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CarolCooks2 weekly roundup…26th February to 4th March 2023-Monday Musings ,A-Z the letter R ,Thursday Thoughts, AI…Smorgasbord Magazine #…The Heart and its Functions…#Stress

 

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of posts, you may have missed during the week… at the start of this week we were nearing the end of February and at the end, March will have arrived.. a quarter of the year is nearly gone…  the walking is still on track and the knee although not completely better is 97% better will I attempt to jog again not sure if I wish to tempt fate…I think I should be satisfied with the feeling of euphoria I experienced and leave it at that …the two men in this house I am proud to say are still NOT smoking and have increased their exercises I am so very proud of them …I never in a million years thought hubby would give up the cigarettes…

Monday Musings…

Welcome to Monday Musings where I explored the benefits of Olive Leaf extract another natural antibiotic it amazes me that many people now are turning again towards natural products to heal them and the power of some of these natural plants is astounding…

It was also international Polar Bear Day and it’s sad to hear how global warming is affecting these beautiful animals plus I snuck in a video on how we can reduce our carbon footprint quite easily by being aware…The music was from Lee Mead who made an awesome Joseph in his multicoloured coat…

Monday Musings 27th February 2023…Natural Antibiotic,Olive leaf Extract, Music from Lee Mead plus how to Reduce your Carbon Footprint at home…

Header for the Culinary Alphabet Letter R

This rewind gives me a chance to revisit the letter R in my first culinary A-Z…many of my favourite foods start with the letter R…Rice for one is my favourite carb and I eat rice every single day whether it be Jasmine Rice, black rice or raspberry rice as its called here, brown rice or Keow Neow which is sticky rice…

Before I came to live in Thailand I had been on a few holidays here and liked to cook Thai food at home… Mainly it was a disaster I just couldn’t cook a bowl of nice fried rice…It was absolutely awful…

Since living here I have had a few lessons from my daughter-in-law as to the error of my ways and now I can make a stir fry and hold my head up amongst most Thai cooks.

If you head over to Smorgasbord Magazine where Sally has kindly rewound this post…Thank you Sally we have the kettle on and you can read the original post where I will tell you how to make the perfect fried rice…See you there xx

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Carol Taylor’s – Culinary A – Z Rewind – ‘R’ for Rice, Ras el Hanout, Rhubarb, Ricotta Cheese and Rice Noodles

 

2nd March 2023…Red Burger Buns?…Rabbit Holes, Fitness Update and Artificial Intelligence…

John always amazes me with his ingenuity and finds and this time it is the Samurai Red Burger Bun…I went down rabbit holes and learnt a lot about AI’s and scared myself a little as well -smile- there was my fitness update plus a bit about the kindness and common touch of my favourite rocker…Sir Rod Stewart…

Thursday Thoughts…2nd March 2023…Red Burger Buns?…Rabbit Holes, Fitness Update and Artificial Intelligence…

As I grow older I am increasingly aware that my body is displaying some limitations and I am doing my best to try and stay a little ahead of father time…Sally’s posts are both informative and relevant for anyone who like me wants to keep the one body we have in as good a condition as we can…Please click the highlighted link below it will take you to Smorgasbord Magazine where Sally is discussing the effect stress has on our health and our heart…See you there…

Smorgasbord Health Column 2023 – The Body our Greatest Asset – The Heart – The Stress Factor by Sally Cronin

Thank you for joining me today… it’s a lovely sunny day here with a nice breeze that was pleasant for my morning walk I got some beautiful small strawberries they are lovely and ripe the first of the season and a welcome addition to my breakfast fruit bowl of fresh pineapple, coconut meat, passionfruit and live yoghurt on my return…one of my favourite breakfasts whats your favourite healthy breakfast?

As always I look forward to your comments and appreciate and shares see you tomorrow for Monday Musings xx

Thursday Thoughts…2nd March 2023…Red Burger Buns?…Rabbit Holes, Fitness Update and Artificial Intelligence…

 

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts this week has been busy in my mind so many thoughts and so many rabbit holes either from posts, social media or just browsing…

I have long been a fan of Rod Stewart from the early days when he performed at the Blue Rooms (Brays Grove School) with Long John Baldry even Elton John was a member of Baldry’s band…they stayed friends up until Baldry’s passing and in Rods early days Rod and Baldry each produced one side of It Ain’t Easy which became Baldry’s most popular album…

He has long been rich and famous and some prefer his early music as do I but he is clocking up the years and growing old gracefully-smile- in the music world but he still has that spark and will always be a favourite of mine…he also has a common touch and a big heart and puts his money where his mouth is…I love this and before anyone, pipes up he doesn’t need the publicity but of course, it happens I don’t doubt for one minute the manner in which he gave this gift…I hope others follow his example and give back to society it certainly needs it…

Well done Rod x

I love John Rieber’s quest for quirky and unusual foods he always brings a smile to my face and sometimes a “really” but his posts are fun and in this one, John has found that after the black burger bun a red burger bun called Samurai Red Burger from the inventive and quirky Japanese was born…samurai red beef burger

Please head over to John’s to read the original post by clicking the highlighted link below and say hello you will get a warm welcome…

https://biteeatrepeat.com/2023/02/27/samurai-red-burgers-are-here-black-tongue-burgers-and-bourbon-burgers-too-hamburgers-get-a-colorful-upgrade/

Rabbit holes…It all started …well not in the beginning but this started in my mind a train of thoughts with Beetleypete’s post and the more I read a post that Pete shared it then took me on a journey culminating in this from a comment that Liz left on Pete’s post…

A bit of background…AI or in full Artificial Intelligence… is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems…the scary thing for me is that machines are gradually taking over our lives and thoughts…years ago when Ford the motor company started using robotic arms to apply car parts I said that humans would be replaced eventually and they have been in so many ways…but that is progress I hear you say and yes but with that comes the downside…where will it stop?

This is a very interesting read from Liz it may be long but for me worth the read…if we are not already being careful (what)we wish for we should be…

https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Spanish/LorcaDuende.php

like Liz, I will leave it at that and also feel a rant forming…but also a great sadness for the future if we are not careful the very essence of our being will be gone…

Now on to something I can control…My Fitness Update for February…

For the month of February, I completed 143.14km up by 10.71km from January’s total exercise. My knee is now 97% better I am not sure whether I will restart the jogging or just stick to fast walking as it has taken a while to heal and maybe I am pushing it a bit at my age…

The total calories burned over the month was 8,702kcals blimey but it’s worth it when I look at my BP average for the month of 108/72 and the fact I can eat virtually what I want just smaller portions as long as I keep the exercise up…To me, that’s a good trade as I’m also getting lots of fresh air and a good night’s sleep…

Thank you for coming down my rabbit hole today I appreciate your visits, comments and shares…xx