Too-Fat-POO

We got the rest of POO's meds and his Rx food. I misunderstood his weight. I thought he weighed 15 lbs, he weighs 16 lbs! For a toy poodle which should weigh 10 pounds he needs to loose more than half his body weight. And since he can not run I am going to have to help him walk more.

I have been eating too much fast food for the last two months.
Now that summer is here I can go back to the fresh fruits and vegetables I enjoy.

I have a yogurt maker and a soy bean juice maker...it is actually soy bean juice, same as any other vegetable juice, and I think it is silly to call it Milk.
I drink cow milk.
I cook with soy juice as I do not like to drink the flavored varieties...too sweet.
The thing I enjoy most about having the soy bean juicer is I can make tofu at home.
I don't make much at a time because I like it fresh made and still warm. I don't do anything to alter it's flavor. I usually eat the whole batch.

This is a favorite way that I eat rice and beans. It is based on the famous chick pea puree. Any cooked dry bean or pea can be used and it is easy to keep a stock of these canned peas and beans. Tip: Green peas work well too.

Drain the peas or beans and reserve liquid. Use food processor to puree adding reserved liquid if needed. Flavor to taste...I like garlic. Place in microwave safe bowls and refrigerate.

The grain called Wild Rice, Brown Rice and all of the different colored varieties of rice will work better than White Rice for this. When I use Wild Rice, for example, I cook a pound at once because of the longer cooking time and this type of grain holds it's texture when frozen and reheated. For a pound of cooked rice you will want to stir in a Tablespoon Olive oil before freezing. More importantly divide the cooked rice into usable portions.

So when you want your meal. Heat the amount of Rice and the amount of bean puree you will use.
I use 3/4C Rice and place it on my plate, then mash the center down to form a Rice Ring. Then I spoon some of the heated bean puree in the middle.
Add some Seamed Vegetables and have an Apple and melon fruit plate for dessert.
You do not need bread with this meal.

One more thing you can do with the Rice Ring is to put Carrot Salad or Cold-slaw in the middle.

Our beans are up and running...another 4 to 6 weeks and I should be able to harvest a few.

Back to being...,
TOWWAD ! ( I missed the little guy while he was sick. )

Happy Birthday POO

He is back home and a lot better. Pom-pom tail is up but not waging. He still can not stand on his hind legs and place his front paws on my knees for me to pick him up but he lets me help him climb up in my ( his now ) rocking chair and, with a little help, he climbs in the car.
First thing he did when he got home was to check out the patio garden. Our green beans have sprouted and started to leaf out.
The strict diet has not been helpful for weight loss. But he is not moving unless he has to. We have to go back and get more meds and different food so I hope that in a few weeks he will be able to run again.

Today is his 9th birthday and he is entitled to some sick leave.
So far he has gotten a dog bone from our bank teller, and I will give him green beans. I hide his arthritis pill in a small cube of processed cheese and give him four of the "cheese pills" each morning and he gets 1 cheese treat each afternoon and evening for reminding me to take my meds. And I have bag of soft kibble which we use for play time...I toss a piece of kibble and he goes and gets it. That's it for exercise.

If our garden works out we should have the green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, kale, mustard greens, and sweet peppers. No need for me to grow tomatoes as I can get good locally grown ones within walking distance of our home.

He feels good enough to get excited about the "Go" word so we are off to shop.

towwad