What are you eating? - Part 2

[Lamb]

Starbucks Latte for breakfast. I felt I needed some caffeine and I have a gift card.

 

[Lamb]

I had an egg with some cheese on it for breakfast and am drinking decaf coffee.

 

[tango]

I had an egg with some cheese on it for breakfast and am drinking decaf coffee.

Decaf? Before 7am? I don't drink decaf - I don't need that kind of negativity in my life

 

[Lamb]

Decaf? Before 7am? I don't drink decaf - I don't need that kind of negativity in my life

I had regular coffee yesterday and it was too much for me. I can't handle the caffeine too often.

 

[tango]

I had regular coffee yesterday and it was too much for me. I can't handle the caffeine too often.

Fair enough. I have a friend who is so sensitive to caffeine she can't even drink decaf. If she drinks regular coffee she will literally end up in the ER with her heart racing out of control.

 

[Lamb]

Fair enough. I have a friend who is so sensitive to caffeine she can't even drink decaf. If she drinks regular coffee she will literally end up in the ER with her heart racing out of control.

It's a scary feeling! I bet your friend tries to stay away from chocolate too since it has caffeine.

 

[tango]

It's a scary feeling! I bet your friend tries to stay away from chocolate too since it has caffeine.

It's surprising the things she avoids now. A few years ago my wife and I were at a party with her and her husband (and a load of other people) and she suddenly had to leave. At the time we didn't know about her issue so thought it was something unrelated, but it turned out she had gone to the ER with her pulse out of control. I'm not sure what she had had that triggered it, but it highlighted just how serious the situation was.

When I'm exercising hard I can push my pulse over 180. If it goes over 185-190 I just can't sustain the intensity for more than a very short time. I can only imagine what it's like to have that kind of heart rate without exercising, and without the option to ease off and let it drop.

 

[Lamb]

In moments I'll be eating blueberry muffins!

 

[JRT]

Canadian Baked Beans are in the instant pot and I am drinking a glass of German white wine. These beans are much like Boston Baked Beans but some of the Molasses and Brown Sugar are replaced with Maple Syrup.

 

[Lamb]

Canadian Baked Beans are in the instant pot and I am drinking a glass of German white wine. These beans are much like Boston Baked Beans but some of the Molasses and Brown Sugar are replaced with Maple Syrup.

What size Instant Pot do you have? My daughter has the mini.

 

[JRT]

What size Instant Pot do you have? My daughter has the mini.

Mine is the mid-sized.

 

[Lamb]

Mine is the mid-sized.

How often do you use it? I haven't gotten one and keep wondering if it would just sit in a cabinet or if I'd get my money's worth?

 

[JRT]

I keep t on the shelf for ease of access. On average I use it maybe twice a week. There is just the two of us but we provide meals to two other people on an intermittent basis.

 

[Lamb]

I keep t on the shelf for ease of access. On average I use it maybe twice a week. There is just the two of us but we provide meals to two other people on an intermittent basis.

Do you find that a smaller size would have been better for 2 people? Our daughter has her own apartment so it's just me and my husband now.

 

[JRT]

Do you find that a smaller size would have been better for 2 people? Our daughter has her own apartment so it's just me and my husband now.

Not familiar at all with the small size but we find the midsize to suit us well.

 

[Lamb]

Not familiar at all with the small size but we find the midsize to suit us well.

What are some of the most successful things to make in the Instant Pot and which things are usually failures or you'd rather use another method?

 

[JRT]

What are some of the most successful things to make in the Instant Pot and which things are usually failures or you'd rather use another method?

It is great for stews, soups, pot roasts, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, scalloped potatoes, etc. Go online and look for instant pot recipes --- there is a whole whack of them. Can't think of anything that was a total failure.

 

[Romanos]

I am currently eating a salad.

 

[Lamb]

Turkey sausage links for breakfast.

 

[Lamb]

I had an egg with cheese for breakfast and an iced coffee to drink.