Cliff Hanger

     I've been thinking all along, "Why would the Congress or the President want to lower our taxes?  Or reduce spending? Isn't the whole point to grease the government with some fresh cash?  Why would they care if the ones who pay the taxes are the poor?  Governments have always lived off the backs of the poor."  But I wanted to believe that somebody was going to look out for the poor guys, the 99%, in other words, us.  Now it seems that is just a myth, a fairy tale.  We'll see . . . .

     Christmas this year has been a bit hard for me.  Last child has gone, you know.  I have had to relinquish a lot of traditions.  I did get into some lovely holiday cooking though.  I felt inspired to whip up some low carbohydrate goodies.
    
     For Thanksgiving we had a large baking chicken with dressing and lovely gravy.  I tried  to eat only token portions of dressing and potatoes.  There were fresh green beans.  We had sparkling pear juice with our dinner.  And ate by the light of the oil lamp.

Other yummy treats were Fajitas with baked chips of cut up tortillas and mashed avocados and sour cream.  Then sliced spiced chicken, cheese and bacon club sandwiches with Clam chowder.

 Then on Thursday we had "Little bits and pieces", meatballs simmered in mushroom soup, skewers of cherry tomatoes, cheese and cocktail onions. . .
 and nut and raisin bon bons.  Note my Brother Larry's hand-made card as decoration on the table.

 This was a new menu and it was so successful we are planning to have it again tomorrow night.  Christmas night we're going Mexican!
      One of the last things Eliyah and I cooked before his Christmas vacation started was Tuscan Bean Stew. White beans cooked in the crockpot with tomato bits, lots of garlic, some carrots and celery, smoked sea salt and at the end, half a pound of  thin sliced peperoni.  That was yummy indeed!
     Now I must go in the kitchen and bake a pineapple pie for Bill.  And a few Mincemeat tarts for me!