Good Morning

Comfort Food

If I asked you to list your favorite comfort foods, what would they be?

Macaroni and cheese

Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup

Scrambled eggs

Chocolate
Ice Cream

For me I'd have to add scalloped tomatoes to the list.

For my Granny and my Mother, scalloped tomatoes were their go to vegetable.

Quick and easy.

There are lots of recipes for scalloped tomatoes (Google and see) and

the recipes are basically all alike.

I cheated when I made this one.

I used a 28 oz can of diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano.

I sauteed some onion and celery, added the tomatoes and mixed well.

Dumped everything into a baking dish.

Added about 1/4 cup of bread crumbs to the tomatoes -- mixing well.

Then sprinkled a little more bread crumbs on top with some grated parmesan cheese.

Baked at 350 for around 30 minutes --

Bubbling and the cheese was melting.

Easy!

Yummy!

Perfect as a side dish for On The Menu Monday and Meatless Monday.

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Sunlit Garden

Once again the mystery rose is blooming.

I call it the mystery rose because I don't know it's proper name.

It's a beauty.

Probably my favorite rose -- the wonderful peachy/apricot color.

"The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

~ W.B. Yeats

Thank you to the hosts of Sunlit Sunday and Mosaic Monday.

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Teddy

As you know, Teddy is the man of the house now.

He will be nine years old soon.

On his annual exam earlier this month the vet found a heart murmur.

Further testing shows that Teddy has HCM - hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

HCM causes the heart muscle to thicken making moving the blood more difficult.

It is the most common heart disease found in cats - especially in middle aged male cats -

just like Teddy.

There is no cure for HCM.

It can be treated - in Teddy's case with a beta blocker.

Hopefully, Teddy will be with me and the girls several more years.

He will be checked by his vet every 3 months.

He Came

He Purred

He Conquered all the hearts in this house.

Let this be a reminder.

Be sure you take your pet to the vet annually,

and, as they get older consider visits every 6 months.

Teddy and I wish YOU well and much joy!

Good Morning!