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Dear Reader,
Introduction
I hope you’ve had a good week. I’ve been doing well. Life is generally good.
How is the foot?
What’s happened this week?
There’s nothing really to report this week. I caught an Uber to work on Monday because I needed to be there to complete some tasks I couldn’t do from home. It was good to see people and be in another environment.
On Monday, it was pouring rain. To avoid getting my cast wet, I applied a thick ziplock bag and then a heavy-duty rubbish bag to my leg and secured them with rubber bands.
My eldest daughter visited me on the weekend to help with a few tasks in the flat. There have been some things I needed help with.
Having Kathleen visit and help when I came home from the hospital was amazing. She is amazing.
Having one of my daughters visit me was fantastic. I am looking forward to the time when I can fly again to see my daughters and parents.
What have I been watching?
Reacher (season 2)
I’m a fan of the Reacher audiobooks. My father and one of my brothers read the books in paperback form.
The television adaption of the books has been good. Television and movie adaptions are rarely faithful to the book versions. Reacher season 2 was good because it introduced the members of Reacher’s unit, the 110th.
The season has eight episodes, and Amazon Prime released them one at a time.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Voyager
I continue to alternate between the two series, one episode at a time.
Recipe — Air fryer steak
I had planned on lamb chops because my daughter loves lamb. I tried twice to have the supermarket deliver lamb chops. Each time, the lamb chops failed to materialise.
Instead, I resorted to thinly sliced scotch fillet steaks. I use the air fryer because it’s safer when I can’t bear weight on my left leg. Even with a high stool to sit on, it’s awkward, and I’d prefer to be safe rather than sorry.
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- Thinly sliced scotch fillet steak
- Lettuce leaves
- Avocado
- Olives
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Vinegar
Instructions
- Cook the steaks on a rack for 9 minutes at 180 °C.
- Allow the steak to rest before serving.
- Make a simple salad with lettuce leaves, avocado, olives, extra virgin olive oil, vinegar, and salt.
- If you’re following a meat-only diet, just the meat will be more than sufficient to satisfy your hunger. You can pick up the leg and just bite into it. This minimises washing.
- If you’re low-carbohydrate eating, meat and some plant-based foods like avocado, leafy green leaves, olives, and tomatoes are a good combination.
- If you’re not concerned with carbohydrates, fill your boots.
- If you’re vegetarian or vegan, this meal won’t be suitable.
- Always give thanks to the Lord.
- Eat with whatever implements you prefer.
Thoughts on the meal
This meal was nothing special. When I visit Brisbane next, I will cook something special for my daughter and her partner, as well as the rest of my daughters and my parents.
Final thoughts
- Have you watched the Reacher series on TV? What did you think?
Disclaimer and comments
This post and other posts on this blog are not medical or health advice. I’m sharing my personal experiences from my lived experience. My opinions remain mine.
For health advice, see your regular medical practitioner. For diet advice, consult with appropriately registered professionals.
We love the Reacher series on Prime, it is riveting viewing and fast moving as well. Unlike yourself; Gary, but the stools were a brilliant idea and you are recovering well. I still haven’t tried air fried steak, but must very soon.
Hi there,
Thanks. Yes, the stools are great. I’m so grateful that Kathleen got them for me.
I’m looking forward to Season 3 of Reacher which I assume will be released next year.
You are one of the most creative persons-on or off your feet!!! Glad things are starting to look up, but do be careful once you are mobile again!!! I’ve seen some of the Trek Abrams movies. Star Trek is one of those series where it is always new, even when it isn’t!!! (I think that question was in one of your previous posts!!) And there is a bird, a strange looking thing, called a sand hill crane which is known as rib eye in the sky. Personally, I’d rather have yours!
Hi Kris,
I wonder if the sand hill crane tastes as good as a ribeye steak. 🤔
Thank you, Kris, you are very kind.
I’ve never had a scotch fillet. I didn’t know you could make a steak in an air fryer. I thought your comments about the meal were hilarious and very down to earth. I hope you continue to feel better!
Hi Jeff,
In Australia, our scotch fillet steak is the same as the US ribeye steak.
I know people who will cook a thick steak in an air fryer. I’ve done it a few times and it’s okay, but it’s not a great way to cook if you want the most flavour from the steak.
For the thinly sliced steak I’m currently eating, the air fryer is perfect. I’m more focussed on safe cooking and nutrition rather than getting the most flavour. Once I’m healed and settled again, my approach will locally change. Especially as I become more mobile and exercise more, I’ll transition from these thinly sliced steaks to something more substantial.
Thanks again for your kind and generous words.
not sure where my comment went. Hope you are feeling much better very soon!
Hi Sherry,
It’s odd, I had not changed the comment settings, yet, yours were waiting for moderation.
hi gary
hope you are feeling better soon. so awkward for you with that foot!
Hi Sherry,
Thanks. Yes, the foot injury is a nuisance, but I’m looking at the bright side.
Hi Gary, at last I’m in Sydney. Just arrived and will be picking up a cruise to the Great Barrier Reef in a couple of days. I planned to do this four years ago but COVID messed that up. I gave you a wave from the plane when I saw Canberra on the flight screen.
Hi there
I hope you enjoy the GBR.
I wish you all the best
I don’t know who you are so I lack any context
May the plusses outnumber the minuses for your coming week. Good you had family make matters easier and more loving for you. As I truly am interested in he ‘how’ of food the current Australian summer TV shows have been wondrously rich in teaching programmes – on ‘free’ evenings I have enjoyed as many as 6-7 . . . real stuff one can utilize . . .
Hi Eha,
Thanks. I’ve been without free-to-air TV now for more than a year. I rarely watch cooking related shows these days.
In that case I do wonder about your sources for news, current affairs, politics and social issues. . . the mainstays of our daily lives after all . . . how can we relate to normal life – and all our friends otherwise 🙂 ? And I would hate a single day go by without learning a new recipe or way to cook or, say, make a new acquaintance > to be friend on the net? Life = knowing, loving and actively interacting with the rest of the planet after all . . .
It’ll be nice when you don’t need to keep a cast dry…in the mean time…enjoy life!
Hi Alice,
Thank you very much. I’ll be very happy when this cast comes off and I can wear a CAM boot.
Glad to hear that things are going well for you. Take care.
Thank you very much.