Ruth Marlene Friesen
The Responsible One
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Have you discovered the power of Lists? Perhaps you've seen someone making or checking off things on a list - and you've said to yourself, "Whoa! That person doesn't trust their memory at all!"
Maybe that's true. But if they have lots of things to do in various categories as I do, it is easy to get absorbed in this or that project, and suddenly realize, that you had meant to do this and that little project in the time that has just disappeared.
Especially if you live alone and don't have another person handy to remind you that this or that job needs doing or is not finished yet, then you may face the fact that you do need a system of lists, and some ways to check them as often as possible to make sure you getting all your works done at the right time.
What's more, there is a clear sense of relief when you can cross off something as completed, and you can ignore that item from now on. Besides, that proves you got something done today! Allow yourself a bit of celebration! Especially if there's no one handy to clap you on the back to praise you!
Each small victory makes you glad and ready to tackle another to-do thing!
1. Slicing onions and garlic cloves and baking them on cookie sheets before mixing into a recipe brings out a sweetness so you can do without adding sugar to the recipe.
2. Make a basic tomato sauce, (which you can use with many other menu options, eg. pasta, veggies, cabbage rolls, cream soup, meatballs, etc.) but be sure to strain out the seeds. (Seeds make a sauce taste bitter!) Add your favourite herbs and spices, baked/browned onions and garlic cloves, and heat the sauce up to a rolling boil, but guard against burning it.
When cooled, pour the sauce into portion-sized containers to freeze. (Use within 6 months!)
Ready to use? Defrost frozen block of sauce in microwave or toaster oven, add your choice of meat, pasta, veggies, etc. Presto! Meals with variety!
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