I have been remiss in expressing my thanks to @namiks for their very generous delegation to me of 500SP! 
https://steempeak.com/steem/@namiks/announcing-the-winner-of-500-steem 

I expect to delegate a lot of this myself to the communities that have supported me since my beginnings here, and to continue to spread my now doubled upvote around. Coincidentally, I received this delegation on the very day my own SP hit 500, making it a very very good day on Steem for me. 

@freewritehouse and @naturalmedicine are my first two choices for delegations, my thanks to both of you for your lavish generosity to me. 

And a HUGE thank you @namiks!!!! 
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Now onto the food!





I live mostly alone. My son is with me but he's the pickiest eater alive, even pickier than his father who had a palate full of super powers, and I cook to my son's taste, not mine, and usually only for him.  

Most of MY meals are made from two or three of these foodstuffs: yogurt, bananas, blueberries, kimchi, avocado or sausage, and cottage, gouda, or feta cheese. Now and then I make cookies or cakes that most people would not consider sweet at all, forget about sweet enough. 
 
Then came a terribly skimpy day in my usual food supplies. And I was hungry, very hungry. I had no choice but to cook for myself. Luckily, my career was in professional kitchens and I DO know how to cook, so I whipped up these two lovely dishes, both ready in a snap, and had myself a first class meal









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Wild Alaskan King Salmon, pan-fried in ghee until crispy on one side, then flipped and cooked to a nice medium rare. I then removed the salmon from the pan, toasted some pine nuts real quick in the ghee left in it and took those out. Lastly, I reheated some already bean boiled thread noodles in the pan too. One pan, lovely dish. 

I had taken my fridge apart searching for the preserved lemons I knew were in there, and this dish, while delicious without them, could have benefited from that extra little something. Of course I found those later in the day, right out in plain sight. Does this happen to anyone else?   


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For dessert, some watermelon with creamy buffalo feta cheese, garnished with the only fresh herb I had in the house, basil. So simple, super yummy. 

(Note to self: find a better place than the cat perch to stage your food pix)
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Here's what my wallet looked like on the big day! HOW COOL IS THIS?! Thanks to everyone who has supported me on Steem! And there have been a great many of you. On September third it will have been a year for me. Here's to many more!
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