2020: Week 34

August 17, 2020 – August 23, 2020

Bucket List Items Accomplished

• Make baked fish
• Make a Victoria sponge. I have been watching the Great British Baking Show for the first time and was inspired.
• Make rice pudding
• Own a fountain pen with green ink. I’ve always wanted one since Hogwarts entrance letters and correspondence from Dumbledore come on parchment with green ink. I just got a basic pen to write letters and to try some calligraphy. I would like to get a more ornate one some day.
• Try pilates. I followed this Pilates Flow: Pilates Workout for Butt, Thighs and Core video from FitnessBlender on YouTube. It was a bit tough for me but manageable because it was short. I would like to try more pilates to help increase my core strength.

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Things I Enjoyed this Week

• My total count of random acts of kindness is now at 30, and I am calling it done. This was a hard challenge for me, but it was rewarding to think more about how I can give back.
  1. Gave away some home goods for free on the curb
  2. Fed the ducks
  3. Made no complaints for a day and tried to have all my interactions be positive

• I want to continue posting the new words I find in the wild from books or podcasts.
  1. Requite – Repay or make return. Opposite of unrequite, as is unrequited love.

• I watched no Oscar Best Picture Winners.

• I taught myself no new constellations this week.

• There was some dense fog this week. It made for eerie views of the breakwater. The distant fog horns of boats hidden in the murk also added to atmosphere.

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Meal Prep and New Recipes Tried

• I used a super simple recipe from Snack-Girl for Baked Salmon from frozen fillets with lots of lemon and dill. I ate this during the week with colourful salads with spinach, roasted butternut squash, pickles, pickled beets, tomatoes, and avjar.
• I used the Genoise Sponge Cake from Natasha’s Kitchen to make a simple Victoria sponge cake with some homemade strawberry jam I was gifted.
• I made Cashew Milk Rice Pudding from Indulge Your Inner Foodie. The tapioca flour helped it thicken nicely, but it was a little muddy looking from the colour of the cashew milk. It tasted great though.
• BudgetBytes recipe for Summer Sweet Corn Salad produced a lovely, sturdy salad for me to keep in the fridge for lunches this week. It helped me use up a good bit of an enormous zucchini I received. I omitted the avocado since I didn’t see any good ones at the store.
• Zucchini Rellenos from SkinnyTaste were a perfect use for my giant zucchini. The filling was flavourful and satisfying as a main dish.
• I finally got around to making this Edamame Potage Soup from Pickled Plum. I had a bunch of frozen edamame beans in my freezer and had been meaning to use this recipe for ages.

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Updates

• I started going to yoga classes again since the YMCA gym has reopened with new social distancing measures. I have missed it, and it is lovely to be able to go back.

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