipsy again. I don't know if we'll do the Christmas one again.

The dinner in the fall is lasagna (my friend is Italian from Brooklyn-the Mafia neighborhood) and he is a great cook. We've gone down to place in Texas which is on Lake Cherokee near Longview. Every time we do, we end up gaining about 5-10 pounds. When he remodeled his kitchen he bought a new gas chefs range. Original cos $12,000 but the people who bought it didn't like it and sent it back. My friend got it for $4,000. When he asked where it was located (he was worried about the shipping costs) they told him it was in Tyler, TX. About 30 miles from where he lives, so he just drove his pickup over and got it. Said it took him and three other guys to get in the house. One oven door weighs 30 pounds. It's got two ovens and two warming drawers 4 burners and a flattop griddle. He makes all his own sauces and pasta. He even makes his own English muffins. Makes some great English muffin pizzas.
OK, I gotta quit, I'm just rambling now, later

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